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Best Jazz & Blues in South Bend

The Rat Pack Is Back at The Lerner Theatre

The Rat Pack Is Back

Relive the days of the Rat Pack with Las Vegas' most famous entertainers and their live 12-piece big band as they appeared live in the legendary Sands Hotel Copa Room. It's the only Vegas-based show with national touring companies and an award from the "Congress of the United States" and now its in fourteenth smash year with over 4,500 shows performed in over 34 states, 3 foreign countries and over one million tickets sold.

The Drifters at Blue Gate Performing Arts Center

The Drifters

Since they started writing the hits in the fifties the various different line-ups of The Drifters have shifted over 200 million singles with well-known classics like 'Saturday Night at the Movies,' 'Under The Boardwalk,' 'Come On Over To My Place' and 'Kissing In The Back Row of the Movies' some of their most revered tunes.

Robert Cray Band at Blue Gate Performing Arts Center

Robert Cray Band

A former opening act for Eric Clapton, Cray has played alongside John Lee Hooker and now has a pair of Fender Stratocaster guitars named after him. He has released a number of albums that have reached the top of the Billboard Blues chart, and in 2011 was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame for his achievements. In 2017 he released a new record with Hi Rhythm.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at Blue Gate Performing Arts Center

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Journey back to the golden era of swing with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Theirs is a world populated by sharp-suited mobsters and high-class dames, and it's an impossibly cool sound which has seen the band's popularity just keep on rising in the three decades since forming in California in 1989. Their catchy name comes from a meeting vocalist and guitarist Scotty Morris had with blues legend Albert Collins, who signed an autograph from 'The Big Bad VooDoo Daddy'!

Chris Botti at Blue Gate Performing Arts Center

Chris Botti

The world's top-selling instrumental artist Chris Botti has charm and talent in spades; the Italian American contemporary jazz trumpeter breathes new life into a range of different genres from American songbook standards to bebop classics by the likes of Miles Davis. Botti is not only a highly skilled musician but a consummate entertainer, with a gleam in his eye his onstage banter calls to mind the performers of jazz's golden age.