Sun., Dec. 10, at 8 p.m.  ANDREA MARCOVICCI and MAUDE MAGGART---“A Gardenia Christmas.” Join these two fast friends for this warm-hearted celebration of the Holidays---an evening of perennial favorites....and surprises. Frequently introduced as “the Queen of Cabaret,” Andrea Marcovicci transformed the genre, has created over 35 nightclub acts at The Gardenia, and holds the record---an...

Tue., Dec. 12, at 8 p.m.  BRANDON MAGGART’s 90th Birthday Bash.  Although longtime Gardenia patrons know Brandon Maggart best as the patriarch of the Maggart Clan  and Dad of Maude Maggart (and Fiona Apple,) Mr. Maggart had a storied career on Broadway himself, and was connected with The Gardenia even before either Maude or The...

Tuesday, Dec. 19.  The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host, including Holiday Toy Drive.  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.

Tuesdays, Jan. 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.

Wed., Jan. 17.  IRA MARGOLIN presents his remembrance of cabaret friend, LORI DONATO, with special guests.  

Thu., Jan. 18.  PAMELA CLAY.  Possessing a “power belt,” solid and confident pitch, a party-girl charisma, and a repertoire that broadens what patrons have come to expect as “Gardenia fare,” Pamela Clay parties down with this show celebrating her natal day.  One can expect the unexpected from this chanteuse who has established herself as the...

Tuesdays, Jan. 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.

Sat., Jan. 27.  CLAUDE HALL.  Already an “excellent singer,” in October at The Gardenia, Claude Hall made a quantum jump into the rarified air occupied by the extraordinary, “must-see” “ladies of cabaret” with her Nina Simone show, backed by Musical Director, Jamieson Trotter. The show examined the remarkable arc of Nina Simone’s life, from Simone’s...

Tuesdays, Jan. 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.

Sat., Feb. 3.  LAURAL MEADE, in “Ms. Tucker Will See You Now.” During nearly all of 2023, Laural Meade continued to perfect her rollicking Sophie Tucker show, tinkering with each iteration to ever more closely approach the asymptote of perfection.  Those in attendance in December who had previously seen the show only in its infancy...

Sun., Feb. 4.  Showtime at 8 p.m.  JOHN DESTLER sings “All About Love,” with special guests Tiffany Bailey and Sandra Piller.  With a lifetime love of jazz and The American Songbook, Mr. Destler performed as an actor in theater and television in New York after serving three years in the U.S. Navy, then started a...

Tuesdays, Feb. 6, 13, 20, & 27.    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.