The Toledo Show : The Return Of Brian AllenPlus Dessy DiLauro brings it!!

The Toledo Show is a never ending burlesque journey through grimey back alleys filled with unknown vices, sweaty women, tons of cigar smoke and all that stuff that seems cool until you're neck deep in it, and then it's just a daily reminder of how low down and filthy life can be.

But lucky for us, every Sunday we get to celebrate this life source and dance and party and dance some more while Toledo preaches the funk. We watch as Toledo's "Dames" dance with wild abandon - swinging from the ceiling, dancing on the bar (above), bumpin' and grindin' through the crowd and across the dance floor just for your extreme voyeuristic pleasure.

Bringing a short glimpse of what this coming Thursday will bring, hep-hop fro-hawked diva Dessy DiLauro (pictured above with partner Ric'key Pageot far right on the keys) kicked off the second set of the night with a look at her new video ("Why You Raggin'?"), which will debut proper Thursday, July 14, right here at Harvelle's. Dessy and Ric'key did a couple of their new songs, which revved the crowd up for what turned into a spectacularly raging set by The Toledo Show. While they are always "on point", The Toledo Show was extra electric tonight, perhaps spurned on by the return of fistful-of-dynamite bassist Brian Allen (pictured below - with saxophonist Walter Davis).

The Toledo Show happens every Sunday night at Harvelle's.

The Toledo Show : Sunday Night Dynamite

The Toledo Show.

This is the hottest ticket in town. 

The man in charge - Toledo - describes it as "film noir soul on a svengali kiss". 

It's loud, dark, funky, sexy, intense, non-stop and addictive!  

And then there's The Dames - incredible beauties who dance around the stage, the floor, through the crowd, on top of the bar and sometimes off the walls!

Every Sunday night.

The weekend isn't over until Toledo says it is. 

The Toledo Show : Join The Congregation

You know what day it is. 

You also know what happens at Harvelle's every week at this time. 

That's right. 

The pandemonium known as The Toledo Show. 

It's as indescribable as it is soulful. 

The combo of Mr Toledo Diamond, his bevy of burlesque beauties, and the awesome powerhouse band that holds it all together is something that packs 'em in, week after week. 

Just like church. 

At night. 

With the pastor chain-smoking cigarillos, 

and the choir turned up to 11.

Watch the video below for a clue.

You'll go to work Monday telling all your friends you've been born again.

And you'll want them to believe too.