LOS ANGELES — On a rowdy night over the summer, Thom Sigsby danced around the Fable bar in Eagle Rock, ecstatic to see strangers swinging their hips at his karaoke night again.
"There was full-on conga line to Harry Belafonte's 'Jump in the Line.' Every every single patron got in," Sigsby said. "We had a two-hour wait to get in outside. It's crazy that karaoke survived a year of lockdown and we're now having our busiest nights ever."
Sigsby runs Hi Ho Karaoke, a roving DJ and hosting outfit that brings one of SoCal's cherished late-night pastimes to bars like Club Tee Gee, Ye Rustic Inn and Bigfoot Lounge. Sigsby cut his teeth at Sardo's, the infamous "Porn Star Karaoke" bar in the San Fernando Valley.
