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Karaoke inAustin
Austin's karaoke boxes line the Burnet–Anderson–North Lamar grid, one of them open to 4am on Fridays. Downtown answers with named nights — a national karaoke league, a Saturday competition with prize money — and four bars sing every night of the week.
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This guide walks the standouts. The full Austin map lives in the KaraokeList app — free, kept current by the singers who use it.
The private rooms cluster tightly, all of them north of downtown: Austin Karaoke on North Lamar, Banjoo on Burnet Road, Hi Tunes on Anderson Lane and Dance Dance Karaoke on Research Boulevard, within a few miles of each other. One rents rooms for parties of five to twenty; one runs Saturdays from 2pm; one keeps going to 4am on Fridays.
The bars hold up the other half. Four run karaoke every night of the week, and downtown does it as an event: a national league on Wednesdays, prize money on Saturdays, a Thursday called Planet Fabulous.
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North Austin: where the rooms are
All four of the city's private-room venues sit on the same few miles of the Burnet Road–Anderson Lane–North Lamar grid.
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Austin Karaoke
6808 N Lamar Blvd · North LamarMonday to Thursday 6pm to 2am, Friday to 3am, and Saturdays from 2pm — the afternoon option, and one of the late ones.
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Banjoo
5222 Burnet Rd · Burnet RoadRooms sized for anywhere from five to twenty people, with food and drink ordered straight to the room. Six nights, 5pm to 2am.
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Hi Tunes
911 W Anderson Ln · Anderson LaneTuesday to Thursday and Sunday 6pm to midnight, Friday and Saturday 6pm to 2am. The steady midweek room.
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Dance Dance Karaoke
8557 Research Blvd · North AustinTuesday to Saturday from 6pm, and to 4am on Fridays — the latest close we have confirmed in Austin.
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Open every night of the week
Four bars run karaoke seven nights, so a Tuesday here needs no more planning than a Saturday.
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Ego's
510 S Congress Ave · South CongressEvery night, 8pm to 2am, south of the river — the nightly option closest to downtown.
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Canary Roost
11900 Metric Blvd · North AustinNightly karaoke from 8pm, open until 2am, seven days a week.
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Homer's
1779 Wells Branch Pkwy · Wells BranchEvery night from 9pm to 2:05am — a closing time precise enough that somebody must have fought for the five minutes.
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Top Spin
1851 S Lakeline Blvd · LakelineKaraoke nightly at 9pm — the seven-night answer for the north-west edge of town.
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13 more where these came from.
We keep tabs on 38 karaoke spots in and around Austin — this guide writes up 25. The rest are on the map in the app, next to the part that matters: what you’ll sing when the book comes around.
Leagues, prizes and Planet Fabulous
Downtown does karaoke as an event rather than a venue. The Iron Bear on West 6th runs Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday — the Thursday being Planet Fabulous Karaoke with Murrah, 10pm to close. Around the corner on West 4th, Rain takes Mondays from 10pm, and on Wednesday evenings hosts the National Karaoke League, which is a real thing that exists. Sledge Hammer On Sixth holds Saturday karaoke competitions with no entry fee and a $75 prize.
Hosts get billing elsewhere too. La Palapa on 290 East runs karaoke with P.D.M. on Friday and Saturday, 8 to midnight, and at The Stardust Club on Manchaca, Monday and Wednesday are karaoke nights with Cal spinning on Thursdays.
Five and six nights, without the rooms
Between the nightly four and the single-nighters sits a band of bars doing most of the week. Showpony on Tinnin Ford Road runs six nights at 9pm. The Water Tank on McNeil Drive does five, Wednesday through Sunday, and Broadway Sing-Along Bar on Shady Lane goes Wednesday to Saturday from 9pm. The Common Interest on Burnet Road is the one venue doing both formats — main-stage karaoke from 8pm Thursday through Sunday, from 7pm on Fridays.
Two are their own thing entirely: Amity's Coffee and Karaoke near campus runs every Thursday at 10pm with a two-drink minimum, and DK Sushi on South 1st adds karaoke to the sushi on Mondays, 21 and over.
Round Rock, Pflugerville, Georgetown
The suburbs hold real fixtures rather than overflow. Pardners in Round Rock runs five nights, Thursday through Monday, 9pm to 1am — more nights than anything else outside the city. Pflugerville has two: Last Call on Grand Avenue Parkway takes Thursday to Saturday, and Red Rooster's on Pecan Street does Wednesdays and Thursdays, keeping live music for Tuesday and Friday.
Georgetown splits its week politely: Roots Bistro on West 8th runs Tuesdays from 7 to 10pm — the earliest finish in this guide — and The V Canteen hosts Freedom Karaoke Night on Saturdays from 7pm. Furthest out, Peggy's Bar in Cedar Creek takes Saturday nights.
Questions
Where can I do karaoke in Austin tonight?
Four bars run it nightly: Ego's on South Congress, Canary Roost on Metric Boulevard, Homer's in Wells Branch and Top Spin at Lakeline, all until around 2am. Showpony on Tinnin Ford Road adds six nights at 9pm.
Where are the private karaoke rooms in Austin?
North of downtown, all of them. Austin Karaoke on North Lamar, Banjoo on Burnet Road, Hi Tunes on Anderson Lane and Dance Dance Karaoke on Research Boulevard sit within a few miles of each other, and The Common Interest on Burnet runs both formats, stage and rooms.
How late does karaoke go in Austin?
2am is the standard close. Dance Dance Karaoke runs to 4am on Fridays — the latest we have confirmed — and Austin Karaoke to 3am the same night. Homer's holds out until 2:05am, every night.
Is there karaoke on Sixth Street?
Some, in single nights rather than every night. The Iron Bear on West 6th runs Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday; Sledge Hammer On Sixth holds Saturday competitions with a $75 prize; and Rain, a block over on West 4th, takes Mondays plus a Wednesday karaoke league. The everyday scene is north of downtown.
Is there karaoke in Round Rock or Georgetown?
Yes. Pardners in Round Rock runs five nights, Thursday through Monday, 9pm to 1am. In Pflugerville, Last Call does Thursday to Saturday and Red Rooster's Wednesday and Thursday. Georgetown has Roots Bistro on Tuesday evenings and The V Canteen's Freedom Karaoke Night on Saturdays.
Is this every karaoke bar in Austin?
No. This page covers the shape of the scene and the venues worth knowing first. The full verified list for Austin lives in the KaraokeList app, with the nights each one runs.
You found the bar.
Now what are you singing?
KaraokeList keeps every karaoke song you can actually pull off — and when the list runs dry, it finds you new ones, each with a reason. The full verified list of Austin venues is in there too.