Darien Summer Nights is excited to welcome The Bob Button Band this Friday, July 12 for an encore performance at Grove Street Plaza.
— an announcement from Darien Summer Nights
Last summer, the Bob Button Band performed for the first time at Darien Summer Nights to rave reviews. Please join us as we welcome them back.
For more than 40 years, The Bob Button Big Band has entertained audiences in the New York Metropolitan area with music from the Big Band Era.
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Darien Summer Nights
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Bob Button Band
A special thank you to the Darien Board of Realtors, who are sponsoring this evening’s concert. They will have their fan favorite raffle of fun prizes during intermission. It’s always a crowd pleaser.
Flour Water Salt Bread will again have artesian pizza by the slice for sale during the concerts!
Arrive early, as doors open at Flour Water Salt Bread at 5 p.m. Music starts at 6 p.m. sharp and the concerts usually end at about 8:30 p.m. Don’t be late!
The Band has played at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, The NY Athletic Club, Playhouse on the Green in Bridgeport, Connecticut Jazz Festival, Glen Island Casino, Hyatt Regency for the 2000 Millennium, The Greenwich Town Party with Paul Simon and Santana, and numerous summer concerts in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
The band’s repertoire includes:
- In the Mood, Tuxedo Junction, Marie, Rock-a-bye Your Baby, Tangerine, Cute, Take the A Train, Autumn Leaves, Blue Moon, Cha Cha for Judy, Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me, Embraceable You, Fly Me to the Moon,
- Unforgettable, Witchcraft, Woodchoppers Ball, Tenderly, Take the A Train, How Deep is the Ocean, Glow Worm, I’ve Got the World on a String, It Don’t Mean a Thing, Laura, Lazy River,
- Love for Sale, Georgia on My Mind, Bye Bye Blues, All of Me, For Sentimental Reasons, Glory of Love, I Can’t Get Started, If I Had You, Makin’ Whoopee, Mean to Me, New York New York, Night Train
Baywater Properties, Grove Street Plaza, The Corbin District and The Darien Chamber of Commerce encourage residents to come out this summer to Darien Summer Nights at what has become an incredible community gathering for all ages. See you Friday and remember to shop local!