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

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