# Open Mic Venues in Berkeley, CA

As of November 2026, No Stairs Please tracks 8 open live music venues with open mic or open jam nights in Berkeley, California. These local stages include 5 rooms with known capacity under 500, 5 venues with verified talent-booking contacts, and 7 rooms with active 90-day show schedules out of 30 total venues in town.

## Directory coverage

- Canonical URL: https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/berkeley/open-mics
- Open venues matching this hub: 8
- Rooms up to 500 capacity: 5
- Bars and breweries with live music: 2
- Venues with researched talent booking contacts: 5
- Venues with dated shows in the 90-day window: 7

## Featured venues

| Venue | City | Category | Capacity | 90-day show days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/freight-salvage-coffeehouse-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Music venue | 490 | 58 |
| [Hardymon Hall @ The Jazzschool](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/hardymon-hall-the-jazzschool-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Music venue | n/a | 17 |
| [Hillside Club](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/hillside-club-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Music venue | 100 | 16 |
| [The Starry Plough Pub](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/the-starry-plough-pub-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Bar & pub | 250 | 13 |
| [California Jazz Conservatory](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/california-jazz-conservatory-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Music venue | n/a | 7 |
| [La Peña Cultural Center](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/la-pe-a-cultural-center-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Hall & arts center | 200 | 5 |
| [Melo Melo](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/melo-melo-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Bar & pub | n/a | 2 |
| [Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/berkeley-fellowship-of-unitarian-universalists-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Church | 175 | 0 |

## Category views

- [Small music venues](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/berkeley/small-music-venues) with 19 venues
- [Bars with live music](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/berkeley/bars-with-live-music) with 6 venues
- [Open mics](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/berkeley/open-mics) with 8 venues

## Related locations

- [Albany](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/albany) with 6 venues
- [Emeryville](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/emeryville) with 5 venues
- [Oakland](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/oakland) with 45 venues
- [Orinda](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/orinda) with 4 venues
- [Alameda](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/alameda) with 14 venues
- [Tiburon](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/tiburon) with 3 venues
- [San Francisco](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/san-francisco) with 134 venues
- [Sausalito](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/sausalito) with 7 venues