Back Home for the Holidays

Charming, Funny, Nostaligic Cabaret

Jennifer Eckes and Kevin Werner Hohlstein sing classic Christmas favorites and unexpected, offbeat gems in this fun evening of songs and stories that’s sure to lift your spirits.

Jennifer Eckes: Vocals

Kevin Werner Hohlstein: Vocals & Piano

Jennifer and Kevin have been performing together since late last century, bringing their songs and stories to local Twin Cities venues including Christos, the Woman’s Club, Nicollet Island Inn, Brix Music Cafe, and MetroNOME Brewery, and enjoyed ten years of annual holiday cabarets at Honey in NE Minneapolis. Jennifer has sung on stage throughout the region in concerts, cabarets, and musical theatre productions from opera to rock musicals, and she has been the impresario for the Cabaret Night series with the St. Croix Valley Opera since 2021. Kevin has performed in many styles – from opera to musical theater to cabaret to pop to club singing. He is a music educator, formerly at McNally Smith College of Music, and currently as both a music and musical theater instructor at Perpich Center for Arts Education.