Monday, 11 November 2013

This Week: 12 November 2013

"Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear... And it shows them pearly white... Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe... And he keeps it, out of sight..."

TUESDAY:  Big Band Tuesdays, The Basement, Sydney, 8:30pm $8*. 
THURSDAY:  Ray Beadle and The Silver Dollars, Miss Peaches, Newtown 7pm;  Geoff Bull & the Finer Cuts, Corridor 8pm;   Aston Martinis, Palmer & Co, Sydney 7pm.
FRIDAY:  Jump Jive & Wail, Lansdowne Hotel, Cnr City Road & Broadway 10pm-2am;  Bridge City Jazz Band, Club Ashfield 7:30pm;  Aston Martinis, Club Five Dock 8pm.

SATURDAY:  Vini & The Moonlighters, Eastern Suburbs Legion Club, Waverley 8pm;  Les Prevoyants (gypsy jazz), Lord Roberts Hotel 8pm;  The Honeymakers Big Band, Mortdale RSL 7pm.
SUNDAY:  Jazz at the Pines, Roughley House, Dural 12:30pm $10/12*;  Picnic Swing, Berry Island Reserve, Wollstonecraft 12pm;  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*. 



MORE GIGS, links, & details BELOW.


This week's "Songs You Should Know":   Mack the Knife  (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by: Bobby Darin.
  Composer: Kurt Weill/Brecht/Biltzstein, 1928.


Tuesday 12th

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

 
 
Thursday 14th

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 15th

Jump Jive and Wail @ The Landsdowne Hotel
Cnr City Rd & Broadway, from 10pm-2am, FREE
(No dance partner required.)

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


Aston Martinis @ Club Five Dock RSL
66 Great North Rd, Five Dock, from 8pm, FREE
(Cool swingin' soul, vegas.)

Jive Bombers @ Club Marconi
121-133 Prairie Vale Rd, Bossley Park, from 8pm, FREE
(Boogie woogie, rock 'n' roll, swing.)


 
Saturday 16th

Vini & The Moonlighters @ Eastern Suburbs Legion Club
211-221 Bronte Rd, Waverley, from 8pm, FREE
(There is a dance floor.  Meals/drinks.)

Manly Big Band Night Out @ Lizzottes
629 Pittwater Rd Dee Why, from 7:30pm, $60 dinner & show
(No dance area. Seated dining. Featuring Frank Bennett/John Morrison. Doors 6:45pm.)


The Honeymakers @ Mortdale RSL
25 Macquarie Place, Mortdale, from 7:00pm-10pm
(Big band.  Food/drinks.)

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.)


Flaming Stars @ Rockdale RSL
Bay St, Rockdale, from 8pm, FREE

(Rock 'n' roll.)


Sunday 17th

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

 
Picnic Swing @ Berry Island Reserve
End of Shirley Rd, Wollstonecraft, from 12pm, 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

The Swinging Blades @ Marrickville Golf Club
Wharf Street, Marrickville, from 3:30pm, FREE

(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Live band playing jazz standards.)

The New Orleanians @ The Evening Star Hotel
Cnr Elizabeth & Cooper Sts, Surry Hills 3pm, FREE


Tuesday 19th

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 20th

Shuffle Club @ Mr Falcon's

93 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 8:30pm, $8
(New venue!! Near Mitchell St. All-levels balboa class at 7:30pm, $15 (includes social).)


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



 
Thursday 21st

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.)

Pugsley Buzzard Album Launch @ The Basement
Reiby Place, Sydney, from 7:30pm, $29.80 standing / $78.90 dinner & show

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.)

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

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