Dancing in Manchester
Want to dance in Manchester?
Awesome – so do we!
SwingOut Manchester is proud to be part of the city’s wider and wonderful Swing Dance Community. Here you can find details of fellow groups that offer classes in the range of dances that fall under the banner of ‘Swing’, as well as details of social dance opportunities in Manchester.
SwingOut Manchester loves to support the hard work of so many dancers and individuals who contribute to the Manchester Swing Dance Scene.
Annual Events
Manchester Swing Festival
Postponed
Look out for new dates for the first ever Manchester Swing Festival!
Join us up north for a brand new festival and the first of its kind in Manchester. With incredible teachers, live bands and much more, the dancers of Manchester are coming together to put on one wild weekend of dancing just for you.
The Tipple Step
Bi-weekly Free Social Dancing @ Revolution Bar, Oxford Road, Manchester.
SwingOut Manchester has proudly teamed up with the Manchester Swing Dance Society to bring you three hours of completely free social dancing in Manchester City Centre. With food and drink available upstairs in Revolution Bar, DJs will spin some fine Swing music and it doesn’t matter if you eat, dance or chat with friends – just come along and enjoy your Sunday evening with us.
Entry: FREE
Dance Classes
SwingOut Manchester
Swing North
Weekly classes and social @ Whitworth Locke, Manchester
Community led, with two dance classes each Tuesday evening; Improvers at 7pm and Beginners at 8pm. Followed by social dancing from 9pm.
Manchester Lindy
Cancelled until further notice.
Manchester Swing Dance Society
University of Manchester Student Society
Manshagster!
Cancelled until further notice
Want to learn the Collegiate Shag – then this is the group for you. Manshagster put on friendly and energetic classes every week in ON Bar, Canal Street – and the best news – it’s all for free!
Collegiate Shag is a fast, bouncy and incredibly fun partnered dance. Manshagster’s incredibly welcoming group make it the perfect place to learn this dance which is growing ever more popular in the United Kingdom.
Honey Blues
Cancelled until further notice.
Blues Dancing is a family of historical dances that were developed alongside and were dance to Blues Music. Fun, friendly and relaxed classes all taught switch.