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Dunfermline Live
A weekend showcase of Scottish music.
Various venues, Dunfermline
Fri 11 Oct
Free
- 12:00 – 01:30
Sat 12 Oct
Free
- 12:00 – 01:30
Sun 13 Oct
Free
- 12:00 – 01:30
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
Everything Bublé
Tribute to the smooth crooning of Michael Bublé.
Central Hall, Grimsby
Fri 5 Jul
£12–£15 / 01472 346251
- 20:00 – 22:00
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
Back To Basie Orchestra
The band plays the songs by American jazz pianist and composer Count Basie.
Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Sat 10 Aug
Snape
£15–£22; £6.50 prom / 01728 687110
- 19:30
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
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 19 Jul
£10–£25 / 01702 279955
- 19:00 – 00:00
Fri 16 Aug
£10–£25 / 01702 279955
- 19:00 – 00:00
Fri 20 Sep
£10–£25 / 01702 279955
- 19:00 – 00:00
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 24 Jun
Free / 020 8778 4109
- 20:00
Mon 1 Jul
Free / 020 8778 4109
- 20:00
Mon 8 Jul
Free / 020 8778 4109
- 20:00
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
Byres Road Big Band
SNJO alumnus Paul Towndrow (saxophone) leads the big band.
City Halls, Glasgow
Sat 29 Jun
Bazaar Bar
Free / 0141 353 8000
Part of Glasgow International Jazz Festival.
- 14:00
Callum Au Big Band
The ensemble performs big band arrangements of popular songs and showtunes.
Ronnie Scott's, London W1D
Sat 20 Jul
£25–£45 / 020 7439 0747
- 18:00
County Upper School Swing Band
The group performs big band and swing music from the 1940s to the present day.
The Apex, Bury St Edmunds
Thu 4 Jul
£10 (Children £6; £6; £6) / 01284 758000
- 19:30
Cutting Edge Big Band
The ensemble performs big band arrangements of showtunes and popular songs.
The Trout Inn, Lechlade
Sun 21 Jul
Phone for prices / 01367 252313
- 14:30
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
Winter Gardens, Margate
Sat 6 Jul
£15; £25 pair of tickets; £100 table of 10 / 01843 292795
- 19:30
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
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
Drummond Community Big Band
Big band formed from an evening class playing mainly jazz standards.
Woodside Hotel, Aberdour
Sun 4 Aug
£8 / 01592 750625
- 14:00 – 17:00
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
E17 Large Ensemble
The ensemble performs various jazz and big band songs.
The Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston Culture House, London N16
Sun 6 Oct
£8 / 020 7254 4097
- 15:30
ENJO Jazz Orchestra
The ensemble performs big band arrangements of standards and easy listening pop songs.
Hertford Theatre
Wed 17 Jul
£13 (£11) / 01992 531500
- 20:00
The Film and TV Theme Extravaganza
A night of TV and flim nostalgia as big band London Music Works perform favourite theme tunes from the 70s and 80s.
Islington Assembly Hall, London N1
Tue 9 Jul
£15 / 020 7527 2000
Gillon - The Sound of Buble
Tribute to the Canadian crooner.
The Ferry, Glasgow
Sat 27 Jul
£10.50 in advance; £12 on door; £25.45 with early dinner at 6pm / 01698 360085
- 20:00
