Gig Harbor · WA
El Publito
"Mexican kitchen by day, karaoke party by night."
- Address
- El Publito Mexican Restaurant · Gig Harbor, WA
- Nights
- Fridays · 8:30pm – 12am
Gig Harbor + Tacoma est. 1990 · year 35
Bad singers,
great nights.
Limelight2k is Steve Roberts' karaoke operation — running mics on both sides of the Narrows since 1990. Fridays at El Publito in Gig Harbor. Saturdays at The Homeplate in Tacoma. Mobile rig for everywhere else.
- Years in
- 35
- Songs
- 42k+
- Encores
- ∞
2k
Tonight on stage · 9pm
Since 1990
35 years
The rooms
Two stages. Different nights.
Steve runs a weekly residency on both sides of the Narrows — Fridays in Gig Harbor, Saturdays in Tacoma. Walk in, sign up, sing once, stick around for the train wreck that follows.
Both rooms are walk-in. No reservations. No cover. Show up early if you want a booth.
Tacoma · WA
The Homeplate
"Saturday-night clubhouse with the late mic."
- Address
- The Homeplate · Tacoma, WA
- Nights
- Saturdays · 9pm – 1am
What we do
Six ways to embarrass yourself with dignity.
We're not a wedding DJ pretending to do karaoke. We're a karaoke crew that outgrew the bar back room. Pick the night you want, we'll build the rig that fits it.
✦ N°01
Weddings
Receptions where Aunt Linda finally crushes a Stevie Nicks. We bring two PA stacks, runner mic, and a setlist that reads the room.
▲ N°02
Corporate parties
Holiday parties, sales-team blowouts, post-IPO meltdowns. Clean audio, clean transitions, no one gets fired.
❂ N°03
Birthdays
30ths, 40ths, the dirty 50. We bring the songbook, the lights, and a duet partner who shows up on cue.
✺ N°04
Bachelor / bachelorette
Hotel suite, brewery patio, lake house dock — wherever you are, we are. Discreet, fast load-in, late-night ready.
▣ N°05
Block parties
Neighborhood-grade volume control, weatherproof rig, three-hour minimum. Permits not included but we'll point at the right form.
◐ N°06
Bar takeovers
Slow Tuesday? We turn it into a Saturday. House promo kit, social blast, and a host who's done this 600+ times.
"If your event has people, drinks, and a 6-foot table — we can show up."
Get a Quote → How a night runs
Three steps.
Mariah by midnight.
We've run this 600+ times. The form is short. The reply is fast. The show goes off whether or not the venue's outlets cooperate.
- 01
You tell us the room
Wedding reception, holiday party, dive bar Tuesday — same form, same fast reply within 24 hours.
- 02
We build the rig
We bring everything: PA, two mics + a wireless, runner mic, 42k-song book, host, mood lighting.
- 03
Your people sing
We read the room, queue the right songs, get the right person on the mic at the right moment. That's the whole trick.
Tonight's most requested
42,000+ songs on the book
Said in the wild
The reviews are embarrassingly good.
Our HR director did 'Wagon Wheel' on a folding chair. We're already booking Steve for next year.
Maya R.
Peninsula Realtors holiday party
Sound check was 11 minutes. The whole night ran like a Swiss watch wearing a leather jacket.
Diego P.
Wedding, Harbor History Museum
Friday nights at El Publito are the only standing plan in my calendar. Worth the drive from Tacoma.
Reg M.
Regular since 2014
Last call doesn't come for the willing
Bookthe night.
Tell us the date, the room, the headcount, and what kind of trouble you want. We'll come back inside 24 hours with a real number.