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English National Brass Band Championships

The top 10 brass bands in England go horn-to-horn to win the opportunity to represent the country at the European Brass Band Championships 2014 in Perth.

Elgar Concert Hall, Birmingham

Sat 29 Jun

Prices to be confirmed

  • 10:00 – 19:00

Doncaster Jazz Orchestra, Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra

The ensemble performs big band arrangements of popular tunes and standards.

Robin Park Arena, Sports & Tennis Centre, Wigan

Thu 11 Jul

£14–£16 / 01942 828550

  • 20:00

The Gatsby Club

1920s-themed club night of live jazz, swing, music hall, comedy, burlesque, cocktails and retro tunes.

Glasgow University Union

Sat 8 Jun

£14 (£12) / 0141 339 8697

The Glenn Miller Orchestra

Ray McVay directs the world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra through their repertoire of swing and jazz band tunes.

Assembly Rooms, Tamworth

Sun 10 Nov

£16 (£14) / 01827 709618

  • 19:30

Bristol Hippodrome

Sun 14 Jul

£18–£24 / 0844 847 2325

Congress Theatre, Eastbourne

Sun 25 Aug

£18.50–£20.50 / 01323 412000

  • 15:00

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Morley College Big Band

The student ensemble performs big band arrangements of popular tunes.

The Spice Of Life, London W1D

Wed 22 May

£10 / 020 7437 7013

  • 18:00 – 23:00
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The Rat Pack Live

  • 65 min

A lavish musical show celebrating the talents of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr.

The Cresset, Bretton, Peterborough

Fri 22 Nov

£21.50 / 01733 265705

  • 19:30

The Big Band Ball

Hark back to days before WWII, when Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington ruled the wireless. A three-course dinner is followed up by an evening full of swinging tunse and ballroom dancing. Dress code is smart casual.

Skylark Hotel, Southend-on-Sea

Fri 7 Jun

£10–£25 / 01702 279955

  • 19:00 – 00:00

Fri 19 Jul

£10–£25 / 01702 279955

  • 19:00 – 00:00

Fri 16 Aug

£10–£25 / 01702 279955

  • 19:00 – 00:00
…and 4 more dates until 13 Dec

Big Band Festival

Zig Zag Band, the Byres Road Big Band and the Glasgow University Big Band come together for this special gig playing some works never performed in Scotland before.

Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow

Thu 6 Jun

£5 / 0141 339 9784

Part of West End Festival.

  • 19:00

Birmingham Conservatoire Jazz Orchestra

The ensemble performs big band arrangements of standards and popular tunes.

Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham City University

Fri 21 Jun

Adrian Boult Hall

£5.50 (£3) / 0121 331 5901

  • 13:05

Dave Barry Big Band, Steve Clayton

The band performs arrangements of well known standards and popular songs.

Iford Manor, Bradford-on-Avon

Sat 29 Jun

£32 / 01225 868124

  • 18:00
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Bootleggers, Kendal

Sun 28 Jul

Free / 01539 723824

  • 18:00

Sun 29 Sep

Free / 01539 723824

  • 18:00

Sun 1 Dec

Free / 01539 723824

  • 18:00

The Duke Street Big Band

The seventeen-piece London-based band play a compilation of jazz, funk, big band, soul and blues with a distinct Latin and South American influence.

The Old Queen's Head, London N1

Mon 1 Jul

£5 / 020 7354 9993

  • 19:30 – 00:00

ENJO Jazz Orchestra

The ensemble performs big band arrangements of standards and easy listening pop songs.

The Dugdale Centre, Enfield

Thu 23 May

£13; £12 online (£11; £10 online) / 020 8807 6680

  • 20:00 – 22:00

The Haywood Sisters

The London-based vocal three-piece performs vintage-style a cappella songs spanning from 1920s jazz standards to boogie woogie songs of the 1940s.

The Pheasantry, London SW3

Fri 19 Jul

£20 / 0845 602 7017

  • 20:30

Hits From The Blitz, Five Star Swing

The band performs jazz-swing from artists such as Vera Lynn, who notably performed during WWII.

Leighton Buzzard Theatre

Wed 29 May

£11 (£10) / 0300 300 8125

  • 20:00

Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth

Sun 2 Jun

£12 (£11) / 01395 576798

  • 19:30

The Mowlem Theatre, Swanage

Sun 23 Jun

£12 (£11) / 01929 422239

  • 19:30

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Music Hall Memories

Re-live the Music Hall days with this variety show. And if you think entertainment in Granny and Grandad's time was all prim and proper, you might get a surprise from the saucy singers, comics, jugglers, dancers and magicians strutting their stuff here in one of the world's oldest intact music halls.

Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, Glasgow

Sat 25 May

Free Pay to get out / 0141 553 0840

  • 13:00
  • 15:00

Sun 26 May

Free Pay to get out / 0141 553 0840

  • 13:00
  • 15:00

Sat 29 Jun

Free Pay to get out / 0141 553 0840

  • 13:00
  • 15:00
…and 9 more dates until 27 Oct

Nick Ross Orchestra: Sounds of Glenn Miller

Big band music from the Nick Ross Orchestra.

Gaiety Theatre, Ayr

Sat 25 May

£18.50 (£17.50) / 01292 288235

Round Midnight Jazz And Blues Bar, London N1

Wed 22 May

Free / 020 7837 8758

  • 20:30

Wed 29 May

Free / 020 7837 8758

  • 20:30

Sun Ra Arkestra

Sun Ra was a pianist and band leader, his style ranged from retro swing to avant free, often in the same piece. The Arkestra performs today, under the direction of alto saxophonist Marshall Allen and featuring Fred Adams and Michael Ray on trumpet, Knoel Scott on vocals and saxes, Yah Yah Abdul-Majid on tenor sax, Danny…

Cafe Oto, London E8

Fri 23 Aug

£25; £20 adv / 020 7923 1231

  • 20:00

Sat 24 Aug

£25; £20 adv / 020 7923 1231

  • 20:00

Sun 25 Aug

£25; £20 adv / 020 7923 1231

  • 20:00
…and 2 more dates until 27 Aug

1940s Big Band Swing Dance

Dress in your 1940s finery (perhaps a diamond as big as the Blitz?) for dinner and dancing to the musical stylings of That Swing Sensation Big Band and Nicola Cassells. More fun comes in the form of a raffle and auction.

Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow

Fri 30 Aug

£55 (includes complimentary drink and three course meal) / 01292 561347

  • 18:15 – 00:00
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Academy Percussion Ensemble/Academy Big Band

The ensemble performs a selection of jazz pieces by Joe Locke, with Stan Sulzmann, saxophone.

Royal Academy Of Music, London NW1

Thu 13 Jun

Duke’s Hall

£7 (£5) / 020 7873 7300

  • 19:30

The Allstar Goodmen Orchestra

The ensemble performs the music of Benny Goodman, plus other big band arrangements.

Malvern Theatres

Sun 2 Jun

Forum Theatre

£18.50–£22 / 01684 892277

  • 19:15

The BBC Big Band

A celebration of the rise of Big Band and Dance Band music in the UK. Including a selection of favourites from the days of the BBC Dance Orchestra under the batons of Jack Payne and Henry Hall through to the music of band leaders including Jack Hylton, Harry Roy, Bert Ambrose, Geraldo, Ted Heath, John Dankworth, Joe Loss…

Corn Exchange, King's Lynn

Tue 23 Jul

£25 / 01553 764864

  • 19:30

Big Band Leavers Gig

Departing members from The University Of Warwick Big Band play jazz, swing, Latin, funk and soul under the aegis of Musical Directors Dan Parkes, Bradley Price and Nick Perry.

Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry

Sat 22 Jun

£8.50 (£5.50) / 024 7652 4524

  • 20:00

The Big Beer Band

Seventeen-piece swing band.

The Grape & Grain, London SE19

Mon 27 May

Free / 020 8778 4109

  • 20:00

Mon 3 Jun

Free / 020 8778 4109

  • 20:00

Mon 10 Jun

Free / 020 8778 4109

  • 20:00
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