This Week: 16 August 2012

I love the east, I love the west, the north and south they're both the best, but I'll only go there as a guest, 'cause I love swinging out with you...

This Friday, Jump Jive and Wail is back at the Landsdowne Hotel, for some high-energy fun.  Saturday, make it a night out and head over to Swing at the Roxbury, Glebe.  The legendary Australian jazz band Galapagos Duck will be at Penrith RSL Saturday afternoon, if you're way out west.  Sunday, perhaps a relaxing trip up north to Avalon Beach for The Moods, or down south to Cronulla for The Jive Bombers.  For 'non-travellers' try an afternoon at East Sydney Hotel with Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts; or over to Balmain for the Unity Hall Jazz Band. 

Wherever you might be this weekend, take your dancing shoes with you, and have a dance!

More gigs and details below.

Thursday

Sydney Sound Big Band @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)

Friday

Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)

Jump Jive and Wail @ The Landsdowne Hotel
Cnr City Rd & Broadway, from 10pm-2am, FREE

Saturday

Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central
Mary St, Surry Hills, from 4-7pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)

Swing @ The Roxbury
182 St Johns Rd, Glebe, from 8:30pm, $6

Galapagos Duck @ Penrith RSL
8 Tinsdale St, Penrith, from 2pm, FREE


Sunday

Unity Hall Jazz Band @ Unity Hall Hotel
292 Darling St, Balmain, from 4-7pm, FREE

Swingin' Sundays with The Faculties @ Bronte Bowling Club
16 Wallace St, Waverley, from 4-7pm, FREE

Geoff Bull and The Finer Cuts @ The East Sydney Hotel
Cnr Crown & Cathedral Sts, Woolloomooloo, from 5-8pm, FREE

Greg Poppleton @ Victoria Room
Level 1, 235 Victoria St, Darlinghurst, from 7:30pm, FREE
(1920s-30s crooner sings the songs of the Roaring 20s)

The Swinging Blades @ Marrickville Golf Club
Wharf Street, Marrickville, from 3:30pm, FREE
("Toe tapping, old time jazz." There IS a dance floor, with a dozen or so regular dancers.)

The Moods @ Avalon Beach Bowling Club
Cnr Avalon Parade & Barrenjoey Rd, Avalon, from 3pm, FREE

The Jive Bombers @ Cronulla RSL
38 Gerrale St, Cronulla, from 12:30pm, FREE
(High energy boogie-woogie.)

Thursday

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)

Did you recognise this week's quote?
** This week's quote loosely borrowed from the jazz standard "I Love Being Here With You".  Original lyrics by songstress Peggy Lee.  Also a popular actress back in the day, starring in films such as The Jazz Singer (1952).