EARLVILLE — The Squirrel Nut Zippers are scheduled to perform their Holiday Caravan at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, at Earlville Opera House at 18 E. Main St. in Earlville.
The American swing and jazz band began casually performing in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. it wasn’t long before they began attracting national audiences.
According to a media release, performing songs from their Christmas Caravan and Mardi Gras for Christmas albums as well as other holiday favorites, the Squirrel Nut Zippers will awaken the true essence of the season.
From heartwarming ballads to raucous dance tunes, the band conjures an atmosphere nestled somewhere between the wondrous lights of Christmas and the backroom din of a speakeasy. The show is considered a must-see for any true music lover.
Inspired by 1920’s jazz, klezmer and vaudeville, the Zippers’ endlessly curious and innovative leader, Jimbo Mathus, has concocted a sound truly unique and original. No other artist of his generation is known to have embraced and synthesized eclectic influences in such a seamless, authentic manner.
Their blend of music will be on full display with the Holiday Caravan show which has reportedly increasingly grown in popularity by selling out concerts throughout the United States.
Tickets are available online at https://tinyurl.com/4wjx2ft3.