We’ve all done them, but none of us will raise his hand first when we ask if he has sung Al partir, by Nino Bravo, a little bit damaged late at night. Karaokes are that guilty pleasure that plan with which we seldom starts one night, but with which it often ends.
In Barcelona karaoke may not seem to be a widespread custom, but the truth is that there are a good handful of stages around the city where the stars of singing in the shower can present themselves, perform and show off to their audience.
That’s why we bring you this list of the best karaokes in Barcelona so you’ll never again be left wanting to sing and give it your all on that silly night that seems like it will die soon, and so that the next time we ask, you can raise your hand first and proudly say yes, it was me who sang “Al Partir, un beso y una flor” last night.
Almodobar
Shelter for old night owls de Gracia, of those who know which alley to go to in order to find the party that other places deny you. The Almodobar, not to be confused with the Almo2bar discotheque, also in Gracia (and also from the same business group), is hidden in a passage in Camp de’n Grassot, where a discotheque welcomes us.
But as this is for old cats, the karaoke is hidden, in turn, upstairs, where a list of 1500 songs which can be consulted on the web at to go prepared, and that you can sing while drinking the same beers, cocktails or cubatas that are served at the bar downstairs.
📍C/ d’en Grassot, 36
Trabanqueta
Don’t let their website fool you: although the karaoke is not advertised, Trabanqueta is home to one of the best karaokes in Barcelona, a space to give it all in front of your audience surrounded by neon lights and stepping with panache on a chess-like tile floor that will make you feel like a star of the 70s.
A stroll through their Instagram already gives you an idea of what you’ll find in the place, where, to let loose, you can find a good cocktail menu and, to enjoy, live music concerts (only) a little more professionalized than the usual karaoke singers.
📍C/ de Mallorca, 329,
Touch music karaoke bar
At Touch they boast something important: they have the largest catalog of songs in Barcelona (and probably several other places). Its list has, according to its website, 139310 songs, that is, almost 140 thousand songs ready for the most demanding singers. No Nino Bravo or Estopa here we recommend you to go to the search engine to find the rarest pieces in the collection to surprise your audience or search for new products to inspire you.
The site, by the way, is quite fancy. Its stage has a small platform that goes deep into the audience, so that one can put on a performance of another level and feel like Beyoncé for a little while.
📍 Carrer de Joan Miró, 8
A Viva Voz
Little more can be said about a karaoke that has not one, but three locations throughout Barcelona. Sign of success undoubtedly to a space that doesn’t mess around or dissimulate, here we are in a classic karaoke dedicated to the emerging stars of the shower singing.
Thousands of songs in up to fifteen different languages give an idea of the professionalism of the place. If we add to that the fact that the ticket is free (with a compulsory drink), and that includes the right to sing and a few wigs and props for characterization, the success is assured.
📍C/ de Rocafort, 187
📍C/ d’Aribau, 103
📍C/ de Muntaner, 414
Disco-karaoke Nick
Another classic karaoke in Barcelona. Neon lights, sinuous bar and the simplicity of the song. They explain it on their website: “The karaoke is free, we only ask that you take a drink, you request the song you want to sing and trying to be in order of request we will call you to the stage. If you want to know if we have a special song, please contact us at “. Not much more needs to be said.
By the way, they also organize private events and pica pica in case you feel like concentrating your group on site and discovering their vocal skills.
madrid Ave., 160
Weekend Karaoke Bar
Now that the Passeig Sant Joan is reformed is quieter, but there was a time when the street had some nightlife spirit, and proof of this is this karaoke, which with its 17 years of history continues to challenge you from your instagram profile: “Come and show us your skills on stage, we are waiting for you!🎤💃🏻”.
A walk through their website gives us a list of songs in 18 different languages (Korean, Nigerian …) and shows us their two rooms, the quiet Zone, are sofas, and the good Zone (in our opinion), where to go out on stage to give it all.
📍C/ de la Diputació, 365
Contrast
Neons, stage at the foot of the audience, chess tiles and a list of 10000 songs to give it all. You can’t ask for more. Open to private parties with up to 120 people, the Contraste Karaoke is one of the good karaoke options you have in the Eixample Esquerra.
📍C/Muntaner, 130
Karaoke rooms
If you are embarrassed, don’t worry, in Barcelona there are karaokes with private rooms like this Karaoke Rooms, where you can give it all, but in petit comité. It has 16 soundproofed and equipped rooms for you to sing and have a drink while you do it (or watch who is doing it), and feel like the star you are in front of your friends.
📍 Avenida del Carrilet 237, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
Forever Music Bar & Young
Here karaoke is not the main thing, but it is important. On Thursdays the public sings, and the rest of the days this bar, set in the 70s and 80s, its stage is populated with all kinds of concerts and remember sessions, ranging from tributes to Joaquín Sabina to techno-house remembers where you can dance flying free. A place of worship where they also do Sunday sessions for those looking to extend the weekend.
📍 Aribau, 153
La Orquídea Karaoke
A classic of classics. Few middle-aged people in Barcelona should be left who have not been through this one chinese food restaurant which also has karaoke and where one does not know what is more important. They have private rooms, well-priced menus and also a large public room where you can show your skills to everyone in the room. Better make a reservation if you don’t want to run out of room.
📍 Calle de Calvet, 14.
Sing-Along: Karaoke and movies
You can go to the movies or go to karaoke, but the two don’t usually go hand in hand. Now it is. Sing-along is a common format in the United States (and at certain cult film screenings), where the film broadcast is accompanied by subtitles and entertainers who invite you to watch the film by singing out loud the songs of the films usually musicals being shown.
In Spain it is a format that tours all over the country with movies like Grease, Dirty Dancing, Mamma Mia or The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and in Barcelona it will arrive on Saturday, November 26 at Bosque Multicines, with the movie “Voy a pasármelo bien”, a musical comedy with some great sung hits like ‘Venecia’, ‘Sufre mamón’ or ‘Visite nuestro bar’.
📍Bosque Multicines