Madrid has two ways to do karaoke and they are priced in opposite ways. BAM Karaoke Box rents soundproofed private rooms by the session at two addresses, Calle de Recoletos 23 (7 rooms) and Calle de Luchana 20 (9 rooms), and you pay for the whole room however many turn up: at Luchana the 18-person room starts at €162, while the smaller rooms publish no price. Cheers Karaoke at Calle de las Huertas 50 is the opposite, an open karaoke bar since 1992 with no entry fee and no charge per song, where a mixed drink costs €10.00 and you sing in front of the room. Karaoke En-tono in Tetuán sits in between, with a stage for 70 and a walk-in price of €14.00 including a drink from Thursday to Saturday, on holidays and the night before. A private karaoke room in Madrid is a soundproofed room rented by the session to a single group, with a screen, microphones and drinks ordered from inside.
Where can I find a private karaoke room in Madrid? At BAM Karaoke Box: 7 rooms on Calle de Recoletos 23 and 9 on Calle de Luchana 20, for 3 to 25 people. Only the large Luchana rooms publish a price, from €162 for 18; smaller rooms are priced when you pick a slot. Karaoke En-tono lends a room for about 30 against a €120 hourly minimum spend.
- No room fee: Cheers Karaoke on Calle de las Huertas charges no entry; a mixed drink is €10.00.
- Group of eight: two hours in En-tono’s lounge cost each of you €36.25.
- Walk-in: En-tono charges €14.00 with a drink, Thursday to Saturday, holidays and eves.
- Getting there: BAM Luchana is about 50 m from Bilbao Metro, Lines 1 and 4.
Private room or open karaoke bar, which suits your group?
An open karaoke bar is cheaper and a private room is the only way to guarantee that everyone sings. For eight friends, Cheers Karaoke has no entry fee and a mixed drink costs €10.00, while two hours in Karaoke En-tono’s private room come to €36.25 a head: the hourly minimum spend plus the host fee, redeemed in 40 drink tickets.
What the extra money buys is the microphone. Cheers rotates songs between groups at its busiest hours, and En-tono advises going Sunday to Wednesday or arriving before 10.30pm if the whole group wants to sing. If the whole group came to sing, book a room; if two or three of you will carry the night, a bar is enough.
Can you sing in English, and do you need ID at the door?
English songs are easy to find. Cheers Karaoke lists more than 30,000 songs and you sing with a wireless microphone from your table, BAM Karaoke Box has more than 45,000 on a touchscreen in each room, and Karaoke En-tono stocks songs in Spanish, English, French, Italian, German, Russian, Portuguese and Tagalog.
Bring a passport or national ID card. Cheers and En-tono are strictly over-18, even with parents, and BAM lets teenagers in only until 11pm, with under-16s needing a parent or a signed authorisation. Spain also runs late. Tipping is an optional custom, not an expectation.
How much does a private karaoke room cost in Madrid?
At BAM Karaoke Box the room price is fixed whatever the head count and it changes with the day and time of the booking. The large rooms at BAM Luchana work out at €9 per person when full: the Archive Room for 18 from €162, Estudio Verde for 20 from €180 and Estudio Azul for 25 from €225, and the last two join up for 45 guests from €405.
- Session length: 1 hour, 2 hours, 2.5 hours or 3 hours, paid in full when you book. If the room is free before your slot, you can go in up to 30 minutes early at no cost; arriving late does not extend the session.
- Drinks: a vodka mix is €11 to €12, a bottle €110 to €120 with 12 mixers, and no outside food or drink is allowed. Happy hour runs daily from 6pm to 8pm, with cocktails 20 percent off and pints down from €6.00 to €3.00.
Karaoke En-tono works on minimum spend instead of hire. Its small karaoke lounge, for about 30 people, needs €120 of drinks per hour, handed over as 20 drink tickets, plus a fixed €50 for the host who runs the mixing desk. Two hours cost €290 whatever the size of the group, so the price per head falls fast as the group grows. The tickets are the minimum spend, not an open bar: a beer or soft drink is one ticket, a standard mixed drink two and a plate of Iberian ham three.
| Your group | En-tono private lounge, per person per hour (2 hours) | En-tono VIP box, per person for the night | BAM Luchana large room, full, per person |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 people | €36.25 | €60.00 (minimum of 6) | no published price |
| 6 people | €24.17 | €40.00 | no published price |
| 8 people | €18.13 | €36.00 | no published price |
| 10 people | €14.50 | €33.60 | no published price |
| 15 people | €9.67 | €30.40 | no published price |
| 18 people | €8.06 | too many | Archive Room, from €9.00 |
| 20 people | €7.25 | too many | Estudio Verde, from €9.00 |
| 25 people | €5.80 | too many | Estudio Azul, from €9.00 |
How do you book a karaoke room in Madrid, step by step?
BAM Karaoke Box and Karaoke En-tono book in different ways, and both want the money up front. BAM sells the room by the session and charges the full price at once; En-tono confirms by email and takes a bank transfer.
- Book ahead. BAM’s Tarifa por Antelación knocks up to €82 off if you book three weeks out; En-tono needs at least 48 hours and takes requests only through its web form, with no phone line.
- Choose the room by head count. BAM’s room price is fixed even if two people drop out.
- Pay. BAM charges the whole session when you book; En-tono asks for a €30-per-hour deposit if you book more than two weeks ahead, or the full amount if later.
- Know the cancellation rule. BAM refunds more than three weeks ahead, gives a one-year voucher between three weeks and 72 hours, and keeps the money inside 72 hours. A late start does not extend the session.
Where can you just walk in and sing?
Cheers Karaoke has no bookings and no entry fee and opens every day of the year, in the Barrio de las Letras with the tapas bars of Huertas for dinner first. A bottle of Mahou is €5.00, a glass of wine €4.50 and a mixed drink €10.00. It opens at 7pm Monday to Wednesday, 6pm on Thursday and Friday and 5pm at weekends.
Karaoke En-tono, near Cuzco in the Tetuán district, charges €14.00 with a drink to walk in from Thursday to Saturday, or €20.00 per person booked before 10.30pm and €30.00 after. Its VIP box seats nine or ten and costs €240 for the first six people with 30 drink tickets, then €24 per extra guest, so €36.00 a head for eight. Karaoke Nabucco on Calle de Alcalá 259 mixes karaoke with a dance floor and requires a minimum drink to stay; group prices are given by phone or at the door.
Where are they, and how do you get back to your hotel?
The five venues sit in five different neighbourhoods: Cheers in the Barrio de las Letras, BAM Recoletos in the Salamanca district, BAM Luchana in Chamberí, En-tono in Tetuán and Nabucco on Calle de Alcalá towards Ventas.
The nearest Madrid Metro stops are Antón Martín (Line 1), about 250 m from Cheers; Bilbao (Lines 1 and 4), about 50 m from BAM Luchana via the Francisco de Rojas exit; Retiro (Line 2), about 300 m from BAM Recoletos; Cuzco (Line 10), about 250 m from En-tono; and El Carmen (Line 5), about 70 m from Nabucco.
Leaving karaoke at 3am means a night bus, a taxi or a walk, because the Metro closes at 1.30am every night, weekends included. The EMT night buses, the búhos, take over; what to do when the Metro closes lists the lines. For three or four people a taxi is the other option, and taxi vs ride-hailing in Madrid explains which fare applies late at night.
How late do Madrid karaoke bars stay open?
Madrid karaoke runs until 3am at most places and until 6am at Karaoke Nabucco on Friday and Saturday. Cheers closes at 3am, or 3.30am on Friday and Saturday, BAM Recoletos and BAM Luchana close at 3am daily,. For Karaoke En-tono only the Monday hours are listed, 10pm to 3am; check its website for other days.
BAM Luchana opens earliest, at 1pm, and Nabucco is the only one still open after 3.30am. Madrid closing times for bars and clubs compares the rest of the night, the main nightlife areas show where to go once the microphones stop, and which Madrid nightclub to pick covers the dance floor after that.
Which karaoke for a birthday, a hen party or work drinks?
- Family birthday with teenagers: BAM, which admits under-18s until 11pm. Birthday cakes are €25 for 6 or 8 and €35 for 12, ordered 24 hours ahead.
- Big birthday, 20 adults or more: En-tono’s private lounge, €5.80 per person per hour with 25.
- Hen or stag party: BAM rooms take 3 to 25 people, or 45 with two rooms joined, and its €25 party pack is ordered a day ahead; outside decorations are not allowed.
- Work drinks: BAM Recoletos opens at 6pm on weekdays, exactly when happy hour starts; for a quieter drink first, see the best cocktail bars in Madrid.
- A couple or a small group: Cheers, pay for your drinks and put your name down for a song.
What can go wrong on a karaoke night in Madrid?
- No song for you. Cheers takes no bookings and rotates groups when it is full, and En-tono only guarantees a seat with a booking made 48 hours ahead.
- Losing the money. BAM charges the whole room when you book, at the same price if two friends drop out, and keeps it if you cancel inside 72 hours.
- The door. Cheers and En-tono are over-18 only, even with parents; at BAM under-18s must leave at 11pm.
- The way back. In Madrid the Metro closes at 1.30am and every venue here closes at 3am or later, so plan a night bus or a taxi before you go.
Frequently asked questions about karaoke in Madrid
How much is a private karaoke room in Madrid?
At BAM Luchana the 18-person room starts at €162 and the 25-person room at €225, which is €9 a head when the room is full; BAM’s smaller rooms publish no price. Karaoke En-tono charges no hire fee for its room for about 30 people, but asks for a €120 minimum spend per hour plus a €50 host fee.
Is there free karaoke in Madrid?
Cheers Karaoke at Calle de las Huertas 50 charges no entry and nothing per song: you just buy a drink, from €4.00 for a soft drink or €5.00 for a bottle of beer. It opens 365 days a year and takes no bookings, so groups take turns at busy times.
Can I sing in English at Madrid karaoke bars?
Yes. Cheers Karaoke lists more than 30,000 songs, BAM Karaoke Box more than 45,000, and Karaoke En-tono stocks songs in Spanish, English, French, Italian, German, Russian, Portuguese and Tagalog.
Do I need ID for karaoke in Madrid?
Carry ID. Cheers Karaoke and Karaoke En-tono admit over-18s only, even with parents. BAM Karaoke Box lets under-18s in until 11pm and after 11pm it is adults only. Carry a passport or national ID card to prove your age.
Which karaoke in Madrid is open latest?
Karaoke Nabucco at Calle de Alcalá 259 closes at 6am on Friday and Saturday and at 5.30am on other nights; it is closed on Monday. Cheers closes at 3.30am on Friday and Saturday, and BAM Recoletos and BAM Luchana at 3am every day.
Pick a Madrid karaoke by how many of you want the microphone, not by the price of a drink.