Entertainment Packages

Harlem Soul Food and Jazz Evening Tour

Take a tour of Harlem, then dine on soul food and see a jazz show at a famous Harlem club. There's no better way to explore the full range of Harlem's diverse ethnic history, music and food!

Harlem has evolved into one of the city's hip neighborhoods, full of bars, nightclubs and restaurants. Harlem is also a center of jazz and bebop music. Many famous artists have performed at Harlem's Apollo Theater including Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald and James Brown.

This evening tour takes you behind the scenes of Harlem and covers all aspects of this famous neighborhood. You'll explore Harlem's musical legacy, its churches, spiritual centers and swinging nightlife.

After your tour of Harlem, you'll be treated to a traditional, home-style soul food meal at a local restaurant. Then, after dinner, you'll catch a jam session at a local Harlem jazz club, where two free drinks are included and the music is red hot!

On Mondays, you can dance the night away at Harlem's renovated Cotton Club, where you'll sway to the beat of a local swing band. Dance lessons are available on Mondays.

New York Nightlife: Dinner and Live Jazz

Jive to live jazz at the famous Blue Note or Swing 46 on a memorable night out in New York City. Your night includes dinner, a night-time drive through Manhattan and round-trip transportation.

Your personal driver and guide will meet you at your Manhattan hotel to take you on a drive through the city. You'll pass through Times Square and head downtown toward SoHo and the Lower East Side. You'll then arrive at either Blue Note or Swing 46, where you'll enjoy live jazz music.

Since its inception in 1981, Blue Note has become one of the premier jazz clubs in the world and a cultural institution in Greenwich Village. What makes Blue Note so special is that on any given night, anything can happen. It is not uncommon to see the likes of Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett, Liza Minelli or Quincy Jones get up on stage. Blue Note gives jazz fans a chance to see the most unlikely combination of stars night after night.

Swing is a nightly affair at Swing 46 jazz club, in the theater district. Music is live nightly except Monday and Wednesday, when a DJ takes over, and runs the gamut from big band to boogie-woogie. Visiting Swing 46 is like taking a step back in time, with a giant main room, 16-piece band and high-back leather booths.

If Blue note is available you'll dine in a lively eatery in the heart of New york City's village, if the night tales you to Swing 46, dinner will be served at the venue.

At midnight your driver will be waiting to take you back to your hotel, or you can choose to stay on and dance the night away.

New York Nightlife: Dinner at Sounds of Brazil

Enjoy a night ride through Manhattan with your own private guide and then journey to Sounds of Brazil. Come in and enjoy dinner and a great show in New York's favorite club.

View the City that Never Sleeps the way it should be seen, at night when real New Yorkers are out and visiting the world's most exciting city. See pulsating Times Square, a cacophony of lights, sounds and all else exotic. Travel downtown towards SoHo, where the hippest boutiques, restaurants and clubs in New York are found. Drive by the countless art galleries, then around past the Lower East Side, once home to New York's arriving immigrants, and back North along the beautiful FDR Drive, with a scenic view of the Manhattan lights.

Your personal driver and guide will meet you at your hotel to embark on a fabulous night out in New York. Your night ride will be followed by dinner with a spicy tropical beat at Sounds of Brazil, New York City's favorite club for great live music ranging including Brazilian, Latin, Caribbean, Reggae, Urban Music, Afro-Pop, Samba and R&B!

25 years ago something began to bubble on Varick Street in lower Manhattan. Fueled by a total commitment to exposing the musical wealth and heritage of the Afro-Latino Diaspora to as many people as possible, Larry Gold opened the doors to what would become New York City's premier venue for world music; Sounds Of Brazil, commonly known as S.O.B.'s.

Beyond the music, Sounds of Brazil (S.O.B.) is known for serving some of the finest cuisine in the area with a menu that features Latin and Brazilian specialties in a relaxed, friendly and fun atmosphere where the party never stops. Whether you enjoy the familiar or the eclectic, there is always something special happening at S.O.B.'s.

New York Nightlife: Dinner and Live Music at Terra Blues

Enjoy dinner and live music at the Terra Blues club in Greenwich Village, with a night-time drive through Manhattan and round-trip transportation included.

Your personal driver and guide will meet you at your Manhattan hotel to take you on a drive through the world's most exciting city. You'll pass through Times Square and head downtown toward SoHo, where the hippest boutiques, restaurants and clubs are found. After passing SoHo's galleries, you'll drive around the Lower East Side to the Brooklyn Bridge, then north along beautiful FDR Drive for a scenic view of the city lights.

After your exhilarating drive through New York at night, you'll dine in one of New York's most popular eateries. After dinner you can enjoy live blues rhythms at Terra Blues. This modern-day blues saloon is on the 2nd floor overlooking Bleecker Street in the heart of Greenwich Village. For 15 years it has hosted some of the best blues guitar players and singers from New York and around the country.

The casual atmosphere at Terra Blues leaves you free to lounge around the bar or stand by the stage. The dress code is smart casual (jeans are acceptable).

New York Nightlife: Dinner and Live Jazz at the Iridium Jazz Club