Live Music

What’s dancing without live music?

This is why we want to encourage musicians to play manouche swing, dancy jazz and hot stuff in 1930/1940ies-style!

NEXT LIVE EVENTS:

SHUFFLE CAFÉ at CAFÉ CASPAR

We are celebrating our 400th(!) Shuffle Café with a live band!
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Shuffle Café No 400 with Live: The Thrill Seekers!
The Thrill Seekers
Cast:
Clara Montocchio – Lead vocals
Madeleine Joel – Alto saxophone
Caro Loibersbeck – Piano & backing vocals
Victoria Kirilova – Double bass & backing vocals
Raphaela Fries – Drums

NEW Time for all Shuffle Café dates: 20:00 – 22.45
Location: Café Caspar, Grillparzerstraße 6, 1010 Vienna (find it on OpenStreetMap).
Streaming links see below.

Free admission – please feed the lolly pig!

Prior Covid testing is still recommended to keep the event safe!


Streaming Links for all dates:

Click here to join via Zoom

Click here to join via Twitch

Please support the Shuffle Café – please feed our virtual lolly pig online:
consider a minimum donation of € 5,- for live concerts – to help us pay the musicians

Via Paypal: https://paypal.me/balboababyvienna
or
Via Bank Transfer:
State “Shuffle Café donation/Spende”
Recipient: Verein Balboa, Baby!
IBAN: AT63 1420 0200 1094 1084, BIC: BAWAATWW


PAST LIVE EVENTS (online only due to the pandemic):

SHUFFLE CAFÉ 10th ANNIVERSARY PARTY!

Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Shuffle Café 10th Anniversary PartyOMG: We are celebrating 10 years of the weekly Shuffle Café! We invite all of you to celebrate with us.
In January 2013, your most beloved weekly dance social, the Shuffle Café, was born. We had so many wonderful moments with you! Hosting Live Bands and having lots pf premieres (like e.g. the Slörf Cats), taking part in festivals (Internationales Akkordeonfestival), hosting teachers in residence and boosting other dances in the early days, such as Blues. Back in the days, there were only few dance socials, and over the decade this varied a lot – but we survived event the biggest slack periods. Now, Shuffle Café is The Home Of Balboa, Laminu and also Shag. We love what we do – and we love you.
Belle Affaire Quintet
So to start 2023, we are having a party: Belle Affaire Quintet (AT) is playing live for us at Bar Azul. We will of course bring some cake!

This was our last time at Bar Azul – so take the opportunity to say Goodbye and Thank you to Margret!


BRATISLAVA HOT SERENADERS (SK) – LIVE IN VIENNA!

 

Saturday, March 25, 2023
Bratislava Hot Serenaders (SK)
PREMIERE – for the first time in Vienna:
The Bratislava Hot Serenaders orchestra belongs to the list of the few strictly “early jazz” oriented bands in the world. The band’s 20 enthusiastic musicians have played together without interruption since the formation of the group in 1991. Their playing adheres to the sound, style, and feel of such orchestra’s as Paul Whiteman, Jean Goldkette, and Duke Ellington, in addition to featuring Czech, Slovak, and other European classic jazz tunes of the period. The Bratislava hot Serenaders are well established outside of Slovakia. In 1994 the orchestra won the Sidney d´Or Prix at the Grand Festival of Music of 20´s and 30´s in Saint Raphael, France. They regularly appear in concert, and at festivals both in their home country of Slovakia, and abroad.
The Orchestra Bratislava Hot Serenaders have recorded thirteen CD albums, four Vinyls and the first Slovak music DVD. Two Slovak CDs became best-sellers – the first one winning a platinum CD, the second winning a gold CD. Lonely Melody won Radio_Head Award, and I Like That Esprit Prize 2018.
And now, they are part of our Vienna Balboa & Laminu Experience 2023.

Für alle Tänzer, Zuhörer und Begeisterten für authentische Swing-Musik gibt es eine limitierte Zahl von 100 Sitzplätzen.
Es gibt eine grosse Tanzfläche, da dieses Konzert Teil einer grossen Swingtanz-Veranstaltung ist!

Datum/Date: Saturday, March 25, 2023
Einlass/Entry: 20h30 – Konzertbeginn/Start of concert: ca. 21h

Kartenpreis/Admittance: € 35,-
Karten/Tickets: Nur mehr Abendkassa / Box office at the venue only

Veranstaltungsort/Location: Haus der Begegnung Döbling, Gatterburggasse 2a, 1190 Vienna (find it on Google Maps).


Wednesday, December 15, 2021:
Shuffle Café Pre-Christmas Streaming Session (last official session 2021)
with DJs and LIVE MUSIC set:
Belle Affaire (AT) – Gypsy Swing w/ a French Twist

Line-Up:
Paula Duschek (voc)
Julian Eggenhofer (git)
Juian Wohlmuth (git)
Helmut Strobl (cl)
Werner Dorfmeister (b)
Time: 20.30 – 23.00 pm


 

Streaming Links :

Click here to join via Zoom
Click here to join via Twitch

Please support the Shuffle Café – please feed our virtual lolly pig online:
consider a minimum donation of € 5,- for live concerts – to help us pay the musicians

Via Paypal: https://paypal.me/balboababyvienna
or
Via Bank Transfer:
State “Shuffle Café donation/Spende”
Recipient: Verein Balboa, Baby!
IBAN: AT63 1420 0200 1094 1084, BIC: BAWAATWW

 


 

Past LIVE EVENTS:

FATS JAZZ BAND (SK)

They are back! After their well-received performance at the Vienna Balboa & Laminu Experience 2016, the Fats Jazz Band (SK) is back in Vienna for our exquisite Christmas Special, celebrating the last Shuffle Café before the winter break.
The Fats Jazz band is a first class nine-member swing orchestra steeped in the swing music of late 1930s and early 1940s. The band was initiated by Ladislav Fanzowitz, one of the best present Slovak pianists.
This fine orchestra plays original swing music which takes you to another world, makes your blood boil, and brings you back in time to the era of elegance, glamour gowns, and hot parties.

It’s going to be a hot night!

Line-up:
Ladislav Fančovič – piano, alt / tenor / baritón saxophone, Arranger, bandleader
Lúbomír Kamenský – Trumpet, Cornet
Branislav Belorid – Slide Trombone, Trombone
Pavol Hoďa – Clarinet, alt / tenor saxophone
Michal Matejka – Guitar, banjo
Pavol Kušík – Contrabass
Patrik Fičor – Drums
Jana Dekánková – Singer
Matúš Uhliarik – Singer, piano

 


 

Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Shuffle Café Kick-Off: Pig Band Sieghartskirchen (AT)

Starting into our new season and premiering for Balboa-dancers, this energy-loaded Big Band from Lower Austria rocked our Shuffle Café!

Huge shout-outs to the young musicians and to their band leader, Florian Fennes, for making this happen.

We highly enjoyed the evening!

 


 

** VBLE 2019: Camp Party! **: Gypsy Jazz/Manouche double-header:


GADJO MANOUCHE (HR)

Gadjo Manouche


DIKNU SCHNEEBERGER TRIO (AT)

Diknu Schneeberger Trio


Saturday, March 23, 2019

 


Shuffle Café CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: Belle Affaire Quartett (AT)

Line-Up:
Julian Eggenhofer
Julian Wohlmuth
Helmuth Strobl
Werner Dorfmeister

 


Saturday, 24.03.2018: Ondřej Havelka and His Melody Makers (CZ)


For the first time in Vienna – the Swing legend from Prague!

We were very happy and proud to welcome Ondřej Havelka and His Melody Makers here in Vienna – this was a dream come true for us.
Ever since we started listening to Swing music, we rarely encountered a Bigband that hits the authentic sound of the 1930/40ies of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and other big stars of the Swing aera. And now our dream comes true.
Join this special night and travel back to the Savoy Ballroom.
http://melodymakers.cz

 

When: Saturday, March 24, 2018
Where: Haus der Begegnung Döbling, Gatterburggasse 2a, 1190 Vienna (find it on the map)

 


Wednesday, 28.02.2018: SLÖRFCÄTS Special Edition (AT)
@Shuffle Café 200 Jubilee

They are back!
For our Shuffle Café 200th Jubilee, our dear friends – the slörfcäts – are back on stage. When we started with the Shuffle Café, they were the second band we had the pleasure to host.

This time, the slörfcäts have a special guest:
Andrea Motis, a beautifully talented gal.
Their energy is highly catching – don’t miss it.

Line-Up:
Christoph Mallinger (violin/vocals/guitar)
Andrea Motis (trumpet/vocals)
Markus Gaudriot (piano)
Martin Heinzle (upright bass)

Where: Bar Azul, Postgasse 2, 1010 Vienna.


Shuffle Café presented: The Twisted Lime Jazzband (AT) (December 13, 2017) @Shuffle Café Christmas

Line-Up:
Alexander Lorenz – piano, vocals
Helmut Strobl – clarinet / sax
Werner Dorfmeister – upright bass
Reinhard Dlapa – drums


Shuffle Café presented: Tipsy Jazz Combo (October 25, 2017)

Line-Up:
Johanna Zoller (guitar/ukulele/vocals)
Fabrice Désiré (guitar/vocals)
Jakob Aumaier (guitar)