Guitaraoke

Guitaraoke is back at The Riding Room on Tuesday 13 October, part of a weekly run that started on 6 October and carries on through to 24 November. If you've missed the first one, it's a straightforward premise: you pick a song and sing it on stage with your own live guitarist backing you. It's karaoke, but with a real person on strings instead of a backing track.

The Riding Room is a cocktail and cabaret bar in Glasgow city centre, and it describes itself as Scotland's favourite Queer Cabaret Bar and a queer-friendly space. It's a busy spot that runs seven nights of on-stage activity every week, mixing live sets, burlesque, side-show and magic. The drinks are served in everything from tin cans and jam jars to silver kettles, and there's an absinthe 'hard liquor cabinet' for when you're feeling adventurous.

Guitaraoke is just one of the regulars. The drag-hosted LOLAPALOOZA takes over on Mondays with Lola Fierce, and the musical-theatre cabaret Broadway Babies is run by the duo Mel and Dean. There's also Tom Harlow's Showtunes & Filth, a high-energy show of showtunes, camp comedy and audience participation. Guitaraoke hands the spotlight to the room, so the night is built around whoever decides to step up and sing.

It runs every Tuesday from 6 October to 24 November — 6, 13, 20, 27 October and 3, 10, 17, 24 November 2026. Doors open at 9pm and the music starts at 10pm. It's a free event, and you'll find The Riding Room (The Joint on the Corner) at 58 Virginia Street, Glasgow City Centre G1 1TX.