FWIW,
The last open mic which I hosted (right up until the pandemic shutdown) was in a busy “casual listening” setting. I used my Fishman SoloAmp as a stage monitor (aimed directly at the acts) and the heavy stuff directed into the room. Using very tight patterned Audix OM7 dynamic mics allowed me to set the stage volume pretty high. When things got busy, however, some of the acts STILL had a hard time hearing themselves with all the crowd noise coming their way. If your venue happens to be equally noisy, having an amp on stage may not be the panacea that you think it will be.
I can remember many occasions, later in the evening, when I’d get on stage to discover that the stage monitor level was WAY too loud for my own taste - and yet I’d get frequent requests to turn the stage sound up (as well as requests from customers, staff and management to turn the house sound down). I sometimes wonder how much of the offending “house” sound was actually stage sound.
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