Glasgow Open Mic Sessions Guide
Glasgow Open Mics & Jams
Updated 1/9/23
Closely based on excellent notes provided by Iain Holden. This information will be regularly update, so comments are welcome!
Many thanks to Jim McGrath for editing.
Other districts to be added next week
There was going to be a note about drink prices…but that’s too complicated!
Sundays
Box, Sauchiehall St.
10.00pm to late
Blues jam session.
Cottons Bar, Ferry Road, Renfrew
2.00-5.00 pm.
Host: Erin Hephzibah
Pre-booked slots preferred (and you are paid a modest sum!) but walk-ins get on if there’s space. Free drink. Also food, for which you pay what you can afford. Good stage and a sound man.
This is no longer a weekly sessions and dates seem to me to be a bit unpredictable. Same really. Contact Erin via FB if you need any details
Charlie’s Loft, Stewart St, Milngavie
1st Sunday of the month 2:30-5.00 pm.
Blues jam hosted by the State Bar Blues Band
Dram Woodlands Road.
8pm- 11pm
Acoustic folk jam session - in the round and round again !
Host: Bernadette Collier. Always a great afternoon/evening
Finsbay FF, Woodlands Rd.
9.00 pm – midnight.
Open mic.
Currently hosted by Tom McGuire - great sessions if a little noisy from the restaurant crowd.
G41 Bar, Kilmarnock Road, Shawlands
7.00 – 10.00pm
‘All ages sessions by Newborn Sessions’ (which have been running for 15 years at various locations in the city)
Hosts: Mick Hargan and others
Pre-booked, but walk-ons welcome - presumably you contact Mick via FB to pr3 book
Glad Café, Pollokshaws Road
8.00-11.00 pm
Open Mic, hosted by the house band, The Bucks
Howlin Wolf , 100 Bath St.
10.00 pm – 1.00 am.
Blues Jam session.
MD says " Cliquey "
King Tut’s Wah-Wah Hut, St Vincent Street
3.00 – 6.00pm
‘All ages sessions by Newborn Sessions’ (which have been running for 15 years at various locations in the city)
Hosts: Mick Hargan and others
Pre-booked, but walk-ons welcome
Linen, Pollokshaws Rd.
8.00-1130pm.
Open mic.
Host: Craig Ralston.
Stag & Thistle, Pollokshaws Rd
8.00 – 11.30 pm
Open mic
Host: Samuel Logan
Mondays
Blackfriars, Bell St.
7.00 -10.00 pm
Open mic
Host: David Duffy
Free drink for players.
Bloc+, Bath St
11.00 pm – 1.00am
Jam session with house band available, aka Babyface and the Beltin’ Boys.
Clutha Bar, Bridgegate & Stockwell Street
7.30 – 10.00pm
Trad music session
Curlers Rest, Byres Road 3rd Monday of the month
7.00-9:30pm.
Open mic.
Mostly spoken word - poetry and comedy - but musicians also welcome. Free drink for performers.
Linen, Pollokshaws Rd.
7.30-10.00pm.
Open mic.
Host: Edwin Alves and others.
Nice n Sleazy. 421 Sauchiehall St
The Acoustic Night at Nice n Sleazy 8:30pm - 11pm
Host: Gerry Lyons
Advertised as ‘acoustic’ but electrics accepted!
Longest-running open mic in Glasgow with the same host, now in its 28th year. Unusually, it’s one song at a time, as it can get extremely busy. If time allows, the cycle is repeated.
Recent move "upstairs" seems to have changed the dynamic....
Old Toll Bar, Paisley Rd West.
Jam with Babyface and the Beltin Boys. 8-10 pm.
Only monthly at the moment. - Contact venue for details and confirm dates
The Palais, Duke St.
8.00pm – 11.00ish
Host: Tom McGuire.
MD says " Great sessions, nearly died at the pice of a pint ! "
Tuesdays
Amethyst, Govan Road
This is now cancelled. The sessions are now hosted at The Three Craws on Wednesday 0 Have look there .
Blue Dog, West George St
7.00-10.00 pm.
Open mic.
Host: Michelle Elii
Very small stage area !
Box, 431 Sauchiehall St
9.30pm - 2:30am.
Open mic
Hosted by Ross and Calum
Butterfly and Pig, 153 Bath St.
9.00pm – 11.00pm.
Host: Iain Forbes - wha also plays some stunning solo work during the evening
Open mic
Free drink for playing
Clutha Bar, Bridgegate & Stockwell Street
7:30-10:00pm.
Hosted by Niall & KC Johnston
Open mic
Dukes Bar, Old Dumbarton Rd, G3 8RD
8.30 -11.30pm
Hosts: Julen Banjos, Alice Faye and others
Open mic
MD says " Can be noisy from the crowd - a bit student orientated hence the noise. But well worth a visit "
Nice n Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall St
Bad Mama Jam
11pm to late
Jam with Charlotte Marshall, Luca Pisano and Micah Johnson
State Bar, Holland St
8.30-11.30pm
Now fortnightly 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month.
Blues jam.
Wednesdays
Clutha Bar
7:30- 10:30pm.
Host: Craig Ralston
Open mic
Corner Bar, Lochwinnoch
8.00 – 11.00pm.
Acoustic session,100% unplugged.
Host: Crawford Smith
The Three Craws. Crow Rd Glasgow
7.30 - 10.00pm
In the round session hosted byGeorgie Craig - very friendly and always good music. Totally unplugged. free pint if you are playing too
Finsbay Flatiron. FF Woodlands road
9.00 -midnight
Open mic
Host: Mic Clark
MD says " Just about as a good a night as you can get. Can be crowded so arrive early -- always someone new "
The Rum Shack, Pollokshaws Road
8.30 - 11pm
Open mic
Host: Julen Banjos and others
Thursdays
Bag O Nails, Dumbarton Rd
10.00pm-1:00am
Open mic
Host: ?
Boteco do Brasil. 62 Trongate G1 5EP
11.00pm-1.00am
Jam session
Host: Kevin Young and others
Bru Cafe (formerly the St Louis Cafe), 734 Dumbarton Rd
8.00-10.30pm 1st Thursday of the month - Songwriters Hub
Hosts: recently changed to Aaron Wright & Violeta Bahena (aka The Folk Drama) - they like to pre book so presumably track them down via FB
Clutha - sometimes a gig - sometimes an open mic cum jam. 7-10pm
(Check on the Clutha’s Facebook page. Usually the cover picture is a list of the week’s music.)
18 Candleriggs
Fortnightly open mic 6.00-10.00pm.
Mostly karaoke but players welcome
Host: ?
Fullbacks, Stewart Street, Milngavie
9.00pm -midnight.
Host: Sam McEwan - sometimes Iain Holden !
Open Mic - lots of regulars and always welcoming
G41 Bar, Kilmarnock Road, Shawlands
7-10.00 pm
‘All ages sessions by Newborn Sessions’ (which have been running for 15 years at various locations in the city)
Pre-booked slots but walk-ons welcome - presumable contact Mick via FB
Hosts: Mick Hargan and others
Hug Café, Skirving Street
7.30-10.00
Acoustic folk session
Host: Edwin Alves
Machair, Gt Western Rd.
Currently not held - The hosts moved to Maggie Mays
Saint Luke’s & The Winged Ox, Bain Street
8.00-11.30 pm
Open mic
Various hosts
Scallion, Gt Western Rd (used to be Captains Rest)
8.30pm – 11.00ish
Host: Andrew Eustace [ ].
Open mic
Sweeney’s on the Park, Pollokshaws Rd
8:30pm – 11.00pm
Host: Peace n Jam consortium (Samuel Logan and others)
Open mic & jam
Woodside Inn, Maryhill Rd (at North Woodside Road)
7:30-11:30
Acoustic folkie jam session - always lively and brilliant
Host: Bernadette Collier.
Friday
The Hug Café, Skirving Street
7.30-10.00pm
Open Mic
Hosted by TBC - recently changed
Kings Arms, Fenwick
8.30 – late
Pre-booked slots. Performers get a free drink at the bar. Plus the chance of a paid gig on a Saturday!
Host: Stephen Barbour
Strathduie, Blackfriars Street.
6.00-9.00pm
Open Mic
Hosts: Aaron Wright & Violeta Bahena (aka The Folk Drama). Possibly
Saturday
Amethyst, Govan Road.
3.00-6.00pm
‘All ages sessions by Newborn Sessions’ (which have been running for 15 years at various locations in the city)
Hosted by Mick Hargan and others
Pre-booked slots but walk-ons welcome - contact Mick via FB to book
Clutha Bar, Bridgegate/Stockwell Street
6-8pm
Jam session sandwiched between the afternoon gig and the evening one.
Host: Easy Peelers
The Hug Café, Skirving Street
5.30-8.30pm.
Open mic.
Hosted by Bob Tansen/Chas T Fraser
King Tuts Wah Wah Hut , St Vincent Street.
2.00-6.00pm
Open mic.
Hosted by Sean Findlay & Adam Smith
Old Toll Bar, Paisley Road West
Folk session
4.00-7.00
