The Johnny Holiday Show Holiday Spectacular
The Cicada Club617 South Olive Street, Los Angeles 90014
The Johnny Holiday Show Holiday Spectacular brings the Johnny Holiday 12-Piece Dance Orchestra to Cicada Club for a holiday big-band dance night. The orchestra is joined by the Honey Taps dancers, with the programme billed as a Holiday Spectacular and promising surprises alongside the music. In the 1928 Oviatt Building, dancing takes place on two floors: the main floor beneath the gold-leaf ceiling and an upstairs mezzanine with its own space to move.
The available information identifies the act through Cicada's listings, but does not establish where the orchestra is based or provide a separate biography. It is consistently presented there as a 12-piece dance orchestra performing big band music. A past Holiday Spectacular listing named John Rodby as music director, and another earlier holiday event featured singer Todd Murray as a guest. No independent reviews are available in the supplied material, so there is no critical description to add.
Stepping through the Lalique glass doors into the 1928 Oviatt Building reveals a two-story supper club designed around big-band dance nights. Beneath thirty-foot gold-leaf ceilings, diners sit at white-tablecloth tables arranged around a main wooden dance floor, while an upstairs mezzanine houses a dedicated cocktail bar with its own space to move. Patrons consistently treat the night as a formal occasion, dressing in vintage suits, ties, and evening gowns to match the 1920s setting. Evenings are ticketed in advance, pairing a full Italian dinner service or drinks at the bar with live swing orchestras and vocal ensembles, with doors opening early for dinner before the music begins.