Lala’s Jazz Local Feature: Midnight Jazz Cats

June 27th, 2026 at The Hemingway Center

Show time: 7:30pm-9:00pm

Doors Open: 7:00pm

Bar service and light snacks available

$20 Tickets ($10 Student Door Tickets)

About the Show

Lala’s Jazz is excited to host our first Local Feature of 2026 thanks to the Hemingway Center and our show sponsor The Record Exchange.

The Midnight Jazz Cats came to full fruition in August of 2022 with the sole desire to win a Grammy and become fabulously famous.  We’re not there yet, but we’re close!  With the founding members of Dr. Lloyd Blake on drums and vocals; Dr. Mark Stolpe on upright bass and vocals; Jim Kloss on keyboard and vocals, Bill (Shep) Shepherd on clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax and vocals; then finally Blake Olson on guitar, vocals and train whistle, we produce an energetic pallet of sonic fun!

Originally the band was to be called Her Royal Majesty’s International Snow Globe Jazz Orchestra.  Thinking the Queen might not appreciate the name, we changed it to Petty Bourgeoisie.  However Lloyd couldn’t spell it, Mark couldn’t pronounce it and neither Blake or Shep knew what it meant.  Therefore, we settled on The Midnight Jazz Cats since Blake knew how to spell “Kat”.  Playing a mix of jazz standards, swing, bossa novas and western swing, our goal is to entertain people of all ages.  Dancing, singing, laughing and audience participation is greatly encouraged.