Lestat's Monday Night Open Mic

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Lestat's Monday Night Open Mic

Name: Lestat's Monday Night Open Mic
Start: 2026-05-11T18:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-05-11T22:00:00-07:00
Location: Lestat's Coffee House, 3343 Adams Ave, San Diego, CA 92116

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Monday, May 11, 2026

6:00 PM PDT – 10:00 PM PDT

Lestat's Coffee House, 3343 Adams Ave, San Diego, CA 92116

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Lestat's Coffee House on Adams Avenue runs a music open mic every Monday evening — sign-ups at 5:30 PM, show from 6 to 8 PM, no cover charge, all genres welcome. It is one of the longest-running open mics in San Diego and the most accessible entry point for anyone who wants to perform in front of a real audience for the first time.

The Monday open mic at Lestat's draws a mix of regulars who have been coming for years and first-timers who found the listing and decided to try. The audience is respectful, the room is a coffee house (which means quieter and more attentive than a bar), and the format gives every performer a fair shot. Singer-songwriters, acoustic bands, solo instrumentalists, the occasional comedian or spoken word performer — the diversity of what shows up on any given Monday is one of its virtues.

Lestat's Coffee House, 3343 Adams Ave, San Diego, CA 92116. Normal Heights neighborhood. Every Monday, sign-ups 5:30 PM, show 6-8 PM. Free admission. Coffee, tea, and light food available throughout. Street parking on Adams Ave and surrounding Normal Heights streets. The 11 bus runs along Adams Ave. The open mic is an institution in the Normal Heights music community — the people who run it have been doing this for a long time.

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