lindy exchanges

Once you are bitten by the swing bug you will find that a lot of your holiday plans revolve around when and where you can go swing dancing - and fortunately the choice is endless!! There are swing dance schools all over the world, and most of them host lindy or balboa exchanges where you can do workshops and social dancing with some of the best teachers and dancers around today.

Here are just a FEW of the options on offer (chosen either because they are in a great location, are hosted by a great swing scene, have a great line up of teachers and bands, have a funky website......or if you are really lucky, all of the above)

nz & oz | uk & europe | north america | other | balboa | blues

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new zealand, australia

Margaret River Summer Camp - Perth (Swing Zing) [Jan 6-9 2011]
A weekend of funky Lindy and Balboa classes, social dancing under the stars, and some wine tasting to boot!

Swing Camp Oz - Adelaide [Jan 16-21 2011]
A week long camp of workshops and social dancing with Steven Mitchell and other international teachers.

Art Deco Swing - Napier [February 18-20 2011]
Workshops and dancing at Napiers Art Deco Weekend

Perth Lindy Jam - Perth (Swing It) [February 25-28 2011]
Another kick ass weekend with Ramona Staffeld (USA), and Keiran & Loz Yee (MELB)

Blues before Sunrise (BBS) - Melbourne (Swing Patrol) [Apr 8-10 2011]
Melbourne's biggest blues dancing weekend with 4 levels of workshops - and this year with Steven & Virginie!!!

Hullabaloo (Perth Lindy Exchange) - Perth (PSDS) [Apr 14-18 2011]
An experiment in sleep deprivation each Easter at one of the liveliest scenes in Oz - this year with workshops by Hasse & Marie!

Soul Glo 2010 - [May 21-23 2010]
This is a massive party at a mansion halfway between Sydney and Canberra. Live music, exclusive cocktail list, dancing and of course the big potato.

BASE Camp - Auckland (The Swing Station) [Jun 2-6 2011]
After the huge success of our first exchange last year, we are going to do it again! Yes, that's 5 nights of dancing, 3 days of workshops, and oodles of fun!!

Melbourne Swing Festival (MSF) - Melbourne (Swing Patrol) [Jun 9-13 2011]
Five days with eight international teachers and swagloads of dancing

Devil City Swing - Hobart (TAS Swing) [Jun 24-26 2011]
More dancing to live bands and smokin' Dj's in one weekend than you thought possible

Sydney Balboa Weekend - Sydney (Swing Time NSW) [Jun 26-28 2010]
Two streams of classes, four international instructors (including Nick Williams Laura Keat) and two big social dancing nights!

Canberrang - Canberra (Jumptown Swing) [Aug 5-8 2010]
3 days 4 nights 5 bands . . . 100% social dancing!

Windy Lindy - Wellington (Full Swing) [Sep 17-19 2010]
An action-packed weekend of daring dancing, wonderful workshops, cosmopolitan competitions and brilliant big band sounds

Bal on the River - Brisbane [Sep 22-25 2011]
Run by Balboa dancers for Balboa dancers, this has 3 days/3 levels of classes and 4 nights of social dancing, and this year the teaching line up includes Heidi & Steve, Joel & Sophie and Mickey & Kelly !! Whoah!

NZ Balboa & Blues - Auckland (The Swing Station) [Oct 1-3 2010]
More great workshops this time with Joel and Sophie, in NZ for the first time!! A bit of swing, a bit of balboa, a bit of blues.......and one heck of a good time!

Sydney Lindy Exchange (SLX) - Sydney (Swing Time NSW)
Workshops and social events held in conjunction with the Manly Jazz Festival

Church City Blues - Adelaide [Oct 21-23 2011]
A weekend of pure Blues workshops and dancing til the wee hours of the morning

Big Band Festival - Christchurch (Hepcat Swing) [Oct 20-25 2010]
LOTS of workshops and live band dances - including the Battle of the Bands featuring no less that 6 bands in one night! Alas BBF is cancelled this year due to the earthquake but Swingtown Rebels are holding a social only exchange on Oct 6-9 2011 instead!

Sydney Swing Festival (SSF) - Sydney (Swing Patrol) [Nov 11-14 2010]
A jam-packed weekend as Sydney goes SWING CRAZY with a HOT line up of teachers and social events - including Bobby & Kate this year!!!

Melbourne Lindy Exchange (MLX) - Melbourne (MJDA) [Nov 25-28 2010]
The swing capital of the southern hemisphere doin' what it does best - good ol' fashioned social dancing with 9+ events, 3+ live bands, 4 days & nights

Hanmer Swings - Hanmer Springs (Hepcat Swing) [3-5 Dec 2010]
Relaxing, eating, biking, soaking in the spas....oh, and a little swing on the side

Margaret River Adventure Dance Camp - Perth (Simply Swing) [Dec 26-30 2010]
4 nights of live jazz and open air dancing, and days filled with exciting adventures in the wilderness (abseiling, canoeing & caving),

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europe

Goodnight Sweetheart (GNSH) - University of Hertfordshire, UK (Jive Swing)
The largest swing camp in the UK, attracting 20 international teachers and 400 dancers

Rock That Swing Dance Camp - Munich (World of Swing - Marcus & Barbel)
An extremely impressive line up of international teachers and events

Paris Balboa Shag Festival - Paris (Spirit of Lindy)
3 crazy days for Shag & Balboa lovers

Crazy Rhythm Challenge - Toulouse (Studio Hop)
Huge parties, huge craziness!

Berlin Balboa Weekend - Berlin
"You are not too slow, its just too fast"

La Santa Swing - Lanzorote, Canary Islands

Brit Hop (London Lindy Exchange) - London
A weekend long party where the name of the game is dancing, socialising and fun!

Barswingona (Barcelona Swing Festival) - Barcelona, Spain
Gorgeous location, GREAT line up

Swing Brother Swing - Bologna, Italy
GORGEOUS location, great line up

London Swing Festival - London, England (Swing Patrol London)
History in the making as Swing Patrol continue their northern invasion with the first LSF!

Montpellier Swingjammerz Festival - Montpellier
Featuring the awesome Ninjammerz in their birthplace

Swing Crash - Como, Italy (Flying Alligators - Vince & Isa)
GORGEOUS location, GREAT line up

HERRANG DANCE CAMP - Herrang, Sweden (Harlem Hot Shots) [Jul 2 - Aug 6 2011]
THE SWING EVENT OF THE YEAR!! 4 weeks of 24 hour round the clock swing with THE BEST teachers and dancers in the world. A MUST DO at least once in your lifetime

The Battle - Stockholm, Sweden
A no-mercy winner-takes-all lindyhop battle by the best of the best - the weekend after Herrang

Ryan & Jenny's Camp Savoy - Guildford, England (Ryan and Jenny)
Hosted by the great Ryan Francois and Jenny Thomas duo

Summer Jamboree - Senigallia, Italian Riviera
8 days of music and fun Italian style - with a few workshops in between

Festiv' Alan Swing - Alan (south of Toulouse), France

Studio Hop Summer Camp - Santiago de Compostela, France (Studio Hop)

Munich Lindy Exchange - Munich, Germany
Coincidently at the same time as Ocktoberfest - now thats a good mix

Edinburgh Lindy Exchange - Edinburgh (Edinbop, Edinburgh SDS, Zoot Swing)
Cos the Scots know how to party!

London Balboa Festival - London (The Lindy Circle - Dan Guest)

Cambridge Lindy Exchange - Cambridge (Cambridge Lindy Hoppers)

Paris Swing Dance Fesitval - Paris, France (Les Fous du Swing)
A week of swing with awesome teachers in the most beautiful city in the world!!

Grenoble Swing Dance Festival (GSDF) - Grenoble, France (Grenoble Swing)
"Un weekend de choc" with Kevin, Emily, Zack, Frida, Peter and Ramona - yeah!

The Snowball - Stockholm, Sweden
4 days of classes with a great line up of international teachers, 7 nights of Lindy Hop & Balboa and a great New Years Eve party

Frenchie Balboa Festival - Toulouse, France (Studio Hop)
The best Balboa dancers and teachers, and the biggest Balboa parties and competitions in Europe

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asia, south america, the world

Honk Kong Swing Festival - Saigon (Hong Kong Swings)
FIVE Big Bands, EIGHT incredible lindy hop performances, and workshops by an ALL STAR line-up of renowned dancers & teachers (including Max and Tommy!)

Lindy Hop Argentina International Festival (LHAIF) - Buenos Aires, Argentina

SeaJam - Singapore (Jitterbugs Singapore)
2011 marks the 10th anniversary of this exchange - and it will be HOT HOT HOT with none other than the Harlem Hot Shots!

The Exchange - Seoul

Vietnam Lindy Exchange - Saigon (Saigon Swing)
Imagine dancing on a purpose built wood deck only 5 meters away from the sea!
Swimming, kite surfing, beach volleyball, spa, massage, sun lazing, and....some swing!

Great Wall Swingout - Beijing
Yes, I think you can literally swing dance on the Great Wall ! Now that would be something. Oh, and they have workshops and bands too....

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north america

Ft. Lauderdale, FL : South Florida Lindy Exchange
Salt Lake City, UT : Utah Lindy Exchange
Atlanta, GA : Enter The Blues Blues Workshop Weekend
Austin, TX : Lone Star Championships
San Diego, CA : San Diego Fusion Exchange (SDFX)
Boston, MA: Boston Fusion Exchange
Quebec City, Canada : Followlogie

Denver, CO : Rocky Mountain Balboa Blowout

Houston, TX : Great Southwest LindyFest
Portland, OR : Portland Lindy Exchange
Danvers, MA : Boston Tea Party

New York, NY: Babble (Big Apple Blues Balboa & Lindy Exchange)
San Diego, CA : Balboa Rendezvous
Virginia Beach, ; The Experiment (Balboa)
New Orleans, LA : Fleur de Lindy Exchange
Washington DC : Washington DC Lindy Exchange (DCLX)
Atlanta, GA : Atlanta Lindy Exchange (ATLX)

Minneapolis, MN : MidWest LindyFest
Charleston, SC : Charleston Lindy Exchange (CHEX)
Columbus, OH : Columbus Blues and Swing (CBUS)
Seattle WA : Camp Jitterbug
Chicago, IL : Blues Shout
Montreal, Quebec : Canadian Swing Championships

New York, NY : Frankie Manning's 95th Birthday Festival (May 21 - 26 2009)

Chicago, IL : CUBE: Chicago Underground Blues Experience
Cleveland, OH : All Balboa Weekend
Virginia Beach, VA : Virginia Beach Lindy Exchange (VBLX)
Beverly, MA : Beantown Camp (Hop to the Beat)
Washington, DC : Big Big Event
Montreal, Quebec : Montreal Balboa Revue
Rochester, NY : Stompology

Los Angeles, CA : Camp Hollywood

Hebron, NH : Swing Out New Hampshire
Denver, CO : Lindy On The Rocks
Washington, DC : International Lindy Hop Championship (ILHC)

Orange County, CA : Inspiration Weekend
Atlanta, GA : Southern Belle Swing Bash
La Honda, CA : Indian Summer Swing Camp (Yeahman - Rob & Dianne)
Virginia Beach, VA : Dirt Cheap Blues Exchange
Seattle, WA : Camp Balboa Seattle
San Francisco, CA: : San Francisco Lindy Exchange
Sacramento, CA: : Sacramento Lindy Exchange
Las Vegas, NV : Las Vegas Exchange
Charlottesville, VA : Lindustrial Revolution

Stamford, CT : American Lindy Hop Championships (ALHC)
Chicago, IL : WCLX Windy City Lindy Exchange
New Orleans, LA : Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown (ULHS)
Quebec City, Canada : Canadian Balboa Championships
Montreal, Canada : Cat's Corner Exchange
Denver, CO : Lindy Diversion Weekend
Richmond, VA : Jammin on the James
Albuquerque, NM : ABQLX

Knoxville, TN : Knoxville Lindy Exchange (KLX)
Pittsburgh, PA : Pittstop Lindyhop Exchange
Austin, TX : Austin Lindy Exchange
Phoenix, AZ : Phoenix Lindy Exchange (PHXLX)
Seattle, WA : Emerald City Blues
Avalon, CA : Catalina Jazz Dance Festival

Atlanta, GA : Swing and Soul
Seattle, Washington : Killer Diller Weekend
Ashville, NC : Lindy Focus
New Orleans, LA : Dance Renaissance

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balboa

Rocky Mountain Balboa Blowout - Denver
Paris Balboa Shag Festival - Paris

Berlin Balboa Weekend - Berlin

Balboa Rendezvous - San Diego
Babble - New York
The Experiment - Virginia Beach

Sydney Balboa Weekend - Sydney

All Balboa Weekend - Cleveland
Montreal Balboa Revue - Quebec

Camp Hollywood - Los Angeles
Twin Cities Balboa Festival - Minnesota

Studio Hop Summer Camp - France

Bal on the River - Brisbane
Camp Balboa Seattle - Seattle

NZ Balboa & Blues - Auckland
London Balboa Festival - London
Canadian Balboa Championships - Quebec
Eastern Balboa Championships - North Carolina

Followlogie - Quebec

San Francisco Balboa Swing Festival - San Francisco

Frenchie Balboa Festival - Toulouse, France

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blues

Enter The Blues Blues Workshop Weekend - Atlanta
Lone Star Championships - Austin
San Diego Fusion Exchange (SDFX) - San Diego
Boston Fusion Exchange - Boston

Atomic Blues Fusion - Albuquerque

Steel City Blues - Pittsburgh
Urban Blues Recess - Portland

Blues before Sunrise (BBS) - Melbourne
Babble - New York

Columbus Blues and Swing (CBUS) - Columbus
Blues Shout - Chicago

BASE Camp - Auckland
CUBE: Chicago Underground Blues Experience - Chicago

Portland Blues Experience - Portland
Austin Blues Party - Austin
Can't Stop the Blues - Virginia Beach

Dirt Cheap Blues Exchange - Virginia Beach

NZ Balboa & Blues - Auckland
Church City Blues - Adelaide
Blues Blaze - New York
Berlin Blues Explosion - Berlin
LA Blues - Los Angeles

Emerald City Blues - Seattle