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The Uptown VFW runs karaoke every night of the week until 1:45 in the morning, and it is not even the neighbourhood with the deepest bench. That would be Northeast, where the Palace, the U Otter Stop and the Vegas Lounge all keep seven-night schedules of their own.
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This guide walks the standouts. The full Minneapolis map lives in the KaraokeList app — free, kept current by the singers who use it.
Northeast Minneapolis is the district. Four confirmed venues, three of them singing every night: Northeast Palace on 4th Street from 9pm, the Vegas Lounge on Central to 2am, and the U Otter Stop Inn, which runs 8pm to 2am daily and adds a happy-hour session at 4pm on Saturdays. The 1029 Bar covers Wednesday through Sunday from its corner on Marshall Street.
The other thing to know is that the Twin Cities sing at the veterans' halls. Four VFW posts and an Eagles club hold confirmed karaoke nights here, led by the James Ballentine "Uptown" VFW, where the calendar reads the same every day: karaoke, 9pm to 1:45am. Six venues across the metro run all seven nights, and a post on Lyndale is one of them.
4 confirmed venues
Northeast: the every-night quarter
Old corner bars on the east side of the river, three of them with no off night between them.
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U Otter Stop Inn
617 Central Ave SE · NortheastKaraoke 8pm to 2am, every day — and a Happy Hour Karaoke session on Saturdays starting at 4pm, for those who like to warm up in daylight.
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Vegas Lounge
965 Central Ave NE · NortheastSeven nights, 9pm to 2am, hosted by Entertainment Plus. Up Central Avenue from the U Otter Stop, so the street carries two all-week rooms by itself.
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Northeast Palace
2500 4th St NE · NortheastKaraoke seven nights a week from 9pm at the neighbourhood's namesake corner bar.
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The 1029 Bar
1029 Marshall St NE · NortheastWednesday through Sunday, 9pm till close, with the Smack Shack kitchen in the building.
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The rest of the every-night crowd
Three more venues that never close the songbook, plus the east side's five-nighter.
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Uptown VFW
2916 Lyndale Ave S · UptownKaraoke every night, 9pm to 1:45am. A working VFW post with the steadiest karaoke calendar in the building's own precise style — down to that 1:45 close.
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Chatterbox Pub
2229 E 35th St · South MinneapolisNightly karaoke sessions on the south side.
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DoReMi
1989 Silver Bell Rd · EaganThe metro's confirmed private rooms — rentals built for private parties, open seven days, down in Eagan.
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Bleechers
2220 White Bear Ave · MaplewoodWednesday through Sunday, 9pm to 1:30am, on the east side. Two-drink minimum while the karaoke runs — the house is upfront about it.
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19 more where these came from.
We keep tabs on 43 karaoke spots in and around Minneapolis — this guide writes up 24. The rest are on the map in the app, next to the part that matters: what you’ll sing when the book comes around.
Sing at the post
The Uptown VFW is the headline, but the pattern runs right through the metro. Fred Babcock VFW Post 5555 in Richfield sings Tuesdays and Fridays from 7 to 11pm — civilised hours, done before midnight. Kraus Hartig VFW in Spring Lake Park gives Monday to a host called Rock & Roll John, 7 to 10pm.
Shakopee VFW Post 4046 runs its karaoke from 8:30 to close, and the New Brighton Eagles post does the first and third Friday of the month from 8 to midnight, plus every Saturday night. Membership halls, early starts, hosts on first-name terms with the room — it is a genuinely different way to run a karaoke scene, and it works.
The St Paul week
St Paul spreads its five confirmed venues across the calendar. Mancini's Char House on West Seventh takes Tuesdays. Tin Cup's on Rice Street takes Wednesdays. Mounds Park Sports Bar on Hudson Road covers Sundays from 8:30 — and Wednesdays too, after the bingo finishes.
Saturday is the big night east of the river: Joe and Stan's on West Seventh from 9:30 to 1:30, Mcknight's on Burns Avenue from 9 to 1, and Park Grove Bowl down in Saint Paul Park, where the karaoke shares the building with the lanes.
Early, occasional, and on an actual stage
The Schooner Tavern on 27th Avenue runs Monday karaoke from 5 to 7pm — before dinner, finished before most rooms open — then comes back Tuesday at 9 for the conventional version. Monday is also the night The Saloon on Hennepin puts karaoke on its Main Stage, 7:30 to 11:30, and Eagle MPLS takes Wednesdays on Washington Avenue, 8pm to midnight.
Further out, the schedules get particular. Cy's in Chaska sings the first and third Saturday of the month at 9:30. Steve-O's on West Broadway runs Wednesdays at 10 and Saturdays at 9 with a host named Dwayne. And Babes Place in Shakopee takes Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, 9pm to 1am — a small-town bar with a bigger karaoke calendar than most city ones.
Questions
Where is the karaoke district in Minneapolis?
Northeast. The Northeast Palace, the Vegas Lounge and the U Otter Stop Inn all run karaoke seven nights a week within the same quarter, and the 1029 Bar adds Wednesday through Sunday. The Vegas Lounge and the U Otter Stop are both on Central Avenue.
Where can I do karaoke in Minneapolis tonight?
Six venues run all seven nights: Northeast Palace, the Vegas Lounge and the U Otter Stop Inn in Northeast, the Uptown VFW on Lyndale, the Chatterbox Pub on the south side, and DoReMi's private rooms in Eagan.
Does Minneapolis have private karaoke rooms?
DoReMi Karaoke & Entertainment in Eagan is the one we have confirmed — room rentals aimed at private parties, open seven days. Everything else on this page is sign-up-and-sing.
Where is karaoke in St Paul?
Mancini's Char House on Tuesdays, Tin Cup's on Wednesdays, and Mounds Park Sports Bar on Sundays and after Wednesday bingo. On Saturdays, Joe and Stan's and Mcknight's both run late, and Park Grove Bowl covers Saint Paul Park.
How late does karaoke go in Minneapolis?
2am, at the U Otter Stop Inn and the Vegas Lounge, both of which get there every night of the week. The Uptown VFW holds out until exactly 1:45am, and Bleechers in Maplewood runs to 1:30.
Is this every karaoke bar in Minneapolis?
No. This page covers the districts and the venues worth knowing first. The full verified list for the Twin Cities 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 Minneapolis venues is in there too.