Open Mic Monday Grand Finale, next week

Next Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, marks the grand finale of the Open Mic Monday held at the Historic Ritz Theatre at the Schafer Center in downtown Toccoa.

The event starts promptly at 7 p.m. and admission is free.

What started last September has received quite the attention from the public.

Each month, performers came out and competed with a variety of entertaining performances from solo guitar, various musical combo configurations, solo piano, spoken word, stand-up comedy, and many more.

Ritz Theatre General Manager Keith Kozicki told WNEG News about how popular the event has become.

The community is encouraged to come out and support the final 4 contestants as they compete to win the grand prize: a paid gig to perform as an opening act for the upcoming Ida Cox music series performance this summer.

The Grand Finale will include performances by September’s winner Ethan Phillips; October’s winners Daniel Mack and Clint Coker; and November’s co-winners Ashley Strickland and Will Fowler, and Hailey Little and Ethan Smith; and lastly, December’s winners Marion Montgomery and Maribel Montgomery-Anderson.

Kozicki stresses that admission to the event is free, and that the public is strongly encouraged to attend.

For more information about Open Mic Monday, contact Kozicki, at 706-282-3232.