Swing Home :: "The entertainment should be a reflection of your good taste... why not shoot for the moon?" :: 410.756.2473 or 301.639.0770 :: E-mail Where can you see Blue Moon Big Band (the full 19-piece swing orchestra) and Li'l Bit of Blue (our jazz and swing small ensemble), as well as our partner groups Big Band Caliente (Latin style big band), Blue Caliente (our jazz and Latin-infused small ensemble), and the Marty Knepp Trio (led by our incredibly versatile drummer) perform? Check out our schedule of events below! * Please note that, with respect to our clients' privacy, we do not publish the details of private engagements. Events Key:   Dance event Private event Concert event Winery event Dance instruction Recording session Holiday event   31 Saturday: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Stewartstown, PA Ticket prices: $13.50. Gates open at 5:30 PM. Food and wine available at the pavilion. Guests are not permitted to bring their own alcohol; however, feel free to bring your own picnic dinner! Call 800.292.3370 for tickets or additional information. Season Passes and other special offers available. Blue Moon Big Band. Open to the public engagement. Our final Naylor Wine Cellars performance of 2010. Come out and swing the night away with music from all your favorite big band classics as well as some contemporary swing artists... Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, the Rat Pack, Michael Buble, and more. Help us celebrate at this beautiful venue. Directions: 4069 Vineyard Road (just North of Stewartstown, PA on Rt. 24). From Harrisburg travel South on I-83 to PA Exit 4, Shrewsbury. Turn left onto Route 851 to Stewartstown. Turn left onto Route 24 North. Travel just 2 miles north of Stewartstown on Route 24 to Vineyard Road on left. From Baltimore travel North on I-83 to PA Exit 4, Shrewsbury. Turn right onto Route 851 to Stewartstown. Turn left onto Route. 24 North. Travel just 2 miles north of Stewartstown on Route 24 to Vineyard Road on left.       14 Saturday: 3:00 PM Tin Can Music Festival Linthicum Park, MD Big Band Caliente. Open to the public engagement. Our Latin-infused partner big band plays to benefit the food bank. Visit the Big Band Caliente website for more information.           14 Saturday: 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Fins Crofton, MD The Marty Knepp Trio. Open to the public engagement. Come out and see the Marty Knepp Trio, led by our very own dynamic and versatile drummer, Marty Knepp, and also featuring Jason Gano on bass and Clem Ehoff on piano, at Fins Hawaiian Fusion & Sushi Bar in Crofton, MD. Learn more about the Marty Knepp Trio. Directions: 1629 Crofton Center, Crofton, MD 21114 Tel: 410.721.4200 Go here for the link, including a map. Otherwise, follow the directions below: From Bowie: Take 450 to route 3, make a Left at the light. Go through the next two lights and turn into the K-mart parking lot, FINS is on the left as you enter the parking lot. From Ft Meade: Go south on route 32 or 175 to route three go towards Bowie. Turn left, at the light past Mc Donald's onto route 424. At the next light turn right into the parking lot. Go past the first building on the right and turn in front of them. The FINS is at the end of the building. From Annapolis: Go north on route 450 till you intersect with route 424, turn right till the light at the K-mart parking lot. Turn left, go past the first building on the right and turn in front of them. FINS is at the end of the building.             19 Sunday: 12:00 PM - 2:45 PM Westminster, MD The Maryland Wine Festival®: Carroll County Farm Museum Ticket prices: $25 (designated driver and advance tickets: $20). Those aged 7-20 are admitted for $5 and children 6 and under are admitted free if accompanied by a paying adult. Advance sales begin in August. No pets or alcohol may be brought in to festival. Ticket entitles guest to a logo-engraved wine glass, samples of Maryland wines, attendance at the Wine Education Seminars, continuous on-stage entertainment, guided tours of the Museum's 19th Century Farmhouse, and self-guided tours of period artisan exhibits and demonstrations. The festival offers music all day long, as well as wine tasting seminars on the hour, food vendors, craft vendors, wine sampling, and more! On Sunday, September 19, Blue Caliente takes the stage from 12:00 noon until 12:45 PM and Blue Moon Big Band follows with two sets from 1:00 until 2:45 PM. The festival is open from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM on Saturday, September 18 and from noon until 6:00 PM on Sunday, September 19. For more information, call: 410-386-3880 or 800.654.4645.   Blue Caliente and Blue Moon Big Band. Open to the public engagement. Join us at the 2010 Maryland Wine Festival® for three sets of jazz, Latin, and big band entertainment. Our jazz and Latin-infused quartet, Blue Caliente, goes on stage at noon and then the full 19-piece swing orchestra follows for two sets. The annual Maryland Wine Festival (celebrating its 27th year) offers music all day long (Saturday and Sunday), as well as wine tasting seminars on the hour, food vendors, craft vendors, wine sampling, and more! Directions: Carroll County Farm Museum, Westminster, MD From the Baltimore Beltway 695, take Route 795 (Northwest Expressway) to Route 140 West to Westminster. Go approximately 13 miles and turn left onto Center Street. The Farm Museum will be 1 mile on right (before the Hospital). From Randallstown, Eldersburg, or Sykesville, go northwest on Liberty Road (Route 26) to the intersection with Route 97. Take 97 North to Route 32. Turn left onto Route 32, go past Westminster High School approximately one mile, and turn left onto Center Street. The Farm Museum will be ½ mile on your left. From Ellicott City or Columbia, take the Baltimore Beltway 695 to Route 70 North, to Route 32 North (Sykesville/Westminster). Stay on Route 32 and go past Westminster High School, approximately one mile, and turn left onto Center Street. The Farm Museum will be ½ mile on your left. From Washington area, take the Capitol Beltway (495) to Georgia Avenue (Route 97) North. Follow Georgia Avenue approximately 35 miles. At the intersection of Route 97 and Route 32, turn left on Rt. 32. Go past Westminster High School, approximately one mile, and turn left onto Center Street. The Farm Museum will be ½ mile on your left. From Annapolis area, take I-97 North to 695 West to 795 (Northwest Expressway) to Route 140 West to Westminster. Go approximately 13 miles and turn left onto Center Street. The Farm Museum will be 1 mile on right. From York, PA, take I-83 to exit 27 (Route 137 - Mt. Carmel Road). Turn right onto Route 137. Turn right at the stop sign and go to next stop sign and continue through to Route 30 in Hampstead. At traffic light, turn right, go to second traffic light and turn left onto Route 482. At intersection of Route 482 and Route 27, turn left onto Route 27 and proceed until you go under the overpass. Turn left onto Route 140 and stay in ramp lane. At traffic light turn right on Center Street. The Farm Museum approximately one mile on right. From Montgomery County, MD area, take I-270 North to Route 27 (Damascus). Take Route 27 through Damascus and Mt. Airy and across Route 26 (Liberty Road). Go approximately 6 ½ miles past intersection of Route 26 and Route 27 and turn right onto Kate Wagner Road. At first road on left (Gist Road), turn left. At second stop sign turn left onto Center Street. The Farm Museum will be on your left. From Frederick area, take Route 70 East to Route 27. Turn left onto Route 27 at the end of the ramp. Go through Mt. Airy and across Route 26 (Liberty Road). Go approximately 6 ½ miles past intersection of Route 26 and Route 27, and turn right onto Kate Wagner Road. At first road on left (Gist Road), turn left. At second stop sign turn left onto Center Street. The Farm Museum will be on your left. From Hanover, PA, take Route 94 South to Route 30 South to Manchester. Turn right at traffic light onto Route 27. Follow Route 27 to overpass in Westminster. Go under the overpass and turn left onto Route 140. Stay in ramp lane and turn right at light at Center Street. Follow Center Street one mile to the Farm Museum on your right. From Waynesboro and Hagerstown, take I-81 South to I-70 to Hagerstown. Take I-70 through Frederick to Route 27 north exit. Go through Mt. Airy. Go approximately 6 ½ miles past the intersection of Route 27 and Route 26 (Liberty Road), and turn right onto Kate Wagner Road. Go to first road on left (Gist Road), and turn left. Go to second stop sign and turn left onto Center Street. The Farm Museum will be on your left. From Harrisburg and Gettysburg, take Route 15 South to Route 97 South to Route 140 East to Center Street. Turn right onto Center Street. The Farm Museum will be approximately one mile on your right.         For more info, go to:   9 Saturday: 9:00 PM - 12:00 AM Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo, MD Dance Lesson 8:00-9:00 PM Price: $14 (or volunteer for one hour and get in free. Contact Derek at wsdcvolunteer@hotmail.com) Parking: The Glen Echo parking lot is located just off MacArthur Boulevard at Oxford Road , across from the Glen Echo Shopping Center . From the parking lot, follow the path across the Minnehaha Creek bridge to enter the park. RESCHEDULED FROM OUR FEBRUARY 6 "SNOW OUT" DATE: Blue Moon Big Band. Open-to-the-publc Engagement. Get ready to swing! Blue Moon Big Band returns to the Spanish Ballroom, where dancers can expect at least one extended jam session! Host: Washington Swing Dance Committee. Location: Glen Echo's Spanish Ballroom. Directions: 7300 MacArthur Blvd. (at Goldsboro Rd.), Glen Echo, MD 20812 By Car: From the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495), take exit 40 on the outer loop or exit 41 east on the inner loop. Take Clara Barton/Cabin John Parkway to the MacArthur Boulevard/Glen Echo exit. Make a left onto MacArthur Boulevard . Cross Goldsboro Road and then make a left onto Oxford Road where you will see the Glen Echo parking lot. From downtown Washington , take Massachusetts Avenue in the northwest direction, to its end at Goldsboro Road . Turn left and continue to MacArthur Boulevard . Turn right on MacArthur Boulevard and take an immediate left onto Oxford Road where you will see the Glen Echo parking lot. By Public Transportation, take Montgomery County Ride-On bus #29 operating daily from the Friendship Heights and Bethesda metro stations on the Red Line. For information on rates and schedules, go here.             23 Saturday: 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Harrisburg, PA Blue Moon Big Band. Private Engagement.         We are constantly adding new dates to our calendar, so be sure to visit this page regularly for more "open to the public" engagements for Blue Moon Big Band, Li'l Bit of Blue, Big Band Caliente, Blue Caliente, and the Marty Knepp Trio. If you would like to contact us for your next engagement, visit the Hire Us page to send us a no-obligation inquiry. For information about upcoming events and other Blue Moon Big Band news, Sign Up to Receive FREE e-Newsletters or call 410.756.2473 or 301.639.0770 or send an e-mail to bandleader@bluemoonbigband.com.