"I saw you last night and got that old feeling... When you came in sight, I got that old feeling...
THURSDAY: Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts, Corridor, Newtown 8pm.
FRIDAY: Swing Pit, Newtown 9pm. Classes beforehand at 7pm L2, and 8pm L1.
SATURDAY: Bob Henderson Jazz Band, Tailors on Central 4pm.
SUNDAY: Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel 5pm.
This week's "Songs You Should Know": That Old Feeling (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by: Anita O'Day. Composer: Sammy Fain.
MORE GIGS to come, and details below...
Thursday 27th
Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)
Ray Beadle and The Silver Dollars @ Miss Peaches
201 Missenden Road, Newtown, from 7pm, FREE
(Classic rhythm and blues.)
Friday 28th
Swing Pit @ St Stephens Hall
Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm, $6 social
(Classes beforehand at 7pm L2, 8pm L1, $15x1 class, $22 both (social free).)
Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Saturday 29th
Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central
Mary St, Surry Hills, from 4-7pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Sunday 30th
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, from 3:30pm, FREE
(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Live band playing jazz standards.)
Thursday 4th
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 24 June 2013
Monday 17 June 2013
This Week: 19 June 2013
"It had to be you, it had to be you... I wandered around, and finally found somebody who...
could make be true, make me be blue... or even be glad just to be sad thinking of you..."
THURSDAY: It's balboa time! Head over to the Shuffle Club at the Bedlam Bar, Glebe 9:00pm. All-levels balboa class at 8:00pm.
FRIDAY: Bridge City Jazz Band, Club Ashfield 7:30pm; Aston Martinis, Palmer & Co 7pm.
SATURDAY: Bob Henderson Jazz Band, Tailors on Central 4pm.
SUNDAY: Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel 5pm.
This week's "Songs You Should Know": It Had To Be You (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by: Harry Connick Jr. Composer: Isham Jones.
(When he was just 20!)
MORE GIGS and details below
Thursday 20th
Shuffle Club @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 9:00pm, $6
(The monthly "blues" social, there's a class beforehand at 8:00pm.)
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
Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Flaming Stars @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 8pm, FREE
(Rock 'n' Roll.)
Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co
Abercrombie Lane, Sydney, from 7pm, FREE
Saturday 22nd
Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central
Mary St, Surry Hills, from 4-7pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Sunday 23rd
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, from 3:30pm, FREE
(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Live band playing jazz standards.)
Thursday 27th
Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)
Balboa social dancing @ The Roxbury Hotel
St Johns Road, Glebe, from 9:00pm-9:30pm
(Classes beforehand at 7pm L1, and 8pm L2. $15 1st class.)
could make be true, make me be blue... or even be glad just to be sad thinking of you..."
THURSDAY: It's balboa time! Head over to the Shuffle Club at the Bedlam Bar, Glebe 9:00pm. All-levels balboa class at 8:00pm.
FRIDAY: Bridge City Jazz Band, Club Ashfield 7:30pm; Aston Martinis, Palmer & Co 7pm.
SATURDAY: Bob Henderson Jazz Band, Tailors on Central 4pm.
SUNDAY: Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel 5pm.
This week's "Songs You Should Know": It Had To Be You (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by: Harry Connick Jr. Composer: Isham Jones.
(When he was just 20!)
MORE GIGS and details below
Thursday 20th
Shuffle Club @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 9:00pm, $6
(The monthly "blues" social, there's a class beforehand at 8:00pm.)
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
Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Flaming Stars @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 8pm, FREE
(Rock 'n' Roll.)
Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co
Abercrombie Lane, Sydney, from 7pm, FREE
Saturday 22nd
Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central
Mary St, Surry Hills, from 4-7pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Sunday 23rd
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, from 3:30pm, FREE
(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Live band playing jazz standards.)
Thursday 27th
Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)
Balboa social dancing @ The Roxbury Hotel
St Johns Road, Glebe, from 9:00pm-9:30pm
(Classes beforehand at 7pm L1, and 8pm L2. $15 1st class.)
Monday 10 June 2013
This Week: 12 June 2013
"What a day this has been, what a rare mood I'm in... Why, it's almost like being in love... "
THURSDAY: Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts, Corridor, Newtown 8pm.
FRIDAY: If you want to have fun... Swing Pit, Newtown 9pm. Classes at 7pm L2, 8pm L1.
SATURDAY: If you want 'more' fun... Swing! at the Roxbury, Glebe 8:30pm.
SUNDAY: Vini & The Moonlighters busk at Rozelle Markets 11am-3pm, gold coin in the hat; Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; Geoff Bull & Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel, 5pm.
NEXT Thursday: Shuffle Club at the Bedlam Bar, Glebe 9pm. Monthly balboa social dancing. Class at 8pm.
This week's "Songs You Should Know": It's Almost Like Being In Love (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by: Nat King Cole. Composers: Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein.
There were 3 hit versions of this song in just one year, 1947.
MORE GIGS and details below.
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
Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm, $6 social
(There's a class beforehand at 8pm, $15 (social free).
Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Saturday 15th
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 16th
Vini & The Moonlighters busk @ Rozelle Markets
from 11am-3pm, gold coin in the hat.
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, from 3:30pm, FREE
(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Live band playing jazz standards.)
Tuesday 18th
Big Band Tuesdays @ The Basement
7 Macquarie Place, Sydney, free swing class at 7pm, entry $5
(Near Reiby Place. Classes are fortnightly from 18th June.)
Thursday 20th
Shuffle Club @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 9pm, $6
(Food/drinks available. Note: different start-times in June only.)
Monthly "balboa" social dancing, class at 8:00pm, $15 (includes social).
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)
THURSDAY: Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts, Corridor, Newtown 8pm.
FRIDAY: If you want to have fun... Swing Pit, Newtown 9pm. Classes at 7pm L2, 8pm L1.
SATURDAY: If you want 'more' fun... Swing! at the Roxbury, Glebe 8:30pm.
SUNDAY: Vini & The Moonlighters busk at Rozelle Markets 11am-3pm, gold coin in the hat; Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; Geoff Bull & Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel, 5pm.
NEXT Thursday: Shuffle Club at the Bedlam Bar, Glebe 9pm. Monthly balboa social dancing. Class at 8pm.
This week's "Songs You Should Know": It's Almost Like Being In Love (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by: Nat King Cole. Composers: Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein.
There were 3 hit versions of this song in just one year, 1947.
MORE GIGS and details below.
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
Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm, $6 social
(There's a class beforehand at 8pm, $15 (social free).
Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Saturday 15th
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 16th
Vini & The Moonlighters busk @ Rozelle Markets
from 11am-3pm, gold coin in the hat.
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, from 3:30pm, FREE
(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Live band playing jazz standards.)
Tuesday 18th
Big Band Tuesdays @ The Basement
7 Macquarie Place, Sydney, free swing class at 7pm, entry $5
(Near Reiby Place. Classes are fortnightly from 18th June.)
Thursday 20th
Shuffle Club @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 9pm, $6
(Food/drinks available. Note: different start-times in June only.)
Monthly "balboa" social dancing, class at 8:00pm, $15 (includes social).
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 3 June 2013
This Week: 5 June 2013
"Blue and sentimental, my dreams are blue dreams, just won't come true dreams I find..."
THURSDAY: Blues dancing alert! Head over to Swing Patrol Juke Joint, Bedlam Bar 8:30pm. Blues class at 7:30pm
FRIDAY: Bridge City Jazz Band, Club Ashfield 7:30pm; Aston Martinis, Palmer & Co 7pm.
SATURDAY: Bob Henderson Jazz Band, Tailors on Central 4pm.
SUNDAY: Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel 5pm.
This week's "Songs You Should Know": (CLICK to listen.)
Blue and Sentimental - Performed by: Oscar Peterson.
Blue and Sentimental - Performed by: Mel Torme.
MORE GIGS and details below.
Thursday 6th
Swing Patrol Juke Joint @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 8.30pm, $6
("Blues" dancing social, there's a class beforehand at 7.30pm, $15 (includes social).)
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 7th
Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised.)
Flaming Stars @ Ashfield RSL
374 Liverpool Rd Ashfield, from 8pm, FREE
(Rock 'n' Roll.)
Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co
Abercrombie Lane, Sydney, from 7pm-10pm, FREE
(A mix of cool swing and classic soul.)
Saturday 8th
Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central
Mary St, Surry Hills, from 4-7pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Sunday 9th
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
The Swinging Blades @ Marrickville Golf Club
Wharf Street, Marrickville, from 3:30pm, FREE
(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Live band playing jazz standards.)
Thursday 13th
Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)
THURSDAY: Blues dancing alert! Head over to Swing Patrol Juke Joint, Bedlam Bar 8:30pm. Blues class at 7:30pm
FRIDAY: Bridge City Jazz Band, Club Ashfield 7:30pm; Aston Martinis, Palmer & Co 7pm.
SATURDAY: Bob Henderson Jazz Band, Tailors on Central 4pm.
SUNDAY: Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel 5pm.
This week's "Songs You Should Know": (CLICK to listen.)
Blue and Sentimental - Performed by: Oscar Peterson.
Blue and Sentimental - Performed by: Mel Torme.
MORE GIGS and details below.
Thursday 6th
Swing Patrol Juke Joint @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 8.30pm, $6
("Blues" dancing social, there's a class beforehand at 7.30pm, $15 (includes social).)
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 7th
Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised.)
Flaming Stars @ Ashfield RSL
374 Liverpool Rd Ashfield, from 8pm, FREE
(Rock 'n' Roll.)
Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co
Abercrombie Lane, Sydney, from 7pm-10pm, FREE
(A mix of cool swing and classic soul.)
Saturday 8th
Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central
Mary St, Surry Hills, from 4-7pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)
Sunday 9th
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
The Swinging Blades @ Marrickville Golf Club
Wharf Street, Marrickville, from 3:30pm, FREE
(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Live band playing jazz standards.)
Thursday 13th
Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)
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