20 South Productions Inc.     Live Bands Available in Charlottesville VA

 

20 South Productions can provide any type of live music for any event. Be it a versatile variety band for the wedding reception, a jazz band for a corporate event or a string quartet for the wedding ceremony. We can help you determine which would be the best for you and your guests. We book local, regional and national acts for all occasions. We can also provide magicians, jugglers and clowns.

Below is a partial list of some of our most popular bands:

If you would like info on bands that we don't have a separate page for please contact us and we'll be happy to send you additional info.

Classical/Ceremony Groups

• The Linden Trio – Flute, Violin, Cello Ensemble
• The Madison Trio – Flute, Violin and Viola
• Piedmont Chamber Players – String Trio, Quartet, and Flute Trio, Quartet
• C'ville String Quartet – Violins, Viola and Cello
• The Bluebird Group featuring Max Katz – Flute, Guitar, Violin and Cello Combinations
• Plum Blossom String Quartet – Classical, Traditional and Folk
• Cordicelli String Quartet – Award Winning CHS Orchestra Group
• Terra Voce – Cello & Flute Duo
• Touch of Class – String Duo, Trio & Quartet
• Montebello Quartet – Outstanding High School Group
• Apollo Quartet – Outstanding High School Group
• Mike Dunn & Janet Muse – Violin & Piano Duo
• Mike & Mary Anderson – Trumpet & Piano Duo
• Jay Pun & Morwenna Lasko – Non-traditional violin and guitar: Celtic, Jazz, World, Bluegrass
• Honeybirds – Americana Folk, duo or trio for a ceremony

• Matty Metcalfe – Classical and Jazz Piano, Accordian
• The Metcalfe Duo – Classical Piano with Violin, Cello, Guitar and vocal
• Mike D’Antoni – Solo Classical Guitar, Jazz, Swing, Pop & Dixieland
• Peter Richardson – Solo / Duo / Trio Classical Guitar & Latin

• Eve Watters – Celtic, Classic and Contemporary Harp
• Virginia Schweninger – Pedal Harp, Classical, Pop & Show tunes
• Adrienne Wager – Pedal Harp, Traditional Wedding and Classical music
  
  Vocalists, Bagpipers and Trumpeters available too

Variety/Top 40/Motown

• 180 – Favorite R&R Dance from 60's to today
• Abbey Road – Beatles covers
• Almost Brothers Band – Top 40/Variety, Classic Rock, Country
• BC's Big Rhythm Sound – Swing, Variety, Motown
• Big Ray & the Kool Kats – Jump Jive Swing & Variety
• Bootsie Daniels Band – Motown, Soul, Rock ‘n’ Roll
• The Brothership – Motown
• BS&M – Motown & Variety
• Bruce Swartz Group – Motown/Beach, Pop, 40's Swing & Jazz
• C. Barnes Project – 10 Piece band that plays it ALL!
  From jazz standards to rock 'n' roll, from salsa to R&B
• Classix – Classic Rock cover band
• Cyrus McCormick & The Reapers – 50’s & 60’s Classics
• Denny Barberio – consumate "Lounge Lizard" piano man
• The English Channel – British Rock Invasion!
• The Groove Train – Disco party band
• HoneyBirds – Americana, Folk, Rock covers
• Horizon – Beach, Motown, R&B, Dance Music
• Houserockers – Top 40/Variety - special events only
• Hula Monsters – Hawaiian, Variety
• Jangling Reinharts – Acoustic & Classic Variety
• Janitors – Variety, Motown, Classic
• Jimmy - O Band – Classic Rock, Oldies and Rockin’ Country
• Johnny White & The Elite – Motown, Soul, R&B
• Key West – Jimmy Buffet Covers, Island Music
• Kings of Swing – Big Band & Variety
• Liverpool Beat – Beatles Tribute Band
• Midnight Movers – Wilson Pickett’s Back-up Band
• Night Vision – Big Band Swing, Soul, Contemporary Rock
• The Overtime Band – Beach & Variety
• Paddy Dougherty Quartet – Variety / Jazz / R&B
• Papa Groove – Old School Soul, R&B, Motown, Funk, Disco, Rock
• Premiere – Classic Rock, Motown, R&B
• Rhythm Kings – R&B, Swing, Variety
• Ron Moody & The Centaurs – Variety and Classic Beach
• Rumours – Classic Dance hits
• Soul Transit Authority – Motown, Jazz, Soul, Classic Dance Music
• Spectrum – Ultimate Variety Band, 4 piece horn section and female vocalist
• Steve Freeman Band – Variety, Motown, Oldies
• Steve Largo Band – Island Variety Music
• SwiftKick – hits of the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's & today
• Swing Shift – 18 piece big band, popular dance music
• Subway Band – Fabulous Oldies and Beach Show Band
• Tolliver & Company – R&B, Motown, Swing and Jazz
• Venture Rays – Classic Rock & Roll
• Vi-Dells – Top 40 Trio
• Wanda & The White Boys – Variety with Female Vocalist

Jazz

• Acme Swing Mfg Co – Jazz and Swing classics
• Alegria Latin Combo – Latin Jazz
• Bobby Read Quartet – Bruce Hornsby’s saxophonist
• Charlottesville Swing Orchestra – Classic, Swing and Big Band Jazz
• Destiny Jazz Band – Jazz, Soul, Motown, R&B
• Emme St James & Her Jazz Gentlemen – Jazz Standards with a female vocalist
• Evan Mook – Solo or any size group, classical, jazz and pop
• Falling Grace – Jazz standards with scat vocals
• For Dancers Only – 17 piece Big Band, Jazz and Swing
• Greenwich Swing Time – Trio to Big Band, Jazz and Swing
• Hod O’Brien & Stephanie Nakasian – Swing and Jazz Standards
• Inner Rhythm featuring Robert Jospe' – Jazz and World Beat Ensemble
• Robert Jospe' Trio – Classic Jazz Standards
• Jennifer Kirkland & Bert Carlson – Jazz/American Popular Music
• Jim Howe Jazz Ensemble – Classic Jazz, Latin, Swing, Blues, Bosa Nova
• Matty Metcalfe – Piano Jazz: Solo, Duo, Trio
• The Matty Metcalfe Band – Jazz, Blues, Pop, Rock Trio or Quartet with vocals
• Mill Street Ramblers – Traditional New Orleans Dixieland
• Nelson’s Jazz Rascals – Dixie Land
• The Red Hot Smoothies – Lively Jazz, Swing and R&B
• Rick Oliverez Trio – Gypsy jazz, Django Reinhardt style jazz
• Royce Campbell – Henry Mancini’s guitarist
• Sentimental Journey – Big Band
• Shades of Blue – High School Jazz Band, standards and improv
• Shenandoah Swingers – Dixieland, Jazz, Big Band, 40's & 50's
• SPLAAAT – Dance music from 1930's to the 1990's
• thompson d’earth – Improvised Jazz and Groove blend
• Wayne Parham – Solo Jazz and Blues
  
  We also have several excellent solo pianists

Rhythm & Blues

• 3rd Party – Original, upbeat funk/blues/R&B-influenced rock
• Alligator – Grateful Dead covers
• Chicken Head Blues Band – Danceable, fun, upbeat Rhythm & Blues
• Gladstones – Originals and covers
• Jeebus – Original swamp swing and eclectic covers
• Johnny Sportcoat & The Casuals – C’ville All-stars
• Li'l Ronnie & The Grand Dukes – Harp Driven R&B
• Linwood Taylor Band – Original Blues and R&B
• The Mooks – Rhythm & Blues, Reggae, Motown, New Orleans
• Nighthawks – Rockin’ Rhythm & Blues
• Rogan Brothers – Rock 'n' roll, Rhythm & Blues
• Scuffletown – Guitar & Harmonica Acoustic Duo
• South 29 – Classic Blues, Funk
• Skip Castro Band – Boogie Woogie Rhythm & Blues
• Stoned Wheat Things – Rhythm & Blues, Reggae, Rock
• Wayne Parham – Solo Blues and Jazz

Acoustic/Folk/Americana

• Second Draw – Americana jam band with a banjo and accordian
• Buzzard Hollow Boys – pedal steel, upright bass, guitars and accordian
• Cocklebur – Irish; 2 fiddles, flute, guitar and vocals
• The Company Store – Authentic, Traditional String-Band
• Billy Caldwell – Solo Acoustic Guitar, Americana & Pop Classics
• Harry Faulkner – Acoustic Standards & Classics
• Honeybirds – Americana, Folk, Rock covers
• Honey Dew Drops – Americana Folk Duo
• Jan Smith Band – Folk, duo, trio or full band
• Jay Pun & Morwenna Lasko – Folk, jam, violin & guitar
• Jim Waive and the Young Divorcees – Americana
• John McCutcheon – Folk, Children’s Music
• Junior Moment – 60’s & Folk
• King Golden Banshee – Traditional Irish Music
• Lost Highway – 5 Piece Hank Williams Classics Band
• Mando Mafia – Oldtime Hoedown, Calypso, Rockabilly Klezmer, Reggae
• Moon Rats – Americana, Folk, Rock
• Robin & Linda Williams – Old Time, Folk, Bluegrass, and Acoustic Country
• Rock River Gypsys – Americana, Folk, Rock
• Ross Key Country – Solo, Duo or full band - Traditional Country, Bluegrass, Popular Country and Blues
• Scruffy Murphy – Irish Pub Music
• Seven Mile Ford – Classic Counrty Rock
• Sons Of Bill – Rocking Americana, Alt Country
• Steve & Timi Ryalls – Acoustic Duo
• Sweetwater – Classic, New and Original Country
• Terri Allard – Original Folk, Rock, Country
• Tommy Wood – Classic Country, Current Hits & Originals
• Warmed Over Boys – Banjo & Guitar newgrass, rockabilly blues, pop & folk rock
• William Walter & Co – Acoustic duo or full rocking band

Bluegrass

• Courtney Hollow Band – 4 piece Traditional Bluegrass
• Dark Hollow Bluegrass Band – Traditional and Old time
• Hackensaw Boys – Americana
• Harwell Grice Band – Original Bluegrass
• Heather Berry & The Berry Pickers – Bluegrass / Gospel
• Hogwaller Ramblers – Americana, Traditional and Old Time
• Honeybirds – Bluegrass, Folk and Swinging Country Covers
• Jackass Flats – Progressive & Traditional Bluegrass
• Kim & Jimbo Cary – Celtic, Old Time, Bluegrass
• MD Mallory & The Charlottesville Grass – Traditional Bluegrass
• Nothing Fancy – Traditional Bluegrass
• Old School Freight Train – Mixture of Bluegrass, Funk, Latin, Swing
• Phoenix – Traditional / Contemporary Bluegrass
• Stone Masons – Bluegrass jam trio
• Two Dollar Bills – Old Time Trio two & three-part harmonies
• Uncle Henry’s Favorites – Old Time / Traditional Bluegrass
• Virginia Ramblers – Traditional / Contemporary Bluegrass
• Whiskey Rebellion – Bluegrass and Beyond
• Willow Branch – Traditional Bluegrass

Zydeco/Cajun/Reggae/World Beat

• Ban Caribe – Caribbean / Island Rhythms, Steel Drum Band also
• Beleza Brasil – Guitar & Vocal Flamenco, Brazilian Treasures
• Bio Ritmo – Latin / Dance
• Darrell Rose’s African Drum Festival – Authentic African Rhythms
• Greg Ward Project – Classic Reggae
• Guano Boys – Caribbean / Reggae
• Heather Maxwell’s African Soul – African Soul & Jazz
• Island Trio – Steel Drums and Island Music
• Kusun Ensemble – African Rhythms, Jazz & Dance
• Mambo Combo – SOCA & Sambav
• Matty Metcalfe's Crewe d'Bayou – Local New Orleans Cajun and Zydeco
• Son Quatro – 4-7 piece classic Salsa Band
• Solazo – Contemporary & Traditional Latin-American music
• Terrance Simien – Louisiana Zydeco
• Tropikiimba – Salsa Calypso & Afro- Cuban
• Vulgar Bulgars – Klezmer
• Zydeco Crayz – Zydeco / Bayou Rhythms