by Degen Pener
WEB SITE
http://ddi.digital.net/~gtjj/swing.html
Swing info for all of Brevard County
Miami-Fort Lauderdale
NIGHTSPOTS
Dezerland Hotel
American Classics Lounge
8701 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach
305-865-6661
Tuesday dance sponsored by the South Florida Swing Dance Society
Manray Lounge
4301 Federal Highway
Pompano Beach
954-788-2345
Miami’s main retro club has lessons and dancing for an 18+ crowd on both Wednesdays and Fridays
O’Hara’s Jazz Café
1903 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood
954-925-2555
Afternoon lessons and dancing (small floor), on Sundays
DANCE CLASSES
Alfred “Mr. Dance”
954-733-2623
Randy Atlas
305-756-5037
Angela Nuran Gokturk
954-234-3262
WEB SITE
www.swingsouthflorida.com
South Florida Swing Dance Society, info on Miami and Fort Lauderdale
Orlando
NIGHTSPOTS
Atlantic Dance
Boardwalk Resort
Disney World
www.atlanticdance.com
407-939-2444
Swings seven nights a week in this spacious period-looking nightclub; live music Friday through Monday, lessons Tuesday through Thursday
House of Blues
Downtown Disney, West Side
1490 Buena Vista Drive
407-934-2222
Features occasional concerts by national acts
DANCE CLASSES
Rhythmic Harmony Productions
Alberto and Selena Hoyos
407-465-0617
Dancin’ III
Altamonte Springs
407-261-1300
WEB SITES
www.neoSwing.com/orlando/
The most complete swing site for Orlando
www.angelfire.com/fl/fourtree
In-depth list of swing nights in Orlando
Tallahassee
WEB SITE
www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Delta/7610
All the news on swing in northwest Florida
Tampa-Saint Petersburg
WEB SITES
www.swingnews.com
http://members.xoom.com/Bigsby
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stadium/3409/
Guides to events and bands in the Tampa area
GEORGIA
Atlanta Area
NIGHTSPOTS
Blue Moon Supper Club
1255 Johnson Ferry Road
Marietta
770-579-3131
Wednesday and Sunday night dancing
Club Anytime
1055 Peachtree Street
404-607-8050
Friday and Saturday nights
Hot Rod’s Grill
4805 Highway 29
770-638-1954
Mondays and Wednesdays
Masquerade
695 North Avenue NE
404-577-8178
Lessons and DJ dancing on Sundays
Swinger’s Club
3049 Peachtree Road
Buckhead
404-816-9931
Swing on Mondays through Saturdays,
18+ Mondays and Tuesdays
DANCE CLASSES
Atlanta Dance World
770-604-9900
City Lights Dance Studio
770-451-5461
WEB SITES
www.swingtown.org
Weekly listing of bands and bars
www.dragonnet.net/swing
The homepage of Atlanta Swing
ILLINOIS
Champagne-Urbana
WEB SITE
http://guava.physics.uiuc.edu/~tychay/swing
Homepage of the Champagne-Urbana
Swing Society
Chicago Area
NIGHTSPOTS
C-Shop Java Jive
Reynolds Club Building
University of Chicago
5706 South University Avenue
312-409-4911
Friday dance presented by the Chicago Swing Dance Society
Frankie’s Blue Room
16 West Chicago Avenue
Naperville
630-416-4898
Dancing four nights a week, mix of DJ
and live music
Green Mill
4802 North Broadway
773-878-5552
Live swing music Tuesdays and
Thursdays
Liquid
1997 North Clybourn Avenue
773-528-3400
Chicago’s most reliable swing nightclub
with dancing up to six nights a week
Willowbrook Ballroom
8900 South Archer Avenue
Willow Springs
708-839-1000
Live music and lessons on Wednesdays
(with the Rhythm Rockets) and Sundays
DANCE CLASSES
Chicago Dance Ballroom
3660 West Irving Park
[email protected]
773-267-3411
Chicago Swing Half-Breeds
www.slohand.com
312-409-0039
Hep Cat Swing
Joe Gerrits and Joey Honsa
www.hepcatswing.com
773-929-1067
Swing Out Chicago
www.chicagoswing.com
773-782-1927
WEB SITES
http://rainbow.uchicago.edu/~ykim/
Chicago Swing Dance Society homepage
www.2.uic.edu/stud_orgs/sports/swingit/
Swing events in Chicago
www.swingset.net
Monthly calendar of live swing music appearances in the Chicago area with great links
www.hail.icestorm.net/chicagoswing Events listings for Chicago and national band schedules
IOWA
Des Moines
NIGHTSPOT
Val Air Ballroom
301 Ashworth Road
West Des Moines
515-223-6152
Monday classes and dances on Thursdays on an eight-thousand-square-foot floor in this 1939 art deco ballroom
DANCE CLASSES
Jennifer Malcom
[email protected]
515-223-6152 (Val Air Ballroom)
515-943-2220
800-481-8488 (within Iowa)
Randy and Sarah Reid
515-274-4676
WEB SITES
www.swingdesmoines.com
The Swing Des Moines homepage
http://members.aol.com/jmsracing/eiaswing
The swing guide for eastern Iowa (Iowa City and Cedar Rapids)
KANSAS
Kansas City Area
NIGHTSPOTS
Grand Emporium
3832 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-531-1504
www.grandemporium.com
Tex Houston and Kurt Wegner teach every Tuesday, with a mix of rockabilly and swing
Raoul’s Velvet Room
7222 West 199th Street
Johnson County
913-469-0466
Wednesday night swing dancing to the sounds of the Dave Stevens Swing Band
The Swing Set at Bottleneck
737 New Hampshire
Lawrence
785-841-5483
Sunday live music nights run by the Swing Set
DANCE CLASSES
Cats Corner
www.kcdance.com/catscorner
Jean Denney
816-640-2564
Frankie Hoang
913-683-4275
Alan Clements
913-299-3517
Tex Houston
816-561-3424
Kansas City Swing
Dance Club
6101 Martway
Mission
913-831-7964
WEB SITE
www.kcdance.com
Excellent site for everything swing (and all dance) in Kansas City
MARYLAND
Baltimore
NIGHTSPOTS
Friday Night Swing Dance Club
www.erols.com/hepcat
410-583-7337
Swing club with dances and live music most Fridays, some Saturdays; location varies
Swing Baltimore
410-377-7410
Swing dances every other Saturday; cal for location
DANCE CLASSES
Friday Night Swing Dance Club
410-583-7337
WEB SITES
www.charm.net/~dadamia
Links to other swing sites in Baltimore
www.swingbaltimore.org
Web site for Swing Baltimore
http://home.earthlink.net/~glacial/swing
Swing Crossroads, a Web site for Baltimore info
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Area
NIGHTSPOTS
Boston Swing Dance Network
Saint James Armenian Church
465 Mount Auburn Street
Watertown
617-924-6603
Boston’s swing dance society’s once-a-month dance
Johnny D’s Uptown Lounge
17 Holland Street, Davis Square
Somerville
617-776-2004
Live music on Mondays
Ken’s Place
The First Baptist Church
5 Magazine Street
Cambridge
Bands and dancing every Tuesday
The Roxy
279 Tremont Street
617-338-7699
This grand 1920s ballroom boasts a thirty-thousand-square-foot dance floor and features national acts on its Friday swing nights
Upstairs Lounge
69 Lancaster Street
North Station
781-458-3521
Swingers’ hangout, with dancing on Thursdays
DANCE CLASSES
Best Foot Forward Dance Studio
Sara Brodsky
http://www.havetodance.com/bestfootforward
617-5221444
Boston Swing Dance Network
Elks Lodge
268 Arlington Street
Watertown
www.bostonswingdance.com
617-924-6003
Dancing Feats Studio
190 Oak Street
Newton
http://www.dancinafeats.com/
617-52-SWING
Hop to the Beat Dance Studio
Tony and Aurelie Tye
http://www.hoptothebeat.com/
508-435-2363
Rugcutters Dance Studio
Ron Gursky
http://www.havetodance.com/rugcutters/
617-923-0220
Tempo Dance Center
Gail Rundlett
http://www.havetodance.com/tempodc.html
617-783-5467
WEB SITES
www.havetodance.com
Listings of all dance venues in the Boston area, along with names of instructors and places to practice; includes weekly and daily calendar
www.totalswing.com
Guide to events in the Boston area plus northern New England
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor
DANCE CLASSES
Michael Finegan
Ann Arbor Dance Classics
734-975-9055
Joyce Stoughton
734-973-2575
Detroit Area
NIGHTSPOTS
Clutch Cargo
65 East Huron Street
Pontiac
248-333-2362
Swinging the weekend on Friday and Saturday
Token Lounge
28949 Joy Road
Westland
734-513-5030
Call for details
Velvet Lounge
29 South Saginaw
Pontiac
248-3347411
Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays swingout
DANCE CLASSES
Paulette Brockington
[email protected]
313-869-9385
Barry Douglas
http://www.i-hustle.com
1-888-IHUSTLE
WEB SITES
www.danceaway.com
Dance site for all of Michigan
http://hometown.aol.com/dancealert/index.html
All kinds of dancing in the Detroit-Ann
Arbor area
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis-Saint Paul
NIGHTSPOTS
Famous Dave’s
3001 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis
612-822-9900
Let the Senders send you on Wednesdays
Fine Line Music Café
318 First Avenue North
Minneapolis
612-338-8100
Hop to the sounds of Vic Volare and the Volare Lounge Orchestra on Tuesdays
Lee’s Liquor Lounge
101 Glenwood Ave
Minneapolis
612-338-9491
Free lessons plus the Jaztronauts on Mondays and Wednesdays
Mario’s Keller Bar
2300 University Avenue
Minneapolis
612-781-3860
Free lessons and DJ on Sundays, live bands on Tuesdays (rockabilly)
Wabasha Street Caves
215 South Wabasha Street
Saint Paul
651-224-1191
Dancing inside actual caves, a former Capone hangout, on Thursdays, all ages
DANCE CLASSES
Cindy Geiger and Terry Gardner
612-722-9976
Land O’Loon Lindy Hoppers
612-920-7648
WEB SITES
www.tcswing.com
Listing of everything swing in the Twin
Cities
www.i-swing.com
Calendar listing of local swing nights
with news updates
MISSOURI
Saint Louis
NIGHTSPOTS
Blueberry Hill
6504 Delmar
314-727-0880
Call for details
The Casa Loma Ballroom
3354 Iowa Avenue
314-664-8000
Lessons and dancing Wednesdays
Jukebox Party Club
2140 Schuetz Road
314-993-5449
Tuesdays (Saint Louis’s Imperial swing)
DANCE CLASSES
Just Dancing
Jane Humphrey
Woods Mill Road and Manchester
Manchester
314-227-7202
WEB SITES
http://digdugdar.net/swingme/swingin/main.html
Swing Me Saint Louis’s guide to dancing in the Show-Me state
http://members.aol.com/stlballrm/dring.htm
Links to all types of dance venues in the Saint Louis area
http://www.rescomp.wustl.edu/~ballroom/
Washington University’s Dance Club offers swing and some Latin dance classes on most Sundays
NEVADA
Las Vegas Area
NIGHTSPOTS
The Beach
365 Convention Center Drive
702-731-1925
The Sinn City Daddies, plus lessons, on Tuesdays
Bellagio
Fontana Lounge
3600 Las Vegas Boulevard South
702-693-7075
888-987-7111
The coolest spot in town, with Jump, Jive, n’ Wail performing daily except Mondays
Desert Inn
Starlight Lounge
3145 Las Vegas Boulevard South
702-733-4444
Great dance floor, occasional swing bands
New York, New York
The Big Apple
Lounge
3790 Las Vegas Boulevard South
702-740-6969
Occasional swing bands; call for events
Sunset Station
1301 West Sunset Road
Henderson
702-547-7777
Live music on Tuesdays
DANCE CLASSES
Arthur Murray Dance Studio
Maryland Parkway at Harmon
[email protected]
702-650-5275
WEB SITES
www.ilv.com/swing/
Full info on the Vegas swing scene
www.wizard.com/~thecage
Hip-looking guide to the city
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT
WEB SITES
www.databasewebworks.com/swingdance
The National and New England Swing Dance Server homepage
www.savoystyle.org/index.html
New Hampshire and Vermont’s Upper Valley Swing Dance Network
NEW JERSEY
NIGHTSPOTS
KatManDu
50 Riverview
Route 29/Executive Park
Trenton
609-393-7300
Lessons and dancing on Sundays
The Leopard Lounge
Club Bene
Route 35
South Amboy
732-727-3000
Live music on Saturdays
Trump Marina
Huron Avenue and Brigantine Boulevard
