Swing classes and dances events near Merton

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 Merton 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
Sun 27 May			Jump Session The Lamb Lewes, East Sussex	Sunday afternnon swing/jive dance 1940s Jive, Balboa, Blues, Lindy Hop	Jump Session	35.0
			Dam Busters Lindy Hop The Picture House Restaurant Uckfield, Sussex	To mark the 75th Anniversary of the Dam Busters join our Dam Busters Lindy Hop 1940s Jive, Boogie Woogie, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive	The Picture House Cinema and Restaurant	32.0
			Swing Swing Swing @ Molly Malones Molly Malones Brighton, Sussex	An evening of pure swing with live 5 piece band 1940s Jive, Balboa, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, East Coast Swing, Leroc, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, West Coast Swing	The Soultastics	40.0
Mon 28 May			Bojangles at Kingston Jumpin' Jive Kingston Working Man's Club Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey	Our dances are always well attended by people who enjoy a variety of 1940s/50s Jive styles 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll, West Coast Swing	Bojangles Jive	13.0
			Balboa Mondays Rising Sun Arts Centre Reading, Reading	Weekly Balboa classes. Aimed at beginner & improver dancers, with a 6 week structure. Balboa	Balboa Mondays	34.0
			Swingland - Lindy hop Brixton Market House Brixton Brixton, London SW	Learn to swing dance in Brixton - every Monday! 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop	Swingland	3.0
			West Coast Swing Dance Lessons Leatherhead Institute Leatherhead, Surrey	WestCo's Swing provide quality teaching in the coolest dance West Coast Swing on Thursdays West Coast Swing	WestCo's Swing	13.0
			Lindy Hop Dance Classes The Wave Centre Worthing, West Sussex	Complete Beginners 8pm & Improvers 9pm Lindy Hop	Eight Beat Jive Lindy Hop	41.0
			EastonSwing Mondays St Pauls Centre Enfield, Enfield	EastonSwing Mondays - All Levels WCS class West Coast Swing	EastonSwing	17.0
Tue 29 May			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	42.0
			Swing Thing - Merstham for 1 night Merstham Village Club Merstham, Surrey	Learn To Lindy Hop with Swing Thing! 1940s Jive, Charleston, Lindy Hop	Swing Thing	13.0
			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	46.0
			Swingland - Lindy hop Balham The Bedford London, London SW	Learn to swing dance in Balham - every Tuesday! 1940s Jive, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Swingland	3.0
			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	17.0
			Lindy Hop Dance Classes Faygate Village Hall Faygate, Horsham, West Sussex	Complete Beginners 8pm & Improvers 9pm Lindy Hop	Eight Beat Jive Lindy Hop	21.0
			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	25.0
			P J's Dance Club Rock n Roll and Sw Nutley War Memorial Hall Nutley East Sussex, Sussex	beginners lesson stroll lesson and free dancing 1940s Jive, East Coast Swing, Rock n Roll	Peter Crowhurst	28.0
			JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Chelmsford The Bassment Chelmsford, Essex	Lindy Hop & Authentic Jazz classes & Social dancing in Chelmsford 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	36.0
			Learn to Lindy Hop with Swing Crazy St Luke's Parish Hall Reading, Berkshire	Lindy Hop for Beginners and Improvers Lindy Hop	RockinRhythm	25.0
			Balboa in Brighton Patcham Memorial Hall Brighton, East Sussex	New Balboa classes in Brighton Balboa	Sussex Shuffle	35.0
			Homefront Lindy Hop Hurst Green Village Hall Hurst Green , East Sussex	East Coast Swing style Lindy Hop, Beginners and Intermediate Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	Homefront Lindy Hop	35.0
			Swing Dance MK Lindy Land Aylesbury Fairford Leys Centre Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire	Weekly 'drop-in' class Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Swing Dance MK	40.0
Wed 30 May			Introduction To Charleston, Olby's Soul Café and Music Rooms Margate, Kent	To introduce you to solo and partner Charleston Charleston	Jerome Anderson Promotions	40.0
			Swingland - Lindy hop Windsor The Old Court Artspace Windsor, Berkshire	Learn to swing dance in Windsor - every Wednesday! 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop	Swingland	19.0
			JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church Watford, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop classes and in Watford Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	19.0
			JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Brentwood The Essex Arms Brentwood, Essex	Lindy Hop, Balboa & Authentic Jazz Classes in Essex 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	24.0
			Lindy Buzz, Hitchin St Faith's Church Hitchin, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop classes at 3 levels Lindy Hop	Lindy Buzz	25.0
			Lindy Hop Sacred Heart School Hastings, Sussex	East Coast Swing , Lindyhop , Charleston Charleston, Lindy Hop	Cinque Ports Swing Jive	35.0
			Homefront Lindy Hop Framfield Memorial Hall Framfield, East Sussex	Lindy Hop Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	Homefront Lindy Hop	35.0
Thu 31 May			Swing Revolucion M.K. Revolucion De Cuba Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire	Free freestyle + Swing & Jive Classes and Freestyle at the hottest venue in M.K. Balboa, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jive (Ballroom), Lindy Hop, Traditional (USA) Blues, Smooth Modern Jive	Swingsters	29.0
			Swingland - Lindy hop Hammersmith The Hammersmith Club London, London W	Learn to swing dance in Hammersmith - every Thursday! 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop	Swingland	6.0
			West Coast Swing Dance Lessons The Daylight Inn Orpington, Bromley	WestCo's Swing provide quality teaching in the coolest dance West Coast Swing on Thursdays West Coast Swing	WestCo's Swing	9.0
			JiveSwing - Lindy Hop Welwyn Digswell Village Hall Digswell, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop & Social dancing every Thursday with JiveSwing.Com Balboa, Charleston, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	29.0
			Lindy Hop Dance Classes Barnham Community Hall Barnham, West Sussex	Complete Beginners 8pm & Improvers 9pm Lindy Hop	Eight Beat Jive Lindy Hop	44.0
			Community Shag, Brighton Phoenix Community Centre Brighton, Sussex	The only regular Collegiate Shag night south of London Collegiate Shag	Brighthelm Swing	35.0
			Homefront Bal-Swing Hadlow Down Village Hall Hadlow Down, East Sussex	Bal-Swing Balboa	Homefront Lindy Hop	35.0
Fri 01 Jun			Peaky Blinders - Swing Cantina M.K. Revolucion De Cuba Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire	Free Swing Night with Live Music from the Good Time Jazz Band & DJing til very late! 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Cha Cha Cha (Ballroom), Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Jive (Ballroom), Leroc, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Smooth Modern Jive	Swingsters	29.0
			Friday Jive Evening The Robertsbridge Club Robertsbridge, East Sussex	Music for dancing from the jive era 1940s Jive, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll	Running Wild Record Hop	35.0
			Macao Dance Club Caterham Ex-Serviceman's Club Caterham, Surrey	Rock 'n Roll,R n B,Swing Jump Jive with resident D.J 'JIVINMAN' 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, East Coast Swing, Rock n Roll, West Coast Swing	Rockin',Rollin',Jivin	13.0
			Learn to Jive - Marlow Marlow British Legion Marlow, Buckinghamshire	Learn to Rock n Roll Jive every Friday! Charleston, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll	The Rocking Rebels	29.0
			1950s Rock n Roll Jive Dancing Marlow British Legion Marlow, Buckinghamshire	Weekly Rock n Roll Jive social dance Charleston, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll, Strolls	The Rocking Rebels	29.0
			Thames Valley Balboa Festival (TVB) Henley-on-Thames Town Hall Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire	A weekend of world-class Balboa tuition & dancing Balboa	All Jazzed Up	32.0
			Movement In Dancing Yelden Village Hall Yelden, Bedfordshire	Two Dance Classes, Social Dancing and Refreshments. Cha Cha Cha (Ballroom), Foxtrot, Jive (Ballroom), Lindy Hop, Paso Doble, Quickstep, Rock n Roll, Rumba, Samba, Viennese Waltz, Waltz	Movement In Dancing	42.0
Sat 02 Jun			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, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	19.0
			Washington Club Washington Village Hall Washington, West Sussex	We play music to Jive, Lindy Hop, Swing, Balboa & Rock 'n' Roll. 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll, West Coast Swing	Eight Beat Jive Lindy Hop	36.0
			Badger Boogie Swing Dance Witham Public Hall Witham, Essex	Dance to Swing music 1940s Jive, Balboa, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll	Balboatime	45.0
Sun 03 Jun			Swingland - Lindy hop Twickenham The Cabbage Patch Twickenham, Middlesex	Learn to swing dance in Twickenham - every Sunday! 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop	Swingland	7.0
			Fundamentals III Workshop Nuffield Sports Centre Hertford, Hertfordshire	Learn how to link 8 count, Charleston and 6 count together Charleston, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	27.0
			Serene Sunday in Maidenhead Birds Hill Golf Club Maidenhead, Berkshire	4 hours of music catering for smooth modern jive and west coast swing. Modern Jive, West Coast Swing, Smooth Modern Jive	Serene Dance	39.0
			West coast swing workshop Birds Hill Golf Club Maidenhead, Berkshire	West coast swing 3 hour workshop West Coast Swing	Serene Dance	39.0
			The Lavender Club Kingston Working Men's Club Kingston Upon Thames, Kingston upon Thames	Sunday Afternoon Dance 1940s Jive, Balboa, Charleston, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll	The Lavender Club	5.0
			Swingrave Wingrave Community Centre Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire	Swingrave THE ultimate workshop and tea dance. Balboa, Blues, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing	Swing Dance MK	29.0
			Lindy Hop Class with Swing Crazy Spencers Wood Village Hall, Shinfield Reading, Reading	Lindy Hop for Beginners and Improvers Lindy Hop	RockinRhythm	34.0
Mon 04 Jun			Swingland - Lindy hop Brixton Market House Brixton Brixton, London SW	Learn to swing dance in Brixton - every Monday! 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop	Swingland	3.0
			West Coast Swing Dance Lessons Leatherhead Institute Leatherhead, Surrey	WestCo's Swing provide quality teaching in the coolest dance West Coast Swing on Thursdays West Coast Swing	WestCo's Swing	13.0
			JIveSwing - Lindy Hop in Letchworth Brotherhood Hall Letchworth, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop & Social dancing in Letchworth Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	39.0
			JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Southend The Ambleside Social Club , Southend on Sea	Lindy Hop, Balboa & Authentic Jazz classes & Social dancing in Southend-On-Sea Balboa, Blues, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	40.0
			Tenterden Swing St Mildreds Hall Tenterden, Kent	Lindy Hop Lindy Hop	Tenterden Swing	44.0
			Swing Out at Underbelly Festival Spiegeltent London, London SW	A night of live Swing music and dancing Charleston, Lindy Hop	Swingdance UK	10.0
			Homefront Lindy Hop Goudhurst Village Hall Goudhurst, Kent	Lindy Hop and Beginners Bal-Swing Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	Homefront Lindy Hop	40.0
Tue 05 Jun			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	42.0
			Swing Thing Balboa Workshop Perrywood Sports and Social Club Redhill , Surrey	A Six Week Balboa Beginners Workshop with Miss Nikki Santilli Balboa, Lindy Hop	Swing Thing	13.0
			Swing Thing Perrywood Sports and Social Club Redhill , Surrey	Learn To Lindy Hop with Swing Thing! (With Balboa Workshop) 1940s Jive, Charleston, Lindy Hop	Swing Thing	13.0
			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	46.0
			Swingland - Lindy hop Balham The Bedford London, London SW	Learn to swing dance in Balham - every Tuesday! 1940s Jive, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Swingland	3.0
			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	17.0
			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	25.0
			P J's Dance Club Rock n Roll and Sw Nutley War Memorial Hall Nutley East Sussex, Sussex	beginners lesson stroll lesson and free dancing 1940s Jive, East Coast Swing, Rock n Roll	Peter Crowhurst	28.0
			JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Chelmsford The Bassment Chelmsford, Essex	Lindy Hop & Authentic Jazz classes & Social dancing in Chelmsford 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	36.0
			Learn to Lindy Hop with Swing Crazy St Luke's Parish Hall Reading, Berkshire	Lindy Hop for Beginners and Improvers Lindy Hop	RockinRhythm	25.0
			Balboa in Brighton Patcham Memorial Hall Brighton, East Sussex	New Balboa classes in Brighton Balboa	Sussex Shuffle	35.0
			Homefront Lindy Hop Hurst Green Village Hall Hurst Green , East Sussex	East Coast Swing style Lindy Hop, Beginners and Intermediate Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	Homefront Lindy Hop	35.0
			Swing Dance MK Lindy Land Aylesbury Fairford Leys Centre Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire	Weekly 'drop-in' class Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Swing Dance MK	40.0
Wed 06 Jun			Complete Beginners Lindy-Hop Class Woking Conservative Club Woking, Surrey	A starter course teaching the Lindy-Hop style Lindy Hop	The Surrey Swing Dance Society	27.0
			Lindy Improvers Build on the basics Woking Conservative Club Woking, Surrey	Build on the basics - You should already be familiar with 6 & 8 count footwork Lindy Hop	The Surrey Swing Dance Society	27.0
			Lindy Hop Enhanced Moves Woking Conservative Club Woking, Surrey	Enhancements to spruce up your moves Lindy Hop	The Surrey Swing Dance Society	27.0
			Jive and Swing for Beginners Olby's Soul Café and Music Rooms Margate, Kent	This four week course, will teach you the basic Swing dance moves Charleston, East Coast Swing, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Jerome Anderson Promotions	40.0
			Swingland - Lindy hop Windsor The Old Court Artspace Windsor, Berkshire	Learn to swing dance in Windsor - every Wednesday! 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop	Swingland	19.0
			JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church Watford, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop classes and in Watford Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	19.0
			JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Brentwood The Essex Arms Brentwood, Essex	Lindy Hop, Balboa & Authentic Jazz Classes in Essex 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	24.0

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