Motor House

Street View

A former car showroom on North Avenue turned into a bar, a gallery and two performance rooms. Two things run on a fortnight here and both are pay what you can: the Dat Feel Good jazz jam on a Monday, and the Art of Comedy open mic on a Wednesday, which the venue calls the longest running in Baltimore. Everything else is a ticketed show or an exhibition.

Address

120 W North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21201

Directions⌄

Hours

By the event. The bar opens for what is on rather than to set hours.

Every week

• ·Dat Feel Good jazz jam, alternate Mondays 7pm to 10pm, pay what you can. Hosted by Clarence Ward III and emceed by Rufus Roundtree
• ·Art of Comedy open mic, alternate Wednesdays 9pm to 10:30pm, pay what you can. Up to 25 comedians, hosted in rotation by Jamar Taylor, Lyric Marie and Zach Zwagil

In the guides

• Mount Vernon, from the monument north

Parking

Not verified yet

Age rules

Not stated for the jam or the open mic. Some ticketed events are 21+

Accessibility

Not published

Official links

motorhousebaltimore.com

Verified

Verified Sep 27, 2026 against Motor House's own event pages for both series, their times, their hosts, the pay-what-you-can pricing and the run of dates, read 21 Sep 2026, and again on 27 Sep 2026 for the fortnight each keeps: the jam on 28 Sep, 12 and 26 Oct, and 9 and 23 Nov; the open mic on 30 Sep, 14 and 28 Oct, and 11 and 25 Nov; its events page again on 21 Oct 2026, giving the jam on 26 October and the open mic on 28 October, on the same fortnight. Facts can drift; if something here is wrong, tell us and we’ll fix it. How we check.

Not yet confirmed

Bar hours on a night with nothing on. Access. Whether either series continues past the last date listed, which is in November, and on the same fortnight: the jam's has moved once already, since a June date on the venue's own page sits thirteen weeks before 28 September