SAVE THE DATE: Brave Combo & Expo '76 Wedding Dance!

What do you do when you have two of the best party bands in the country and a big tent pitched for an upcoming wedding? You throw a Wedding Dance, of course! Everything from The Chicken Dance to Only The Beginning; the repertoire of these two bands is infinite!
Brave Combo played the wedding of no less than David Byrne in addition to countless others; Expo '76 recently played at an event hosted by Cubs owner Tom Ricketts, joined by special guest Eddie Vedder! At the Wedding Dance, Brave Combo performs in the club at 9:15 & 10:30 pm; Expo '76 at 8:30 & 10 pm in the heated tent.

Couldn't afford to rent a venue with a great band when you tied the knot? Getting married between now and then? Let us be your reception! We have the tent, the dinner (Andy's Plate of Love), the bands, even a photo booth! Buy tickets to give to your guests or just call it a meetup!
Formal dress optional but strongly encouraged -- wear a wedding gown, tux (of any type) or bridesmaid dress and get a free dinner!

No rubber chicken here - Capri Ristorante will be offering "Andy's Plate Of Love" ($10) -- Rigatoni Romano, Sausages & Peppers and Chicken Vesuvio. We'll also have champagne and prosecco chilling for your toasting pleasure.

This is also a redo of a canceled 36th anniversary Brave Combo show from last December, so Frosty may be crashing the dance!

Doors open at 6 pm. Capri will have a buffet going at 7 pm. Admission is $20.

BRAVE COMBO is Lyle Atkinson (bass), Jeff Barnes (woodwinds), Carl Finch (keyboard, accordion, guitar), Danny Jerabek (button box, trombone), Robert Hokamp (guitar, trumpet), Alan Emert Mansfield (drums) and Danny O'Brien (brass).

Trying to describe Brave Combo’s music requires a pretty extensive vocabulary – at least when it comes to musical styles. For the past three decades the Denton, Texas, based quintet has perfected a world music mix that includes salsa, meringue, rock, cumbia, conjunto, polka, zydeco, classical, cha cha, the blues and more. They are America’s premier dance band and a rollicking, rocking, rhythmic global journey — offering what one critic recently wrote, “Even if you come for the party, you'll leave with something of a musical education.”
Brave Combo’s vivid music can be heard in the films David Byrne’s True Stories, Clive Barker’s Lord of Illusions, Late Bloomers, Fools Rush In, Envy, The Academy award winning The Personals. They appeared at Oktoberfest in the beloved American burg of Springfield on an episode of “The Simpsons” and in 2008 Brave Combo provided the musical score for PBS’s first ever animated series, “As the Wrench Turns” which resulted in an “Annie” nomination from the International Animated Film Society. Their music has also been featured on ABC’s hit series “Ugly Betty”, and Fox Television’s “Bakersfield P.D.” They have also contributed original music for ESPN and The Big Ten network. http://bravecombo.com

EXPO '76 & THE TOTAL PRO HORNS: The band is made up of five Chicago musicians led by Dag Juhlin and backed by a fantastic horn section. The set is ever growing and adventurous! Expo‘76 is made up of four lifers -- Dag Juhlin, Kenn Goodman, John Carpender and Ralph Baumel (Poi Dog/Phantom Helmsmen/Andre Williams) -- who don’t need to be in another band, but still can’t quite help themselves. Their weakness is your gain, and on any given night you’ll hear them gleefully careening from ‘70s AM radio ear candy into walloping road house beer guzzling dance tunes; they’ll chime their way through a New Wave nugget with the same exuberance that they slap around a swinging, jazzy blues number or a folk revival sing-along. Irrepressible, unstoppable, 100% unironic, and actually quite unbelievable at times, Expo‘76 won’t take your requests, because they’re already playing them. But you can still shout them out. http://expo76.com