Monthly Social - Back Bar Stomp
Every last Tuesday of the month at The River Hotel in Margaret River. Features a live band performance from local south west swing bands like Doxy, the River Bugs, and the Local Vintage.
Free taster class at 6pm. Band and $7 Happy Hour from 6:30.
$10 entry at the door for students
$15 entre for general public
Boogie Down South
Annual swing dance festival and lindy hop exchange held over the September long weekend (typically end of September) organised by South West Swing. Held across five days, the festival features international guest teachers, a weekend full of workshops, and nightly socials with top-notch swing bands and guest DJs.
Unofficial Dunsborough Jazz Club
Quarterly Sunday afternoon jazz event with the Local Vintage in Dunsborough. Held March, May, August, and November. Three sets of hard-swinging jazz, community-focused, dance floor space available.
Next event: Sunday, 17th August
Swingcopated Sunday
Ad Hoc Sunday afternoon social held at the Cowaramup District Club occasionally throughout the year with a DJ on tunes.
free entry
World Lindy Hop Day Weekend
A weekend to celebrate World Lindy Hop Day (near May 26th, Frankie Manning's Birthday). Features specialty workshops and a social dance event.
SOUTH WEST SWING
South West, Australia
SOUTHWESTSWINGMR@GMAIL.COM
South West Swing acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet and dance, Wardandi boodja, the land of the Saltwater people. We acknowledge their continuing connection to land, sea, and culture and pay respect to all members of Aboriginal communities, their elders past, present, and emerging.
Photos for our website from Red Leopard Photography, Fudz Qazi, and Mark Rotondella. Thank you to these dancers behind the lens.