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Not all venues have karaoke every week. Read the hours carefully. Call the venue to make sure there is karaoke tonight! The websites of bars are almost always out of date. This page is a much better bet, but calling is your best option.

Karaoke DJ Nights

Day	Venue	Location	Hours	Notes
Sunday	McGillin's	1310 Drury Lane (215) 735-5562	8pm-midnight	DJ Joe H
	Locust Bar	10th and Locust (215) 925-2191	7pm-midnight	DJ Lars Smoking
	Ly Michael's	101 N. 11th St (215) 922-2688	10pm-midnight	DJ Billy Wong
	The Abbaye	637 N. 3rd St. (215) 627-6711	11pm-2am
Monday	Upstairs at the Khyber	56 S. Second St (215) 238-5888	9:00pm-1:30am	DJ Sara Sherr
	Oharas Fish House	3900 Chestnut St (215) 349-9000	9pm-1:30am
	Smokey Joe's	210 S. 40th St (215) 222-0770	11pm-2a	DJ Lars
	M-Room Showtune Karaoke	15 W Girard Ave (215) 739-5577	10pm-1am	3rd Mondays ONLY. Get your Broadway on
Tuesday	National Mechanics	22 South 3rd St. (215) 701-4883	9pm-1:30am	DJ Joe H. Great bar, great food, big room.
	Trocadero Balcony Bar	1003 Arch St. (215) 922-LIVE	9pm-1:30am last Tues. of month	Full stage. Great for groups. Last Tuesdays only! Check site first.
	Quattro Bar & Grill	13th & Shunk St.	9pm-1am	Cash Prize. Biondo
	New Deck Tavern	3408 Sansom St. (215) 386-4600	10pm-2am	DJ Lars
	Tavern On Camac	243 S. Camac St. (215) 545-0900	10pm-2am	Penny Productions. Gay bar.
	Sportz Page Bar & Grill	2015 Penrose Ave. (215) 755-9500	9pm-close	All Around Sound
Wednesday	Finnigan's Wake	547 N 3rd St (215) 574-9317	9:30pm-1:30am	All Around Entertainment
	Barristers	1823 Sansom St (215) 496-0786	9:30pm-1am
	Oharas Fish House	3900 Chestnut St (215) 349-9000	9pm-1:30am
	McGillin's	1310 Drury Lane (215) 735-5562	9pm-1:30am	DJ Joe H
	5th St. Cafe	N 5th St & W Rockland St (215) 456-9324	9pm-1am	DJ Joey Hart
	Raven Lounge	1718 Sansom St (215) 840-3577	5:45pm-9:45pm (early!)	Last Wed. ONLY
Thursday	The Happy Rooster	118 S. 16th St. (215) 963-9311	10pm-1:30am	DJ Joe H
	Ly Michael's	101 N. 11th St (215) 922-2688	10pm-midnight	DJ Billy Wong
	Cheers To You	5th & South Streets (215) 923-8780	9:30pm-1:30am	Delco Karaoke
	M-Room Puppet Karaoke	15 W Girard Ave (215) 739-5577	10pm-1am	3rd Thursdays ONLY. Build a puppet on-site & sing! Unique & fun
	Samba	714 Girard Av 215 625-7900	8pm-1am
	Sisters	1320 Chancellor St (215) 735-0735	10pm-1am	DJ Suzi Nash. Lesbian bar
	Westy's	15th & Callowhill (215) 563-6134	10pm-1:30am
	Applebees	215 S. 15th (215) 772-2790	9pm-mid.	DJ Joey Hart
	Twelve Steps Down: Karaoke Obscura	831 Christian St (215) 238-0379	9pm-2am	1st Thurs. ONLY Unique songs available
	Reales Sports Bar	7233 Frankford Ave 215-332-6374	9:30pm-1:30am	DJ Tom
Friday	Ray's Happy Birthday Bar	1200 E. Passyunk Ave (215) 365-1169	10pm-1:30am	DJ Lars Heavy smoking
	McGillin's	1310 Drury Lane (215) 735-5562	9pm-1:30am	DJ Joe H
	Ly Michael's	101 N. 11th St (215) 922-2688	10pm-2am	DJ Billy Wong
Saturday	Moriarty's	1116 Walnut St. 2nd Floor (215) 627-7676	9pm-1:30am	DJ Bobby B smokefree
	Pure (Karaoke Blvd)	1221 Saint James St (215) 735-5772	9:30pm-1:30am	DJ Natasha. Gay club. Cover for nonmembers. See web site.
	Ly Michael's	101 N. 11th St (215) 922-2688	10pm-2am	DJ Billy Wong
	Westy's	15th & Callowhill (215) 563-6134	10pm-1:30am
	Downey's	526 S. Front St. (215) 625-9500	11pm-1:30am
	Blarney Stone	3929 Sansom St (215) 222-5340	10pm-1:30am	Packed after midnight
	Elephant & Castle	1800 Market St.	Sat. 10pm-1am	by Ryan Rhythm
	Coley's Tavern	3rd & Porter St.	9:30pm-2am	Biondo
	Nicholas Tavern	2nd & Oregon Ave.	9pm-1am	Biondo
	2nd Place Tavern	Gaul St. and Clementine St. (215) 423-7878	2nd and 4th Sats. 9pm-1am+	by y5kkaraoke
	Fishtown Tavern	Frankford St. and Thompson St.	1st Sat. 10pm-1am+	by y5kkaraoke heavy smoking
	Prince Cafe	Princeton Av. and Vandike St.	3rd Sat. 9pm-1am+	by y5kkaraoke
	Leneghans Inn	7412 Frankford Av.	9pm-2am	keepemdancing
	Applebees	2501 Aramingo Ave	9pm-mid starts 7/19	by DJ Joey Hart

Karaoke Lounges

What is a karaoke lounge? A karaoke lounge is a facility offering private karaoke rooms. There is no DJ, just a system you set up yourself. The usual thing is to rent a room for the night with a group of friends. This is common in Tokyo, New York and other places but it's new to Philly.

Venue	Location	Hours	Rates	Notes
Yakitori Boy / Japas	211 N. 11th 215 923-8088	7 days 5p-2a	Lounge: $1/song Private: $30/6 - $70/20 per hr	Full- service Japanese restaurant downstairs Half price private rooms Sun-Thurs 5pm-9pm

Understanding the rates: $30/6 means $30 for a room that accommodates six people. That's an hourly rate.

Philly Karaoke News

2008-07-17

Mike D of keepemdancing is DJing at Leneghans in the Northeast on Saturday nights.

2008-07-13

All Around Sound has launched a karaoke night at the Sportz Page Bar & Grill on Tuesdays.

2008-07-10

DJ Joey Hart will be spinning karaoke at the Aramingo Ave. Applebees on Saturday nights beginning July 19th. Joey also spins at the 215 S. 15th St. Applebees in Center City on Thursdays.

2008-07-03

Ly Michael's is in full-on karaoke mode Thursday through Sunday, from 10pm to midnight (10pm-2am Friday and Saturday).

2008-06-29

The Raven Lounge holds a "Karaoke Samurai" smackdown on the last Wednesday of every month. Thanks to seestagirl for the info.

2008-06-26

Tavern on Camac hosts karaoke on Tuesday nights. TOC is a gay and lesbian bar located at 243 S. Camac St. Thanks to Michelle of Penny Productions for the tip.

2008-05-25

Barristers rocks the mike on Wednesdays at 9:30pm. Thanks to chrissmari.

Although I haven't heard anything official, I haven't seen any sign of karaoke at Cebu in a long time, so I've taken that listing down. If you know different, be sure to squawk.

2008-02-24

Ryan Rhythm now offers karaoke every Saturday at Elephant & Castle at 18th and Market. Thanks to Melissa for the news.

2008-02-21

DJ Lars is now spinning karaoke at Smokey Joe's on Mondays and at the New Deck Tavern on Tuesdays, in addition to his usual Fridays at Ray's and Sundays at Locust Bar. The New Deck no longer has karaoke on Fridays.

The Philly Roller Girls are throwing a karaoke fundraiser party at Skinners, Tuesday, February 26th at 8pm. Skinners is between 2nd and 3rd on Market. Featuring DJ Lars. "Awesome prizes for cool stuff."

2008-01-12

Philly finally has karaoke lounges, also known as private booth karaoke, thanks to Yakitori Boy. This is a very awesome development. Thanks to devotdsatellite for the news. Gotta check it out ASAP.

2008-01-10

Cebu's "industry karaoke" has moved to Wednesday nights. Which means I might drop in for just one song after dancing my feet sore at Brasils sometime. Hmm.

2008-01-07

Jill points out that Pure has had Saturday night karaoke for ages. Pure is a gay club, with a cover for nonmembers. See their web site for details (I rarely recommend club web sites because they are rarely accurate, but this one is good).

2008-01-06

Karaoke at Kildares stopped in July, according to B.W., who walked 20 blocks tonight only to find this out. Ouch! Poor fella... people, please call the venue first! That's why I include phone numbers. And if you find an error, please do contact me. Thanks.

2007-12-10

I gather DJ Sara Sherr is no longer at Sals on Sundays. She's still going strong at the Khyber though.

2007-12-06

DJ Joe H is now at McGillin's on Sundays from 8pm to midnight, in addition to Wednesdays and Fridays. Yeah! That didn't take long. Come on out to support him— I don't like the way he was treated at Locust Bar.

Speaking of Locust Bar, DJ Lars is now the regular Sunday karaoke DJ there, in addition to Ray's Happy Birthday Bar on Fridays.

2007-11-26

Say it ain't so Joe: DJ Joe H is no longer at Locust Bar on Sundays. However, DJ Lars has stepped in, at least for now. I checked with McGillin's and Joe is still DJing there. You'll know more when I do.

Quattro Bar & Grill, Coley's Tavern and Nicholas Tavern have stepped into the fray, all in South Philly. Quattro hosts on Tuesdays, Coley's and Nicholas on Saturdays. Hosted by Biondo Entertainment Services. Thanks to Anthony for the news.

2007-10-29

Blarney Stone hosts karaoke Saturdays at ten. I'm told it gets busy after midnight, so bring your posse and show up early to hog the mike.

Cebu is still offering karaoke Mondays at eight... but now they have a "theater-size projection screen" featuring the current karaoke performer. Here's your chance to make an ass of yourself on an even bigger scale!

2007-10-19

Moriarty's is very definitely back for the fall. Bob is still the regular DJ, with an occasional guest DJ. My apologies for the delay in putting this listing back up.

2007-10-10

Applebees at 15th and Locust has karaoke again on Thursday nights. Thanks to Jaz P. Alternating DJs.

2007-09-26

National Mechanics now features DJ Joe H karaoke on Tuesdays! Great space and a great DJ, so check it out.

Rock Lobster is closed for the season (they will reopen next summer).

2007-08-31

Applebees karaoke is no more. Thanks to Mike H for the information.

2007-08-29

Finn McCool's is closed for renovation, and Ohara's Fish House gets underway at 9pm Wednesdays, not 7pm as previously shown. Thanks to Mike H.

Sals on 12th hosts karaoke by DJ Sara Sherr on Sundays. Thanks to devotdsatellite for spotting it.

Cebu karaoke hours are 9pm-2am Monday. Thanks to Olivar E.

2007-08-18

Cebu, in Old City, now offers "industry karaoke" on Monday nights. Not sure about the hours. Field reports welcome.

2007-07-11

Tuesday-night karaoke has started at Rock Lobster. Ace field reporter devotdsatellite informs me it's as awesome as anticipated. A big tent at the river's edge, a large stage suitable for groups. Recommended.

2007-07-10

Twelve Steps Down now hosts Karaoke Obscura every first Thursday. Karaoke Obscura offers unique, homemade karaoke tracks. "[We] make all of our karaoke tracks ourselves... music we love that we will never find at other karaoke nights. We've got everything from Pavement to the Pixies to Beat Happening to 60s Psych to the Velvet Underground." See their myspace page for a songlist.

2007-07-07

The Khyber now features DJ Sara Sherr upstairs on Mondays. Thanks to devotdsatellite.

2007-06-27

The Trocadero Balcony Bar features karaoke, usually on the last Tuesday of every month. It's a little unpredictable, so be sure to check their website first (click on "show schedule" and look for "karaoke madness"). Full stage— great for group performances. Sometimes moves to Fridays.

2007-06-25

Karaoke is coming to Rock Lobster— outdoor-tent karaoke on the waterfront with the best DJ in town! This isn't hype, kids, I happen to love both the venue and the DJ. I can pretty much guarantee it will be awesome. Starting July 10th.

Added karaoke nights at Finn McCool's and Oharas Fish House (both Wednesdays). Thanks to devotdsatellite. Also, monthly showtune karaoke at the M-Room.

No more Sunday karaoke at Ray's Happy Birthday Bar (they still have Friday karaoke).

Karaoke at Moriarty's is apparently on hiatus for the summer.

2007-05-30

Tomorrow night (Thursday May 31st) at 12 Steps Down, Karaoke Obscura will test the waters with their homemade karaoke tracks. Keith of Karaoke Obscura: "[we] make all of our karaoke tracks ourselves... music we love that we will never find at other karaoke nights. We've got everything from Pavement to the Pixies to Beat Happening to 60s Psych to the Velvet Underground." This is not a recurring thing yet, but give tomorrow's debut show a try and let me know what you thought of 'em. See their myspace page for a songlist.

2007-05-29

Applebees at 15th & Locust offers under-21-friendly karaoke on Thursdays.

Locust Bar got a smoking permit. However most people have continued to smoke outside. Holy consideration Batman!

2007-04-25

Cheers To You now offers Thursday night karaoke right on South Street. Hastings Cafe no longer offers karaoke.

2007-02-15

Kaiser's no longer has karaoke on Saturdays. Thanks to DJ Joe H for the update.

2007-01-22

University City's Mill Creek Tavern has karaoke on Mondays (thanks to Trishylicious for the info).

2007-01-17

Jolly's Piano Bar went belly-up. So no more DJ Joe H karaoke on Tuesdays.

Kaiser's Cafe now features DJ Joe H karaoke on Saturdays.

2007-01-07

Moriarty's hasn't had karaoke for a couple weeks, what's up with that? I talked to DJ Bob and found out. As a general rule they don't have karaoke at Moriarty's over the holidays. Also, they will not have karaoke on January 20th. However they will have karaoke this coming Saturday the 13th, and will go back to their normal every-Saturday schedule beginning on the 27th.

2006-12-01

Karaoke at Moriarty's starts at 9pm, not 10pm (thanks to Glen). I should clarify: it really does start at 9pm if there are more than few people there and ready to go. Otherwise the DJ waits until a few more singers have arrived. If you're bringing a whole posse of troubadors, well then, 9pm it is.

2006-11-18

Delco Karaoke's's Karaoke nights at Hasting Cafe and Finnigan's Wake have been added. Check the Finnigan's Wake calendar for occasional off weeks.

2006-11-16

RIP, 80's Karaoke at O'Neals. We hardly knew ye.

2006-11-02

Samba Nightclub added on Thursday nights. More information would be welcome.

2006-10-19

Puppet Karaoke has been added. Why oh why didn't I add this in the beginning? [Smacks forehead] By far the most creative DIY experience in Philly. Also an excellent cast of regulars brought to life by the amazing Alex Strang and crew. Visit the Puppet Karaoke site and check out the podcast videos. I absolutely can't say enough about this good craziness. See it before it's on pay cable! Bear in mind it's only on third Thursdays.

O'Neals now offers 80's karaoke on Thursday nights. With prizes for best and worst performance, among other things. Sounds promising! 2006-10-10

y5kkaraoke's karaoke nights in the Fishtown section of Philly have been added. See the Saturday listings.

Venue phone numbers and DJ website links have been added, where available. DJs: if I'm not linking to your website, it's simply because I don't have the link. Please contact me.

Moriarty's once again has karaoke on Saturdays (on the second floor). To my knowledge, Moriarty's is the only smoke-free karaoke venue in Philadelphia. Recommended.

Jolly's has left its recent location at 17th and Chestnut. For now at least, DJ Joe has relocated his Tuesday operations to Pazzo Pizza Bar at 41 S. 19th St. (to the right of the other Jolly's). The acoustics in the new space are kickass.

Westy's has karaoke only on Thursdays and Saturdays, not Tuesdays as previously reported. Possibly that's a change. Possibly my original informant was drunk. Who knows?

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