The Electric Swing Circus

The Electric Swing Circus had their first live performance at the Book Club on 17 September 2011.[2] The band also recorded the video for ‘’Penniless Optimist’’, which was filmed in Boxxed by Realm Pictures.[2]

During October 2011 Penniless Optimist was remixed by C@ in the H@ and Sam Redmore. Penniless Optimist received airplay on BBC Radio 6 on The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show. The video for Penniless Optimist was also shown on BBC Big Screens nationwide.[3]

At the ElectroSwing People's Favourite Awards, The Electric Swing Circus won Best Live Act award in December 2011.[3]

Electric Swing Circus has a residency at Hot Club de Swing, a club night at the Hare and Hounds, Birmingham.

The Electric Swing Circus played many festivals during 2012, including Bestival, Secret Garden Party, Nozstock, Boomtown, Beat-Herder, Fieldview and WOMAD.

The Electric Swing Circus filmed the video for the single Valentine in March 2013. It was filmed in Birmingham Municipal Bank and premièred at Swingamajig Festival in May that year.

On 9 May 2013, the band released their self-titled debut album.

Over the European summer, the band played several big name festivals, including their biggest show to date on the Spirit of 71' / Glade stage Glastonbury Festival, Shambala (where they brought their own tent, the Swingamajig Speakeasy to the festival) and Fusion Festival. These shows helped to establish the band as firm festival favourites. They were listed in the Glastonbury guide as "one of the highlights of Glastonbury"

Off the back of the success of the debut album, Electric Swing Circus carried on touring, now a mainstay at all UK festivals and starting to branch further out to play all of Europe. The band also played Edinburgh festival for the first time, having a residency with the Assembly group, whilst also performing on the BBC stage, who described them as "Electro-swing at its best".

ESC headlined the Avalon Stage on the last night of Glastonbury festival. Towards the end of 2015 they began to record their second album.

The band recorded their second album mostly at the beginning of 2016. The band ran another successful crowdfunded campaign to help fund the new album and recorded at Middle Farm and Giant Wafer studios. The band played Swingamajig festival, where they released "Empires EP (Swingamajig Edition)" and included the tracks "Empires" and "Hit&Run" which were the first tracks recorded for the new album. The band returned to the studio to complete their second album which was titled It Flew By.

2017 marked the release of their second album It Flew By

The Soul of a Clown blog said "Electric Swing Circus are quite rightly regarded as one of the leading lights in the electro swing scene. Unlike others they have not settled for covers or to being restricted by that style. This album shows them continuing to grow and develop their sound. It steps away from the clichés to allow them to have a far wider appeal"

Following initial recording sessions in late 2018, ESC released the "Connected/ Invisible Man E.P." recorded with long-term collaborator and producer James Bragg. They followed this with video's for every track on the E.P. The relentless tour schedule continued including prestigious headline slots at festivals all over Europe, including Heitere Open Air Festival in Switzerland.

The third album from Electric Swing Circus "Pleasure Seekers" was released in March 2022, and includes the singles "Gravity" and "Expectations".