Maravilla Scottsdale    Saturday July 23, 2022
Swing Memories Big Band was welcomed by an energetic group at Maravilla for an hour concert.  The band had fun playing for them and we all had a wonderful afternoon.  I have posted photos on our Photos & Videos page.

Merrymakers Dance Club
It may seem like a way off, but the dancing season will be upon us before we know it! Hurray!

This upcoming season, we've teamed up with the Merry Makers Dance Club, a local group in the East Valley. Otherwise, I think their title says it all. If you love dancing, then this might just be the club for you. Check out their website at www.dancemm.com.
It will be a lot of fun and I hope our usual dancing fans can come and join us at one of these events. These dances will all be held at Las Palmas Grande, which has a fantastic ballroom, both for dancing and even for just listening to music.
Thursday December 29, 2022, Merrymakers Dance Club 7-10 pm New Years Celebration Las Palmas Grand 2550 S. Ellsworth Rd. Mesa, AZ 8520 

Thursday January 12, 2023 Merrymakers Dance Club 7-10 pm 

Last night kicked off our 2015-16 season with the regular band. Not quite everyone is back from their Summer travels yet, but the band sounded great. Our first engagement is at our most popular venue, VFW Post 9399! 

Anyway, we look forward to another year of swinging, dancing and great music. Welcome back, everyone!

Another season has ended and our rosters have changed a bit, but we still know how to swing! We had a great 2014-15 season, ending with our performance at Jan & John Liberti's wedding reception in April. Congratulations, John and Jan!! It was an honor to play at your special event.

The summer began over Memorial Day weekend with a couple gigs. It was beautiful swinging weather, and it was a lot of fun to get our summer roster started. Thanks to Generations at Agritopia and to The Citadel for hosting us! We look forward to coming back soon.

Happy 2014 to all!

We are all looking forward to the new year and a new series of concerts and dances! We kick off 2014 at the VFW this Saturday (the 4th). Come join us!

- Chris

This past Saturday we opened our season at the VFW! Thanks to our fans who turned out for some swinging tunes and great dancing. We'll be there again the first Saturday in December for a very special Pearl Harbor Day celebration. Expect a good set of swinging patriotic tunes as well as some fun Christmas music to dance to!

We've got a couple of other gigs coming right up: This coming Saturday at the Elk's Lodge in Phoenix and then Veteran's Day at the Citadel. We like to keep busy!

I'll post some pictures as soon as I can.

Hope to see you on the dance floor!

- Chris

We've officially begun our summer season. Welcome to our summer musicians!

We had a nice gig last Wednesday at La Loma Village and today is our usual Memorial Day event at The Citadel. We're looking forward to celebrating our nation's soldiers today. Thanks to all who have served to keep us free!

I've posted a few pictures on the front page, as well as a recording from La Loma. I'll post new pictures & recordings as we make them.

Looking forward to swinging through the summer!

We recently donned our tuxedos and played for Noah and Kaitlyn Taylor's wedding at La Dolce Vita this past Friday, April 19th. It was a swinging night with lots of great big band classics and young and old alike dancing the night away.

Congratulations to the happy couple!

We've been busy swingin' all over the valley lately. Aside from our monthly gigs at Warren's and the VFW, we've just finished a long string of performances at a number of other places: A USO fundraiser at Merrill Gardens, a Veteran's Day event at Phoenix Elk's Lodge 335 and another Veteran's Day event at The Citadel. Lots of dancing and music making--good times had by all.

This Saturday we return to the AZ Vet's Home in Phoenix. That's a fun gig and the vets there really love hearing our music. And we're glad to make it for them!

As always--thanks to all of you that come and listen and dance at our events. It's fun to play jazz and swing music... but it's more fun when folks are dancing and having a good time!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Thursday, August 16th 6-9pm

Hope you can make it! Looks like we're going to make this a regular gig, so if you can't make it this Thursday, we'll be back in September.

We had a great time playing at Warren's the other night! We're hoping to play there on a regular basis beginning in August or September. It's a great venue--good food and drinks and room for dancing. It was even a family-friendly place; I saw a few kids dancing and enjoying the music. Thanks to all who came to listen and dance!

Go to our Photos page to see more pictures of that event.