@dftcband.bsky.social
The UK’s hardest swinging band, as seen at Ronnie Scott’s, London Jazz Festival, Twinwood Festival, Cadogan Hall and more. 🎷🎺 Check out our dates for 2025: www.downforthecount.co.uk
How did the Down for the Count Swing Orchestra come about? Mike Paul-Smith – band leader, conductor, arranger – explains.
Have you seen the full 30-piece “big band with strings” in action yet?
youtu.be/0cvizMWela8?...
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Not long till we sled up and down the country with SWING INTO CHRISTMAS ✨🎅 Will we see you there?
swingintochristmas.co.uk
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✨ What a difference a few years make! ✨
swingintochristmas.co.uk
#swing #jazz #jazzmusic #swingmusic #livejazz #livemusic
Happy September!
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Check us out in the latest issue of This Is London! Be sure not to miss a sensational night at @cadoganhall.bsky.social with our Swing Orchestra this autumn. 🍂🎷
Book at cadoganhall.com/whats-on/dow...
Vintage music lovers of #Bristol! Not many tickets remaining for SWING THAT MUSIC with the Down for the Count All-Stars 🎷🎺 Come along to the Redgrave Theatre for an electric night of #Swing Era classics.
🎟️ redgravetheatre.com/book/?id=2158
#jazz #livemusic
Hold the applause, it ain't over yet!
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schön" (Swing That Music tour, April 2025)
#jazz #swing #livemusic
Sun 14 Sep ~ Bristol
Thu 18 Sep ~ London (PizzaExpress Holborn) - with food!
Fri 3 Oct ~ Evesham
Sat 4 Oct ~ London (Cadogan Hall) – with a 30-piece orchestra!
Thu 9 Oct ~ Coventry
Sat 11 Oct ~ Torquay
Thu 16 Oct ~ Bedford
Sun 19 Oct ~ London (PizzaExpress Soho) - with food!
Our hard-swinging All-Stars are revving up to hit the road again with SWING THAT MUSIC, an electrifying evening of classics from the Great American Songbook. Catch the show that's been delighting audiences around the country! 🎺💥
downforthecount.co.uk/live-dates/
#livemusic #jazz #swing
We were very hot in all that good weather and our keyboard broke from dust exposure, but we still had a grand time at #TwinwoodFestival!
26.08.2025 12:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0What it's like to be with us on stage:
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If you're at @twinwoodfestival.bsky.social, come and catch us at the main arena shortly!
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We're thrilled to back in Birmingham's wonderful @royalbirmcons.bsky.social on Sat 31st Jan!
Tickets: www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...
2026 dates for SWING THAT MUSIC incoming!
First up is Leeds' stunning City Varieties Music Hall on Fri 30th Jan
Tickets: tinyurl.com/ycymkpf5
#jazz #livejazz #swing #music #livemusic #gigs
Some of our previous #Twinwood appearances...
#jazz #livejazz #livemusic #music #TwinwoodFestival #vintage #vintagemusic #swing #swingmusic
This weekend, we'll be visiting @twinwoodfestival.bsky.social for the *11th* time! Can't wait to be back.
18.08.2025 15:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Trying to promote a Christmas show during a heatwave... 🫠
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Don't they look good together? (We mean the dates, but also the people in the photo.)
#swing #jazz #music #livemusic #livejazz #musicsky
In case you were wondering, we DON'T turn cameras onto the audience at our gigs.
19.07.2025 09:44 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
It's almost time for what's become our summer tradition: performing at @twinwoodfestival.bsky.social!
Take a walk down memory lane with us, with this blog post about our last visit.
www.downforthecount.co.uk/blog/2024/he...
Who's joining us there next month?
#livemusic #vintage #jazz #swing
Imagine trying to promote a Christmas show in a heatwave.
Nope, couldn't be us.
www.swingintochristmas.co.uk
The news is OUT! Here are our full dates for this year's SWING INTO CHRISTMAS tour ✨
More info & tickets: www.swingintochristmas.co.uk
#jazz #jazzmusic #musicsky
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Promotional image for the show, depicting some singers and musicians, and the following dates: 17 Jun ~ NOTTINGHAM 19 Jun ~ MANCHESTER 20 Jun ~ BRISTOL 21 Jun ~ LONDON 27 Jun ~ CAMBRIDGE
⭐ Kicking off this week! ⭐ CELEBRATING SAMMY DAVIS JR in his centenary year. Join us for an evening of top-tier musicianship and vocals honouring a true musical legend.
www.downforthecount.co.uk/live-dates/c...
Happy Volunteers' Week to all the warm, helpful, friendly venue staff we've had the pleasure of dealing with at venues up and down the country!
02.06.2025 14:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0For you #jazz and #livemusic fans!
02.06.2025 14:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 003 Jul ~ Norwich Theatre (Playhouse), Norwich (Swing That Music)
03 Aug ~ @boatheatre.bsky.social, Brighton (Swing That Music)
23 Aug ~ @twinwoodfestival.bsky.social – Control Tower show
25 Aug ~ @twinwoodfestival.bsky.social – Arena show
04 Jun ~ Boisdale Restaurants (Canary Wharf), London
*Celebrating Sammy Davis Jr.*
17 Jun ~ Albert Hall, Nottingham
19 Jun ~ Stoller Hall, Manchester
20 Jun ~ @stgeorgesbris.bsky.social, Bristol
21 Jun ~ @cadoganhall.bsky.social, London
27 Jun ~ West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
