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Five venues here never take a night off — an open-mic bar on Commercial Street, private rooms in Chinatown and Quincy, a two-format house in Allston, and a Tewksbury room that sings until 12:45am. The other twenty confirmed venues spread across eighteen cities and towns, and out there the karaoke night is as likely to be at a steak-and-sushi house or a pizzeria as at a bar.
21written up in this guide43tracked in and around Boston
This guide walks the standouts. The full Boston map lives in the KaraokeList app — free, kept current by the singers who use it.
Downtown Boston keeps the mic within a short walk of itself. Sissy K's on Commercial Street runs karaoke seven nights a week, 8pm to 2am, and The Hong Kong on Chatham Street sings every night but Monday, always until 2am. The Alley Bar in Pi Alley gives Sunday a free-admission night, and a few streets south in Chinatown, Station KTV rents private rooms every day of the week.
The full list runs to 25 confirmed venues across eighteen cities and towns, and the everyday rooms are not all downtown. Stage Karaoke in Allston runs both formats daily — private studios from 1pm at the weekend, a lounge singing to the room from 8pm. Oscar's Pinatas in Tewksbury matches the city night for night, and Pagoda KTV gives Quincy rooms by the hour from 5pm every day. Beyond those, the metro mostly takes Friday and Saturday, and it takes them at restaurants as readily as bars.
4 confirmed venues
Boston proper: downtown, Chinatown, Allston
Three of these never close the book for a night, and the fourth only rests on Monday.
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Sissy K's
6 Commercial St · DowntownKaraoke seven nights a week, 8pm to 2am. The downtown fixture, and the standing answer when nothing has been planned.
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The Hong Kong
65 Chatham St · DowntownSix nights, every one of them ending at 2am. Singing from 8pm on Tuesday, 6pm Wednesday to Friday, and 5pm at the weekend. Closed Mondays.
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Station KTV
20 Hudson St · ChinatownPrivate rooms on Hudson Street, bookable any day of the week — one of only three confirmed room venues in the whole metro.
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Stage Karaoke
138 Brighton Ave · AllstonBoth formats under one roof: private studios from 4pm on weekdays and 1pm at the weekend, running to 2am, plus a main lounge that sings to the room nightly from 8pm. The earliest start we have confirmed anywhere here.
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4 confirmed venues
The towns: eighteen places, four temperaments
The confirmed list reaches from Lowell down to Brockton. These four show its range.
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Oscar's Pinatas
346 Main St · TewksburyKaraoke seven nights a week, 9pm to 12:45am — that closing time is theirs, not a rounding error. One of two confirmed venues on Tewksbury's Main Street.
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Pagoda KTV
227 Parkingway · QuincyQuincy's private rooms, open from 5pm every day — midnight close early in the week, 1am on Friday and Saturday.
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The Blue Shamrock
105 Market St · LowellMonday belongs to Cowboy Pat and Laurie's Karaoke — billed as the longest-running karaoke night in Lowell — from 8pm, with DJ Tuck on music.
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Pearl Street Station
53 Summer Street · MaldenFriday and Saturday nights in Malden, billed by the house as Awesome Karaoke. The confidence is part of the charm.
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22 more where these came from.
We keep tabs on 43 karaoke spots in and around Boston — this guide writes up 21. The rest are on the map in the app, next to the part that matters: what you’ll sing when the book comes around.
Where dinner gets a verse
A striking share of Greater Boston's confirmed karaoke happens where food is the day job. Franco's Karaoke lives at Franco's Pizza on Moody Street in Waltham, Thursday through Saturday. Samba Steak & Sushi House in Framingham has karaoke going by 8pm on Friday and Saturday, and the house's own advice is to come those nights for the high-energy party vibe. Lavender Asian Cuisine & Bar in Sudbury sings the same two nights, 9pm to 1am.
Cathay Center in Weymouth runs the longest week of the group, Wednesday through Saturday, 9pm to 1am. Maui Restaurant in Brockton keeps Friday for Karaoke with Tommy, 8 to 11:30pm, 21 and up. At all of these the singing is the evening shift, not the identity — which tends to make the rooms friendlier, not less serious.
One night, kept weekly
Wednesday splits between Karaoke @ Club Cafe on Columbus Avenue — from 8pm, and the venue's own advice is to arrive early to sign up — and The Grotto in Brookline, 9pm to midnight. Thursday belongs to Queeraoke on Washington Street in Jamaica Plain, from 10pm; in Norwood, Napper Tandy's runs Karaoke with Charlie on Thursday and again on Saturday.
Sunday has its own pair of single-night rooms: the Alley Bar downtown, 8pm to midnight with free admission, and Porter Belly's in Brighton. Medway Cafe holds Saturday, and is by local account a popular place for it.
Main Street, Tewksbury
Two of the metro's 25 confirmed venues sit on the same street in Tewksbury. Oscar's Pinatas at 346 Main Street runs karaoke seven nights a week, 9pm to 12:45am — as many nights as anything in Boston proper. TJ Callahan's Pub at 1475 Main Street takes Wednesdays, then raises the stakes on Thursdays with live band karaoke, the only live-band night on our confirmed list.
Between them, one suburban Main Street holds nine karaoke nights a week. Nobody plans a town that way. It just happened, and Tewksbury gets to keep it.
Questions
Where can I do karaoke in Boston tonight?
Three city venues run all seven nights: Sissy K's on Commercial Street from 8pm, Station KTV's private rooms in Chinatown, and Stage Karaoke in Allston, where the lounge sings nightly from 8pm. The Hong Kong on Chatham Street covers every night except Monday. Outside the city, Oscar's Pinatas in Tewksbury and Pagoda KTV in Quincy are also open seven days.
Is there karaoke in downtown Boston?
Yes, within a short walk: Sissy K's on Commercial Street runs it nightly 8pm to 2am, The Hong Kong on Chatham Street sings six nights to 2am, and the Alley Bar in Pi Alley takes Sundays from 8pm with free admission. Karaoke @ Club Cafe on Columbus Avenue adds a Wednesday night in the South End.
Does Boston have private karaoke rooms?
Three confirmed venues rent them. Station KTV on Hudson Street in Chinatown is open every day, Stage Karaoke in Allston runs private studios daily — from 4pm on weekdays and 1pm at the weekend, to 2am — and Pagoda KTV in Quincy opens its rooms at 5pm daily, closing at 1am on Friday and Saturday.
How late does karaoke go in Boston?
2am is the latest we have confirmed. Sissy K's and The Hong Kong both run to 2am downtown, and Stage Karaoke's private studios in Allston go to 2am every night. In the towns the nights end earlier — Pagoda KTV reaches 1am at the weekend, and Oscar's Pinatas in Tewksbury calls it at 12:45am.
Is there free karaoke in Boston?
The Alley Bar's Sunday night, 8pm to midnight, comes with free admission — the one venue on this list that says so outright. Most of the rest are bar and restaurant nights where the karaoke is simply part of the evening.
Is this every karaoke bar in Boston?
No. This page covers the venues worth knowing first across the metro. The full verified list for Boston 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 Boston venues is in there too.