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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 · 25d
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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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 · 10d
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?

youtu.be/0cvizMWela8?...

#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
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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
August 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Any jazz / swing / vintage music fans out there?
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ALT: a man wearing a yellow shirt with the letter a on the front
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July 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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In case you were wondering, we DON'T turn cameras onto the audience at our gigs.
July 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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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
July 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Imagine trying to promote a Christmas show in a heatwave.

Nope, couldn't be us.

www.swingintochristmas.co.uk
July 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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The news is OUT! Here are our full dates for this year's SWING INTO CHRISTMAS tour ✨

More info & tickets: www.swingintochristmas.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM