Presenting both popular jazz musicians and new talent, the Wonder Gardens provided early exposure for Dan Fogel, Harvey Mason, George Benson, and the Commodores.

Featuring Afro-Cuban musical entertainment, the club announced that Joe Cuba would be the house band; opening acts included Típica 73, Vitín Avilés, and Mayro & Silvio's Cuban Rumba Dancers.

[11] In the late 1950s Dan Fogel began hanging around the Kentucky Avenue clubs regularly at the age of 10, shining shoes and listening in on top jazz organists like Groove Holmes, Larry Young, Jimmy Smith, and Jimmy McGriff playing the Hammond B3 organ at the Wonder Gardens and Club Harlem.

[14] At age 16 Fogel was leading the Wonder Gardens house band, which included his Atlantic City High School classmate Harvey Mason on drums.

[16] In the 1960s, the Wonder Gardens booked jazz organists Brother Jack McDuff and Gene Ludwig,[17][18] drummers Art Blakey and J. C. Heard,[19] the John Banks Trio,[19] Damita Jo,[20] Kenny Barron and Dizzy Gillespie,[21] tenor saxophonist Bootsie Barnes,[22] R&B/soul group The Delfonics,[23] and singers Marvin Gaye,[24] Russell Thompkins Jr.,[25] and Florence Ballard, formerly of The Supremes.

[27] After his set ended at 3 AM Benson would walk over to Grace's Little Belmont to talk music with future jazz composer Charles Earland.

[2] The club also gave the stage to up-and-coming singer Sybil and Boyz II Men,[11] while aspiring DJ Ahmed Kahn spun R&B and rap music.