Swing classes and dances events near Gwent

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 Gwent 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
Tue 18 Dec			Swing Dance - Walls Club Gloucester Walls Social Club, Gloucester Gloucester, Gloucestershire	Beginners & Intermediates Classes with Social Dancing In Gloster - Great Venue & Teachers Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop	Gloster Swing Dance	37.0
			Lindy Hop Improvers - Walls Club Walls Social Club, Gloucester Gloucester, Gloucestershire	Improvers Lindy Hop (Not Beginners) Lindy Hop	Gloster Swing Dance	37.0
			Banwell dance Classes Banwell Village Hall, Banwell, Somerset	Weekly Fusion dance classes Blues, Modern Jive, West Coast Swing	In Motion Dance	20.0
Wed 19 Dec			SwingTime @ The Ex's Penarth Ex-Servicemen’s Club Penarth, South Glamorgan	A Night Of Toe Tappin’ Swing with Reverend James And The Swingtown Cowboys 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll	donnie joe’s American Swing	14.0
Thu 20 Dec			Social SwingDance Night at Bayshill Bayshill Unitarian Church, Cheltenham Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	Social Swing dance with Super DJ Swing tunes Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing	Balboa Bunch	43.0
Fri 21 Dec			Highnam Balboa Christmas Party Gambier Parry Hall Highnam, Gloucester, Gloucestershire	All swing dancers welcome at our Christmas Party - Balboa, Sh@g, Fast Lindy and more Balboa, Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop	Dance Balboa	34.0
			Ain't Misbehavin' Southbank Club, Bar Bristol, Bristol	Our friendly Friday night monthly dance Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, East Coast Swing, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing	Swing Dance Bristol	19.0
Mon 24 Dec			Christmas Eve Freestyle Bridgwater Cossington Hall, Cossington, bridgwater, Bridgwater, Somerset	Christmas Eve Freestyle, No Bar so BYOA, Tea/Coffee/Cake Provided. Blues, Leroc, Modern Jive, West Coast Swing	In Motion Dance	31.0
Thu 27 Dec			PQ's Late fer Christmas Dance Stonehouse Community Centre Stonehouse, Gloucestershire	Swing & nonsense at Stonehouse. Balboa, Belly, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive	Young PeteQ	31.0
Fri 28 Dec			Bristol Ney Years Swing Celebration Central Bristol, various venues Bristol, Avon	5 day New years Swing event Balboa, Blues, Boogie Woogie, Collegiate Shag, East Coast Swing, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing	Swing Dance Bristol	19.0
Sat 29 Dec			Get a Little Soul in your Swing Dowty Sports Club Gloucester, Gloucestershire	Live Dance music Event with The Devils Cut Combo and the Mega Soul Room 1940s Jive, Balboa, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive	Jazzjiveswing	37.0
Mon 31 Dec			New Years Eve Masked Ball Freestyle Puriton Village Hall Bridgwater, Somerset	Masked Ball with Huge Buffet and bubble at Midnight, No Bar so BYOA Leroc, Modern Jive, West Coast Swing, Smooth Modern Jive	In Motion Dance	32.0
Tue 01 Jan19			Banwell dance Classes Banwell Village Hall, Banwell, Somerset	Weekly Fusion dance classes Blues, Modern Jive, West Coast Swing	In Motion Dance	20.0
Sat 05 Jan19			Junction 11 JB Jazz & Blues Band The Reddings Community Centre Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	Swing Dance with JB Jazz and Blues band at the Reddings Cheltenham Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, West Coast Swing	Balboa Bunch	41.0
			RnR Jive Lindy at Walls Social Walls Social Club, GL4 3HY Gloucester, Gloucestershire	Rock nd Roll with a lil' bit of Soul 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, East Coast Swing, Leroc, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll, West Coast Swing, Smooth Modern Jive	Jive-45	31.0
			Swungover Swing Dance Chepstow Conservative Club Chepstow, Monmouthshire	Swungover Swing Dance Balboa, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll	Swingdicate	12.0
Mon 07 Jan19			Charleston Fitness Sawyer Hall Nailsworth, Gloucestershire	Charleston Fitness Charleston	Swingbytes Dance	31.0
			Jive Classes with Jazzjiveswing Dowty Sports Club Gloucester, Gloucestershire	Learn to Jive 1940s Jive, Charleston, Modern Jive	Jazzjiveswing	37.0
			Collegiate Shag - New Beginners Witcombe and Bentham Village Hall nr Gloucester , Gloucestershire	Collegiate Shag - New Beginners Class Collegiate Shag	Swingbytes Dance	39.0
			LindyHop Justjive King's Stanley Kings Stanley Village Hall Stroud, Gloucestershire	Lindy Hop 7:15 Beginners - 8:15 Intermediate 1 Lindy Hop	Just Jive Lindy Hop	31.0
			Swing Thing Lindy Hop Classes The Mackenzie Hall Brockweir, Monmouthshire	Learn The Lindy Hop - It's The Real Swing! Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Swing Thing Monmouthshire	15.0
			Weekly Swing Dance Class- drop in! Ardour Academy Cardiff, South Glamorgan	Weekly Swing Dance Class- All levels! Drop in! Blues, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Swing Out with Jessie!	11.0
Tue 08 Jan19			Bal Victory Club Cheltenham Victory Club Cheltenham Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	Balboa dance class Balboa	Balboa Bunch	42.0
			Swing Jive Dursley Arthur S Winterbotham Memorial Hall Dursley, Gloucestershire	Swing Jive Classes. Beginner and Intermediate Level 1940s Jive, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive	Just Jive Lindy Hop	31.0
			SwingJive JustJiveLindyHop The Tetbury Goods Shed. Tetbury, Gloucestershire	Beginners 7.00pm Intermediates 8.00pm 1940s Jive, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll	Just Jive Lindy Hop	31.0
			Swing Dance - Walls Club Gloucester Walls Social Club, Gloucester Gloucester, Gloucestershire	Beginners & Intermediates Classes with Social Dancing In Gloster - Great Venue & Teachers Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop	Gloster Swing Dance	37.0
			Lindy Hop Improvers - Walls Club Walls Social Club, Gloucester Gloucester, Gloucestershire	Improvers Lindy Hop (Not Beginners) Lindy Hop	Gloster Swing Dance	37.0
			Swing Thing Lindy Hop Classes Crawley Hall Raglan, Monmouthshire	Learn The Lindy Hop - It's The Real Swing! Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Swing Thing Monmouthshire	11.0
			Banwell dance Classes Banwell Village Hall, Banwell, Somerset	Weekly Fusion dance classes Blues, Modern Jive, West Coast Swing	In Motion Dance	20.0
Wed 09 Jan19			Easy Jive lessons, LYDNEY, Glos Naas Lane Community Centre Lydney, Gloucestershire	Learn to Jive and Lindy Hop 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll	Forest of Dean Jive and Swing	21.0
			Lindy Hop with Jazzjiveswing Dowty Sports Club Gloucester, Gloucestershire	Learn to Lindy Hop - 3 Levels : Complete Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced 1940s Jive, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Jazzjiveswing	37.0
			Jive with: JustJiveLindyHop Subscription Rooms Stroud, Gloucestershire	Jive: 7:00 Beginners . 8:00 Intermediate 1 . 1940s Jive, Balboa, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Just Jive Lindy Hop	31.0
Thu 10 Jan19			Easy Jive lessons Dance Blast Abergavenny, , Gwent	a very simple jive 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll	Forest of Dean Jive and Swing	14.0
			Charleston/dance fitness classes St Mary's Church Priory Monmouth, Monmouthshire	charleston moves, not partner dancing, exercise to music Charleston, Jazz, General Dance Fitness	Forest of Dean Jive and Swing	17.0
			Lindyhop and Jive Classes Comrades Club Nailsworth, Gloucestershire	Improvers Lindyhop & Intermediate Jive Classes 1940s Jive, Charleston, East Coast Swing	Swingbytes Dance	32.0
			Balboa Social at the Victory Club Victory Club Cheltenham Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	Social night at the Victory club Balboa, Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop	Balboa Bunch	42.0
Fri 11 Jan19			Friday Night Hop, Dursley Chantry Centre (Listers Hall) Dursley, Gloucestershire	8:00 - 11:00. Price £8:00. All styles welcome. 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll	Just Jive Lindy Hop	31.0
Sat 12 Jan19			Lindy Hop Beginners Intesive w/e SouthBank Club (upstairs studio) Bristol, Bristol	Beginners Lindy Hop Intensive Weekend Charleston, Lindy Hop	Swing Dance Bristol	19.0
Sun 13 Jan19			Slow Balboa Sunday The Reddings Community Centre Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	Slow Balboa (SlowBal) Sunday afternoon workshop Balboa	Balboa Bunch	41.0
			Sunday afternoon Balboa Class The Elephant House Bristol, Bristol	Class with three levels (beginner, improver and intermediate) Balboa	Dance Club Balboa	19.0
Mon 14 Jan19			Charleston Fitness Sawyer Hall Nailsworth, Gloucestershire	Charleston Fitness Charleston	Swingbytes Dance	31.0
			Jive Classes with Jazzjiveswing Dowty Sports Club Gloucester, Gloucestershire	Learn to Jive 1940s Jive, Charleston, Modern Jive	Jazzjiveswing	37.0
			Collegiate Shag - New Beginners Witcombe and Bentham Village Hall nr Gloucester , Gloucestershire	Collegiate Shag - New Beginners Class Collegiate Shag	Swingbytes Dance	39.0
			LindyHop Justjive King's Stanley Kings Stanley Village Hall Stroud, Gloucestershire	Lindy Hop 7:15 Beginners - 8:15 Intermediate 1 Lindy Hop	Just Jive Lindy Hop	31.0
			Swing Thing Lindy Hop Classes The Mackenzie Hall Brockweir, Monmouthshire	Learn The Lindy Hop - It's The Real Swing! Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Swing Thing Monmouthshire	15.0
			Weekly Swing Dance Class- drop in! Ardour Academy Cardiff, South Glamorgan	Weekly Swing Dance Class- All levels! Drop in! Blues, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Swing Out with Jessie!	11.0
Tue 15 Jan19			Bal Victory Club Cheltenham Victory Club Cheltenham Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	Balboa dance class Balboa	Balboa Bunch	42.0
			Swing Jive Dursley Arthur S Winterbotham Memorial Hall Dursley, Gloucestershire	Swing Jive Classes. Beginner and Intermediate Level 1940s Jive, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive	Just Jive Lindy Hop	31.0
			SwingJive JustJiveLindyHop The Tetbury Goods Shed. Tetbury, Gloucestershire	Beginners 7.00pm Intermediates 8.00pm 1940s Jive, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll	Just Jive Lindy Hop	31.0
			Swing Dance - Walls Club Gloucester Walls Social Club, Gloucester Gloucester, Gloucestershire	Beginners & Intermediates Classes with Social Dancing In Gloster - Great Venue & Teachers Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop	Gloster Swing Dance	37.0
			Lindy Hop Improvers - Walls Club Walls Social Club, Gloucester Gloucester, Gloucestershire	Improvers Lindy Hop (Not Beginners) Lindy Hop	Gloster Swing Dance	37.0
			Swing Thing Lindy Hop Classes Crawley Hall Raglan, Monmouthshire	Learn The Lindy Hop - It's The Real Swing! Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Swing Thing Monmouthshire	11.0
			Banwell dance Classes Banwell Village Hall, Banwell, Somerset	Weekly Fusion dance classes Blues, Modern Jive, West Coast Swing	In Motion Dance	20.0
Wed 16 Jan19			Easy Jive lessons, LYDNEY, Glos Naas Lane Community Centre Lydney, Gloucestershire	Learn to Jive and Lindy Hop 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll	Forest of Dean Jive and Swing	21.0
			Lindy Hop with Jazzjiveswing Dowty Sports Club Gloucester, Gloucestershire	Learn to Lindy Hop - 3 Levels : Complete Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced 1940s Jive, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Jazzjiveswing	37.0
			Jive with: JustJiveLindyHop Subscription Rooms Stroud, Gloucestershire	Jive: 7:00 Beginners . 8:00 Intermediate 1 . 1940s Jive, Balboa, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Just Jive Lindy Hop	31.0
Thu 17 Jan19			Easy Jive lessons Dance Blast Abergavenny, , Gwent	a very simple jive 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll	Forest of Dean Jive and Swing	14.0
			Charleston/dance fitness classes St Mary's Church Priory Monmouth, Monmouthshire	charleston moves, not partner dancing, exercise to music Charleston, Jazz, General Dance Fitness	Forest of Dean Jive and Swing	17.0
			Lindyhop and Jive Classes Comrades Club Nailsworth, Gloucestershire	Improvers Lindyhop & Intermediate Jive Classes 1940s Jive, Charleston, East Coast Swing	Swingbytes Dance	32.0
			Balboa all levels Cheltenham Bayshill Unitarian Church, Cheltenham Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	Balboa /Beginners/Improver/Intermediate Fun classes for all levels in Cheltenham Balboa	Balboa Bunch	43.0
			Beginners Balboa Cheltenham Bayshill Unitarian Church, Cheltenham Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	Absolute Beginners Balboa Class Cheltenham Balboa, Lindy Hop	Balboa Bunch	43.0
Fri 18 Jan19			Jazzjiveswing Dowty Dance Dowty Sports Club Gloucester, Gloucestershire	Jive Dance for all Dance Styles 1940s Jive, Balboa, Blues, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Leroc, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll, West Coast Swing	Jazzjiveswing	37.0
			Just Jive - Lansdown Hall Lansdown Hall & Gallery Stroud, Gloucestershire	Swing and Jive Dance. All styles welcome. 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, East Coast Swing, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing	Just Jive Lindy Hop	33.0

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