Swing classes and dances events near Essex

With the Charleston originating from the 1920s/30s, and Lindy Hop (Jitterbug) being introduced to the UK during WWII, the styles disappeared in the 1950s only to be revived again in the late 1980s. The Swing category includes Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, East Coast Swing, Jazz Steps, Laminu, Lindy Hop and West Coast Swing.

Classes, dances and other dance events in or near Essex for Swing. Please click on the event name for more information which may include a map.

Date			Event/Venue/Organiser	Description/Dance Styles	Distance
Tue 11 Nov			Get in the Swing Lindy Hop Classes Steeple Morden Village Hall , Royston, Hertfordshire Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Get in the Swing	Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Lindy Hop	36.0
			C Jam - classes, dancing The Bedford , Balham, London, London SW C Jam - Lindy hop classes and dancing Swingland	C Jam - Lindy hop classes and dancing Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	36.0
Wed 12 Nov			Jazzumba dance fitness Weds PM Cotton End Village Hall , Bedford, Bedfordshire Combining all the exercise benefits of dance movement with the art & joy of authentic Jazz Swingsters	Combining all the exercise benefits of dance movement with the art & joy of authentic Jazz Jazz Steps, Zumba, General Dance Fitness, Strolls	47.0
			Get in the Swing Lindy Hop Classes Risby Village Hall, near Bury St Edmunds , Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Get in the Swing	Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Lindy Hop	38.0
			Swingland TW7 - class, practice Werfa Pavilion , Isleworth, London, London W Swingland TW7 - weekly Lindy hop class and practice Swingland	Swingland TW7 - weekly Lindy hop class and practice Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	42.0
			Archway Balboa Classes Hargrave Hall , , London N 4 weeks of 2 hour intensives for Intermediate level dancers Nikki Santilli	4 weeks of 2 hour intensives for Intermediate level dancers Balboa	31.0
Thu 13 Nov			Planet Swing M.K. & Beds Live Band Wixams Dance Hall , Bedford, Bedfordshire High quality live band night Swingsters	High quality live band night 1940s Jive, Balboa, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Jive (Ballroom), Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Quickstep, Rock n Roll	49.0
			Yacht Club Swing - classes, dancing Linden House Riverside , Hammersmith/Chiswick, London, London W Yacht Club Swing - Lindy hop classes and dancing Swingland	Yacht Club Swing - Lindy hop classes and dancing Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	38.0
			ABC of Jazz Dance The Bridge , London, London WC In Studio & Online Nikki Santilli	In Studio & Online Jazz Steps	32.0
			Beginners Lindy Hop with Simon City Sport , London, London EC Beginners Lindy Hop with Simon SwingdanceUK	Beginners Lindy Hop with Simon Lindy Hop	31.0
			Intermediate Lindy Hop with Simon City Sport , London, London EC Intermeidate Lindy Hop Class with Simon SwingdanceUK	Intermeidate Lindy Hop Class with Simon Lindy Hop	31.0
			Swing Thing Double Seven Club , Redhill, Surrey Learn To Lindy Hop with Swing Thing! Swing Thing	Learn To Lindy Hop with Swing Thing! 1940s Jive, Charleston, Lindy Hop	48.0
Fri 14 Nov			Blue Hawks @ Black Cat Freestyle Black Cat Friday Freestyle , Bedford, Bedfordshire Freestyle dance with The Blue Hawks & DJ Jon Brett Swingsters	Freestyle dance with The Blue Hawks & DJ Jon Brett Balboa, Blues, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Leroc, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll	47.0
Sat 15 Nov			Swing Dance Morley College London , , Southwark Lindy Hop: Improvers to Intermediate Nikki Santilli	Lindy Hop: Improvers to Intermediate Lindy Hop	32.0
Sun 16 Nov			Beginners swing dance (Lindy hop) Linden House Riverside , Hammersmith/Chiswick, London, London W Beginners swing dance (Lindy hop) workshop Swingland	Beginners swing dance (Lindy hop) workshop Lindy Hop	38.0
			Moonshine - Social Balboa Dance South London Irish Association , Wimbledon, London SW A Balboa-Swing tea dance with live music! Nikki Santilli	A Balboa-Swing tea dance with live music! 1940s Jive, Balboa, Lindy Hop	39.0
Mon 17 Nov			A-Train - classes, dancing The Hammersmith Club , Hammersmith, London, London W A-Train - Lindy hop classes and dancing Swingland	A-Train - Lindy hop classes and dancing Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	37.0
			Tenterden Swing - Inters Lindy Hop St Mildreds Hall , Tenterden, Kent Lindy Hop - Intermediates Tenterden Swing	Lindy Hop - Intermediates Lindy Hop	47.0
			Solo Jazz with Anna City Sport , London, London EC Solo Jazz class with Anna SwingdanceUK	Solo Jazz class with Anna Charleston, Jazz, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	31.0
Tue 18 Nov			Get in the Swing Lindy Hop Classes Steeple Morden Village Hall , Royston, Hertfordshire Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Get in the Swing	Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Lindy Hop	36.0
			C Jam - classes, dancing The Bedford , Balham, London, London SW C Jam - Lindy hop classes and dancing Swingland	C Jam - Lindy hop classes and dancing Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	36.0
			Live music at C Jam The Bedford , Balham, London, London SW Shirt Tail Stompers live at C Jam Swingland	Shirt Tail Stompers live at C Jam 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, East Coast Swing, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	36.0
			Swing on the Stour The Mooring Cafe and Bar , Canterbury, Kent Canterbury’s twice a month swing dance with classes (first and third Tuesday of the month) Canterbury Jive & DJ Reverend Boogie	Canterbury’s twice a month swing dance with classes (first and third Tuesday of the month) 1940s Jive, Balboa, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll	40.0
Wed 19 Nov			Jazzumba dance fitness Weds PM Cotton End Village Hall , Bedford, Bedfordshire Combining all the exercise benefits of dance movement with the art & joy of authentic Jazz Swingsters	Combining all the exercise benefits of dance movement with the art & joy of authentic Jazz Jazz Steps, Zumba, General Dance Fitness, Strolls	47.0
			Get in the Swing Lindy Hop Classes Risby Village Hall, near Bury St Edmunds , Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Get in the Swing	Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Lindy Hop	38.0
			Swingland TW7 - class, practice Werfa Pavilion , Isleworth, London, London W Swingland TW7 - weekly Lindy hop class and practice Swingland	Swingland TW7 - weekly Lindy hop class and practice Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	42.0
			Archway Balboa Classes Hargrave Hall , , London N 4 weeks of 2 hour intensives for Intermediate level dancers Nikki Santilli	4 weeks of 2 hour intensives for Intermediate level dancers Balboa	31.0
Thu 20 Nov			Festive Fitness with SoulSwingJazz Wixams Dance Hall , Bedford, Bedfordshire Get Festive Fitness with SoulSwingJazz - five week course Swingsters	Get Festive Fitness with SoulSwingJazz - five week course Jazz Steps, Zumba, General Dance Fitness, Strolls, Fitsteps	49.0
			Planet Swing M.K. & Beds Live Band Wixams Dance Hall , Bedford, Bedfordshire High quality live band night Swingsters	High quality live band night 1940s Jive, Balboa, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Jive (Ballroom), Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Quickstep, Rock n Roll	49.0
			Yacht Club Swing - classes, dancing Linden House Riverside , Hammersmith/Chiswick, London, London W Yacht Club Swing - Lindy hop classes and dancing Swingland	Yacht Club Swing - Lindy hop classes and dancing Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	38.0
			ABC of Jazz Dance The Bridge , London, London WC In Studio & Online Nikki Santilli	In Studio & Online Jazz Steps	32.0
			Beginners Lindy Hop with Simon City Sport , London, London EC Beginners Lindy Hop with Simon SwingdanceUK	Beginners Lindy Hop with Simon Lindy Hop	31.0
			Swing Thing Double Seven Club , Redhill, Surrey Learn To Lindy Hop with Swing Thing! Swing Thing	Learn To Lindy Hop with Swing Thing! 1940s Jive, Charleston, Lindy Hop	48.0
Sat 22 Nov			Swing Dance Morley College London , , Southwark Lindy Hop: Improvers to Intermediate Nikki Santilli	Lindy Hop: Improvers to Intermediate Lindy Hop	32.0
Sun 23 Nov			Swing Dance Afternoon Special The Glass House , Ashford, Kent Afternoon of complete beginner’s swing dance classes and socialising Canterbury Jive & DJ Reverend Boogie	Afternoon of complete beginner’s swing dance classes and socialising 1940s Jive, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Rock n Roll	44.0
Mon 24 Nov			A-Train - classes, dancing The Hammersmith Club , Hammersmith, London, London W A-Train - Lindy hop classes and dancing Swingland	A-Train - Lindy hop classes and dancing Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	37.0
			Tenterden Swing - Inters Lindy Hop St Mildreds Hall , Tenterden, Kent Lindy Hop - Intermediates Tenterden Swing	Lindy Hop - Intermediates Lindy Hop	47.0
			Solo Jazz with Anna City Sport , London, London EC Solo Jazz class with Anna SwingdanceUK	Solo Jazz class with Anna Charleston, Jazz, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	31.0
Tue 25 Nov			Get in the Swing Lindy Hop Classes Steeple Morden Village Hall , Royston, Hertfordshire Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Get in the Swing	Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Lindy Hop	36.0
			C Jam - classes, dancing The Bedford , Balham, London, London SW C Jam - Lindy hop classes and dancing Swingland	C Jam - Lindy hop classes and dancing Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	36.0
			Live music at C Jam The Bedford , Balham, London, London SW Pete Long's Trinity College Ellington Orchestra live at C Jam Swingland	Pete Long's Trinity College Ellington Orchestra live at C Jam 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, East Coast Swing, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	36.0
Wed 26 Nov			Jazzumba dance fitness Weds PM Cotton End Village Hall , Bedford, Bedfordshire Combining all the exercise benefits of dance movement with the art & joy of authentic Jazz Swingsters	Combining all the exercise benefits of dance movement with the art & joy of authentic Jazz Jazz Steps, Zumba, General Dance Fitness, Strolls	47.0
			Get in the Swing Lindy Hop Classes Risby Village Hall, near Bury St Edmunds , Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Get in the Swing	Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Lindy Hop	38.0
			Swingland TW7 - class, practice Werfa Pavilion , Isleworth, London, London W Swingland TW7 - weekly Lindy hop class and practice Swingland	Swingland TW7 - weekly Lindy hop class and practice Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	42.0
			Archway Balboa Classes Hargrave Hall , , London N 4 weeks of 2 hour intensives for Intermediate level dancers Nikki Santilli	4 weeks of 2 hour intensives for Intermediate level dancers Balboa	31.0
Thu 27 Nov			Festive Fitness with SoulSwingJazz Wixams Dance Hall , Bedford, Bedfordshire Get Festive Fitness with SoulSwingJazz - five week course Swingsters	Get Festive Fitness with SoulSwingJazz - five week course Jazz Steps, Zumba, General Dance Fitness, Strolls, Fitsteps	49.0
			Planet Swing M.K. & Beds Live Band Wixams Dance Hall , Bedford, Bedfordshire High quality live band night Swingsters	High quality live band night 1940s Jive, Balboa, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Jive (Ballroom), Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Quickstep, Rock n Roll	49.0
			Pizza & Jive Night The Drill Hall , Sandwich, Kent An evening of great music, fun dancing and delicious pizza. Canterbury Jive & DJ Reverend Boogie	An evening of great music, fun dancing and delicious pizza. 1940s Jive, Balboa, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll, Strolls	33.0
			Advanced Solo Jazz The Bridge , London, London WC In Studio & Online Nikki Santilli	In Studio & Online Jazz Steps	32.0
			Beginners Lindy Hop with Simon City Sport , London, London EC Beginners Lindy Hop with Simon SwingdanceUK	Beginners Lindy Hop with Simon Lindy Hop	31.0
			Swing Thing Double Seven Club , Redhill, Surrey Learn To Lindy Hop with Swing Thing! Swing Thing	Learn To Lindy Hop with Swing Thing! 1940s Jive, Charleston, Lindy Hop	48.0
Fri 28 Nov			Some Like It Swing Genesis Cinema , , London E Genesis Cinema and Swingdance UK invite you along to our monthly nostalgia dancing night. SwingdanceUK	Genesis Cinema and Swingdance UK invite you along to our monthly nostalgia dancing night. 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, East Coast Swing, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll, West Coast Swing	23.0
Sat 29 Nov			Alisa Lands Quartet @ Cotton Club Cotton End Village Hall , Bedford, Bedfordshire The Alisa Lands Quartet - Top quality Monthly Swing + Jive band nights Swingsters	The Alisa Lands Quartet - Top quality Monthly Swing + Jive band nights 1940s Jive, Balboa, Collegiate Shag, Jive (Ballroom), Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll	47.0
			Sugar Town Strut - Risby Suffolk Risby Village Hall, near Bury St Edmunds , Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Sugar Town Strut - Jive & Swing Dance with Si Cranstoun & His Band Get in the Swing	Sugar Town Strut - Jive & Swing Dance with Si Cranstoun & His Band 1940s Jive, Balboa, Blues, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, East Coast Swing, Jazz Steps, Leroc, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll, West Coast Swing	38.0
			Swing Dance Morley College London , , Southwark Lindy Hop: Improvers to Intermediate Nikki Santilli	Lindy Hop: Improvers to Intermediate Lindy Hop	32.0
Mon 01 Dec			A-Train - classes, dancing The Hammersmith Club , Hammersmith, London, London W A-Train - Lindy hop classes and dancing Swingland	A-Train - Lindy hop classes and dancing Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	37.0
			Tenterden Swing - Inters Lindy Hop St Mildreds Hall , Tenterden, Kent Lindy Hop - Intermediates Tenterden Swing	Lindy Hop - Intermediates Lindy Hop	47.0
			Solo Jazz with Anna City Sport , London, London EC Solo Jazz class with Anna SwingdanceUK	Solo Jazz class with Anna Charleston, Jazz, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	31.0
Tue 02 Dec			Get in the Swing Lindy Hop Classes Steeple Morden Village Hall , Royston, Hertfordshire Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Get in the Swing	Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Lindy Hop	36.0
			Swing on the Stour The Mooring Cafe and Bar , Canterbury, Kent Canterbury’s twice a month swing dance with classes (first and third Tuesday of the month) Canterbury Jive & DJ Reverend Boogie	Canterbury’s twice a month swing dance with classes (first and third Tuesday of the month) 1940s Jive, Balboa, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll	40.0
Wed 03 Dec			Jazzumba dance fitness Weds PM Cotton End Village Hall , Bedford, Bedfordshire Combining all the exercise benefits of dance movement with the art & joy of authentic Jazz Swingsters	Combining all the exercise benefits of dance movement with the art & joy of authentic Jazz Jazz Steps, Zumba, General Dance Fitness, Strolls	47.0
			Get in the Swing Lindy Hop Classes Risby Village Hall, near Bury St Edmunds , Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Get in the Swing	Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Lindy Hop	38.0
			Swingland TW7 - class, practice Werfa Pavilion , Isleworth, London, London W Swingland TW7 - weekly Lindy hop class and practice Swingland	Swingland TW7 - weekly Lindy hop class and practice Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	42.0
Thu 04 Dec			Festive Fitness with SoulSwingJazz Wixams Dance Hall , Bedford, Bedfordshire Get Festive Fitness with SoulSwingJazz - five week course Swingsters	Get Festive Fitness with SoulSwingJazz - five week course Jazz Steps, Zumba, General Dance Fitness, Strolls, Fitsteps	49.0
			Planet Swing M.K. & Beds Live Band Wixams Dance Hall , Bedford, Bedfordshire High quality live band night Swingsters	High quality live band night 1940s Jive, Balboa, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Jive (Ballroom), Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Quickstep, Rock n Roll	49.0
			Advanced Solo Jazz The Bridge , London, London WC In Studio & Online Nikki Santilli	In Studio & Online Jazz Steps	32.0
			Beginners Lindy Hop with Simon City Sport , London, London EC Beginners Lindy Hop with Simon SwingdanceUK	Beginners Lindy Hop with Simon Lindy Hop	31.0
Fri 05 Dec			Rhythm Joint Swing Dance Newmarket The Exning Road Club , Newmarket, Cambridgeshire Monthly Social Swing Dance Night (Every 1st Friday in the Month) Get in the Swing	Monthly Social Swing Dance Night (Every 1st Friday in the Month) 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, East Coast Swing, Jive (Ballroom), Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll, West Coast Swing	43.0
Sat 06 Dec			Swing Dance Morley College London , , Southwark Lindy Hop: Improvers to Intermediate Nikki Santilli	Lindy Hop: Improvers to Intermediate Lindy Hop	32.0
			Fast Beginners Balboa Workshop Ruislip , Ruislip, Harrow Small group intensive Fast Beginners Balboa workshop SwingdanceUK	Small group intensive Fast Beginners Balboa workshop Balboa	42.0
Sun 07 Dec			Four Seasons Tea Dance Cotton End Village Hall , Bedford, Bedfordshire Jive - Swing - Ballroom - Tea Dance Swingsters	Jive - Swing - Ballroom - Tea Dance 1940s Jive, American Smooth, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Cha Cha Cha (Ballroom), Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Foxtrot, Jive (Ballroom), Leroc, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Quickstep, Rumba, Samba, Waltz, Smooth Modern Jive	47.0
			Argentine Tango Workshop Cotton End Village Hall , Bedford, Bedfordshire Argentine Tango Workshop Swingsters	Argentine Tango Workshop Lindy Hop, Tango Nuevo, Tango Fusion, Traditional (USA) Blues, Blues Fusion	47.0
			Improvers Lindy hop Linden House Riverside , Hammersmith/Chiswick, London, London W Improvers Lindy hop workshop Swingland	Improvers Lindy hop workshop Lindy Hop	38.0
			Jingle Bell Jive at NAM National Army Museum , London, London SW Jive back in time to the 1940s at our Jingle Bell Jive. SwingdanceUK	Jive back in time to the 1940s at our Jingle Bell Jive. Lindy Hop	37.0
Mon 08 Dec			A-Train - classes, dancing The Hammersmith Club , Hammersmith, London, London W A-Train - Lindy hop classes and dancing Swingland	A-Train - Lindy hop classes and dancing Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	37.0
			Solo Jazz with Anna City Sport , London, London EC Solo Jazz class with Anna SwingdanceUK	Solo Jazz class with Anna Charleston, Jazz, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	31.0
Tue 09 Dec			Get in the Swing Lindy Hop Classes Steeple Morden Village Hall , Royston, Hertfordshire Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Get in the Swing	Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Lindy Hop	36.0
			C Jam Xmas Party - classes&dancing The Bedford , Balham, London, London SW C Jam - Lindy hop classes and dancing Swingland	C Jam - Lindy hop classes and dancing Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	36.0
			Live music at C Jam The Bedford , Balham, London, London SW The Intercontinentals live at the C Jam Xmas Party 2025 Swingland	The Intercontinentals live at the C Jam Xmas Party 2025 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, East Coast Swing, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	36.0
Wed 10 Dec			Jazzumba dance fitness Weds PM Cotton End Village Hall , Bedford, Bedfordshire Combining all the exercise benefits of dance movement with the art & joy of authentic Jazz Swingsters	Combining all the exercise benefits of dance movement with the art & joy of authentic Jazz Jazz Steps, Zumba, General Dance Fitness, Strolls	47.0

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