Entertainment

Perfectly suited to a summer picnic, Les Chauds Lapins play French swing music from the 1920s through the 1940s rearranged for strings and banjo-ukeleles (a hybrid instrument popular in the 1930s). The Brooklyn-based group can be booked through Folklore Productions International (909.522.9494, [email protected]).

The New Yorker returned to the W hotel’s rooftop bar Friday night for its third annual party. DJs Andrew Andrew used iPads to control the music.

DJ Mia Moretti and Caitlin Moe performed at the "Off the Record" party with Rock the Vote Thursday, the after-party following a private dinner by the Creative Coalition and Elle Leading Women in Media event.

The flame-haired, British singer Neon Hitch performed her newest single "Love U Betta," accompanied onstage by two male bass drummers. As guests mingled around the space, staffers invited them one of the venue's front rooms, where they could have their photo taken by E!'s signature GlamCam 360.

In honor of Tommy Hilfiger receiving the C.F.D.A.'s Lifetime Achievement award, the Princeton Footnotes performed a live tribute to designer. Naturally, the all-male a cappella group was outfitted in head-to-toe Tommy Hilfiger clothing.

The Soul Rebels, a New Orleans-based brass band, performed live throughout the two-hour event and served as the evening's sole source of music.

The recent Beverly Hills Hotel & Bungalows 100th anniversary bash kicked off with a performance by the Aqualillies, a troupe of water-ballerinas.

Zen Arts in Southern California offers an array of entertainment that can take place in or around a pool, including their transparent spheres that hold performers and float on water.

For Yahoo's Genome relaunch party in New York, organizers brought in a trio of synchronized swimmers from Gotham Synchro to swim in the venue's indoor pool. The water dancers sported alien-inspired body suits as a nod to the event's futuristic theme.

Swedish House Mafia's Sebastian Ingrosso took to the stage in New York, spinning house music in front of animated projections as the audience snapped shots on their smartphones.

Karmin at Sunglass Hut's summer block party in Miami.