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Trademarked Fun: INTA Takes Rock Out Karaoke for a Spin

In May, we brought our patented live band karaoke thunder to the Gaslamp District as part of the International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting—proving once again that nobody delivers unforgettable San Diego events quite like Rock Out Karaoke.

Hosted inside the lively Happy Does bar, our setlist was the soundtrack to a night full of laughter, networking, and surprisingly solid vocals from the global IP crowd. We welcomed trademark attorneys, brand guardians, and conference-goers from around the world to our San Diego stage. Let’s just say a few folks now own the rights to our hearts (and maybe a high note or two).

While we can’t share every performance, we captured some unforgettable moments—so check out the photos below and relive the night where karaoke met copyright.

Back at the House of Blues!

San Diego’s best event band (and longest-running live karaoke band) will be back at the House of Blues San Diego on Sept 3, from 7-10pm. This all-ages, no cover karaoke show feels like a blast from the past for us — we’ve played dozens of gigs at the House of Blues since 2007. We’ve had weekly residencies, monthly gigs, and rocked tons of private parties (including the world’s best pub crawl). So this really feels like coming home for us.

Join us on stage on Sept 3, and who knows what the future will hold? Perhaps we’ll be back in October! Only one way to find out what it’s like to be on stage with a live rock band. And the HOB sound system is incredible (duh!).

See you there!

House of Blues San Diego, 1055 Fifth Ave

Rock Out Karaoke is San Diego’s most dynamic live music performance group, combining the raw power of a live rock band with the fun of audience participation, where individual singers take center stage with the live band! Contact us today if you’re looking for the best interactive entertainment you can get for your next event!

San Diego Comic Con 2019

One of our favorite San Diego events of the year is Comic Con International. This year, the organization celebrated their 50th convention with what has grown to a 135,000-person multi-day event that not only takes over the expansive San Diego Convention Center, but most of downtown San Diego, local hotels and restaurants, and, increasingly, other parts of the city.

So when the Comic Con organization called us to find out if we would support their own volunteer appreciation event with our unique brand of live band karaoke, our answer was of course a resounding YES!

To pull off the type of event that Comic Con has become, they’ve enlisted the help of a small army of volunteers – friendly faces who help first-timers and convention veterans alike find their way to registration, points of interest, special sessions and more. It was for this group of several hundred kind and generous people we were honored to play.

And they certainly came to party! We enjoyed having the Comic Con staff and volunteers on stage with us, and we look forward to next year. Live band karaoke and Comic Con – it was a match made in heaven! Check out the pics and see for yourself…

In Good Company

FritoLay, Morgan Stanley, Genentech, TIAA. No, those aren’t the latest ROK stock picks.*

They’re actually recent corporate clients! We’ve quietly been building a roster of happy clients, many of whom call us back year after year (Kia Motors, we’re looking at you!).

Call us for your next San Diego / Southern California corporate event and we’ll add your company logo to the distinguished (and growing) list!

*Past results do not guarantee future results when it comes to investments, but with ROK you’re covered!

Sing Dance Crawl 2016

If you’ve been with us for any time in years past, you’ve no doubt heard us talk about the best pub crawl in town: Sing Dance Crawl. Hosted each year by our friends at The Local over Memorial Day weekend, what started as a modest gathering of a couple hundred people has ballooned in recent years and just keeps getting bigger and better.

This year’s crowd of 1,500+ flooded the House of Blues San Diego with energy, enthusiasm, sex appeal, and a few surprises (cue the marching band)! Rock Out Karaoke is proud to have supported this event again in 2016 (our sixth in a row!). Proceeds from the crawl benefit the Wingman Foundation – a veteran-run, all-volunteer nonprofit that helps support the families of fallen military aviators.

Check out scenes from SDC 2016, and stay tuned for announcements about this event in 2017!