Best Karaoke Bars in Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina — updated August 21, 2026
Charlotte's singing rooms run from a NoDa bar with karaoke every night of the week to neighborhood taverns with one standing weeknight slot. Here's where the mic is, what the hours are, and where the schedule needs a phone call first.
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Charlotte's karaoke scene clusters along the North Davidson and Plaza Midwood corridor, where a handful of bars run either a nightly rotation or one fixed weeknight slot. The distinction matters: one place here does it seven nights a week, most of the rest build a night around it. Below, the rooms with confirmed schedules come first, followed by bars that fit the late-night singing premise but whose current karaoke calendar we could not verify from the brief.
1. Noda 101
This is the only bar on the list with karaoke every single night, 8pm to 2am, seven days a week. Doors open at 6pm, which gives you two hours to settle in with a beer or cocktail before the list starts moving. The rating is 4.3 across 857 reviews, a well-settled figure for a bar this size, and the volume suggests a steady rotation of regulars rather than a novelty crowd. It bills itself as the best little karaoke bar in NoDa, and on schedule alone that is hard to argue with. Come earlier on weekends if you want more than one turn.
2. Hattie's Tap & Tavern
Karaoke lands on Thursdays at 8pm here, a single dedicated night rather than an every-evening affair, which tends to concentrate the singers. It is a 21+ room on The Plaza with ten drafts, more than forty bottles and cans, a full liquor bar and a large back patio that is dog friendly on a leash. The Huarachon food truck parks here Monday through Saturday until 11pm, so you can eat without leaving. Also on hand: pool, darts, a claw machine, retro consoles and Golden Tee. Bingo runs second Tuesdays at 8pm. Hours are 4pm to 2am weekdays, 3pm Saturday, 2pm Sunday. At 4.6 from 473 reviews, the highest-rated entry here.
3. Petra's
A piano bar and cabaret on Commonwealth Avenue, and the most performance-minded room in Plaza Midwood. It rates 4.6 from 590 reviews, which is both the strongest score and a solid enough sample to trust. Reviewers describe it as gay friendly with reasonable drink prices. Note that we could not confirm a standing karaoke night from the sources available, so treat this as a stage-and-microphone bar first and call ahead if karaoke specifically is the plan. Closed Mondays; open from 7pm Tuesday and Wednesday, running to 2am.
4. CROWN STATION Coffee House & Pub
Coffee, beer, liquor, art and live music under one roof on North Davidson Street, which makes it the most flexible late option in NoDa for a group that wants a stage without committing to a full night out. Drip coffee starts at $2 for a 12oz, PBR is listed at $5. Closed Mondays. Tuesday and Wednesday it runs 5pm to midnight, Thursday 11am to 10pm, and Friday and Saturday 11am to 2am, so the late nights are the weekend ones. The 4.5 rating across 544 reviews is well established. Live music is confirmed; a fixed karaoke slot is not, so check the calendar first.
5. Bradshaw Social House
The largest review base on this list, 1,102 of them at a 4.3, which makes the rating about as proven as Charlotte bar ratings get. Live music is listed at 10pm and half price wings at 7:30pm, and the kitchen runs a full pub menu including fish and chips, ribs and burgers served with fresh-cut fries. Open from 11am to 2am Monday through at least Friday, so it works as an early dinner that turns into a late night. Private party bookings run in fifteen-minute slots from noon onward, useful for a group. Confirm the entertainment schedule before you build a night around singing.
6. Lucky Lou's Tavern
A Park Road tavern open from 11:30am to 2am, which is one of the longer daily runs in this group, and a 4.5 across 873 reviews puts it among the better-liked bars in south Charlotte. There is a full menu. The long hours and the size of the review base are the case for it: a room that stays open until close, seven days, with enough traffic behind the score to trust it. The brief does not confirm a karaoke night, so ring ahead if that is the specific reason you are going.
7. Jeff's Bucket Shop
A drinks-only Montford Drive bar with no kitchen, complimentary sodas and free popcorn. Closed Mondays, open 7pm to 2am Tuesday through Sunday, which is a schedule built entirely around the late shift. At 4.2 from 319 reviews it has the thinnest evidence base on this list and the lowest score, so set expectations accordingly. Go for the dive-bar hours and the popcorn rather than a guaranteed mic, and confirm the night before making the trip.
8. The Nile is now "Club Nile"
A North Graham Street nightlife room aimed squarely at the over-35 crowd, which sets it apart from the college-adjacent bars elsewhere on this list. Reserved tables can be booked in advance, and the venue hosts private parties and special events, which means posted hours shift week to week. It rates 4.3 from 358 reviews, a moderate sample. Because the calendar is event-driven rather than fixed, check what is scheduled before heading out; the room is worth knowing about if you want an older crowd and a table rather than a bar rail.