Dueling Pianos Road Show Fun Facts!
The Show That Started It All
Original. Mobile. Unmatched. Since 1999.
Since 1999, the Dueling Pianos Road Show (DPRS) has been the longest-running and most trusted mobile dueling pianos experience in Colorado — and a trailblazer across the Western U.S.
With over 6,000 performances at corporate events, fundraisers, festivals, and weddings, DPRS is the original high-octane, request-driven piano show that helped define the format out West.
And yes — we’re still doing it louder, tighter, and better than ever.
🎤 PAPI SORRELS, aka “Big Papi” — From Rookie to Road Show Boss
It all started at Sing Sing in Denver and Rumbay in Colorado Springs, where a young performer named Papi Sorrelslearned the art of reading a room, calling down a crowd, and making magic with 88 keys.
From there, he sharpened his craft at the world-famous Howl at the Moon, mastering not just songs but comedy, call-downs, mic work, and multi-instrument chops. His journey took him across the U.S. and around the world, including:
🎹 NY NY Hotel – Las Vegas
🌴 The Red Piano – St. Maarten
🌊 Zissles – Aruba
🇳🇱 Maxim’s – Amsterdam
In 2017, Papi became the first and only Dueling Pianos player to perform in all 50 states.
In August 2024, he bought the company that launched him — alongside his wife Missy Sorrels, longtime partner Wes Vkco, and creative director PJ Gartrell — and rebranded it as Dueling Pianos Official (DPO). But the legacy lives on:
The DPRS product is still available — now powered by the full force of DPO.
🏆 WHY DPRS STILL LEADS:
25 Years. 6,000+ Shows. Still the Standard.
📍 Colorado Born. Nationally Proven.
🧳 Over 10 unique mobile stage setups
👥 50+ elite piano players from the best music cities in the U.S.
🎤 Mic-trained entertainers — not just musicians
🛠️ Customizable for corporate, wedding, festival, or full-throttle party
🎹 Where Talent Comes From Matters
Our performers are the best men and women hand-picked from Nashville, Orlando, Kansas City, Denver, and Southern California— music capitals known for turning out full-time pros.
These aren’t part-timers or weekend warriors. They’re career show pros who’ve played the biggest rooms and still know how to work the smallest ones.
🌟 Who Trusts Us to Bring the Party?
For over 25 years, Dueling Pianos Road Show has been the trusted entertainment partner for major brands, national nonprofits, championship teams, and hometown heroes alike.
We’ve rocked rooms for:
🏈 The Denver Broncos
⚾️ The Colorado Rockies
🏢 Fortune 500 companies
💎 Nationally recognized charities and their black-tie galas
🎄 Dozens of small-town holiday parties
💍 And hundreds of weddings where the reception was so unforgettable,
it made the vows feel like the opening act.Whether it’s a ballroom in Vail or a barn in Nebraska, we show up with one mission:
🎹 To turn your event into a memory-making, drink-raising, crowd-screaming, sing-it-so-loud-you-forget-your-own-name kind of night.
