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

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Mick Martin

For the sixth straight year, Real Blues magazine of Canada has honored Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers as Best West Coast Blues Band, a real coup considering the hard-core traditionalist attitude of its founder/editor, Andy Grigg...

Cocktail Monkeys

Professional showmanship and the goal of ”a good time had by all” mark the purpose of this band. When you hire the Cocktail Monkeys for your event you know you have set the stage for your guests to have a wonderful and exciting time, dancing and enjoying the sounds and stage presence of each band member...

Cool Jerks

The Cool Jerks are a dynamic group of nine fun, energetic and talented musicians who take great pride in making every song and every show remarkable...

Sound Bytes

This unique act consists of two musicians, Steve and Dave, and an array of high tech computer gear that transforms them into sounding like one of the best 5-piece rock and roll bands you’ve ever heard...

Delta Wires

The DELTA WIRES is a big, high-energy harmonica and horns blues band from the Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area. They were Finalists out 100 blues bands from all over the world, in the Blues Foundation's 2008 International Blues Challenge held in Memphis TN, and were voted BEST BAND of 2008 Oakland/East Bay in Oakland Magazine's annual readers' poll...

SoVoso

SoVoSó is a highly imaginative a cappella ensemble that sings a unique, rhythmic mix of jazz, gospel, world and R&B music, all rendered in their trademark improvisational style...

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...

Spice

Spice up your Party with JNB's in-house powerhouse 5-piece group. This group has been shaking up festivals, parties, and corporate events for 15 years in the Bay Area...

Zydeco Flames

The Zydeco Flames have gained a reputation as the West Coast's premiere Zydeco band...

Bill Hopkins Rock'n Orchestra

The Bill Hopkins Rock'n Orchestra is a dynamic dance machine featuring bass, drums, guitar, keyboard, a horn section, percussionist, male & female vocalists and 4 dancers...