Their debut and 14 subsequent performances at London's South Bank have all been sold out. In demand at all the major music festivals in the UK they have performed at Warwick, Coventry, Brighton, Canterbury, Greenwich and headed the famed Soho Jazz Festival at Ronnie Scotts in 1998.

Busy also on the jazz circuit with appearances at Ronnie Scotts, Pizza on the Park Knightsbridge and top West End clubs, they have also been enjoying a series of "Forties Swing' concerts to 'jitterbug' aficionados at the famed 100 Club.

They also are kept busy on the theatre circuit including performances at the Kenneth More Theatre Ilford, Millfield Theatre North london, City Varieties Leeds, Palace Theatre Westcliff and Civic Theatre, Chelmsford. and recently performed a series of successful concerts at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester.

The Klezmer Swingers perform the old Jewish Music of Russia, and examine its influence on and relationship with the Swing era of Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman. Their journey takes them from the dens of Odessa to the speakeasies of New York. This superb showband explain with verve and humour the cultural and musical evolution of this toe-tapping music which is now undergoing an exciting revival in the UK, Eastern Europe and the States in which the Klezmer Swingers are considered to be the vanguard. Recently they have been honoured and in recognition of their work, have been included in the American Encyclopedia of Music.

The Klezmer Swingers Simcha Band are regularly in demand for weddings, barmitzvahs and corporate functions performing traditional Jewish music, hot jazz and contemporary sounds for dance.

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