Dedicated to the performance and preservation of Traditional Jazz in Austin and Central Texas

ATJS Concert Season Calendar

2024 – 2025 Schedule
Sept. 22   Vic’s Hot Six
Oct. 20   The Joymakers
Dec. 1   Swing Shift
Feb. 16, 2025   Annual ATJS Jam Session
Mar. 16, 2025   The Relevators
Apr. 13, 2025   Violet Crown Serenaders
Jun. 8, 2025   Silver Creek Jazz Band

Swing Shift

Clockwise from top left: Dave Stoddard (trombone), Don Denzin (clarinet/sax), Sean Newton (cornet), Bill Troiano (tuba), and Johnny Serrano (banjo/guitar)

Swing Shift of Austin has been around since 2013. In its early days it was known as La Grosse Tete. Swing Shift has been a favorite of listeners and swing dancers alike and has played for many swing dances.

Swing Shift performs for the Austin Traditional Jazz Society on Sunday, December 1 from 2 to 4:45 pm at Ben Hur Shrine Temple at 7811 Rockwood Lane, Austin, TX, off Anderson Lane near MoPac.

There is plenty of free parking at Ben Hur. The hall contains a large dance floor. Snacks, beer, wine and sodas are available. Patrons can bring their own food. ATJS concerts are family friendly.

Season memberships can be purchased at the door or by visiting www.atjs.org. Guests can enter for $12 and college students with ID and members of the Austin Jazz Society are $5.