Coming Up…
Swing Dance Footwork Drills Workshop - Wednesdays 23 & 28 September 2022
Swing dance at Cahoots - Thursday 22nd September 2022
Some Like It Swing at the Genesis Cinema - Friday 23rd September 2022
Swing Dance at Royal Albert Hall - Tuesday 27th September 2022
Armistice Ball 2022, Brooklands Museum - Saturday 22nd October 2022
Stompin' at the 100 Club Special featuring the Syd Lawrence Orchestra "Swingshift" - Monday 24th October 2022
Swing at Sway - Monday 7th November 2022
Swing into Winter at Shoreditch Town Hall with King Groovy & the Horn Stars - Friday 25th November 2022
JiveSwing Balboa for Lindy Hoppers Workshop - Saturday 3rd December 2022
Balboa Workshop at Curzon Centre, Beaconsfield - Saturday 10th December 2022
Saturday Swing Time Christmas Party at Curzon Centre, Beaconsfield - Saturday 10th December 2022
2023:
WGC Vintage Festival - 23-25th June 2023
Swing Dance Footwork Drills & Routines Workshop
Wednesday 23 & 28 September 2022
Swing Dance at Cahoots
Thursday 22nd September 2022 5.30pm - 8.30pm
Cahoots are jolly excited to introduce their next 1940s Swing Dance special, downstairs in the Control Room.
First up, old beans! From 5.30pm, enjoy a complimentary welcome cocktail to loosen up those limbs and settle into this hidden speakeasy-style space, once the epicentre of a disused train station. Between 6pm and 8.30pm, resident swing dance teachers from SwingdanceUK will be hosting some spiffingly good dance lessons for those of you keen to learn the art of a good ol’ 40s knees-up. Then, for an extra £10pp, all you scoundrels are invited to stay until late for a roaring after-party, with an incredible DJ set from 9pm until the early hours. The perfect chance to show off your newly-learnt swing dance moves and keep those toes tapping all night long!
Swing Dance Lesson + Welcome Drink: £30pp
Swing Dance After-Party: £10pp
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Location: Control Room, Cahoots, 13 Kingly Ct, Carnaby, London W1B 5PW
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17:00-18:00 – Enjoy a complimentary welcome cocktail
18:00-19:00 – First swing dance lesson
19:00-19:30 – Break (a chance to fuel up!)
19:30-20:30 – Second swing dance lesson
21:00 – 00:30 – DJ After-Party
Some Like It Swing Genesis Cinema
Thursday 23rd September 2022 7.30pm - 11.30pm
Learn the steps at the beginners class with Simon Selmon 7.30-8.30pm!
Followed by FREE dancing! Join DJ Simon Selmon and guest DJ Simon Michie for plenty of great dance music from the 30s, 40s & 50s & beyond
for all you Lindy Hoppers, Jitterbugs, Jivers, Shaggers & Balboa dancers!
Full Bar, Cocktails & Cinema Snacks available - popcorn, ice cream, Nacho's etc and then Lindy Hop ’til you drop!
7.30pm Beginners Lindy Hop Class (only £5 pre-booking recommended)
8.30pm FREE dancing - all welcome!
Bar Paragon, Upstairs @ Genesis Cinema, 93-95 Mile End Rd, Whitechapel, London, E1 4UJ.
Tubes: Stepney Green, Whitechapel, Bethnal Green Map
For more information or to book see the Genesis website HERE or call the Box Office on 0207 780 2000
Royal Albert Hall
7.00-7.30: Dance Lesson
7.30-8.00: Swing DJ Set
8.00-8.50: Albert's Big Band Set 1
8.50-9.10: Swing DJ Set
9.10-10.00: Albert's Big Band Set 2
Armistice Ball 2022
Live music, dancing, and twenties glamour in the Art Deco surroundings of Brooklands Museum, where, after its wartime service as an aerodrome, the fashionable set of the 1920s met for fast cars and cocktails.
Expect to learn a little Foxtrot and Charleston, and maybe even some of the infamous animal dances of the ragtime era with SwingdanceUK.
Sip your complimentary glass of champagne as you flaunt your 1920s finery, and absorb the atmosphere of a lost age of exuberance and elegance, of Tommies in uniform and Bright Young Things in masquerade, of hot jazz and romantic waltzes.
Stompin’ at the 100 Club featuring the Syd Lawrence “Swingshift” 7 piece band!
SwingdanceUK & Chris Dean present Stompin' at the 100 Club Special featuring the Syd Lawrence "Swing Shift" 7-piece Swing band! A lively night of hot Swing music and dancing brought to you by two giants on the scene: SwingdanceUK and his founder Simon Selmon have been going since 1986, including a 20-year run of weekly Stompin’ nights at the 100 Club, spreading the love of Lindy Hop far and wide. Chris Dean is one of the foremost band leaders in the land, with an impressive track record of performing for high-profile artists and events, both personally and as a band leader.
Together they created a night which will sweep you off your feet, whether you are a newcomer on the Swing scene or a lifelong afficionado!
7.45pm Beginners & Intermediate Lindy Hop (classes run in parallel; no experience necessary or partner required)
8.30pm The Syd Lawrence Swing Shift 7-piece band
With your host & DJ Simon 'Mr Kicks' Selmon featuring great music from the 30s, 40s & 50s!
Swing at Sway
Grab a drink then join Simon & Holly for Beginners & Intermediate Lindy Hop Classes at 7.30pm followed by dancing with top London DJs Simon 'Mr Kicks' Selmon & Holly France from 8.30pm!
Swing into Winter at Shoreditch Town Hall
Don your sharpest threads and head to Shoreditch Town Hall as we Swing into Winter!
Get in the groove with the beginner and intermediate swing dance classes to kick off the evening where you can learn some NEW hot moves that will keep you dancing all night long to live swing band.
There'll be great vintage tunes from the 30s, 40s and 50s courtesy of DJ Simon "Mr Kicks" Selmon, cabaret performances from StompSquad and SwingdanceUKs Diamond Girls while the live band King Groovy & the Horn Stars will have the joint jumpin' as you jive, jitterbug, hoochie coochie and shim sham shimmy your way through the evening.
Plus this year we are holding the third Shoreditch Town Hall Swing Dance Championships, a fun competition to find this Winter's champs: enter on the night with a partner - any Swing or Authentic Jazz style welcome. Finals judged by audience applause.
Presented by SwingdanceUK and Shoreditch Town Hall.
Shoreditch Town Hall, 380 Old St, London, EC1V 9LT
Tickets sales open Tuesday 4th October!! Add the date to your diary!
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Provisional Timetable (subject to change) £14 (advance); £16 (on the door)
7.30pm Doors
7.45pm Beginners & intermediate Lindy Hop classes
8.30pm DJ Mr Kicks
9.10pm Performance
9.15pm Band set
10.00pm Competition
10.30pm Band set
11.15pm DJ Mr Kicks
JiveSwing Balboa for Lindy Hoppers Workshop
Join Simon Selmon, one of the UK’s early Balboa teachers from London, for JiveSwings new series of Balboa & Bal-Swing workshops in Hertfordshire!
Suitable for Lindy Hoppers that have never done any Balboa before or those looking to improve upon what they already know, by the end of this workshop you’ll have some classic Balboa moves, techniques and styling that you can incorporate into your Lindy Hop the same day. The workshop will be followed by their Harlem Nights band night to practise your new skills!
Location: Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Watford
Cost: Balboa Workshop £19.99 / Balboa Workshop & Harlem Nights £29.99 (early bird) Bookings must be made in advance- there are no drop ins. Spaces are limited.
Saturday Swing Time at the Curzon Centre
Saturday 10th December 2022
- Balboa Workshop 5-7pm
- Saturday Swing Time Christmas Party 7.30pm
Curzon Centre, 43 Maxwell Rd, Beaconsfield, HP9 1RG
WGC Vintage Festival 2023
Saturday 23rd - 25th June 2023
Full details will be released soon but here is the 2022 lineup:
A FREE outdoor festival organised by JiveSwing and Wonderful Welwyn running alongside studio based workshops delivered by international instructors.
Featuring live music from Laura B, Jive Aces, Stolen Moments, Whiskey Sours, Jeff Williams Swing Band, Bray's Jazz Band, Groove Collection, the CB Gatsby Band, Mississppi Swing band and more.
Plus many teachers & DJs including Simon from SwingdanceUK.
Simon will also be DJing between the band sets.
Location: Welwyn Garden City Town Centre
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