The Swing Book (30 page)
Authors: Degen Pener
Memories
1074 North Tustim Avenue
Anaheim
714-630-9233
Swing dancing Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, and late on Saturdays in this forties-style supper club
Nicholby’s
404 East Main Street
Ventura
805-653-2320
Home turf of the Flyin’ Lindy Hoppers; Wednesday swing nights
Pasadena Ballroom Dance Association
Fellowship Hall
997 East Walnut (in back of Lutheran Church)
Pasadena 626-799-5689
Long-running event held on Saturday; no age limit
Rhino Room
7979 Center
Huntington Beach
714-892-3316
Wednesday swing nights with lessons and live music
Satin Ballroom
Veterans Memorial Building
4117 Overland Avenue
Culver City
310-358-6935
Hundreds of swingers boogie once a month on a seven-thousand-square-foot floor
Twin Palms
101 West Green Street
Pasadena
626-577-2567
All-ages dance on Sundays
Jonathan Bixby and Sylvia Sykes Santa Barbara
http://www.reson.com/dance/tj&s.htm
805-569-1952
Kim Clever and David Frutos
805-641-3676
Flyin’ Lindy Hoppers
Terri Moore
Ventura
805-643-3166
Rusty Frank and Peter Flahiff
Swing Shift and On Tap!
818-753-7968
Steven Mitchell
818-468-9995
Pasadena Ballroom Dance Association
Erin and Tami Stevens
http://home.earthlink.net/~pbda1
626-799-5689
Sylvia Skylar and Erik Robison
213-389-6691
Audrey Wilson
Irvine, Orange County
http://home.earthlink.net/~audreydancin/
714-551-3443
http://home.earthlink.net/~margiekate/swingspots.html
Margie Cormier’s super-comprehensive Southern California Lindy Society homepage
www.nocturne.com/swing/swing.shtml
A cool guide to Los Angeles after dark
This LA guide offers club listings, links, and a music and book store
Riverside-San Bernardino
Riverside Station’s guide to inland south
California swing
Sacramento
The capital’s swing guide
San Diego Area
Belly Up
143 South Cedros
Solana Beach
619-481-9022
Occasional Friday and Saturday happy hour with swing music
Cannibal Bar
Catamaran Hotel
3999 Mission Boulevard
Pacific Beach
619-539-8650
Hops on most Wednesdays with live
music (usually Big Time Operator)
Characters Bar and Grill
La Jolla Marriott
4240 La Jolla Village Drive
619-597-6394
Saturdays with a big dance floor
The Flame
3780 Park Boulevard
619-295-4163
Mondays with free lessons
Papa Jack’s
502 Fourth Avenue at Island
619-696-7272
Swing on Sunday nights with live music
The Rocket Club
3094 El Cajon Boulevard
North Park
619-447-7247
Spacious all-ages club features live music either Friday or Saturday, DJ on casual Tuesdays
Tio Leo’s
5302 Napa Street
Bay Park/University of San Diego
619-542-0562
Rockabilly swing nights Thursdays plus occasional live shows
Swing Time San Diego
Meeshi Sumayao
619-271-7061
Emily Belt
619-677-0353
Jamie and Elisha Exon
760-734-4875
Jon Costa
760-720-0491
Elizabeth O’Grady
760-633-1510
Web site for Swing Time San Diego—complete guide to venues, classes, and other events
San Diego-based on-line swing magazine
www.angelfire.com/ca/SDLindyHop
San Diego Lindy Hop Society homepage
San Francisco Area
Allegro Ballroom
5855 Christie Avenue
Emeryville
510-655-2888
Call for details
Bimbo’s 365 Club
1025 Columbus Avenue
415-474-0365
This club’s occasional swing nights are worth waiting for; it’s got an amazing dance floor
Café Cocomo
650 Indiana Street
415-824-6910
This small club in Potrero Hill offers classes and bands on Wednesdays
Café du Nord
2170 Market Street
415-861-5016
The home turf of singer Lavay Smith; call for details
Club Deluxe
1509 Haight Street
415-552-6949
Small art deco lounge where the neoswing movement first took off
Cocoanut Grove
400 Beach Street
Santa Cruz
831-423-2053
Call for information
DNA Lounge
375 Eleventh Street
415-626-1409
Saturday night’s Swinging with Spencer in the Ultra Lounge draws the hard-core scenesters
Hi-Ball Lounge
473 Broadway
415-397-9464
The swankest spot in North Beach and San Francisco’s only six-night-a-week swing club; offers great classes too
330 Ritch
330 Ritch Street
415-522-9558
Wednesday night classes
Top of the Mark
Mark Hopkins Hotel
999 California Street
415-392-3434
Catch the best views of the city at this recently renovated club; lessons on Tuesdays
Broadway Studios
435 Broadway
415-291-0333
Paul Overton and Sharon Ashe
The International Center
50 Oak Street
415-626-0255
Metronome Ballroom
1830 Seventeenth Street
415-252-9000
Michael Marangio and Persephone
Shagtime Dance Instruction
510-528-7858
Micah Jacobson and Jena Chalmers
1-800-97-MICAH
Rob van Haaren and Diane Thomas
Swing Central
650-367-9464
Belinda Ricklefs and Ken Watanabe East Bay
510-893-1519
The best events calendar for northern California and beyond
Weekly listings of dances and band appearances
An opinionated guide to a week in the life of Bay Area swing
COLORADO
Denver
Bluebird Theater
3317 East Colfax Avenue
303-322-2308
Call for listing of swing events
Mercury Café
2199 California
303-294-9281
Swings on Thursdays and Sundays with local bands, DJ on Tuesdays
Ninth Avenue West
99 West Ninth Avenue
303-572-8006
Swing and supper club has featured many of the country’s best bands; call for details
Matthew Donalen
303-382-6997
James Glader
303-861-8094
Victor Ward
303-280-1807
Russell Enloe
303-733-2237
Karen Lee Dance Studio
303-825-1116
Marcy and Keith Hellman
Contact c/o Mercury Café
303-294-9258