In existence since the early 1930s, Jive styles have evolved and adapted with Modern Jive finding immense popularity over the last two decades. The Jive category includes 1940s Jive, Leroc, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll and Smooth Modern Jive.
Classes, dances and other dance events in or near Essex for Jive. Please click on the event name for more information which may include a map.
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Tue 14 Aug |
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Savoy Swing Lounge Luton&Dunstable Savoy Swing Lounge Luton & Dunstable Dunstable, Bedfordshire |
Weekly Swing Dance Classes Balboa, Jive (Ballroom), Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll |
Swingsters | 43.0 |  |
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LeRoc Surrey Modern Jive Classes Dorking Halls Dorking, Surrey |
LeRoc Modern Jive & Smooth Classes & Freestyle Grand Hall, Dorking Halls Leroc, Modern Jive, Smooth Modern Jive |
LeRoc Surrey (The Jive In Dance Co) | 49.0 | |
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Ceroc Storey's Field Ceroc Storey's Field Cambridge, Cambridge |
Ceroc is best described as modern jive with flavours of Latin & Tango - easy to learn Modern Jive |
Ceroc Spirit | 36.0 |  |
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Canterbury Jive Class Canterbury Baptist Church Hall Canterbury, Kent |
Drop-in 1940's/50's Jive Class 1940s Jive, Rock n Roll |
Canterbury Jive Class and Events | 40.0 | |
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Ceroc St Netos Ceroc St Neots St Neots, Cambridgeshire |
Ceroc is best described as modern jive with flavours of Latin & Tango - easy to learn Modern Jive |
Ceroc Spirit | 43.0 | |
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Ceroc @ Bourne Hall, Ewell Bourne Hall Epsom, Surrey |
Ceroc classes - No Partner Required - No Need to Book Modern Jive |
Ceroc Surrey | 44.0 | |
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Swing Thing Perrywood Sports and Social Club Redhill , Surrey |
Learn To Lindy Hop with Swing Thing! 1940s Jive, Charleston, Lindy Hop |
Swing Thing | 48.0 | |
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Ceroc Chelmsford King Edward VI Grammar School (KEGS) Chelmsford, Essex |
Adult modern jive dance classes Modern Jive |
Ceroc - Adult Jive Classes | 5.0 |  |
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Modern Jive Surrey class The Old Whitgiftians Club House South Croydon, Surrey |
Class + Freestyle Leroc, Modern Jive |
Modern Jive Surrey | 38.0 | |
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Jitterbug & Swing Jive The Hub Huntingfield, Suffolk |
Jitterbug and Swing Jive to original swing and rhythm'n'blues music 1940s Jive, East Coast Swing, Strolls |
Everything's Jumpin' | 41.0 | |
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Beginners 50s Jive dance lessons (T Sinbin @ The Plough and Harrow Leytonstone, London E |
Beginners 50s Jive dance lessons - hosted by The Chicken Shack's Malc and Tricia Rock n Roll |
The Chicken Shack | 23.0 | |||
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Tuesday Dance & Social Club Russell Park Social Club Bedford, Bedfordshire |
Friendly Dance and Social Club Cha Cha Cha (Ballroom), Foxtrot, Jive (Ballroom), Modern Tango, Old Time Dancing, Quickstep, Rock n Roll, Rumba, Popular Sequence, Waltz |
Annie Seaborn | 43.0 | |||
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Learn Swing Jive Rockin' Roadiolers Ramsgate, Kent |
Beginners swing jive lessons 1940s Jive, West Coast Swing |
Canterbury Hep Cats | 47.0 | |||
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St Neots Regular Ceroc class night The Priory Centre, Priory Lane, St Neots St Neots, Cambridgeshire |
Regular weekly class nights Modern Jive |
Ceroc Cambs / SG | 48.0 | |||
Wed 15 Aug |
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Ceroc Fowlmere Ceroc Fowlmere Fowlmere, Hertfordshire |
Ceroc is best described as modern jive with flavours of Latin and Tango Modern Jive |
Ceroc Spirit | 34.0 | |
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Ceroc @ Assembly Rooms, Surbiton The Assembly Rooms Surbiton, Surrey |
Ceroc classes - No Partner Required - No Need to Book Modern Jive |
Ceroc Surrey | 44.0 | |
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Wingham Jitterbug Jive Class The Anchor Inn Wingham, Kent |
Easy drop-in classes in 1940's/50's style Jive. 1940s Jive, Rock n Roll |
Canterbury Jive Class and Events | 44.0 | |
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SLD's Tea Dance Marks Tey Village Hall Colchester, Essex |
An enjoyable afternoon of Ballroom, Latin and Sequence Dancing 1940s Jive, Argentine Tango, Cha Cha Cha (Ballroom), Foxtrot, Jive (Ballroom), Modern Tango, Quickstep, Rumba, Samba, Popular Sequence, Viennese Waltz, Waltz, Modern Sequence |
Starlight Dancing | 13.0 | |
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Ceroc Romford Reloaded Romford United Services and Social Club Romford, Essex |
Adult modern jive dance classes Modern Jive |
Ceroc - Adult Jive Classes | 19.0 | |
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Dance Classes Stratford St Mary Institute Hall Stratford St Mary, Suffolk |
Swing Jive, Boogie Woogie & Balboa 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie |
Esther Tutthill | 24.0 | |||
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Biggin Hill Jive Biggin Hill Biggin Hill, Bromley |
Beginners 1940 Jive Class Followed by Improvers, No Partner Required, Adult Only. Wednesda 1940s Jive, East Coast Swing, Rock n Roll |
Biggin Hill Jive | 33.0 | |||
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Fowlmere Regular Ceroc class night Fowlmere Village Hall Fowlmere, Hertfordshire |
Regular weekly run dance classes Modern Jive |
Ceroc Cambs / SG | 34.0 | |||
Thu 16 Aug |
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Rock n Roll Rawreth Village Hall Rawreth Village Hall Rawreth, Essex |
Beginners & Improvers 50's Jive Rock n Roll |
Mr Dickie Bows | 9.0 | |
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Jive Club Classes Poplars Hall Hutton Shenfield, Essex |
Modern Jive Classes Beginners WELCOME Modern Jive |
The Jive Club | 11.0 | |
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Swingland - Lindy hop Hammersmith The Hammersmith Club London, London W |
Learn to swing dance in Hammersmith - every Thursday! 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop |
Swingland | 37.0 | |
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A-Train The Hammersmith Club London, London W |
West London's Premier Swing Dance Night! - Lindy hop classes and dancing 1940s Jive, Balboa, Blues, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop |
Swingland | 37.0 | |
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Fri 17 Aug |
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Letchworth Freestyle - Spirella Ceroc Letchworth Letchworth , Hertfordshire |
Letchworth Freestyle - Ceroc Modern Jive Modern Jive |
Ceroc Spirit | 34.0 | |
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WeJig Great Baddow. Great Baddow Millenium Centre Chelmsford, Essex |
MJ Dance night Modern Jive |
WeJig | 2.0 | |
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Smooth Jive & Argentine Tango Sevenoaks Community Centre Sevenoaks, Kent |
Smooth Modern Jive and Nuevo Argentine Tango classes Argentine Tango, Leroc, Modern Jive, Tango Nuevo |
Jivebeat / Tango Synthesis | 35.0 | |
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The Spirella Ballroom, Freestyle The Spirella Building Letchworth Garden City, Herts, Hertfordshire |
The Spirella Building Freestyle night Modern Jive, Smooth Modern Jive |
Ceroc Cambs / SG | 36.0 | |||
Sat 18 Aug |
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Jumpin' with the Jukesters! Jumpin' at the Bricket Wood Side! Bricket Wood, St Albans, Hertfordshire |
Live music from the Jukesters Balboa, Charleston, Jive (Ballroom), Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll |
Swingsters | 38.0 | |
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Swingsters - Shim Sham & Strolls Jumpin' at the Bricket Wood Side! Bricket Wood, St Albans, Hertfordshire |
Solo Jazz steps 1940s Jive, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll, Smooth Modern Jive |
Swingsters | 38.0 | |
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Boogie Shack The Zoo Cafe Hertford , Hertfordshire |
Top social dancing to an eclectic range of music from swing and jive to blues and RnB. 1940s Jive, Blues, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop |
JiveSwing.Com | 26.0 | |
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The Chicken Shack Sinbin @ The Plough and Harrow Leytonstone, London E |
The Chicken Shack Rock n Roll |
The Chicken Shack | 23.0 | |||
Sun 19 Aug |
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Bushey Tea Dance Lincolnsfields Centre Bushey Bushey, Hertfordshire |
1940s Style Charity Tea Dance near Bushey 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Cha Cha Cha (Ballroom), Foxtrot, Jive (Ballroom), Leroc, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Quickstep, Rock n Roll, Waltz |
Swingsters | 40.0 | |
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Boost Your Balboa Lincolnsfields Centre Bushey Bushey, Hertfordshire |
General Level Balboa Balboa, Jive (Ballroom), Leroc, Lindy Hop, Quickstep, Rock n Roll |
Swingsters | 40.0 | |
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Free Sunday Swing to Rock'n'Roll Dirty Harry's Soho London, Central London |
Free Swing to Rock'n'roll Social Dance Central London 3-7 pm 1940s Jive, Boogie Woogie, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll |
Free Sunday Swing to Rock’n’Roll London | 33.0 | |||
Mon 20 Aug |
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Ceroc Letchworth Ceroc Letchworth Letchworth , Hertfordshire |
Ceroc is best described as modern jive with flavours of Latin & Tango - easy to learn Modern Jive |
Ceroc Spirit | 34.0 | |
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Bramleys Swing Dance Classes Bramleys Cocktail Bar Canterbury, Kent |
Weekly swing/vintage dance classes, different each month 1940s Jive, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Rock n Roll, Strolls |
Canterbury Jive Class and Events | 40.0 | |
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40's Swing Jive - Ashingdon Ashingdon & East Hawkwell Memorial Hall Rochford, Essex |
40's swing jive 1940s Jive |
Mr Dickie Bows | |
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Jive Club Hamptons Leisure (formerly Marconi) Chelmsford, Essex |
Jive Club Monday Class Modern Jive |
The Jive Club | |
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Ceroc Basildon Basildon Sport & Leisure Club Basildon, Southend on Sea |
Adult modern jive dance classes Modern Jive |
Ceroc - Adult Jive Classes | 11.0 | |
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Swingland - Lindy hop Brixton Market House Brixton Brixton, London SW |
Learn to swing dance in Brixton - every Monday! 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop |
Swingland | 37.0 | |
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USC Regular Ceroc class night University Sports & Social Club Mill Lane, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire |
Regular weekly ceroc dance class Modern Jive |
Ceroc Cambs / SG | 36.0 | |||
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L'worth Regular Ceroc class night Spirella Ballroom Letchworth Garden City, Herts, Hertfordshire |
Ceroc regular class night Modern Jive |
Ceroc Cambs / SG | 36.0 | |||
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Beginners Jive Class & Dance Harefield Cricket Club Middlesex, Middlesex |
Beginners Jive class and dancing Rock n Roll |
The Rocking Rebels | 45.0 | |||
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Rock n Roll Monday's Harefield Cricket Club Middlesex, Middlesex |
Learn to Dance 1950s Rock n Roll Jive with the Rocking Rebels! Rock n Roll |
The Rocking Rebels | 45.0 | |||
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Rock n Roll Jive Club Harefield Cricket Club Middlesex, Middlesex |
1950s Rock n Roll Jive Club every Monday Rock n Roll, Strolls |
The Rocking Rebels | 45.0 | |||
Tue 21 Aug |
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Savoy Swing Lounge Luton&Dunstable Savoy Swing Lounge Luton & Dunstable Dunstable, Bedfordshire |
Weekly Swing Dance Classes Balboa, Jive (Ballroom), Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll |
Swingsters | 43.0 | |
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LeRoc Surrey Modern Jive Classes Dorking Halls Dorking, Surrey |
LeRoc Modern Jive & Smooth Classes & Freestyle Grand Hall, Dorking Halls Leroc, Modern Jive, Smooth Modern Jive |
LeRoc Surrey (The Jive In Dance Co) | 49.0 | |
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Ceroc Storey's Field Ceroc Storey's Field Cambridge, Cambridge |
Ceroc is best described as modern jive with flavours of Latin & Tango - easy to learn Modern Jive |
Ceroc Spirit | 36.0 | |
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Canterbury Jive Class Canterbury Baptist Church Hall Canterbury, Kent |
Drop-in 1940's/50's Jive Class 1940s Jive, Rock n Roll |
Canterbury Jive Class and Events | 40.0 | |
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Ceroc St Netos Ceroc St Neots St Neots, Cambridgeshire |
Ceroc is best described as modern jive with flavours of Latin & Tango - easy to learn Modern Jive |
Ceroc Spirit | 43.0 | |
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Ceroc @ Bourne Hall, Ewell Bourne Hall Epsom, Surrey |
Ceroc classes - No Partner Required - No Need to Book Modern Jive |
Ceroc Surrey | 44.0 | |
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Swing Thing Perrywood Sports and Social Club Redhill , Surrey |
Learn To Lindy Hop with Swing Thing! 1940s Jive, Charleston, Lindy Hop |
Swing Thing | 48.0 | |
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Ceroc Chelmsford King Edward VI Grammar School (KEGS) Chelmsford, Essex |
Adult modern jive dance classes Modern Jive |
Ceroc - Adult Jive Classes | 5.0 | |
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C Jam The Exhibit London, London SW |
The home of Savoy-style Lindy hop in London! - swing dance classes and dancing 1940s Jive, Balboa, Blues, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop |
Swingland | 37.0 | |
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Swingland - Lindy hop Balham The Exhibit London, London SW |
Learn to swing dance in Balham - every Tuesday! 1940s Jive, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop |
Swingland | 37.0 | |
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Modern Jive Surrey class The Old Whitgiftians Club House South Croydon, Surrey |
Class + Freestyle Leroc, Modern Jive |
Modern Jive Surrey | 38.0 | |
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Jitterbug & Swing Jive The Hub Huntingfield, Suffolk |
Jitterbug and Swing Jive to original swing and rhythm'n'blues music 1940s Jive, East Coast Swing, Strolls |
Everything's Jumpin' | 41.0 | |
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Beginners 50s Jive dance lessons (T Sinbin @ The Plough and Harrow Leytonstone, London E |
Beginners 50s Jive dance lessons - hosted by The Chicken Shack's Malc and Tricia Rock n Roll |
The Chicken Shack | 23.0 | |||
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Tuesday Dance & Social Club Russell Park Social Club Bedford, Bedfordshire |
Friendly Dance and Social Club Cha Cha Cha (Ballroom), Foxtrot, Jive (Ballroom), Modern Tango, Old Time Dancing, Quickstep, Rock n Roll, Rumba, Popular Sequence, Waltz |
Annie Seaborn | 43.0 | |||
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Learn Swing Jive Rockin' Roadiolers Ramsgate, Kent |
Beginners swing jive lessons 1940s Jive, West Coast Swing |
Canterbury Hep Cats | 47.0 | |||
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St Neots Regular Ceroc class night The Priory Centre, Priory Lane, St Neots St Neots, Cambridgeshire |
Regular weekly class nights Modern Jive |
Ceroc Cambs / SG | 48.0 | |||
Wed 22 Aug |
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Ceroc Fowlmere Ceroc Fowlmere Fowlmere, Hertfordshire |
Ceroc is best described as modern jive with flavours of Latin and Tango Modern Jive |
Ceroc Spirit | 34.0 | |
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Ceroc @ Assembly Rooms, Surbiton The Assembly Rooms Surbiton, Surrey |
Ceroc classes - No Partner Required - No Need to Book Modern Jive |
Ceroc Surrey | 44.0 | |
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Wingham Jitterbug Jive Class The Anchor Inn Wingham, Kent |
Easy drop-in classes in 1940's/50's style Jive. 1940s Jive, Rock n Roll |
Canterbury Jive Class and Events | 44.0 | |
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SLD's Tea Dance Marks Tey Village Hall Colchester, Essex |
An enjoyable afternoon of Ballroom, Latin and Sequence Dancing 1940s Jive, Argentine Tango, Cha Cha Cha (Ballroom), Foxtrot, Jive (Ballroom), Modern Tango, Quickstep, Rumba, Samba, Popular Sequence, Viennese Waltz, Waltz, Modern Sequence |
Starlight Dancing | 13.0 | |
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Ceroc Romford Reloaded Romford United Services and Social Club Romford, Essex |
Adult modern jive dance classes Modern Jive |
Ceroc - Adult Jive Classes | 19.0 | |
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Stratford freestyle social Stratford St Mary Institute Hall Stratford St Mary, Suffolk |
2-hour freestyle social with DJ "Texas Tommy" ~ BYO drinks 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop |
Esther Tutthill | 24.0 | |||
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Biggin Hill Jive Biggin Hill Biggin Hill, Bromley |
Beginners 1940 Jive Class Followed by Improvers, No Partner Required, Adult Only. Wednesda 1940s Jive, East Coast Swing, Rock n Roll |
Biggin Hill Jive | 33.0 | |||
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Fowlmere Regular Ceroc class night Fowlmere Village Hall Fowlmere, Hertfordshire |
Regular weekly run dance classes Modern Jive |
Ceroc Cambs / SG | 34.0 | |||
Thu 23 Aug |
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Rock n Roll Rawreth Village Hall Rawreth Village Hall Rawreth, Essex |
Beginners & Improvers 50's Jive Rock n Roll |
Mr Dickie Bows | 9.0 | |
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Jive Club Classes Poplars Hall Hutton Shenfield, Essex |
Modern Jive Classes Beginners WELCOME Modern Jive |
The Jive Club | 11.0 | |
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Swingland - Lindy hop Hammersmith The Hammersmith Club London, London W |
Learn to swing dance in Hammersmith - every Thursday! 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop |
Swingland | 37.0 | |
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A-Train The Hammersmith Club London, London W |
West London's Premier Swing Dance Night! - Lindy hop classes and dancing 1940s Jive, Balboa, Blues, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop |
Swingland | 37.0 | |
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Fri 24 Aug |
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WeJig Harlow Great Parndon Community Association. Harlow, Essex |
Modern Jive Dance night. Modern Jive |
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Jive Club Freestyle Hampton Leisure Chelmsford, Essex |
Jive Club Freestyle and back by popular demand dj *Trevor Wright* Modern Jive |
The Jive Club | 3.0 | |
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Sat 25 Aug |
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Afternoon Fun and Dance Kanaloa Bar City of London, London EC |
A fantastic afternoon of dancing to 40's and 50's music 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll, West Coast Swing |
Rock n Revellers | 32.0 | |
Sun 26 Aug |
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Jive & Chill - Sunday Night Dancing Berkhamsted Town Hall Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire |
Tunes for the Modern & Smooth Jive, West Coast Swing & Chillout Community Leroc, Modern Jive, West Coast Swing, Smooth Modern Jive |
Jive Hub (NewBerko) | 47.0 |
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