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The Cutting Edge Big Band
& Dance Night

Exeter Hall, Kidlington OX5 1AB

Friday, 20th February 2026
Doors open 7:30pm

Tickets from £14.00*
(Earlybird £12) at trybooking

* group tickets (£48 for 4) available – booking charges apply.

8:00pm - 10:30pm

The Cutting Edge Big Band will be delivering a mix of vocal classics interlaced with quality big-band dance tracks.

Experience the fabulous Cutting Edge Big Band at Exeter Hall in Kidlington. With one of the best dance floors in Oxfordshire, this night will swing!

Dave's Bar will provide your drinks, and Uggy's pop-up pizza van will be parked outside. Plenty of free parking - YOU MUST REGISTER YOUR VEHICLE inside the building. Cabaret-style seating - perfect whether you want to listen & watch ... or dance!

Tickets are limited. Online booking essential.

To book visit trybooking*.

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Saturday 7th March

Jules's Cabaret Evening
Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, OX11 7HN

Doors open 7.30pm. Show 8pm - 11pm.

An evening of Music, Circus Cabaret and Comedy, featuring The Cutting Edge Big Band. The Cabaret host is the amazing Lena Lenman. Also performing: Stormhooper, Max, John Udry and Amber.

There is room to dance to The Cutting Edge Big Band – vocals by Kim Osmond and Tom Peel. The show is great for a family night out, (suggested minimum age 10 years). Followed by an after-show DJ until 11pm.

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“The Cutting Edge Big Band delivers a stylish and exciting, big-band sound”

Beautiful melodies and joyously
toe-tapping rhythms from
serious musicians who love playing

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Whether wistful ballads or stomping dance numbers, this is classy entertainment in a variety of settings, with a set list tailored to every event.

The repertoire is rooted in the classic swing era of the '30s and '40s. Those days of romance: glamour, moonshine and tuxedos, the excitement of Harlem and invention of wild, new dance crazes. Think wartime tunes made famous by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald and Glenn Miller.

Then there are the mid-century classics that everyone knows - Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Dean Martin; and even the occasional tune from Stevie Wonder, the Beatles, Billy Joel, or the achingly cool Astrud Gilberto. Great melodies that have been sung by everyone from Rod Stewart to Michael Bublé to Robbie Williams.

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Including 5 saxes, 4 trombones, 4 trumpets, full rhythm section, and fabulous band leader. Also featuring guest vocals for added swing.

PUBLIC PERFORMANCES

We perform day or night at charity, corporate, private and civic events, including weddings, dinner-dances, gala events, landmark openings, even at riverside pub gardens on balmy summer afternoons.

PERFORMING SINCE 1982

The band is now led by Chris Macklow, a man of easy vintage charm and smooth sophistication. His apparently laid-back style hides a ruthless attention to detail.

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The Cutting Edge Big Band pictured at the Westgate, Oxford on November 11th 2017.

Many thanks to Steve Foster for the pictures and Steve White for the audio recording.

Many thanks to Steve White for the audio recordings.

Cutting Edge Big Band performing at the opening of the Westgate Centre, Oxford.

Lindy hop dancers at the Winter Lights Festival in Witney, Oxfordshire.

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NEXT GIGS

Friday, 20th February 2026
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Exeter Hall, Kidlington
OX5 1AB, UK
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Saturday, 7th March 2026
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Jules's Cabaret Evening
Didcot Civic Hall

Britwell Road, Didcot, OX11 7HN
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More public gigs coming soon...

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CONTACT & BOOKINGS

EMAIL » info@cuttingedgebigband.com