The Calibre Cats

The Cats are back to swing it up in the plush surrounds of Brisbane’s premiere lounge bar – Cloudland! Saaaa-weet!

Come along for a snappy night out on:

• Thursday 24th June, 9pm
• Thursday 15th July, 9pm
• Thursday 29th July, 9pm

Hot tunes, sweet cocktails, and as usual, a huge dance floor for all you sensational swing dancers. Free entry – just remember that smart dress standards apply – whatever that means! Just go Mad Men style like Scott for maximum awesomeness.

Catch you all then kiddies!

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Renaissance de Vaudeville

Ladies and Gentlemen: You may have heard of circus tricks. You may have heard of sideshow. You may have heard of all kinds of jazz flips and dancers jumpin’ the wildest and the most insane. You may have heard of sexy, saucy, crazy gals. But you studs and stallions and cats and kitties have NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS!

Join us this Saturday night as we kick it cabaret-style at Renaissance de Vaudeville.

Circus, music, sideshow, dance, comedy, magic, burlesque, and more! Come, relax, enjoy a glass of champagne in the ambience of the Old Museum, and see what comes to life on a winter’s night in Brisbane. Our troupe will dazzle and astound you, bewilder and bewitch you, amaze and amuse you, entice you, tease you, and leave you breathless with delight!

Saturday 26 June from 8.00 pm (doors open at 7:30)
The Old Museum, Bowen Hills (next to the RNA showgrounds)

Tickets on sale now at Oztix.com – $25 each – Get ‘em while they’re HOT!

http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?Event=15929

This is an 18+ event. Photo ID is required for entry.

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A quick thanks to everyone that came out to our shows as part of Wintersun 2010 – we had an absolute cracker of a time! Was also great playing with the boys from Lucky Seven – let us know how those promo stickers go fellas

Wintersun 2010

Did someone say bass spinning? Heck. Yes.

Dollface and Seanface

Tiny hiding in the background

Jimmy and Rowan

Bridget looking like a Muppet

Hope to see you all again next year!

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Hey kids,

The Cats will be appearing at two shows down Gold Coast/Tweed/Coolangatta way this week for the 2010 Wintersun festival – celebrating all things Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Swing and Cabaret.

First show up is on Thursday night:

• Thursday 9th June – 7:30pm
  Tweed Heads Civic Centre
  with Lucky Seven and Ray Keepence

Followed by:

• Sunday 13th June – 10am
  Wintersun Show and Shine
  Marine Parade / Goodwin Park

Love to see you there. More details on the Wintersun website.

Cheers

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After great turn-outs from last month’s shows at the Jazz Club and Cloudland, we’re excited to announce that we’ve been invited to be the band in residence for the next three weeks at Cloudland. Whoop whoop!

The Calibre Cats, the hottest bunch of hipster swing cats in Bris-vegas (just ask us), are raining down their blend of nu-swing and up-jazz stylings to get your feet moving!

Come down to the gorgeous surrounds of Cloudland (Anne Street, Fortitude Valley) from 9:30pm on Thurs 15th April, Thurs 22nd April and Thurs 29th April, and get your lindy-hoppin’ skills on!

Free entry. Ker-ching.

Smart dress code applies. Stay classy San Diego.

Big dance floor!

Meanwhile, if you like what you hear at our shows, then why not become a fan on Facebook!

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Hey kids,

Happy 2010! It’s looking like a busy start back into the swing of things (pun intended) for the Calibre Cats this year, with gigs at the Bowery, the Brisbane Jazz Club and Cloudland all locked and loaded for January.

Had a great show at the Bowery last week – here are some pics from the gig.

Back alley 'green room'

Bridget

Luke

Tiny and Scez

Rowan and Sean

Chelsea

Tiny in serious mode

Rowan

Old skool microphone

Hope to see you all at the Brisbane Jazz Club at Kangaroo Point from 6pm this Sunday 24th January, and at Cloudland the following Thursday night!

Cheers,
The Calibre Cats

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Hi all,

Just a quick shout out to let you know that we recorded a few demo tracks a couple of weeks back and have just about finished the mastering on it. So give us a shout at contact (at) thecalibrecats.com or use the form on our contact us page if you’d like us to send out a copy of the final CD.

Meanwhile, here are some pics of the gang in the studio (or the better-looking ones at least…).

The Horns

Bridget pulls out the soul sister stylings

Catch you all around soon as we gear up for some swingin shows.

Cheers,
The Calibre Cats

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Hi kiddies… the Calibre Cats are proud to finally draw back the curtains on our brand spankin’ new website! Not too shabby for a bunch of jazz musicians hey?!

Anyway, we’re currently in the middle of mixing our recordings so stay tuned for those as we post them in the coming week or so.

Meanwhile, we’d love to hear what you think of our website! For those with Internet Explorer, the design is gonna freak out a little, so for the full Calibre experience get yourself across to Firefox. Seriously. All the hipsters are using it these days – and remember that we swing better than we code…

Swing you later,
The Calibre Cats

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