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We are very proud to present you with an absolutely amazing line-up for 2025 Whether Swing, Rhythm’n’Blues, Hot Jazz, Boogie Woogie, or Jump Blues, all the fantastic bands and musicians will create special events and make sure that you will have the best time of your life.

Bobby Brooks WilsonUSA

Bobby Wilson, son of legendary R&B/Soul singer Jackie Wilson, shares the same amazing traits and talents of his father. Many say Jackie Wilson’s legacy lives on through Bobby.

His adoring fans have dubbed him ‘Mr. Entertainment’ from his natural ability to entertain and bring every crowd to their feet.

Bobby is also a three-time Grammy balloted artist with his latest CD and four Top 10 hits. Whether performing Jackie’s hits or Motown favorites, what you’re going to see is Bobby Wilson giving you all he’s got on stage.

www.bobbywilsonmusic.com

Don Diego TrioITA

After 20 years of continuous activity with the neo rockabilly band called the Adels, “Don” Diego Geraci decided to put together his own trio where the various musical influences that have characterized his style can merge in an unique show. Rockabilly, country, western swing, blues and rock and roll meet the typical “Italian taste” of the Sicilian guitarist-singer-entertainer. At Rock That Swing the Don Diego Trio will back up Bobby Brooks Wilson.

wixsite: dondiegotrio

Jonathan Stout and his Campus FiveUSA

Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander is one of the world’s premier swing dance bands.Showcasing the authentic small-group sound of the late 1930s and early 1940s, the Campus Five are one the most danceable swing band – thanks to their two leaders who have both been dancing Lindy Hop and Balboa for over 25 years. Their six albums are popular with swing dancers around the world. At Rock That Swing they will play in a special All-Stars formation.

Jonathan Stout is a guitarist and bandleader, well-known to swing dancers everywhere for the wonderful dance orchestras he leads, but any fan of swing guitar currently stalking the internet knows him for his mastery of the electric swing guitar style of Charlie Christian, and the acoustic chord-melody style of Allan Reuss. Jonathan was recently featured on the "Fretboard Journal Podcast". He's brought 28 years of Lindy Hop and Balboa experience to bear on 21 years of leading bands specifically for swing dancing.

www.campusfive.com

Campus Five All StarsUSA/GBR/GER/ESP

Hilary Alexander is the co-bandleader and vocalist for all of the bands in the Campus Five family. Hilary was raised as the daughter of a Jazz pianist and a Brazilian samba dancer, and she grew up surrounded by the sounds of jazz vocalists Anita O’Day, Betty Carter, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Mae Morse, and Blossom Dearie. As a dancer, Hilary was among the group of Los Angeles-area dancers that rediscovered Dean Collins-Style Lindy Hop and Balboa in the late 1990’s. Growing out of her love of Swing dance, Hilary founded Camp Hollywood in 1998, and it has grown into one of the world’s premier Swing dance events.

Josh Collazo is a Los Angeles based drummer who specializes in playing 1930s and 1940s jazz and swing with Campus Five and various groups across the nation. In addition to drumming, Josh has been writing and arranging original jazz compositions for his own group - the Candy Jacket Jazz Band.

Chris Hopkins was born in Princeton/New Jersey and is German by choice. He has long been one of the renowned musicians on the international jazz scene with his swinging, melodic style and impresses with musical inventiveness and immense drive. He has played over 4,000 concerts and festivals around the world, worked on about 50 CD productions, and has received numerous prestigious awards.

Colin Thomas Dawson was born in South Shields, England. His life was influenced by jazz very early on through his father's record collection. He started playing the trumpet at the age of 10. His brilliant and powerful playing style is reminiscent of that of the great swing trumpeters Roy Eldridge and Charlie Shavers and was also played by other musicians such as Harry "Sweets" Edison, Cladys "Jabbo" Smith, Henry "Red" Allen & of course Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong influenced. In his long career, Colin has recorded over 50 LPs and CDs as well as for film and television. He received several prestigious awards and played in renowned formations such as Echos of Swing, European All-Stars and Allotria Jazz Band.

Duncan Hemstock was born in Australian and lives now in the UK. He is a jazz clarinet and saxophone player specializing in Swing. Influenced by Benny Goodman, Lester Young, and Ben Webster, he's graced stages at Lindy Hop Festivals worldwide with top bands.

Wally Hersom is a veteran of the U.S. roots music scene playing Jazz, Rockabilly, and Western Swing. He has played bass with many of the top bands around Los Angeles, including Jonathan Stout and the Campus Five, The Lucky Stars, Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys, Dave Stuckey’s Hot House Gang, and many others. Currently based in Barcelona, Wally is now sharing his music on stages across Europe.

Jumpin’ UpITA

Their music is an explosive mixture from the repertoires of Blues, Swing, and Rock’n’Roll, but above all from 50s Jive. Their main references are Louis Jordan, Louis Prima, Sam Butera, Wynonie Harris, Roy Brown but also the Italian Renato Carosone and Fred Buscaglione. Like their role models they combine energetic and highly gifted musicians with the incredible voice of their charismatic front man.

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feat. Sax GordonUSA

No other performer on the scene today brings to life the great tradition of Rockin’ American Saxophone like Sax Gordon. Gordon has recorded and toured internationally with all the great original performers of Jump-Blues/Swing like Jay McShann, Jimmy “T99” Nelson, Rosco Gordon, Jimmy Witherspoon, Solomon Burke, Ben E. King, Champion Jack Dupree just to name a few.

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NP Big BandITA

With their powerful sound, this 17-piece big band plays the great music of the famous Swing orchestras of the 30s and 40s. Original arrangements as well as rarities from Artie Shaw, Chick Webb, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and many others thrill dancers and music fans alike. A special highlight every year is the Jamboree Revue where the musicians can present their wide range of skills and talents.

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Billie & the KidsHRV

Billie & the Kids is an amazing Rhythm & Blues band from Zagreb, Croatia, fronted by the powerful voice of miss Ana (aka Billie). They have released several fantastic recordings on CD, 45s and LP exclusively on Rhythm Bomb Records. Be prepared for a stunning show by Billie & the Kids performing original songs and very well known covers of Etta James and other greats of Rhythm & Blues.

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Hot Sugar BandFRA

Shortly after its founding, the Hot Sugar Band became one of the flagships in the world of Lindy Hop and became famous in the world of Jazz. There is probably no big swing event the Hot Sugar Band did not perform at. Their success is characterized by their unique and highly identifiable sound, which is promoted by working with the best musicians of the French Swing and Jazz scene. Their repertoire is constantly expanding, not least with Nicolle Rochelle as a lead singer, with whom they will also appear at this year’s Rock That Swing.

www.hotsugarband.fr

Nicolle RochelleUSA

Nicolle Rochelle began her professional acting, singing, and dancing career at the age of 7. She stared in several well-known TV series and worked on different films, theatre, and musical theatre productions on and off Broadway incl. “Henry V” and “Fame on 42nd Street”. She moved from America to France to star as Josephine Baker in the international tour "A la Recherche de Joséphine". After that she continued her career in Europe showing her wide range of music styles from Pop Electro-Swing, Jazz, Blues, Boogie-Woogie, and traditional Swing Jazz with The Hot Sugar Band. Recently, Nicolle launched her own feminist humanist Hip-Hop House Jazzy Pop performance art concert called Modern GEAIsha and had already her a second tour in Japan.

nicollerochelle.com

Sugar Ray FordGBR

Pat Reyford aka Sugar Ray Ford has been performing worldwide for over 40 years and is one of the most versatile, well known, and respected musicians in the Vintage music scene. He formed many bands himself, i.a. The Big Six, The Shooting Stars or Ricky Cool & The Western Swing All Stars. Pat did not take a break during the Corona lockdown. He learned to play all the instruments himself and produced over 120 songs on his YouTube channel in which he played all instruments as "The Reyfordaires", did the backing vocals and invited a few guests. He successfully is selling out his new limited albums.

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YouTube: "The Reyfordaires"

Chris Aron & The CroakersGER

Chris Aron works with some of the best musicians in Munich. They have made a name for themselves as a supporting band for stars like Wanda Jackson and Mike Sanchez and are always looking for exciting new projects like “The Elvis Presley Show” with Mark Summers and The Cento Sisters. They love the mix of Rockabilly, Country and black Rhythm’n’Blues, and inspire their audience both with classic songs from the 1950s and with their own original songs penned by Chris Aron.

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Feat. The Finest VoicesGER

The Finest Voices are Susan Brown and Flatfood Max from “Susan Brown and the Ballin’ Keens” and Sascha Kommer, an all-round talent on the piano (and other instruments) as well as the microphone. All three, even though they are still so young, come from the depths of the Rockabilly scene and live the music of the 50s for 24 hours every day.

The Swing ShoutersFRA

The Swing Shouters are a quintet with a powerful and communicative energy who arranges and plays Jazz standards from 1930s to 1940s. With more than 300 gigs under their belt the Swing Shouters had become one of the most popular bands in the international Swing community.

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Swing Shouters Little BandFRA

Johnny Hodges had been Duke Ellington’s fellow traveler for more than 40 years. A Saxophonist with a style and talent beyond compare, he was one of the prominent figures of the American 1930s Jazz scene. Johnny Hodges’ music is just perfect to dance Charleston and Lindy Hop. The Swing Shouters Little Band pay tribute to this genius for your ears and feet pleasure.

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Lizzy BourbonFRA

Music has always been present in her life. Self-taught, Lizzy first started to make music by sitting behind a drum kit and later turned to the guitar which would allow her to accompany herself. She is a singer and dancer in various groups such as Gumbo Jam, Shouters & Girls On The Rocks and Swing Explosion.

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Boogie Banausen GER

The Boogie Banausen embody the great love for music from days long gone, that certain feeling for rhythm and swing, coupled with exuberant joy of playing and their own way of interpreting the old classics and delicacies of the Rock’n’Roll era Without any technical frills, but only with sax, piano and drums, the three Banausen manage to catapult their audience back to the basics of Rock’n’Roll and Boogie Woogie. The Boogie Banausen are “real Teenage Rock’n’Roll”. Their two albums “Don’t talk around!” and “The Radio Is Rollin’” is filled up with great original songs.

boogiebanausen.com

Jackson SloanGBR

One of England’s most fervent devotees of 1940s and 1950s American culture, Jackson fuses Jump Blues, Jive, Boogie Woogie, Swing, and Rockin’ Roots music into a heady cocktail that built his reputation as an exceptionally talented and gifted frontman. Many of his original songs like “Kickin’ Up The Dust”, “Jukebox Swing”, and “Next Stop Paradise” became floor fillers all over the world. He is still writing, producing and singing new hits. His new album "Take Me Back In Time" has just been released.

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David Hermlin TrioGER

David Hermlin, Lorenzo Baldasso and Sascha Kommer – three excellent young swing musicians from Berlin, Milan and Stuttgart. A singer and drummer, a clarinetist and a pianist. All three love American Swing from the 1930s, all three are virtuosos on their instruments. The David Hermlin Trio is reminiscent of the great combo line-ups of the revolutionary Swing era. The musicians around David Hermlin refrain from attempting to copy their role models, but develop their very own, lively style. There is music, singing and even dancing.

Instagram: TheDavidHermlinTrio

Natty BoGBR

Natty “Congeroo” has been a full-blooded artist for over 35 years. He is a singer, performer, visual artist, painter, sculptor, DJ and former circus performer. Natty was born in Hackney in 1965 and began collecting records and making art as a child growing up in south London. His early influences were Leadbelly, Big Bill Broozy, Ray Charles, Howlin Wolf, James Brown, Screamin Jay Hawkins, Slim & Slam, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Jamaican Blue Beat Ska, 50s Rhythm & Blues and Rock n Roll. Based on those influences he created his own special style.

instagram: NattyCongeroo

Nine PenniesITA

The Nine Pennies bring back the sound of the era of the greatest dance orchestras and revive such stars like Bei- derbecke, Whiteman, Tumbauer, or Goldkette. A great group for great music!

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Pianofrizz & FriendsAUT

Pianofrizz & friends are experienced musicians who are attuned to the original sound of Boogie and Rock'n'Roll from head to toe. Each of them has dedicated their hearts and souls to the music of the 50s, and they will ensure that this is reflected in their sound.

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The Upstroke FourGER

Hot Jazz in the style of the 30s from the epicenters of swing: New Orleans, New York and Paris. The band around Daniel Fischer presents snappy old school rags from the banks of the Mississippi, finely arranged high culture from the pens of Artie Shaw and George Gershwin and lots of Gypsy Swing in the style of Django Reinhardt.

www.upstroke-music.de/upstrokefive

2 fast 2 BoogieGER

The trio "2 fast 2 Boogie" represents an exhilarating mix of Boogie Woogie, Blues, and Rock'n'Roll. Stefan Eberle (piano/vocal), Sebastian Gassmann (guitar/vocal), and Matthias “Motte“ Gruber (drums/vocal) captivate their audience with their enthusiasm and passion for the hottest music ever created for the dance floor. Keep Groovin' the Boogie!

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