Start Dancing: 6 week Level 1 course
Sign up for our Level 1 Lindy Hop Course if you have never danced swing dance before. Start off your journey into lindy hop with a solid foundation and learn how to lead and follow from the beginning. You will learn all the core basic skills so that you will dance with confidence.
Tickets will be released at the end of September via this link below but please subscribe to our newsletter to get information when tickets are released!
Start dancing: Absolute Beginners Block November
Absolute Beginners Block February
Rhythm Tap for Lindy Hoppers
Beginners Aerials workshop
The Takeover with Swing Dance Leeds
Swing at The Bothy – The tiniest social dance floor in the world!
Introducing: The tiniest social dance floor in the world!
‘Swing at The Bothy’ is the notorious biweekly swing social dance run by The Swing Era, a swing dance school in Birmingham (United Kingdom). The Bothy is a shed with rustic charm in the beer garden of the beautiful independent Prince of Wales pub in Moseley. ‘ Swing at the Bothy’ is sometimes referred to as Birmingham’s version of Herrang… but then a tiny notch smaller! Ever since The Swing Era started running classes at a nearby dance school in 2014 the students have come to The Bothy for a drink and a dance after class.
We boldly make the claim that THIS IS the tiniest social dance floor in the world! Is there anyone who can beat this?
- 5×3 meter (15m2)
- Record number of 43 swing dancers dancing at the same time (2017)
- Record number of 14 swing dance couple dancing at the same time (2018)
- A 5 piece swing band performing live (2017) (see video below)
- Performances of the Shim Sham, Tranky Do and… even The Big Apple take place regularly (see video below)
Other fun facts:
- The DJ booth is the first seat on the bench on the left (everybody knows this)
- Dancers have travelled from far and wide to attend this social: USA, Canada, Romania, Lithuania, Portugal, Korea, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Holland, Italy, Nigeria, Australia, Scotland, France, Wales, Mexico, Greece, Spain and India
- Regular visitors are now masters in floor craft
See ‘Swing at The Bothy’ in action!
The Big Apple performed to a 5-piece swing band in The Bothy:
The Shim Sham record in The Bothy:
Visit the tiniest social dance floor in the world!
- Every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month
- 8-9pm Beginners social dance practice
9-11pm social dance - Free event
- Find the next event on our Facebook
Seasonal Socials: Spookeasy
The Sunday Shakedown