Swing classes and dances events near Reading

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 Reading 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
Sat 01 Oct		Dance	Breast Fest! Beechen Grove Baptist Church Watford, Hertfordshire	Recreating the feel of Harlem's Savoy Ballroom in Hertfordshire Balboa, Blues, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Laminu, Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing	JiveSwing.Com	28.0
Sun 02 Oct		Dance	Swingrave Wingrave Community Centre Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire	Swingrave Special with live band - Down For The Count! Balboa, Blues, Charleston, Lindy Hop	Swing Dance MK	19.0
		Workshop	Swingdance UK's Sunday Swingdance Studio 1, City Sports London, Central London	Weekly Sunday classes with Simon Selmon and Anna Lambrechts. Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Swingdance UK	36.0
		Dance	Bishopsgate Swing Bishopsgate Institute City of London, London EC	social dance event for Swing dancers Lindy Hop	Bishopsgate Institute	39.0
Mon 03 Oct		Class	King's Swingers Lindy Hop course Kings Community Centre Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes	Six week Lindy Hop courses for Beginners and Improvers Lindy Hop	Swing Dance MK	44.0
		Class	Balboa Mondays Rising Sun Arts Centre Reading, Berkshire	Weekly Balboa classes. Aimed at beginner & improver dancers, with a 6 week structure. Balboa	Balboa Mondays	0.0
		Class	JIveSwing - Lindy Hop in Letchworth Brotherhood Hall Letchworth, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop & Social dancing in Letchworth Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	48.0
		Class	Oxford Swing Dance - Balboa classes New Marston Pastoral Centre Oxford, Oxfordshire	Balboa Balboa	Oxford Swing Dance	24.0
		Class	The Lindy Club Titchfield Community Centre FAREHAM, Hampshire	Two 45min Lindy Hop classes followed by an hour of social dancing Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	The Lindy Club	29.0
		Class	Swing Patrol Hampstead Heath Street Baptist Church London, London NW	Learn to Swing Dance with Swing Patrol Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	Swing Patrol UK	33.0
		Class	Acrobatic Rock and Roll Club 2Rock Westminster Academy - Dance Studio London, London W	Acrobatic Rock 'n' Roll - aerials / airsteps, lifts also suitable for other dance styles 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll, General Dance Fitness	2Rock	34.0
		Class	The Cotton Club The Cotton Club, Merchistoun Hall, Hants Waterlooville, Hampshire	East Coast Swing and Jitterbug Classes to the authentic sounds of the 1940s and 50s. 1940s Jive, East Coast Swing	Now That's Jive	38.0
		Class	Swing Patrol - Greenwich Trafalgar Tavern London, London SE	Beginner & Intermediate swing dance lessons Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	Swing Patrol UK	42.0
		Class	Swing Patrol at Wilton's Music Hall Wilton's Music Hall London, London E	Learn to Swing Dance with Swing Patrol Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	Swing Patrol UK	48.0
		Class	Swing Patrol Forest Gate Forest Tavern London, London E	Learn to Swing Dance with Swing Patrol Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	Swing Patrol UK	48.0
Tue 04 Oct		Class	Savoy Swing Lounge Luton&Dunstable Savoy Swing Lounge Luton & Dunstable Dunstable, Bedfordshire	Weekly Swing Dance Classes Balboa, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive	Swingsters	45.0
		Class	Lindy Hop in Minety - Swingstyle Minety Village Hall Wiltshire, Wiltshire	Beginners Lindy Hop 7.30pm - Improvers Lindy Hop 8.30pm Lindy Hop	Swingstyle	47.0
		Class	Jive with: JustJiveLindyHop St Paul's Church Centre Swindon, Wiltshire	Jive: Beginners 7pm. Intermediate 1: 8pm. Intermediate 2: 9pm. 1940s Jive, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Just Jive Lindy Hop	33.0
		Class	Swing Thing Swing Thing Redhill, Surrey	Learn To Lindy Hop with Swing Thing! 1940s Jive, Charleston, Lindy Hop	Swing Thing	39.0
		Class	Swing Dance MK: Lindy Hop Heaven Woolstone Community Hall Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes	Fun and friendly Lindy Hop drop in class. Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Swing Dance MK	42.0
		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	34.0
		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	41.0
		Class	Swing Dance Norden Farm Centre for the Arts Maidenhead, Berkshire	Led by Jennifer Maghzal and Reading Swing Jam Lindy Hop	Norden Farm Centre for the Arts	11.0
		Class	Weekly West Coast Swing Class Brooklands Community Sports Pavilion Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire	West Coast Swing - beginner and improver class available. West Coast Swing	WCS:MK	19.0
		Class	The Lindy Club The Hilt Chandler's Ford, Hampshire	Two 45min Lindy Hop classes followed by an hour of social dancing Lindy Hop	The Lindy Club	36.0
		Class	Swingdance Holborn - Lindy & Balboa Wild Court London, London WC	Beginners & Intermediate Lindy Hop and Beginners & Interemediate Balboa classes Balboa, Lindy Hop	Swingdance UK	37.0
		Class	Swing Patrol Victoria Park Royal Inn on the Park London, London E	Learn to Swing Dance with Swing Patrol Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	Swing Patrol UK	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	42.0
		Class	Swingeasy Drop-In Class & Practice Fareham Working Mens Club Fareham, Hampshire	Beginners & Intermediate Classes with freestyle 1940s Jive, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll	The Swing Dance Company	43.0
Wed 05 Oct		Class	Absolute Beginners Lindy-Hop Course Woking Conservative Club Woking, Surrey	A starter course teaching the Lindy-Hop style Lindy Hop, Strolls	The Surrey Swing Dance Society	17.0
		Class	JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church Watford, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop classes and in Watford Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	28.0
		Dance	Opus One Swing Dance Club Stern Hall London, London W	Lindy Hop Classes and social dancing Lindy Hop	Opus One	35.0
		Class	Opus One Swing Dance Classes Stern Hall London, London W	Absolute beginners through to intermediates Lindy Hop	Opus One	35.0
		Class	No Name Jive Biggin Hill Class Aperfield W.I. Hall Biggin Hill, Kent	1940's - 50's Jitterbug Jive, ( East Coast Swing ) and Stroller classes 1940s Jive, Charleston, East Coast Swing, Rock n Roll, Strolls	No Name Jive Club	45.0
		Class	Oxford Swing Dance - Lindy classes St Michaels Church Hall, Summertown Oxford, Oxfordshire	Lindy Hop Lindy Hop	Oxford Swing Dance	25.0
		Class	Swing Patrol Crouch End Earl Haig Hall London, London N	Learn to Swing Dance with Swing Patrol Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	Swing Patrol UK	38.0
Thu 06 Oct		Class	Swing Xscape MK Sno!bar @ Snozone Xscape MK Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire	Swing & Jive Club Night in M.K. Balboa, Jive (Ballroom), Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll	Swingsters	19.0
		Class	Balboa in Swindon - Swingstyle The StoweAway Swindon, Wiltshire	Balboa classes 9pm Balboa	Swingstyle	35.0
		Class	Lindy Hop in Swindon - Swingstyle The StoweAway Swindon, Wiltshire	Beginners 7pm & Improvers 8pm Lindy Hop classes Lindy Hop	Swingstyle	35.0
		Class	Lindy Hop at the Cowley Cotton Club East Oxford Community Centre Oxford, Oxfordshire	Lessons, dancing & socialising at COWLEY COTTON CLUB. Swing dance/Lindy Hop/Jitterbug Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Oxford Lindy Hoppers	23.0
		Class	Beginners Lindy Hop Classes Buckhurst Park Community Centre Swindon, Wiltshire	Lessons for those who have always wanted to learn to dance but never have. Lindy Hop	Erica Fowers	34.0
		Class	Improvers Lindy Hop Buckhurst Park Community Centre Swindon, Wiltshire	A mix of 6 count and 8 count and Charleston Lindy Hop Moves Charleston, Lindy Hop	Erica Fowers	34.0
		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	43.0
		Class	The Lindy Club Richard Taunton Sixth Form College Southampton, Hampshire	Two 45min Lindy Hop classes followed by an hour of social dancing Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	The Lindy Club	29.0
		Class	Swing Patrol Finsbury Park Rowans Leisure London, London N	Learn to Swing Dance with Swing Patrol Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	Swing Patrol UK	38.0
		Class	Swing Patrol Peckham The Peckham Rye Liberal Club London, London SE	Learn to Swing Dance with Swing Patrol Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	Swing Patrol UK	42.0
		Dance	Social Dance Thursday: Lindy Hop The Borough Hall Greenwich, London SE	A different style of social dance each month. Lindy Hop	Greenwich Dance	42.0
Fri 07 Oct		Dance	Hop the Hall St Margaret's Institute Community Centre Oxford, Oxfordshire	Oxford's Hop the Hall! Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop	Oxford Lindy Hoppers	25.0
		Class	No Name Jive Caterham Class Caterham. Caterham,, Surrey	No Name Jive presents weekly East Coast Swing classes at Caterham 1940s Jive, Charleston, East Coast Swing, Rock n Roll, Strolls	No Name Jive Club	40.0
		Dance	Swing Den Bishopsgate Institute City of London, London EC	social dance event for Swing dancers Lindy Hop	Bishopsgate Institute	39.0
Sat 08 Oct		Dance	JJLH Saturday Night Socials St Paul's Church Centre Swindon, Wiltshire	Dance Night 1940s Jive, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Just Jive Lindy Hop	33.0
		Weekend	Balboa Bandwagon with Kate & David Henley-on-Thames Town Hall Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire	A weekend of intermediate standard balboa workshops Balboa	All Jazzed Up	6.0
Sun 09 Oct		Dance	Sunday Swing Tea Dance St Pauls WORTHING, West Sussex	St Pauls, Worthing Central 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll, West Coast Swing	Savoy Swing	41.0
		Dance	Home Front 1940's Tea Dance Lloyd Hall Outwood, Surrey	1940's Tea Dance 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing	Rockin',Rollin',Jivin	25.0
		Dance	Sunday Night Jive Freestyle Berkhamsted Town Hall Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire	Tunes for the Modern & Smooth Jive Community Leroc, Modern Jive, West Coast Swing	New Berko - Jive Hub	27.0
		Workshop	Swingdance UK's Sunday Swingdance Studio 1, City Sports London, Central London	Weekly Sunday classes with Simon Selmon and Anna Lambrechts. Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Swingdance UK	36.0
Mon 10 Oct		Class	King's Swingers Lindy Hop course Kings Community Centre Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes	Six week Lindy Hop courses for Beginners and Improvers Lindy Hop	Swing Dance MK	44.0
		Class	Balboa Mondays Rising Sun Arts Centre Reading, Berkshire	Weekly Balboa classes. Aimed at beginner & improver dancers, with a 6 week structure. Balboa	Balboa Mondays	0.0
		Class	JIveSwing - Lindy Hop in Letchworth Brotherhood Hall Letchworth, Hertfordshire	Lindy Hop & Social dancing in Letchworth Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	JiveSwing.Com	48.0
		Class	Oxford Swing Dance - Balboa classes New Marston Pastoral Centre Oxford, Oxfordshire	Balboa Balboa	Oxford Swing Dance	24.0
		Class	The Lindy Club Titchfield Community Centre FAREHAM, Hampshire	Two 45min Lindy Hop classes followed by an hour of social dancing Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	The Lindy Club	29.0
		Class	Swing Patrol Hampstead Heath Street Baptist Church London, London NW	Learn to Swing Dance with Swing Patrol Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	Swing Patrol UK	33.0
		Class	Acrobatic Rock and Roll Club 2Rock Westminster Academy - Dance Studio London, London W	Acrobatic Rock 'n' Roll - aerials / airsteps, lifts also suitable for other dance styles 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll, General Dance Fitness	2Rock	34.0
		Class	The Cotton Club The Cotton Club, Merchistoun Hall, Hants Waterlooville, Hampshire	East Coast Swing and Jitterbug Classes to the authentic sounds of the 1940s and 50s. 1940s Jive, East Coast Swing	Now That's Jive	38.0
		Class	Swing Patrol - Greenwich Trafalgar Tavern London, London SE	Beginner & Intermediate swing dance lessons Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	Swing Patrol UK	42.0
		Class	Swing Patrol at Wilton's Music Hall Wilton's Music Hall London, London E	Learn to Swing Dance with Swing Patrol Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	Swing Patrol UK	48.0
		Class	Swing Patrol Forest Gate Forest Tavern London, London E	Learn to Swing Dance with Swing Patrol Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	Swing Patrol UK	48.0
Tue 11 Oct		Class	Savoy Swing Lounge Luton&Dunstable Savoy Swing Lounge Luton & Dunstable Dunstable, Bedfordshire	Weekly Swing Dance Classes Balboa, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive	Swingsters	45.0
		Class	Lindy Hop in Minety - Swingstyle Minety Village Hall Wiltshire, Wiltshire	Beginners Lindy Hop 7.30pm - Improvers Lindy Hop 8.30pm Lindy Hop	Swingstyle	47.0
		Class	Jive with: JustJiveLindyHop St Paul's Church Centre Swindon, Wiltshire	Jive: Beginners 7pm. Intermediate 1: 8pm. Intermediate 2: 9pm. 1940s Jive, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Just Jive Lindy Hop	33.0
		Class	Swing Thing Swing Thing Redhill, Surrey	Learn To Lindy Hop with Swing Thing! 1940s Jive, Charleston, Lindy Hop	Swing Thing	39.0
		Class	Swing Dance MK: Lindy Hop Heaven Woolstone Community Hall Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes	Fun and friendly Lindy Hop drop in class. Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop	Swing Dance MK	42.0
		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	34.0
		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	41.0
		Class	Swing Dance Norden Farm Centre for the Arts Maidenhead, Berkshire	Led by Jennifer Maghzal and Reading Swing Jam Lindy Hop	Norden Farm Centre for the Arts	11.0
		Class	Weekly West Coast Swing Class Brooklands Community Sports Pavilion Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire	West Coast Swing - beginner and improver class available. West Coast Swing	WCS:MK	19.0
		Class	The Lindy Club The Hilt Chandler's Ford, Hampshire	Two 45min Lindy Hop classes followed by an hour of social dancing Lindy Hop	The Lindy Club	36.0
		Class	Swingdance Holborn - Lindy & Balboa Wild Court London, London WC	Beginners & Intermediate Lindy Hop and Beginners & Interemediate Balboa classes Balboa, Lindy Hop	Swingdance UK	37.0
		Class	Swing Patrol Victoria Park Royal Inn on the Park London, London E	Learn to Swing Dance with Swing Patrol Charleston, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	Swing Patrol UK	41.0
		Class	Swingeasy Drop-In Class & Practice Fareham Working Mens Club Fareham, Hampshire	Beginners & Intermediate Classes with freestyle 1940s Jive, Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll	The Swing Dance Company	43.0

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