News
New Year, New Show!
We are pleased to announce that we are working on an exciting new show called The Best of the Big Bands. This will be a musical history celebrating the great bandleaders, arrangers and performers in the big band idiom. The show will trace big band music from its beginnings to the present day, with lots of features and solo performances …
Swinging season’s greetings!
The La’al Big Band would like to thank all our friends and supporters for a great 2015. To take the words from Frank Sinatra, “It’s been a very good year”. Hopefully 2016 will be even better! There’ll be some small changes in 2016. We’re going to be scouring Cumbria for some new venues as it’s getting increasingly tricky to find suitable dates …
Tribute to the Count
Join the La’al Big Band for its tribute to the great Count Basie and his band. The band will be featuring favourites such as Flight of the Foo Birds, Li’l Darlin, The Kid from Red Bank, Splanky and much, much more. The music kicks off at 7.30pm at Whitehaven Golf Club on Sunday, October 25. Entry costs just £7. …