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Salute to the Jazz and Blues Legends of Dreamland Ballroom by Swing Band Reunion

  • Dreamland Ballroom 800 West 9th Street Little Rock, AR, 72201 United States (map)

Friday, July 25, 7:00 p.m. $20.00 per ticket. (Eventbrite tickets sales TBD) 

Celebrate the return of Big Band music to Dreamland Ballroom after more than fifty years of silence from this historic and celebrated landmark, where the greatest legends of jazz and blues performed from 1918 to 1968.

Swing Band Reunion, celebrates its 25th year, as an extension of historic Central High School’s Swing Band. SBR has performed at CALS Robinson Theater, numerous retirement communities and churches, for Central High School alumni Tiger Fest, and for the 2024 Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame induction ceremony. 

Taborian Hall and it’s Dreamland Ballroom celebrate the 107th anniversary in July of the rebirth and preservation of this iconic structure in downtown Little Rock. (Add more if needed)

SBR’s performance includes the music from Dreamland Ballroom notable musicians list: Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Etta James, Cab Calloway, Benny Carter, native Arkansan Louis Jordan, and more.

Earlier Event: June 28
Private Event
Later Event: August 16
Diamond State Dance Club Event