Verification statuses

Every label you see on an event card or a venue page, and what it's actually telling you.

KaraokeCrowd surfaces a small set of status labels across event cards, venue pages, and recurring nights. They exist so you can tell, at a glance, how confident we are that a given karaoke night is actually happening. This page walks through every label and what it means.

Event statuses

Every dated event on the site falls into one of four states:

  • Confirmed. Someone checked this specific date against a reliable source. That can mean they attended, asked the host or venue directly, or found a current post from the host or venue. This is as solid as it gets.
  • Expected. This date hasn't been confirmed yet, but it belongs to a recurring karaoke night that's currently active. The host runs this regularly, so we expect this date to happen as scheduled.
  • Suspected. We have a record that this venue used to run karaoke, but recent dates haven't been confirmed in a while. The night might still be running, or it might have quietly ended. Worth a check before you go.
  • Cancelled. Someone reported this specific date as cancelled — a one-off cancellation, like a holiday closure or a private event.

Confirmed events are safe bets. Expected events are usually safe bets too, but they're generated from the schedule rather than verified per date. If you're travelling for it or want to be sure, check in with the host shortly before the event. A quick phone call to the venue is often the fastest way to get a yes or no. Once you have a yes, open the event page and hit Confirm Event so the next singer doesn't have to ask the same question. Suspected events are good candidates for a local check-in.

Use Confirm Event when you have a reliable signal for that date: you were there, you asked the host or venue, or the host or venue posted that this specific event is happening. Don't confirm from an old schedule, a generic weekly listing, or another directory alone.

Venue banners

A venue page can show a banner at the top when something important affects what to expect there:

  • PERMANENTLY CLOSED. The venue has shut down for good. The page stays up for history, but you won't find karaoke there.
  • TEMPORARILY CLOSED. The venue is closed for now (renovations, seasonal break, change of hands). It may reopen.
  • UNVERIFIED KARAOKE - NEEDS VERIFICATION. We have signals that this place might run karaoke, but no one has confirmed a recent event. If you live nearby, you can help by going and reporting back.
  • NO KNOWN KARAOKE EVENTS. The venue is on the karaoke map, but right now we don't have any active recurring nights or upcoming events on file. The night may have ended, or it may have moved.
  • Missing Location Data. We don't have coordinates for this venue yet, so it can't appear on the map. Submitting an edit with the address fixes this.

Recurring nights (series)

A "series" is a weekly, biweekly, or monthly karaoke night attached to a venue. Series have their own status, and that status is what generates the Expected vs. Suspected label on the dates that show up on the map.

  • Active. Events in this series have been confirmed recently. We generate upcoming dates from the schedule, and they show up as Expected.
  • Suspected. The series was active in the past, but no event in the recent rolling window has been confirmed. Future dates show up as Suspected until someone confirms one.
  • Paused. The series is temporarily not running (seasonal break, host on tour). No upcoming dates are generated.
  • Ended. The series has stopped for good. No upcoming dates are generated.

If you spot a series listed as active that you know has ended (or the other way around), send an event report — that's how we keep this honest.

"Last verified" and "Last confirmed"

These dates tell you how fresh the underlying information is:

  • Last verified on a venue: when someone last confirmed the venue is still open and still running karaoke as listed.
  • Last confirmed on a series: when the most recent event in that series was confirmed.

We treat anything verified or confirmed in the last 90 days as fresh. Beyond that, the venue or series becomes a good candidate for a local check.

How you can help

  • Going to a karaoke night? After it happens, confirm the event so it moves from Expected to Confirmed.
  • Show up to find the karaoke cancelled? Report the cancellation so the next singer doesn't show up to nothing.
  • Notice a venue listed as having karaoke when it doesn't anymore? Submit an edit flagging the series as ended.

Every report goes through the same review pipeline as a new submission. See How contributing works for the full review process.