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11/29/2019
City: Madrid, Spain
Dances: Blues
Here at The Big Mama Ballroom we run 2 annual blues dance festivals - ESpanish Blues Festival in April, and it's baby sister, Petit ESBF in December! Petit ESBF is a heart-warming weekend, where dancers and musicians get to work together and bond over the weekend, creating an intimate and connected experience on the dance floor.
11/28/2019
City: Christchurch, New Zealand
Dances: Lindy, Blues, Balboa
PCX is in it's 9th year - an epic fun social exchange in Christchurch, NZ, we are known for being the most fun, friendly and awesome social exchange you could ever want to go to! And at the start of the NZ summer it\'s the perfect time to come holiday afterwards as well!
12/5/2019
City: Stuttgart, Germany
Dances: Blues
Do you like it nice and cosy? For you, does blues dancing mean meditation, relaxation, and pure joy? Do you always wanted to find out more about how to have even more relaxed dances, how to savor every movement and become one with the music? Then Lazy Blues is your perfect match!!!
12/12/2019
City: Vienna, Austria
Dances: Blues, Solo Jazz
****THE NEW FESTIVAL IN VIENNA**** There will be lots of social dancing, two floors, amazing teachers, 6 bands, aaaaaand different competition devisions such as: - Newcomers M&M, - Open M&M, - Invitational M&M , - bring your own partner (Strictly), - Solo - Short Showcase (40 to 80 seconds) And a lot of #BluesLove
12/13/2019
City: Sofiko Korinthias - 1 hour away from Athens, Greece
Dances: Lindy, Blues, Balboa
Just before Christmas on the 13-15 December we are going on a 3-days excursion at the Ranch, a camp ... SALOON in the WILD WEST! The campsite is absolutely breathtaking! Big horses and ponies to ride, two big (actual) Saloons providing warm beverages, a western themed dinning room with exceptional choices of -greek- food, an archery course to begin your day and of course a lot of swing dancing! The menu of the weekend includes, *LIVE Band Music every night & great swing & r&b Djs, *Swing dance workshops by our amazing teacher team *Horse riding Lessons *Archery Courses *Crazy Parties on Friday and Saturday night *Afternoon Sunday party and of course we will dance our arsh off!
12/28/2019
City: Budapest, Hungary
Dances: Lindy, Blues, Balboa
Swing with us to 2020 with an unforgettable weekend! A wide range of colourful programmes will ensure your wholesome entertainment. The excellent atmosphere is guaranteed: a multitude of social programmes in the day, whereas 3 venues, 5 parties and 4 live bands in the evening. Architecture, atmosphere, culinary delicacies and community! Let's celebrate the new year together, the party capital of Europe and Pepita welcome you!
12/26/2019
City: Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz, Shag
Teachers: Irina Amzashvili
12/26/2019
City: Stockholm, Sweden
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz, Boogie Woogie
12/27/2019
City: Ghent, Belgium
Dances: Lindy, Blues, Balboa
A dazzling fresh swing dance festival in Ghent
12/28/2019
City: Budapest, Hungary
Dances: Lindy, Blues, Balboa
Swing with us to 2020 with an unforgettable weekend! A wide range of colourful programmes will ensure your wholesome entertainment. The excellent atmosphere is guaranteed: a multitude of social programmes in the day, whereas 3 venues, 5 parties and 4 live bands in the evening. Architecture, atmosphere, culinary delicacies and community! Let's celebrate the new year together, the party capital of Europe and Pepita welcome you!
12/26/2019
City: Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz, Shag
Teachers: Irina Amzashvili
12/26/2019
City: Stockholm, Sweden
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz, Boogie Woogie
12/27/2019
City: Ghent, Belgium
Dances: Lindy, Blues, Balboa
A dazzling fresh swing dance festival in Ghent
12/28/2019
City: Budapest, Hungary
Dances: Lindy, Blues, Balboa
Swing with us to 2020 with an unforgettable weekend! A wide range of colourful programmes will ensure your wholesome entertainment. The excellent atmosphere is guaranteed: a multitude of social programmes in the day, whereas 3 venues, 5 parties and 4 live bands in the evening. Architecture, atmosphere, culinary delicacies and community! Let's celebrate the new year together, the party capital of Europe and Pepita welcome you!
1/3/2020
City: Moscow, Russia
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz, Shag, Boogie Woogie
12/26/2019
City: Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz, Shag
Teachers: Irina Amzashvili
12/26/2019
City: Stockholm, Sweden
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz, Boogie Woogie
12/27/2019
City: Ghent, Belgium
Dances: Lindy, Blues, Balboa
A dazzling fresh swing dance festival in Ghent
1/3/2020
City: Moscow, Russia
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz, Shag, Boogie Woogie
1/10/2020
City: Montecatini Terme, Italy
Dances: Blues
A full immersion weekend dedicated to the Blues dance and the Blues live music in a "All inclusive" formula: accommodation + classes + parties & crazy afterparties until late... all in the same place! The festival is located in the middle of beautiful, charming Tuscany in Italy, and more precisely in Montecatini Terme, a suburb of Pistoia famous for its thermal water and the Liberty style. Registration will open on 1st September 2019.
1/24/2020
City: Hüll, Germany
Dances: Blues
There will be Blues in the old farm house between Hamburg and Bremen, cows and sauna, some month after the 1st Balboa Swing Farm and the 6th Hülly Hop Swing Farm .
1/23/2020
City: Pinjarra, Australia
Dances: Lindy, Blues, Balboa
Simply Swing Dance Camp is Western Australia's most fun and educational Annual Swing Dance Event!! Everything happens at Fairbridge Village, workshops, meals, taster classes and social dancing. Enjoy the heritage listed cottages, within walking distance to the hall. Your Workshop ticket will include all workshops, taster classes and social dances on your selected day and you can participate in as much or as little as you choose. If you don't want to do workshops, Thats Fine! Come and relax and enjoy the social dances every night. Come and enjoy a total immersion experience and a place with a real sense of community. Friendly and enthusiastic dancers come together to learn from 6 of the best dancers in the world and have fun!!
1/31/2020
City: Rennes, France
Dances: Blues
Meet the Breizh Blues Invasion 2020 - the 7th edition of the biggest blues dance festival held in Bretagne!
1/23/2020
City: Pinjarra, Australia
Dances: Lindy, Blues, Balboa
Simply Swing Dance Camp is Western Australia's most fun and educational Annual Swing Dance Event!! Everything happens at Fairbridge Village, workshops, meals, taster classes and social dancing. Enjoy the heritage listed cottages, within walking distance to the hall. Your Workshop ticket will include all workshops, taster classes and social dances on your selected day and you can participate in as much or as little as you choose. If you don't want to do workshops, Thats Fine! Come and relax and enjoy the social dances every night. Come and enjoy a total immersion experience and a place with a real sense of community. Friendly and enthusiastic dancers come together to learn from 6 of the best dancers in the world and have fun!!
1/31/2020
City: Corvallis, OR, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz, Shag
In celebration of our tenth anniversary, we’re hosting three nights of jazz music and dancing in the heart of the Willamette Valley.
1/31/2020
City: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dances: Blues
Blues exchange featuring live music, secret trip, fun daytime activities, and town tour! Save the date and stayed tuned for more info!
1/31/2020
City: Rennes, France
Dances: Blues
Meet the Breizh Blues Invasion 2020 - the 7th edition of the biggest blues dance festival held in Bretagne!
1/31/2020
City: Corvallis, OR, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz, Shag
In celebration of our tenth anniversary, we’re hosting three nights of jazz music and dancing in the heart of the Willamette Valley.
1/31/2020
City: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dances: Blues
Blues exchange featuring live music, secret trip, fun daytime activities, and town tour! Save the date and stayed tuned for more info!
2/1/2020
City: Near Koh Lanta, Thailand
Dances: Blues
Come and dance Blues with us in Thailand and let's help the planet together. We are in contact with an ecologic association in Thailand. We will clean a beach and more. More information (location, hotel,....) soon on the website
2/7/2020
City: Oakland, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Fusion, Solo Jazz
Chill weekend of exceptional Jazz music and the dancing that goes along with it.
2/7/2020
City: Seoul, Korea South
Dances: Blues
Seoul Blues Dance Festival 2020
2/1/2020
City: Near Koh Lanta, Thailand
Dances: Blues
Come and dance Blues with us in Thailand and let's help the planet together. We are in contact with an ecologic association in Thailand. We will clean a beach and more. More information (location, hotel,....) soon on the website
2/14/2020
City: Huntsville, AL, USA
Dances: Blues, Other
You're favorite Ballroomin' event is back! We are preparing lots of updates for you but for now mark your calendars to come see us in Huntsville in February! Registration opens October 27th 7pm CST
Teachers: Mike Legenthal, Bobby Green, Dan Legenthal, Krystal Wilkerson, Laney Barhaugh, Julie Brown
Bands: The K-Night Owls featuring Taryn Newborne!
2/14/2020
City: Tours, France
Dances: Blues
There will be two parties and a tea party with live music, J&J competition, and, of course, lots of dancing. Full pass includes 6h of classes for 4 levels (from beginner to expert) with 3 couples of teachers. With 10% discount for the foreign dancers the price for Full pas is as low as 90 euro!
Teachers: Dawa Jung & Youngdon Kwon from Seoul, Sandra Thörn & Niclas Palmer from Gothenburg, Anne Hélène Bargain Cavasa & Bernard Cavasa from Toulouse
Bands: Blues and Bones, The Raggedy Junkers
2/20/2020
City: Munich, Germany
Dances: Lindy, Blues, Balboa
For more than a decade the festival celebrates the diversity of the dances and music of the Swing and Rock and Roll era from the 20s to the 50s. Over a span of 5 days, fantastic dance nights, hot live music, shows, competitions, numerous workshops, dance masters from the 30s, and passionate dancers from all over the world create an inspiring and unforgettable atmosphere. At the Rock That Swing Dance Camp more than 60 of the world's best teachers give classes during the daytime offering a vast variety of more than 200 workshops. Dancers at any level, from beginner to intermediate to advanced and all the way up to teacher, can create their own individual schedule.
2/21/2020
City: Denver, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Solo Jazz, Other
Lindy Diversion branches out a bit more to include dances such as Tap, Blues, and Jazz. There are no competitions at Lindy Diversion; the focus is on the workshop classes and the often spectacular live music and social dancing. Just like at our other events, you can find some of the best in the world at our event. Look forward to engaging classes, live music to dance to all night, and some killer performances this February 21-24, 2020.
Teachers: Dax Hock, Sarah Breck, Adam Wilkerson, Krystal Wilkerson & more
2/21/2020
City: Minsk, Belarus
Dances: Blues
We are happy to welcome you at fifth edition of WinterEnd Blues festival! Cozy Minsk city will meet you with its snowy streets, illuminated with soft languid street lights. Master-classes of foreign teachers, winners and finalists of many of blues competitions. We saw those guys at work, they definitely have some blues to show us! Two grand parties with live music! From classic blues to fusion for sure, belorussian musicians will touch the soul of every dancer! And of course competitions! Great opportunity to check your skills. Don't miss it! Lets warm up this winter under the great sound of the blues!
2/20/2020
City: Munich, Germany
Dances: Lindy, Blues, Balboa
For more than a decade the festival celebrates the diversity of the dances and music of the Swing and Rock and Roll era from the 20s to the 50s. Over a span of 5 days, fantastic dance nights, hot live music, shows, competitions, numerous workshops, dance masters from the 30s, and passionate dancers from all over the world create an inspiring and unforgettable atmosphere. At the Rock That Swing Dance Camp more than 60 of the world's best teachers give classes during the daytime offering a vast variety of more than 200 workshops. Dancers at any level, from beginner to intermediate to advanced and all the way up to teacher, can create their own individual schedule.
2/27/2020
City: Austin, Tx, USA
Dances: Blues
Come to a Big Damn Party in the Live Music Capital of the World!
2/27/2020
City: Valencia, Spain
Dances: Blues, Fusion
8 hours of classes, the best international teachers, more than 600 dancers, amazing parties locations, international bands, 2 rooms...
Teachers: Vicci & Adamo, Judit Triguero & Xandy Liberato, & more....
2/27/2020
City: Austin, Tx, USA
Dances: Blues
Come to a Big Damn Party in the Live Music Capital of the World!
2/27/2020
City: Valencia, Spain
Dances: Blues, Fusion
8 hours of classes, the best international teachers, more than 600 dancers, amazing parties locations, international bands, 2 rooms...
Teachers: Vicci & Adamo, Judit Triguero & Xandy Liberato, & more....
3/1/2020
City: Bloomington, IN., USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz, Shag
Indiana University's big annual workshop with great instructors and bands.
3/6/2020
City: Copenhagen, Denmark
Dances: Blues
Small, cozy Blues Festival for around 150 people.
3/6/2020
City: Champaign-Urbana, IL, USA
Dances: Blues
Save the date for C-U's 2nd annual SnowMELT Blues Weekend:
3/1/2020
City: Bloomington, IN., USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz, Shag
Indiana University's big annual workshop with great instructors and bands.
3/12/2020
City: Barcelona, Spain
Dances: Blues, Fusion
Come to the 5 Edition of Cocoa Blues & Fusion Exchange! This exchange aims to combine two of our passions, good music and chocolate. Yes! This delicious duo is back this year and it’s about to get even sweeter! We’ve got blues to warm your spirit, fusion to make you travel somewhere out of this world, chocolate to sweeten things up, cultural activities to spark your interest and gastronomical events to knock your socks off! All along in the beginning of spring in the lovely and sunny city of Barcelona, don't miss it!!!
Bands: 6-7 local and international bands to be confirmed.
3/19/2020
City: Los Angeles, USA
Dances: Blues, Fusion
Join Us For Our 12th Voyage!! (You keep sayin' you want to go...)
4/3/2020
City: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dances: Blues
Having a festival that is repeated yearly is an honor and a permanent challenge. We organizers are grateful for all the presence, enthusiasm and feedback we receive with each edition.
4/3/2020
City: Chicago, USA
Dances: Blues
bluesSHOUT! is a moment in time, a place, and a community celebrating blues dance, blues music, and blues culture. Blues dance includes historical and contemporary African American vernacular dances done to blues music. Our event provides classes, social dancing, and competition opportunities for attendees from all over the country and world.
4/3/2020
City: Paris, France
Dances: Blues
Blues festival focused on the History of Blues dance & music, on the beautiful city of Paris. We can't wait to welcome you and spend this week-end together :D !
Teachers: Dexter Santos & Noemi Blue, Leigh & Daire
Bands: to be known
4/17/2020
City: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Dances: Blues, Fusion
Classes are aimed at dancers who have a very good understanding of the fundamentals of blues and fusion dancing, are able to lead or follow with confidence and clarity, and are ready to be challenged.
4/17/2020
City: Washington, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz, Shag
Hot Jazz, Fast Dancing, and a Celebration of D.C.’s Unique Jazz Scene
4/24/2020
City: Grenoble, France
Dances: Blues
Let's fall in blues in Grenoble! A nice workshop in French Alps with solo or partnered lessons: 3 nights with live music, and an exciting costume party on Saturday!
Teachers: Vicci Moore &Adamo Ciarallo, Sharon & RonDobrovinsky, Catherine Palmier, and more to come
Bands: Dan Nash & Ray Wallen duet! And more to come
4/25/2020
City: Eindhoven, Netherlands
Dances: Blues, Fusion
lil’Ladybug is about enjoying the city and dancing in open air and nice food and lot’s of dancing. With skill share activities we are aiming to get to know each other even better.
5/15/2020
City: Montreal (Trois Rivières), Canada
Dances: Lindy, Blues, Balboa
Canada's biggest swing dance event celebrating 19 years. Bilingual Francais et English! The best in Solo Jazz, West-Coast Swing, Lindy-Hop, Boogie-Woogie, Rockabilly Jive, Balboa and Blues come to throwdown!
5/15/2020
City: Montreal (Trois Rivières), Canada
Dances: Lindy, Blues, Balboa
Canada's biggest swing dance event celebrating 19 years. Bilingual Francais et English! The best in Solo Jazz, West-Coast Swing, Lindy-Hop, Boogie-Woogie, Rockabilly Jive, Balboa and Blues come to throwdown!
5/28/2020
City: St. Louis, USA
Dances: Blues
The premier, 3-day blues idiom workshop BluesGeek is back for 2020. If you've never done blues, want to continue your education, or need a challenge, 2020 will have it all and more as we blend classes on blues dance history and technical innovation, filtered through your learning style with the best music that St. Louis and beyond has to offer. Geeks Will Unite!! May 28th-June 1st
Teachers: TBA
Bands: TBA
5/29/2020
City: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Solo Jazz, West Coast, Other
Southwest Swing Showdown is looking to throwdown the gauntlet this year! 4 tracks of Lindy Instruction, 1 Blues track, and a smorgasbord of electives from over 10 all-star instructors. Competitions with amazing prizes, a jazz crawl, free massages for full weekend participants, this is an event you don't want to miss!
Teachers: Anthony Chen, Irina Amzashvili, Rasmus Holmqvist, Mona Reithmeier, Gaby Cook, Rafał Pustelny, Laurel Ryan, Michelle Stokes, Daniel Repsch
Bands: Jonathan Ng's Rain City All Stars, Lava Hot Jass Band, Lynde Hunt Project
5/28/2020
City: St. Louis, USA
Dances: Blues
The premier, 3-day blues idiom workshop BluesGeek is back for 2020. If you've never done blues, want to continue your education, or need a challenge, 2020 will have it all and more as we blend classes on blues dance history and technical innovation, filtered through your learning style with the best music that St. Louis and beyond has to offer. Geeks Will Unite!! May 28th-June 1st
Teachers: TBA
Bands: TBA
6/4/2020
City: Athens, Greece
Dances: Lindy, Blues, Balboa
Athens Lindy Exchange 2020!!! We had an amazing time thanks to all of you! We are ex-changing the dates, putting the next exchange at the beginning of June! Save the date for our next ALE! June 04-07 2020 -- You are invited to spend 3 days full of Athens night life, sun, great food and smiling people! This year we are throwing our first Lindy exchange in our city! This exchange is going to blow your mind! Much different and underground from the fests you've met, we promise to show you around the very best parts of our city and make you feel like a local! Athens is an awesome place, if you know where to go! On Thursday .. lets go to the awesome welcome party! On Friday.. we'll swing out under the moonlight! On Saturday.. we will give you a morning city tour and and an... evening pub/bar one! You'll meet the famous... Athens by night On Sunday.. we will go swimming to a blue waters beach and have cold beers all day long! And of course, all that will.. swing! Let's dance! -- More to be announced soon... #ale2020 #sunny #athens
6/5/2020
City: Chicago, USA
Dances: Blues
Started as a series of house parties in the early aughts, CUBE has run in congruence with the Chicago Blues Festival for over a decade. Though the event has changed hands multiple times, it's still going strong, defined by it's daytime appreciation of the living tradition of the Blues and it's evenings spent dancing with friends. A purely social event, it's a chill party every year in the Windy City.
6/19/2020
City: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dances: Blues
The fourth Trippin' Blues Amsterdam festival for traditional Blues & Slow Jazz. Weekend workshops from Europe's finest teachers. Parties with the best Blues dance bands and DJ's on dutch soil. Optional exchange program on Thursday & Friday to visit our capital in a dancing way. Come dance with us in the city of canals, bikes, red lights en windmills. ... by The Blues Joint
7/24/2020
City: Portland, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Fusion, West Coast
Portland Blues Dance Festival features beginner-friendly blues dance workshops to help beginners learn how to cut a rug and join the community of Portland's blues dance scene!
9/11/2020
City: Copenhagen, Denmark
Dances: Blues, Fusion
A blues and fusion exchange, focused on good music and community driven activities.
9/11/2020
City: London, United Kingdom
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Fusion, Solo Jazz, Shag, Other
An epic weekend dedicated to throwing down hard and fast. This weekend is all about the art of competing, featuring the annual London Throwdown Championships. For the social dancers out there we’ll be packing in plenty of time for social dancing to the live bands and DJs each night too so there’s something for everyone.
9/11/2020
City: Bristol, United Kingdom
Dances: Blues, Fusion
A truly Bristolian Fusion|Blues Dance weekender. Switch-y, genderless dancing, 2 days of lessons, 3 nights of socials - with live and DJ'd Blues and Fusion - as well as unique Bristol experiences. Come Sin with us :P
9/18/2020
City: Denver, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Fusion, Solo Jazz
Lindy on the Rocks is all about the granddaddy of all swing dances, the Lindy Hop, although you will find other vintage dances mixed in as well. Lindy Hop can be danced slowly or very fast (when you’re ready). Our event provides high-quality instruction from the most talented swing dancers in the world. You can look forward to classes for all levels, live swing music, and plenty of social dancing.
Teachers: Jon Tigert, Jenna Applegarth, Anthony Chen, Irina Amzashvili, and more...
9/17/2020
City: Minneapolis, USA
Dances: Blues
North Star Blues has been called "your blues dance vacation" as it's a relaxed, friendly and fun exchange that showcases Minnesota values and musicians. You'll get lots of opportunity to get to know dancers at afternoon chill social events and then throw down in the evening with amazing live bands and national DJs.
Bands: Past bands: Blue Giants, James "Cornbread" Harris, Joyann Parker, Annie Mack, Bernard Allison
9/25/2020
City: Seattle, USA
Dances: Blues
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