Open mic is back tonight! May your 2025 be filled with vibrant notes, deep focus and a small army of muses 🎵🩵🎵#openmic #songwriters #poets #sfmusic Song by @commonloonstheband , performed at Bazaar Cafe. Check out their beautiful new release too!
This months art show will get a new set of live drawings after each show!! That’s if all goes well a d josh can keep up with slinging grilled cheeses and french onion soups in between drawing sets! #richmonddistrict #artshow #multitasking #livedrawing #openmic
Rachel was Backer # 125 tonight!!! She snagged a lovely wooden bazaar bow tie 🎀. Starting tomorrow, it will rain #celebration biscuits in the cafe every time we inch $1k closer to the big 2-5. We just passed $15,000 tonight - that’s 125 THANK YOUs that we don’t quite know how to express adequately 💙 #kickstarter #smallbusiness #richmonddistrict #openmic
Closing out #openmic! Thanks all for such a lovely evening! Don’t miss Friday’s @mattjaffemusic songwriter residency, Spells with @leannetallis, @aleta.simone_music, @koaler98 and @gewaarwordings, and Writer Salon on Sunday … phew!!
For National Poetry Day, we’re celebrating cafe friend and once-barista Mans. Looking through our archives, we’re reminded what a privilege it is to have friends share with us their light, the labor of their journals, their journey through dark, days of beauty and discovery. Thank you Mans. We love you and your work in all the ways we know how 💙🌊📝 #poetryday #openmic
A big #thankyou to all our cafe friends - can`t wait to see you on the 5th (and yes there is #openmic). Some notes:
#Newsletter is out! If you missed the email, read on our website and sign up for next time.
We`re #hiring! Manager, baker support and other profiles. Send your resumes (again via website).
Beautiful card a gift from @tarah.mcg
A few glimpses of #openmic last night, also featuring the wriggliest music stand ever! Public Domain song of the month #bigrockcandymountain, if you feel inclined to learn/perform/sing along!
If you are an open mic regular, please visit our facebook group “Bazaar Cafe Open Mic“!
To sign up for Open Mic:
Open Mics are held every Thursday evening, 7:00-9:30.
Content must be your own (no covers!). We have guitars, a piano, sometimes a banjo in-house, which you are welcome to use. Performances are all-acoustic. It’s a small, intimate space and we don’t run the coffee machine during sets.
The sign-up sheet is kept in the café. Go in person or call (415-831-5620) to request a timeslot (two songs or ten minutes, whichever is reached first). The signup sheet for the FOLLOWING Thursday opens up every Thursday at 7pm, so that’s when you can call or sign up in person. You can choose a specific timeslot.
Night-of, we open the list of alternate slots (one song, we do our best to fit in all alternates and usually manage to, but on a very full night it might not be guaranteed).
Alternates are slotted in-between the fixed slots.
Keep an eye on the facebook group and instagram (@bazaarcafesf). Any last minute announcements are usually published there.
Each performer may perform a maximum of two songs (ten minutes). We try to fit in everyone who arrives, pre-booked or alternate, so please be respectful of the time limits.
What others say:
https://foursquare.com/top-places/san-francisco/best-places-open-mic.
https://www.7×7.com/the-6-best-spots-in-sf-for-poetry-readings-and-open-mic-nights-1787260823.html
Archive of older open mic recordings:
http://bazaar.wadiddy.com
Performances are being recorded again!
https://www.theutah.org/series/bazaar
Youtube channel with some open mic recordings:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCznliZc8xbLnol5lRf5KQiA/videos