This Week: 20 September 2012

This Friday, drop in at Jump Jive and Wail, at the Landsdowne Hotel, the floor's available 'til 2am, if you are.  There’s NO Swing Pit or Swing at the Roxbury this weekend, but still plenty on this Sunday!  Speakeasy Sundays is back at the Standard Hotel, w/Cope St Parade, Christa Hughes and more.  Dress up! and check out the Phantom Dancer at Eliza Five, Newtown, for a night of authentic early swing and jazz - there's a dance floor.  On the other side of town, the Western Sydney Dance Championships, 11am-5pm, Parramatta RSL.  The Harold Park Hotel at Glebe is putting on some Sunday Arvo Jazz, 3pm.  If you're in the area, The Moods will be up north at Avalon Bowling Club.  And of course, Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts will be at East Sydney Hotel doing their thing.

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing...  Makes no difference if it's cool or hot... give that rhythm everything you've got!! 

See below for more gigs and all the details.


Thursday 20th

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


Friday 21st

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

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


Saturday 22nd

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


Sunday 23rd

Speakeasy Sundays @ The Standard Hotel
Level 3, 383 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst, 6:00pm-10:00pm, Bookings $30
(Christa Hughes, The Cope Street Parade, Gramophone Man, more..)

The Phantom Dancer Live @ Five Eliza
Eliza Street, Newtown, from 5:00pm
(Dress up!  A night of authentic early swing & jazz.  There is a dance floor.)

Geoff Bull and The Finer Cuts @ The East Sydney Hotel
Cnr Crown & Cathedral Sts, Woolloomooloo, from 5-8pm, FREE
(Click link to listen.)

Sunday Arvo Jazz @ Harold Park Hotel
70a Ross Street, Glebe, from 3:00pm, FREE

The Moods @ Avalon Bowling Club
Bowling Green Lane, Avalon, from 3:00pm, FREE

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

Western Sydney Dance Championships @ Parramatta RSL
Wandsworth Street, Parramatta, from 11am-5pm, $10
(Swing and Rock n Roll Competition)

Bill Dudley's New Orleanians @ Technology Park Hotel
Wyndham St, Alexandria, 4:00pm, FREE

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

Unity Hall Jazz Band @ Unity Hall Hotel
292 Darling St, Balmain, from 4-7pm, FREE
(Dance area is now carpeted.)