Why I Started KaraokeCrowd

KaraokeCrowd is a community-built directory of karaoke nights — made so you can find out where karaoke is actually happening, without an hour of digging.

The problem it solves

I got into karaoke at a company offsite in June 2024, and I've been a regular at my local Irish pub's weekly night ever since. When I travel, I want that same thing: find a local karaoke night and end up where the regulars already know the room.

Google Maps doesn't show schedules. You can see that a bar exists, but not which nights it actually runs karaoke. KaraokeCrowd answers that one question — which days, where, and is it still on? — at a glance.

What it does for you

If you sing karaoke, find nights near you or wherever you're travelling, see at a glance which days they run, and trust the listing because locals keep it current. Follow the rooms you love and get an email the moment a schedule changes — so you never show up to closed doors.

If you host or KJ a night, your page is a free, always-current home for it. Point your crowd there, let them follow you, and they're notified whenever you move a date or venue. Once you claim your listing you control what it says — no fee, and no ads burying you.

If you run a venue, a claimed listing puts your karaoke night in front of singers who are actively looking for one tonight, keeps your schedule accurate, and gives regulars a reason to come back. It's free, and you decide what's on it.

How it started

• June 2024: I got hooked on karaoke.
• First Reddit post: I asked r/karaoke whether a community-maintained network could keep local karaoke info current — then built a prototype and asked for recurring lists, regional groups, and corrections.
• December 28, 2025: I launched a static first version, with venues and nights I maintained by hand.
• April 2026: I relaunched it as this login-based site, backed by a real database and a contribution / review system.

The idea quickly became social: local regulars, hosts, and guides watch over the places they know and confirm when a night is still active, changed, not happening, or over. That's still the heart of the project — a single confirmation can turn a stale listing into something people can trust tonight.

Who is behind it

Hi, I'm Sabine (/u/grumpi2 on Reddit). I studied computer science and have worked as a software engineer, so building the site is the part that comes easily to me — it's the real world of karaoke I'm still learning. I sometimes need a singer, a KJ, or a venue manager to explain how things actually work on the ground; but once I understand a problem, I'm good at making it work nicely. So if something here doesn't match how your scene really runs, tell me — that's exactly the input that makes KaraokeCrowd better.

I'm not building it alone, either. The karaoke community on r/karaoke and elsewhere keeps me grounded, the volunteers who add and update info make the directory real, and a few people close to me keep me going on the harder days.

What to do next

• Find karaoke near you on the map
• Claim your venue or host listing
• Help improve KaraokeCrowd
• See karaoke communities
• Read the original idea on r/karaoke

My Promise on Monetization

• Free forever, no paywalls
• No annoying ad networks. Any ads will be hosted and screened by me
• Exploring karaoke-adjacent partnerships that add value for you
• Maybe a room-booking feature someday, useful for everyone