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	Organiser	Distance
Mon 24 Jul		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Southend The Railway Function Room Southend On Sea, Essex	Lindy Hop, Balboa & Authentic Jazz classes & Social dancing in Southend-On-Sea Balboa, Blues, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com
		Class	JIveSwing - Lindy Hop in Letchworth Brotherhood Hall Letchworth, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop & Social dancing in Letchworth Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	36.0
		Class	Tenterden Swing St Mildreds Hall Tenterden, Kent	Lindy Hop Charleston, East Coast Swing, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Tenterden Swing	47.0
		Class	Medway Lindy Hoppers Aylesford Community Centre Aylesford, Kent	Suitable for absolute beginners & improvers - No partner required Charleston, Lindy Hop	Medway Lindy Hoppers	30.0
		Class	Homefront Lindy Hop Goudhurst Village Hall Goudhurst, Kent	East Coast Swing style Lindy Hop Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	Homefront Lindy Hop	35.0
		Workshop	Dance AERIALS / Airsteps Workshop Westminster Academy - Dance Studio London, London W	Dynamic Paired Dance Aerials (aka Airsteps, Acrobatics, Lifts & Tricks) 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Leroc, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll, West Coast Swing	2Rock	35.0
Tue 25 Jul		Class	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
		Class	Get in the Swing Lindy Hop Classes Steeple Morden Village Hall Royston, Hertfordshire	Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Lindy Hop	Get in the Swing	36.0
		Class	Swing Thing Swing Thing Redhill, Surrey	Learn To Lindy Hop with Swing Thing! 1940s Jive, Charleston, Lindy Hop	Swing Thing	48.0
		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Chelmsford The Two Brewers Pub Chelmsford , Essex	Lindy Hop & Authentic Jazz classes & Social dancing in Chelmsford 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com
		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Enfield Christ Church Hall Enfield, London N	Lindy Hop classes & Social dancing every Tuesday with JiveSwing.Com 1940s Jive, Charleston, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	27.0
		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in St Albans Jubilee Centre St Albans, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop & Authentic Jazz classes & Social dancing in St Albans 1940s Jive, Charleston, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	37.0
		Class	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
		Class	The Congaroo Club, Godstone The Congaroo Club Godstone, , Surrey	East Coast Swing and Jitterbug Classes to the authentic sounds of the 1940s and 50s. 1940s Jive, East Coast Swing	Now That's Jive	44.0
		Class	Lindyhop with Rug-Cutters Hemingford Abbots Village Hall hemingford Abbots, Cambridgeshire	7:30 - 8:30 Abosolute Beginners, 9:00 - 10:00 Improvers, + freestyle Lindy Hop	Rug-Cutters Lindyhop Club	48.0
Wed 26 Jul		Class	Swing Shed Bedford Shortstown Village Hall Bedford, Bedfordshire	Weekly classes Lindy Hop Swing Charleston Balboa Jazz Steps in Bedford Balboa, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Swingsters	49.0
		Class	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. Lindy Hop	Get in the Swing	38.0
		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Brentwood The Essex Arms Brentwood, Essex	Lindy Hop, Balboa & Authentic Jazz Classes in Essex 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	14.0
		Class	Opus One Swing Dance Classes Stern Hall London, London W	Absolute beginners through to intermediates Lindy Hop	Opus One	34.0
		Dance	Opus One Stern Hall London, London W	Lindy Hop Classes and social dancing Lindy Hop	Opus One	34.0
		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church Watford, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop classes and in Watford Balboa, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	40.0
Thu 27 Jul		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop Welwyn Digswell Village Hall Digswell, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop & Social dancing every Thursday with JiveSwing.Com Balboa, Charleston, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	31.0
		Class	Balboa Social Club The Boathouse Cambridge , Cambridge	Balboa class followed by social dancing Balboa, Laminu	Cambridge Lindy Hoppers	36.0
		Class	Lindyhop Classes with Rug-Cutters Conservative Club St. Neots, Cambridgeshire	Regular Lindyhop & Shag classes Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Rug-Cutters Lindyhop Club	48.0
Fri 28 Jul		Dance	Jump, Jive & Swing (War & Peace) The Hop Farm Diner PADDOCK WOOD, Kent	Vintage 30's - 50's Dance 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, East Coast Swing, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll, West Coast Swing	Vintage Dj	39.0
Sun 30 Jul		Dance	1940's Tea Dance Lincolns Field Great Hall Bushey, Hertfordshire	1940's Style Jive Jitterbug & Ballroom Tea Dance 1940s Jive, American Smooth, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Foxtrot, Jazz Steps, Jive (Ballroom), Leroc, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Quickstep, Rock n Roll, Waltz	Swingsters	40.0
		Workshop	Swingsters Balboa Workshop Lincolnsfields Centre Bushey Bushey, Hertfordshire	Fast beginners to improvers Bal Swing 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Collegiate Shag, East Coast Swing, Jive (Ballroom), Leroc, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Quickstep, Rock n Roll, Smooth Modern Jive	Swingsters	40.0
		Dance	Sunday Swing at The Hub Tea Dance The Hub Huntingfield, Suffolk	Put some swing into your Sunday at The Hub! 1940s Jive, Balboa, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll, Strolls	Everything's Jumpin'	41.0
		Festival	The Big Jiveswing Jazz Festival Cassiobury Park Watford Watford, Hertfordshire	A full day of Live Music, Performances and Dancing! 1940s Jive, Balboa, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll	JiveSwing.Com	41.0
		Dance	Juke Box Sunday Night Jive The Vinyl Bar Lonon, Westminster	Fun weekly Jive club based in Central LondonLondon 1940s Jive, Boogie Woogie, East Coast Swing, Rock n Roll, West Coast Swing	Jump Jive and Shout	33.0
		Dance	JiveHub's Sunday Nite Jive & Chill Berkhamsted Town Hall Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire	Tunes for the Modern & Smooth Jive, West Coast Swing & Chillout Community Leroc, Modern Jive, West Coast Swing	Jive Hub (NewBerko)	47.0
Mon 31 Jul		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Southend The Railway Function Room Southend On Sea, Essex	Lindy Hop, Balboa & Authentic Jazz classes & Social dancing in Southend-On-Sea Balboa, Blues, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com
		Class	JIveSwing - Lindy Hop in Letchworth Brotherhood Hall Letchworth, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop & Social dancing in Letchworth Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	36.0
		Class	Medway Lindy Hoppers Aylesford Community Centre Aylesford, Kent	Suitable for absolute beginners & improvers - No partner required Charleston, Lindy Hop	Medway Lindy Hoppers	30.0
		Class	Homefront Lindy Hop Goudhurst Village Hall Goudhurst, Kent	East Coast Swing style Lindy Hop Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	Homefront Lindy Hop	35.0
		Workshop	Dance AERIALS / Airsteps Workshop Westminster Academy - Dance Studio London, London W	Dynamic Paired Dance Aerials (aka Airsteps, Acrobatics, Lifts & Tricks) 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Leroc, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll, West Coast Swing	2Rock	35.0
Tue 01 Aug		Class	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
		Class	Get in the Swing Lindy Hop Classes Steeple Morden Village Hall Royston, Hertfordshire	Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Lindy Hop	Get in the Swing	36.0
		Class	Swing Thing Swing Thing Redhill, Surrey	Learn To Lindy Hop with Swing Thing! 1940s Jive, Charleston, Lindy Hop	Swing Thing	48.0
		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Chelmsford The Two Brewers Pub Chelmsford , Essex	Lindy Hop & Authentic Jazz classes & Social dancing in Chelmsford 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com
		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in St Albans Jubilee Centre St Albans, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop & Authentic Jazz classes & Social dancing in St Albans 1940s Jive, Charleston, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	37.0
		Class	Lindyhop with Rug-Cutters Hemingford Abbots Village Hall hemingford Abbots, Cambridgeshire	7:30 - 8:30 Abosolute Beginners, 9:00 - 10:00 Improvers, + freestyle Lindy Hop	Rug-Cutters Lindyhop Club	48.0
Wed 02 Aug		Class	Swing Shed Bedford Shortstown Village Hall Bedford, Bedfordshire	Weekly classes Lindy Hop Swing Charleston Balboa Jazz Steps in Bedford Balboa, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Swingsters	49.0
		Class	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. Lindy Hop	Get in the Swing	38.0
		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Brentwood The Essex Arms Brentwood, Essex	Lindy Hop, Balboa & Authentic Jazz Classes in Essex 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	14.0
		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church Watford, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop classes and in Watford Balboa, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	40.0
Fri 04 Aug		Dance	Rhythm Joint Swing Dance Newmarket The Exning Road Club Newmarket, Cambridgeshire	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	Get in the Swing	43.0
Sat 05 Aug		Dance	Harlem Nights - Watford - NEW VENUE Beechen Grove Baptist Church Watford, Hertfordshire	Recreating the feel of Harlem's Savoy Ballroom for one night in.. 1940s Jive, Balboa, Blues, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	40.0
		Dance	Monthly Modern&Smooth Jive at Berko Berkhamsted Town Hall Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire	A great freestyle night for the Mod & Smooth Jive Partner Dance Community Leroc, Modern Jive, West Coast Swing, Blues Fusion, Smooth Modern Jive	Jive Hub (NewBerko)	47.0
Sun 06 Aug		Dance	Juke Box Sunday Night Jive The Vinyl Bar Lonon, Westminster	Fun weekly Jive club based in Central LondonLondon 1940s Jive, Boogie Woogie, East Coast Swing, Rock n Roll, West Coast Swing	Jump Jive and Shout	33.0
Mon 07 Aug		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Southend The Railway Function Room Southend On Sea, Essex	Lindy Hop, Balboa & Authentic Jazz classes & Social dancing in Southend-On-Sea Balboa, Blues, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com
		Class	JIveSwing - Lindy Hop in Letchworth Brotherhood Hall Letchworth, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop & Social dancing in Letchworth Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	36.0
		Dance	Swing Out Gatsby Party Spiegeltent London, London SW	A journey back to the heyday of the 1940s Lindy Hop	Swingdance UK	34.0
Tue 08 Aug		Class	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
		Class	Get in the Swing Lindy Hop Classes Steeple Morden Village Hall Royston, Hertfordshire	Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Lindy Hop	Get in the Swing	36.0
		Class	Swing Thing Swing Thing Redhill, Surrey	Learn To Lindy Hop with Swing Thing! 1940s Jive, Charleston, Lindy Hop	Swing Thing	48.0
		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Chelmsford The Two Brewers Pub Chelmsford , Essex	Lindy Hop & Authentic Jazz classes & Social dancing in Chelmsford 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com
		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in St Albans Jubilee Centre St Albans, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop & Authentic Jazz classes & Social dancing in St Albans 1940s Jive, Charleston, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	37.0
Wed 09 Aug		Class	Swing Shed Bedford Shortstown Village Hall Bedford, Bedfordshire	Weekly classes Lindy Hop Swing Charleston Balboa Jazz Steps in Bedford Balboa, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Swingsters	49.0
		Class	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. Lindy Hop	Get in the Swing	38.0
		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Brentwood The Essex Arms Brentwood, Essex	Lindy Hop, Balboa & Authentic Jazz Classes in Essex 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	14.0
		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church Watford, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop classes and in Watford Balboa, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	40.0
Fri 11 Aug		Dance	Black Cat Friday freestyle Black Cat Friday Freestyle Great Barford Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire	Fun class and freestyle dance Jon with DJ Jon Brett Balboa, Blues, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Leroc, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll	Swingsters	47.0
Sun 13 Aug		Dance	Juke Box Sunday Night Jive The Vinyl Bar Lonon, Westminster	Fun weekly Jive club based in Central LondonLondon 1940s Jive, Boogie Woogie, East Coast Swing, Rock n Roll, West Coast Swing	Jump Jive and Shout	33.0
Mon 14 Aug		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Southend The Railway Function Room Southend On Sea, Essex	Lindy Hop, Balboa & Authentic Jazz classes & Social dancing in Southend-On-Sea Balboa, Blues, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com
		Class	JIveSwing - Lindy Hop in Letchworth Brotherhood Hall Letchworth, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop & Social dancing in Letchworth Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	36.0
Tue 15 Aug		Class	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
		Class	Get in the Swing Lindy Hop Classes Steeple Morden Village Hall Royston, Hertfordshire	Beginners & Intermediate Level Classes with Paul & Debbie Jackson. Lindy Hop	Get in the Swing	36.0
		Class	Swing Thing Swing Thing Redhill, Surrey	Learn To Lindy Hop with Swing Thing! 1940s Jive, Charleston, Lindy Hop	Swing Thing	48.0
		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Chelmsford The Two Brewers Pub Chelmsford , Essex	Lindy Hop & Authentic Jazz classes & Social dancing in Chelmsford 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com
		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in St Albans Jubilee Centre St Albans, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop & Authentic Jazz classes & Social dancing in St Albans 1940s Jive, Charleston, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	37.0
		Class	Lindyhop with Rug-Cutters Hemingford Abbots Village Hall hemingford Abbots, Cambridgeshire	7:30 - 8:30 Abosolute Beginners, 9:00 - 10:00 Improvers, + freestyle Lindy Hop	Rug-Cutters Lindyhop Club	48.0
Wed 16 Aug		Class	Swing Shed Bedford Shortstown Village Hall Bedford, Bedfordshire	Weekly classes Lindy Hop Swing Charleston Balboa Jazz Steps in Bedford Balboa, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Swingsters	49.0
		Class	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. Lindy Hop	Get in the Swing	38.0
		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Brentwood The Essex Arms Brentwood, Essex	Lindy Hop, Balboa & Authentic Jazz Classes in Essex 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	14.0
		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church Watford, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop classes and in Watford Balboa, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	40.0
Sat 19 Aug		Dance	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
Sun 20 Aug		Dance	Juke Box Sunday Night Jive The Vinyl Bar Lonon, Westminster	Fun weekly Jive club based in Central LondonLondon 1940s Jive, Boogie Woogie, East Coast Swing, Rock n Roll, West Coast Swing	Jump Jive and Shout	33.0
		Dance	Wrentham 45s TDance Wrentham village hall Wrentham , Suffolk	T Dance Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Lindy Hop	wrentham 45s	41.0
		Dance	JiveHub's Sunday Nite Jive & Chill Berkhamsted Town Hall Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire	Tunes for the Modern & Smooth Jive, West Coast Swing & Chillout Community Leroc, Modern Jive, West Coast Swing	Jive Hub (NewBerko)	47.0

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