A black and white concert poster for a ska music event titled Modsquadrophenia in Central Oregon.

Volcanic Theatre Pub & 1988 Entertainment present Cherry Poppin' Daddies w/ Los Mal Hablados & The Skylarkers

Date October 22, 2026
Time 8:00 PM

Genre - Ska / Swing

Doors @ 7PM - Show Starts @ 8PM

Presale - $30 Door - $40

In the past few years Cherry Poppin’ Daddies have become the kind of band that you would want to book if you were throwing a soiree at the Gatsby mansion. Penning elegant, lush, pitch perfect arrangements of much of the great American songbook, from Cole Porter to Frank Sinatra, the Daddies have surprised many- likely familiar with them from the early 90’s- whose limited exposure to the band undoubtedly consists of an image of spray painted vans careening across the US as an   iconoclastic, misfit part of an already marginalized punk/ska scene.
   

In fact the Daddies have of late put together a number of excellent swing/ jazz sit down theatre type shows, each tailored to a different era of swing music: a “Jazz Age Lawn Party” consisting of roaring 20’s and Cotton Club Era material, a swanky “Live at the Sands” type tribute to the Rat Pack, and a World War 2 “Christmas Canteen” show that is part Tiki, part Benny Goodman and comes across like a radio broadcast from Guadalcanal circa 1942. The sheer craftsmanship and professional attention to detail of these performances have shed new light on this criminally underestimated band.