14th September 2025
Show Time: 6:30pm
Price: £28.00
Join the UK’s hardest swinging band Down for the Count All-Stars for “one hellova celebration of vintage music” (TimeOut London) – it’s time to Swing That Music!
Described as “a breath of fresh air on the swing scene” (Twinwood Festival) Down for the Count’s 10-piece mini big band is regularly found in jazz clubs across the UK and abroad (Ronnie Scott’s London, Le Caveau de la Huchette Paris), at festivals including London Jazz Festival, and on BBC Radio. Now they are bringing the sounds and feels of the best jazz clubs to theatres around the country – with an electrifying show full of incredible energy, musicianship, and their own signature wry wit and humour.
In the band’s updated show for 2025, you’ll hear instrumental songs from the likes of Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Glenn Miller, vocal classics from singers such as Nat ‘King’ Cole, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, and original arrangements of jazz standards penned bymusicians in the band.
Down for the Count recreate classic tunes from the Swing Era, but this is no mere nostalgia trip – the band perform each song in their own unmistakeable style, breathing new life into the best vintage music. Combine that with the band’s top class instrumental solos, sublime vocal performances, and irresistible warmth and joie de vivre, and you get a show that will leave you feeling uplifted and wanting more.
“Awesome!!!” Michael Bublé
My first impulse on leaving Cadogan Hall in the wake of a standing ovation on Sunday
evening was to ask permission to lay 10 stars on this outstanding gig rather than the usual
five.” Jazz Journal
Tickets Adults £28 | Student £23 | Under 18's £15
Doors open 30 minutes before the performance start time.
Age Recommendation: N/A (under 18s must be accompanied by a parent or guardian)
Approx Running Time: 2 hours, 40 minutes (with interval)
*£1.30 booking fee will be added per ticket
Wheelchair spaces cannot be booked online; please call the Box Office.
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