Karaoke is always a good time, but the right games can take it to the next level!
Whether you're hosting a birthday celebration or looking to liven up your next company party, these karaoke party game ideas are sure to be a hit. They’ll have your guests singing, laughing, and hitting (or missing) the high notes.
Allow us to introduce you to our favourite karaoke games—just be prepared to put yourself out there!
🎤 Karaoke Roulette
First up is the thrilling Russian Roulette of musical games: karaoke roulette.
This one is a fun and random karaoke party game that’s perfect for karaoke birthday parties with your best friends. Just imagine them—or even better the birthday person—singing songs out of their comfort zone or style… it’s gonna be hilarious.
How to Play
Playing this one is easy: all you have to do is spin a wheel or draw cards to determine what song you have to sing. If you want to make it more interesting, you can use different categories like genres, decades, artists, or themes.
Another way to play this game is to type random number combinations to call up karaoke songs that participants have to attempt to sing. If you want to make it competitive, use a scoring system to judge your karaoke performances.
Best of all is that karaoke roulette is a common feature in some karaoke systems, apps, and websites—it’s probably already at your fingertips.
🎤 Song Charades
Next on our list of karaoke game ideas for parties is song charades.
Who says you just have to sing at karaoke bars? Pull out your inner theatre kid and compete for the karaoke Oscars. If you thought roulette would push people out of their comfort zone, just wait until you see the hilarity that can happen here!
How to Play
In this game, players act out song titles without uttering a word.
As such, you should probably choose songs with a clear title or theme that can be mimed or gestured. Bonus points if the players dance on point. You should probably start practicing the Gangnam Style dance or the Macarena… just saying.
As far as karaoke party game ideas go, this one is best for medium to large crowds—i.e. your work crew at your company holiday party—because you can divide into groups. Smaller parties will have to get a little creative, but it can still work.
🎤 Missing Lyrics
So you think you’re a music guru? This next challenge on our list of karaoke party game ideas is a great way to test your knowledge!
Missing lyrics is a step up from a simple music quiz. In this game, you can test exactly how good (or bad) your and your friends’ lyric game is. People really get into this one, making it a great choice for your next private event.
How to Play
The host plays a karaoke track and stops it at a random point.
Participants must then try to sing the next lyrics correctly from memory. It’s a race to see who can fill in the blanks and continue the song. The person or team who ends the game with the most correct guesses wins the crown!
🎤 Blind Sing-Off
If you want something a bit more hardcore, try a blind sing-off.
This is yet another test of your memory, but you have to sing the entirety of the song rather than just a few lyrics. This is one of our favourite karaoke game ideas for parties; it’s guaranteed to give you some core memories.
How to Play
Participants pick songs blindly and sing them without lyrics or prompts. We recommend choosing from the best duet karaoke songs for a fun head-to-head battle!
You can decide your own rules and whether you’re judging who wins based on correctness, talent, or hilarity. To up the stakes, set up bets or dares for the losers and winners; or offer prizes!
🎤 Karaoke Parody
If you’re not fond of memorizing song lyrics, you can still have fun with our next karaoke party game idea. Karaoke parody is just karaoke… with misheard lyrics.
How to Play
Playing this one is super simple: just sing karaoke with parody lyrics.
We recommend breaking up into teams. One team chooses a song and writes down the original lyrics on paper. Then, they change some of the words in the lyrics to make them funny, silly, or sarcastic. The other team has to sing the song using the parody lyrics and try to make the audience laugh.
Book Your VIP Room for Karaoke Party Games at DASHA
A karaoke party isn’t just about hitting Adele’s high notes or rapping to Eminem, it’s about the laughter, camaraderie, and unforgettable moments that echo long after the last note fades. So, set the stage, cue the music, and let the karaoke games begin!
DASHA is the place to sing all these karaoke game ideas for parties to life. Our venue, located on King West in Toronto, features five distinct karaoke rooms that have been customized by local artists. As if that wasn’t enough, we also offer a top-notch Pan-Asian menu and cocktails sure to get the good times rolling. What more can you ask for?
Give us a call to learn more about our VIP karaoke rooms or book one online!
