My goal is to maintain this as a clear, all-inclusive calendar for Charlotte area swing dance events.  Several local parties are sponsoring successful events, and I feel CSDS can best support the swing community by compiling them all here. If an event is missing, please contact me. -Swwwingmaster Kirk Eisenbeis

Wherever you go to dance, support the event: buy drinks or water and tip the venue staff.  If you don’t, the venue will dry up. Consider it part of the cost of admission.

You can have local swing dancing happenings emailed to you weekly via The CSDS Update.

Event Calendar
Charlotte metro area events are in blue.
Weekend-long events within a 6 hour drive are in gray.
Mondays	Bill Hanna’s Vintage Dance Band at Grand Central Events  more details
Tuesdays	Crews Road Swing at Crews Road Rec Center  more details
Thursdays	Swing Thursdays at Chantilly Hall  more details
2008
May 10 (Sat)	Blues Providers at Three Monkeys Tavern  more details
May 10 (Sat)	Antsy McClain & Trailer Park Troubadours at Gastonia Alive  more details
May 15-18	CHEX - Charleston Lindy Exchange, Charleston, SC  charlestonlindyexchange.com
May 17 (Sat)	Swinging Saturday (every 3rd Saturday)  more details
May 22 (Thu)	The Blues Providers, others at Hibernian Hall  more details
Jun 6-8	Buenos Aires Blues/Tango workshop, Knoxville, TN   buenosairesblues.com
Jun 12-15	VBLX - Virginia Beach Lindy Exchange, Virginia Beach, VA  vblx.com
Jun 21 (Sat)	GottaswingCharlotte Community Swing Dance Day  Beginner workshops for adults & kids  more details
Jun 21 (Sat)	Swinging Saturday (every 3rd Saturday) (different venue)  more details
Jun 28 (Sat)	Stardusters Big Band in Gastonia  more details
Jul 4-6	Sugar Foot Stomp workshop, Asheville, NC  sugarftstomp.com
Jul 19 (Sat)	Swinging Saturday (every 3rd Saturday) (different venue)  more details
Aug 16 (Sat)	Swinging Saturday (every 3rd Saturday) (different venue)  more details
Sep 11-14	Dirt Cheap Blues Exchange, Virginia Beach, VA  dirtcheapblues.com
Sep 19-21	Southern Belle Swing Bash workshop, Atlanta  southernbelleswing.com
These two websites are good resources to find Lindy Hop & Blues dance events that are outside of the region represented above:  swingoutoftown.com   lindyexchange.com

A word about traveling
If you don't travel or dance Lindy Hop already, I can't recommend highly enough that you try a beginner's Lindy workshop weekend.

Lindy Hop, the grandfather of swing dances and an American original, has a challenging learning curve but is fantastically rewarding. Traveling for a weekend of immersion is a TON of fun and the best way to learn and practice Lindy Hop (or other dances like Balboa and Blues). We're fortunate to be in a region that has several distinct but not-too-distant scenes, most of which host at least one weekend event every year. Finally, know that it is very common for the hosting dance community to house the visitors--if you're willing to sleep on an air mattress, you shouldn't need to get a hotel at most of these events.

A weekend event is categorized as a Workshop Weekend or a Lindy Exchange: Workshop Weekends typically include 6-8 hours of instruction over Saturday & Sunday afternoons, and dances on Friday, Saturday & Sunday nights. A Lindy Exchange has no workshops but is one dance venue after another. Going into my first exchange, I thought dancing that much would get old, but exchanges attract fantastic dancers, a variety of band/DJ styles and it is always a blast.

There's a good chance that someone from Charlotte is going to most events here. Email the swwwingmaster if you're looking for travel companions.