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A musician at a Sausalito open mic in July 2008. An open mic or open mike (shortened from "open microphone") is a live show at a venue such as a coffeehouse, nightclub, comedy club, strip club, or pub, often taking place at night (an open mic night), in which audience members may perform on stage whether they are amateurs or professionals, often for the first time or to promote an upcoming ...
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The Good Life Cafe was a health food market and cafe in Los Angeles, California, known for its open mic nights that helped the 1990s Los Angeles alternative hip hop movement flourish. In 2008, director Ava DuVernay , who had performed at the cafe with the Figures of Speech hip hop group, released a documentary about the cafe, This Is The Life .
The Good Life Health Food Centre's weekly open-mic night started in December 1989 on the corner of Crenshaw & Exposition. Promoted by B. Hall and her son R/KainBlaze with his friends The Mighty O-Roc and The Dynamic Flow, KNGR: The Underground Radio at the Good Life offered a workshop-like atmosphere for aspiring MCs, poets and musicians to hone their craft.
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"I started playing pubs and open mic nights when I was just 12 and music quickly became my way of understanding the world and connecting with others," Myles says.
During that era, the Holy City Zoo primarily functioned as a folk music club. The initiation of comedy at the venue occurred when Jim Giovanni, an impressionist, took the stage on an open mic night around 1971. Prior to Giovanni's appearance, the Holy City Zoo had no established comedy scene.
Sommer began booking small concerts during his freshman year at NYU. The first show he booked was successful, and for the next four years, he created, booked, and promoted events ranging from open mic nights and small parties to large bridge and tunnel events at diverse venues throughout Manhattan.