Wednesday 26 December 2012

This Week: 26 December 2012

Happy holidays everyone!!!
Be sure to have a dance.  :-)


Thursday 27th

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



Friday 28th

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



Saturday 29th

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

(Yes, it is ON this week!)

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



Sunday 30th

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

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

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

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.)


Monday 31st

NYE @ The Bar at the End of the Wharf
$189  *** SOLD OUT *** 

Burlesque Party & Jive Bombers Band @ Bankstown Sports Club
8 Greenfield Parade, Bankstown.  Doors open at 6pm, Ballroom 7pm, show 7:20pm.
Tickets $95 each, includes dinner and entertainment.

Rockabilly Dance Party @ Matraville RSL
Norfolk Parade, Matraville, from 7:30pm-1:00am, non-members $20
(Rockabilly, rock'n'roll, swing, and honky tonk blues)

Black Cherry NYE @ The Factory Theatre
105 Victoria Road, Marrickville, from 9pm, $55 each + bf;  $200 +bf group of 4
(Burlesque & DJ Party.  Concert Mode.  General Admission Standing.)


Wednesday 2nd Jan

Wednesday Night Jazz w/Peter Power & Guests @ Bondi Junction RSL
1-9 Gray Street, Bondi Junction, from 7:10pm, FREE
(A dance partner with impeccable "time" is advised. There is a small dance floor.)

 


Thursday 3rd Jan

Swing Patrol Juke Joint @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 8.30pm, $6
(The monthly "blues" social, there's a class beforehand at 7.30pm.)


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


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

Monday 17 December 2012

This Week: 19 December 2012

'S wonderful, 'S marvellous, that you should care for me,
'S awful nice, 'S paradise, 'S what I love to see,
You've made my life so glamorous, you can't blame me for feeling amorous...

'S wonderful that the Chrissy break is so near, but you'd better stock up on some dancing!   This THURSDAY, drop in for a listen to Geoff Bull at Corridor, Newtown; if you're in the area the Sydney Sound Big Band is on at Rockdale RSL.  FRIDAY, charge your batteries, Jump Jive and Wail is on at the Landsdowne Hotel, Broadway, 10pm 'til late!  SATURDAY, head over to the Vanguard, Newtown, for Grant Arthur's Swingin' Christmas Extravaganza - six bands playing throughout the night.  SUNDAY, over at Balmain the Unity Hall Jazz Band 4pm; you can find Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts at East Sydney Hotel, Woolloomooloo 5pm; or you can "swing" your Sunday down at Bronte Bowling Club 4pm. 


REMINDER: There's NO Swing Pit or Swing @ the Roxbury this weekend.  Next Roxbury is Sat 29th Dec.

 
This week's Songs You Should Know:  'S Wonderful.  Now, this "SWINGS"!
 (Performed by: Ella Fitzgerald & Sammy Davis Jr on the Ed Sullivan Show.  Composer: Gershwin)

More gigs, links, and details below.


Wednesday 19th

Wednesday Night Jazz w/Peter Power & Guests @ Bondi Junction RSL
1-9 Gray Street, Bondi Junction, from 6:30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised. There is a dance floor.)


Thursday 20th

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


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


Friday 21st

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

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



Saturday 22nd

Grant Arthur's Big Swingin' Christmas Extravaganza @ The Vanguard
42 King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, tickets $23.80
(The Pretty Big Band + Grant Arthur and The Baubles + The Cope Street Parade +
 Geoff Bull And The Finer Cuts + Bellyache Ben + The Daley Brothers)

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



Sunday 23rd

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

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

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

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, with a dozen or so regular dancers.)

Tuesday 11 December 2012

This Week: 12 December 2012

I get no kick from champagne, mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all,
so tell me why should it be true, that I get a kick out of you... 

Now that you've all recovered from being Christmas-partied-out, it's time to go in search of your next hit.  For a mid-week "jazz fix",
WEDNESDAY, Emma Pask is at Blue Beat, Double Bay, 8:30pm; and THURSDAY Geoff Bull at Corridor, Newtown, 7:30pm.  Then FRIDAY, head over to Newtown to give that rhythm everything you've got - it's the last Swing Pit for 2012!  SUNDAY, Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts at East Sydney Hotel, 5pm; Dan Barnett Trio at Royal Hotel, Paddington, 5:30pm; and The Swinging Blades at Marrickville Golf Club, 3:30pm, where there's a dance floor!  REMINDER:  There's NO Roxbury this Saturday.  Next Roxbury is Sat, 29th Dec. 

Your mission this week, if you choose to accept, is to DANCE like there's no tomorrow!!
 
(This week's "Songs You Should Know":  I Get a Kick out of You - Performed by: Frank Sinatra (3:19).  
Composer: Cole Porter)

More gigs, links, and details below.



Wednesday 12th

Wednesday Night Jazz w/Peter Power & Guests @ Bondi Junction RSL
1-9 Gray Street, Bondi Junction, from 6:30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised. There is a dance floor.)

Emma Pask @ Blue Beat
16 Cross Street, Double Bay, from 8:30pm, $23.80
(A listening treat. Meals and drinks available.)
 


Thursday 13th

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


 
Friday 14th

Swing Pit @ St Stephens Hall
189 Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm, $6 social
(Last Swing Pit for 2012.  There's a class beforehand at 8pm, $15 (social free).)

"Sinatra Rocks the Basement" @ The Basement
(Jeff Duff, Frank Bennett, Grant Galea)

Reiby Place, Sydney, from 9:30pm, tickets $30+bf in advance/$35 at door
(Reserved seating or standing room only.  No dance floor. 
In the style of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jnr, Bobby Darin etc)
 


Jive Bombers @ Club Bondi Junction
Gray St. Bondi Junction, from 7pm, FREE
(High energy boogie woogie.)


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


 
Saturday 15th

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



Sunday 16th

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

Dan Barnett Trio @ Royal Hotel
Glenmore Rd, Paddington, from 5:30pm, FREE         

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

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's a dance floor.)


Thursday 20th

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!)

Monday 3 December 2012

This Week: 5 December 2012

They heard the breeze in the trees, singing weird melodies,
and they named that the start of the blues...

This THURSDAY, Swing Patrol Juke Joint is back - head over to the Bedlam Bar, Glebe, for your fix of blues.  For a listening treat, Leigh Barker, Geoff Bull, Pugsley Buzzard at 505, Surry Hills, 8:30pm.  FRIDAY, Bridge City Jazz Band at Club Ashfield, 7:30pm.  Full Swing Quartet w/guest Dan Barnett, Lane Cove, 7pm.  Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters at the Seymour Centre, Darlington, 6:30pm.  SATURDAY, the Swingtime Christmas Dance is on at Petersham RSL, 7:30pm.  SUNDAY, Pugsley Buzzard at the Cafe Lounge, 6pm.  Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel, 5pm.  Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain, 4pm.  The Swinging Blades at Marrickville Golf Club, 3:30pm.

REMINDER:  There's NO Swing Pit or Roxbury this weekend.

From a whippoorwill out on a hill, they took a new note,
pushed it through a horn, 'til it was worn into a blue note...
("Birth of the Blues" at 1:13 Sammy Davis Jr)
 

More gigs, links, and details below.
 

Thursday 6th

Swing Patrol Juke Joint @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 8.30pm, $6
(The monthly "blues" venue in Sydney, there's a class beforehand, 7:30pm.)


Leigh Barker &
The New Sheiks with Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts and
Pugsley Buzzard @ 505

280 Cleveland St Surry Hills, from 8:30pm, $20/$15 bookings

Sydney Sound Big Band @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay Street, Rockdale, from 7pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised.)
 


Friday 7th

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


Full Swing Quartet w/Dan Barnett @ Lane Cove Country Club
180 River Road, Lane Cove, from 7:00pm, FREE
(Meals and drinks available. There's a dance floor. A dance partner is advised.)

Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters @ Seymour Centre
City Rd, Darlington, from 6:30pm, FREE
(Courtyard Sessions.  1920s and 1930s style swing jazz.)


Jive Bombers @ Club Bondi Junction
Gray St. Bondi Junction, from 7pm, FREE
(High energy boogie woogie.)
 


Saturday 8th

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


Swingtime Christmas Dance @ Petersham RSL
7 Regent Street, Petersham, from 7:30pm, $25

 

Sunday 9th

Pugsley Buzzard (solo) @ Live at Sin-é, Cafe Lounge
277 Goulburn St, Surry Hills, from 6pm

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

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.)


Thursday 13th

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