Swing Dance Events in Ottawa

There's a lot of swing dancing going on here in Ottawa! Here are some of the swing dance events that we're organizing locally, often in partnership with other dance organizations and musicians.

See details on Ottawa's Saturday Night Swing and other weekly dances right here!

• Petit Chicago SWING! (Tuesday, February 7th 2012, 9:00pm-12:30am) Every first Tuesday of the month! Beginner lesson at 9:15pm, dancing from 10pm onwards! Address: 50 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau Québec. Swing Dynamite will be teaching a beginner lesson and DJing! See more info on our Facebook Petit Chicago SWING group! More on Petit Chicago SWING! here!
• Shag Explosion 2012 (February 17th-19th, 2012) Canada's only All-Shag swing dancing weekend, and one of the biggest in the world! Check out our stellar line-up of teachers and bands! More on Shag Explosion 2012 here!
• Mobster's Ball and Canadian Shag Dance Championships (Saturday, February 18th 2012, 8:15pm-1:00am) The Mobster's Ball is our special gangster-themed soiree, and a part of our Shag Explosion swing dancing weekend! Shag was a swing dance popular in the 20's and 30's, during the height of the mobster era and before Lindy Hop came to fame. Several very different styles of Shag are still done today! Featuring a WCS lesson at 8:15 as well as our usual beginner swing lesson! More on Mobster's Ball and Canadian Shag Dance Championships here!
• Petit Chicago SWING! (Tuesday, March 6th 2012, 9:00pm-12:30am) Every first Tuesday of the month! Beginner lesson at 9:15pm, dancing from 10pm onwards! Address: 50 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau Québec. Swing Dynamite will be teaching a beginner lesson and DJing! See more info on our Facebook Petit Chicago SWING group! More on Petit Chicago SWING! here!
• The Ottawa Blues Blast (March 16th-18th, 2012) Ottawa's badass blues event! Don't miss Ottawa's fourth annual celebration of Blues music and dancing! More on The Ottawa Blues Blast here!
• Petit Chicago SWING! (Tuesday, April 3rd 2012, 9:00pm-12:30am) Every first Tuesday of the month! Beginner lesson at 9:15pm, dancing from 10pm onwards! Address: 50 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau Québec. Swing Dynamite will be teaching a beginner lesson and DJing! See more info on our Facebook Petit Chicago SWING group! More on Petit Chicago SWING! here!
• Petit Chicago SWING! (Tuesday, May 1st 2012, 9:00pm-12:30am) Every first Tuesday of the month! Beginner lesson at 9:15pm, dancing from 10pm onwards! Address: 50 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau Québec. Swing Dynamite will be teaching a beginner lesson and DJing! See more info on our Facebook Petit Chicago SWING group! More on Petit Chicago SWING! here!
• Petit Chicago SWING! (Tuesday, June 5th 2012, 9:00pm-12:30am) Every first Tuesday of the month! Beginner lesson at 9:15pm, dancing from 10pm onwards! Address: 50 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau Québec. Swing Dynamite will be teaching a beginner lesson and DJing! See more info on our Facebook Petit Chicago SWING group! More on Petit Chicago SWING! here!
• Petit Chicago SWING! (Tuesday, July 3rd 2012, 9:00pm-12:30am) Every first Tuesday of the month! Beginner lesson at 9:15pm, dancing from 10pm onwards! Address: 50 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau Québec. Swing Dynamite will be teaching a beginner lesson and DJing! See more info on our Facebook Petit Chicago SWING group! More on Petit Chicago SWING! here!
• Holiday BONUS Dance (Sunday, December 23rd 2012, 7:00pm-12:00am) What's better than an annual Xmas BONUS? Since it just seemed WRONG not to have any Swing dancing on the weekend of Christmas, we've decided to put together a special last Holiday dance (with some classes too) on a Friday night! We've also got a bit of a crossover theme for the end of the year: "It's all swing!"

  SCHEDULE:

  7pm-8pm: Easy crossover moves for Lindy/WCS! Learn moves that work well in both styles of dance. *Price: $15 ($10 students/seniors) and includes the Shim Sham class and dance after!

  8pm-9pm: The Shim Sham. Not only did Frankie Manning of Lindy Hop fame teach this dance choreography around the world, but internationally renowned WCS teacher Skippy Blair has said that every West Coast Swing dancer should learn the Shim Sham. *Price: $5, includes the dance after!

  9pm-12am: Dancing until midnight! We'll play a mix of swing, blues and modern songs to appeal to all tastes and styles of swing!

  *Price for just the dance: $5 More on Holiday BONUS Dance here!