Candy Cane Dance at the Glen Echo
Spanish Ballroom
Saturday, December 28, 2019
Time: 9:00 - 11:45pm
7300 Macarthur Blvd.
Glen Echo, MD 20812
What a way to end the year! Enjoy a beginner swing lesson with Gottaswing’s Tom and Debra from 8:00-9:00pm. The band will play two swingin’ sets starting at 9:00pm.
Admission $20 at the door; general admission only. Carpooling
is always recommended at Glen Echo.
It's a Candy Cane Dance! Dress in white and red, just like a peppermint!
Festival of Lights
Friday, January 3, 2020
Time: 7:30 - 8:30pm
Visitors’ Center, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
9900 Stoneybrook Drive
Kensington, Maryland 20895
You’ve never seen anything like the stunning lights display and the other marvelous features on the grounds and inside the Visitors’ Center.
Your Olney Big Band is delighted to be performing Christmas music and other swing numbers in the beautiful auditorium. All Festival performances are free, but please use this Eventbrite link to get your tickets. Tickets go very quickly, so don’t wait!
Haiti Benefit Concert
Saturday, January 18, 2020
7:30 – 9:30pm
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
6701 Muncaster Mill Road
Derwood, MD 20855
Everyone is invited, and no tickets are required for this big band concert. However, donations are appreciated, and will go toward funding the Haiti medical missions that the parish supports.
Living Arts Concert Series
Sunday, February 9, 2020
4:00 – 5:50pm
Church of the Resurrection
3315 Greencastle Rd.
Burtonsville, MD 20866
Coming to you LIVE from the Living Arts Series stage in downtown Burtonsville is the Olney Big Band presenting the "Golden Age of Big Band Radio.” Please join us to experience those classic radio commercials, and wonderful big band theme songs and vocals, which will bring back the days of remote broadcasts from such famous places as the Savoy, Roseland, and Cotton Club ballrooms. Featured will be many of the historic tunes made famous by Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, and more.
No tickets are required, but a $15 donation would be appreciated.
Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival
Friday, February 14, 2020
8:00 – 9:00pm
Hilton Hotel & Executive Meeting Center
1750 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
We’re jazzed! Start your MAJF weekend with us on Friday, February 14th at 8PM on the Atrium Main Stage, right in the hotel lobby. The renowned Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival runs Friday-Sunday, February 14-16. There will be more than 50 acts throughout the weekend, as well as vendors -- everything under one roof! See you there!
