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

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Louie Moon

To me music is powerful magic, opening windows into our hearts and souls. Performing music has given me the chance to interact with people locally, and travel the world to experience the magic in other cultures...

Manolo Vargas

Manolo Vargas began his artistic career as a young child in Sevilla, Spain. When his teachers realized he had perfect pitch and could memorize a song after hearing it just once, the Jesuit priests at his school knew he had talent...

John Lee Sanders

John Lee Sanders can sit in front of a piano and transport you from a smoky New Orleans Cajun bar to a blues club in Chicago to an uptown Jazz club in Manhattan...

Mark Holzinger

My performances have included concerts, festivals, major music venues, weddings, bars and restaurants, church, T.V., radio, music videos, musicals, LP's and CDs...

Joseph Magdalena

Joseph Magdalena is an accomplished pianist, trumpeter, violinist, and vocalist. Joseph is a phenomenal talent and is a wonderful personality for your wedding.

Mark Kaye

Mark is a wonderful piano player who brings a wealth of experience and talent to weddings and special events around the Bay Area and the country...

Steven Gary

Steven started playing guitar at age 6 – and was singing before he could talk! His ability to remember and perform music gained him a reputation as the man of a thousand songs – a number he actually surpassed years ago...

Josh Friedman

Josh is a virutosic performer as a soloist, and he has been a refreshing new sound at Bay Area weddings for the last 10 years...

Emma Jean Foster

Whether performing the National Anthem at major sports events, singing at Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Jazz Festival or for a Presidential breakfast, this incredible coloratura soprano has developed a natural, unforced style that is an ever unfolding, growing testament to the power of a great voice to elicit and unlock the emotional potential of the music for the audience...

Juli Alexander

Juli fell in love with the glamour and beauty of the harp when she was 8. She started playing immediately and hasn't stopped since...