Benny Benack III Hosts: "A Swingin' New Year's Affair!"

Sun, Dec 31

A night of celebration with music, dinner, and cocktails into 2024 until 12:45 am! Two seatings: 7:00 pm show: doors @ 5:45 9:30 pm & midnight show: bar @ 5:45, doors @ 8:45 (two music sets with a midnight champagne toast! Closing at 1) Ticket prices for the 7:00 show from $130-$160, including a festive 3-course dinner and a music performance. Ticket prices for 9:30/midnight shows from $195-$225, including a festive 3-course dinner, two music performances, and a midnight toast. PLEASE NOTE: service charge, mandates, and taxes will be added at checkout. Please see below. The ticket will be all-inclusive except for drinks purchased that night. And Black Cat will be swingin'! A glamorous night of celebration recalling the glitz of NYE with Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack at the Sands. The sensational NYC singer and trumpeter BENNY BENACK III brings his very own Rat Pack of top talent from Manhattan to ring in the New Year with verve and magic! Benny, celebrated for his dual talents as a vocalist and trumpeter, has made significant waves in the jazz scene. Notably, Downbeat crowned him the #2 rising male vocalist and rising star trumpeter in 2022 & 2023. In the upcoming 2024 Downbeat Readers Poll, Benny placed #8 in the overall male jazz vocalist category. His recent album, “Third Time’s the Charm,” topped the global jazz charts at #2 for weeks and garnered 4.5 stars. All About Jazz praises Benack as “a trumpeter, vocalist, writer, and arranger with a swinging soul and the chops to back up the panache! His STAR POWER is undeniable.” Performing regularly at top NYC clubs, including Dizzy’s, Birdland, Django, Smalls, and the posh Aman, Benny will be joined by some of the hottest young talent in the NYC scene. This includes Mathis Picard on keys, Russell Hall on bass and vocals, Joe Peri on drums, and local Bay Area sax star John Palowitch. A Swingin' New Year's Affair is set to be unforgettable, where the quintet's electrifying energy and significant band vibrations promise a night of unparalleled celebration. Band lineup: Benny Benack III, trumpet, vocals Mathis Picard, keys Russell Hall, bass Joe Peri, drums John Palowitch, sax New Year’s Eve 2023 Prix Fixe Menu Amuse: whipped ricotta, pears, and honey tartine. ………………………............................................................ Rustic French bread: whipped butter, maldon salt. ………………………............................................................. Appetizer - Beet Carpaccio: goat cheese, lemon EVO, balsamic, and pistachios. OR - Crab Cakes: with sauce Newberg. ………………………............................................................ Entree - Sea Bass: blood orange beurre blanc, roasted cauliflower puree, and baby rainbow carrots. OR - Wagyu Steak: 8oz wagyu top sirloin with cognac cream sauce, 50/50 potatoes, and grilled asparagus. OR - Vegetarian Option: Roasted Crudités eggplant, squash, zucchini, onion, and cauliflower served with carrot tartare, hummus, and tzatziki. ………………………............................................................ Dessert Chocolate Ganache or Flan, both made in-house. ………………………............................................................ Note: Everyone on the reservation must participate; these will be the only dinner options. We will not have an a la carte menu for NYE. Beverages are not included. *PLEASE NOTE: A Service charge of 20%, mandates of 10% and taxes of 8.63% will be added at checkout as a lump sum of 38.63%. This will result in total ticket prices for the 7 pm show of $130 + 38.63% = $180 and $160 + 38.63% = $222. 9:30 show will result in total ticket prices of $195 + 38.63% = $270 and $225 + 38.63% = $312.