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Karaoke in New Haven, CT
In New Haven itself karaoke is a Saturday affair — Blue Orchid on Court Street at 9, Rudy's on Chapel from 10 to 1. The rest of the week lives in the towns around it: Wallingford, Southington, Waterbury, and BLVD Karaoke in Bridgeport, with a stage and private rooms five nights a week.
12written up in this guide21tracked in and around New Haven
This guide walks the standouts. The full New Haven map lives in the KaraokeList app — free, kept current by the singers who use it.
New Haven proper keeps its karaoke for one night. Blue Orchid on Court Street sings every Saturday from 9pm, and Rudy's Bar on Chapel Street picks up at 10 and runs until 1am. An early set at one and a late one at the other is the city's whole karaoke week.
For any other night, you leave town. Juniors Billiards & Bar in Branford runs a Friday it bills as Karaoke Idol. Up in Wallingford, O'Brien's Pub Bar & Grill sings Thursday to Sunday, 6 to 10, and Grand Central Cafe takes the weekend. Southington has Groggy Frogg four nights a week and Cadillac Ranch midweek, and Bridgeport has BLVD Karaoke, a stage and private rooms under one roof.
4 confirmed venues
New Haven and the shoreline
Saturday in the city, Friday in Branford, and five nights a week down the coast in Bridgeport.
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Blue Orchid
130 Court St · Court StSaturdays from 9pm, every week. The early half of New Haven's one karaoke night.
Blue Orchid runs karaoke Saturday.
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Rudy's Bar
1227 Chapel St · Chapel StSaturdays, 10pm to 1am — the late half, and the latest confirmed finish in the city.
Rudy's Bar runs karaoke Saturday.
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Juniors Billiards & Bar
485 West Main St · BranfordFriday nights at 9pm, under the banner of Juniors Karaoke Idol.
Juniors Billiards & Bar runs karaoke Friday.
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BLVD Karaoke
1103 Main St · BridgeportTuesday through Saturday from 6pm, to midnight early in the week and 1am on Friday and Saturday. A stage and private rooms both — the only venue on this page that does the two.
BLVD Karaoke runs karaoke Tuesday to Saturday.
4 confirmed venues
Wallingford, Southington and the inland towns
Where the weeknights are: four nights at O'Brien's, four at Groggy Frogg, and a midweek pair at Cadillac Ranch.
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O'Brien's Pub
1257 Old Colony Rd · WallingfordThursday to Sunday, 6 to 10pm. Four nights a week, all of them finished by ten.
O'Brien's Pub runs karaoke Thursday to Sunday.
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Grand Central Cafe
76 Quinnipiac St · WallingfordFriday and Saturday nights on Quinnipiac Street — Wallingford's weekend alongside O'Brien's.
Grand Central Cafe runs karaoke Friday and Saturday.
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Groggy Frogg
129 Center St · SouthingtonWednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday, 8:30 to 11:30pm. It sits out the one night New Haven itself sings.
Groggy Frogg runs karaoke Wednesday to Friday and Sunday.
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Cadillac Ranch
45 Jude Lane · SouthingtonWednesday and Thursday with Starstruck, who bring a digital system and over 220,000 songs.
Cadillac Ranch runs karaoke Wednesday and Thursday.
9 more where these came from.
We keep tabs on 21 karaoke spots in and around New Haven — this guide writes up 12. The rest are on the map in the app, next to the part that matters: what you’ll sing when the book comes around.
Watertown Avenue, and the single nights
Waterbury's two confirmed karaoke nights are on the same road. Diamond Lils Cafe at 437 Watertown Avenue sings on Friday nights with PJ the DJ. Cafe 1650, further along at number 1650, gives its Saturdays to karaoke and its other weekend night to bands.
Two more towns hold a single night each. Rovers Lodge Cafe in Middlefield has karaoke every Friday. Pine Loft Pizzaria Restaurant on the Berlin Turnpike holds a Monday karaoke night — the only Monday on this page.
Friday outnumbers Saturday
The city sings on Saturday. The region's big night, though, is Friday: seven venues on this page run it, from Juniors in Branford to Groggy Frogg in Southington, Diamond Lils in Waterbury and Rovers Lodge in Middlefield. Saturday has six, including both of New Haven's own.
The early week is thin. Monday is Pine Loft alone. Tuesday is BLVD Karaoke alone, and from Wednesday Southington's pair joins it. Sunday belongs to O'Brien's and Groggy Frogg.
Questions
Where can I do karaoke in New Haven tonight?
On a Saturday, in town: Blue Orchid on Court Street from 9pm, and Rudy's on Chapel Street from 10pm to 1am. Any other night means a drive — O'Brien's in Wallingford Thursday to Sunday, Groggy Frogg in Southington most of the week, or BLVD Karaoke in Bridgeport, Tuesday through Saturday.
Does New Haven have private karaoke rooms?
Not in the city itself. The place on this page for rooms is BLVD Karaoke on Main Street in Bridgeport, which runs private rooms alongside its stage, Tuesday through Saturday from 6pm.
What night is karaoke in New Haven?
Saturday, in the city: Blue Orchid and Rudy's both sing on Saturday nights. Across the region Friday is bigger, with seven venues on this page running it.
Is there karaoke in Wallingford or Southington?
Four venues between them. O'Brien's Pub in Wallingford runs Thursday to Sunday from 6 to 10pm. Grand Central Cafe, also in Wallingford, takes Friday and Saturday. In Southington, Groggy Frogg sings Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday from 8:30, and Cadillac Ranch takes Wednesday and Thursday.
Is there karaoke on a Monday near New Haven?
One option: Pine Loft in Berlin, which holds a Monday karaoke night. Tuesday is BLVD Karaoke in Bridgeport alone.
Is this every karaoke bar in New Haven?
No. This page covers the venues worth knowing first. The full verified list for the New Haven area 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 New Haven venues is in there too.