New Year Swing Celebration!

Our fabulous new year festival is back 29th Dec to 1st Jan: Friendly vibes, lots of dancing, pizza parlour & stunning NYE party!

Not sure what it's like? Take a look at Matt Christie's fantastic NYSC video.

Scroll down for full details & event schedule

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Simply The Best way to welcome in 2026!

Costs

A very social & friendly event with that special Bristol vibe :-)

NYE in a fabulous converted church!
6 social dances!
Class track option (8 hrs): Lindy Hop with Jessy & Will
Pizza* parlour & quiz 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: 6 dances + pizza / puzzle night + taster classes

£165 Class track: everything in social pass + 8 hrs track classes

£46 + tbc b.f. NYE party only (on sale end of October)

Social pass or class track – 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.

Classes

Classes are mixed levels (like a dance floor), but we’re expecting the following minimum: Lindy Hop – minimum Intermediate Advanced, confident in basic repertoire and able to adapt to different music

Your teachers this year will be: Lindy Hop (8 hrs) - Jessy & Will

There will also be taster classes at/before all social dances.

See schedule below for exactly when the classes are.

Schedule

Monday 29 December

Classes at St Francis, BS3 1JP

16.00 Registration opens
16.30-18.00 Lindy Hop class

Evening dance at Southbank Club, BS3 1DB

19.30 Doors open & registration, dancing & lindy bingo
20.15 Taster class to meet other attendees (dancing on the other floor)
21.00 Dancing on both floors with live band about 21.30 downstairs
01.00 Close

Tuesday 30 December

Classes at Ashton Park, BS3 2JL

10.30-16.45 Lindy Hop (5 hrs class, 75 min breaks)

Pizza* & quiz party at St Francis, BS3 1JP

16.30-20.30 Pizza served in the small hall
17.15-18.15 Taster class in the large hall
18.15-22.00 Dancing in the large hall

*Salad & sangria are included, the pizza isn’t.

Late night dance at Loco Klub, BS1 6QH

22.30-23.00 Taster class
23.00-01.30 Blues / funk / soul party

Wednesday 31 December

Classes & lunchtime dance at Mount Without, BS2 8FN

11.00-12.30 Lindy Hop class
13.00-15.00 Tea dance with tea/coffee/cakes

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.

Thursday 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