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.
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Tue 22 May |
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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 | 45.0 |  |
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Beginners Lindy Hop in Minety Minety Village Hall Wiltshire, Wiltshire |
Beginners Lindy Hop with Swingstyle Lindy Hop |
Swingstyle | 47.0 | |
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Improvers Lindy Hop in Minety Minety Village Hall Wiltshire, Wiltshire |
Improvers Lindy Hop classes with Swingstyle Lindy Hop |
Swingstyle | 47.0 | |
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Balboa in Minety - Swingstyle Minety Village Hall Wiltshire, Wiltshire |
Balboa classes with Swingstyle Balboa |
Swingstyle | 47.0 | |
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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 |  |
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Swing Thing Perrywood Sports and Social Club Redhill , Surrey |
Learn To Lindy Hop with Swing Thing! 1940s Jive, Charleston, Lindy Hop |
Swing Thing | 39.0 | |
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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 |  |
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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 | 36.0 | |
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Lindy Hop Dance Classes Faygate Village Hall Faygate, Horsham, West Sussex |
Complete Beginners 8pm & Improvers 9pm Lindy Hop |
Eight Beat Jive Lindy Hop | 40.0 | |
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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 | |
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Learn to Lindy Hop with Swing Crazy St Luke's Parish Hall Reading, Berkshire |
Lindy Hop for Beginners and Improvers Lindy Hop |
RockinRhythm | 11.0 | |||
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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 | 25.0 | |||
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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 | |||
Wed 23 May |
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Swingland - Lindy hop Windsor The Old Court Artspace Windsor, Berkshire |
Learn to swing dance in Windsor - every Wednesday! 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop |
Swingland | 15.0 | |
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JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church Watford, Hertfordshire |
Lindy Hop classes and in Watford Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop |
JiveSwing.Com | 28.0 | |
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Lindy Buzz, Hitchin St Faith's Church Hitchin, Hertfordshire |
Lindy Hop classes at 3 levels Lindy Hop |
Lindy Buzz | 38.0 | |
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Thu 24 May |
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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 | 19.0 | |
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Swing Revolucion M.K. Revolucion de Cuba M.K. - Free class Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes |
Free Swing Class every week at 8pm Balboa, Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll |
Swingsters | 42.0 | |
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Beginners Lindy Hop Classes Swindon Dance - old town hall Swindon, Swindon |
Lessons for those who have always wanted to learn to dance but never have. Lindy Hop |
Swingout Swindon | 35.0 | |
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Improvers Lindy Hop Swindon Dance - old town hall Swindon, Swindon |
A mix of 6 count and 8 count and Charleston Lindy Hop Moves Charleston, Lindy Hop |
Swingout Swindon | 35.0 | |
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Swingland - Lindy hop Hammersmith The Hammersmith Club London, London W |
Learn to swing dance in Hammersmith - every Thursday! 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop |
Swingland | 32.0 | |
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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 | |
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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 | 44.0 | |
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Lindy Hop Dance Classes Barnham Community Hall Barnham, West Sussex |
Complete Beginners 8pm & Improvers 9pm Lindy Hop |
Eight Beat Jive Lindy Hop | 46.0 | |
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Beginners 6 week course Lindy hop Fratton Community Center Portsmouth , Hampshire |
Lindy Hop classes Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop |
Swing 4 all | 29.0 | |||
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Balboa beginners 6 week course Fratton Community Center Portsmouth , Hampshire |
Balboa Beginners 6 week course Balboa |
Swing 4 all | 29.0 | |||
Fri 25 May |
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Club Jive 2 Room Freestyle Addlestone Community Centre Addlestone, Surrey |
Freestyle Modern Jive / WCS ++ dance night Blues, Leroc, Modern Jive, West Coast Swing |
Club Jive | 22.0 | |
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Joint's a Hoppin' Chobham Club Choham, Surrey |
Man Overboard Quartet with DJ Flat Foot Al: Swing, jump blues, rhythm & blues 1940s Jive, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing |
Joint's a Hoppin' | 17.0 | |||
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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 | 19.0 | |||
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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 | 19.0 | |||
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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 | 25.0 | |||
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The Edge - a very unique evening Berkhamsted Town Hall Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire |
A super mix of musicality tunes for the Smooth & Modern Jive, Blues & Chillout Community Leroc, Modern Jive, West Coast Swing, Blues Fusion, Smooth Modern Jive |
Jive Hub (NewBerko) | 27.0 | |||
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Boppin' the Boogie! Rowlands Caste Parish Hall Rowlands Castle, Portsmouth |
With The Catfish Kings 1940s Jive, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, Rock n Roll |
Jive 'n' Boogie | 39.0 | |||
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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 | 45.0 | |||
Mon 28 May |
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Monday Fever 2 Room Freestyle The Hilt Chandlers Ford, Hampshire |
2 Room Bank Holiday Monday Afternoon Freestyle Blues, Leroc, Modern Jive, West Coast Swing, Contemporary Blues, Smooth Modern Jive |
Ceroc Fever | 36.0 | |
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Balboa Mondays Rising Sun Arts Centre Reading, Reading |
Weekly Balboa classes. Aimed at beginner & improver dancers, with a 6 week structure. Balboa |
Balboa Mondays | 0.0 | |
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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 | 25.0 | |
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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 | 25.0 | |
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Swingland - Lindy hop Brixton Market House Brixton Brixton, London SW |
Learn to swing dance in Brixton - every Monday! 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop |
Swingland | 34.0 | |
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EastonSwing Mondays St Pauls Centre Enfield, Enfield |
EastonSwing Mondays - All Levels WCS class West Coast Swing |
EastonSwing | 41.0 | |||
Tue 29 May |
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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 | 45.0 | |
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Beginners Lindy Hop in Minety Minety Village Hall Wiltshire, Wiltshire |
Beginners Lindy Hop with Swingstyle Lindy Hop |
Swingstyle | 47.0 | |
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Improvers Lindy Hop in Minety Minety Village Hall Wiltshire, Wiltshire |
Improvers Lindy Hop classes with Swingstyle Lindy Hop |
Swingstyle | 47.0 | |
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Balboa in Minety - Swingstyle Minety Village Hall Wiltshire, Wiltshire |
Balboa classes with Swingstyle Balboa |
Swingstyle | 47.0 | |
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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 | 25.0 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | 36.0 | |
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Lindy Hop Dance Classes Faygate Village Hall Faygate, Horsham, West Sussex |
Complete Beginners 8pm & Improvers 9pm Lindy Hop |
Eight Beat Jive Lindy Hop | 40.0 | |
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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 | |
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Learn to Lindy Hop with Swing Crazy St Luke's Parish Hall Reading, Berkshire |
Lindy Hop for Beginners and Improvers Lindy Hop |
RockinRhythm | 11.0 | |||
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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 | 25.0 | |||
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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 | |||
Wed 30 May |
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Swingland - Lindy hop Windsor The Old Court Artspace Windsor, Berkshire |
Learn to swing dance in Windsor - every Wednesday! 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop |
Swingland | 15.0 | |
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JiveSwing - Lindy Hop in Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church Watford, Hertfordshire |
Lindy Hop classes and in Watford Charleston, Jazz Steps, Lindy Hop |
JiveSwing.Com | 28.0 | |
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Lindy Buzz, Hitchin St Faith's Church Hitchin, Hertfordshire |
Lindy Hop classes at 3 levels Lindy Hop |
Lindy Buzz | 38.0 | |
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Thu 31 May |
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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 | 19.0 | |
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Swing Revolucion M.K. Revolucion de Cuba M.K. - Free class Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes |
Free Swing Class every week at 8pm Balboa, Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, Rock n Roll |
Swingsters | 42.0 | |
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Beginners Lindy Hop Classes Swindon Dance - old town hall Swindon, Swindon |
Lessons for those who have always wanted to learn to dance but never have. Lindy Hop |
Swingout Swindon | 35.0 | |
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Improvers Lindy Hop Swindon Dance - old town hall Swindon, Swindon |
A mix of 6 count and 8 count and Charleston Lindy Hop Moves Charleston, Lindy Hop |
Swingout Swindon | 35.0 | |
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Swingland - Lindy hop Hammersmith The Hammersmith Club London, London W |
Learn to swing dance in Hammersmith - every Thursday! 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop |
Swingland | 32.0 | |
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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 | |
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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 | 44.0 | |
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Lindy Hop Dance Classes Barnham Community Hall Barnham, West Sussex |
Complete Beginners 8pm & Improvers 9pm Lindy Hop |
Eight Beat Jive Lindy Hop | 46.0 | |
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Beginners 6 week course Lindy hop Fratton Community Center Portsmouth , Hampshire |
Lindy Hop classes Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop |
Swing 4 all | 29.0 | |||
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Balboa beginners 6 week course Fratton Community Center Portsmouth , Hampshire |
Balboa Beginners 6 week course Balboa |
Swing 4 all | 29.0 | |||
Fri 01 Jun |
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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 | 19.0 | |
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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 | 6.0 | |||
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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 | 19.0 | |||
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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 | 19.0 | |||
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Hop the Hall St Margaret's Institute Community Centre Oxford, Oxfordshire |
Oxford's monthly social dance! Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop |
Oxford Lindy Hoppers | 25.0 | |||
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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 | 25.0 | |||
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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 | 45.0 | |||
Sat 02 Jun |
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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 | 28.0 | |
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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 | 45.0 | |
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Sun 03 Jun |
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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 | 4.0 | |
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West coast swing workshop Birds Hill Golf Club Maidenhead, Berkshire |
West coast swing 3 hour workshop West Coast Swing |
Serene Dance | 4.0 | |
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Swingland - Lindy hop Twickenham The Cabbage Patch Twickenham, Middlesex |
Learn to swing dance in Twickenham - every Sunday! 1940s Jive, Lindy Hop |
Swingland | 28.0 | |
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Fundamentals III Workshop Nuffield Sports Centre Hertford, Hertfordshire |
Learn how to link 8 count, Charleston and 6 count together Charleston, Lindy Hop |
JiveSwing.Com | 46.0 | |
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Lindy Hop Class with Swing Crazy Spencers Wood Village Hall, Shinfield Reading, Reading |
Lindy Hop for Beginners and Improvers Lindy Hop |
RockinRhythm | 3.0 |
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