1st Place: Stones Throw
2nd Place: The Cabin
3rd Place: The James Sheeley House (tied)
3rd Place: The Mousetrap (tied)

Maybe you’re too cool for karaoke, but dig the concept. Maybe you’re looking to split from your band and start an acoustic solo project. Maybe you just like drinking and playing guitar, or, far more likely, you like watching drunk people make fools of themselves. No matter the reason, Stones Throw (304 Eau Claire St.) takes the cake for its Wednesdays with acoustic artist Brian Bethke, wings, and pint specials. Second place goes to UW-Eau Claire’s The Cabin (in Davies Center), a small, dark venue best known for The Wallflowers once playing there. Its open mic nights are reserved about once a month and often have students playing guitar or piano. The James Sheeley House (236 W River St., Chippewa Falls) and The Mousetrap (311 S Barstow St.) tied for third with their Tuesday nights with Jeff White and Sundays with Ultimate Frisbee’s Caleb Horne, respectively. – Trevor Kupfer

Durand Pick: Shari’s Chippewa Club, 106 W Main St., Durand