Don't you know each cloud contains pennies from heaven...
This THURSDAY, bring your picnic supplies, and dogs, to Centennial Park for a light show and gypsy jazz with Chasing the Moon, from 7pm. FRIDAY, make your way down to Swing Pit, 9pm, there'll be plenty of room to swing out! There is a new Level 2 class beforehand at 7pm, and a Level 1 class at 8pm. Harbourside Jump returns to The Bar at the End of the Wharf, Pier 4, 9:30pm; and the Aston Martinis at Club Five Dock, 8pm. SATURDAY, for something more energetic there's the Jive Bombers over at Club Five Dock, 8pm; or the Flaming Stars at Eastern Suburbs Leagues Club, 8pm; The Drey Rollan Band at the Opera Bar, 5.30pm. SUNDAY, Geoff Bull will be swinging at the East Sydney Hotel, Woolloomooloo, 5pm; or the Aston Martinis will be over at Club Five Dock again, this time in Sunday arvo quartet-mode, 4pm; and the Unity Hall Jazz Band, as always, over in Balmain, 4pm.
So when you hear it thunder, don't run under a tree...
There'll be pennies from heaven for you and me...
This week's "Songs You Should Know": Pennies From Heaven. (<-- Click to listen.)
Performed by: Frank Sinatra w/Count Basie Orchestra. Remember, listen to the arrangement!!
More gigs, links, and details below.
Thursday 24th
The Light Garden Doggy Night & Gypsy Jazz @ Centennial Park
from Paddington Gates, activities from 7pm, FREE
(With "Chasing the Moon". Advised to arrive early at 6pm. Bring your dogs! literally, for a record-breaking event. There'll be a travelling Barista, but bring your picnic supplies.)
Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)
Friday 25th
Swing Pit @ St Stephens Hall
Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm, $6 social
(Level 2 class at 7pm, Level 1 class at 8pm: $15 (social free).)
Harbourside Jump @ The Bar at the End of the Wharf
Pier 4, Hickson Road, from 9:30pm, FREE
(A mix of jump blues, rockabilly, and swing.)
Aston Martinis @ Club Five Dock
66 Great North Road, Five Dock, from 8pm, FREE
(Full band.)
Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Saturday 26th
The Drey Rollan Band @ Opera Bar
Lower Concourse, Sydney Opera House, from 5:30pm
Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central
Mary St, Surry Hills, from 4-7pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Jive Bombers @ Club Five Dock
66 Great North Road, Five Dock, from 8pm, FREE
(Rock'n'roll, boogie-woogie.)
Flaming Stars @ Eastern Suburbs Legion Club
213 Bronte Rd, Waverley, from 8pm, FREE
(Mostly rock'n'roll.)
James Morrison & Emma Pask @ The Basement
Reiby Place, Sydney, from 9:30pm,
Gen. standing room: $25 +booking fee, or at door $30. Dinner & show $79.80.
(NO dancing room, but a listening treat for modern-jazz purists.)
Sunday 27th
Unity Hall Jazz Band @ Unity Hall Hotel
292 Darling St, Balmain, from 4-7pm, FREE
(The dance area is now carpeted.)
Geoff Bull and The Finer Cuts @ The East Sydney Hotel
Cnr Crown & Cathedral Sts, Woolloomooloo, from 5-8pm, FREE
Aston Martinis @ Club Five Dock
66 Great North Road, Five Dock, from 4pm, FREE
(Quartet mode.)
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." Practise your balboa, there IS a dance floor.)
Tuesday 29th
Social Dancing @ Swing Patrol North Sydney
181 Blues Point Road, North Sydney, from 8:30pm
(Level 1 class at 6:30pm; Level 2 class at 7:30pm
$15 for one class, $22 for 2 classes. Social included in class fee.)
Thursday 31st
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)
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