Dancing in Ohio

Buckeye Bop Club

Columbus. "Your place to Swing Dance in Columbus, Ohio. We play a balance of West & East Coast Swing along with some Hustle, Night Club 2 Step and Cha Cha." Dancing every Tuesday night with a lesson from 7:00-8:00 p.m. and open dancing until 10:30.

Mid-Ohio Boogie Club
Columbus. The Mid-Ohio Boogie Club promotes swing dancing in the Central Ohio, including an annual dance weekend in August. The club focuseson Rhythm and Blues, Beach, Shag, and Oldies music for West Coast Swing, Carolina Shag, Hustle, Cha Cha and East Coast Swing dancing. For more information, contact mbc@midohioboogieclub.org or call Georgia Watson at 614-939-1844.

Cincinnati Bop Club
513-697-6351

Oberlin Swing Society
Oberlin College, Oberlin.

General Information:

Cleveland Swings
Swing dancing information that you need for Cleveland and Northern Ohio.

Swing Columbus
Swing dance resource for the central Ohio (Columbus) area.

Cincinnati Swing.

Note: If you're in the Cincinnati area, you might want to check out venues in Kentucky.

Cincinnati Lindy Exchange

SwingOutDayton
Swing jam every Wednesday from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. at Elegance In Dance, behind the Dayton Mall on Kingsridge Drive.

Dance with UU
General ballroom dancing at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, 93 W. Weisheimer Road, Columbus, every Monday night (holidays included). Lesson at 7:00, dancing from 8:00 to 10:00 pm.

Blackwell Dance
Elizabeth Blackwell Center, 3635 Olentangy River Road (just north of Riverside Hospital), Columbus. Ballroom dancing every Saturday from 8:30 to 11:30pm, with a lesson at 7:30. (except 5th Saturdays).

Additional national event listings.

Fraze Pavilion
Dayton. Features a swing series with big bands and plenty of room for dancing, on Monday nights all summer.

Ohio Ballroom
Dances held at the Oxford Community Arts Center in Oxford and at the Courtyard by Marriott Hamilton Hotel in Hamilton. Dancing starts at 8:00 pm; beginner lesson at 7:30 at the Oxford location, at 7:00 at the Hamilton dance. For more information, contact Michael Scoggins at nightmissionproductions@gmail.com or 513-217-5551.

Get Hep Swing
Valerie Salstrom teaches in Cleveland and the surrounding areas.

Home of the All Balboa Weekend!

Two Left Feet
Allen Driskill teaches ballroom dancing in Worthington & Columbus.

Swing Out Dayton

Ohio Ballroom
Classes held at 6 locations between Dayton and Cincinnati. For more information, contact Michael Scoggins at nightmissionproductions@gmail.com or 513-217-5551.

SwinGallery
Lindy Hop classes in Covington, Kentucky.

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 Ohio. 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*.

North East Ohio Tango

Tango Rush
Cleveland. A non-profit organization devoted to the study of traditional Close-Embrace Argentine Tango - offering classes, practicas, milongas and workshops.

TangoCleveland

OSU Tango
The student Argentine Tango organization at Ohio State University in Columbus. For more information, contact tango@osu.edu.