“THE FRUIT CAKE FOLLIES,” Los Angeles's longest running Christmas/Variety show…NOW CELEBRATING IT’S 27TH YEAR!!!! Only at Catalina Jazz Club, Hollywood! Join us…
LIVE! FRI, DEC 19 at 8:30PM. Dinner begins at 6:30PM.
Just like those holiday variety Christmas specials we remember from when we were kids! "The Fruit Cake Follies" is all that and much MORE! It’s just a good ol’ fashioned show that’s drunk too much egg nog.
Some say the show is a cross between a Perry Como Christmas special and Pee Wee's Playhouse. Others say the old Muppet Show, with the host trying to hold the show together as all these crazy characters are all around him.
When the Follies’ Fruitcakes get together there’s plenty of Music, Merriment and Mirth! One thing sure, you'll leave with the Christmas spirit!
Written and Directed for the past 27 years by James Gray. And every year is a New theme and a New Show!
Starring JAMES GRAY, CHER FERRERA, ERIC SEPPALA, SANDRA BENTON, and DENA DROTAR.
With Musical Direction by Michael Orland
Tickets: $25-35, VIP & Artist Circle Seating Available. Ticket online at CatalinaJazzClub.com or TicketWeb.com
Catalina Jazz Club
6725 West Sunset Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028
Proudly presented by Chris Isaacson Presents
*Tickets purchased online receive priority seating.
*Single Entree or Drink minimums apply for all tickets
Fri Dec 19 2025
8:30 PM (Doors 7:00 PM)
$31.99 - $49.15
All Ages
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LA's longest running Christmas/Variety Show!!!
27th Annual THE FRUIT CAKE FOLLIES || Dir. JAMES GRAY with MD MICHAEL ORLAND
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Chris Isaacson Presents (CIP) has created, produced, and promoted over 1500 events since the company’s founding in 2004. From small clubs to major theatres, CIP has presented many of the most influential stars of this generation including Grammy, Tony, Emmy, and Academy Award-winning musicians, actors and recording artists.
Highlights include coordinating and producing an elaborate premiere celebrations for Emmy Award-winning series POSE (FX Networks) starring Billy Porter, Janet Mock and Our Lady J , Emmy Award-winning series Feud: Bette & Joan (FX Networks) starring Susan Sarandon, co-produced the Grammy Award-nominated "Considering Matthew Shepard" at Ford Theatres (earning CIP a proclamation from City of West Hollywood) with guests hosts Tim Bagley, Candis Cayne, & Joely Fisher, producing the West Coast charitable event GAIN: Brighter Futures starring Alisan Porter (winner of NBC’s The Voice) for Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, high-flying events for LA Pride, Rolling Stone, The Grove LA and Americana at Brand, serving as Producer on the critically acclaimed feature documentary Studio One Forever directed by Marc Saltarelli starring Thelma Houston, Chita Rivera, Melisa Rivers, Lance Bass, and Bruce Vilanch, and most recently, working with Dick and Arlene Van Dyke, and Tony Danza on "Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic" for CBS Television.
Isaacson returned to produce the 2023 Creative Business Awards ceremony in West Hollywood at The 1 Hotel honoring the Sunset Marquis Hotel, presented by West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. This event was hosted by Kate Flannery and Jackie Tohn with special presentations by Academy Award-winner Billy Bob Thornton.
Isaacson’s concerts have been featured on MTV, CNN, Access Hollywood, Extra, ABC's On the Red Carpet, KTLA Morning News, Good Day LA (Fox), and in the Los Angeles Times, New York Post, and The New York Times.
He is committed to humanitarian and social causes including Ronald McDonald House Charities, Youth Emerging Stronger (Yes!), La Fuente Recovery, Entertainment Community Fund, and The Trevor Project.
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The American dream came true for Catalina Popescu in October of 1986 when she and her husband Bob created a supper club devoted to serving an experience of superb eats and the shared magic of live performance. That grand experience began at the door where every night her mother Maria would greet each guest as family and share in their love of music. Housed in Hollywood and decked out in a timeless charm, the club offers a cozy ambience under sparkling stage lights garnished with its signature concoction — Jazz. The first artist to grace the stage was the masterful flutist and saxophonist Buddy Collette, and ever since then, over the past 36 years, the Catalina Jazz Club has hosted the most illustrious legends of all time — from the powerful puffers of Dizzy Gillespie to the electrified fingers of McCoy Tyner, the bubbly belt of Dee Dee Bridgewater and Lynda Carter, the flirtatious saxophone of Joshua Redman, the slick strumming of Kenny Burrell, the insane drum clinic of Steve Gadd, the romance of Steve Tyrell, and the masterclass of Mike Stern.
For Catalina, Jazz is our way of life. It breathes pain. It knows love. It dreams hope. It bleeds courage. Whether we’re showcasing Broadway, Soul, R&B, or stand-up comedy, the lesson learned from all the greats who have serenaded our spirits is how to connect to one another. And that’s why the Catalina Jazz Club will always have a table ready for you.
The Catalina Jazz Club has been honored by A.S.M.A.C., California Jazz Foundation, Los Angeles Jazz Society, and a City of Los Angeles Certificate of Appreciation on their 25th Anniversary, which was awarded by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the LA City Council which included then City Council member and current Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
27th Annual THE FRUIT CAKE FOLLIES || Dir. JAMES GRAY with MD MICHAEL ORLAND
$31.99 - $49.15 All Ages
“THE FRUIT CAKE FOLLIES,” Los Angeles's longest running Christmas/Variety show…NOW CELEBRATING IT’S 27TH YEAR!!!! Only at Catalina Jazz Club, Hollywood! Join us…
LIVE! FRI, DEC 19 at 8:30PM. Dinner begins at 6:30PM.
Just like those holiday variety Christmas specials we remember from when we were kids! "The Fruit Cake Follies" is all that and much MORE! It’s just a good ol’ fashioned show that’s drunk too much egg nog.
Some say the show is a cross between a Perry Como Christmas special and Pee Wee's Playhouse. Others say the old Muppet Show, with the host trying to hold the show together as all these crazy characters are all around him.
When the Follies’ Fruitcakes get together there’s plenty of Music, Merriment and Mirth! One thing sure, you'll leave with the Christmas spirit!
Written and Directed for the past 27 years by James Gray. And every year is a New theme and a New Show!
Starring JAMES GRAY, CHER FERRERA, ERIC SEPPALA, SANDRA BENTON, and DENA DROTAR.
With Musical Direction by Michael Orland
Tickets: $25-35, VIP & Artist Circle Seating Available. Ticket online at CatalinaJazzClub.com or TicketWeb.com
Catalina Jazz Club
6725 West Sunset Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028
Proudly presented by Chris Isaacson Presents
*Tickets purchased online receive priority seating.
*Single Entree or Drink minimums apply for all tickets
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