Social Swing Dancing in Sydney
This is a list of swing dance events organised by dancers for dancers, or frequented by dancers on a regular basis. The best independent (and comphrensive) source for swing dance info in Sydney is Sydney Lindy Hub.
Start time indicates beginning of social dancing. Events are weekly unless noted otherwise. Consult event pages for information about classes.
Sydney is home to some of the greatest jazz musicians in Australia (if not the world?!), and we can find them near dance floors every week.
Check their facebook pages for gig updates, or consult the Sydney Jazz Club gig guide. There may not be dancers there, but the music will be grand:
- Andrew Dickeson's Blue Rhythm Band.
- The Basement Big Band
- Andrew Baylor
- The Corridors (often have a Thursday residency at Corridor in Newtown)
- Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts (have a Sunday residency at the East Sydney Hotel)
- Andrew Dickeson (various bands)
- The Robbers Dogs (often play Sundays in the Rocks)
- The Squeezebox Trio
- Unity Hall Jazz Band (have a Sunday residency at the Unity Hall Hotel)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
- Party time. Yes. (every 6 weeks)
DJed music, beginners class.
6.30pm, free (class $15), Petersham Bowls Club, 77 Brighton St, Petersham.
(22 Feb, 5 Apr, 17 May, 28 Jun, 9 Jul, 20 Sep, 1 Nov, 12 Dec 2017.) - Swing Time at Miss Peaches
DJ (non-dancer swing DJ), class.
8.00pm, free, Miss Peaches, 201 Missenden Rd, Newtown. - Shuffle Club
Balboa social dancing, DJed/live band, class.
9.30pm, free, Mr Falcon's, 92 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe.
Thursday
- Juke Joint Blues (1st Thursday of the month)
Blues social dancing, DJed, class.
8.30pm $8, Mr Falcon's, 92 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe.
Friday
- Swing Pit (2nd and 4th Friday of the month)
DJed social dancing, class.
9.00pm, $8, St Stephens Church Hall, 189 Church St, Newtown.
Saturday
- Harlem (1st Saturday of the month)
(7 Jan, 4 Feb, 11 Feb, 4 Mar, 1 Apr, 6 May, 3 Jun, 1 Jul, 5 Aug, 2 Sep, 7 Oct, 4 Nov, 2 Dec 2017.)
DJed party with occasional bands.
8.30pm, $10, Ashfield Polish Club, 75 Norton St, Ashfield. - Jump Jive and Wail (2nd Saturday of the month)
10.00pm, $??, City Tattersall's Club, 194 Pitt St, CBD.
Sunday
- Strictly Balboa on Sundays Social (occasionally)
DJed social balboa dancing.
- Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts, 5-8pm, free, at the East Sydney Hotel, cnr of Crown and Cathedral St Woolloomooloo.
- Swinging Blades, 4-7pm, free at the Marrickville Golf Club, Wharf St, Marrickville.
- Unity Hall Jazz Band, 4-7pm at the Workers Bar and Kitchen, Level 1, 292 Darling St, Balmain.
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