Dancing Around the Country

This page focuses primarily on websites, dance studios, teachers, and businesses in the state of

(northern) California


Clubs and Organizations

US Open Swing Dance Championships, Inc.
P.O. Box 188266, Carlsbad, California 92009. 1-800-537-8927.

The Next Generation Swing Dance Club
236 West Port Avenue, Suite 329, San Francisco, CA 94127-0901. 415-979-4456

Santa Cruz Swing Dance Club

Capital Swing Dancers
Sacramento


General Information:

Lindy List
A quick and easy to read summary of what's happening each week of swing things in the Bay Area.

Jenny Redo's West Coast Swing Page
for Swing dancing in San Francisco and the Bay area.

Queer Jitterbugs
Information for the gay and lesbian swing dance community in San Francisco area.

Swing Talk
Forum covering the San Francisco Bay area swing dance community.

SF Lindy Hop
San Francisco Swing Dance Calendar and Information




Places to Go Dancing

Lindy In The Park
The bandstand of the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco (between the Academy of Sciences and the De Young Museum). Dancers converge there pretty much *EVERY* Sunday for a morning, afternoon, or day of swing/lindy dancing. For mail on planned outings, contact Ken Watanabe or Dave Wong.

Broadway Studios
435 Broadway (near Montgomery), San Francisco 94133. 415-291-0333. Hotline: 415-291-0777.

Top of Beardsley's
100 North B Street, San Mateo.

Additional national event listings.

The Top of the Mark
The Mark Hopkins Hotel hosts live bands most nights. 999 California Street, San Francisco. (at Mason Street on Nob Hill). 415-392-3434. 21 & over only.

Starlite Ballroom
1160 North Fair Oaks, Sunnyvale. 408-745-STAR

Rancho Nicasio
Marin County, Nicasio. Dinner and dancing every Friday and Saturday night. 415-6622-2219.

Imperial Dance Studio
822 Cassia Street, Redwood City. 415-585-6282



Teachers and Dance Studios

Michelle Mayers Kinkaid
Swing, Hustle, and Nite Club Two-Step at the Monte Cristo Club, 136 Missouri Street in San Francisco and at the Flex-It Studio, 425 Evelyn Avenue in Mountain View. For more information, contact Michelle at 415-585-6282.

Swing Central
Redwood City and elsewhere, with Rob and Diane.

ACB Ballroom Dance School
454 Santa Clara Avenue, Oakland. 510-839-9875. Contact: Albert Aguilar

Allegro Ballroom
5855 Christie Avenue, Emeryville. 510-655-2888.

Swing Or Nothing!
Nathan Dias, swing dance and lindy hop lessons in San Francisco

Dance With Cat
Catrine Ljunggren, swing dance and lindy hop lessons in San Francisco

Cynthia Glinka - On The Dance Floor
San Francisco/Marin County. Hosts Bay Area dance events, choreographer, social dance instructor. For more information, contact Cynthia at 415-485-5500.

Metronome Ballroom
1830 Seventeenth Street, San Francisco. 415-252-9000

Note: The information on this page is provided mostly by the local venues, bands, and dancers. This webpage is part of a larger website run by someone who is focused on swing dancing in Boston, Massachusetts and it is provided as a convenience to readers who might be interested in looking for possible dance venues in northern California. However, I do not live there and do not have the time or money to call every venue regularly for updates (I don't make money off dancing). With that in mind, I suggest calling up the dance venues to confirm their dance events. Please write to dancenet@havetodance.com with any new information that you'd like to share and please review this website's policies before writing in.

Please note that the venues are not always diligent about sending me changes so *call ahead*.

Cubberley Ballroom
Tuxedo Junction and The Friday Night Dancers host dance nights on Fridays, Saturdays and Wednesdays in Palo Alto. These events are actually dance classes with a dance thrown in. No partners necessary. For information, call Phil or Katy at 415-856-6969.

Arthur Murray Redwood City
Redwood City. For more information, contact info@arthurmurrayredwoodcity.com.



Music

Lavay Smith and the Red Hot Skillet Lickers
San Francisco Bay area.

Stompy Jones (formerly The Swing Session)
Jump blues. San Francisco

Silver Moon Big Band
San Francisco bay area and wine country. For more information, contact Lee Waterman at 510-528-2403.

The Fabulous Swing Kings
14-piece band plus vocalists, based in Chico. Contact Bernie Farmer.

The Swing Shift Band
Central valley area. Contact Vicki Morrison at 559-435-2799.
Does this band still exist?

The Corner Pocket Swing Band

Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums one starone starone starone star
San Francisco.

Lee Press-On and the Nails
San Francisco bay area. 415-273-1898.

The Bill Travis Swing Orchestra
17-piece (or combo, thereof) based in San Francisco playing anything from jump blues to classic big band. For more information, write to btbigband@aol.com.

Royal Society Jazz Orchestra
Pentaluma. Ten-piece orchestra specializing in authentic 1930s Swing and 1920s hot jazz.

Swing Fever
Swing Fever Entertainment, 70 Pleasant Lane, San Rafael, CA 94901. For more information, contact info@swingfever.com at 415-459-2428.



Tango

Bay Area Argentine Tango Association
San Francisco.

Planet Tango
San Francisco. Alberto Paz and Valerie Hart. For more information, write to lamari@wenet.net.



Last updated January 30, 2010

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