SF & US Swing Dance

Four of the Most Popular Weekly Dances in San Francisco

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:56:39 +0000

There are quite a number of terrific dance events in San Francisco each week. Most Sundays Lindy in the Park (unless rained out) is quite a fun event in Golden Gate Park. Thursday nights the 9:20 Special at The Russian Center is a blast. Cats Corner is a dance at Savanna Jazz Club which has a cozy, fun, upbeat atmosphere. Le Colonial has swing and lindy hop bands a number of nights each week.

Weekly Dances in San Francisco

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:47:02 +0000

Currently in San Francisco there are evening swing and lindy hop dances Monday through Thursday each week. Sunday there is a daytime free dance. Fridays and Saturdays there are sometimes dances.

Sunday: Lindy in the Park
Monday: Le Colonial
Tuesday: Tuesday Night Jump
Wednesday: Le Colonial and Cat’s Corner
Thursday: 9:20 Special, Le Colonial, Top of the Mark

Upcoming Swing Dance Events in the San Francisco Bay Area

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:02:52 +0000

There are swing and lindy hop events in San Francisco pretty regularly. In the city of San Francisco there are usually between 3-7 nights of dancing per week. In a given week, there are some regular swing dancing events and some special events some weeks.

On the peninsula south of San Francisco and in the San Jose area, there are usually 2-4 nights of swing and lindy hop dancing each week.

In the east bay, including Oakland, Hayward and other cities, swing dancing can be found a couple nights per week on average.

3 Tips on Choosing Swing and Lindy Hop Events to Attend

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:19:05 +0000

In many large cities there are lots of swing and lindy hop events to choose from in a given week. How does one choose which ones to attend? Here are three tips from our dance experience:

1. Go to events you have enjoyed before.

2. Select swing dance and lindy hop events where you feel the neighborhood is safe and you can get there easily or park.

3. If you’re going on a live band night the cover may be higher. It could be much more fun seeing a live band, but only if it is a band people like. Live band nights are sometimes on a Friday or Saturday, and when this is the case you may want to check and see if friends are available to go dancing.

Top 5 Swing Dancing and Lindy Hop Books

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:39:13 +0000

These are the top five swing dancing and Lindy hop books in my opinion. You can learn about history, music, famous dancers, teachers, and more from these books.

1. Swingin’ at the Savoy is a great book by Norma Miller about the history of swing and Lindy hop.

2. The Swing Book is packed with swing dance history from over the years.

3. The Frankie Manning book is an amazing collection of history for any swing or Lindy hop dancer to enjoy.

4. The Social Dancing in American History and Reference book, volume 2, covers Lindy hop through hip-hop. This book covers the years 1901 through 2000.

5. Swing Dancing tells a lot of great history about swing and dance from over the years.