Dock Side Drive is one of the West Coast’s hottest swing & show bands. Featuring musicians, Joey Smith, Don Leppard, Anita Bonkowski, Heather Burns, Dave Flello, Paul Wainwright, Chris Newstead, Fran Bitonti, & Angela Ireland, they offer a blend of vocal & instrumental tunes that will usher you through more than seven decades of song, including the music of Ray Charles, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, The Beatles, with a large repertoire of tunes such as Sing Sing Sing, Route 66, Blue Skies, Boogie Woogie Bugel Boy, Hit That Jive Jack, Hallelujah I Just Love Him So, Jump, Jive and Wail, A-Train, Come Together, Puttin on the Ritz, At Last. And dozens more.

Dock Side Drive has toured their high energy, engaging shows in theatres & festivals through western Canada, performed on stages including Victoria’s Symphony Splash, Butchart Gardens, Government House, and the Pentastic Jazz Festival.

Whether for a dance, festival or stage show, Dock Side Drive will not disappoint!
Audiences are raving…

“…As one audience member put it, ‘You hit the jackpot with these guys!’… A fantastic night of 'big band' style jazz and swing. Powerhouse vocals, riveting instrumentals, a wonderful richness & class to the whole show. This show rocked! We would bring it back in a heartbeat.” – DEB RENZ, General Manager, Sid Williams Theatre, Courtenay, BC

"Dock Side Drive, with a musical repertoire that spanned decades and explored many genres, entertained with wonderful harmonies and witty repartee. They were a great choice for our gala evening event; elegant and entertaining." - PAMELA BURNS, Executive Director, Vernon Performing Arts Centre, Vernon, BC

"Our audience loved the high energy, engaging performances by Dock Side Drive's three lead singers, tight rhythm and horn sections, and their selection of favourites from the 40's to the 60's. - D. MANN - Evergreen Cultural Ctr. – Coquitlam, BC

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Home Base: British Columbia

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