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76 bars for sing badly
Short North / N High St · 782 N High St
A big restaurant-bar that has anchored the Short North since 1996, with food all day and a crowd that fills up after dinner. Go for Tuesday trivia, Wednesday drag, Sunday drag brunch or showtunes on Sunday night.
Downtown / E Long St · 202 E Long St
A lesbian bar open since 1993 that also serves good pizza, and everyone is welcome. It's relaxed early on and busier on DJ and karaoke nights.
Brewery District / S High St · 863 S High St
A piano bar and cocktail lounge in an old Victorian house with patio gazebos. Live piano on Thursday nights and karaoke on Wednesdays and Sundays make it an easy, unhurried evening.
Andersonville · 5025 N Clark St
Board games, trivia, bingo, karaoke.
Dupont · 1519 17th St NW
The classic: happy hour, drag and showtunes.
Church Street, Midtown · 1515 Church St, Nashville, TN 37203
A relaxed lounge next to Play with a food menu, trivia, bingo and showtunes Sundays. Have a drink and a bite here before heading next door, or go to the drag brunch it shares with Play.
East Nashville (Five Points) · 1400 Woodland St, Nashville, TN 37206
A long-standing queer bar with karaoke most nights, drag bingo and a weekend brunch. Everyone's welcome, and it's a fun night out with mixed groups of friends.
East Nashville (Five Points) · 1105 Fatherland St, Nashville, TN 37206
This longtime Church Street favorite moved to East Nashville in 2022. It's now a stylish, TV-free cocktail bar with a patio, karaoke nights and drag, built for actual conversation.
SoBro · 237 Hermitage Ave, Nashville, TN 37210
A casual gay bar and grill near downtown with a full kitchen, a patio and a friendly local crowd. There's line dancing on Fridays plus drag and karaoke nights.
Church Street (Midtown) · 1515 Church St, Nashville, TN 37203
A seated, ticketed weekend drag brunch from the team behind Play and Tribe, with three queens per show and lots of celebrity impersonations. Book ahead, because it sells out.
The Grove / Manchester Ave · 4112 Manchester Ave
The biggest room in the Grove, with a dance floor, a stage for drag and karaoke, and two patios. Good from happy hour on, and it stays open until 3am most nights.
The Grove / Manchester Ave · 4510 Manchester Ave
A cocktail lounge with a seated cabaret room that has drag most nights, plus pizza and a patio. The Sunday drag brunch sells out, so reserve ahead.
Tower Grove South · 3503 S Spring Ave
A corner bar open since 1988, with a regulars' room up front and a cabaret room for weekend drag. It feels like a neighborhood local, and the patio is nice in summer.
Carondelet / S Broadway · 7109 S Broadway
A friendly far-south-side bar with drag, karaoke and bingo during the week and DJs on weekends. It suits a relaxed night out with locals more than a big club does.
Baltimore Ave · 35 Baltimore Ave
A restaurant and bar in an old cottage that has been part of gay Rehoboth since 1981, with happy hour, drag bingo, and live-singing tribute shows. Good for dinner and a show rather than dancing.
Baltimore Ave · 56 Baltimore Ave
A restaurant with an upstairs Treehouse Lounge that has a DJ on Fridays and a piano sing-along on Saturdays. It's a relaxed place for cocktails and showtunes with friends.
Rehoboth Ave, downtown · 134 Rehoboth Ave
A casual pub and beer garden with karaoke at night and drag on Sunday pub nights, with no cover ever. Come for weekend brunch or a football game, and stay for the singing.
Hell's Kitchen · 714 9th Ave
Queer-owned cocktail bar with a patio; piano Mondays.
West Village · 59 Grove St
Basement piano bar where the whole room sings showtunes. Cash only.
West Village · 100A 7th Ave S
Drag and dancing in the old Actors Playhouse; Sunday showtunes 6–8.
West Village · 8 Christopher St
Young, cheap and loud, with free drag every night.
East Village · 447 E 13th St
Pool table, jukebox, karaoke Wednesdays. The neighborhood dive.
East Village · 505 E 6th St
Alan Cumming's cabaret bar. Check the calendar.
Park Slope · 563 5th Ave
Drag and karaoke in South Brooklyn.
Astoria · 36-19 24th Ave
Neighborhood bar with drag karaoke, pool tables and 2-for-1s.
Le Village, Sainte-Catherine Est · 1115 Rue Sainte-Catherine Est
The drag house founded by Mado Lamotte, with shows almost every night in French and English and a street-front patio. Book a seat for a weekend show, or drop in for a weeknight improv or impersonation night.
Le Village, Sainte-Catherine Est · 1812 Rue Sainte-Catherine Est
A rambling bear and leather bar for men, open since the mid-1990s, with pool tables, karaoke early in the week, house DJs on weekends and patios on both Sainte-Catherine and Papineau.
Le Village, Sainte-Catherine Est · 1218 Rue Sainte-Catherine Est
A neighbourhood karaoke bar with cheap drinks, a huge song list and a crowd that cheers everyone on. Weeknights mean a shorter wait for the mic.
Le Village, Atateken · 1295 Rue Atateken
A long-running tavern with cheap drinks, karaoke and two summer patios, loved by a loyal local crowd. Good for a casual pint before heading down Sainte-Catherine.
Downtown, Hennepin Ave · 408 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55401
A big complex with seven bars on two floors. The drag shows in La Femme Lounge run most weekends, and a karaoke bar is part of the mix.
Mill District / Downtown East · 515 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55415
A leather and Levi bar that's friendlier than the name suggests. It has a heated, dog-friendly patio, weekend brunch and showtunes and trivia nights.
Northeast Minneapolis · 990 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
A bar with a back theater for drag, burlesque and shows. It's a fun choice for drag bingo, trivia or the weekend drag brunch.
South End · 209 Columbus Ave
The flagship: restaurant, cabaret and dancing.
Commercial St, center of town · 247 Commercial St
A big complex with the Wave Bar, the Paramount for dancing, a cabaret room for drag and comedy, the Vault for the leather crowd, and an outdoor courtyard. New owners reopened the bars in stages in 2026 while the hotel rooms stay closed for renovation, so check what's running the night you go.
Commercial St, East End side · 269 Commercial St
A restaurant with a piano lounge where local singers and pianists perform almost every night in season. Good for an easy evening of dinner and showtunes, and it stays open through the off-season.
Carver St, just up from Commercial St · 9 Carver St
Two bars open onto the porch here: a low-key lounge with pool and games, and the Living Room, which has a piano and live singers in season. It's a friendly, unfussy spot for a drink before or after the clubs.
Wilton Drive · 2232–2238 Wilton Dr, Wilton Manors, FL 33305
A big multi-room bar with a little of everything. There's karaoke early in the week, two-stepping and line dancing on Wednesdays, a dance floor on weekends and a classic Sunday tea dance.
Wilton Drive · 2426 Wilton Dr, Wilton Manors, FL 33305
A bar and restaurant with something on every night: drag brunch on Sunday, taco Tuesday, arcade night, trivia and drag shows on weekends. It's an easy place for dinner with friends that turns into a night out.
NE 6th Ave, Wilton Manors · 3073 NE 6th Ave, Wilton Manors, FL 33334
A country-western bar where you can learn to line dance or two-step, and the instructors are patient with beginners. There's karaoke too, and the crowd is mixed and welcoming.
Duval St at Petronia · 801 Duval St
An open-air corner bar that's good for people-watching, with drag shows from the 801 Girls upstairs every night and karaoke too. Stop in any time from noon, but the shows are the reason to come at night.
Upper Duval St · 1125 Duval St
A guesthouse with bars around the pool and a cabaret room that brings in singers and drag performers. Go for a drink by the pool before a show, and look out for its Sunday tea dance during Fantasy Fest.
Simonton St, a block off Duval · 900 Simonton St
A cash-only dive with pool tables, a jukebox and karaoke every night from about 9:30, drawing locals, boat crews and drag queens. It's the place to go when you want cheap drinks and nobody taking themselves too seriously.
Capitol Hill · 1501 E Colfax Ave
Gay sports bar.
Melrose District · 4343 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85013
The friendly hub of the Melrose strip, with something every night: karaoke, trivia, drag shows and a Sunday drag brunch. On Saturday afternoons there's live piano karaoke.
Melrose District · 4129 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ
A relaxed bar known for karaoke and drag in its showroom. Some nights there's a Puerto Rican food truck parked outside.
Park Central · 3110 N Central Ave, Ste 175, Phoenix, AZ 85012
A polished bar with a show almost every night: drag, trivia, cabaret and karaoke. It's a good choice if you want entertainment without a big club.
Zona Rosa, Calle Amberes · Calle Amberes 1, Juárez
Three floors in one building: a cantina on the ground floor, a glass-walled karaoke bar upstairs and a rooftop looking toward Reforma. It's packed with a young crowd Thursday to Saturday, so come before 1 a.m. to avoid the list.
Zona Rosa, Calle Florencia · Florencia 35, Juárez
A two-story cowboy-themed cantina with banda, norteño and ranchera nights, plus midweek karaoke and drag. Low-key and mostly local, behind a storefront with barely a sign.
Zona Rosa, Calle Londres · Londres 182, Juárez
The city's bear bar, started by the BearMex community, with upbeat DJs and karaoke on Fridays. Busiest Thursday to Saturday after 10.
Twain Ave · 501 E Twain Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89119
A 24-hour bar with no cover and a loyal local crowd. The weekly lineup has karaoke on Wednesday, a drag show on Thursday and DJs on weekends.
Commercial Center / East Sahara · 953 E Sahara Ave #22B, Las Vegas, NV 89104
One of Vegas's longest-running gay bars, a laid-back 24-hour saloon in the Commercial Center with pool, darts, bingo, karaoke and Friday drag. It's a true locals' hangout far from the Strip.
Arenas Road · 224 E Arenas Rd, Palm Springs, CA 92262
Palm Springs' first gay bar, open since 1991, and still the place to start an evening. It's a talk-to-your-neighbor kind of room with themed karaoke and live shows, and the regulars are friendly to newcomers.
Old Town/Chinatown · 219 NW Davis St, Portland, OR 97209
Portland's longest-running gay nightclub, open since 1981. New owners stepped in when it nearly closed in 2025. There's drag bingo on Mondays, live-band karaoke on Sundays and dancing on weekends.
Old Town/Chinatown · 208 NW 3rd Ave, Portland, OR 97209
A drag cabaret running since 1967, with a house cast and weekend shows. The Sunday drag brunch is a great outing for first-timers and visiting friends.
Old Town/Chinatown · 110 NW Broadway, Portland, OR 97209
A video bar and dance club in the old Embers space, with music videos on lots of screens. Nights include karaoke, trivia, open-call drag and Drag Race viewing parties.
Piedmont, North Portland · 835 N Lombard St, Portland, OR 97217
A laid-back leather bar with bear nights, karaoke and a free Sunday cookout. It draws locals more than tourists.
Buckman, inner Southeast · SE Morrison St (former Crush space), Portland, OR
A cheerful rainbow-themed bar in the old Crush space, with karaoke, trivia, drag and comedy nights. It's a relaxed east-side alternative to Old Town.
Soho, Old Compton Street · 54 Old Compton Street, London W1D 4UD
A small, friendly pub where the crowd is mixed and the music runs to pop classics, with drag and cabaret on many nights. Good for an early drink before the street gets busy.
West End, Lisle Street (Leicester Square) · 30 Lisle Street, London WC2H 7BA
A big bar on several floors that plays music videos and has one of the area's largest outdoor terraces. The basement club stays open late with DJs and karaoke. Easy to find if you've just arrived in the West End.
Vauxhall · 372 Kennington Lane, London SE11 5HY
A Victorian pub with a horseshoe bar and a small stage, home to cabaret, drag and queer performance for decades. Check the listings and book for weekend shows; Friday and Saturday club nights run late.
Zeedijk · Zeedijk 20, Amsterdam
A friendly bar on Zeedijk with something on most nights: bingo on Tuesdays, trivia on Wednesdays, drag on Thursdays and DJs on weekends.
Utrechtsestraat (Rembrandtplein) · Utrechtsestraat 4h, 1017 Amsterdam
A small drag bar just off Rembrandtplein, cozy and welcoming. Sunday is karaoke night, and the last weekends of the month bring drag shows and comedy.
Spuistraat · Spuistraat 109, 1012 SV Amsterdam
A cocktail bar with prosecco on tap, snacks and a terrace, open since 2006. The crowd is relaxed and mixed in age. Weekly game, trash-pop and karaoke nights keep weeknights lively.
Chueca, Calle de Pelayo · Calle de Pelayo, 11, 28004 Madrid
A two-level bar with a show every night, usually drag, starting around 10:30pm, and no cover. Shows are upstairs, downstairs is calmer for a drink, and the crowd leans bear-friendly. Shows are mostly in Spanish.
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