ANDREA MARCOVICCI and MAUDE MAGGART

The Gardenia 7066 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Sun., April 7 at 8 p.m.  ANDREA MARCOVICCI and MAUDE MAGGART, through popular demand, reprise “Brave and Foolish Things,” their “witty, intriguing, emotional, naughty, clever, sentimental, esoteric, arresting, tender,” and sold-out first outing together, as the first in a series of monthly performances together, echoing the heady 80’s days of the weekly “Marcovicci at Midnight.”...

Singers’ OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, Host

The Gardenia 7066 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Tuesdays, April 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30.    The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host.  Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fourth year.  Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.

KAREN CELESTE KRUZ

The Gardenia 7066 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Thu., April  11.  KAREN CELESTE KRUZ, in her third solo Gardenia outing, her first since “the pandemic.”  Jazz a constant in her childhood home in Connecticut, Ms. Kruz also derived influences from the unique musical sounds and culture of her primarily Hungarian family in Bridgeport.  But her neighborhood was more diverse---and she counts Broadway, R...

Singers’ OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, Host

The Gardenia 7066 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Tuesdays, April 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30.    The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host.  Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fourth year.  Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.

PRIVATE PARTY

The Gardenia 7066 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Singers’ OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, Host

The Gardenia 7066 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Tuesdays, April 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30.    The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host.  Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fourth year.  Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.

DEIRDRE MONCY

The Gardenia 7066 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Thu., April 25.  DEIRDRE MONCY,  (singer-songwriter/ composer/ pianist,) favors a multi-genre approach to music: Jazz, Rock, Pop and Blues, Acoustic/Folk, Indi/Alternative, and Standards, etc.  Her album, Where I Live, and other tracks/singles are available on Spotify, iHeart Radio, YouTube, Apple Music and most streaming platforms.  Theatre credits include the principal role of Eurydice in the...

WAYNE WILENTZ and CRAIG COCHRANE

The Gardenia 7066 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Fri., April 26.  Wayne Wilentz and Craig Cochrane present “Hip to Be Hep: The Genius of Bob Dorough and Dave Frishberg” which celebrates the witty, clever, and wildly inventive compositions of two departed luminaries in the jazz world, (both of whom, coincidentally, “played” The Gardenia “back in the day.”)  Mr. Wilentz has performed with such famous R&B...

JOHN VANCE

The Gardenia 7066 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Sat., April 27.  JOHN VANCE.  Many will recognize Mr. Vance as a TV actor, (New Girl, Two and a Half Men, Malcolm in the Middle, The New Normal, and Passions, to name a few.  Hacks, on HBO Max is set to air later this spring.) On film he was directed by George Clooney in Leatherheads,...

Singers’ OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, Host

The Gardenia 7066 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Tuesdays, April 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30.    The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host.  Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fourth year.  Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.

TOM CULVER

The Gardenia 7066 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Sat., May 4.  TOM CULVER, supported by the Karen Hernandez Trio.  For those for whom lyrics, melody, tonality, rhythm, and interesting harmonic progressions are the most important elements of musical production, Tom Culver’s shows provide veritable Master Classes in how music geniuses of the last century brought these five elements together to create the yet-to-be-surpassed...

ANDREA MARCOVICCI and MAUDE MAGGART

The Gardenia 7066 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Sun., May 5 at 8 p.m.  ANDREA MARCOVICCI and MAUDE MAGGART  present their tribute to Cole Porter, with special guest Jeff Harnar, in this second in their series of monthly performances echoing the heady 80’s days of the weekly “Marcovicci at Midnight.” Frequently introduced as “the Queen of Cabaret,” Ms. Marcovicci transformed the “cabaret genre,”...