Lucky Voice Brighton reopens on Black Lion Street as a franchise

The karaoke venue closed on 6 October. It reopened on Wednesday 11 November as an independently run franchise, with the same seven private rooms and basement bar.

Tim Graichi Cucarella

Published 21:24, Saturday, 14 November 20262 min read

Lucky Voice Brighton has reopened. The Black Lion Street karaoke venue, which closed on 6 October, welcomed guests again on Wednesday 11 November as a franchise, independently operated under licence from Lucky Voice.

Book: call 01273 715770. Online booking is on its way. Find it: 8 Black Lion Street, Brighton BN1 1ND.

What has changed, and what has not

Lucky Voice says the venue is at the same address with the same seven private rooms and the same basement bar. Some familiar faces from the Brighton team are back. The previous Brighton venue closed on 6 October 2026, when the previous Lucky Voice companies entered administration. Brighton was not part of the sale of Lucky Voice that day.

Nick Jones, business development director at Lucky Voice, said he has been with the company for 15 of its 17 years in Brighton. He said: "This city deserves Lucky Voice back. Our franchise partner brings real operational experience, and we'll be supporting them closely from day one."

Jonathan Merlo Sjöö, co-founder and chief executive of Moyagi, which owns Lucky Voice, said franchising allowed the company to bring the venue back "with the right partners".

Opening hours

Wednesday: 5pm to midnight
Thursday: 5pm to 1am
Friday and Saturday: 5pm to 2am
Sunday: 2pm to midnight
Mondays and Tuesdays: closed, except from 30 November to 29 December, when it opens 5pm to midnight

The seven private karaoke rooms take 6 to 20 guests.

If you had a booking before the closure

Guests with a booking made before the closure can call the Brighton team on 01273 715770 to have it reviewed. Lucky Voice says bookings, deposits and vouchers for the previous Brighton venue remain honoured at full value at its London venues. Refunds and claims relating to the previous venue company are handled by its administrators, who can be contacted at luckyvoice@interpath.com.

Lucky Voice has run private karaoke rooms since 2005, with venues in Soho, Holborn and Liverpool Street in London and an overseas franchise in Dubai. Our earlier report covers the closure.