Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Open mic
The Pinhook: Open mic. No cover listed. The bar is the room — the sheet, the host, or the house, not a touring bill.
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The Pinhook
Durham · 117 W. Main St., Durham, NC, 27701
Kym Register, Liz Albrecht, and Nick Williams opened The Pinhook at 117 W. Main St. on election night 2008, after their earlier collective room, Bull City Headquarters, closed. They named it for an early Durham settlement known for drinking and gambling, and they built it as a queer-run, punk-leaning music club with a small stage. Early bills included Future Islands, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Sylvan Esso, and Big Freedia before those acts moved to larger rooms. Register later became sole owner of the roughly 225-capacity club.
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