Why successful weekly entertainment isn't just about filling seats tonight — it's about giving customers a reason to come back next week. Every bar and restaurant has them. Tuesday nights that never quite get going. Wednesdays when the dining room empties earlier than you'd like. Thursdays that are busy sometimes — and painfully quiet other times. For an owner or manager, the challenge isn't difficult to understand: How do you give people a reason to choose your restaurant on

What Bars and Restaurants Should Understand About Building a Successful Karaoke Night Put two restaurants side by side. Both offer karaoke on Thursday nights. Both have decent sound systems. Both have microphones. Both have thousands of songs available. At one venue, the room is buzzing. People are laughing, cheering for singers, ordering another round, staying later than they planned and already talking about coming back next week. At the other, a handful of singers quietly

The best corporate holiday parties aren’t necessarily the ones with the biggest budgets. They’re the ones people actually participate in. As summer winds down, many companies are already starting to think about their year-end celebrations. Venues are being researched. Dates are being discussed. Menus are being considered. And somewhere on the planning list is one deceptively difficult question: What are we going to do for entertainment? It sounds simple. But entertainment can

Something interesting happens when a room full of people starts singing together. People who barely know each other begin cheering for one another. Coworkers suddenly see a completely different side of the person who sits three desks away. Friends become backup singers. Someone who insisted they weren't going to sing eventually finds themselves holding a microphone. And complete strangers start applauding each other like old friends. Why? Because karaoke does something most f

When people start planning a karaoke event, one of the first things they often think about is equipment. What kind of speakers will there be? How many microphones? How many songs are available? Is there a screen? Those things certainly matter. Good equipment and professional sound are important parts of a successful karaoke event. But after hosting karaoke events, I've become convinced of something: The person behind the microphone matters even more than the microphone itself

Most people think great karaoke is about finding the perfect singer. It isn't.