UPCOMING  EVENTS

Known for his generosity, humor, and extraordinary musicianship, Johnson, /aka/ "Roobone" to those close to him, made a lasting contribution to the New Orleans jazz and brass band tradition, and was a regular featured musician at Nickel-A-Dance for many years.

Don Vappie is a world renowned jazz musician and bandleader from New Orleans. He leads the Créole Jazz Serenaders, a classic New Orleans jazz orchestra, as well as his various jazz and R&B combos. He has produced and recorded numerous albums and film soundtracks, and is the star of the PBS doc.....

This afternoon, he presents his band The New Orleans Extravaganza, for a romp through his expert stylings across traditional jazz, swing, old rhythm & blues, and big band numbers.

Trumpeter, singer and drummer Norbert Susemihl has been a traveler in New Orleans music for many years, performing on international festivals and concerts. For over 4 decades he has been commuting between his second home in New Orleans, his birthplace of Hamburg, and later also Denmark...

Join us for the one and ONLY Nickel-A-Dance of the Spring 2026 Season!

Great New Orleans trumpeter and vocalist Gregg Stafford spent much of his childhood in the Central City neighborhood, home also to early jazz phenom Buddy Bolden, nearly a century before him. He saw lots of parades, often sang in church, and developed a real love of music, trained by local legends.

Famous for "knowing more than 2,000 songs," trumpeter and vocalist Wendell Brunious boasts a towering musical family tree primarily flowered with trumpets. He is the son of trumpet master John “Picket” (or “Picky”) Brunious Sr. and Nazimova “Chinee” Santiago...

From playing himself in the HBO Series Tremé, to barbecuing outside his bar, Kermit’s Treme Mother-in-Law Lounge, to sitting in with Jon Batiste and Stay Human on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the trumpeter/vocalist keeps himself busy when he isn’t on stage doing what he does best—entertaining

Born and raised in the musically fertile neighborhood of New Orleans Seventh Ward, THAÏS CLARK is a high-energy performer with a deep-rooted passion for the bawdy number popularized by blues legends Ma Rainy and Bessie Smith. Join us this evening for NAD's 32nd Fall Season Kick-Off!

Great New Orleans trumpeter and vocalist Gregg Stafford spent much of his childhood in the Central City neighborhood, home also to early jazz phenom Buddy Bolden, nearly a century before him. He saw lots of parades, often sang in church, developed a real love of music, trained truly by local culture

Lars Edegran & The Palm Court Jazz Band represent some of the best traditional jazz offered in the Crescent City. The veteran musician and bandleader most often plays piano, guitar, or banjo, but has been known to perform on the mandolin, clarinet, or saxophone when the mood is right...

Born in 1973 into the musical Brunious and Santiago families, at age 12, Mark Braud’s uncle Wendell Brunious gave him a cornet, and soon after that he began playing jazz with Nicholas Payton. Braud started his career with the Olympia Kids, an offshoot of the Olympia Brass Band for younger musicians.

Classic jazz trumpeter Duke Heitger is known for his warm sound, virtuosity, and unwavering musicality. While renowned on the international scene, performing and recording around the world, he reigns as one of the longest tenured bandleaders appearing regularly on the New Orleans Steamboat Natchez..

Trumpeter Kevin Louis is a 1995 graduate of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Performance from Oberlin Conservatory of Music (1999), a Masters of Arts from the Aaron Copeland’s School of Music at Queens College (2001), and has toured...

Join us for the Grand Finale of Nickel-A-Dance's 30th Season this evening!

Join us for our 30th Season!