Harvelle's Long Beach Weekend :Burlesque All StarsSheila E. & The E FamilyCapt. Jeff & His Musical Chumbuckets

It's a big weekend in Long Beach! Friday night, burlesque superstar Miss Dakota will be presenting her troupe The Burlesque All Stars! Steve Pandis provides the music. Saturday, funky diva Sheila E and the E Family featuring Pete, Juan & Peter Michael Escovedo unleash their salsa flavored funk to what will prove to be the hottest night of the year!! And Sunday, it's the ragtime-y bluegrass of Capt. Jeff And His Musical Chumbuckets. Harvelle's Long Beach is located at 201 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90802 Beneath The Congregation Ale House (Promenade side entrance) (562)239-3700 

Bongo Fury : Music To Watch Girls By

This Tuesday, rain or shine, Harvelle's will host it's weekly Bongo Fury party. Rich afro-cuban jazz-funk, beautiful burlesque dancers and DJ Daylight spinning funk and brazilian beats entertain like nobody's business. The incomparable Walter Davis leads the band, plays the sax and directs the action.


(thanks to Jeff Cranford for the pix)

Bongo Fury : Dakota & Nina : Pix

The incomparable Walter Davis ruled the night this past Tuesday. Dancers Dakota and Nina seduced the crowd with classic burlesque. Special guests this week included Toledo, Dorthea and a French singer named Jasmine. Each and every Tuesday. (pix - from top : Dakota, Nina, Walter, Jasmine)

Bongo Fury : Warning!!

On stage tonight, the Bongo Fury show, opens it's curtains and let's Miss Dakota out of the Red Room to destroy men's souls with her dance of beauty and feminine essence. 

Once you have seen Miss Dakota dance her dance, you will never be the same. The most intense and exotic of Bongo Fury's many gorgeous seductive dancers, Dakota will tattoo your soul and haunt your dreams. Can your heart stand it? Proceed at your own risk. 

For you music lovers, check out the band, as the incomparable Walter Davis runs things, and shake your own groove thang to the acid jazz, balearic beats, new wave and vintage funk spun on wax by DJ Daylight. Special guests seem to always drop by. Holding it down: Asa - drums, Bjorn - bass, Victor - congas/bongos and Walter on sax. 

Bongo Fury : Burlesque Beauties Striptease to Afro Samba Jazz

Tuesday night, the incomparable Walter Davis leads his afro/samba jazz group through 3 sets of music and burlesque dancing. Pictured here are club fave's Annika (dark hair)and Dakota (lighter hair) shaking their groove things in ways that seem virtually impossible. Sexy doesn't even begin to describe the Bongo Fury night here at Harvelle's. Come early, get a good seat and a cocktail and settle in for a Tuesday night that will be the highlight of your week. I am always there. I never miss it. Highly recommended!!! 

Bongo Fury : Fresh for 2009

Beautiful burlesque dancers, live afro-samba jazz, DJ Daylight on the wheels of steel... the first of 2009. Tonight the return of Dakota and the command performance of Erin (above)... The incomparable Walter Davis leads the cabaret.

Bongo Fury Tuesday : The Rules

The first rule of Bongo Fury? 

Do not talk about Bongo Fury. 

Tuesday nights at Harvelle's is the reason I started going there in the first place. A therapy of sorts of it's own, it's many a man and woman's burlesque fantasy come to life. It's a Tuesday wake-up call, a chance to fall in love, or more casually, have a drink with friends.

The inspirational retreat, led by the incomparable Walter Davis, features the exotic beauty of burlesque-style dancers, latin afro-samba jazz, and the intoxicating aroma of cocktails. 

A treat for all the senses. 

DJ Daylite spins classic acid jazz, soul & funk and hip-hop into the night for your dancing pleasure.

The second rule of Bongo Fury?

Shhhhhhhhhhhh...

pix:

-Victor Orlando/Walter Davis/Asa (on drums)/Miss Dakota

-Victor Orlando bongos it up.

-DJ Daylite spinning the wax