Live Band Karaoke
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Austin, TX
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Holiday party & sales conference entertainment
Company holiday party band and entertainment
Company holiday party band
Uptown Drive is a company holiday party band for corporate holiday parties, company Christmas parties and year-end celebrations. Dinner music at conversation volume while leadership speaks, then live dance sets of Motown, funk, pop and today’s hits, with DJ music between sets so the dance floor never cools off.
Corporate holiday party entertainment that fits a work crowd
A clean, work-friendly song list, an emcee who keeps the program on time, and microphones ready for leadership remarks. Employee appreciation moments and year-end awards slot right into the run of show.
Employee and client appreciation
The same format works for employee appreciation events, client appreciation nights and staff parties: a polished live band for the dinner, then the best party of the year.
Add the interactive show
Colleagues step up and sing lead with the full band between dance sets, with duets, department sing-offs and group numbers that bring every level of the company together, from new hires to the C-suite.
Book early
November and December Saturdays book first, so reach out as soon as your date is set. Every proposal is custom to your date, city, band size and program. Planning in Austin? We also cover Austin company holiday party entertainment.
Sales conference and kickoff entertainment
Sales kickoff entertainment
Uptown Drive is a corporate event band for sales kickoffs (SKOs), sales meetings and national sales conferences. We play welcome receptions, awards nights and closing parties, with walk-on music for top performers and an emcee who keeps the room on schedule and hands the mic to leadership when you need it.
Conference entertainment and after-parties
As a convention entertainment band and conference after-party band, we turn the closing night into the reward. Opening receptions, networking nights and closing parties run on your agenda and your attendees’ energy, from cocktail hour to the last song.
President’s Club, incentive trips and DMC programs
We are a turnkey entertainment partner for President’s Club entertainment, incentive trip entertainment and destination corporate events. We work with destination management companies, agencies and production teams, follow your client-facing guidelines, and build travel into one quote from Austin to conference hotels and resorts nationwide.
Built for your production team
Fully self-contained with sound, stage lighting, an audio engineer and DJ music between sets, or tied into your house A/V. Our audio engineer coordinates inputs, the stage plot and the board feed ahead of time. Fully insured with a $2M general aggregate liability policy.
Make the reps the headliners
Add our interactive show and your top performers step up and sing lead with the full band, with HD lyric screens and an emcee who keeps every singer in the spotlight. It carries the energy of the kickoff back to the field.
Experiential marketing entertainment
CMA Fest brand activation for AT&T U-verse
Festival activation entertainment on Broadway
For CMA Fest in 2014 and 2015, AT&T U-verse booked Uptown Drive Interactive for its festival activation on Broadway in Nashville, outside Rock Bottom Brewery. The full band ran the stage all day, turning a sponsor footprint into a live music stage fans lined up for.
Live band karaoke that drives foot traffic and dwell time
Fans picked from 200+ songs, signed up and sang lead with a full live band on a real festival stage. A live band stops foot traffic, and every singer brings friends who stay, film and cheer, so the activation holds a crowd for hours.
Branded content every singer takes home
Every singer received a highlight video with custom-branded bumpers and event hashtags, delivered to their phone before they left the stage, so each performance became shareable, sponsor-branded social content.
Social engagement built into the show
Voting-style contests kept fans posting all day under the sponsor hashtag #UverseCMAfest, and our emcee worked sponsor mentions and calls to action into the show between singers.
Bring it to your festival sponsorship
The same format works for music festival sponsorships, fan zones and consumer events nationwide, with sound, stage lighting, HD lyric screens and an audio engineer, or a tie-in to your production team.
SXSW brand activation and launch party entertainment
Interactive entertainment at SXSW
Uptown Drive Interactive has been featured at multiple SXSW conferences in our hometown of Austin, including a feature with Colin Jost, putting conference crowds on stage to sing lead with a full live band.
A product launch party for Catchon
We kicked off SXSW with a private corporate launch party for Catchon at Cedar Street Courtyard, pairing a full dance band with live band karaoke so the launch became the party people talked about all week.
Branded lyric screens and custom hashtags
Multiple HD lyric screens carry branded media and custom hashtags, so your brand is in every photo and video guests take.
An emcee who sells the brand without slowing the show
Our emcee works sponsor mentions and calls to action into the show and keeps the crowd behind every singer, so the brand message lands while the energy keeps building.
Conference and launch entertainment in Austin
For SXSW, conferences at the Austin Convention Center and product launches across Austin, we bring sound, stage lighting and an audio engineer, or tie into your venue's production.
Formula 1 FanFest fan engagement entertainment
Fan experience entertainment 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 stepped up and sang lead with a full live band.
Built for sponsor fan zones
Interactive entertainment gives fans a reason to stop, stay and engage with your brand, and every performance becomes content they film and share.
From a booth to an all-day festival stage
The show scales from a trade show booth to an all-day festival stage, with sound, stage lighting, HD lyric screens and an audio engineer, or a tie-in to your production company.
A brand-safe song list
200+ songs across Motown, rock, pop, country, hip hop and today's hits, with any title left out on request, so the show stays on brand for every audience.
Experiential marketing entertainment nationwide
Based in Austin, we travel to racing events, sports fan fests, festivals and trade shows nationwide, with travel built into one quote.
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Live band karaoke FAQs
Basics
What Is Live Band Karaoke?
Live band karaoke is karaoke with a live band: you sing lead while Uptown Drive plays. Pick a song, follow the lyrics on screen and step up to the mic. Our vocalists back you with harmonies, our emcee keeps the room involved, and karaoke rounds alternate with full dance-band sets.
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Corporate
Live Band Karaoke for Corporate Events
Bring colleagues together at holiday parties, sales kickoffs and client celebrations. Duets and group numbers let guests join in together. We coordinate live band karaoke with your awards, speeches and event timeline, working with your production team or providing the production for your event.
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Planning
Karaoke Songs, Setup & Travel
Choose from the 224-song catalog above, with HD lyric screens to guide singers. Based in Austin, we serve Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio and travel nationwide. Share your venue, stage, power and access details. Use Check Availability to send your date, city and event plans.
Choose from the 224-song catalog above, with HD lyric screens to guide singers. Based in Austin, we serve Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio and travel nationwide. Share your venue, stage, power and access details. Use Check Availability to send your date, city and event plans.
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Brands
Karaoke for Brand Activations
Give guests a live-band stage at festivals, trade shows and product launches. Discuss branded lyric screens, sponsor mentions and the participant flow with us. Uptown Drive Interactive has performed at CMA Fest, SXSW and Formula 1 FanFest.
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What is live band karaoke?
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 track, usually hosted by a DJ or run self-serve. With live band karaoke from Uptown Drive, professional musicians play every song live, our vocalists sing harmonies and help any singer, and a bandleader and emcee keeps the crowd behind every singer.
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 and the floor never goes quiet.
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.
Who runs the show?
Bandleader and emcee Greg Williams and the Uptown Drive band. As a Certified Original Lineup, the same core musicians perform at every event.
Live band karaoke for corporate events
Is live band karaoke good for company holiday parties?
Yes. Karaoke rounds trade off with full dance sets, so the energy builds from cocktail hour to last call, and employee appreciation moments and year-end awards slot right into the run of show.
Is live band karaoke good for employee engagement and team building?
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.
Is live band karaoke good for sales kickoffs and conference receptions?
Yes. It gives welcome receptions, awards nights and closing parties a crowd-drawing interactive stage, makes your top performers the headliners, and 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.
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.
Live band karaoke songs, setup and travel
How many songs can guests choose from?
224 songs across Motown, rock, pop, country, hip hop and today's hits. You can mark any songs to leave out on the pre-show worksheet.
Can the band learn a special request?
Yes. With enough notice, the band can learn a song for your event.
What is included with live band karaoke?
The Uptown Drive band and emcee, HD lyric screens facing the singer and the crowd, multiple microphones for duets and group numbers, our lead vocalists for harmonies and support, sound, stage lighting, an audio engineer and DJ music between sets.
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.
Do you travel for live band karaoke events?
Yes. Uptown Drive is based in Austin, Texas. We drive to events across Texas, including Dallas and Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio, and fly to Denver and Colorado and to corporate programs, festivals and private parties nationwide, with travel built into one quote.
Live band karaoke for brand activations
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 other events is live band karaoke good for?
Company holiday parties, sales kickoffs and conferences, client appreciation nights, private parties and milestone birthdays, and wedding after-parties.
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 event.
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
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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The Joker · Steve Miller Band
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