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Live Band Karaoke
with a Full Dance Band
Based in Austin, Texas, Uptown Drive books live band karaoke for company holiday parties, conferences, galas and private events across Austin, Round Rock and the Hill Country, and travels to programs nationwide. Every show pairs full dance sets from our own band with karaoke sets where your guests sing lead, backed by professional sound and an emcee. Planning a year-end party? See Austin company holiday party entertainment.
Brand activation entertainment
for experiential marketing
Uptown Drive Interactive is live band karaoke built for brand activations. Festival crowds, trade show floors and product launch guests step on stage and sing lead with a full live band, so your activation becomes something people do, film and share. Proven at CMA Fest for AT&T U-verse, at SXSW and at Formula 1 FanFest.
CMA Fest
AT&T U-verse · Nashville · 2014 & 2015
Festival activation for AT&T U-verse
Two consecutive years on Broadway outside Rock Bottom Brewery, with the full band running the stage all day.
Fans picked from 200+ songs, signed up and sang lead with a live band on a real rockstar stage.
Every singer got a highlight video with custom-branded bumpers and event hashtags, delivered to their phone before they left the stage.
Voting-style contests kept fans posting all day under the sponsor hashtag #UverseCMAfest.
A crowd-stopping draw built to pull foot traffic and hold dwell time at the activation.
SXSW
Austin, Texas · Multiple years
Featured with Colin Jost
Featured at multiple SXSW conferences in our hometown of Austin.
Kicked off SXSW with a private corporate launch party for Catchon at Cedar Street Courtyard.
Multiple HD lyric screens, with room for branded media and custom hashtags.
An emcee who works sponsor mentions and calls to action into the show and keeps the crowd behind every singer.
Guests become the show, so the brand experience is theirs to film, share and remember.
F1 FanFest
Formula 1 · Fan experience
Fan engagement at Formula 1 FanFest
Uptown Drive Interactive brought live band karaoke to the Formula 1 FanFest crowd.
An open, high-traffic stage where race fans step up and sing lead with a full live band.
Scales from a trade show booth to an all-day festival stage, with sound, lighting and an audio engineer, or a tie-in to your production.
A clean, brand-safe song list, with any title left out on request.
Travel built into one quote, from Austin to festivals and trade shows nationwide.
Holiday party & sales conference entertainment
Company holiday parties
The end-of-year celebration that shows off your company culture at its best: a packed dance floor, colleagues cheering each other on at the mic and a shared experience people talk about all year.
Karaoke rounds trade off with full dance sets, so the energy builds from cocktail hour to last call.
Duets, department sing-offs and group numbers that build team connection across every level, from new hires to the C-suite.
Employee appreciation and year-end awards slot into the run of show, so the night celebrates the people who make your culture what it is.
A clean, brand-safe song list that fits a work crowd, from Motown to today’s hits.
Background sets at conversation volume during dinner, then a full live band for the dance floor.
Sales conferences and kickoffs
Sales kickoff entertainment that celebrates a winning culture, turns the closing night into the reward and makes the reps the headliners.
Built around your run of show: awards, recognition moments, speeches and walk-on music for top performers.
An emcee who keeps the room on schedule and hands the mic to leadership when you need it.
Works alongside your AV and production team, or we bring sound, stage lighting and an audio engineer.
Welcome receptions, awards nights and closing parties for SKOs, President’s Club and incentive trips.
A shared experience that carries the energy of the kickoff back to the field and into your company culture all year.
Travel built into one quote, from Austin to conference hotels and resorts nationwide.
What is live band karaoke?
Live band karaoke is karaoke with a real band. Instead of singing over a recorded track, your guests pick a song, step up to the mic and sing lead while professional musicians play it live behind them, with the lyrics on screen.
Uptown Drive Interactive takes it further. It is our hybrid of a high-energy dance band and live band karaoke, so rounds of guest singers trade off with full dance sets and the floor never goes quiet.
A full dance band and live band karaoke in one booking
200+ songs, HD lyric screens and an emcee
Rated 5.0 from 273 reviews
What’s included
Band
The Uptown Drive band, a Certified Original Lineup with the same core musicians at every event, led by bandleader and emcee Greg Williams.
Song list
200+ songs across Motown, rock, pop, country, hip hop and today’s hits. See the karaoke song list.
Lyrics
HD lyric screens facing the singer and the crowd, or a feed to your venue’s displays.
Microphones
Multiple mics for solos, duets and whole-department group numbers.
Vocal support
Our lead vocalists sing harmonies and jump in whenever a guest needs a hand.
Production
Sound, stage lighting, an audio engineer and DJ music between sets, or we tie into your in-house A/V.
Insurance
Fully insured with a $2M general aggregate liability policy.
Planning
A pre-show worksheet for must-play and do-not-play songs. With enough notice, the band can learn a special request.
Live band karaoke song list
224 songs your guests can sing lead on with Uptown Drive Interactive. Mark anything to leave out on the pre-show worksheet, and with enough notice the band can learn a special request.
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867-5309/Jenny
Tommy Tutone
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Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Marvin Gaye
Ain't No Sunshine
Bill Withers
Ain't Too Proud To Beg
The Temptations
Alcohol
Brad Paisley
All About That Bass
Meghan Trainor
All Right Now
Free
All The Small Things
Blink-182
Amarillo By Morning
George Strait
Angel
Shaggy
Another Brick In The Wall
Pink Floyd
Another One Bites The Dust
Queen
At Last
Etta James
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Baby Got Back
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Back In Black
AC/DC
Barracuda
Heart
Basket Case
Green Day
Before He Cheats
Carrie Underwood
Bidi Bidi Bom Bom
Selena
Billie Jean
Michael Jackson
Black Magic Woman
Santana
Black Velvet
Alannah Myles
Blister In The Sun
Violent Femmes
Blurred Lines
Robin Thicke
Boot Scootin' Boogie
Brooks & Dunn
Brick House
The Commodores
Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison
Bust A Move
Young MC
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Can't Stop The Feeling
Justin Timberlake
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Frankie Valli
Careless Whisper
George Michael
Celebration
Kool & The Gang
Chain Of Fools
Aretha Franklin
Champagne Supernova
Oasis
Cheap Thrills
Sia
Chicken Fried
Zac Brown Band
Cocaine
Eric Clapton
Country Girl (Shake It For Me)
Luke Bryan
Crazy
Gnarls Barkley
Crazy
Patsy Cline
Crazy Train
Ozzy Osbourne
Creep
Radiohead
Cruisin'
Smokey Robinson
Cupid Shuffle
Cupid
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Dancing Queen
ABBA
Dock Of The Bay
Otis Redding
Don't Know Why
Norah Jones
Don't Stop Believing
Journey
Dreams
Fleetwood Mac
Drift Away
Dobie Gray
Drinkin' Problem
Midland
Dynamite
Taio Cruz
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Enter Sandman
Metallica
Every Breath You Take
The Police
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Poison
Eye Of The Tiger
Survivor
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Faith
George Michael
Fallin'
Alicia Keys
Feel Like Makin' Love
Bad Company
Fever
Peggy Lee
Fight For Your Right
Beastie Boys
Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash
Forget You
CeeLo Green
Free Bird
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
Free Your Mind
En Vogue
Friends In Low Places
Garth Brooks
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Gangsta's Paradise
Coolio
Georgia On My Mind
Ray Charles
Get Lucky
Daft Punk
Gimme Three Steps
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Gin And Juice
Snoop Dogg
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Cyndi Lauper
Give It To Me Baby
Rick James
Give Me One Reason
Tracy Chapman
Gunpowder And Lead
Miranda Lambert
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Happy
Pharrell Williams
Hard To Handle
The Black Crowes
Head Over Boots
Jon Pardi
Hey Jude
The Beatles
Hey Ya
Outkast
Highway To Hell
AC/DC
Hit Me Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Pat Benatar
Honky Tonk Badonkadonk
Trace Adkins
Honky Tonk Women
The Rolling Stones
Hot In Herre
Nelly
Hotel California
Eagles
Hound Dog
Elvis Presley
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I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
Soggy Bottom Boys
I Believe In A Thing Called Love
The Darkness
I Feel Good
James Brown
I Got You Babe
Sonny & Cher
I Gotta Feeling
Black Eyed Peas
I Kissed A Girl
Katy Perry
I Love Rock N' Roll
Joan Jett
I Love This Bar
Toby Keith
I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Whitney Houston
I Want A New Drug
Huey Lewis & The News
I Want It That Way
Backstreet Boys
I Want You To Want Me
Cheap Trick
I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor
I Wish
Stevie Wonder
I'll Be
Edwin McCain
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
The Proclaimers
I'm The Only One
Melissa Etheridge
I'm Yours
Jason Mraz
Ice Ice Baby
Vanilla Ice
Islands In The Stream
Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere
Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
It's The End Of The World
R.E.M.
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Jack And Diane
John Mellencamp
Jessie's Girl
Rick Springfield
The Joker
Steve Miller Band
Just Dance
Lady Gaga
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Keep Your Hands To Yourself
Georgia Satellites
Killing In The Name Of
Rage Against The Machine
Killing Me Softly
Fugees
Kiss
Prince
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La Bamba
Ritchie Valens
La Grange
ZZ Top
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
Life Is A Highway
Rascal Flatts
Like A Virgin
Madonna
Livin' On A Prayer
Bon Jovi
Locked Out Of Heaven
Bruno Mars
Love Shack
B-52's
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Magic Carpet Ride
Steppenwolf
Man, I Feel Like A Woman
Shania Twain
Margaritaville
Jimmy Buffett
Mary Jane's Last Dance
Tom Petty
Me & Bobby McGee
Janis Joplin
Misty Mountain Hop
Led Zeppelin
Moondance
Van Morrison
More Than Words
Extreme
Moves Like Jagger
Maroon 5
Mr. Brightside
The Killers
Mr. Jones
Counting Crows
Mustang Sally
Wilson Pickett
My Hero
Foo Fighters
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Need You Now
Lady Antebellum
No Diggity
Blackstreet
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Oh Darling
The Beatles
Old Time Rock N' Roll
Bob Seger
Our Song
Taylor Swift
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Party In The USA
Miley Cyrus
Picture
Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow
Pink Pony Club
Chappell Roan
Play That Funky Music
Wild Cherry
Plush
Stone Temple Pilots
Poker Face
Lady Gaga
Pour Some Sugar On Me
Def Leppard
Pride & Joy
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Proud Mary
Tina Turner
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Redneck Woman
Gretchen Wilson
Regulate
Warren G
Rehab
Amy Winehouse
Roadhouse Blues
The Doors
Rock & Roll All Nite
Kiss
Rock N' Roll
Led Zeppelin
Rolling In The Deep
Adele
Rude
MAGIC!
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Santeria
Sublime
Save A Horse Ride A Cowboy
Big & Rich
Say It Ain't So
Weezer
Semi-Charmed Life
Third Eye Blind
September
Earth Wind & Fire
SexyBack
Justin Timberlake
Shake It Off
Taylor Swift
Shallow
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
She's A Lady
Tom Jones
Shook Me All Night Long
AC/DC
Shoop
Salt-N-Pepa
Should I Stay Or Should I Go
The Clash
Since U Been Gone
Kelly Clarkson
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
Smooth
Santana & Rob Thomas
Somethin' To Talk About
Bonnie Raitt
Stacy's Mom
Fountains of Wayne
Stay With Me
Sam Smith
Stayin' Alive
Bee Gees
Steal My Kisses
Ben Harper
Strawberry Wine
Deana Carter
Stuck In The Middle
Stealers Wheel
Sugar, We're Goin Down
Fall Out Boy
Summer Nights
Grease Soundtrack
Summer Of '69
Bryan Adams
Sunday Morning
Maroon 5
Superstition
Stevie Wonder
Suspicious Minds
Elvis Presley
Sweet Caroline
Neil Diamond
Sweet Child O' Mine
Guns N' Roses
Sweet Home Alabama
Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Takin' Care Of Business
BTO
Teenage Dream
Katy Perry
Tennessee Whiskey
Chris Stapleton
These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
Nancy Sinatra
Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran
This Is How We Do It
Montell Jordan
Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Bonnie Tyler
Twist And Shout
The Beatles
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Uptown Funk
Bruno Mars
Use Me
Bill Withers
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Wagon Wheel
Old Crow Medicine Show
Walk This Way
Aerosmith
Wanted Dead Or Alive
Bon Jovi
Waterfalls
TLC
What I Got
Sublime
What I Like About You
The Romantics
What's Up
4 Non Blondes
Why Georgia Why
John Mayer
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
With A Little Help From My Friends
The Beatles
Wonderful Tonight
Eric Clapton
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Yeah!
Usher
Yesterday
The Beatles
YMCA
Village People
You Make My Dreams (Come True)
Hall & Oates
You Never Even Call Me By My Name
David Allan Coe
You Oughta Know
Alanis Morissette
You're Still The One
Shania Twain
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
Righteous Brothers
Your Love
The Outfield
Looking for the dance band set list? See the full Uptown Drive song catalog.
Live band karaoke FAQs
What is brand activation entertainment?
Live entertainment built to put people hands-on with a brand at a festival, trade show, product launch or pop-up. With Uptown Drive Interactive, guests sing lead with a full live band, so the brand moment is something they do and share, not just watch.
What entertainment works best for a brand activation?
Interactive entertainment that draws a crowd and gives guests a role. Live band karaoke does both: a live band stops foot traffic and every singer becomes content. We have run it at CMA Fest for AT&T U-verse, at SXSW and at Formula 1 FanFest.
Can live band karaoke be branded for a sponsor?
Yes. The lyric screens can carry branded media and custom hashtags, and our emcee works sponsor mentions and calls to action into the show. At CMA Fest, every singer received a highlight video with custom-branded bumpers and event hashtags.
What is live band karaoke?
Live band karaoke is karaoke with a real band. Guests choose a song and sing lead while professional musicians play it live behind them, with the lyrics on screen.
How is live band karaoke different from regular karaoke?
Regular karaoke plays a prerecorded karaoke track, usually hosted by a DJ or run self-serve, and guests wait for the next name on the list. With live band karaoke from Uptown Drive, the music is played live by professional musicians, our vocalists sing harmonies and help any singer, a bandleader and emcee keeps the crowd behind every singer, and dance sets and DJ music keep the floor full between singers. You also get a full dance band for the rest of your event instead of karaoke only.
What if nobody wants to sing?
Someone always does. Our emcee and vocalists get the room going with group sing-alongs, and once the first brave volunteer gets a standing ovation, the list fills up fast.
How many songs can guests choose from?
More than 200, across Motown, rock, pop, country, hip hop and today’s hits. You can mark any songs to leave out, and with enough notice the band can learn a special request. See the full live band karaoke song list.
Can the song list be kept clean for a work crowd?
Yes. Use the do-not-play list on our pre-show worksheet to remove anything that does not fit your audience.
Is it only karaoke, or does the band play too?
Both. Uptown Drive Interactive is our hybrid of a high-energy dance band and live band karaoke, so karaoke rounds trade off with full dance sets and DJ music all night.
What do you need from the venue?
A 16 by 20 foot stage is recommended for the full band, though not required, plus power per our technical rider. We bring sound, lighting and lyric screens, or tie into your in-house A/V.
Is live band karaoke good for employee engagement?
Yes. Duets, department sing-offs and group numbers get colleagues cheering for each other, building real team connection and a shared experience that works for crowds of every size.
Do you travel for live band karaoke events?
Yes. Uptown Drive is based in Austin, Texas. We drive to events across Texas, including Austin, Dallas & Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio, and fly to Denver & Colorado and to corporate programs, festivals and private parties nationwide, with travel built into one quote.
What events is live band karaoke good for?
Brand activations and festivals, company holiday parties, sales kickoffs and conferences, employee engagement events, client appreciation nights, private parties and milestone birthdays, and wedding after-parties. Uptown Drive Interactive pairs a full dance band with live band karaoke, so it works for any crowd that wants to be part of the show.
Is live band karaoke good for conference receptions and closing parties?
Yes. It gives welcome receptions, hospitality nights and closing parties a crowd-drawing interactive stage, then the band keeps the dance floor full between karaoke rounds.
Is live band karaoke good for a client appreciation night?
Yes. Uptown Drive Interactive gets your clients and your team singing together, which turns a thank-you event into a shared experience they remember.
Is live band karaoke good for private parties and milestone birthdays?
Yes. Birthdays, anniversaries and reunions are a natural fit, with the guests of honor taking the mic backed by a full live band.
Can we have live band karaoke at our wedding after-party?
Yes. Add a karaoke round late in the reception or at the after-party, with the same band that played your first dance.
Where can I learn more about live band karaoke?
See our corporate event band page, or read Live band karaoke: everything you need to know.
How much does live band karaoke cost?
Every proposal is custom to your date, city, hours and band size. Send your details and we will build a proposal with options for your budget.