There isnt a karaoke bar in the area as reliable as the Red Balloon, the Shawnee Mission bar that allows amateurs to stand up and belt out Foreigner songs seven nights a week, from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. The Balloons a popular spot for birthdays, going-away parties, or any event that would be enhanced by watching friends and strangers sing poorly in public; as a result, the clientele is tough to nail down. Some nights its an older crowd, there for the pool and darts; other nights its taken over by young professionals in khakis and polos flipping through the KJs impossibly large songbook. Seasoned vets know to come on Sundays when 32-ounce domestic schooners are cheap.
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Mondays-Sundays, 8 p.m.
- 11 going/interested
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Tuesdays, Thursdays, 10 p.m.
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Tuesdays, 2 p.m. and Mondays, 7 p.m.