It's all about where you draw the line

I am a swing dancer in the Chicago Area. Several years ago I went to New Orleans, and while I was down there I decided to see if there was somewhere to go dancing. I checked several different internet directories I could think of, but was unable to find any listings for swing dance, other than one place called the Red Room, which had had their dancing the night previous.

Shortly after that trip I was talking to a swing dancer from New Orleans who was visiting Chicago, and she informed me that there was in fact an active scene in NOLA, and gave me a couple swing schedule websites I could have tried. I realized that a directory of such sites might be awfully handy for the traveling dancer, so Here It Is!

This list will grow just as fast as I get information, so if you know of a local swing dance site anywhere in the world that is not yet included here, please drop me a line and I will add it to this listing. Please note that although there may be a few exceptions, I am primarily interested in sites that have localized schedules and venue listings. Thanks, and enjoy!

NOTE: If your town is not listed, try the nearest city, as many of these sites include the surrounding area.

Index

• Australia

• USA

  • Arizona
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Georgia
  • Hawai’i
  • Illinois
  • Iowa
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Minnesota
  • Nebraska
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • Ohio
  • Oregon
  • Rhode Island
  • Texas
  • Vermont
  • Washington
  • Wisconsin

• United Kingdom

• Australia

  • Melbourne

    • Lindy Hop Melbourne — http://www.swing-dancing.com/

• United States

  • Arizona

    • The Arizona Lindy Hop Society — http://www.savethearts.org/

  • California

    • Los Angeles

      • Jive Junction — http://www.jivejunction.com/

  • Colorado

    • Colorado Swing Dance Network — http://www.csdn.org/

  • Connecticut

    • DanceNet Connecticut — http://havetodance.com/dancect-calendar.html

  • Georgia

    • Atlanta

      • Swing & Lindy Hop in Atlanta — http://www.geocities.com/atlantaswing/

  • Hawai’i

    • Maui

      • http://swingmaui.org/

  • Illinois

    • Chicago

      • Windyhop — http://www.windyhop.org/
        There are more Chicago links on my general Links page.
      • This Week In Chicago — http://thisweekinchicago.blustein.net/

    • Champaign-Urbana

      • Dancing Illini (U. of Illinois) — http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/dancing/
        Not exclusively Swing, but a useful site. Check out both the “Events” and “Dancing” pages.
      • UIUC Swing Society — http://come.to/cu-swing

  • Iowa

    • Des Moines

      — Swing Des Moines — http://www.swingdesmoines.com/

  • Louisiana

    • New Orleans

      • Dance New Orleans — http://www.danceneworleans.com/ http://www.dnoinc.org/

  • Maine

    • DanceNet Maine — http://havetodance.com/danceme.html

  • Maryland

    • Baltimore

      • Friday Night Swing Dance Club — http://www.fridaynightswing.com/
      • Mobtown Ballroom — http://mobtownballroom.com/

  • Massachusetts

    • Boston

      • DanceNet — http://havetodance.com/
      • Total Swing — http://www.totalswing.com/

  • Minnesota

    • Minneapolis/ St. Paul (Twin Cities)

      • TC Swing — http://www.tcswing.com/

  • Nebraska

    • Omaha

      • Omaha Swings — http://www.omahaswings.com/

  • New Hampshire

    • DanceNet New Hampshire — http://havetodance.com/dancenh.html

  • New York

    • New York, new york

      • Yehoodi — http://www.yehoodi.com/
        Note: This site sadly buries a lot of good information under a bunch of nothing. Go to the Calendar page, select “New York” as your location, then press “Go”.

    • Ithaca

      • Ithaca Swing Dance Network — http://www.dance-ithaca.org/

  • Ohio

    • Cincinnati

      • The Cincinnati Swing Dancing Web Site — http://www.cincyswing.com/

  • Oregon

    • Portland

      • Portland Dancing — http://www.portlanddancing.com/ — This calendar includes dancing of all sorts, including Swing Dance. You may have to scroll down a good bit to find it.

  • Rhode Island

    • DanceNet Rhode Island — http://havetodance.com/danceri.html

  • Texas

    • Dallas

      • Dallas Dance — http://www.dallasdance.com/cgi-bin/calendar/calendar.pl
      • Dallas Swing Dance Society — http://www.dsds.org/

  • Vermont

    • DanceNet Vermont — http://havetodance.com/dancevt.html

  • Washington

    • Seattle

      • Savoy Swing Club — http://www.savoyswing.com/

  • Wisconsin

    • Madison

      • Lindy Messengers — http://www.calsplus.com/lindymessengers

    • Milwaukee

      • Cream City Calendar — http://www.calsplus.com/ccswingl/

• United Kingdom

  • England

    • London

      • London Swing Dance Society — http://www.swingdanceuk.com/