Mondays: Dreamland
3401 Evanston Ave N
šø: Dreamland
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Karaoke: Mon 8 pm ā 12 am
With its aesthetic ofspacey, quasi-discotheque lightingand maximalist decor, Dreamland is the vibiest place in Seattle to karaoke. KJ TV will be your host, and their songbookggnzla KARAOKEis top-tier, with homemade tracks adding to a massive collection of standard tracks. Wanna break out some Doja Cat? SomeSlayer? Misfits? Selena? Itās all there. The selection: itāswide.
Karaoke here goes down in a corner spot framed by curtains (see: maximalist decor!), pulled open so the space feels defined but not separated from the bar. You can sit at thelong and cushy benchesand hang with your fellow singers like youāve got a karaoke room with some new friends. Or you can grab a table in the outer bar area and still not miss a beat.
It all adds to ethereal lights,abundant disco ball sheen, great song options, cool mic effects, and even a fog machine. Hey, itās right there in the name: itās akaraoke dreamland!
Pro tipš
If you wanna sing a lot, get thereright when karaoke starts. Thatās evergreen advice for any karaoke night, but the rotation here is especially wide open during the first hour.
Tuesdays: Monkey Pub
5305 Roosevelt Way NE
šø: Monkey Pub
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Karaoke: Tues 10 pm ā close, also on Fri & Sun
A deep, dark, true dive bar, Monkey Pub has been at it since 1993 and has the lived-in atmosphere to match. Itās got a tough exterior with a heart of gold, yāknow? KJ Xuan23 runs karaoke tonight, and not only is the songbook gigantic, but Xuan adds new tracks to it every month. Recent additions include Mitski, Iron Maiden, Kendrick Lamar, Pavement, Wet Leg, Nina Simone, et alāthereās all kinds of variety.
Thereās no stage, but The Monkey does host live music too, so the sound is brash in a satisfying way. Itās a whole basem*nt show feeling, and thatās part of the fun of karaoke here: the crowd is young and convivial, and thereās lots of quirky decor. Ha, look at that white neon sign that just reads āSeattleā in plain all-caps. Or the mini Paramount Theater sign replica on the ceiling. Youāll definitely notice the profane non-sequitur accompanying the Nikola Tesla image on the karaoke rotation screenāWhat? (Oh, and thereās a wait time estimate on screen, too. A nice touch! Why donāt more places do that?)
So, top-notch karaoke in a shambling setting that practically demands that you come as you are? Perfect for a Tuesday.
A little privacy? š
Weāre not covering private room karaoke for this guide, but if youāre curious about that experience, good places to start are:
Moonwalk Karaoke (CID)
Rock Box (Capitol Hill)
Seattleās Best Karaoke SBK (Denny Triangle)
Wednesdays: Kateās Pub
309 NE 45th St
šø: Kateās Pub
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Karaoke: Wed 8 pm ā close
Kateās Pub might be the most cottage-core karaoke experience possible: the classic Tudor-influenced Irish pub aesthetic, the ultra-comfy chairs, the homey and hearty food, the hospitably long happy hour. And a karaoke host who even goes by KJ Kuddles.
Yeah, everything at Kateās adds up to maximum coziness. That also means that the karaoke vibe is more understated, but it feels exactly right. Thatās to say: the stage is small and tucked in the front corner, but KJ Kuddles has the sound system dialed in and sounding fantastic. Homemade karaoke tracks arenāt the game here, but the song selection is still enormous and full of what youāre looking for. There isnāt space for a dance floor, but that just frees you up to sing moody torch songs if you want.
Itās all so good, a karaoke cocoon in the middle of your week.
About that long happy hour š„
You wanna be there for that. It begins at 4, runs til karaoke starts at 8, and offers lots of cheap and good bar food.
And: After happy hour, any whiskey is half-price the rest of the night. COZY.
Thursdays: Southgate Roller Rink Bar
9646 17th Ave SW
šø: Southgate Roller Rink
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Karaoke: Thurs 9 pm ā 1:30 am, also on Tues & Wed
Itās time to up the indulgent silliness factor. How about a karaoke bar connected to a roller rink? So, this is a choose-your-own-adventure: Wanna skate, too? Then enter the roller rink from the parking lot off of 17th Ave. Once youāre set up with skates, you can roll over to the bar from a passage at the end of the rink. Donāt wanna skate at all? Then head to the entrance on the other side of the building on 16th Aveāthatās the direct entrance to the bar from the outside.
Now that footwear is squared away, letās get to the karaoke, run by KJ Ivan of Baby Ketten Karaoke. IYKYK, but if you donāt, you need to: KJ Ivanās song selection is second to none, full stop. Baby Ketten makes their own tracks, and adds to the supermassive selection every single week. This is the time and the place to sing the song you heard in that documentary about the underground art-pop band from the ā70s, yāknow?
The best part though is that KJ Ivan sets an easygoing tone that keeps things from veering into the competitively esoteric. You donāt have to choose something obscure; itās just that you can if you want to. Anything goes!
Oh, and yes, itās true that you can skate while you sing!
Fridays: Tarasco
1452 NW 70th St
šø: Tarasco
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Karaoke: Fri 9 pm ā close, also on Sat
Ok, itās the weekend, the primetime for karaoke. So you just have to accept that everywhere will be jam-packed with ultra long rotations, right? Not if you go to Tarasco. Walk in here on a Friday night and find it with plenty of available seats and a short rotation all night long.
This is a classic Seattle karaoke spot, though! Thereās a stage with fun lighting, a dance floor, big sound system, everything you could want. Drinks are cheap and thereās snacky Mexican food to pair with āem, and the bartenders are friendly. Itās wild that Tarasco isnāt incredibly busy these days, what gives?
Turns out longtime host Karaoke Kurt retired from the industry during the lockdown, and he was the one promoting karaokeāTarasco by itself doesnāt have much social media presence. A nearly 20-year legacy is a tough act to follow, but new Friday night host KJ Tim is filling Kurtās shoes ably. The song selection is still big, Timās got the sound mixed just right, and the vibe is just so welcoming.
Is it corny to call a place a ābest-kept secret?ā Probably, but Tarasco is right here, ready to be rediscovered.
But what about Capitol Hill, the most karaoke-dense neighborhood in Seattle š¤
If you donāt mind longer waits between your songs, and an occasionally competitive vibe here and there, you could stay on the Hill all week:
Mon: Cafe Racer (KJ Ivan, Baby Ketten)
Tues: Pony (KJ TV, ggznla karaoke)
Wed: Hula Hula
Thurs: Saint Johnās Bar & Eatery
Fri: The bar at Rock Box
Sat: Crescent Lounge
Sun: Juliaās (Drag karaoke with Shay Fox!)
Saturdays: Yen Wor Village
2300 California Ave SW
šø: Yen Wor Village
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Karaoke: Sat 8 pm ā close, also Thurs, Fri, Sun, Mon
Itās rare to find a great karaoke spot where you can sing more than two songs on a Saturday, but Yen Wor Village is it. Itās another Seattle karaoke institution that people have been sleeping on lately, with the West Seattle Bridge closure adding transportation insult to pandemic injury. But the bridge is open! Itās time to come back to this gem.
Karaoke here hits just right: an expansive songbook, great sound system, big stage, spacious dance floor, colorful lighting, all in an old-school Chinese restaurant that has now aged past outdated and into vintage charm. Itās just the very essence of karaoke, and presiding over it tonight is KJ Loretta.
Things donāt start to pick up here til after 10, so if you arrive around 8, youāll generally have two hours to sing a lot, enjoy overhearing neighbors bantering with the bartender while boxing up their pork fried rice, and be treated to Lorettaās whimsical asides on the mic between singers. (e.g. āYāall ready for the holidays? I got my Christmas hat on now, ācause I didnāt feel like doinā my wig tonight!ā)
Itās a whole vibe here, destination-worthy but with intimate neighborhood warmth. Have your cake and eat it too!
UPDATE:Sadly, Yen Wor is now closed. Try another spot on this list during a Saturday night.
Sundays: The George & Dragon Pub
206 N 36th St
šø: The George & Dragon Pub
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Karaoke: Sun 10 pm ā close
Sunday night is about easing out of the weekend, and The George & Dragon is just the place for that. New ownership has toned down the Georgeās old fratmosphere, so you can roll in when karaoke starts at 10 and cozy up. Bartender might be wearing a Winnie the Pooh t-shirt reading āNo Bothers Given,ā thatās the gently carefree territory weāre in here.
Karaoke takes place in a raised seating area, so itās sort of a stage but not exactly. Doesnāt matterāhost Marteen the Karaoke Machine(!) has the sound here fine-tuned so well itās incredibly fun to sing through. You can use your phone to sign up via Karafun, but Marteenās selection isnāt limited to theirs. If you write the song you want on a slip and hand it to him, heās probably got it. He might even kindly ask if you mind if he harmonizes with you during your song. (You should say yes, itās gonna sound sweet and incredible.)
The kitchen here is usually open til 11, and part of the fun is pairing karaoke with some British pub food. A full English breakfast, then a song by Japanese Breakfast, perhaps? Eat bangers, sing bangers, I say.