Monday 15 July 2013

This Week: 17 July 2013

"You must take the "A" train, to go to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem..."  ...  "Hurry, get on, now it's coming... Listen to those rails a-humming, all aboard, get on the "A" train..." 

THURSDAY:  Come and social dance tonight!... Shuffle Club, Bedlam Bar, Glebe 8:30pm. All-levels class at 7:30pm.
FRIDAY:  Finally... it's back!  Jump Jive and Wail, Landsdowne Hotel, 10pm-2pm; Bridge City Jazz Band, Club Ashfield 7:30pm; Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co 7pm.
SATURDAY:   Save the last dance... Swing! at the Roxbury, Glebe 8:30pm - This will be the LAST social dance event at the Roxbury.  Black Cherry, The Factory 8pm.
SUNDAY:  Greg Poppleton, The Rocks 11am; The Moods, Cronulla RSL 12:30pm; Berry Island Picnic, Berry Island Reserve 12pm; Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; Geoff Bull & Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel, 5pm.

TUESDAY:  Big Band Tuesdays, The Basement 8:30pm.

This week's "Songs You Should Know":   Take the "A" Train  (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by:  Ella Fitzgerald/Duke Ellington.  
Composer:  Billy Strayhorn.

MORE GIGS and details below.

 
Thursday 18th
 
Shuffle Club @ Bedlam Bar
Cnr Glebe Pt Rd & Parramatta Rd, Glebe, from 8:30pm, $8
(All-levels balboa class at 7:30pm, $15 (includes social).)


Chasing the Moon @ Camelot Lounge
Cnr Railway Pde & Marrickville Rd, Marrickville, 7:30pm, $17.70 pre, $20 door

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)


Ray Beadle and The Silver Dollars @ Miss Peaches
201 Missenden Road, Newtown, from 7pm, FREE

(Classic rhythm and blues.)


Friday 19th

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)


Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co
Abercrombie Lane, Sydney, from 7pm, FREE


Saturday 20th

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

(This will be the LAST social dance event at the Roxbury!)

Black Cherry, The Factory Theatre
105 Victoria Rd, Marrickville, from 8pm, $25 door, $20 pre

(Rock, rockabilly, retro.)

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



Sunday 21st

The Moods @ Cronulla RSL
Geralle St, Cronulla, from 12:30pm, FREE
(Arrive early for parking, or take train from Woolooware Station.)

Greg Poppleton & the Bakelite Broadcasters @ The Rocks
Aroma Festival - Campbells Cove, from 11:00am, FREE


Berry Island Picnic @ Berry Island Reserve
Sydney Jazz Club with Riverside Jazz Band, from 12pm-3pm
(Bring all your picnic essentials and dance moves.)

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 23rd

Big Band Tuesdays @ The Basement
Macquarie Place, Sydney, 8:30pm, $5 entry
(Meals/drinks specials available.  Next swing class on 30th.)


Thursday 25th

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.)

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