South London, we're swingin' into Brixton soon for a dance night at Hootananny Brixton on 6th March! Tickets from hootanannybrixton.co.uk/the-jive-ace...

A few more of our USA tour dates are now on sale including 27 March with our friends @GoodShotJudy at James River Grand Ballroom at @KingsmillResort! Links in the comments below for this and all other shows! 👇🏻 🎶 🎹 🎵 🎸 ♭ 🥁 🎵 🎺 🎶 🎷 ♮ 🪗 ♯

Rockin' Is Our Bizness and business is doing fine! Experience The Jive Aces in the best way possible, live and swingin'! Dates coming up until we go to the USA below👇🏻 1/3

Happy birthday to living legend John Travolta! Honoured to have met him on a few occasions and in one case even shared the stage! Many happy returns and thanks for all you do!

Opening up the Big Jive All-Dayer this year is Charlotte Porter and the Hi-Rollers! Sat 28 Feb, Worthing Theatres Assembly Hall. 11 hours, 5 bands, 3 DJs and 1 huge dance floor. Tickets from link in comments👇🏻

Happy Fat Tuesday everyone. Here is a quick post just wishing you all a lovely pancake day with absolutely no advertising or subliminal messaging in at all…

"Bring Me Sunshine" with a twist; with The Knightingales! They join us Fri 20 Feb, 2026 at Princes Theatre, Clacton with Noelle Vaughn for our "Feelin' Happy" show and the Big Jive All-Dayer at @wtm.uk Worthing Assembly Hall, Sat 28 Feb. Check website for details 👗 & 👕 by Vivien Of Holloway

What a blast at Ronnie Scott's this afternoon to another sold out crowd! Thanks to The Knightingales for joining us. Incidentally, they’ll be with us again along with Noelle Vaughn at the Princes Theatre, Clacton on Friday and at The Big Jive All-Dayer 2026 on the 28 Feb!

It's Valentine's Day and we are heading to Hayling Island via a nice (vegan) carvery at the Ship & Castle, Portsmouth. Our original song which Ian wrote called “Buon San Valentino” is still available to download for free and you can see the video at the link below👇🏻

Check out Ian's interview on @sussexworld.bsky.social all about the The Big Jive All-Dayer 2026 on Sat 28 Feb at @wtm.uk Worthing Assembly Hall! I'm not sure why he decided to read the lineup like a weather man though... Link below👇🏻

Thanks to everybody who gave us feedback on the album artwork. Based on that we have come up with a new design! We'd appreciate any feedback on this new design so if you have a minute please click the link in the comments to see it and let us know what you think!

It's #WailWednesday (I may have made that up...), Here's a clip of Big John honking on Sam Butera's "Bim Bam"! Fpr any sax nerds, John is playing a 1952 King Zephyr that he bought in New Orleans here. Come see The Jive Aces live, check the website for shows!

They're all making eyes (and ears) at Noelle Vaughn as she belts out "Ma He's Making Eyes at Me"! See her live with us: Feb 20, 7:30PM Princes Theatre, Clacton-on-Sea Feb 21, 7:30PM Charity Night, Caterham School Mar 1, 7:30PM Upstairs At The Gatehouse, London 👗 Vivien Of Holloway

Are you ready for 11 hours of non-stop jiving? Up and coming R&B master King Joe & The Atlantics will be rockin' the stage at The Big Jive All-Dayer on 28 Feb at Worthing Assembly Hall! Tickets from the link in the comments 👇🏻

Great time at the Jazz Centre UK, Southend. First time and sold out! Thanks to legend Digby Fairweather for having us joining us on a tune! A great project that preserves the history of jazz in the UK with a huge library of music, film, artefacts and stories. Worth a visit!

OK, wow, we've just heard the mastered tracks from our forthcoming album and it rocks! Now we need your feedback on a couple of artwork options! Please go to the link in the comments below and let us know what you think, it will take 2 minutes max!

This Mancini classic get the Jive Aces treatment! See us live, check the website! Next few: Feb 6, 7:30PM Rockin Roadoilers, The Red Arrow Club, Ramsgate Feb 7, 2:00PM The Jazz Centre, Southend (SOLD OUT) Feb 13, 9:00PM Cotton Club, Dartford WMC Feb 14, 8:30PM Royal British Legion Hayling Island

British Rock 'n' Roll legends The Jets join us for the first time at the Big Jive All-Dayer on Sat 28 Feb at Worthing Assembly Hall! 11 hours, 5 bands, 3 DJs and 1 huge dance floor! Tickets from the link in the comments 👇🏻

Just updated the website with a ton of new shows including some new USA tour so get yourself to "jiveaces dot com slash tour" and see if we are playing near you! (also sign up for the mailing list as only a small number of people see any given post! 😡)

Guess who is at the Big Jive All-Dayer 2026... That's right, it's us! But with special guests Lottie B and The Knightingales! 11 hours, 5 bands, 3 DJs and 1 huge dance floor! Join us on 28 Feb, 1pm at Worthing Assembly Hall. Tickets from the link below 👇🏻

You: I want deeply philosophical lyrics that plumb the depth of the human spirit. Also you: I love this song... Come and see the Jive Aces live and swingin'! Dates on our website throughout the UK, Europe and the USA and farther! #rhythmandblues #swingband #jazz #vintage #rockabilly

Rockin’ is our bizness and bizness is doing fine! Join us with Noelle Vaughn at the following theatres: Feb 1, 7:00PM - Queens Hall, Hexham Feb 20, 7:30PM - Princes Theatre, Clacton Mar 1, 7:30PM - Upstairs At The Gatehouse, London Info & more dates at jiveaces.com/tour

Another audience left "Feelin' Happy" after last night's show at Alnwick Playhouse! Join us and Noelle Vaughn at the following theatre shows: Feb 1, 7:00PM - Queen's Hall Arts, Hexham Feb 20, 7:30PM - Princes Theatre, Clacton-on-Sea 👗 Vivien of Holloway 1/2

Will he catch the stick? Catch our "Feelin Happy" shows w/ guest NoelleVaughn (+ surprises!): Jan 30, 7:30PM Alnwick Playhouse Feb 1, 7:00PM QueensHall, Hexham Feb 20, 7:30PM Princes Theatre, Clacton Mar 1, 7:30PM Upstairs At The Gatehouse, London Info on our website 👇🏻

Never know who will to turn up at our "Feelin' Happy" shows. Sun at The Stables, the JiveSwing Hoppers dropped in! This weekend w/ Noelle Vaughn and who knows who else for more: Fri Jan 30, 7:30PM Alnwick Playhouse Sun Feb 1, 7:00PM Queens Hall, Hexham jiveaces.com/tour

How fast can she sing? Noelle Vaughn smashes "I Want You To Be My Baby" at 100 MPH! See her do this live with us this weekend at our "Feelin' Happy shows! Fri Jan 30, 7:30PM - Alnwick Playhouse Sun Feb 1, 7:00PM - Queen's Hall, Hexham jiveaces.com/tour 👗 Vivien Of Holloway

It's not really the New Year until you've been to see us at the St Petersburg Coliseum with Swing Gang Tampa Bay! We head back to the USA in March and April with shows from East to West, most are up on the website already and some to be added very shortly!

Update from the bucket collection at our Not Quite Christmas show at the Shaw Theatre: Thanks to you, The Not Forgotten collected £405! We are finalising the date for this year (looks like the 18 Dec…). Thanks again to our guests for joining us!

You never know who'll turn up at our "Feelin' Happy" shows so come to them all! At The Mill at Sonning on 25 Jan we had Antonio Socci, The Knightingales, Noelle Vaughn and just flown in from Oz, Kara Lane, (who is at at Crazy Coqs, London, 22 Feb, 5pm!). www.jiveaces.com/tour

As well as Noelle Vaughn we also have surprise guests The Knightingales joining us tonight at The Mill at Sonning in Reading! A handful of tickets left! Also, we’re about to be on 242 Radio at 12pm. Tune in at www.242radio.com 📸 by Trini Fong (@trinifong.studio on IG) 👗 by Vivien of Holloway

Last Aug we were invited to open for and got to jam with Van Morrison as part of his 80th in Belfast. Here's a clip of Ian, John and Alex blowing on "Flip, Flop & fly". See us live (can't promise Van will be there though!) Jan 23, 7:30PM - Fundraiser for Crowborough Community Centre 1/6

The Big Jive All-Dayer Sat 28 Feb at Worthing Assembly Hall, 1pm-12am The Jive Aces + The Knightingales & Lottie B The Jets The Hi-Stakes w/ Sam Ghezzi King Joe & The Atlantics Charlotte Porter & the Hi-Rollers 3 DJs, stalls & bar! jiveaces.com/bigjive or 01903 206 206

Blow John, blow! Big John with a honking sax solo on our hit tune, Bring Me Sunshine. Come and see The Jive Aces live, check the website for details of shows all over the UK, Europe, the USA and beyond! #saxsaolo #jazz #swingband #bringmrsunshine #rhythmandblues

Our 2nd Warner Hotels of the year already the other night, this time at Nidd Hall. and whether you can jive or not, we'll have you on your feet by the end! Thanks to Miss Charlotte Porter for joining in the fun! Check our website for lots more live dates!

The Jive Aces are so danceable, the whole band can take a break leaving just drums and the dance floor is still packed! Come and see the band live for an unforgettable experience of real music and entertainment. Dates on our website! At The Burren, MA #swingdance #lindyhop #jive #rockabilly #vintage

It's bass slappin', string pluckin', foot stompin' Ken's birthday today! Let's all wish him a very happy day!

Big John is back from NZ and looking forward to seeing you in Jan! 16th, 7:00PM Stamford Corn Exch 17th, 9:30PM Warners Nidd Hall 18th, 3:00PM Tea & Swing Brum (SOLD OUT) 23th, 7:30PM Crowborough Community Centre 24th, 8:15PM Mill at Sonning + Noelle Vaughn 25th, 8:00PM Stables, Milton Keynes

As it's Elvis' birthday week (and we're playing at our last-minute "Elvis' Surprise Birthday Party" with Rockin'Em at The Rockin' Lounge, Kettering today), here'a uke-a-billy version of "Good Rockin' Tonight" filmed live at the Elvis Week. #elvis #rockabilly #ukulele #rocknroll #ukeabilly

@jiveaces.bsky.social Another performance from Louis Prima just uploaded here! ✨️ youtu.be/E3-GmxV5NJQ?...

The algorithms on social media are useless. Hardly anyone sees the stuff they want and you get rubbish you never asked for. Best way to get all the Jive Aces news, gigs, releases, offers etc is to take uncle hepcat Sam's advice and get on our email list at jiveaces.com/signup

Continuing the Elvis theme, here'e our version of "Hound Dog" filmed live at Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club in Portsmouth, NH, USA in 2024. Ours is closer to the Freddie Bell and the Bellboys version going back to R&B roots! #elvis #elvispresley #hounddog #rocknroll #rhythmandblues

Our forthcoming album is a collection of songs and music that influenced and inspired the King and led to the birth of rock ‘n’ roll. We have a few titles for the live tour show that we are kicking around and would love your opinion. Please go to form.jotform.com/260073852968... to have your say!

Yesterday's happy birthday Elvis clip of Lawdy Miss Clawdy was popular so here's another! Watch the whole song on our YT channel and also join us this Sun 11 Jan at The Rockin’ Lounge Kettering at 4:30pm with Rockin'Em & DJ Steady as a Rock for Elvis' Surprise Birthday Party!

Last minute show arranged especially for the King’s birthday this Sunday with Rockin'em at The Rockin’ Lounge Kettering (WMC). Tickets from www.tickettailor.com/events/thero...

Happy 91st birthday to the undisputed King of Rock 'n' Roll, Mr Elvis Presley! Here's a tribute to the greatest artist of the 20th century with "Lawdy Miss Clawdy". Our forthcoming untitled album and tour will explore the music that influenced him so look out for that!

How high did he just jump without missing a note on the piano? See Vinnie's flying karate kick in 5X slow motion live at the HALF NOTE JAZZ CLUB in Athens! #flyingkick #martialarts #livemusic #jazzclub #boogiewoogie

Boy, is it cold but we're here to warm you up so get to a show! Jan 9, 6:45 -Peggy's Skylight, Nottingham (SOLD OUT) Jan 9, 9:15PM - Peggy's Skylight, Nottingham (SOLD OUT) Jan 16, 7:00PM - Stamford Corn Exchange Theatre + Noelle Vaughn Jan 17, 9:30PM - Warner Hotels, Nidd Hall, Harrogate 1/3

Furious drum battle and stick bounce! #jazzclub #livemusic #realentertainment #swingband #drumsolo

First UK show of the year and there's a beautiful snowy sunset over Warner Hotels Corton near Great Yarmouth! See you tonight to warm up your tootsies with a boogie!

Dad joke in real life, Athens edition! When you’re eating a non-dairy, frozen desert in Athens, it has to be… #dadjokes #puns #comedy #ontour #athens