ERRICK'S BLUES CAFE

THURSDAY 29TH MAY
8:00pm
ERRICK'S CAFE

For years Blues dancers have been pushed into the small hours of the night. We thought it was about time that Blues dancers got pride of place with an actual evening event. We are kicking off this year's event with The Whirling Eddys. Some of Dunedin's best musicians are knocking out the tunes to get this party started. Check out this profile on the band leader, John Dodd on the Audio Culture website. 

Cash bar

Doors open: 7:30pm
Band: The Whirling Eddys
Location: Errick's Cafe, 649 Princes Street
Ticket Price: $25 + BF (or included in your full festival pass)

South Seas Shuffle

FRIDAY 30TH MAY
7:30pm
SARGOOD CENTRE

Right in the spot where the 1925 NZ and South Seas International Exhibition was housed – we will shuffle our socks off in the Sargood Centre. Dunedin City Jazz orchestra will blast out the tunes and get you ready for a weekend of learnin' and socialisin'.

Cash bar. Catering Provided.

Doors open: 7:30pm
Band: Dunedin City Jazz Orchestra (8pm)
Location: Sargood Centre, 40 Logan Park Drive
Ticket Price: $40 + BF - or included in your full festival pass.

There is no taster dance class for this event. Check out the Saturday night event which has a free class at the start of the evening.

The Josephine Ball

WITH FREE TASTER DANCE CLASS
PLUS Jessie Gordon and her Rinky Tinky Jingle Jangle Jazz Club

SATURDAY 31ST May
7:00pm Taster Class | 8:00pm Band
Toitū Otago Settlers Museum - Josephine Foyer

Dance away the night with ol' Josephine.

Josephine is a double Fairlie (double ended) locomotive first operated at the Dunedin-Port Chalmers Railway in 1872. The train was sent to be scrapped 45 years later after being used around the country. It was saved from the scrapyard and has been on display at the museum since the late 1920s. Josephine was restored and moved indoors in the late 1960s. It is one of only a handful of surviving double Fairlies left in the world and we love her dearly here in Ōtepoti!

Jessie Gordon is a very sun-shy Perth red-headed jazz singer who enjoys swing music, dancing in her kitchen to Otis Redding, eating cheese at any given opportunity and singing in the shower and every other (shaded) venue. Her main musical passions are jazz, blues and roots music. She started singing professionally at the age of 15 and has fronted big bands, jazz duos and every sized band in-between. She has toured Australia, America, South East Asia, Germany, France, Spain, Poland and the UK. She is also a 20 time Fringe World Music and Cabaret Award winner. We are very excited to have paired her up with our very own Rinky Tinkies to keep the dance floor pumping!

New to dance? A taster class to teach you the basics opens the event at 7:00pm.

Catering provided - Cash Bar
Doors: 6:30pm (Band starts at 8:00pm)
Taster dance class for absolute beginners: 7 - 8pm
Music: Jessie Gordon and her Rinky Tinky Jingle Jangle Jazz Club
Location: Toitū Otago Settlers Museum - Josephine Foyer, 31 Queens Garden
Ticket Price: $50 + BF or included in a full festival pass
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Afterparty – The New Athenaeum
Doors: 11:30pm - No door sales for the afterparty - entry is included in The Josephine Ball ticket or full festival pass
Music: TBC
Cash Bar

Sunday Night at the Whare

SUNDAY 1ST JUNE
7:30pm
Te Whare O Rukutia

Party Party Party - dance until you drop with Skin & Bone.

Details: catering provided, cash bar (EFTPOS facilities available)
Doors: 7:30pm (Band starts at 8:00pm)
Music: Skin & Bone
Location: TBC
Ticket Price: $40 + BF or included in a full festival pass / Social events pass

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Afterparty – The New Athenaeum
Doors: 11:30pm - No door sales for the afterparty - entry is included in Sunday Night at the Whare ticket or full festival/social events pass
Music: Invited DJ special sets
Cash Bar

Out for the 8 count

MONDAY 2ND JUNE

"I'll try my best not to cry
By and by
When the final farewells must be spoken."

After the last class on Monday we will have a place to congregate for food and a bevvy. We will have a DJ playing some tunes so you can have a farewell dance or just rest those legs to some familiar tunes.

This is a free event.

Venue: Errick's Cafe
Time: From 1pm