BIPOC Open Mic Night at Curios Nature
📅 Jul 9, 2026, 7:00 PM
📍 Curios Nature & Co, 773 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO
Bodies of Culture brings its monthly BIPOC Open Mic to a new home: Curios Nature & Co, a BIPOC and queer-centered creative space opening in Denver's Santa Fe Arts District. Melissa Ivey, described in her own words as a "Musical Doula" and future ancestor performance artist, hosts the evening, which runs the second Thursday of each month. Sign-up opens at 6:30pm, with the stage running 7:00-9:00pm. Bodies of Culture has built this open mic over more than 18 months as a recurring community institution; the move to the Santa Fe Arts District marks a new chapter for the series.
Open Mic Night at City, O' City with Chase Cavanaugh
📅 Jul 16, 2026, 6:30 PM
📍 City, O' City, Denver, CO
Every third Thursday, City, O' City opens its stage to singers, poets, comedians, and anyone else who wants a few minutes in front of a crowd. Chase Cavanaugh, a guitarist and vocalist with deep roots in the venue's community, hosts the night and keeps the energy welcoming for first-timers and regulars alike. City, O' City is a vegetarian restaurant and bar anchored in Denver's Capitol Hill neighborhood, the kind of place that has long made space for local artists alongside its food and coffee programs. Signup opens at 6 pm and the stage runs from 6:30 to 8:30.
KRFC Open Mic Night at Magic Rat
📅 Aug 5, 2026, 6:00 PM
📍 Magic Rat Live Music at The Elizabeth Hotel, Fort Collins, CO
KRFC 88.9 FM hosts a monthly open mic at Magic Rat Live Music, a venue tucked inside The Elizabeth Hotel in Old Town Fort Collins. Magic Rat bills itself as a space for weekly jams and a variety of live acts, making it a natural home for a night where local voices step up without a set lineup. The first Wednesday of each month at 6 PM, the stage opens to anyone ready to share something new, raw, or half-finished.
Music Open Mic in Colorado: what to expect
Music open mics in Colorado: what's coming up and the local performers behind it, all hosted by people rooted in the Colorado scene.
Live performing arts across Colorado, from Front Range cities to mountain towns: local music, comedy, dance, and theater hosted by the people who live and perform here.
Concerts, gigs, and intimate sessions spanning rock, jazz, hip-hop, and beyond, where amplified bands and solo players fill a space with shared live sound.
Sign up on the night and take the stage for a short slot, or just watch. Anyone can perform; acts rotate one after another in the order people register.
On the calendar now: "Bodies of Culture brings its monthly BIPOC Open Mic to a new home: Curios Nature & Co, a BIPOC and queer-centered creative space opening in Denver's Santa Fe Arts District". "Every third Thursday, City, O' City opens its stage to singers, poets, comedians, and anyone else who wants a few minutes in front of a crowd". "KRFC 88.9 FM hosts a monthly open mic at Magic Rat Live Music, a venue tucked inside The Elizabeth Hotel in Old Town Fort Collins".
Browse the events above for dates and details, then book directly with the host. Finding music open mics in Colorado should feel like a tip from a local, because that is exactly where these listings come from.