The Beer Company is closed; Oso Azul is SMA's new karaoke hotspot!

 

'Twas a sad day September 2 when we sang our last songs at The Beer Company, after four years and eight months of karaoke every Friday night. Nothing can replace Harold's hospitality.

But thanks to Jens Kristian Møller, we have a new hotspot for karaoke Friday nights: Oso Azul at Zacateros 17! We start at 7pm and wrap up at 11pm (unless the staff is okay staying later...then we close the doors and keep on singing!).

Fun facts about karaoke at The Beer Company:

• Number of total minutes of karaoke (actual singing time): 72,000
• Total number of singers who performed at The Beer Company: 450-500
• Countries represented by singers: Mexico, USA, Canada, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil, England, Germany, France, Holland, Sweden, Croatia, Turkey, Australia, China, Japan and maybe more



Karaoke Annie with Harold Dean James

• Largest repertoire among singers whose archive contains more than 50 songs:

• Hosts Annie (265) and Aarón (255)

• Fred Collins (213)

• Victor Guzman (147)

• Barb Shaw (133) and Dilia “Dee" Suriel (133)

• Juan Mandujano (129)

• Gina Giampaoli (99)

• Adriana Cruz Hardesty (98) and Alma Miranda (98)

• Dan Brill “El Brillo” (87)

• Blanca Betancourt (82)

• Kike Carrillo Delgado (77)

• Jorge Catalan (75)

• Jorge Cuaik (65 + 35 duets with Julia Hackstaff)

• John Alderton (64) and Harold Dean James (64)

• Alex Gutierrez (63)

• Allen Zeesman (56) and Lourdes Grisell Abundiz (56)

• Record for the most number of times singing the same song: Victor Guzman with “Mack the Knife” (sung 81 times!)
• Celebrities who sang with us: 

• Tony Gonzales, former tight end for Atlanta Falcons and Kansas City Chiefs, now a Fox NFL pre-game analyst

• Grammy-winning pianist Christian Tumalan, leader of Pacific Mambo Orchestra, born in Celaya

• World-touring cabaret singer Frans Bloem

• Latin jazz singer Julia Vari

• Total number of karaoke photos and videos uploaded to Facebook: over 10,000 (plus yours!)

Fortunately we were able to start up at Oso Azul just two weeks later, September 15, for Mexican Independence Day! Five fun Fridays later, we're filling up the place and we've attracted a few new "karaoke victims" who are becoming regulars.

Hope to see you Friday nights at Oso Azul!

For more karaoke nights and venues, click here.

UPDATE 2 NOVEMBER 2019: After two by great years at Oso Azul under Jens Møller's ownership, we gave the place a trial run under the new ownership and it just wasn't the same. We have decided to move on. Stay tuned for the announcement of our new Friday-night karaoke location, coming soon! 

ACTUALIZACIÓN 2 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2019: Después de dos grandes años en Oso Azul bajo la propiedad de Jens Møller, le dimos al lugar una prueba bajo la nueva propiedad y simplemente no fue lo mismo. Hemos decidido seguir adelante. Estén atentos para el anuncio de nuestra nueva ubicación de karaoke los viernes, ¡próximamente!