Monday, 28 October 2013

This Week: 29 October 2013

"Time after time, I tell myself that I'm... so lucky to be lovin' you..."

TUESDAY:  Swing Patrol North Sydney, social dancing night, Presbyterian Church Hall, 181 Blues Point Rd, North Sydney 8:30pm. Also, classes* at 6:30pm & 7:30pm. 
Big Band Tuesdays, The Basement, Reiby Place, Sydney 8:30pm, $8*.

WEDNESDAY:  Drey Rollan Band, The Jam Gallery, Bondi Junction 9pm.
THURSDAY:  Ray Beadle and The Silver Dollars, Miss Peaches, Newtown 7pm; Geoff Bull & the Finer Cuts, Corridor 8pm; Thursday Night Jazz Session, Torque Bar & Grill, Concord 7:30pm; Aston Martinis, Palmer & Co 7pm.
FRIDAY:  Bridge City Jazz Band, Club Ashfield 7:30pm
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SATURDAY:  Bob Henderson Jazz Band, Tailors on Central 4pm; Les Prevoyants (gypsy jazz), Lord Roberts Hotel, 8pm.

SUNDAY:  Spyglass Gypsies, Old Fitzroy Hotel, Woolloomooloo 5:30pm-7:30pm; Roll on, Vaucluse House 1pm-6pm, $65/$70*; Aston Martinis at The Push, The Rocks 4pm; Dan Barnett Big Band, Unity Hall Hotel, Balmain 4pm; Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; Swingin' Sundays, Bronte Bowling Club 4pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel 5pm.

Above social dancing events are F.R.E.E unless otherwise indicated*.
So, please support dance venues by buying a drink, snack, or meal.

MORE GIGS, links, & details BELOW.


This week's "Songs You Should Know":   Time After Time  (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by: Harry Connick Jr.
  Composer: Sammy Cahn/Jule Steyne; 1947.



Tuesday 29th

Social dancing night @ Swing Patrol North Sydney
Presbyterian Church Hall, 181 Blues Point Rd, North Sydney, from 8:30pm.
(Everyone welcome. Bring drinks/nibbles.
Classes at 6:30pm (Level 1) & 7:30pm (Level 2), $15/class, $22/both.)


The Basement Big Band @ The Basement
Reiby Place, Sydney, from 8:30pm, $8
(Now weekly. Dance-floor mode. Meals/drinks. Free class at 7pm.)
 


Wednesday 30th

Drey Rollan Band @ The Jam Gallery
195 Oxford St, Bondi Junction, from 9pm, FREE
(Rock 'n' roll.)
 

Thursday 31st

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)


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

(Classic rhythm and blues.)

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


Thursday Night Jazz @ Torque Bar & Grill
153 Parramatta Rd, Concord, from 7:30pm 'til late, FREE
(Dance floor. Meals/drinks.)


Friday 1st Nov

Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)



Saturday 2nd

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


Les Prevoyants @ Lord Roberts Hotel
64 Stanley Street, East Sydney, from 8pm, FREE
(Gypsy jazz.)



Sunday 3rd

Spyglass Gypsies @ Old Fitzroy Hotel
129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, from 5:30pm-7:30pm, FREE

Roll on @ Vaucluse House
Cnr Olola Ave & Wentworth Rd, Vaucluse, from 1pm-6pm, $65/$70*
(Afternoon/lunch on the lawn, with 20s Gatsby-inspired live band.)

Aston Martinis @ The Push
The Rocks, George St, Sydney, from 4pm, FREE

Robbers Dogs @ Fortune of War Hotel
George St, The Rocks, from 2pm, FREE


Dan Barnett Big Band @ Unity Hall Hotel
292 Darling St, Balmain, from 4pm-7pm, FREE

Geoff Bull and The Finer Cuts @ The East Sydney Hotel
Cnr Crown & Cathedral Sts, Woolloomooloo, from 5pm-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 5th

The Basement Big Band @ The Basement
Reiby Place, Sydney, from 8:30pm, $8
(Now weekly. Dance-floor mode. Meals/drinks. Free class at 7pm.)


Wednesday 6th

Swing Patrol Juke Joint Blues @ Mr Falcon's  (New venue!)
92 Glebe Point Rd (Nr Mitchell St), Glebe, from 8.30pm, $8 
(The monthly "blues" social dancing. Class beforehand at 7.30pm $15 (includes social).)


Aston Martinis @ Palings, The Ivy
330 George St, Sydney, from 6pm-9pm, FREE
(Kitchen & Bar.)



Thursday 7th

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)


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

(Classic rhythm and blues.)

Sydney Sound Big Band @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 7.30pm, FREE

(A dance partner is advised)

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


Monday, 21 October 2013

This Week: 23 October 2013

"We may never never meet again, on that bumpy road to love... But I'll always, always keep the memory of...
The way you hold your knife.. The way we danced 'til three.. The way you changed my life.. No, no, they can't take that away from me..."


TUESDAY:  Big Band Tuesdays, The Basement 8:30pm, $8*. 
WEDNESDAY:  Aston Martinis, Palings, The Ivy, 6pm-9pm.
THURSDAY:  Ray Beadle and The Silver Dollars, Miss Peaches, Newtown 7pm; Geoff Bull & the Finer Cuts, Corridor 8pm; Thursday Night Jazz Session, Torque Bar & Grill, Concord 7:30pm.
FRIDAY:  Start your weekend swingin'... Swing Pit, St Stephens Hall, Newtown 9pm, $6* - classes at 7pm & 8pm*
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SATURDAY:   Bob Henderson Jazz Band, Tailors on Central 4pm; Les Prevoyants (gypsy jazz), Lord Roberts Hotel, 8pm; The Black Cherry Halloween Festival, The Factory Theatre 8pm-3am, $30/35*; The Flaming Stars, Eastern Suburbs Legion Club 8pm.

SUNDAY:  The Jive Bombers, Spring Into Jazz, Brightmore Reserve, Cremorne 1pm; Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; Swingin' Sundays, Bronte Bowling Club 4pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel 5pm.

Above social dancing events are F.R.E.E unless otherwise indicated*.
(So, please support dance venues by buying a drink, snack, or meal.)

MORE GIGS, links, & details BELOW.


This week's "Songs You Should Know":   They Can't Take That Away From Me  (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by: John Pizzarelli (son of Bucky Pizzarelli!) & Jane Monheit.
  Composer: Gershwin.



Tuesday 22nd

Big Band Tuesdays @ The Basement
Reiby Place, Sydney, from 8:30pm, $8
(Now weekly w/The Basement Big Band. Dance-floor mode. Meals/drinks. Class at 7pm.)
 


Wednesday 23rd

Aston Martinis @ Palings, The Ivy
330 George St, Sydney, from 6pm-9pm, FREE
(Kitchen & Bar.)


Jordan C Thomas @ The Rock Lily
The Star, 80 Pyrmont St, Pyrmont, from 7pm, FREE
(Rockabilly, Retro.)


Thursday 24th

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)


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

(Classic rhythm and blues.)

Sydney Sound Big Band @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 7.30pm, FREE

(A dance partner is advised)
 
Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co
Abercrombie Lane, Sydney, from 7pm, FREE


Thursday Night Jazz @ Torque Bar & Grill
153 Parramatta Rd, Concord, from 7:30pm 'til late, FREE
(Dance floor. Meals/drinks.)


Friday 25th

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 26th

The Black Cherry Halloween Festival @ The Factory Theatre
105 Victoria Rd, Marrickville, from 8pm-3am, $30 pre/$35 door
(Rock 'n' roll event.)

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


The Flaming Stars @ Eastern Suburbs Legion Club
213 Bronte Rd, Waverley, from 8pm, FREE
(Rock 'n' roll.)

Les Prevoyants @ Lord Roberts Hotel
64 Stanley Street, East Sydney, from 8pm, FREE
(Gypsy jazz.)



Sunday 27th

The Jive Bombers, Spring Into Jazz @ Brightmore Reserve
Brightmore Reserve (map), Cremorne from 1pm, FREE
(Take Young St, off Military Rd, Neutral Bay.)

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 29th

Big Band Tuesdays @ The Basement
Reiby Place, Sydney, from 8:30pm, $8
(Now weekly w/The Basement Big Band. Dance-floor mode. Meals/drinks. Class at 7pm.)



Thursday 31st

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)


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

(Classic rhythm and blues.)

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


Thursday Night Jazz @ Torque Bar & Grill
153 Parramatta Rd, Concord, from 7:30pm 'til late, FREE
(Dance floor. Meals/drinks.)

Monday, 14 October 2013

This Week: 16 October 2013

"I know why I've waited, I know why I've been blue, I've prayed each night for someone exactly like you."

WEDNESDAY:  Now at a NEW venue just around the corner!  Shuffle Club, at Latin Dance Australia, Broadway 8:30pm, $8*.  All-levels balboa class at 7:30pm.  Special guest teacher is Catherine Alexander!
THURSDAY:  Ray Beadle and The Silver Dollars, Miss Peaches, Newtown 7pm; Geoff Bull & the Finer Cuts, Corridor 8pm; Thursday Night Jazz, Torque Bar & Grill, Concord 7:30pm.
FRIDAY:  For a night of dancing and carousing ... HOT Foot Stomp! at Polish Club, Ashfield, 8:30pm-11:30pm, $10*; Jump Jive and Wail, Landsdowne Hotel, Broadway, 10pm-2am.

SATURDAY:  Bob Henderson Jazz Band, Tailors on Central 4pm; Les Prevoyants (gypsy jazz), Lord Roberts Hotel, 8pm.
SUNDAY:  Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; Swingin' Sundays, Bronte Bowling Club 4pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel 5pm.

Above social dancing events are F.R.E.E unless otherwise indicated*.
(Whenever and wherever you go dancing, please support the venue by buying a drink, snack, or meal.)

MORE GIGS, links, & details BELOW.


This week's "Songs You Should Know":   Exactly Like You  (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by: Tony Bennett & KD Lang.   Composer: McHugh/Fields.



Wednesday 16th
 
Shuffle Club @ Latin Dance Australia  New (temp.) venue!!
263 Broadway Rd, Glebe, from 8:30pm, $8
(All-levels balboa class at 7:30pm**, $15** (includes social). Special guest teacher Catherine Alexander!)


Converge Jazz Festival @ 505
280 Cleveland St, Surry Hills, from 7:30pm, $18/$13/$12
(A listening treat. Day 3 of 3-day festival.)



Thursday 17th

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE

(Elbow room only!)

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

(Classic rhythm and blues.)

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


Thursday Night Jazz @ Torque Bar & Grill
153 Parramatta Rd, Concord, from 7:30pm 'til late, FREE
(Dance floor.  Meals/drinks.)


Friday 18th

Hot Foot Stomp @ The Polish Club
73 Norton St, Ashfield, from 8:30pm, $10
(Social dancing. Full bar. 1920s/30s/40s attire. Parking available in Polish Club car park.)

Jump Jive and Wail @ The Landsdowne Hotel
Cnr City Rd & Broadway, from 10pm-2am, FREE
(Meals and drinks available.)

Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)


Galapagos Duck @ 505
280 Cleveland St. Surry Hills, 8:30pm, $20/$15*
(A listening treat. No allocated dance area.)
 


Saturday 19th

The Flaming Stars @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 8:00pm, FREE
(Rock 'n' roll.)

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


Les Prevoyants @ Lord Roberts Hotel
64 Stanley Street, East Sydney, from 8pm, FREE
(Gypsy jazz.)



Sunday 20th

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


Sydney Sound Big Band @ Rockdale RSL
Bay St, Rockdale, from 1pm, FREE

(A dance partner is advised.)
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 22nd
 
The Basement Big Band @ The Basement
Reiby Place, Sydney, from 8:30pm, $8
(Now weekly. Dance-floor mode. Meals/drinks. Free class at 7pm.)
 



Wednesday 23rd

 
Aston Martinis @ Palings, The Ivy
330 George St, Sydney, from 6pm-9pm, FREE
(Kitchen & Bar.)
 
 


Thursday 24th

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE

(Elbow room only!)

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

(Classic rhythm and blues.)

Sydney Sound Big Band @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 7.30pm, FREE

(A dance partner is advised.)

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


Monday, 7 October 2013

This Week: 9 October 2013

"It's very clear, our love is here to stay... not for a year, but ever and a day... The radio and the telephone, and the movies that we know, may just be passing fancies, and in time may go... "

THURSDAY:  Ray Beadle and The Silver Dollars, Miss Peaches, Newtown 7pm; Geoff Bull & the Finer Cuts, Corridor 8pm.
FRIDAY:  It's time for swingin' out... Swing Pit, St Stephens Hall, Newtown 9pm, $6* - classes at 7pm & 8pm*; 
The Honeymakers (big band), Marrickville Golf Club, 7:30pm (full dance-floor mode).
SATURDAY:  Bob Henderson Jazz Band, Tailors on Central 4pm; Les Prevoyants (gypsy jazz), Lord Roberts Hotel, 8pm.

SUNDAY:  Jazz at the Pines, Roughley House & The Pines, Dural 12:30pm, $12/$10*; Aston Martinis, The Push, The Rocks 3pm; Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; Swingin' Sundays, Bronte Bowling Club 4pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel 5pm.

Above social dancing events are F.R.E.E unless otherwise indicated*.
(Whenever and wherever you go dancing, please support the venue by buying a drink, snack, or meal.)

MORE GIGS, links, & details BELOW.



This week's "Songs You Should Know":    Our Love Is Here To Stay  (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by: Frank Sinatra.
  Composer: Gershwin.  


Thursday 10th

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE

(Elbow room only!)

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

(Classic rhythm and blues.)

Sydney Sound Big Band @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 7.30pm, FREE

(A dance partner is advised.)

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



Friday 11th

Swing Pit @ St Stephens Hall
Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm, $6 social
(Classes 7pm (L2), and 8pm (L1), $15x1/$22both (social free).)

The Honeymakers @ Marrickville Golf Club
Wharf Road, Marrickville, from 7:30pm
(Full dance-floor mode. 16-piece big band.  A dance partner is advised.)

Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised.)



Saturday 12th

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


Les Prevoyants @ Lord Roberts Hotel
64 Stanley Street, East Sydney, from 8pm, FREE
(Gypsy jazz.)


Sunday 13th

Jazz at the Pines @ Roughley House & The Pines
656 Old Northern Road, Dural, from 12:30pm-4pm, $12/$10

(Featuring: Bridge City Jazz Band.)

Aston Martinis @ The Push
The Rocks, Sydney, from 3pm-6pm, FREE

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.)


Monday 14th

Converge Jazz Festival @ Sydney University
Verge Dome, from 5:30pm, music 6:00pm $5/$10
(Nr Fischer Library on lawns in front of main campus building. Day 1.)


Tuesday 15th

Converge Jazz Festival @ Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Jazz Cafe, doors 6:00pm, $10
(A listening treat. Day 2 of 3-day festival.)


Big Band Tuesdays @ The Basement
Reiby Place, Sydney, from 8:30pm, $5
(Now weekly.  Dance-floor mode.  Meals/drinks.  Free class at 7pm next week.)


Wednesday 16th

Shuffle Club @ Latin Dance Australia  (New venue!)

263 Broadway Rd, Broadway, from 8:30pm, $8
(All-levels balboa class at 7:30pm, $15 (includes social). Special guest teacher Catherine Alexander!)


Converge Jazz Festival @ 505
280 Cleveland St, Surry Hills, from 7:30pm, $18/$13/$12
(A listening treat.  Day 3 of 3-day festival.)


Thursday 17th

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE

(Elbow room only!)

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

(Classic rhythm and blues.)

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