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Greg Poppleton – Authentic 1920s & 1930s Jazz and Swing Band | Sydney
9 Reasons to Choose Greg Poppleton
✔ 32 years experience
✔ Australia's only authentic 1920s - 1930s singer
✔ Specialist 1920s - 3os swing jazz band for background and dancing
✔ Professional musicians with decades of experience
✔ Sydney duo to six-piece band
✔ 700+ events
✔ 1,194,769 YouTube views for one video
✔ 9 albums and commercial radio airplay
✔ Sydney based. Travel anywhere
Sydney’s Premier Vintage Jazz Band
“During your performance ... Waiheke Jazz Festival ... I totally froze when you made eye contact ... your music has moved and inspired me."
W.T - Waiheke Jazz Festival, New Zealand
"Greg must have been sore from grinning throughout his studio sessions, if his unwaveringly upbeat tone is anything to go by.
Dave J Doyle - The Syncopated Times (U.S)
Event Highlights
ABC Radio 100 Years of Radio live broadcast
Sydney Festival (twice)
Canberra Centenary
Waiheke International Jazz Festival NZ
Art Deco Ball (12 years) Katoomba
The Jazz Room - A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans = Leichhardt
Gin Mill Social (5 years) - Surry Hills
Sorcery & Swing (Sydney & Melbourne)
SKYCITY International Sunset Jazz Darwin
Thredbo Jazz Festival
Illawarra Jazz Fest - Wollongong
International Jazz Day Avoca Beach Cinema
Blue Mountains Roaring 20s Festival - Leura
Southern Cross Jazz Club - Canberra
Surfers Paradise Jazz Club
Sydney Jazz Club - Artarmon
Glen Street Theatre Jazz Festival - Belrose
Merrigong Theatre 2024 Season Launch
Dubbo Jazz Festival
Sydney Town Hall Christmas Concert (4 years)
The Rocks Village Bizarre
Bledisloe Cup Ball - Sydney
Wallabies Rugby Annual Dinner - Coffs Harbour
Eureka Prize Event - Sydney
Sydney Artists' Masked Ball - Elizabeth Bay
120th Anniversary Royal Sydney Golf Club - Bellevue Hill
100th Anniversary McDonald Performing Arts College - North Strathfield
75th Anniversary Sydney Harbour Bridge
60th Anniversary Film Australia _ Roseville
Kino Cabaret - Darlinghurst
Blue Mountains Tourism Awards - Leura
Movember Launch - Prymont
Monster House (TV Show)
Recipe to Riches (TV Show)
" Captures the 1920s-1930s vocal style to perfection."
Kevin Jones - jazz critic Fine Music Sydney and former jazz Critic The Australian

Australia's only Authentic 1920s-30s Singer
"At the Melbourne Jazz Festival and the Thredbo Jazz Festival I saw some great acts. I made Greg Poppleton an offer (to play Waiheke Jazz Festival) on the spot."
John Quigley, Director Waiheke International Jazz Festival
Event Entertainment
Jazz Band for my Party
Fun Swing Band for my Wedding


Events
8:30pm ABC TV. Watch now on iView
Greg Poppleton - a favourite at vintage events across Australia
Hear Greg's swing radio show, The Phantom Dancer, on 30 CRN radio stations across Australia, 107.3 2SER Sydney, and online
Mother & Son Season 2
Now on ABC iView
Phantom Dancer Radio Show


Show link, feature artist story, and video at Greg Poppleton's Radio Lounge
3 February
12 - 2pm 107.3 2SER Sydney and online
14 June
31 January
The Jazz Room
A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans
Albert Palais, 2 Catherine Street, Leichhardt
2 Shows
6:00 & 8:30pm
Click for TIX
7 March
7-11pm Dinner & Dancing
Art Deco Ball
Carrington Hotel
15-47 Katoomba St, Katoomba
Builders Club Wollongong
2:30 - 5:30pm 61 Church St Wollongong
Door Free + Small donation
Age 18+ only
Tickets Call: 02 4782 1111
Gallery Highlights
From elegant wedding receptions to roaring 20s costume parties, Greg Poppleton sets the perfect mood with timeless jazz and swing








Press Highlights
Greg Poppleton has been featured in thesenewspapers and magazines - Sydney Morning Herald, KCEA San Francisco, Zelda (US), Vintage Vilioti, Glory Days (NZ), Vintage Collectibles, Syncopated Times (US)

















"GREG, the best worldwide at what he does."
Sunshine Coast Jazz Club
★★★★★
"Excellent performance and an absolute pleasure to deal with."
Janet Storrier, Hopewood Estate Events
"I totally froze when you made eye contact ... your music has moved and inspired me."
W.T., Waiheke Jazz Festival, NZ
"Captures the 1920s - 1930s vocal style to perfection."
Kevin Jones, Jazz Critic for The Australian
"Boy, do these guys swing!
Gerald H Beulah JazzReview.com (U.S)
"It would take an extremely jaded heart not to smile and tap your feet, much less dance around the room, to Greg Poppleton."
Bud Kopman All About Jazz (U.S)
Review Highlights
Authentic 1920s & 1930s Jazz Music for Sydney Events
Greg Poppleton— Sydney-based jazz and swing band specialising in authentic vocals for 1920s and 1930s vintage music at venues, weddings, corporate events and private functions across Sydney and Australia.
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