"Holding hands at midnight, 'neath the starry sky... Nice work if you can get it, and you can get it if you try... "
THURSDAY: Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts, Corridor, Newtown 8pm.
FRIDAY: Bridge City Jazz Band, Club Ashfield 7:30pm; Flaming Stars, Eastern Sydney Legions Club 8pm; Aston Martinis, Palmer & Co 7pm.
SATURDAY: Who could ask for anything more... Swing! at the Roxbury, Glebe 8:30pm.
SUNDAY: Dan Barnett Big Band, Unity Hall Hotel 4pm; Galapagos Duck, Camelot Lounge 7:30pm; Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel, 5pm.
This week's "Songs You Should Know": Nice Work If You Can Get It (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by: Doris Day. Composer: Gershwin.
(Includes the verse! Rare! The refrain is at 0:45secs.)
MORE GIGS and details below.
Thursday 30th
Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)
Drey Rollan Band @ Rock Lily
The Star, Pyrmont St, Pyrmont, from 8pm, FREE
Friday 31st
Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised. A good line up this week.)
The Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co
Abercrombie Lane, Sydney, from 7pm-10pm
Flaming Stars @ Eastern Suburbs Legion Club
211-221 Bronte Rd, Waverley, from 8-11pm, FREE
(Rock 'n' Roll.)
Saturday 1st June
Swing @ The Roxbury
182 St Johns Rd, Glebe, from 8:30pm, $6
Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central
Mary St, Surry Hills, from 4-7pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Sunday 2nd
Robbers Dogs @ Fortune of War Hotel
George St, The Rocks, 2pm, FREE
Dan Barnett Big 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-6pm, FREE
(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Live band playing jazz standards.)
Galapagos Duck @ Camelot Lounge
19 Marrickville Rd, Marrickville, from 7:30pm, $20
(Iconic Sydney Jazz Band.)
Thursday 6th
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 8pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)
Sydney Sound Big Band @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Monday 27 May 2013
Monday 20 May 2013
This Week: 22 May 2013
"Those silk shiny stockings that I wear I'm with you... I wear coz you told me that you dig that crazy hue..."
THURSDAY: Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts, Corridor, Newtown 8pm; Greg Poppleton & Bakelite Broadcasters @ Django Bar Camelot Lounge 8pm.
FRIDAY: Bring your Frankie moves over to Swing Pit, Newtown 9pm. Classes: L2 7pm & L1 8pm; Vini & The Moonlighters @ Eastern Suburbs Legion Club 8pm.
SATURDAY: Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central 4pm; Flaming Stars @ Eastern Suburbs Legion Club 8pm.
SUNDAY: Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel 5pm.
This week's "Songs You Should Know": Shiny Stockings (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by: Ella Fitzgerald. Composer: Frank Foster.
(Happy Birthday Frankie!!)
MORE GIGS and details below.
Thursday 23rd
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)
Greg Poppleton & Bakelite Broadcasters @ Django Bar Camelot Lounge
19 Marrickville Road, Marrickville, from 7pm, music 8pm-11pm, $10 at door
(A dance partner is advised)
Friday 24th
Swing Pit @ St Stephens Hall
Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm-11pm, $6 social
(Classes: L2 7pm & L1 8pm, $15x1 / $22xboth.)
Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Vini & The Moonlighters @ Eastern Suburbs Legion Club
211-221 Bronte Rd, Waverley, from 8-11pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Saturday 25th
Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central
Mary St, Surry Hills, from 4-7pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Flaming Stars @ Eastern Suburbs Legion Club
211-221 Bronte Rd, Waverley, from 8-11pm, FREE
(Rock 'n' Roll.)
Sunday 26th
Robbers Dogs @ Fortune of War Hotel
George St, The Rocks, 2pm, FREE
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, band from 3:30pm-6pm, FREE
(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Live band playing jazz standards.)
Jive Bombers @ Harbour Cruise, Rhythmboat Cruises
Departs: #6 King St. Wharf 11.45am. $49pp incl. buffet lunch
(Bookings: 9879 3942. A dance partner is advised.)
Thursday 30th
Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)
Monday 13 May 2013
This Week: 15 May 2013
"All of me... why not take all of me... Can't you see, I'm no good without you... "
THURSDAY: It's here! The launch of "Shuffle Club", Sydney's new monthly balboa social dancing venue, Bedlam Bar, Glebe 8:30pm. Class at 7:30pm.
FRIDAY: Bridge City Jazz Band, Club Ashfield 7:30pm.
SATURDAY: Go on.. you "know" you want to... Swing! at the Roxbury, Glebe 8:30pm.
SUNDAY: For some outdoors dancing - Jazz at the Pines, Dural 12:30pm; Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel, 5pm.
This week's "Songs You Should Know": All Of Me (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by: Harry Connick Jr. ... And that folks, is how the melody goes! ;-)
(@ 2 mins - Lucien and Leroy!! How funny are these cats! And the "feel"!)
MORE GIGS and details below.
Wednesday 15th
Swing Patrol Petersham @ Petersham Bowling Club
77 Brighton St, Petersham. Lennart will be teaching tonight.
(Level 1 class at 7pm, social dancing 8pm, solo jazz class at 8:30pm. $15x1 / $22x2)
Thursday 16th
Shuffle Club @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, from 8:30pm, social $8.
(All-levels BALBOA class at 7:30pm, $15 (includes social). Meals/drinks available).
Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)
Friday 17th
Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
The Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co
Jive Bombers @ Club Bondi Junction
Gray St, Bondi Junction, from 7pm, FREE
Saturday 18th
Swing @ The Roxbury
182 St Johns Rd, Glebe, from 8:30pm, $6
(Regular social swing dancing event. Plenty of dancers.)
Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central
Mary St, Surry Hills, from 4-7pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Black Cherry @ The Factory Theatre
105 Victoria Rd, Marrickville, from 8pm, $20+bf
(Rock 'n' Roll variety show.)
Sunday 19th
Jazz at the Pines @ Roughley House & The Pines
656 Old Northern Road, Dural, from 12:30pm, $12/$10
(Zenith Jazz Band performing live on the lawns. There's a DANCE FLOOR!)
Robbers Dogs @ Fortune of War Hotel
George St, The Rocks, 2pm, FREE
Geoff Bull and The Finer Cuts @ The East Sydney Hotel
Cnr Crown & Cathedral Sts, Woolloomooloo, from 5-8pm, 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
Berry Island Picnic @ Berry Island Reserve
End of Shirley Road, Wollstonecraft, from 12:00pm, FREE
(Live band: New Orleans Connection. No dance floor.)
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 'til 6pm, FREE
(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Live band playing jazz standards.)
Jive Bombers @ Cronulla RSL
Geralle St, Cronulla, from 12:30pm, FREE
(Arrive early for parking, or take train from Woolooware Station.)
Thursday 23rd
Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)
Sydney Sound Big Band @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters @ Django Bar Camelot Lounge
19 Marrickville Road, Marrickville, from 7pm, FREE
Friday 24th
Swing Pit @ St Stephen's Hall
189 Church St, Newtown, from 9pm, $6
(Class at 7pm & 8pm, $15/$22.)
Vini & The Moonlighters @ Eastern Suburbs Legion Club
211-221 Bronte Rd, Waverley, from 8-11pm, FREE
THURSDAY: It's here! The launch of "Shuffle Club", Sydney's new monthly balboa social dancing venue, Bedlam Bar, Glebe 8:30pm. Class at 7:30pm.
FRIDAY: Bridge City Jazz Band, Club Ashfield 7:30pm.
SATURDAY: Go on.. you "know" you want to... Swing! at the Roxbury, Glebe 8:30pm.
SUNDAY: For some outdoors dancing - Jazz at the Pines, Dural 12:30pm; Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel, 5pm.
This week's "Songs You Should Know": All Of Me (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by: Harry Connick Jr. ... And that folks, is how the melody goes! ;-)
(@ 2 mins - Lucien and Leroy!! How funny are these cats! And the "feel"!)
MORE GIGS and details below.
Wednesday 15th
Swing Patrol Petersham @ Petersham Bowling Club
77 Brighton St, Petersham. Lennart will be teaching tonight.
(Level 1 class at 7pm, social dancing 8pm, solo jazz class at 8:30pm. $15x1 / $22x2)
Thursday 16th
Shuffle Club @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, from 8:30pm, social $8.
(All-levels BALBOA class at 7:30pm, $15 (includes social). Meals/drinks available).
Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)
Friday 17th
Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
The Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co
Abercrombie Lane, Sydney, from 7pm-10pm
Jive Bombers @ Club Bondi Junction
Gray St, Bondi Junction, from 7pm, FREE
Saturday 18th
Swing @ The Roxbury
182 St Johns Rd, Glebe, from 8:30pm, $6
(Regular social swing dancing event. Plenty of dancers.)
Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central
Mary St, Surry Hills, from 4-7pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Black Cherry @ The Factory Theatre
105 Victoria Rd, Marrickville, from 8pm, $20+bf
(Rock 'n' Roll variety show.)
Sunday 19th
Jazz at the Pines @ Roughley House & The Pines
656 Old Northern Road, Dural, from 12:30pm, $12/$10
(Zenith Jazz Band performing live on the lawns. There's a DANCE FLOOR!)
Robbers Dogs @ Fortune of War Hotel
George St, The Rocks, 2pm, FREE
Geoff Bull and The Finer Cuts @ The East Sydney Hotel
Cnr Crown & Cathedral Sts, Woolloomooloo, from 5-8pm, 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
Berry Island Picnic @ Berry Island Reserve
End of Shirley Road, Wollstonecraft, from 12:00pm, FREE
(Live band: New Orleans Connection. No dance floor.)
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 'til 6pm, FREE
(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Live band playing jazz standards.)
Jive Bombers @ Cronulla RSL
Geralle St, Cronulla, from 12:30pm, FREE
(Arrive early for parking, or take train from Woolooware Station.)
Thursday 23rd
Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)
Sydney Sound Big Band @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters @ Django Bar Camelot Lounge
19 Marrickville Road, Marrickville, from 7pm, FREE
Friday 24th
Swing Pit @ St Stephen's Hall
189 Church St, Newtown, from 9pm, $6
(Class at 7pm & 8pm, $15/$22.)
Vini & The Moonlighters @ Eastern Suburbs Legion Club
211-221 Bronte Rd, Waverley, from 8-11pm, FREE
Monday 6 May 2013
This Week: 8 May 2013
A BIG week ahead. Hang on to your hats! Ready... here we go!!
WEDNESDAY: Yes, this month Swing Patrol Juke Joint is on a Wednesday, Bedlam Bar, 8:30pm 'til late. Class at 7:30pm.
THURSDAY: The Finer Cuts, Corridor, Newtown 8pm.
FRIDAY: Let's get this little big weekend started! Swing Pit, Newtown 9pm. Classes at 7pm & 8pm.
SATURDAY: Grab your dancing shoes! Meet the Scene Ball, Balmain Town Hall 7:30pm class; music 8pm. Then continue on to Speakeasy (post-MTSB), Crossover Studios, 11:59pm.
SUNDAY: A little evening with Lennart - Film & Conversation 7:30pm, Dancing 8pm, Petersham Bowling Club; Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm.
All DETAILS and updates below.
Wednesday 8th
Swing Patrol Juke Joint @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 8.30pm, $6
(Yes, it's on a Wed this month! Class at 7.30pm, $15 includes social.)
Swing Patrol Petersham @ Petersham Bowling Club
77 Brighton St, Petersham. "FrankieFest in May" classes at 7pm & 8:30pm, $15
Thursday 9th
The Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only! "May" be guest musos this week.)
Sydney Sound Big Band @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Friday 10th
Swing Pit @ St Stephens Hall
Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm, $6 social
(Classes beforehand at 7pm & 8pm, $15 (social included).)
Saturday 11th
Meet the Scene Ball @ Balmain Town Hall
370 Darling Street, Balmain, doors 7:30pm, class 8pm, band 8:30pm
$30 pre-book/$35 at door.
(Bring a few pairs of shoes, dance floor is slippery.)
Speakeasy post-MTSB @ Crossover Studios
Level 1, 22 Goulburn St, Sydney, from 11:59pm 'til late, $15
(Between George & Sussex Sts. No signage at entrance, go in and take lift to L1.)
Little Big Weekend with Lennart and Georgia @ Balmain Town Hall
370 Darling Street, Balmain. 3 workshops from 12pm - 4:15pm
(Registration info.)
Sunday 12th
A Little Evening with Lennart @ Petersham Bowling Club
77 Brighton St, Petersham, doors open 7pm (meals/drinks available)
7.30pm Lennart's film & conversation presentation; Q&A.
8.00pm Dancing. (Tickets $10 pre-book)
Robbers Dogs @ Fortune of War Hotel
George St, The Rocks, 2pm, FREE
Unity Hall Jazz Band @ Unity Hall Hotel
292 Darling St, Balmain, from 4pm, FREE
The Swinging Blades @ Marrickville Golf Club
Wharf Street, Marrickville, from 3:30pm-6pm, FREE
(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Great band playing jazz standards.)
Monday 13th
Swing Patrol Newtown @ St Stephen's Church Hall
189 Church St, Newtown, classes 6:30pm L1 & 7:30pm L2/3, 8:30pm social dancing
Lennart & Georgia will be teaching! 1 class: $15. 2 classes: $22.
Thursday 16th
Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)
Check back in to the guide before heading out to dance, for any updated info.
WEDNESDAY: Yes, this month Swing Patrol Juke Joint is on a Wednesday, Bedlam Bar, 8:30pm 'til late. Class at 7:30pm.
THURSDAY: The Finer Cuts, Corridor, Newtown 8pm.
FRIDAY: Let's get this little big weekend started! Swing Pit, Newtown 9pm. Classes at 7pm & 8pm.
SATURDAY: Grab your dancing shoes! Meet the Scene Ball, Balmain Town Hall 7:30pm class; music 8pm. Then continue on to Speakeasy (post-MTSB), Crossover Studios, 11:59pm.
SUNDAY: A little evening with Lennart - Film & Conversation 7:30pm, Dancing 8pm, Petersham Bowling Club; Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm.
All DETAILS and updates below.
Wednesday 8th
Swing Patrol Juke Joint @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 8.30pm, $6
(Yes, it's on a Wed this month! Class at 7.30pm, $15 includes social.)
Swing Patrol Petersham @ Petersham Bowling Club
77 Brighton St, Petersham. "FrankieFest in May" classes at 7pm & 8:30pm, $15
Thursday 9th
The Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only! "May" be guest musos this week.)
Sydney Sound Big Band @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Friday 10th
Swing Pit @ St Stephens Hall
Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm, $6 social
(Classes beforehand at 7pm & 8pm, $15 (social included).)
Saturday 11th
Meet the Scene Ball @ Balmain Town Hall
370 Darling Street, Balmain, doors 7:30pm, class 8pm, band 8:30pm
$30 pre-book/$35 at door.
(Bring a few pairs of shoes, dance floor is slippery.)
Speakeasy post-MTSB @ Crossover Studios
Level 1, 22 Goulburn St, Sydney, from 11:59pm 'til late, $15
(Between George & Sussex Sts. No signage at entrance, go in and take lift to L1.)
Little Big Weekend with Lennart and Georgia @ Balmain Town Hall
370 Darling Street, Balmain. 3 workshops from 12pm - 4:15pm
(Registration info.)
Sunday 12th
A Little Evening with Lennart @ Petersham Bowling Club
77 Brighton St, Petersham, doors open 7pm (meals/drinks available)
7.30pm Lennart's film & conversation presentation; Q&A.
8.00pm Dancing. (Tickets $10 pre-book)
Robbers Dogs @ Fortune of War Hotel
George St, The Rocks, 2pm, FREE
Unity Hall Jazz Band @ Unity Hall Hotel
292 Darling St, Balmain, from 4pm, FREE
The Swinging Blades @ Marrickville Golf Club
Wharf Street, Marrickville, from 3:30pm-6pm, FREE
(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Great band playing jazz standards.)
Monday 13th
Swing Patrol Newtown @ St Stephen's Church Hall
189 Church St, Newtown, classes 6:30pm L1 & 7:30pm L2/3, 8:30pm social dancing
Lennart & Georgia will be teaching! 1 class: $15. 2 classes: $22.
Thursday 16th
Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)
Check back in to the guide before heading out to dance, for any updated info.
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