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This is the calendar of swing and other dance events in the Greater Boston area. Things may change, sometimes at the last minute, so it is suggested that you call ahead to make sure the event is still being held. You can also find information on dancing outside Boston. The other New England states really aren't all that far away so be sure to check them out (see the links to the left).

For more detail on the venues that offer regular dancing in Boston, look at the Dance Venues page. Please note that there is a webpage for Hustle dancing in the Greater Boston area and there's a separate website just for Argentine Tango.

There is a listing of regularly scheduled weekly and monthly dances. They get listed in the calendar below if and only if the dance organizers send in the specific dates that those venues will be open. Otherwise, you'll have to depend on the generic listings to figure out when they're on.

*Please note that schedules can change without notice. Always call ahead or check the venues' websites to make sure they're still on for any particular day.

Editor's Note:

I recognize that some of you bookmark this calendar page so that you can look up the week's events with just one click of your mouse or you'll find the calendar by typing "Swing Dance Boston" in Google each time. However, if you were to go to the front page occasionally, you will find a lot of additional information on dancing elsewhere in New England, not to mention dancing outside New England. Yes, there is a sister website for Argentine Tango as well as a dedicated page for Hustle! On the What's new? page, you'll see interesting local news and announcements of new class schedules. And...you might find out the webmaster is someone you see on the dance floor regularly. :-P



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March, 2010
14 Swingin' Sundays, Leominster Elks, 134 North Main Street, Leominster, featuring Black & White. 7:30-10:30pm
lesson: 6:30
15 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
19 Swing City, Somerville City Club, 20 Inner Belt Road (Sullivan Square), Somerville, featuring Sweet Willie D. and the Continental Walk. 8:30-midnight
lesson: 7:30
Boston Swing Central, location tba, featuring the Rusty Scott Trio. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:00
20 Uptown Swing Dance, Brookline Tai Chi, 1615 Beacon Street, Brookline, featuring Josh Fialkoff & J-Street. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:15
21 Swingin' Sundays, Leominster Elks, 134 North Main Street, Leominster, featuring The Velvet Elvis Band. 7:30-10:30pm
lesson: 6:30
25 Dinner & dancing, at Upstairs on the Square, Harvard Square, Cambridge, featuring the Bo & Bill Winiker Orchestra. Dancing: 9:00pm
617-864-1933
25-28 The Boston Tea Party, at the Crowne Plaza Boston Northshore hotel, 50 Ferncroft Road, Danvers, Massachusetts. Boston Tea Party
26 Swing City, Somerville City Club, 20 Inner Belt Road (Sullivan Square), Somerville. Band tba. 8:30-midnight
lesson: 7:30
Boston Swing Central, location and music tba. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:00
27 Tempo Dance Center Spring dance, at the Watertown Elks, 268 Arlington Street, Watertown. 8:00-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
*NO* Blues Café at Springstep in Medford.  
MIT Ballroom Dance Team dance social, Morss Hall, Walker Memorial, 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge. 8:00-midnight
lesson: 7:30
*NO* Seaside Swing dance in Wakefield. n/a
28 Swingin' Sundays, Leominster Elks, 134 North Main Street, Leominster, featuring Compaq Big Band. 7:30-10:30pm
lesson: 6:30
29 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
April, 2010
1 Cat's Corner at The Stomp, Episcopal Church of our Savior, 21 Marathon Street, Arlington. 9:00-11:00pm
2 Hartford Swing Dance, West Hartford Town Hall, 50 South Main Street, West Hartford, Connecticut, featuring Eight To The Bar. 8:30-11:30pm
Lesson: 7:30
Swing City, Somerville City Club, 20 Inner Belt Road (Sullivan Square), Somerville. Band tba. 8:30-midnight
lesson: 7:30
Boston Swing Central, location tba, featuring The Beantown Swing Orchestra. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:00
3 Swingtime's monthly dance, 136 Westbourne Terrace, Brookline 9:00-11:00pm
lesson: 8:00 pm
Dance Boston's 7th Anniversary dance, Arlington Dance Hall, 56 Pond Lane, Arlington. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 7:00
4 Swingin' Sundays, Leominster Elks, 134 North Main Street, Leominster, featuring The Love Dogs. 7:30-10:30pm
lesson: 6:30
5 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
9 Swing City, Somerville City Club, 20 Inner Belt Road (Sullivan Square), Somerville, featuring Sax Gordon. 8:30-midnight
lesson: 7:30
Boston Swing Central, location tba, featuring Sweet & Lowdown. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:00
10 Boston Swing Dance Network monthly dance, St. James Armenian Hall, 465 Mt. Auburn (at School Street), Watertown, featuring Eight To The Bar 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:00
West Coast Swing, at Club JoEllen, 524 Boston Post Road (Route 20), Wayland.
Workshops with Anne Fleming.
9:00pm-12:30am
lessons: 8:00
Hustle dance, Studio 665, 17 Campbell Street, Woburn. 8:30pm-12:30am
11 Swingin' Sundays, Leominster Elks, 134 North Main Street, Leominster, featuring Toni Lynn Washington. 7:30-10:30pm
lesson: 6:30
12 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
16 Swing City, Somerville City Club, 20 Inner Belt Road (Sullivan Square), Somerville. Band tba. 8:30-midnight
lesson: 7:30
Boston Swing Central, location tba, featuring Gordon Webster. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:00
17 Uptown Swing Dance, Brookline Tai Chi, 1615 Beacon Street, Brookline, featuring Toni Lynn Washington with Mike DiBari. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:15
18 Swingin' Sundays, Leominster Elks, 134 North Main Street, Leominster, featuring The Fat City Band. 7:30-10:30pm
lesson: 6:30
19 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
22 Dinner & dancing, at Upstairs on the Square, Harvard Square, Cambridge, featuring the Bo & Bill Winiker Orchestra. Dancing: 9:00pm
617-864-1933
23 Swing City, Somerville City Club, 20 Inner Belt Road (Sullivan Square), Somerville, featuring Black & White. 8:30-midnight
lesson: 7:30
Boston Swing Central, location tba, featuring The Swing Legacy. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:00
24 Blues Café, Springstep, 98 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford. 7:45-12:30am
lesson: 8:00-9:00
Seaside Swing dance, at the Knights of Columbus, North Avenue, Wakefield. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 7:30pm
25 Swingin' Sundays, Leominster Elks, 134 North Main Street, Leominster. 7:30-10:30pm
lesson: 6:30
29 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
April 29-
  May 2
Swingin' Into Spring
at the Hilton Hartford, 315 Trumbull Street, Hartford, Connecticut.
30 Swing City, Somerville City Club, 20 Inner Belt Road (Sullivan Square), Somerville, featuring The Gas House Gorillas. 8:30-midnight
lesson: 7:30
Boston Swing Central, location and music tba. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:00
The C-Note, 159 Nantasket Avenue, Hull, featuring Eight To The Bar 9:30pm-12:45am
781-925-4300
May, 2010
1 Workshops with Evita Arce and Michael Jagger, at Providence Swings, 99 South Bend Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Michael & Evita
Swingtime's monthly dance, 136 Westbourne Terrace, Brookline 9:00-11:00pm
lesson: 8:00 pm
Dance Boston at Balera, 105 Rumford Avenue, Newton. Mostly with Two-Step9:00-midnight
lessons: 7:00 & 8:00
2 Swingin' Sundays, Leominster Elks, 134 North Main Street, Leominster, featuring Mr Nicks Dirty Tricks Band. 7:30-10:30pm
lesson: 6:30
3 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
6 Cat's Corner at The Stomp, Episcopal Church of our Savior, 21 Marathon Street, Arlington. 9:00-11:00pm
7 Hartford Swing Dance, West Hartford Town Hall, 50 South Main Street, West Hartford, Connecticut, featuring Junior Krauss and the Shakes. 8:30-11:30pm
Lesson: 7:30
Swing City, Somerville City Club, 20 Inner Belt Road (Sullivan Square), Somerville. Band tba. 8:30-midnight
lesson: 7:30
Boston Swing Central, location and music tba. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:00
8 Boston Swing Dance Network monthly dance, St. James Armenian Hall, 465 Mt. Auburn (at School Street), Watertown, featuring Dom V. and the Swing Out Big Band 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:00
Tempo Dance Center dance, at the Watertown Elks, 268 Arlington Street, Watertown. 8:00-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
MIT Ballroom Dance Team dance social, Morss Hall, Walker Memorial, 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge. 8:00-midnight
lesson: 7:30
Hustle dance, Studio 665, 17 Campbell Street, Woburn. 8:30pm-12:30am
9 Swingin' Sundays, Leominster Elks, 134 North Main Street, Leominster, featuring Superchief Trio. 7:30-10:30pm
lesson: 6:30
10 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
14 Swing City, Somerville City Club, 20 Inner Belt Road (Sullivan Square), Somerville, featuring Racky Thomas Band. 8:30-midnight
lesson: 7:30
Boston Swing Central, location and music tba. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:00
15 Uptown Swing Dance, Brookline Tai Chi, 1615 Beacon Street, Brookline, featuring Shawn Hershey and the Fried Bananas. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:15
16 Swingin' Sundays, Leominster Elks, 134 North Main Street, Leominster, featuring BJ Magoon & Driving Sideways with Liz Rainoldi. 7:30-10:30pm
lesson: 6:30
17 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
20 Dinner & dancing, at Upstairs on the Square, Harvard Square, Cambridge, featuring the Bo & Bill Winiker Orchestra. Dancing: 9:00pm
617-864-1933
21 Swing City, Somerville City Club, 20 Inner Belt Road (Sullivan Square), Somerville, featuring Fat City Band. 8:30-midnight
lesson: 7:30
Boston Swing Central, location and music tba. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:00
22 Seaside Swing dance, at the Knights of Columbus, North Avenue, Wakefield. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 7:30pm
23 Swingin' Sundays, Leominster Elks, 134 North Main Street, Leominster, featuring Decades by DeZyne with Liz Rainoldi. 7:30-10:30pm
lesson: 6:30
24 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
28 Swing City, Somerville City Club, 20 Inner Belt Road (Sullivan Square), Somerville, featuring Sax Gordon. 8:30-midnight
lesson: 7:30
Boston Swing Central, location and music tba. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:00
*29* Blues Café, Springstep, 98 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford. 7:45-12:30am
lesson: 8:00-9:00
30 Swingin' Sundays, Leominster Elks, 134 North Main Street, Leominster, featuring Eight To The Bar. 7:30-10:30pm
lesson: 6:30
31 *NO* Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice in Cambridge. n/a
June, 2010
3 Cat's Corner at The Stomp, Episcopal Church of our Savior, 21 Marathon Street, Arlington. 9:00-11:00pm
4 Hartford Swing Dance, West Hartford Town Hall, 50 South Main Street, West Hartford, Connecticut, featuring BJ Magoon and Driving Sideways. 8:30-11:30pm
Lesson: 7:30
5 Uptown Swing Dance, Brookline Tai Chi, 1615 Beacon Street, Brookline, featuring the Mike DiBari Swingtet. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:15
Tempo Dance Center dance, at the Watertown Elks, 268 Arlington Street, Watertown. 8:00-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
Swingtime's monthly dance, 136 Westbourne Terrace, Brookline 9:00-11:00pm
lesson: 8:00 pm
Dance Boston's monthly dance, Arlington Dance Hall, 56 Pond Lane, Arlington. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 7:00
7 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
12 Boston Swing Dance Network monthly dance, St. James Armenian Hall, 465 Mt. Auburn (at School Street), Watertown, featuring Bombay Jim and the Swinging Sapphires. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:00
Hustle dance, Studio 665, 17 Campbell Street, Woburn. 8:30pm-12:30am
14 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
21 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
24 Dinner & dancing, at Upstairs on the Square, Harvard Square, Cambridge, featuring the Bo & Bill Winiker Orchestra. Dancing: 9:00pm
617-864-1933
26 Seaside Swing dance, at the Knights of Columbus, North Avenue, Wakefield. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 7:30pm
MIT Ballroom Dance Team dance social, Sala de Puerto Rico, Stratton Student Center, 84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. 8:00-midnight
lesson: 7:30
June 24 -
  July 1
Beantown Lindy Hop Camp, at Endicott College, Beverly, Massachusetts. Beantown Lindy Hop Camp
27 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
July, 2010
1 Cat's Corner at The Stomp, Episcopal Church of our Savior, 21 Marathon Street, Arlington. 9:00-11:00pm
3 Dance Boston's Independence BBQ & Dance Party, Arlington Dance Hall, 56 Pond Lane, Arlington. tba
5 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
12 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
17 Uptown Swing Dance, Brookline Tai Chi, 1615 Beacon Street, Brookline, featuring The Love Dogs. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:15
19 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
24 Seaside Swing dance, at the Knights of Columbus, North Avenue, Wakefield. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 7:30pm
26 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
August, 2010
2 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
5 Cat's Corner at The Stomp, Episcopal Church of our Savior, 21 Marathon Street, Arlington. 9:00-11:00pm
6 Hartford Swing Dance, West Hartford Town Hall, 50 South Main Street, West Hartford, Connecticut, featuring The Love Dogs. 8:30-11:30pm
Lesson: 7:30
7 Uptown Swing Dance, Brookline Tai Chi, 1615 Beacon Street, Brookline. Band tba. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:15
Dance Boston's monthly dance, Arlington Dance Hall, 56 Pond Lane, Arlington. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 7:00
9 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
12-15 New England Dance Festival, at the Boston Marriott Newton, 2345 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton
UCWDC and WSDC Competition and Social Dance Weekend, featuring Country/Swing/Line dancing
16 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
21 Seaside Swing dance, at the Knights of Columbus, North Avenue, Wakefield. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 7:30pm
23 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
30 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
September, 2010
1-6 Swing Out New Hampshire, Camp Wicosuta (Hebrun), New Hampshire
2 Cat's Corner at The Stomp, Episcopal Church of our Savior, 21 Marathon Street, Arlington. 9:00-11:00pm
4 Dance Boston's monthly dance, Arlington Dance Hall, 56 Pond Lane, Arlington. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 7:00
6 *NO* Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice Cambridge. n/a
13 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
18 Uptown Swing Dance, Brookline Tai Chi, 1615 Beacon Street, Brookline, featuring The Racky Thomas Band. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:15
20 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
25 Seaside Swing dance, at the Knights of Columbus, North Avenue, Wakefield. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 7:30pm
27 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
October, 2010
1-2 Workshops with Jordan Frisbee & Tatiana Mollmann. Location to be announced. tba
4 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
11 *NO* Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice Cambridge. n/a
16 Uptown Swing Dance, Brookline Tai Chi, 1615 Beacon Street, Brookline. Band tba. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:15
18 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
23 Seaside Swing dance, at the Knights of Columbus, North Avenue, Wakefield. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 7:30pm
25 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
30 Dance Boston's Halloween Dance Party, Arlington Dance Hall, 56 Pond Lane, Arlington. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 7:00
November, 2010
1 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
4 Cat's Corner at The Stomp, Episcopal Church of our Savior, 21 Marathon Street, Arlington. 9:00-11:00pm
6 Dance Boston's monthly dance, Arlington Dance Hall, 56 Pond Lane, Arlington. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 7:00
8 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
15 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
22 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
26-28 Workshops with Skye Humphries and Naomi Uyama. Skye & Naomi
27 Uptown Swing Dance, Brookline Tai Chi, 1615 Beacon Street, Brookline, featuring Gordon Webster & friends. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:15
Seaside Swing dance, at the Knights of Columbus, North Avenue, Wakefield. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 7:30pm
29 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
December, 2010
2 Cat's Corner at The Stomp, Episcopal Church of our Savior, 21 Marathon Street, Arlington. 9:00-11:00pm
6 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
11 Dance Boston's Holiday Potluck & Dance Party, Arlington Dance Hall, 56 Pond Lane, Arlington. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 7:00
13 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
18 Uptown Swing Dance, Brookline Tai Chi, 1615 Beacon Street, Brookline, featuring Sax Gordon Band. 9:00-midnight
lesson: 8:15
20 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30
25 *NO* Seaside Swing dance in Wakefield. n/a
27 Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge. 8:30-11:00pm
lesson: 7:30

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