Kathy Wade Quartet: A Swingin’ Halloween in Cincinnati, Sat Oct 31

Name: Kathy Wade Quartet: A Swingin’ Halloween
Start: 2026-10-31T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-31T22:00:00-04:00
Location: Caffè Vivace - Cincinnati, OH

Know before you go

When: Saturday, October 31, 2026, 7 PM to 10 PM (on Halloween itself)
Where: Caffè Vivace - Cincinnati, OH, 975 East McMillan,Cincinnati, United States
Length: About 3 hours
Ages: Family-friendly
Type: Trick-or-Treat Event
Dress code: Costumes encouraged

Details

Celebrate Halloween with an evening of spirited jazz as vocalist Kathy Wade joins pianist Dan Karlsberg and friends for A Swingin’ Halloween. Enjoy blues, ballads, and swinging favorites—including a few songs with a touch of Halloween magic. Costumes are encouraged, with a costume contest during each set and a $25 Caffè Vivace gift card awarded to each winner!
Renowned international jazz vocalist and recording artist Kathy Wade, a Top Music Influencer in the Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame, has been a popular Cincinnati performer for over 40 years. A two-time regional Emmy® award winner, she has sung in concerts across the United States, Europe, and the Caribbean.
Kathy opened for the legendary Eartha Kitt, Dionne Warwick, Dame Cleo Laine, Shirley Horn, Nancy Wilson, Diane Schuur, Anita Baker, Alex Bugnon, Kenny G, Whitney Houston, David Sanborn, George Benson, Al Jarreau, Frankie Beverly and Maze, Will Downing and Ramsey Lewis. Kathy debuted with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra in July 2021 as a guest performer with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra with former conductor Keith Lockhart and the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra won rave reviews for their work in Ain’t Misbehavin’, the 60s review Beehive; Crowns at Tony recipient Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; and Crowns at the Repertory Theater of St. Louis; Suessical, Jr., the world premiere of The Wiz, Jr. with the Children’s Theater of Cincinnati and guest performer in the national tour of The Vagina Monologues.
Kathy is the 2023 Ohio Governor’s Awards for the Arts honoree in Arts Administration and presenter at the Oxford University, Oxford, UK World Literacy Summit. She co-founded Learning Through Art, Inc., a nonprofit organization celebrating 32 years of building resilient communities through art. A graduate of Xavier University with a master’s in arts administration from UC’s CCM, Kathy is the 2024 University of Cincinnati Marian A. Spencer Mosaic Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. Kathy serves on Xavier University's Board of Trustees and CCMpower Board.
Ticket Price is $15-$23 per person.
A $15 drink/food minimum is charged per person in the party, per set, if the total for beverages purchased by the party does not meet the minimum.
Important Notices:
If you do not check in by 15 minutes into the start of the set, we reserve the right to resell your seats with no refund.
Tickets for this performance are non-refundable. If you are unable to attend, a one-time transfer to a future show of equal value will be accepted. The transfer must be requested 24 hours before the start of the performance.