Showcase55 runs free entry acoustic nights at two London pubs every Thursday, combining featured acts as well as open mic slots. We welcome all genres and styles although we do ask that you act is generally acoustic on the night (it doesn’t have to be your usual setup) and as such prefer to avoid electric guitars or full drum kits.

Open Mic Slots

Both our nights run with three featured (booked) artists with a number of open mic slots available in between. Please arrive before 8pm to sign up for a slot. Time vaires dependant on the number of open mic performers as we do our best to give everyone some stage time!

Featured Artists

Every Thursday we showcase three of the best acoustic artists London has to offer. These slots are allocated subject to a demo and the time based on your percieved profile. These are a great way to get yourself heard as you get a garunteed 30mins of prime time all to yourself. As the nights are free the audience is a great mix of fans and random punters so it’s a great way to get exposure to new audiences.

Please send all demos or myspace links etc to demos@showcase55.co.uk where it will be picked up by both our hosts – watch out, as they are both called Matt it can be confusing as to which venue you are being invited to play at!

Information for ALL performers

We have a full PA with a couple of stage monitors and all the mics and DIboxes you’ll need. We also have a couple of small guitar and bass amps for tone control if required although our preference is electro-acoustic guitars (acoustic with a pickup) straight to the desk.

“I thought the night was fantastic – extremely pleasant and a lovely vibe and buzzing with people!It was a pleasure to play last night!” – Katie Skilling

“Thanks for having us around last night. We had a ball. Yeeaahhhaaawwwww!” – Kids of Horses