This is the home of the Kitchener-Waterloo Swing Dance Society (KWSDS). Feel free to email us with any questions or to find out more about swing dancing in the Waterloo Region! You can also join the KW swing dance community mailing list (waterloodancing@yahoogroups.com) to receive announcements about things such as dances, lessons, and special events. Oh, and the KWSDS has a facebook group too!
Beginners and new dancers are always welcome at all the local events. Come on out and give it a shot, bring some friends! If you don't know what swing dancing is like check out our videos of the best of the best. But keep in mind that they're performing... regular dancing is a lot more casual than that!
News!
An important note about local dances:
Until this spring, every Monday night we have been enjoying the hospitality of Caesar Martini's for swing dancing. With the unfortunate fire in their plaza, Caesar's has been putting many hours of work into reopening their venue. Although they are now open again, this transition has also included large changes to their scheduling. As such, we are no longer a regular fixture at Caesar's. However, dancing continues! See the
Dances page for our new current schedule of regular local events.
Where to find swing dancing!
There are several
weekly venues for finding dancing in town. Monday nights has long been the main weekly dance night, and this evening is current hosted by the Hep Cat Hoppers at
Maxwell's Music House every Monday night at 8:30pm.
There are also many
special events that happen throughout the year, run by the KWSDS or various other groups, including workshops, dance weekends, and road trips to major regional and international events in other cities. Those are listed
here and also on the
calendar.
If you want to learn more about how to swing dance there are many options for
classes. Go
here to see some good places in town that we know of.
