When my friend and I did My Father’s Place, it was the third open mic room of the night; however, the second mic that night has moved to Wednesdays, but you can still do 3 rooms that night, My Father’s being the second room in Portland. Parking is on the street. The room is for comedy only. The business is a restaurant and full bar, but with a host of collapsible chairs set up to face a platform stage, the room where the mic takes place can seat over 40. A curtain is set up behind the stage, as a back wall, which helped to conceal the cooks in the kitchen. On the stage, a mic and stand are set up. No stool. The lighting is well enough that you can see talent no problem. A gentleman named Dan runs the room, and it has been going on since before Covid hit us in 2020. There are no language restrictions. The signup sheet comes out 8:30pm, but it’s not first come first choice. If you signed up fourth, it does not promise you will go up fourth. In fact, Dan picks talent to go up at his discretion. The room started late that night, about 9:12pm. Dan welcomed everyone, close to 30 in the room, most of whom sat or stood in the back, furthest from the stage, closest to the entrance of the business. Dan invited the first comic to come to the stage, after informing us we get 3 minutes each. An added plus, Dan plays music between talent, bringing a liveliness to the room by not having any down time. Dan is good about telling you in advance when you’re “on deck”. If you are from out of town or state, be sure to let Dan know that. I would say throughout the evening, the room consistently had 30 peeps in attendance. Even more comics sat outside the entrance waiting their turn. Guys, this is a good room to do. It’s Friday. There are a number of mics around on Friday. You should try to do as many as possible and sleep in the next day. The one thing I would say not favorable towards the mic was the talking of comics in the back of the room. Clearly, they were not paying attention, which is fine. But if you’re gonna make that much noise talking, go outside.
When my friend and I did My Father’s Place, it was the third open mic room of the night; however, the second mic that night has moved to Wednesdays, but you can still do 3 rooms that night, My Father’s being the second room in Portland.
ReplyDeleteParking is on the street. The room is for comedy only. The business is a restaurant and full bar, but with a host of collapsible chairs set up to face a platform stage, the room where the mic takes place can seat over 40. A curtain is set up behind the stage, as a back wall, which helped to conceal the cooks in the kitchen. On the stage, a mic and stand are set up. No stool. The lighting is well enough that you can see talent no problem. A gentleman named Dan runs the room, and it has been going on since before Covid hit us in 2020. There are no language restrictions.
The signup sheet comes out 8:30pm, but it’s not first come first choice. If you signed up fourth, it does not promise you will go up fourth. In fact, Dan picks talent to go up at his discretion.
The room started late that night, about 9:12pm. Dan welcomed everyone, close to 30 in the room, most of whom sat or stood in the back, furthest from the stage, closest to the entrance of the business. Dan invited the first comic to come to the stage, after informing us we get 3 minutes each. An added plus, Dan plays music between talent, bringing a liveliness to the room by not having any down time.
Dan is good about telling you in advance when you’re “on deck”. If you are from out of town or state, be sure to let Dan know that.
I would say throughout the evening, the room consistently had 30 peeps in attendance. Even more comics sat outside the entrance waiting their turn.
Guys, this is a good room to do. It’s Friday. There are a number of mics around on Friday. You should try to do as many as possible and sleep in the next day. The one thing I would say not favorable towards the mic was the talking of comics in the back of the room. Clearly, they were not paying attention, which is fine. But if you’re gonna make that much noise talking, go outside.