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Down for the Count
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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
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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 5d
Feel the L-O-V-E with us this summer!

CELEBRATING NAT KING COLE
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sat 27 Jun ~ Edinburgh
Sun 28 Jun ~ Glasgow
Wed 2 Jul ~ Cambridge
Thu 3 Jul ~ Coventry
Sat 5 Jul ~ Bristol
Fri 10 Jul ~ London

🎟 downforthecount.co.uk/live-dates/c...

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L-O-V-E: Nat King Cole's hit tune performed live by The Down for the Count Swing Orchestra
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'm going to this show
How about you?

💖

Feel the L-O-V-E with the Down for the Count Swing Orchestra this summer as we celebrate the one and only Nat King Cole.

www.downforthecount.co.uk/live-dates/c...
February 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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Nat King Cole fans in the North of England: stay tuned. 👀
dftcband.bsky.social Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 5d
Feel the L-O-V-E with us this summer!

CELEBRATING NAT KING COLE
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sat 27 Jun ~ Edinburgh
Sun 28 Jun ~ Glasgow
Wed 2 Jul ~ Cambridge
Thu 3 Jul ~ Coventry
Sat 5 Jul ~ Bristol
Fri 10 Jul ~ London

🎟 downforthecount.co.uk/live-dates/c...

youtu.be/hI7tCn9Y3sM?...
L-O-V-E: Nat King Cole's hit tune performed live by The Down for the Count Swing Orchestra
YouTube video by Down for the Count
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Feel the L-O-V-E with us this summer!

CELEBRATING NAT KING COLE
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sat 27 Jun ~ Edinburgh
Sun 28 Jun ~ Glasgow
Wed 2 Jul ~ Cambridge
Thu 3 Jul ~ Coventry
Sat 5 Jul ~ Bristol
Fri 10 Jul ~ London

🎟 downforthecount.co.uk/live-dates/c...

youtu.be/hI7tCn9Y3sM?...
L-O-V-E: Nat King Cole's hit tune performed live by The Down for the Count Swing Orchestra
YouTube video by Down for the Count
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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Our 10-piece All-Stars are about to hit the road with Swing That Music, a sizzling night of vintage bangers!

18 Jan: LONDON, PizzaExpress Soho
23 Jan: PERSHORE, Number 8
30 Jan: LEEDS, City Varieties Music Hall
31 Jan: BIRMINGHAM, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

downforthecount.co.uk/live-dates
January 15, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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When we ask, “What’s your favourite festive song?”, Judy Garland’s bittersweet classic always comes up. Luckily, we have our very own Judy in the orchestra. Get your hankies ready for Elise Roth’s rendition of “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”...

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#music #jazz #Xmas
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas performed LIVE by The Down for the Count Swing Orchestra
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November 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Check us out performing the theme from "New York, New York" LIVE!

Conducted by Mike Paul-Smith, this big band with strings is touring the UK with joyful festive spectacular "Swing Into Christmas". Alongside festive faves, you'll hear non-festive classics like this one!

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Theme from New York, New York performed LIVE by The Down for the Count Swing Orchestra
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November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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POV: You've just answered the door expecting carollers, and got our 30-piece Swing Orchestra about to kick off their annual Christmas tour.

🎅✨ swingintochristmas.co.uk

#swing #jazz #music #livemusic
November 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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It begins this week: Swing Into Christmas with us at one of 25 venues around the country! 🎄🎅
swingintochristmas.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Sage advice.
johnmoe.bsky.social John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · Nov 7
Listen to more Nina Simone.
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Panettone? "Love Actually"? Cocktails inspired by San Francisco cable cars? Maybe a trip to the pub (or Portugal). Read about some of Down for the Count's Yuletide traditions in our latest blog post. 🎄🍸🍰

And tell us some of yours!

downforthecount.co.uk/blog/2025/do...
November 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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[Tubular bells dinging] 🔔 Your unthreatening* reminder that it’s only a couple of weeks until we kick off SWING INTO CHRISTMAS! 🎄

*despite Jordan’s mallets

www.swingintochristmas.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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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?

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#jazz #swing #bigband #music #swingmusic #jazzmusic #livemusic
In Conversation with conductor Mike Paul-Smith
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October 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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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
October 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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plashingvole.bsky.social Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · Sep 26
Those Protestants, up to no good as usual
A Facebook post from the Church of England clarifying that a Night For Swingers is about Swing music.
September 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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✨ What a difference a few years make! ✨
swingintochristmas.co.uk

#swing #jazz #jazzmusic #swingmusic #livejazz #livemusic
September 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Happy September!
September 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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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...
August 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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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
August 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Hold the applause, it ain't over yet!

"Bei Mir Bist Du Schön" (Swing That Music tour, April 2025)

#jazz #swing #livemusic
August 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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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
August 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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What it's like to be with us on stage:

#jazz #jazzmusic #swing #livemusic
August 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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If you're at @twinwoodfestival.bsky.social, come and catch us at the main arena shortly!
August 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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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
August 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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This weekend, we'll be visiting @twinwoodfestival.bsky.social for the *11th* time! Can't wait to be back.
August 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Trying to promote a Christmas show during a heatwave... 🫠
August 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM