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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
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
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
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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back to topMusic 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
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
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
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






