This is the calendar of swing and other dance events in the Greater Boston area. Things may change, sometimes at the last minute, so it is suggested that you call ahead to make sure the event is still being held. You can also find information on dancing outside Boston. The other New England states really aren't all that far away so be sure to check them out (see the links to the left).

For more detail on the venues that offer regular dancing in Boston, look at the Dance Venues page. Please note that there is a webpage for Hustle dancing in the Greater Boston area and there's a separate website just for Argentine Tango.

There is a listing of regularly scheduled weekly and monthly dances. They get listed in the calendar below if and only if the dance organizers send in the specific dates that those venues will be open. Otherwise, you'll have to depend on the generic listings to figure out when they're on.

*Please note that schedules can change without notice. Always call ahead or check the venues' websites to make sure they're still on for any particular day.

June, 2009
29	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
July, 2009
1	Beantown Wednesday Dance Party, Callahan Center, Endicott College, 376 Hale Street, Beverly, featuring the Gordon Webster.	8:30pm-late
2	Thursday Night Stomp, Episcopal Church of our Savior, 21 Marathon Street, Arlington.	9:00-11:00pm
3	*NO* Swing City.
4	Dance Boston Celebration BBQ & dance party, Arlington Dance Hall, 56 Pond Lane, Arlington	9:00pm-midnight lesson: check ahead
5	Swingin' Sundays dance, Leominster Elks, 134 North Main Street, Leominster, featuring Jojomima.	7:30-10:30pm lesson: 6:30
6	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
10	Swing City's Swinging at the Courtyard, Courtyard Marriott, 777 Memorial Drive (at Pleasant Street), Cambridge, featuring The Love Dogs. Annex: closed	8:45pm-? lesson: 7:45
10-12	Boston Dance Challenge, location tba.
11	MIT Ballroom Dance Team dance social, Morss Hall, Walker Memorial, 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge.	8:00-midnight lesson: 7:30
12	Swingin' Sundays dance, Leominster Elks, 134 North Main Street, Leominster, featuring Sweet Willie D and the Continental Walk.	7:30-10:30pm lesson: 6:30
	Summer Outdoor Swing, Copley Square, Boston	1:00-4:00pm
13	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
16	Outdoor concert, Saltonstall Park, Main Street (off Watertown Square), Watertown, featuring The Love Dogs.	6:30pm
17	Swing City. Location and band to be announced.	8:30pm-midnight lesson: 7:30
18	West Coast Swing dance, Club JoEllen, 524 Boston Post Road (Route 20), Wayland.	9:00pm-12:30am lesson: 8:00
	Uptown Swing Dance Club, Brookline Tai Chi, 1615 Beacon Street, Brookline, featuring The Racky Thomas Band.	9:00-midnight lesson: 8:15
19	Swingin' Sundays dance, Leominster Elks, 134 North Main Street, Leominster, featuring Blind Billy and the Spectacles.	7:30-10:30pm lesson: 6:30
20	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
23	Swing dancing, Upstairs on the Square (Harvard Square), Cambridge, featuring the Bo & Bill Winiker Orchestra.	9:00pm
25	Seaside Swing dance, Knights of Columbus, 570 North Avenue, Wakefield.	8:30pm-midnight workshop: 7:30-8:30
	Blues Café, Springstep, 98 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford.	7:00-1:00am
26	Swingin' Sundays dance, Leominster Elks, 134 North Main Street, Leominster, featuring Eight To The Bar.	7:30-10:30pm lesson: 6:30
27	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
August, 2009
1	Dance Boston WCS dance party, Arlington Dance Hall, 56 Pond Lane, Arlington	9:00pm-midnight lesson: check ahead
	Swingin' on the Charles, Community Boating, Charles River/Storrow Drive, Boston. Proceeds to benefit the COmmunity Boating Junior Program. Parking at the Mass Eye & Ear for $5 with validation.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
3	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
6	Thursday Night Stomp, Episcopal Church of our Savior, 21 Marathon Street, Arlington.	9:00-11:00pm
	Outdoor concert, Washburn Square Common, Leicester, featuring Cathy's Clown	6:00pm
7	Hartford Swing Dance, West Hartford Town Hall, 50 South Main Street, West Hartford, Connecticut, featuring Toni Lynn Washington Band	8:30-11:30 pm lesson: 7:30
8	*NO* West Coast Swing dance at Club JoEllen in Wayland.	n/a
	MIT Ballroom Dance Team dance social, Morss Hall, Walker Memorial, 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge.	8:00-midnight lesson: 7:30
10	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
14	Swing City, 20 Inner Belt Road (Sullivan Square), Somerville. band tba. Annex: West Coast Swing (lesson: 7:30pm, dancing: 8:45pm-1:00am)	8:30pm-midnight lesson: 7:30
15	Uptown Swing Dance Club, Brookline Tai Chi, 1615 Beacon Street, Brookline, featuring The Love Dogs.	9:00-midnight lesson: 8:15
16	Summer Outdoor Swing, Piers Park, East Boston	2:00-5:00pm
17	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
22	Seaside Swing anniversary dance, Knights of Columbus, 570 North Avenue, Wakefield.	Time: tba workshop: tba
	Blues Café, Springstep, 98 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford.	7:00-1:00am
24	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
27	Swing dancing, Upstairs on the Square (Harvard Square), Cambridge, featuring the Bo & Bill Winiker Orchestra.	9:00pm
28-30	Summer Hummer, Sheraton Framingham, Framingham, MA.
31	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
September, 2009
2-7	Swing Out New Hampshire, Camp Wicosuta, Hebron, New Hampshire
3	Thursday Night Stomp, Episcopal Church of our Savior, 21 Marathon Street, Arlington.	9:00-11:00pm
5	Dance Boston WCS dance party, Arlington Dance Hall, 56 Pond Lane, Arlington	9:00pm-midnight lesson: check ahead
7	*NO* Five Guys Named Mike 10th Anniversary dance, in Cambridge.	n/a
11	Swing City, 20 Inner Belt Road (Sullivan Square), Somerville. band tba. Annex: West Coast Swing (lesson: 7:30pm, dancing: 8:45pm-1:00am)	8:30pm-midnight lesson: 7:30
12	West Coast Swing dance, Club JoEllen, 524 Boston Post Road (Route 20), Wayland.	9:00pm-12:30am lesson: 8:00
	*No* Boston Swing Dance Network dance in September.	n/a
13	Summer Outdoor Swing, Copley Square, Boston	1:00-4:00pm
14	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
19	Uptown Swing Dance Club, Brookline Tai Chi, 1615 Beacon Street, Brookline. Band: tba	9:00-midnight lesson: 8:15
	MIT Ballroom Dance Team dance social, Morss Hall, Walker Memorial, 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge.	8:00-midnight lesson: 7:30
21	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
24	Swing dancing, Upstairs on the Square (Harvard Square), Cambridge, featuring the Bo & Bill Winiker Orchestra.	9:00pm
26	Seaside Swing dance, Knights of Columbus, 570 North Avenue, Wakefield.	9:00pm-midnight workshop: 7:30-9:00
	Blues Café, Springstep, 98 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford.	7:00-1:00am
28	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
October, 2009
1	Thursday Night Stomp, Episcopal Church of our Savior, 21 Marathon Street, Arlington.	9:00-11:00pm
3	Dance Boston WCS dance party, location tba.	9:00pm-midnight lesson: check ahead
5	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
9	Swing City, 20 Inner Belt Road (Sullivan Square), Somerville. band tba. Annex: West Coast Swing (lesson: 7:30pm, dancing: 8:45pm-1:00am)	8:30pm-midnight lesson: 7:30
10	West Coast Swing dance, Club JoEllen, 524 Boston Post Road (Route 20), Wayland.	9:00pm-12:30am lesson: 8:00
	Boston Swing Dance Network monthly dance, St. James Armenian Hall, 465 Mt. Auburn (at School Street), Watertown, featuring Solomon Douglas Swing Band	9:00-midnight lesson: 8:00
12	*NO* Five Guys Named Mike 10th Anniversary dance, in Cambridge.	n/a
17	Uptown Swing Dance Club, Brookline Tai Chi, 1615 Beacon Street, Brookline, featuring the Mike DiBari Swingtet.	9:00-midnight lesson: 8:15
19	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
24	Seaside Swing dance, Knights of Columbus, 570 North Avenue, Wakefield.	8:30pm-midnight workshop: 7:30-8:30
	Blues Café, Springstep, 98 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford.	7:00-1:00am
27	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
31	Dance Boston Halloween dance party, location tba.	9:00pm-midnight lesson: check ahead
November, 2009
2	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
5	Thursday Night Stomp, Episcopal Church of our Savior, 21 Marathon Street, Arlington.	9:00-11:00pm
7	Dance Boston WCS dance party, Arlington Dance Hall, 56 Pond Lane, Arlington	9:00pm-midnight lesson: check ahead
9	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
14	*NO* West Coast Swing dance at Club JoEllen in Wayland.	n/a
	Boston Swing Dance Network monthly dance, St. James Armenian Hall, 465 Mt. Auburn (at School Street), Watertown, featuring Doc Scanlon's Rhythm Boys	9:00-midnight lesson: 8:00
16	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
20-22	Workshops with Skye Humphries, Lower Falls Community Center, Newton. Hosted by Hop To The Beat.
21	Uptown Swing Dance Club, Brookline Tai Chi, 1615 Beacon Street, Brookline, featuring Gordon Webster.	9:00-midnight lesson: 8:15
	MIT Ballroom Dance Team dance social, Morss Hall, Walker Memorial, 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge.	8:00-midnight lesson: 7:30
23	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
27	Dance Boston WCS dance party, Arlington Dance Hall, 56 Pond Lane, Arlington	9:00pm-midnight lesson: check ahead
28	Seaside Swing dance, Knights of Columbus, 570 North Avenue, Wakefield.	8:30pm-midnight workshop: 7:30-8:30
	Blues Café, Springstep, 98 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford.	7:00-1:00am
30	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
December, 2009
3	Thursday Night Stomp, Episcopal Church of our Savior, 21 Marathon Street, Arlington.	9:00-11:00pm
5	West Coast Swing dance, Club JoEllen, 524 Boston Post Road (Route 20), Wayland.	9:00pm-12:30am lesson: 8:00
	Boston Swing Dance Network monthly dance, St. James Armenian Hall, 465 Mt. Auburn (at School Street), Watertown, featuring The Love Dogs	9:00-midnight lesson: 8:00
7	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
11	Swing City, 20 Inner Belt Road (Sullivan Square), Somerville. band tba. Annex: West Coast Swing (lesson: 7:30pm, dancing: 8:45pm-1:00am)	8:30pm-midnight lesson: 7:30
12	Dance Boston Holiday dance party, Arlington Dance Hall, 56 Pond Lane, Arlington	9:00pm-midnight lesson: check ahead
14	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
19	Uptown Swing Dance Club, Brookline Tai Chi, 1615 Beacon Street, Brookline, featuring The Sax Gordon Band.	9:00-midnight lesson: 8:15
	MIT Ballroom Dance Team dance social, Morss Hall, Walker Memorial, 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge.	8:00-midnight lesson: 7:30
21	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
28	Five Guys Named Mike Lindy Hop Practice, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (off Harvard Square), Cambridge.	8:30-11:00pm lesson: 7:30
Dec. 31 - Jan. 3	New Year's Dancin' Eve, Burlington Marriott, Burlington, MA
January, 2010
9	Boston Swing Dance Network monthly dance, St. James Armenian Hall, 465 Mt. Auburn (at School Street), Watertown, featuring Sweet Willie D and the Continental Walk	9:00-midnight lesson: 8:00
16	Uptown Swing Dance Club, Brookline Tai Chi, 1615 Beacon Street, Brookline, featuring The Racky Thomas Band.	9:00-midnight lesson: 8:15
19	MIT Ballroom Dance Team dance social, Morss Hall, Walker Memorial, 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge.	8:00-midnight lesson: 7:30
23	Blues Café, Springstep, 98 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford.	7:00-1:00am
February, 2010
27	MIT Ballroom Dance Team dance social, Morss Hall, Walker Memorial, 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge.	8:00-midnight lesson: 7:30
March, 2010
3	MIT Ballroom Dance Team dance social, Morss Hall, Walker Memorial, 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge.	8:00-midnight lesson: 7:30
27	Blues Café, Springstep, 98 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford.	7:00-1:00am
April, 2010
24	Blues Café, Springstep, 98 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford.	7:00-1:00am
May, 2010
8	MIT Ballroom Dance Team dance social, Morss Hall, Walker Memorial, 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge.	8:00-midnight lesson: 7:30
June, 2010
26	MIT Ballroom Dance Team dance social, Morss Hall, Walker Memorial, 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge.	8:00-midnight lesson: 7:30