APR 02 | Eagles #34 |
8pm (dance lesson7pm)
SOUTHSIDE ACES—WEDNESDAY NIGHT SWING DANCE W/MISS SHANNON!
This is how it works. You head to 25th and 25th in South Minneapolis, park in one of a hundred free and easy spots attached to the cinderblock building called The Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie #34, and enter the Eagles universe. A swing dance hosted by the best of the best, Miss Shannon Butler. Beer and dancing, beer and sitting, beer and Polish food from Wojtek's. You don't have to have the beer, but you will enjoy yourself.
APR 16 | Eagles #34 |
8pm (dance lesson7pm)
HIGH NOONE—WEDNESDAY NIGHT SWING DANCE W/MISS SHANNON!
This band made its first appearance at last year's Jazz Age Rumpus. High Noone performs the music of the clarinet virtuoso Jimmie Noone. Led by clarinetist and Southside Ace, Tony Balluff, he'll bring fellow Ace, Dave Michael in on drums. Brad Holden, alto saxophone; Ted Godbout, piano; and Josh Granowski, string bass, round out the band. You get to enter the dancing and listening world of Prohibition Chicago.
APR 19 | Amsterdam Bar and Hall |
8pm (doors 7pm)
SOUTHSIDE ACES 420 DIVISION—GOLDEN GARTERS BURLESQUE REVUE
For the second year, Golden Garters Burlesque Revue will celebrate the green holiday. Southside Aces veterans, Tony Balluff, Dave Michael, and Dan Eikmeir are joined by guitarist Mike Cramer and bassist Josh Granowski to perpetrate viper music on the public, while the dancers will show you what for.
MAY 7 | Eagles #34 |
8pm (dance lesson7pm)
SOUTHSIDE ACES—WEDNESDAY NIGHT SWING DANCE W/MISS SHANNON!
The Aces get the honor of celebrating the birthday of one of our favorite people ever! Miss Shannon herself! There'll be the usual goings on down at the F.O.E., dancing, listening, zapiekanka...not to mention a high probability of cake.
MAY 13 | Dakota |
7pm (doors 5:30pm)
SOUTHSIDE ACES—A NIGHT IN NEW ORLEANS!
The Aces go into the world-famous downtown Minneapolis jazz joint to ply their trade. Any given night in front of us will give you Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Fats Domino, Preservation Hall...and that's just the first handful. It includes originals in the style; proof that the heartbeat of this music is still going strong.