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Where’s karaoke near me tonight? Karaoke by city
Every city sings its own way: one street, a room by the hour, or a mic in front of strangers. Find yours. Every guide names the bars and the nights they sing.
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Every bulb is a city guide. They come on in the east first, so that’s where the list starts.
It’s tonight. A lit moon beside a city goes straight to who’s singing there tonight.
Every guide lists its nights, Monday to Sunday, and names the bars on each one.
Northeast
One block in New York holds ten venues. Boston’s rooms never take a night off. Providence sings on a wharf.
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
- AmherstTuesday in Amherst, Thursday in Hadley; Chicopee sings every night.
- BostonFive rooms never take a night off; the towns sing where they eat.
- HyannisCape Cod karaoke starts in Hyannis and Yarmouth early in the week; Falmouth takes Friday and Saturday.
- New BedfordNew Bedford karaoke runs Wednesday through Friday, from the city out to Dartmouth and Westport.
- WorcesterFamily karaoke by afternoon, Saturday nearly everywhere, Cafe Neo six nights a week.
Connecticut
- New HavenNew Haven sings on Saturday; the towns around it take the week.
- West HartfordWest Hartford karaoke centers on Butterfly Karaoke Thursday to Saturday; Zen Bar in Plainville sings seven nights.
- More around ConnecticutStamford and Norwalk lead, and of all nights, Wednesday is the one that fills up.
New York
- AlbanyMaxie's runs five nights; Central Avenue sings at both ends on a Friday.
- New YorkA city of karaoke districts; one block alone holds ten venues.
- PoughkeepsieTwo Poughkeepsie spots, then a Hudson Valley drive for Tuesday and Friday.
- SmithtownThursday sings in Smithtown, Setauket, Bohemia and Bellmore; Lizard Lounge has four nights.
- More around New YorkRochester and Syracuse lead upstate, Montauk and the Hamptons sing out east, and Friday is the night.
New Jersey
The South
Choir robes in Atlanta, daiquiris in Baton Rouge, a haircut with your karaoke in New Orleans. Thursday gets kept all over.
Maryland
Virginia
- Newport NewsThursday on the Peninsula, and brewery nights in Williamsburg.
- RichmondThe city that sings on school nights — Tuesday most of all.
- Virginia BeachSeven cities, one metro, and a Thursday everybody keeps.
- More around VirginiaRoanoke and Leesburg lead, and Thursday sings just as hard as Friday.
West Virginia
- CharlestonThursday is Charleston's big karaoke night, with five spots singing.
- FairmontFairmont sings Wednesday and Friday, and Morgantown, up the road, takes Thursday.
- MartinsburgFriday is the Eastern Panhandle's karaoke night, from Martinsburg to Charles Town.
- More around West VirginiaBeckley leads, Huntington and Weirton follow, and Thursday, Friday and Saturday all pull equal weight.
North Carolina
- CharlotteFour bars sing every night, from North Davidson to the lake.
- GreensboroKaraoke from the morning, every day; the longest weekend nights on West Market.
- RaleighRaleigh's karaoke rotation: free Mondays, Hargett Street Tuesdays.
- More around North CarolinaAsheville and Fayetteville lead, and here Thursday beats the weekend.
South Carolina
- CharlestonBangkok Lounge sings every night on King Street; Wednesday is the busiest.
- GreenvilleFriday is the Upstate's big night; Taylors sings just about every night.
- Myrtle BeachTwo bars sing every night; from Thursday, the rest of the Strand joins in.
- More around South CarolinaBeaufort and Columbia lead, the Lowcountry islands join in, and Friday is the night.
Georgia
Florida
- Fort LauderdaleBLEAF sings nightly in Hollywood; Octopus Garden keeps going longest.
- Fort MyersTwo nightly bars on either side of the river; Saturday brings five.
- JacksonvilleWhere the karaoke starts before lunch.
- MiamiA metro that sings from Brickell to the Beach, some nights in Spanish.
- OrlandoChip and Dale run a seven-night campfire; the locals sing every night too.
- PensacolaSix nights a week, dark on Monday, and a late start on Perdido Key.
- TampaKaraoke rooms from lunchtime to the small hours, and two shores full of bar nights.
- More around FloridaGainesville and Key West lead, Sarasota and Panama City Beach follow, and Friday is the busiest night.
Kentucky
Tennessee
- ChattanoogaSing It Or Wing It covers six nights; Monday belongs to Broads and Sparetime.
- Johnson CitySaturday is Johnson City's big karaoke night, with five places singing across the Tri-Cities.
- KnoxvillePrivate rooms downtown; Bullfeathers sings seven nights.
- MemphisMemphis sings early, and Wednesday is the big night.
- NashvilleEvery mic here faces the room — deep into the night in Printers Alley.
- More around TennesseeGatlinburg leads, small towns from Clarksville to Tullahoma follow, and Friday is the big night.
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
- FayettevilleFayetteville and the rest of Northwest Arkansas have karaoke every night of the week; Thursday has the most choices.
- Hot SpringsCentral Avenue sings most of the week; Friday has five places around Hot Springs.
- Little RockKaraoke's back at the Town Pump; North Little Rock takes Thursday.
- More around ArkansasConway and Fort Smith lead the way, and in Arkansas the week peaks early: Thursday is the busiest night.
Louisiana
- Baton RougeThree named nights at DJ's Club Elite, and karaoke with daiquiris.
- New OrleansFour stages on one street — and haircuts with your karaoke on Tuesdays.
- ShreveportShreveport sings on Monday; Bossier City takes Wednesday to Saturday.
- More around LouisianaLake Charles and Lafayette lead, and Friday is the busiest night from Cajun country up to Ruston.
Midwest
The bowling alleys sing here. So does a VFW post in Minneapolis, every night of the week.
Ohio
- AkronRock the Dock on Thursday; The Park carries the weekend, Thursday through Saturday.
- CincinnatiOne karaoke palace, and a city of neighborhood bars that keep a weekly date with the mic.
- ClevelandSeven-day karaoke from the afternoon on, in Lakewood.
- ColumbusKaraoke as a weekly show, one bar and one night at a time, all over the map.
- DaytonHappy-hour karaoke downtown, the longest nights in Huber Heights.
- ToledoBier Stube takes Wednesday to Saturday; Bowling Green takes the rest.
- More around OhioAthens leads, and the rest is small-town Ohio, from Marietta on the river to Defiance.
Michigan
- Ann ArborAnn Arbor's Circ Bar sings Thursday to Saturday; Ypsilanti fills in Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
- DetroitThe every-night bars are in Taylor and Hazel Park; the bowling alleys sing too.
- FlintJW's sings every night, and longest; Dort Highway sings at both ends.
- Grand RapidsWednesday and Thursday tie for the big night. Sunday is the quiet one.
- KalamazooDowntown Kalamazoo sings nearly every night; Thursday and Saturday have the most choices.
- LansingEast Lansing's Crunchy's sings Thursday to Saturday; Lansing has Tuesday and Wednesday.
- More around MichiganA spread from the Upper Peninsula's Iron Mountain to Muskegon on the lakeshore, busiest on Friday.
Indiana
- Fort WaynePrivate rooms on St Joe Road, and short, fixed weeks at the bars.
- IndianapolisSix long nights on Madison Avenue; private rooms on Pendleton Pike.
- Michigan CityFour Stop on Ohio Street sings Thursday to Saturday, and Thursday and Friday each have four places around Michigan City.
- South BendCheers sings every night; Elkhart and Goshen take Friday.
- More around IndianaBloomington and Evansville lead, Lafayette and Muncie keep up, and Friday is the night.
Illinois
- AuroraLevee Karaoke & BBQ rents private rooms every night; Friday and Saturday add the most around Aurora.
- BloomingtonFriday has the most mics in Bloomington-Normal; Shake It Up covers Tuesday and Sunday.
- ChampaignStar Karaoke rents private rooms five nights; Friday is the widest night in Champaign-Urbana.
- ChicagoWalk Wentworth and look up: the karaoke rooms are on the second floor.
- PeoriaThe Basket Case lists every night; Wednesday is Peoria's busiest.
- RockfordRue Marche and 5 Star split the week; only Monday goes quiet.
- More around IllinoisSpringfield leads, then the far edge of Chicagoland: Algonquin, Fox Lake and Gurnee.
Wisconsin
- Green BayGreen Bay sings Tuesday through Sunday, with five places on Thursday.
- JanesvilleJanesville sings Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; Friday has four places nearby.
- MadisonOne bar every night, then Thursday wakes up the east side.
- MilwaukeePrivate rooms nightly on Howard Avenue, and a Sunday Funday to close the week.
- More around WisconsinKenosha leads, Door County's harbor towns join in, and Saturday is the big night.
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
- Kansas CityThursday is the night; the Crossroads is where it ends.
- SpringfieldTwo bars every night, two more most nights, seven on a Saturday.
- St. LouisSing by daylight in Florissant, or all weekend in Soulard.
- More around MissouriColumbia leads, Jefferson City follows, and Friday and Saturday split the honors.
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Southwest
Rooms past midnight in Houston, a patio after lunch in Tucson, prize money on a Saturday in Austin.
Texas
- AustinA karaoke league on Wednesdays, prize money on Saturdays.
- Corpus ChristiRooms and a stage every day, and a Thursday nearly everyone sings.
- DallasTwo karaoke rooms stare each other down across Emerald Street.
- El PasoWednesday and Thursday are the big nights; Duets sings six.
- Fort WorthNo private rooms, all bars: nightly in Arlington, one night at a time in Fort Worth.
- HoustonOne Houston building, four karaoke venues, all singing every night.
- San AntonioPut your name down: six places run it nightly, one until the small hours.
- More around TexasLubbock and Denton lead, Amarillo and Galveston are close behind, and Friday is the busiest night.
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Mountain West
Three Boise bars sing every night. In Las Vegas there’s a room that never closes at all.
Colorado
- Colorado SpringsAll six sing on Saturday; Kelly O'Brian's sings every night.
- DenverBroadway sings from downtown to Littleton; the rooms are on Havana Street.
- Fort CollinsSaturday has six places to sing around Fort Collins; Wednesday is the downtown night.
- More around ColoradoPueblo and Grand Junction lead, mountain towns like Estes Park and Aspen chime in, and Saturday is the big one.
Utah
Nevada
Idaho
Montana
California
Rooms by the hour on every old road, four karaoke doors in seven blocks of Post Street, and a Thursday the whole Central Valley keeps.
California
- AnaheimLittle Saigon keeps its rooms going deep into the night; the county's bars sing every night.
- BakersfieldThursday is the night: six venues, from East Bakersfield to downtown.
- FresnoAlibi sings every night; That One Place and XLanes rent rooms of their own.
- LancasterFriday is the night in Antelope Valley, with six of the seven venues.
- Los AngelesThe city where karaoke means a room of your own.
- ModestoThursday is the night in Modesto, with eight venues and Torii carrying the weekend.
- MontereyThursday is the night on the Monterey Peninsula; seven venues sing.
- OceansideLarry's Beach Club sings every night; North County shares out the rest.
- OxnardNo nightly bar, so the county sings in relay, and Friday is the full night.
- Palm SpringsTuesday is the night in Palm Springs; RetroRoom and Neil's sing every night.
- ReddingMonroe's sings every night; Friday is the full night in Redding.
- RiversideLaw's sings every night in Riverside; Lulu's Hideout keeps going latest.
- SacramentoThe south side sings from before lunch; Midtown sings every night.
- San DiegoRooms till late on a Convoy Street weekend; sign-up bars in the Gaslamp.
- San FranciscoFour karaoke venues in seven blocks of Post Street. Pick a door.
- San JoseKaraoke by the hour on every old road; a couple of bars carry the open mic nightly.
- San Luis ObispoFriday has six venues on the Central Coast; the week is a coastal rota.
- Santa BarbaraThree Mondays, a Tully Wednesday, and State Street on Saturday.
- Santa ClaritaWednesday has three bars and Friday has four in Santa Clarita.
- StocktonThursday has the most choice; the Establishment Saloon holds the weekend up north.
- VictorvilleGators sings every night; the High Desert shares out the rest.
- More around CaliforniaThe towns between the big cities still sing, from Simi Valley to Petaluma, Chico and up to Eureka.
Northwest, Alaska & Hawaii
Free mics all week in Portland and a live band to front on Mondays. Honolulu starts singing in the morning.
Washington
- SeattleKaraoke 365 days a year, by one bar's own count. Eight more run nightly.
- SpokaneTwo bars that never stop, and two Valley rooms a few doors apart.
- TacomaA nightly karaoke bar in every town from Tacoma to Bremerton.
- More around Washington StateBellingham leads by a wide margin, with Everett and Olympia next, and the weekend does the heavy lifting.
Oregon
- EugeneTuesday at the Corn with a $1 shelter raffle; four bars on a Friday.
- PortlandFree mics all week, and a live band to front on Mondays.
- SalemWindjammers and Hollands sing latest; on Monday, nobody does.
- More around OregonMedford and Bend lead, the coast from Astoria to Brookings joins in, and Friday is the busiest night.
