Joel Nelson Productions: Bay Area Event Planning, DJs and Live Music

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Blue Moon

Blue Moon features a hard driving rhythm section (they all sing), the mighty four-piece Blue Moon horn section (they all sing too!), and one of the finest female vocalists you will find anywhere...

The Harmonics

Paul Snagg was born in Grenada. Paul grew up listening to a band practice from his house and eventually was drawn like a magnet to the 'pan yard' where his passion was born...

Dick Bright's SRO

Dick Bright's SRO is the party band that will make that happen. The ultimate in dance entertainment, SRO is like no other band you've ever experienced. Clever costumes and props, zany skits, hip-hoppin' choreography and soul-stirring vocals are all set to a pulsating beat...

Juanita Ulloa

Juanita is one of the USA's rising star singer/composers of Mexican and Latin American music...

All Access

Get an All Access Pass to fun at your next event. This new Bay Area SuperGroup features a lineup of the finest musicians from different bands around the country...

Body & Soul

We play the versions of tunes that are familiar to everyone. The ability to combine our upbeat style while playing 60's Motown with the same energy as contemporary 90's makes us ideal for any crowd that likes to dance.

Murasaki Ensemble

The Murasaki Ensemble is a musical experience of sounds unlike any other---elements of traditional Far Eastern subtleties, Near Eastern and Latin American rhythms with improvisational jazz converging, producing a sound that is extremely vibrant and innovative yet still familiar...

The Hitmen

The Hitmen have been delivering high energy dance music for audiences up and down the West Coast performing for festivals, fairs, concerts, nightclubs, corporate events, and private functions over 14 years...

Double Funk Crunch

DFC was started as a wild & crazy costumed club band that played exclusively disco and funk from the 70s. The band became quite popular and successfully rode that rhinestoned wave into the new millennium, bell-bottoms and all...

Kaweh

KAWEH'S repertoire consists of original upbeat compositions including various easy listening, romantic pieces. KAWEH also covers songs by the Gipsy Kings and several Italian and Latin standards...