A Midsummer Night’s Swing

Lead Swing dancers Photo: © Frank Stewart

Another night of live jazz for dancing has been added on Wednesday 16 June at Stoke Newington Town Hall. These two special nights of swing are part of the events of the 2010 Barbican International Residency by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.

Enjoy a chance to celebrate the dance styles that inspired the rise of swing music in the 1930s in the beautiful surroundings of this newly-refurbished town hall, an historic Grade II listed Art Deco building with a traditional Canadian Maple sprung dance floor. It’s a rare opportunity to experience the power and beauty of a great, transatlantic swing band.

9pm Wednesday 16 June & 9pm Thursday 17 June

A Midsummer Night’s Swing:
Musical Director Guy Barker and guests from Jazz at Lincoln Center
Stoke Newington Town Hall, Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 0JR

Tickets £25 (dancefloor) / £15 (seated gallery)
Produced by the Barbican

Red-hot swing from a specially-assembled big band under the direction of trumpeter, bandleader and arranger Guy Barker which features brilliant musicians from both sides of the pond. A summer celebration of the dance roots of jazz with some of the most exciting, foot-tapping arrangements in the history of the music. Food and drink will be available for purchase. Bring your dancing shoes.

Tickets from Barbican Box Office: 0845 120 7550

Part of Jazz at Lincoln Center at the Barbican: United In Swing 2010

The Barbican is proud of its first International Residency Series, the partnership with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. The residency offers audiences at the Barbican and in East London the opportunity to experience some of the best big band music in the world, played by a selection of America’s finest jazz musicians.