Upcoming Events
Riviera Swing, Victoria Hotel, Torquay
A dedicated 1930s/1940s weekender featuring big bands, swing orchestras, top DJs, dance classes, Savoy tea dances, a vintage market, and classic cinema screenings.
Watford Pump House, The 5 Nickels
No booking in advance - just come along - everyone welcome!
Jazz & Beer - Enrico Tomasso's Riverboat Shuffler
Here’s a band that breathes new life into the golden era of jazz, with the cream of the classic jazz players around today. All masters of their craft creating new versions of old gems, lead by the incomparable Enrico Tomasso on trumpet..
Coco Club, Devizes
Visit the Coco Club and drift back to the 1930s, the golden age of British Dance Band music. Take to the floor at this vintage venue and dance to the music of fabulous period orchestras such as Jack Hylton, Carroll Gibbons, Ambrose and Lew Stone, and singers like Al Bowlly.
Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra - Phyllis Court Club
Tony Jacobs: Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra - Big band
Harry Strutters Hot 6
SURREY: Epsom Hot Jazz Club - Epsom calendar_today 14 Dec 2026 at 1:30 PM place Epsom, Surrey Admission Members £20 | Non Members £15.
Swinging At The Cotton Club Derby
Derby Theatre
15 Theatre Walk
St Peter's Quarter
Derby
DE1 2NF
Swinging at the Cotton Club Worthing Pavillion
Swinging at the Cotton Club
Featuring: The Lindy Hop Dance Company
Swinging At The Cotton Club Beverly Parkway Cinema
The theatrical production celebrates the music and dance of Harlem's iconic 1920s nightclub, The Cotton Club. The show features the Lindy Hop Dance Company alongside The Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra and singers, performing classic swing and jazz music inspired by legends like Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Ella Fitzgerald.
Swinging At The Cotton Club Colchester
Swinging at the Cotton Club
Featuring the Lindy Hop Dance Company
Take a step back into 1920s New York City and through the doors of Harlem’s hottest nightclub, the Cotton Club!
Swinging at the Cotton Club takes to the stage with their unique celebration of the dance and music of the Cotton Club: New York’s iconic nightclub of the 1920s.
Swinging at the Cotton Club at Theatre Royal Winchester
Featuring The Lindy Hop Dance Company & The Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra
Take a step back into 1920s & '30s New York City and through the doors of Harlem's hottest nightclub, The Cotton Club!
Harrow Arts Centre THE JOINT IS JUMPIN’!’ A Swing Dance Spectacular The Swing Time Jivers and the Tony Jacobs Orchestra. Matinee.
Tony Jacobs returns to his favourite theatre and invites you to step back in time and feel the rhythm as The Joint Is Jumpin’ brings the Roaring ‘Twenties and Swinging ‘Thirties to life!
Stranraer Jazz Festival
Martin Litton playing with Martin Litton and His Rythm and the New Century Ragtime Orchestra.
Sarratt Festival - Giants of Jazz
Giants of Jazz Piano with Martin Litton and an 8 piece band exploring many styles of jazz piano playing from ragtime to bebop.
Booking info: https://www.sarrattfestivalofmusic.co.uk/booking
THE HEALING POWER OF JAZZ
Renowned jazz pianist, Martin Litton brings together a star-studded line up of seasoned jazz musicians. At a time when audiences are increasingly aware of music’s role in wellbeing and connection this concert will offer both insight and enjoyment through a rich and compassionate musical tradition. The Healing Power of Jazz presents jazz as a source of emotional, cultural and communal healing across the twentieth century.
Tickets: £17.50 (under 25s £8.50). Weekend Saver £110.
SPATS LANGHAM’S FIVE NICKELS
Spats Langham’s Five Nickels are a group of musicians who regularly worked with the pianist and jazz scholar Keith Nichols. After Keith’s death in 2021 the Five Nickels were formed to continue his vibrant musical legacy. These outstanding musicians bring to life the music and syncopated rhythms of the 1920s and ‘30s, together with the subtle nuanced vocals of the period. There will be old favourites from Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Bix Beiderbecke alongside a selection of rarely heard songs and music from this inspirational era. The band line-up will be: TOM ‘SPATS’ LANGHAM, guitar and banjo; TREVOR WHITING, reeds; RICHARD PITE, tuba, bass and drums; RICO TOMASSO, trumpet; and MARTIN LITTON, piano.
ADMISSION: £15.00 advance booking only.
Songs of the 1930s with Janice Day
An evening of timeless classics from the Great American Songbook, featuring songs from the golden age of Broadway, Hollywood and jazz.
New Century Ragtime Orchestra
Enjoy a night of music from New Century Ragtime Orchestra, with tunes from the dawn of Ragtime in the 1890s to the early Swing era of the 1930s.
The astounding 12-piece orchestra will transport you back in time and have you grooving along to each song.
