Velvet Whip welcome shadow-side of jazz with Drew Nugent & The Midnight Society starting in January!

a crew of sonic troublemakers resurrecting the raw, unpolished electricity of early American nightlife. This isn’t museum jazz—this is the sound of back-rooms, basement bars, smoke-clouded corners, and after-hours mischief.

Led by Drew Nugent—cornet in one hand, mischief in the other—the Midnight Society plays with the fever and grit of a time when music wasn’t just entertainment, it was rebellion. Their sets swing, growl, laugh, and swagger with the wild, restless pulse of the 1910s–1930s underground scene.

Now slipping into residency at Velvet Whip, they bring a world where the lights are low, the rhythms stay hot, and the night has a mind of its own. It’s jazz for the nocturnal, the curious, the ones who chase feeling over perfection.

Step inside. Let the horns whisper, the banjo bite, and the past come roaring alive. Drew Nugent & The Midnight Society aren’t just performing—they’re conjuring a hidden era, one unforgettable night at a time.