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Noce's Upcoming Shows

The Impossible Dream: A Night of Broadway w/ Napoleon Douglas

The Impossible Dream: A Night of Broadway w/ Napoleon Douglas

Sat, Jun 27

Noce is proud to present a new show featuring Napoleon Douglas highlighting the great music of Broadway alongside an elite jazz band led by Jason Danielson. --- Napoleon M Douglas is an International Actor, Teaching Artist, and Entrepreneur whose performance experience includes Stage Theatre, Film, Commercial, Voice Over, Instrumental Music, Dance, and Vocal Music among others. Theatre (selected): International - Simba in The Festival of the Lion King (HKDL); National - Louie in Mr. Holland’s Opus (World Premiere & Dance Captain - Ogunquit Playhouse); Joe Alves & Carl Gottlieb Cover in BRUCE (World Premiere - Seattle Repertory); Jimmy Early in Dreamgirls (2018 Ostrander Winner - Best Supporting Actor in a Musical), Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar (Arvada Center), NoMax in Five Guys Named Moe (Westchester Broadway), as well as leading and supporting roles in Hairspray!, Sister Act, Superior Donuts, A Christmas Carol, Miss Saigon, Romeo & Juliet, and White Christmas. TV/Film (Selected): Hulu’s WuTang: An American Saga (Co-Star), and Oscar Micheaux (Cannes Short Selection, Urban Film BET Short Premiere Selection - 2018). Educationally, Napoleon has worked as a Choreographer, Director, Music Director, Studio Voice Instructor, and Teaching Artist for theatres and companies across the U.S. including The Summer Conservatory at Memphis Playhouse on the Square, The Academy at Midtown Arts Center, and The Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Institutionally, He serves as a Board Member and Artist-in-Residence for City Voices - a community-centered nonprofit that provides free, high quality, individualized music instruction to underserved students in the Des Moines Metro area and Board Member of Sing For Your Seniors (www.singforyourseniors.org). Napoleon is a former member of the renowned Isiserettes Drill and Drum Corps who performed for both Inauguration Parades for President Barack Obama, and for President Joe Biden. Drake University (B.A. Theatre Arts, ’14). SNHU (M.B.A. Entrepreneurship, ’18). Phi Gamma Delta. Actors Equity Association.
Jazz on the House w/ Zane Gedler & Co.

Jazz on the House w/ Zane Gedler & Co.

Wed, Jul 01

Every Wednesday night, Noce hosts an all night happy hour. Doors at 6, music 7-10pm, no cover all night! $5 green tea shots, $6 well drinks, $7 house wine, $8 specialty cocktails. Some of the top jazz musicians in the region are featured each week.

Jazz Night w/ Napoleon Douglas

Jazz Night w/ Napoleon Douglas

Residency

Thu, Jul 02

Napoleon M Douglas is an International Actor, Teaching Artist, and Entrepreneur whose performance experience includes Stage Theatre, Film, Commercial, Voice Over, Instrumental Music, Dance, and Vocal Music among others. Theatre (selected): International - Simba in The Festival of the Lion King (HKDL); National - Louie in Mr. Holland’s Opus (World Premiere & Dance Captain - Ogunquit Playhouse); Joe Alves & Carl Gottlieb Cover in BRUCE (World Premiere - Seattle Repertory); Jimmy Early in Dreamgirls (2018 Ostrander Winner - Best Supporting Actor in a Musical), Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar (Arvada Center), NoMax in Five Guys Named Moe (Westchester Broadway), as well as leading and supporting roles in Hairspray!, Sister Act, Superior Donuts, A Christmas Carol, Miss Saigon, Romeo & Juliet, and White Christmas. TV/Film (Selected): Hulu’s WuTang: An American Saga (Co-Star), and Oscar Micheaux (Cannes Short Selection, Urban Film BET Short Premiere Selection - 2018). Educationally, Napoleon has worked as a Choreographer, Director, Music Director, Studio Voice Instructor, and Teaching Artist for theatres and companies across the U.S. including The Summer Conservatory at Memphis Playhouse on the Square, The Academy at Midtown Arts Center, and The Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Institutionally, He serves as a Board Member and Artist-in-Residence for City Voices - a community-centered nonprofit that provides free, high quality, individualized music instruction to underserved students in the Des Moines Metro area and Board Member of Sing For Your Seniors (www.singforyourseniors.org). Napoleon is a former member of the renowned Isiserettes Drill and Drum Corps who performed for both Inauguration Parades for President Barack Obama, and for President Joe Biden. Drake University (B.A. Theatre Arts, ’14). SNHU (M.B.A. Entrepreneurship, ’18). Phi Gamma Delta. Actors Equity Association.

Charlie & The Tropicales, feat. The Nola Jazz Band - National Act!

Charlie & The Tropicales, feat. The Nola Jazz Band - National Act!

Fri, Jul 03

Charlie & the Tropicales bring a 1950s Caribbean hotel party to life with torrid horns, tropical

rhythms, and infectious grooves. With a nod to New Orleans’ history as the northernmost port of

the Caribbean, the Tropicales perform music from Trinidad and Venezuela, Martinique and

Guadeloupe, and other destinations along the archipelago. Scorching tropicalia, and classic

New Orleans jams. Biguines and boleros, calypsos, and cumbias. Songs that get stuck in your

head. Guaranteed to melt the ice in your drink.



The Tropicales have been keeping an incredibly busy schedule in New Orleans since 2024,

establishing themselves as one of New Orleans' most exciting young bands - performing

regularly at Snug Harbor, Tipitina's, the Broadside, Saturn Bar, Vaughans, and BJs Lounge, not

to mention the Jazz and Heritage Festival, Jazz Fest, ThreadHead events, parties at the 4

Seasons and hotels all over town. The Tropicales released Jump Up in August of 2024 through

NuTone Recordings featuring guest vocalists Cyrille Aimee, Quiana Lynell, and Drew Gonsalves

on material ranging from classic New Orleans R&B to traditional calypsos, cumbias, biguines,

and boleros. The 2024 Jump Up tour included dates in Key West, New York City, New Haven,

Cape Cod, Asbury Park, the Exit Zero Jazz Festival and of course New Orleans.




Their album Shake the Rum was released to vinyl in 2022 on Hi-Tide Recordings to rave

reviews, alongside performances at Jazz Fest, French Quarter Fest, Hi-Tide Summer Holiday in

Asbury Park, and a run of shows in New York City.



Halloran also released the Alcoa Sessions in late 2021, imagining the music on board the Alcoa

Steamship cruises running from New Orleans through the Caribbean from 1949-1959. Mixing

traditional New Orleans Jazz, 1950s R&B, and music from Trinidad, Venezuela and Martinique.

The Alcoa Sessions has been nominated for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year by OffBeat

Magazine.



The group released a Christmas album in December of 2019 that was released on vinyl on

NuTone Recordings in 2023, plus an album recorded straight to 78 RPM acetate disc in 2017.

Their next album Jump Up is slated for a vinyl release in April 2024 from the NuTone label.

The Tropicales have been filling clubs in New Orleans since 2018, so grab a daiquiri, turn up

your sound system, hit the dance floor, and join this subtropical party in sunny New Orleans.


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The NOLA Jazz Band, esteemed local performers and regular participants in the NOCE Jazz

Residency, will serve as the opening act for The Tropicales during the July performance.

Jazz on the House w/ Saxophonist Anthony Orji & Co.

Jazz on the House w/ Saxophonist Anthony Orji & Co.

Wed, Jul 08

Every Wednesday night, Noce hosts an all night happy hour. Doors at 6, music 7-10pm, no cover all night! $5 green tea shots, $6 well drinks, $7 house wine, $8 specialty cocktails. Some of the top jazz musicians in the region are featured each week.
The Songbook Project: An Evening Of Standards w/ Andrew Walesch & Max Wellman

The Songbook Project: An Evening Of Standards w/ Andrew Walesch & Max Wellman

Residency

Thu, Jul 09

Join Max Wellman & Andrew Walesch for a night full of standards featuring a rotating cast of musicians & other singers. --- Vocalist Max Wellman is enticing music lovers throughout the region. With a sound evoking the likes of Sinatra and Connick, Wellman’s recordings & performances promise that the Great American Songbook is alive & well for a new generation of listeners. ​Wellman co-founded Noce, a state-of-the-art jazz club in the Western Gateway neighborhood of downtown Des Moines. Additionally, Wellman has appeared at some of the great clubs throughout the country, from Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at Lincoln Center to Andy's Jazz Club in Chicago to Dazzle in Denver & many in between. --- Like a good many before him, singer and pianist Andrew Walesch somehow manages to encapsulate the sophistication of a cosmopolite and the self-effacing charm of a country boy. Whether composing and arranging or appearing in settings ranging from solo artist to big band, this Minnesota native, who crisscrosses the country playing dates big and small, is as respectful of his predecessors as he is ready to take a leap into the unknown and chart a new course. In his monthly, sold-out shows with his 10-piece band, Walesch is a traditionalist and an iconoclast rolled into one. His audiences include jazz enthusiasts of a certain age, as well as a younger crowd compelled by his down-home insouciance, and the knowing irreverence of a tried-and-true American nightclub entertainer. “Although they are my idols, I don’t attempt to imitate the great pop and jazz artists of the 50’s and 60’s,” says the singer and pianist, “but I go for broke when we do our shows -- vocally and musically — which is what they all did best and why they were in a class of their own." His vocal and piano chops, along with his keen sensibility to find and interpret a great lyric, have led to some great opportunities for Walesch, including an appearance on the nationally syndicated NPR broadcast Mountain Stage and more recently, an invitation to perform at the 33rd Annual Cabaret Convention at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. In 2023, Andrew accepted the position of artistic director of the MIM Music Theater in Phoenix, Arizona where he now resides.
Show Business: The Noce Folly

Show Business: The Noce Folly

Residency

Fri, Jul 10

Noce is proud to present “Show Business: The Noce Folly,” an original ever-evolving cabaret produced by Max Wellman featuring arrangements spanning from the 1920s to the 2020s. A modernized creation inspired by the vaudeville shows that ushered in the Jazz Age, Show Business includes an elite jazz orchestra under the direction of Jason Danielson alongside drag & ballet professionals. The show opened in September of 2024 & will have an ongoing rotating cast of performers for a different show each week. Past shows have featured drag queens Tyona Diamond & Domita Sanchez, ballet professionals Amelia & Logan Hillman, Napoleon Douglas, & more.


FEATURED PERFORMERS

MAY 2026 : Max Wellman, Napoleon Douglas, Tyona Diamond, Domita Sanchez, Logan & Amelia Hillman.


JUNE 2026: Max Wellman, Napoleon Douglas, Gina Gedler, Lauren Vilmain


JULY 2026: Andrew Walesch, Tyona Diamond, Max Wellman, Napoleon Douglas