Karaoke at a Wedding?

Aw so happy it worked out!

We did!

We scheduled it at the same time the late night snacks came out (around 10pm). I only put an hour minium of karaoke on the schedule, but the guests wanted to keep singing all night, and they did! I am very glad we did it, and would recommend it. big groups would come up to sing even though there were only 2 mics.

Curious, did you end up doing the karaoke??

Does your venue potentially have a separate space you could use for this? Some guests just want to sit around talking, some want to bust out on the dance floor, others may want to do the karaoke, and some will bounce between activities. I would not use the main reception space and hold those not into karaoke "captive" so to speak, it could really cause the party to take a dive in energy if not many are into it.

I say do it! It's your wedding day! Do what you want!

As an avid karaoke junkie myself (I used to go weekly), my gut instinct is that karaoke does not belong to a wedding. It takes significant buy-in from your guest list for it to even remotely work and even then, most people don't want to hear butchered versions of Don't Stop Believin or A Whole New World (yes, these songs are always picked, every single night). Or worse, Bohemian Rhapsody.

Another bad scenario is that you'll have someone bust out that sad slow song, which WILL happen. As I said, I used to go weekly and every single time, there's at least 2-3 people busting out something like Unbreak My Heart in an average crowd of <50 people. If your wedding is 100+, that likelihood is higher. No one wants that kind of buzzkill at their wedding. Even a consistent run of non-sad slow songs will feel like it's slowing down the party, especially for something festive like a wedding.

I say do it, we all belt out the song while dancing why not have the machine. I think it would be fun!

I think, even if you have a few people that like karaoke, I say do it! I was just at a wedding this past weekend and they busted out karaoke midway through the night. TBH it was mostly the same 4 or 5 people singing but it was a blast to listen to friend sing their hearts out and we just enjoyed the free show and danced the night away!