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There will be dancing from 7.45pm to 11.15pm. The venue has a low cost bar and an excellent dance floor. | Friday 16 January | Lindy Fridays Stay Up Late - Leeds Swing Dance Society | Friday 16 January | Boogie Shack Fridays - JiveSwing.com Monthly swing dancing night in Hertfordshire and Essex Hertford Heath Village Hall, Hertford Hath, SG13 7RH 8pm to midnight Tickets on door | Friday 23 January | Jive Aces - back in Derby - Live Music Rolls Royce Club, Moore Lane, Allenton, Derbys Doors open 7pm - Jive Aces on at 8.45 - Bar till 11.30 - End at 12pm Tickets £7 from 01332 705 323 A popular night - many dancers you know will head to this one | Sunday 25 January | Henley Farrell's Big Band - Kirkby Dance Nights - Live Music Kirkby Festival Hall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, NG17 7DJ 7.00pm to 10.30pm Tickets £6 | Saturday 31 January | 
The Blitz Ball - 1940's themed swing dance - Live Swing band and DJ plus display by Cambridge Lindy Hoppers Claverden Village Hall, Claverdon, Coventry CV35 8PH 7.30pm - 11.30pm Tickets £12 in advance, £15 on door email: wardepartment@btinternet.com tel: 01233 860 564 mobile: 07850 685 905 | Friday 6 February | BRUM SWING 'N JIVE - Invite you to a Swing Dance
Rowheath Pavillion, Heath Road, Bournville, Birmingham, B30 1HH
8.15pm to 11.15pm Admission £5.00
Dance with DJ's Colin and Graham
Bar open 'til 11pm Large carpark to left of building | Saturday 7 February | Sheffield Swing Dance Society - Social Dance St Vincents Social Club, Solly Street, Sheffield, S1 4BA. 8.30pm till midnight Cost £4 entry (£3 concessions) | Saturday 7 February | Henley Farrell's Big Band - Derby Dance Nights - Live Music Rolls Royce Pavilion, Moor Lane, Derby, DE24 9HY 7.00pm to 10.30pm Tickets £6 (RR Leisure Members £4) | Saturday 14 February |  Valentines Hop - with the sensational Earl Jackson Band - Live Music
The Beeston Community Centre, West End, Beeston, NG9 1GL 7pm - 11.30pm Tickets £7.50 in advance Contact: Darren on 0115 9723399 or Reg on 0115 8545204 Hannah at Trowell is organising a group to go to this one, so you'll be among friends if you want to come along too. | Friday 20 February | The Sumac Centre present: An evening of swing music, movie clips and a little dancing Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone Street, Forest Fields, Nottingham, NG7 6HX 8.00pm onwards | Friday 20 February | Boogie Shack Fridays - Joseph & Trisha's monthly swing dance social Hertford Heath Village Hall, Hertfordshire (see www.jiveswing.com) 8pm - 12pm Tickets on door | Friday 20 February | LindyFridays "Stays Up Late" - Classes & late night dance to live music from 'The John Taylor Quartet' Basement Club @ Sports Cafe, 123 The Headrow, Leeds 7.15pm to midnight £7, contact: jo@lindyfridays.com Beginners Class 7.15-8pm; Lindy Blues Class 8.15-9pm
followed by live band playing until Midnight. With drinks discounts + free hot bar snacks. | | Sunday 22 February | Swing Patrol London - Launch party The Rise Bar & Jongleurs, 49 Lavender Gardens, Battersea, London (5 mins from Clapham Junction overground) Starts 7.30pm Tickets £8 on the door - but talk to me about the guest list "Complimentary lesson, floor shows, and a room full of great people" These chaps were instrumental at the start of my dancing journey way back when I was out in Australia and now they're over here! I'll definitely be heading along to this one so Let me know if you're interested in coming too as it'd be great to get a group of us down there - Lisa. | Sunday 22 February | Henley Farrell's Big Band - Kirkby Dance Nights - Live Music Kirkby Festival Hall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, NG17 7DJ 7.00pm to 10.30pm Tickets £6 Flyer | Thursday 26 February | Jive Aces - in Grantham - Live Music Guildhall Arts Centre, St Peters Hill, Grantham, NG31 6PZ Tickets £12 (£10 concs) from 01476 406 158 | Sunday 1 March | Nottingham Swing Dance Society - Social Dance with Live Music Henley Farrell 'Easy Does It' 8pc Swing band. NOT TO BE MISSED! The Festival Inn, Trowell, Nottingham, NG9 3PX (click here for map) 8pm to 11pm NOTE - PRE SOCIAL 'TRICKS & DIPS' WORKSHOP with Robin and Raven from 5-7pm - Must book in advance - check out the workshop pages | Saturday 7 March | Sheffield Swing Dance Society - Social Dance - Live Music Carmen Ghia and The Hot Rods St Vincents Social Club, Solly Street, Sheffield, S1 4BA. 8.30pm till midnight Cost £8 entry (£6 concessions) | Friday 20 March | JazzJiveSwing - Birmingham Social Dance Royal British Legion, Quarry Lane, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 2PY 8.00pm tll 11.30pm Tickets: £6 (call 01452 770701) | Saturday 21 March | Ashby Big Band - Concert Hugglescote Parish Church 7.30pm Tickets £5 / Family tickets £10 Call: 01530 456160 | Sunday 29 March POSTPONED | Nottingham Lindy Hop - Charity Fundraiser 'Tea Dance' - POSTPONED :( Nottingham City Centre 3pm to 8pm (with extension a possibility) | Sunday 29 March | Henley Farrell's Big Band - Kirkby Dance Nights - Live Music Kirkby Festival Hall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, NG17 7DJ 7.00pm to 10.30pm Tickets £6 Flyer |
Saturday 4 April | Sheffield Swing Dance Society - Social Dance St Vincents Social Club, Solly Street, Sheffield, S1 4BA. 8.30pm till midnight Cost £5 entry (£4 concessions) | Saturday 4 April | Quorn's Jump Jive & Swing - Hawaiian Beach Party Quorn Village Hall, Leicester Rd, Quorn, Nr Loughborough, LE12 8BB 1940's, Hawaiian shirts or grass skirts appreciated!! No Bar - Bring your own drinks - For info contact: 0116 230 2828 8pm till late Tickets £4 | Sunday 5 April | Jazz @ The Lion - with Henley Farrell's 'Easy Does It' Swing Band The Lion Inn, 44 Mosely Street, New Basford, Nottingham 1.30pm till 3.30pm | GOOD FRIDAY Friday 10 April | The Jive Aces @ Kirkby in Ashfield With Special Guest - Mary Jean Lewis (Jerry Lee's Niece!) Festival Hall Leisure Ctr, Hodgkinson Rd, Kirkby in Ashfield NG17 7DJ 8.00pm Tickets: £10 in advance (0871 230 0010); £12 on door | GOOD FRIDAY Friday 10 April | JazzJiveSwing - Easter Hop Pitville Pump Rooms, East Approach Drive, Pittville, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - check out www.jazzjiveswing.com for more info 8.30pm till 11.30pm Tickets £8 in advance: £10 on door | Saturday 11 April | Henley Farrell's Big Band - Dance Nights - Live Music Rolls Royce Pavilion, Moor Lane, Derby, DE24 9HY 7.00pm to 10.30pm Tickets £6 (RR Leisure Members £4) Flyer | Friday 17 April | Boogie Shack Friday's with King Groovy and the Hornstars - Live Music (Joseph and Trisha's monthly social dance) Hertford Heath Village Hall, Hertfordshire 8pm till midnight more info from www.jiveswing.com | Saturday 18 April | Leicester LindyHop - Social Dance (following Balboa Workshop) Saffron Lane Working Men's Club, 429 Saffron Lane, Leics, LE2 6UF 8pm Tickets £5 on door (for dance only) Flyer | Sunday 26 April | Henley Farrell's Big Band - Kirkby Dance Nights - Live Music Kirkby Festival Hall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, NG17 7DJ 7.00pm to 10.30pm Tickets £6 Flyer | Monday 4 May | BANK HOLIDAY EVENT IN NOTTINGHAM Brewhouse Yard - Museum of Nottingham Life, Castle Boulevard
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 1FB 1940s KNEES-UP 11AM - 4PM - TICKETS £4 ADULTS, £3 CONCESSIONS, £2 CHILDREN Visit this award winning event and take a trip down memory lane. Relive the atmosphere of the 40s and see life on the home front. Sing-a-long to the songs, join the Festival Swing Dance Society in a jitterbug and spend your sweet rations in the grocers. Refreshments available. “We use the whole site, and there’s so much to do the place will be buzzing,” Ann Inscker from Brewhouse Yard. | Saturday 9 May | Henley Farrell's Big Band - Derby Dance Nights - Live Music Rolls Royce Pavilion, Moor Lane, Derby, DE24 9HY 7.00pm to 10.30pm Tickets £6 (RR Leisure Members £4) Flyer | Friday 15 May | Derbyjive's Monthly Dance - NEW! Nunsfield House, Alvaston, Derby 7.30pm till midnight Tickets £5 in advance (£6 on door) "Fantastic dance floor, space for up to 250 dancers, easy access, secure parking and a cheap bar till 11.30pm" Contact: Mark & Sharon on 01332 755538 / 07834 998347 | Saturday 16 May | Sheffield Swing Dance Society - Social Dance - Live Music The Powder Jazz Band St Vincents Social Club, Solly Street, Sheffield, S1 4BA. 8.30pm till midnight Cost £8 entry (£6 concessions) | Saturday 30 to Sunday 31 May | 1940s Event - Kedleston at War 1939-45 Kedleston Hall, Derby 1940s themed weekend including music, song and dance Those dressed in 1940s period clothing who pre-register will receive free entry and free car parking, though everyone is very welcome. | Sunday 31 May | Henley Farrell's Big Band - Kirkby Dance Nights - Live Music Kirkby Festival Hall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, NG17 7DJ 7.00pm to 10.30pm Tickets £6 Flyer | Saturday 6 June | Ashby Big Band - Shuttleworth Clarke Foundation Chartiy outdoor Concert and Dance Ulverscroft Manor, Markfield, LE67 9PH 7-9pm Tickets £7.50 in advance (£8.50 on night) Bar and BBQ Call: 01530 244914 | Sunday 7 June | Nottingham Swing Dance Society - Social Dance with Live Music Henley Farrell 'Easy Does It' 8pc Swing band. The Festival Inn, Trowell, Nottingham, NG9 3PX (click here for map) 8pm to 11pm This month there's also a Lindy Hop workshop afternoon with Dan Guest - see www.happy-feet.org.uk for more details | Friday 12 June | Ashby Big Band - 40's Dance night Quorn Village Hall For the Great Central Railway war weekend | Saturday 13 June | Henley Farrell's Big Band - Derby Dance Nights - Live Music Rolls Royce Pavilion, Moor Lane, Derby, DE24 9HY 7.00pm to 10.30pm Tickets £6 (RR Leisure Members £4) Flyer | Saturday 13 June | Sheffield Chance to Dance Day Look out for The Dance Co Lindy Hopping for the Sheffield crowds: - 12:15 @ Leopold Square
- 13:45 @ The Winter Gardens
Why don't you come along and join in? Things just get better after that with the Lindy Hop Sheffield social dance in the same evening. Karen Lake and The Swingshots - Live Music St Vincents Social Club, Solly Street, Sheffield, S1 4BA 8.30 - midnight £8 (£6 concessions) A welcome return for the eight piece swing band, giving us great music and swing dancing all night. | Saturday 13 to Sunday 14 June | 1940s Event - Wartime Clumber Clumber Park, nr Worksop Free Entry (may be a car park charge) 1940s themed weekend including music, song and dance Those dressed in 1940s period clothing who pre-register will receive free car parking, though everyone is very welcome. | Friday 26 June | Derbyjive's Monthly Dance Nunsfield House, Alvaston, Derby 7.30pm till midnight Tickets £5 in advance (£6 on door) Contact: Mark & Sharon on 01332 755538 / 07834 998347 | Saturday 27 June | Bakewell's Day of Dance - Derbyshire Featuring performances by Nottingham Swing Dance Society | Saturday 27 June | Saturday Night Knees Up! featuring... Benny Lee & The Whistle Stop Five New To Saturday Nights!!! The Malt Cross, St James' Street, Nottingham “The hottest, swingiest, jumpiest jive band on the scene” “These guys just keep on hitting you with floor-fillers” From Sinatra to Sugababes, Beatles to Britney, Prima to Prince, 'Benny Lee & The Whistle Stop 5' have the style and experience to make the night go with a swing. With their unique blend of top-class musicians, they guarantee to bring you well-known toe-tappin’ tunes — all done with a twist! Start: 8pm, Cost: £3 on door Band's website is http://bennylee.co.uk/home.htm and the venue's is http://www.maltcross.com/ | Sunday 28 June | Henley Farrell's Big Band - Kirkby Dance Nights - Live Music Kirkby Festival Hall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, NG17 7DJ 7.00pm to 10.30pm Tickets £6 Flyer | | Saturday 11 July | Sheffield Lindy Hop's Social Dance (DJ night) St Vincents Social Club, Solly Street, Sheffield, S1 4BA 8:30 to midnight £5 (£4 concessions) | Saturday 18 July | Quorn's Jump Jive & Swing - with the Revolutionaires Quorn Village Hall, Leicester Rd, Quorn, Nr Loughborough, LE12 8BB No Bar - Bring your own drinks - For info contact: 0116 230 2828 8pm till late Tickets tbc | Friday 24 July | Derbyjive's Monthly Dance Nunsfield House, Alvaston, Derby 7.30pm till midnight Tickets £5 in advance (£6 on door) Contact: Mark & Sharon on 01332 755538 / 07834 998347 | Saturday 25 July | Saturday Night Knees Up! featuring... Benny Lee & The Whistle Stop Five New To Saturday Nights!!! At The Malt Cross, St James' Street, Nottingham “The hottest, swingiest, jumpiest jive band on the scene” “These guys just keep on hitting you with floor-fillers” “From Sinatra to Sugababes, Beatles to Britney, Prima to Prince, 'Benny Lee & The Whistle Stop 5' have the style and experience to make the night go with a swing. With their unique blend of top-class musicians, they guarantee to bring you well-known toe-tappin’ tunes — all done with a twist!” Start: 8pm, Cost: £3 on door Band's website www.bennylee.co.uk and the venue's is www.maltcross.com | | Fri 31st July to Sat 1 Aug | Nottingham's Riverside Festival Victoria Embankment, down by the River Trent nr Trent Bridge Fabulous fun, family, music, dance and activity festival with fireworks display at night. Featuring performances at 7.45 - 9pm both nights by Nottingham Swing Dance Society. | Saturday 8 August | Sheffield Lindy Hop's Social Dance (DJ night) St Vincents Social Club, Solly Street, Sheffield, S1 4BA 8:30 to midnight £5 (£4 concessions) | Saturday 15 to Sunday 16 August | 1940s Event - On the Home Front 1939-45 Rufford Abbey Country Park, nr Ollerton Free Entry (may be a car park charge) 1940s themed weekend including music, song and dance Those dressed in 1940s period clothing who pre-register will receive free car parking, though everyone is very welcome. | Sunday 6 September | Nottingham Swing Dance Society - Social Dance with Live Music Henley Farrell 'Easy Does It' 8pc Swing band. The Festival Inn, Trowell, Nottingham, NG9 3PX (click here for map) 8pm to 11pm | | Saturday 12 September | Sheffield Lindy Hop's Social Dance (DJ night) St Vincents Social Club, Solly Street, Sheffield, S1 4BA 8:30 to midnight £5 (£4 concessions) | Friday 18 September | Derbyjive's Monthly Dance Nunsfield House, Alvaston, Derby 7.30pm till midnight Tickets £5 in advance (£6 on door) Contact: Mark & Sharon on 01332 755538 / 07834 998347 | | Saturday 19 to Sunday 20 September | Compton Verney - WWII themed weekend Includes: live music with dancing and sing-a-longs, 1940s dress up, wartime stories, spy trail for children and families, display of photographs, vintage cars, Battle of Britain memorial flight and spitfire flypast... For more info and tickets go to: www.comptonverney.org.uk | | Saturday 10 October | Leicester Lindy Hop's Balboa Workshop Day with Dan Guest followed by evening social dance Saffron Lane Working Man's Club, 429 Saffron Lane, Leicester, LE2 6UF Go to www.leicester-lindyhop.co.uk for more info | | Saturday 10 October | Sheffield Lindy Hop's Social Dance - Live Music Carmen Ghia and The Hot Rods St Vincents Social Club, Solly Street, Sheffield, S1 4BA 8:30 to midnight £8 (£6 concessions) |
Friday 16 October | Live @ Shaws Shaws Restaurant, Broad Street, Hockley Area, Nottingham City Centre From 9pm (live music every week) Featuring: New Swing Allstars | Saturday 17 October | Live @ Shaws Shaws Restaurant, Broad Street, Hockley Area, Nottingham City Centre From 9pm (live music every week) Featuring: New Swing Allstars | Saturday 17 October | Saturday Night Knees Up! featuring... Benny Lee & The Whistle Stop Five The Malt Cross, St James' Street, Nottingham 8pm (though in our experience band starts after 9pm), Costs £3 on door “The hottest, swingiest, jumpiest jive band on the scene” “These guys just keep on hitting you with floor-fillers” “From Sinatra to Sugababes, Beatles to Britney, Prima to Prince, 'Benny Lee & The Whistle Stop 5' have the style and experience to make the night go with a swing. With their unique blend of top-class musicians, they guarantee to bring you well-known toe-tappin’ tunes — all done with a twist!” We've had a couple of great nights out with this band at this venue already this year and now they're back for more! Band's website www.bennylee.co.uk and the venue's is www.maltcross.com | Saturday 17 October | "The Bopp" at Bluu - 40s/50s night (every Saturday) Bluu, 5 Broadway, The Lace Market, Nottingham, NG1 1PR. Tel 0115 9305359 9pm (latest entry 2am) Cost: £3 on door Hayley and Terry have just let me know about this - sounds like fun (and potentially great if it's happening every week). Click this link to find out more Thought we could use it as a bit of an after party following the Swing Band at the Malt Cross earlier the same night. - Anyone interested? | Saturday 17 October | 1940s Swing Jive with Alan Axon Cuba Cafe/bar @ Déda, Chapel Street, Derby, DE1 3GU 8pm Cost: £8 (£6 conc) Travel back in time to 1940s Britain with Déda’s popular Ballroom and Swing Jive professional Alan Axon. Enjoy a fabulous evening of jive and jitterbug as Déda is transformed into an Air Raid Shelter for the evening. Dance the night away to the big band sounds of Glen Miller and Tommy Dorsey and receive a master class in The Big Apple and The Lambeth Walk. Thanks go to Lindsay for recommending this night. | Sunday 18 October | Sunday Lunchtime Jazz @ The Lion The Lion, 44 Mosley Street, New Basford, Nottingham. Tel: 0115 970 3506 From 1.30pm every week Featuring: Frank Bode and Friends | Sunday 18 October | Live Jazz @ The Bell The Bell Inn, Angel Row, Nottingham Market Square 12.45pm to 3.15pm apx every week Featuring: The Footwarmers | Monday 19 October | Live Jazz @ The Bell The Bell Inn, Angel Row, Nottingham Market Square 8.30pm to 10.30pm every week Alternates each week between The Omega Band and The Johnny Johnson Quartet. | Tuesday 20 October | Live Blues @ The Bell The Bell Inn, Angel Row, Nottingham Market Square 8.30pm to 10.30pm every Tuesday, every week Blues night featuring singer Natalie | Sunday 25 October | The Hockley Hustle Fest 09 flyer Hockley Area, Nottingham City Centre Time: 12pm(midday) till 4am Cost: Wrist bands for entry to all venues are £5 for early birds (ie now!), £7.50 in advance and £10 on the day. 18 Venues, 200 Acts and all for Oxfam and the NSPCC The Escucha Bar near the tram stop is hosting a purely jazz and swing focussed afternoon and evening, for list of bands click here, and the Oxfam Shop is holding a vintage fair. However, there's so much going on at this event that it's impossible to write it all here so go to the Hockley Hustle website for all the info you could possibly need. | Sunday 25 October | Sunday Lunchtime Jazz @ The Lion The Lion, 44 Mosley Street, New BAsford, Nottingham. Tel: 0115 970 3506 From 1.30pm Featuring: Pete Wilde Quintet | | Sunday 25 October | Live Jazz @ The Bell The Bell Inn, Angel Row, Nottingham Market Square 12.45pm to 3.15pm apx - every Sunday, every week Featuring: The Footwarmers | Sunday 25 October | Neolonga: Argentinean Dance Party Fat Cats Bar, Nottingham City Centre 8.30pm onwards Costs £5 To celebrate the end of the NottsDance09 Festival, Dance4 are hosting this party alongside two celebrated Argentinean Tango Instructrors. Intro Tango lesson followed by music for tango, jive, salsa and R&B. It's something a bit different for us but could be a fun night out for anyone who loves to dance. | | Monday 26 October | Live Jazz @ The Bell The Bell Inn, Angel Row, Nottingham Market Square 8.30pm to 10.30pm every Monday, every week Alternates each week between The Omega Band and The Johnny Johnson Quartet. | Tuesday 27 October | Live Blues @ The Bell The Bell Inn, Angel Row, Nottingham Market Square 8.30pm to 10.30pm every week Blues night featuring singer Natalie | Friday 30 October | Derbyjive's Monthly Dance - Halloween Ball Nunsfield House, Boulton Lane, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 0FD Prizes for best Spooky Costume & Table Pumpkin Lantern!! 7.30pm till midnight Tickets £5 in advance (£6 on door) Contact: Mark & Sharon on 01332 755538 / 07834 998347 flyer | Saturday 7 November | Northampton Swing Dance Society - 10th Anniversary Celebration! Cotton Club (Cotton WMC), Main Rd, Far Cotton, Nothampton, NN4 8EN Afternoon of workshops for Lindy, Balboa, and jazz steps with Ryan and Jenny (provisionally) and other amazing teachers plus an evening Social Dance all for just £20!!! Workshops from 12.45 through till 6pm (depending on options picked) Social dance alone is £8 and runs from 7pm till midnight For more details click here for the flyer | | Saturday 7 November | Festival Swing Dance Society Social Dance Triple 'S' Snooker Club, Mansfield Rd, Skegby, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 3ED 7.30pm till late Tickets: £4.50 Jitterbug, Jump Jive and Swing to the sounds of DJ "Savoy Jump". 1940s dress encouraged. For tickets or more information contact Alan on 01773 813997 or Barry on 01623 456101 | Friday 14 November | Derbyjive's Monthly Dance - EVENT CANCELLED Nunsfield House, Boulton Lane, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 0FD 7.30pm till midnight Tickets £5 in advance (£6 on door) Contact: Mark & Sharon on 01332 755538 / 07834 998347 | | Saturday 28 November | Saturday Night Knees Up! featuring... Benny Lee & The Whistle Stop Five The Malt Cross, St James' Street, Nottingham 8pm (though in our experience band starts after 9pm), Costs £3 on door “The hottest, swingiest, jumpiest jive band on the scene” “These guys just keep on hitting you with floor-fillers” “From Sinatra to Sugababes, Beatles to Britney, Prima to Prince, 'Benny Lee & The Whistle Stop 5' have the style and experience to make the night go with a swing. With their unique blend of top-class musicians, they guarantee to bring you well-known toe-tappin’ tunes — all done with a twist!” Band's website www.bennylee.co.uk and the venue's is www.maltcross.com | | Saturday 5 December | QUORN JUMP JIVE & SWING Christmas Dance with SWING COMMANDERS
Quorn Village Hall
Doors open 7.30 for 8pm start Tickets £9.50 each (will need to reserve) "QUORN JUMP JIVE & SWING Christmas Dance with top Western Band SWING COMMANDERS, back by popular demand for their 3rd time here. Bring your own drinks as no bar, sorry no children." Contact: Lind-D-Hop on 0116 230 2828 | Sunday 6 December | Nottingham Swing Dance Society - Social Dance with Live Music Henley Farrell 'Easy Does It' 8pc Swing band. The Festival Inn, Trowell, Nottingham, NG9 3PX (click here for map) 8pm to 11pm This will also be a Joseph and Trisha Workshop day - bookings now open - go to www.happy-feet.org.uk for more details. |
Thursday 10 December | Jazz Club @ The Alley Cafe 1a, Cannon Court, Long Row, Nottingham, NG1 6JE Time: 8.30 till 1am Cost: Free "The Alley Cafe is delighted to bring you an evening of live vocal jazz and some talented DJ's spinning some classic 78's. So come joing the fun and indulge in some decadent cocktails and naughty nibbles... Nice" Alley Cafe website | Friday 11 December | Derbyjive's Monthly Dance - Christmas Ball Nunsfield House, Boulton Lane, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 0FD 7.30pm till midnight Tickets £5 in advance (£6 on door) Includes a Christmas Fuddle so please bring along some snacks to share with everyone. Contact: Mark & Sharon on 01332 755538 / 07834 998347 | | Friday 11 December | Live Fridays @ The Living Room with The Spaces The Living Room, 7 High Pavement, Nottingham, NG1 1HF Time: 8.30 till 10.30 Cost: Free The Spaces have been playing the Living Room every Friday for over 6 years. They play a unique brand of soul, pop, and jazz. NOTE: I'll check this out but I have had conflicting info about this event therefore this info may be out of date - in the meantime please check with the venue directly if interested. 0870 4422716 | | Saturday 12 December | Lindy Hop Sheffield Christmas Party Night with The Powder Jazz Band - Live Music St Vincents Social Club, Solly Street, Sheffield, S1 4BA. 8.30pm till midnight Cost £8 entry (£6 concessions) | | Sunday 13 December | Sunday Lunchtime Jazz @ The Lion The Lion, 44 Mosley Street, New Basford, Nottingham. Tel: 0115 970 3506 From 1.30pm every week Featuring: Dave Round Quartet | | Sunday 13 December | Live Jazz @ The Bell The Bell Inn, Angel Row, Nottingham Market Square 12.45pm to 3.15pm apx - every Sunday, every week Featuring: The Footwarmers | | Monday 14 December | Live Jazz @ The Bell The Bell Inn, Angel Row, Nottingham Market Square 8.30pm to 10.30pm every Monday, every week Alternates each week between The Omega Band and The Johnny Johnson Quartet. | | Tuesday 15 December | Live Blues @ The Bell The Bell Inn, Angel Row, Nottingham Market Square 8.30pm to 10.30pm every Tuesday, every week Blues night featuring singer Natalie | | Thursday 17 December | Nottingham Rhythm Club's Christmas Party with Bob Wilson's Jazz and Swing Band with Special Guest Jo Hudson - Live Music The Stadium Leisure Snooker Club, Nottingham Road, Basford, NG5 1EG Times: 8 till 11pm (Doors open 7pm) Tickets: £8 (£7 members) Food Available. Well-lit carparking is available at The Willow Treen Public House situated opposite the club. ALL ARE WELCOME. Contact Matt Palmer on 0115 921 9464 or 07973 882235. Nottingham Rhythm Club's website | | Friday 18 December | The Dizzy Club @ The Robin Hood The Robin Hood, Mansfield Road, Nottingham Start: 8/9pm Cost: Free "The Dizzies style reflects the influences of Hot Club, 40s Swing, Blue Note Soul and Sinatra often with Latin Rhythms. Their music crosses the genre divide simply because they are so interesting musically. Their repetoire is full of artistic contradictions." http://www.dizzy-club.co.uk/index.html | | Friday 18 December | I'm not from Brooklyn: Prohibition era themed night @ The Speakeasy The Speakeasy, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham NG1 5JT Times: 7pm doors, starts 7.30pm open till 2am Cost: £5 (£4 in advance - £7 in advance with meal) Dress Code: 1940s Gangster & Moll "a prohibition style Speakeasy themed night complete with croupiers, bets for beers, our own shoop shoop girls and waitresses will keep you in order, a comedian, sit down meals (book in advance), lighting, decor and Tea Den supplied by THE ROARING 1920'S.
A LIVE SWING BAND plus garage rockers THE EVILTONES, SWAMPMEAT and BURLY NAGASAKI will be keeping your toes tapping plus Speakeasy wideboys Dingo and Will will be battling it out in a boxing ring for honour and bar room supremacy (I'll be taking bets) and much more TBC-
All must be dressed like sharp shooters, shine your shoes, polish your pistol, straighten out your fedora and keep your broad's looking like a million dollars cos if it's raining brains, you aint even gonna get wet!" Click here for the Left Lion listing
Click here for more from seetickets.com | | Saturday 19 December | Saturday Night Knees Up! at the Malt Cross - Maniere des Bohemiens Malt Cross, St James Street, Nottingham (off Market Square) Start: 8pm Cost: £3 on the door "Maniere des Bohemiens play a mix of the french swing popularised by Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt, energetic eatern european gypsy-folk and a smattering of many things else." Have a listen at www.myspace.com/manieredesboheniens | | Sunday 20 December | Sunday Lunchtime Jazz @ The Lion - Christmas Special The Lion, 44 Mosley Street, New Basford, Nottingham. Tel: 0115 970 3506 From 1.30pm every week Featuring: Teddy Fullick Quintet | | Sunday 20 December | Live Jazz @ The Bell The Bell Inn, Angel Row, Nottingham Market Square 12.45pm to 3.15pm apx - every Sunday, every week Featuring: The Footwarmers | | Monday 21 December | Live Jazz @ The Bell The Bell Inn, Angel Row, Nottingham Market Square 8.30pm to 10.30pm every Monday, every week Alternates each week between The Omega Band and The Johnny Johnson Quartet. | | Tuesday 22 December | Live Blues @ The Bell The Bell Inn, Angel Row, Nottingham Market Square 8.30pm to 10.30pm every Tuesday, every week Blues night featuring singer Natalie | | Thursday 7 January | Nottingham Rhythm Club with Derwent City Jazz Band - Live Music The Stadium Leisure Snooker Club, Nottingham Road, Basford, NG5 1EG Times: 8 till 11pm (Doors open 7pm) Tickets: £8 (£7 members) Nottingham Rhythm Club's website | Saturday 16 January | Lindy Hop Sheffield Social Dance with Karen Lake and The Swingshots - Live Music St Vincents Social Club, Solly Street, Sheffield, S1 4BA. 8.30pm till midnight Cost £8 entry (£6 concessions) | | Saturday 16 January | Gloster Jive & Swing's "Winter Warmer Dance" with The Jive Aces - Live Music Walls Sports and Social Club, Hammond Way, Barnwood, GL4 3HG Time: 7.30pm till 11.30pm Tickets: £12 via website/£11 by post 70% of tickets already sold! Contact: Gloster Jive & Swing website | | Friday 22 January | Derbyjive's Social Dance Nunsfield House, Boulton Lane, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 0FD 7.30pm till 11.30pm Entrance Fee: £5 Contact: Mark & Sharon on 01332 755538 / 07834 998347 | Saturday 23 January | QUORN JUMP JIVE & SWING Social Dance - "Hep Chaps" Quorn Village Hall, Leicester Rd, Quorn, Nr Loughborough, Leics, LE12 8BB
Doors open 7.30 for 8pm start Tickets £9.50 each Bring your own drinks as no bar, sorry no children. Contact: Lind-D-Hop on 0116 230 2828 | | Thursday 28 January | Nottingham Rhythm Club with New Orleans Heat - Live Music The Stadium Leisure Snooker Club, Nottingham Road, Basford, NG5 1EG Times: 8 till 11pm (Doors open 7pm) Tickets: £8 (£7 members) Nottingham Rhythm Club's website | | Saturday 30 January |  The Blitz Ball
Dorothea Mitchell Hall, Station Road, Claverden, Coventry, CV35 8PH Time: 7pm to 11pm Tickets: £12 advance/£15 on door For more information... call: 01233 860 564 or 07850 685 905 email: wardepartment@btinternet.com website: www.usoshows.com | Saturday 6 February | Lindy Hop Sheffield Social Dance - DJ Night St Vincents Social Club, Solly Street, Sheffield, S1 4BA. 8.30pm till midnight Cost £5 entry (£4 concessions) | | Thursday 18 February | Nottingham Rhythm Club with Millenium Eagle Jazz Band - Live Music The Stadium Leisure Snooker Club, Nottingham Road, Basford, NG5 1EG Times: 8 till 11pm (Doors open 7pm) Tickets: £8 (£7 members) Nottingham Rhythm Club's website | Saturday 6 March | Lindy Hop Sheffield Social Dance - DJ Night St Vincents Social Club, Solly Street, Sheffield, S1 4BA. 8.30pm till midnight Cost £5 entry (£4 concessions) | | Thursday 11 March | Nottingham Rhythm Club with Rod Mason and His Hot Five - Live Music The Stadium Leisure Snooker Club, Nottingham Road, Basford, NG5 1EG Times: 8 till 11pm (Doors open 7pm) Tickets: £8 (£7 members) Nottingham Rhythm Club's website | | Friday 26 March | Derbyjive's Social Dance Nunsfield House, Boulton Lane, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 0FD 7.30pm till 11.30pm Entrance Fee: £5 Contact: Mark & Sharon on 01332 755538 / 07834 998347 | | Thursday 8 April | "Jazz meets Jive" Tour - Kenny Ball and The Jive Aces (two full bands) with special guest Keith Ball De Montfort Hall, Granville Road, Leicester, LE1 7RU Tickets £16/£14.50 conc. Contact: 0116 233 3114 or www.demontforthall.co.uk Jive Aces Website | | Thursday 8 April | Nottingham Rhythm Club with Big Bear Stompers - Live Music The Stadium Leisure Snooker Club, Nottingham Road, Basford, NG5 1EG Times: 8 till 11pm (Doors open 7pm) Tickets: £8 (£7 members) Nottingham Rhythm Club's website | | Thursday 29 April | Nottingham Rhythm Club with Paul Harrison's UK All Stars - Live Music The Stadium Leisure Snooker Club, Nottingham Road, Basford, NG5 1EG Times: 8 till 11pm (Doors open 7pm) Tickets: £8 (£7 members) Nottingham Rhythm Club's website | | Sunday 16 May | "Jazz meets Jive" Tour - Kenny Ball and The Jive Aces (two full bands) with special guest Keith Ball Newark Place, Applegate, Newark-on-Trent, Notts, NG24 1JY Tickets £16.50/£15 conc. Contact: 01636 655 755 or www.palacenewark.com Jive Aces Website | | Thursday 20 May | Nottingham Rhythm Club with Fryer-Barnhart International All Star Jazz Band - Live Music The Stadium Leisure Snooker Club, Nottingham Road, Basford, NG5 1EG Times: 8 till 11pm (Doors open 7pm) Tickets: £8 (£7 members) Nottingham Rhythm Club's website | Friday 21 May | Derbyjive's Social Dance Nunsfield House, Boulton Lane, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 0FD 7.30pm till 11.30pm Entrance Fee: £5 Contact: Mark & Sharon on 01332 755538 / 07834 998347 | | Thursday 3 June | Nottingham Rhythm Club with Chicago Teddy Bears Society Jazz Band - Live Music The Stadium Leisure Snooker Club, Nottingham Road, Basford, NG5 1EG Times: 8 till 11pm (Doors open 7pm) Tickets: £8 (£7 members) Nottingham Rhythm Club's website | | Thursday 24 June | Nottingham Rhythm Club with Bourbon Street Stompers - Live Music The Stadium Leisure Snooker Club, Nottingham Road, Basford, NG5 1EG Times: 8 till 11pm (Doors open 7pm) Tickets: £8 (£7 members) Nottingham Rhythm Club's website | | Saturday 10 July | Gloster Jive & Swing's "Midsummer Dance" with Laura B and The Moonlighters - Live Music Walls Sports and Social Club, Hammond Way, Barnwood, GL4 3HG Time: 7.30pm till 11.30pm Tickets: tbc Contact: Gloster Jive & Swing website | | Thursday 15 July | Nottingham Rhythm Club with Oriental Jazz Band- Live Music The Stadium Leisure Snooker Club, Nottingham Road, Basford, NG5 1EG Times: 8 till 11pm (Doors open 7pm) Tickets: £8 (£7 members) Nottingham Rhythm Club's website | Friday 30 July | Derbyjive's Social Dance Nunsfield House, Boulton Lane, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 0FD 7.30pm till 11.30pm Entrance Fee: £5 Contact: Mark & Sharon on 01332 755538 / 07834 998347 | | Thursday 2 September | Nottingham Rhythm Club with Peter Frank's Dixieland Allstars - Live Music The Stadium Leisure Snooker Club, Nottingham Road, Basford, NG5 1EG Times: 8 till 11pm (Doors open 7pm) Tickets: £8 (£7 members) Nottingham Rhythm Club's website | | Thursday 23 September | Nottingham Rhythm Club with Richard Leach's Seven Stars of Jazz - Live Music The Stadium Leisure Snooker Club, Nottingham Road, Basford, NG5 1EG Times: 8 till 11pm (Doors open 7pm) Tickets: £8 (£7 members) Nottingham Rhythm Club's website | | Thursday 14 October | Nottingham Rhythm Club's Dinner and Dance with Gambit Jazzmen - Live Music The Stadium Leisure Snooker Club, Nottingham Road, Basford, NG5 1EG Times: 8 till 11pm (Doors open 7pm) Tickets: £8 (£7 members) Nottingham Rhythm Club's website | | Friday 29 October | Derbyjive's Social Dance - Halloween Ball Nunsfield House, Boulton Lane, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 0FD 7.30pm till 11.30pm Entrance Fee: £5 Contact: Mark & Sharon on 01332 755538 / 07834 998347 | | Thursday 11 November | Nottingham Rhythm Club with Pete Allen Jzz Band - Live Music The Stadium Leisure Snooker Club, Nottingham Road, Basford, NG5 1EG Times: 8 till 11pm (Doors open 7pm) Tickets: £8 (£7 members) Nottingham Rhythm Club's website | Saturday 20 November | Gloster Jive & Swing's "8th Annual 'Swinging Vegas' Charity Event" with - Live Music + Cabaret and Top DJs Walls Sports and Social Club, Hammond Way, Barnwood, GL4 3HG Time: 7.30pm till 11.45pm Tickets: tbc Contact: Gloster Jive & Swing website | | Thursday 23 December | Nottingham Rhythm Club's Christmas Party with Savannah Jazz Band - Live Music The Stadium Leisure Snooker Club, Nottingham Road, Basford, NG5 1EG Times: 8 till 11pm (Doors open 7pm) Tickets: £8 (£7 members) Nottingham Rhythm Club's website | | Friday 11 December | Derbyjive's Social Dance - Christmas Ball Nunsfield House, Boulton Lane, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 0FD 7.30pm till 11.30pm Entrance Fee: £5 Contact: Mark & Sharon on 01332 755538 / 07834 998347 | | | |
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