Autumn 2024
New Year Swing Celebration!
Our fabulous & friendly new year festival is back 28th Dec to 1st Jan:
5 class track options, 8 social dances, pizza party & stunning NYE party!
Scroll down for full details & event schedule
Not sure what it's like? Take a look at Matt Christie's fantastic video from last year
REGISTER HERE for a full track - Lindy or Solo
includes option to add additional half track(s)
REGISTER HERE one or more half tracks - Shag and/or Blues and/or DJ skills
REGISTER HERE for a social pass
Buy NYE PARTY ONLY ticket - on sale Thurs 14/11 at 5pm
(NYE party included in all class tracks & social passes)
Ain't Misbehavin' dance night
Every 3rd Friday night:
15 Nov, 20 Dec
7.45pm Doors open
7.55pm Beginners taster class. No partner needed, just turn up.
8.30pm-midnight Social dancing (with two floors at busiest times)
12am Close
£10 / £ 7 concessions, pay on the door
Southbank Club, Dean Lane, BS3 1DB
Learn to dance!
There are beginner taster classes at Ain't Misbehavin' (details above).
We don't currently have any beginner courses, but our friends at Bristol Swing Riot have beginner classes on Wednesday nights and occasional beginner weekend courses:
https://www.bristolswingriot.co.uk/
NEW YEAR SWING CELEBRATION! - Full details
Simply The Best way to welcome in 2025!
A very social & friendly event with that special Bristol vibe :-)
- NYE in a fabulous converted church!
- 8 social dances!
- Full class track options (8 hrs): Lindy Hop, Solo Jazz
- Half track options (4 hrs): Shag, Blues, DJ skills
- Pizza* & puzzle night with table service
- live music & awesome DJs
Prices have been held to the same as last year:
REGISTRATION LINKS at the top of this page
£109 Social pass: 8 dances + pizza / puzzle night + taster classes
£140 Half track: everything in social pass + 4 hrs track classes
(2 x half tracks = £165 incl 8 hrs track classes)
(3 x half tracks = £175 incl 12 hrs track classes)
£165 Full track: everything in social pass + 8 hrs track classes
max 4 hrs class per day
£175 Extra track: everything in social pass + full track + half track = 12 hrs track classes
max 6 hrs class per day
£180 Extra Extra track: everything in social pass + full track + 2 half tracks = 16 hrs track classes
max 6 hrs dance class + 2 hrs DJ class on one of the days
£46 + 2.80 b.f. NYE party only
(on sale 14 November 2024 at 5pm)
Social pass & class tracks – Please wait for confirmation of your place first, then make payment within 7 days. You can pay in full, or, pay 50% and the remaining 50% by 30th November.
*Salad & drinks on the pizza / puzzle night are included but the pizza isn’t. Brunch on the 1st is also included.
CLASS LEVELS
All classes are mixed levels (like a dance floor), but we’re expecting the following minimums for each class:
Lindy Hop / Solo Jazz – minimum Intermediate Advanced, confident in basic repertoire and able to adapt to different music
Shag – minimum Intermediate, confident in the basic Shag footwork, can dance full songs in Shag
Blues – no Blues Dance experience required (but expect all are confident Lindy Hop dancers & the class will progress quickly)
DJ Skills – we expect that most attendees have already DJ’d but newbies are welcome (there will be opportunities to try out your first DJ set at the festival if you’d like to)
REGISTRATION OPENS Friday 11th October 18.00
Your teachers this year will be:
Lindy Hop (8 hrs) - Jessy & Will
Solo Jazz (8 hrs) - Lana Williams
Shag (4 hrs)- Jim & Nicky
Blues (4 hrs) - Sonnie & Anna
DJ skills (4 hrs) – Sonnie Spoon
Lindy, Solo, and Shag will take place at the same time and can’t be combined.
You can combine any of them with Blues and/or DJ skills.
See schedule below for exactly when the classes are.
SCHEDULE
Saturday 28 December
Evening dance at Southbank Club, BS3 1DB
19.45 Doors open & registration, dancing
20.30 Taster class to meet other attendees (dancing on the other floor)
21.15 Dancing on both floors, incl Lindy Challenge Bingo & teacher intro
01.00 Close
Sunday 29 December
Classes at St Francis, BS3 1JP
10.00 Registration opens
10.30-15.30 Solo Jazz (4 hrs class, 60 mins breaks)
Classes at Ashton Park, BS3 2JL
10.30-15.30 Lindy Hop (4 hrs class, 60 min breaks)
Classes at St Pauls, BS3 1AS
13.30-15.45 Shag (2 hrs class, 15 min break)
16.15-18.30 Blues dance (2 hrs class, 15 min break)
18.45-20.45 DJ Skills (2 hrs class)
Evening dance at Bump, BS2 9DA
21.00-02.00 Evening dance
Monday 30 December
Classes at St Francis, BS3 1JP
10.30-15.30 Solo Jazz (4 hrs class, 60 mins breaks)
Classes at Ashton Park, BS3 2JL
10.30-15.30 Lindy Hop (4 hrs class, 60 min breaks)
Classes at St Pauls, BS3 1AS
13.30-15.45 Shag (2 hrs class, 15 min break)
16.15-18.30 Blues dance (2 hrs class, 15 min break)
Pizza* & puzzle party at St Francis, BS3 1JP
16.30-20.00 Pizza served in the small hall
15.30-19.30 Open DJ session in the large hall
*Salad & sangria are included, the pizza isn’t.
Evening dance at St Paul’s, BS3 1AS
19.30-23.00 Evening dance
Late night dance at Loco Klub, BS1 6QH
22.00-01.30 Blues taster, blues / funk / soul party.
Tuesday 31 December
Classes & lunchtime dance at Mount Without, BS2 8FN
10.30-12.30 DJ Skills (2 hr class)
13.00-15.00 Lunchtime dance with live band
NYE party at Mount Without, BS2 8FN
19.30-01.30 NYE party with taster classes, Mix & Match, & more.
Dancing over two floors: upstairs Swing, downstairs Blues & party tunes.
Wednesday 1 January
Swing Brunch at St Francis, BS3
11.00-12.00 Brunch served in small hall
11.30-13.00 Farewell dance in main hall
Covid precautions
- plentiful sanitiser and enhanced ventilation
- LF tests will be required for NY festival (not required at Ain't Misbehavin')
- we'll support you if you choose to dance only with a fixed partner (we'll rotate generally)
Want to know what it looks like?
Feedback and keeping up to date :
We love to hear feedback so if you have any ideas, grumbles, suggestions then please speak to us at the club night or email david@swingdancebristol.com
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