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

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Bill Hopkins Rock'n Orchestra

From customized and themed shows, to performing 3 hours non-stop, the Bill Hopkins Rock'n Orchestra guarantees Big Fun! Our band was designed based on the feedback of some of the best meeting planners in the world...

Fast Times

Where were you in the 80s? Playing Pac-Man? Watching General Hospital? Enjoying the spoils of Reaganomics? Whatever your memories, Fast Times will bring them all flooding back with a smile--and a backbeat you won't be able to resist...

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...

Candela

Candela's varied repertoire explores a wide array of Latin rhythms including Son, Bolero, Mambo, Cha-cha-chá, Merengue, Cumbia and the more contemporary Cuban Timba, combined with a touch of Jazz, which makes the band enjoyable for dancers as well as listeners...

Blue Moon

BLUE MOON captures the Motown, Rock n' Roll, Rhythm and Blues, and 70's Disco spirits, performing the music of such notable artists as Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, The Supremes, Peter Gabriel, Van Morrison, Tower of Power, Huey Lewis & the News, and the Commodores...

All Star Jukebox

If you want an experience that you and your guests will never forget, All Star Jukebox is clearly your best choice. It's a dazzling elegant affair reminiscent of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. It's a totally awesome boogie marathon...

Floorshakers

The Floorshakers have been performing funk, soul and rock 'n' roll hits all over the San Francisco Bay Area. Notably, for three years running, The Floorshakers have consecutively SOLD OUT in advance New Year's Eve parties for crowds of over 1,500 people...

JT Horns

We can be heard playing the music of Tower of Power, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, and many others. Our repertoire currently consists of over 200 songs, with a set list that is easily tailored to a client’s requests, and we can also incorporate new songs if they happen to not be on the list...

Body & Soul

With three lead vocalists in front of a solid rhythm section consisting of keyboards, guitar, bass, drums and a horn section, this is a well-balanced band. This combination not only creates a full sound but also allows flexibility to perform various styles in different arrangements...

Baguette Quartette

The Baguette Quartette is a wedding group with a twist...they play music that was heard in Paris between 1920 and 1940! The group's repertoire consists of valses musettes, tangos, pasos dobles, fox trots, marches and realistic songs...