Going out
Karaoke in Berlin: from the Mauerpark amphitheatre to a private booth
If you want to sing in Berlin, you can choose between an audience of strangers on stone steps and a booth with friends. Here are four places where Berliners grab the microphone, with hours, rules and the way from the station.
Open air Bearpit Karaoke in Mauerpark, Sundays from 3 pm, May to October, free
The institution Monster Ronson's on Warschauer Straße, since 2004, 21 and over
In the west King Karaoke in Charlottenburg, seven private rooms
The classic
Bearpit Karaoke
One microphone, two speakers and an audience on the stone steps of Mauerpark.
Kieznah tip
King Karaoke
Private rooms for 8 to 30 people in Charlottenburg, plus an open room for singing with strangers.
Karaoke in Berlin comes in two forms: in front of an audience, where anyone can take the microphone and the crowd sings along, and in private booths, where only your friends are listening. Both have their regular haunts. Booths go quickly at weekends, so book ahead.
01 Bearpit Karaoke · Mauerpark
about 14 minutes on foot from Eberswalder Straße U-Bahn station
Directions in Google Maps · Official site
Every Sunday from May to October at 3 pm, a host sets up in the Mauerpark amphitheatre, according to his own site with one microphone, two speakers and 5,000 songs. If you dare, you sing to the crowd on the stone steps, and the audience cheers you on. It is free, but only happens if it is not raining. Before or after, the flea market next door is worth a look, more in Sunday in Berlin.
02 Monster Ronson's Ichiban Karaoke · Friedrichshain
about 3 minutes on foot from Warschauer Straße S-Bahn station
Directions in Google Maps · Official site
Since 2004 people have sung at Warschauer Straße 34 on a big stage or in private booths. Entry is 21 and over, according to the operator. On Saturdays and Sundays the bar opens at 2 pm, when all booths can be reserved. Almost every night there is a host on stage, plus specials such as the all-night booth for 100 euros. Warschauer Straße station is round the corner, so the night can be long.
03 King Karaoke · Charlottenburg
about 7 minutes on foot from Wilmersdorfer Straße U-Bahn station
Directions in Google Maps · Official site
Charlottenburg's answer to the karaoke bars in the east, at Leibnizstraße 68. There is a public party room where you sing on stage with other guests, and seven private rooms for up to 8, 14 or 30 people. According to the operator there are over 52,000 songs in eight languages. It is open Sunday to Thursday from 7 pm to 2 am, and on Fridays and Saturdays from 6 pm until late. Book rooms on the website.
04 Rauschgold · Kreuzberg
about 6 minutes on foot from Mehringdamm U-Bahn station
Directions in Google Maps · Official site
A queer bar at Mehringdamm 62 that has existed since 2005 and opens daily from 8 pm, with DJs, shows and karaoke. Since 2007 it has held its own contest on the night before the Eurovision Song Contest final: A Song for Mehringdamm, with twelve contestants and songs from the ESC repertoire. Everyone is welcome, the bar says.
Good to know
- Make a list first: Song lists are usually on the websites, so you are not standing clueless in front of the screen.
- Bring ID: Monster Ronson's is 21 and over, and the door may ask your age.
- Mauerpark only in sunshine: Bearpit is cancelled when it rains, and from November it pauses until May.
If you want to move on afterwards, bars and clubs are in Bars and pubs and Clubs in Berlin. More ideas for an evening with something to do are in Fun in Berlin.