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


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