"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)
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