Tiger Jazz at HERTS PRIDE

 

Honestly governor, nothing to do with me. Don't even know him...

It was a real honour to be invited to sing at HERTS PRIDE 2022! Some pics from the performance :-)

Looking forward to Pride 2023! And in the meantime here are my upcoming Tiger Jazz dates:

Sunday 18th September 5pm

I'm directing a Scratch Performance of new play The House at the End of Empire. For full details visit the Facebook event.

Sunday 2nd October 11am

Tiger Jazz is performing at the Sunday Assembly, 11am at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London. This is a free event.

Saturday 12th November 8pm- 10pm

Join Tiger Jazz singer Alex Williams at the BOSSANYI STUDIO, Field End Road, Eastcote, for a sumptuous evening of words and music! Sit back and relax as he takes you on a joy-filled journey through some of the best loved tunes of The Great American Songbook, accompanied by readings from his books. A fun-filled, toe-tapping, heart-warming rendition of glorious melodies from the worlds of Hollywood, Broadway and Tin Pan Alley delivered with a roar! Tickets £10 donation. Facebook event here.

Thursday 17th November 7pm - 9.30pm

Tiger Jazz at the Garden Rooms Bar, 2 Market Street, Watford. This is a FREE EVENT so come along, grab a cocktail and enjoy the music!

The Ugly Bug Ball!

Thank you so much to the wonderful AdLibretto for furnishing us with a fully furnished and utterly improvised musical comedy inspired by our own marvellous Charlotte Harker and her passion for 737 aeroplanes! Thanks also to our gorgeous Dial Up family: Chris Hillier, Kat, Stephen Korn, Alison, Brian, Paul Murray, Mark, Jim Connor, Neil Goulder and the fabulous The Kitchen Croxley for hosting (shout out to Josh!!) Can't wait for next month, I think we need to have another bash at Ugly Bug Ball

Next Dial Ups are Watford Garden Rooms 2pm on Saturday 27th August and Kitchen Croxley 7.30pm on Friday 14th October (September is cancelled). Hope to see you there! And as it's summer, here's a little snap from my recent trip to Rome, and a couple of the paintings I've been working on. Stay creative! Much love, Alex xx

Garden Rooms Dial Ups/ Tiger Jazz

We had a wonderful time at our June Garden Room Dial Up where I was delighted to duet with Sophia on Cole Porter classic 'I Love Paris'. Collaboration is increasingly the order of the day and we had a brilliant first convening of The Dial Up Band playing 'All of Me' at the Kitchen Croxley Dial Up this month too. Let's keep it going at our Burl Ives special in August with 'Ugly Bug Ball'! And perhaps most exciting, my recent video collaboration with pianist Mike Kemp came out this month on his Youtube channel, have a watch below! Hope to see you soon and much love, Alex xx

Next events:

Tiger Jazz at the Garden Rooms Thursday 21st July 7pm (free)

Garden Rooms Dial Up Saturday 30th July 2pm (£5)

Kitchen Croxley Dial Up Friday 12th August 7.30pm (£5)

 

Jubilee and Centenary Celebrations!

 

Thank you so much to everyone who came to enjoy the Pump House at the Bandstand as part of Watford's Centenary and Jubilee celebrations! It was a marvellous afternoon and I had such fun hosting and singing throughout the day. Check out the Future Events tab for more Tiger Jazz outings, including the Bushey Acoustic Festival on Sunday 12th June. And of course as ever we have Dial Ups a plenty if you're after a bit of open mic! Watford Garden Rooms 3pm on Saturday 25th June and Kitchen Croxley 7.30pm on Friday 8th July. Much love! xx

Summer with The Dial Up!

What an amazing night last night at our Friday 13th 'Unlucky for Some' Dial Up at The Kitchen Croxley! Thank you to everyone who came, including a fresh faced Simon Lordan, doesn't he look smashing on his CD! It was especially nice to have lots of new faces join us, hope to see you again next month. Jim and I had the honour of winning Brian's Dial Up Cup for correctly solving his puzzle poem; as you can see Jim was far happier to share the trophy than I was!

As the summer bounces towards us, I'm delighted to say The Dial Up and Tiger Jazz both have a host of events coming up! Please do check the Future Events tab for details, but here's a quick round up:

Tiger Jazz will perform as part of Watford Jazz Junction's Steps Around Oxhey Village, 1 - 2pm at the Villiers Arms Pub. It's a FREE EVENT so turn up, grab yourself a pint and a packet of crisps, sit yourself down and enjoy!

From June The Dial Up is now twice monthly, once at the gorgeous Kitchen Croxley, 7.30pm on the second Friday of the month (June 10th) and once at the luscious Garden Rooms on Watford's Market Street on the last Saturday of the month (June 25th). The Dial Up is all about celebrating community and creativity in all its forms so come along enjoy as audience or performer! Tickets: £5 donation.

Tiger Jazz will perform as part of the Watford Centenary and Jubilee Celebrations on Saturday June 4th. Join us from 11am on the High Street for colourful and musical parade which will end at the Cassiobury Park Bandstand at 12 noon. There I'll be co-hosting an afternoon of wonderful performances from local musicians and dancers, including 20 mins of my favourite Songbook Standards at some point around half way! Then if you've time, hang around for the big star concert, name yet to be announced but we're promised big things! This is a FREE EVENT so pack a picnic and make a day of it!

On Sunday June 12th Tiger Jazz will perform as part of the Bushey Acoustic Festival. I'll be singing from 1.25- 1.45pm at the Three Crowns Pub, and then heading across to the Mary Forsdyle Gardens to run the Poet's Corner. Again, this is a FREE EVENT but bring a fiver if you'd like to buy any of my books, which will be available.

Finally, I'll be hosting a Poetry Afternoon at Peace Garden in Cassiobury Park, 12- 2pm on Sunday 3rd July. More details to come, but I'm already crossing my fingers for sun! Wishing you all lots of love! Hope to see you soon at an event or two (or five!), Alex xx

Future Events

 

This Sunday I attended the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Watford's wonderful Pump House Theatre and after singing a few songs on the main stage caught top with Watford MP Dean Russell and Pump House Chairman Lee Farman. It was a brilliant day and a real joy to be part of. Here's to the next 50 years!

And if you'd like to hear me singing some of my Great American Songbook favourites, along with a generous dollop of Disney, head over to the Garden Rooms Bar and Kitchen this Thursday 28th April where I'll be swinging away from 7pm till 9.30pm. It's a free event so grab yourself a drink and a bite to eat and enjoy!

Speaking of the Garden Rooms, our April event (photo below) was a true delight and I'm thrilled to announce that from June we'll be there hosting a Watford Dial Up on the last Saturday of every month, alongside our Kitchen Croxley events on the second Friday. More details on the Future Events tab, so hopefully see you at one or both! Much love, Alex xx

Future Events

I was delighted to meet Watford Elected Mayor Peter Taylor yesterday to discuss Watford's cultural scene and The Dial Up's contribution to our town's community and creativity. It was great to have his support for our new venture. The Dial Up has partnered with the gorgeous Garden Rooms on Market Street, Central Watford, to bring our inimitable brand of open mic back into the heart of the town.

Firstly, 3- 6pm on Saturday 23rd April we're holding a Dial Up Open Mic. Tickets are as ever a £5 donation and everyone who wants a performance spot is guaranteed one, whatever your creative interest. Then, 7- 9.30pm on Thursday 28th April I'll be taking to the stage in my jazz singer guise, sharing a couple of hours of tunes from my beloved Great American Songbook. Do come along to this FREE EVENT, get yourself a drink and a bite to eat, sit back, relax and enjoy! 

And of course The Kitchen Croxley Dial Up is still going monthly! Join us for our next event 7.30pm on Friday 13th May where the theme will be Unlucky for Some! Hope to see you there :-) xx