Karaoke by city
Every city does karaoke differently. Some keep it in one district and some spread it across fifty bars; some rent you a room and some hand you a microphone in front of strangers. These are guides to 50 of them — what the scene is actually shaped like, and where to start.
Arizona
California
- AnaheimLittle Saigon rents rooms till 5am; the county's bars sing every night.
- Los AngelesThe city where karaoke means a room of your own.
- SacramentoThe south side sings from 11am; Midtown sings every night.
- San DiegoRooms till 4am 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; two bars carry the open mic nightly.
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas
- AustinA karaoke league on Wednesdays, prize money on Saturdays.
- DallasTwo karaoke rooms stare each other down across Emerald Street.
- Fort WorthNo private rooms, all bars: nightly in Arlington, one night at a time in Fort Worth.
- HoustonOne Houston address, four karaoke venues, all singing to 2am.
- San AntonioPut your name down: six places run it nightly, one until 4am.
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Washington, D.C.
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