Get your dancing shoes ready!

🎷🎺 AUGUST 15th — WE’RE GETTING INTO THE SWING OF THINGS @ FULTON PLAZA!

🌁 Come around as the Alpha Rhythm Kings & the Nick Rossi Swing Six duke it out on stage and bring out their absolute BEST!

💃🏼 And— don’t forget your dancing shoes! Special guest Hep Jen is bringing FREE swing dancing lessons at 4:00pm & 6:15pm!

Dueling Swing Bands is produced in partnership by Illuminate and Mr. Tipple’s.

About SF Live:

SF Live is a six-month series of free, outdoor music concerts put on as a joint, citywide initiative by esteemed San Francisco arts & music producers Illuminate, San Francisco Parks Alliance, Noise Pop Productions, and Union Square Alliance. Created as a love letter to San Francisco music, SF Live concerts are a coming together of San Francisco’s storied musical history and the city’s promising and developing local talent.

Schedule

4:00 PM - Hep Jen’s Swing Lessons!

4:25 PM - Alpha Rhythm Kings Set 1

4.50 PM - Nick Rossi’s Swing Six - Set 1

5:10 - Alpha Rhythm Kings Set 2

5:25 PM - Hep Jen’s Swing Lessons!

5:40 PM - Nick Rossi’s Swing Six - Set 2

5:55 PM - Alpha Rhythm Kings Set 3

6:10 PM - Nick Rossi’s Swing Six - Set 3

6:30 PM - Alpha Rhythm Kings & Nick Rossi’s Swing Six - Joint Set

About the Artists

Alpha Rhythm Kings

Established in 2017, the Alpha Rhythm Kings have created quite a stir with music fans, having crafted an exciting, King Size California sound, with what roots music magazine No Depression calls "the badge of authenticity".

The “swaggering” (The Washington Post) ensemble, led by Robert Dehlinger's “exhilarating” trumpet and "magnetic" singing (Jazz Corner) are a favorite with audiences in nightclubs, festivals and concert halls.

The A.R.K.'s high-energy vintage vibe has whisked them all over the globe, from the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, to performances in Hungary, Austria, Germany, and back to the USA to play at the Grammy Awards Nominee San Francisco Chapter Celebration.

You may catch the band entertaining at top jazz venues (Yoshi’s in Oakland, Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Grill, Blue Note Napa), nightclubs (Feinstein’s at the Nikko, 54 Below in Manhattan), exclusive private spots (the French Club, University Club of San Francisco), swanky casinos (the Peppermill in Reno, Nevada, Agua Caliente in Palm Springs, the Orleans and Fontainebleau in Las Vegas), top class hotels (the Hay-Adams in Washington, D.C.), large street fairs (San Francisco’s North Beach Festival), and family-friendly theme parks (Disneyland Resort, California’s Great America)

Frontman Robert has entertained crowds at many of the USA's most famous locales, including shows at Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night's Swing in Manhattan, George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch, Pixar Animation Studios, and Disneyland Park in Anaheim, CA.

Nick Rossi Swing Six

Nick Rossi is known both locally and internationally as a premiere swing dance bandleader, having performed throughout the United States and Europe with his Swing Four/Six, a hard-driving combo imbued with the spirit of the classic Old Testament Count Basie combos. In the autumn of 2023 he debuted his Jazzopaters, one of the few ensembles anywhere dedicated to the “small group” repertoire of the maestro Duke Ellington, spotlighting a diverse group of talented musicians.

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Event Info

BYOB

Drink responsibly.

ADA Seating Available

All Ages

Bring your whole crew, family, and an open heart as we unite to celebrate the magic of music and community! Be. Hear. Now.

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