Out of Town Events and Workshops
HIGHLIGHTS of various out of town events Toronto dancers attendToronto dancers are known for travelling! Here are some of the events most frequented by dancers from Toronto – find a buddy and dance the world! NEED A RIDE? Check out this Google Docs Ride Share Page created by Rebecca Berman and Groove Juice Swing.
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February
Meet in the Middle-Kingston, ON
Meet in the Middle is exactly what it sounds like: swing dancers from Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, London, Waterloo, New York state and places in between and far beyond converging on a central point: Kingston, Ontario! We are welcoming dancers to join us for a weekend packed full of activity. We’ve assembled a weekend full of swingin’ live Lindy music, informative workshops, and late-night Blues.
Swing-A-Dance – Quebec City, Qc
Dedicated to Lindy Hop, Blues and Charleston, Swing-a-Dance features world renowned teachers with beginner, intermediate and advanced tracks. The weekend has two dance evenings, shows, performances and competitions.
March
O-Town Showdown – Ottawa, ON
An afternoon of competitions in Ottawa focusing on great social dance skills, awesome attitude, creativity, and fun!
April
Lindy Bout – Vancouver, BC
Lindy Bout is Western Canada’s biggest Lindy Hop event, fostering healthy competition, inspiring, challenging, and bringing dancers from all over Canada’s West together for one awesome party.
May
Canadian Swing Dance Championships (CSC) – Manoir Saint-Sauveur, Qc
Canada’s biggest and longest running competition weekend.
June
Stompology – Rochester, NY
Stompology is the premiere dance weekend devoted entirely to authentic jazz, Charleston, and solo movement. Past topics have included fast Charleston, black bottom, blues, tap, burlesque, body conditioning, locking, and more!
July
Swing Riot – Montreal, Qc
A dance event that promotes Lindy Hop, good swingin’ jazz and the Montreal street culture.
Herräng Dance Camp – Sweden
With roots in Lindy Hop, the Swing era, Harlem and New York Herräng Dance Camp has built a community for the participants to enjoy high quality Dance, Music and Entertainment in a welcoming setting where just about anything can happen. In the unique world of Herräng, it’s a friendly and respectful community where dancers integrate and inspire each other to creativity and participation all in the spirit of Frankie Manning.
August
International Lindy Hop Championships (ILHC) – Arlington, VA
One of the biggest Lindy Hop competition weekends in the world! ILHC draws dancers from all over the globe for a weekend of world class social dancing, competitions and amazing bands!
September
Swing Out New Hampshire – Camp Wicosuta, NH
SONH is an amazing event of inspiring Lindy Hop instructors and classes, top-notch music, and close-knit community at an all-inclusive swing dance camp in beautiful New Hampshire.
October
Rocktober – Columbus, OH
The Rocktober Lindy Workshop weekend is the original North American intensive Lindy Hop workshop, featuring stellar internal instructors an multiple track levels.
Annual New Orleans Swing Dance Festival – New Orleans, LA
Experience the wonders of our magical traditional jazz, blues, and swing dance community, in New Orleans.
Cat’s Corner Exchange (CCX) – Montreal, Qc
CCX reunites Lindy Hoppers and Blues dancers from Montreal and out of town for a weekend of dancing, performances, competitions and late-night bagels.
December
Lindy Focus – Ashville, North Carolina
What started as a small-town, basement party all about the original swing dance has become one of the world’s largest festivals of its kind, celebrating early jazz and swing music of the first half of the 20th century, and all its associated dance forms.
Lindy Hop Revolution Closed Due to Covid19-Please See Statement Below
Very very sad news coming from Lindy Hop Revolution Sept 21st. Toronto has lost it’s last fully dedicated Lindy Hop/Balboa dance studio and that is a terrible loss for our scene. Thank you to everything that LHR has brought to Toronto, we appreciated it all and you...