The Johnny Holiday Show Holiday Spectacular
The Cicada Club617 South Olive Street, Los Angeles 90014
The Johnny Holiday Show brings its Holiday Spectacular to Cicada Club on December 5, built around big-band dance music from the Johnny Holiday 12-Piece Dance Orchestra. The Honey Taps dancers are featured as part of the program, which promises holiday cheer, additional performers and surprises alongside the orchestra. It is an evening designed for dining and dancing, with room to dance on both the main floor and the mezzanine lounge.
Available information identifies the performing unit as Johnny Holiday’s 12-piece dance orchestra, rather than naming its individual players. An older listing names John Rodby as music director and describes a “galaxy of guest stars,” though no current guest lineup is specified for this Holiday Spectacular. The supplied sources do not establish where Johnny Holiday or the orchestra are from, document other artists they have played with, or provide published reviews. What is clear is the focus: a large dance-orchestra presentation with the Honey Taps dancers, framed as a seasonal show.
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.