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The Boston Swing Central dance occurs almost every Friday night at 8 Inman Street, Central Square, Cambridge, MA (Map) with a beginner lesson at 8pm and dancing from 9pm-12am. Come alone or with friends:  no partner required!

Check out our upcoming dances below the video.

It’s the 4th Friday of the month and you know what that means… BOSTON SWING CENTRAL is hosting Swingology!  Swingology is a concept we at Boston Swing Central have been developing to explore some details of the music we all love to dance to!  The question, “What swings?” has been the source of considerable debate and discussion, so we want Swingology to be the place where DJs can showcase their own diverse interpretations of “What swings?”.

Depending on the DJ, you may get a blend of classic swing (Bix Beiderbeck, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey) with favorite soul artists (Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone), or maybe the best of Neo-swing (Indigo Swing, Lavay Smith) and great swing-era divas (Ella, Carmen McRae, Ernestine Anderson), and there’s sure to be some fantastic jump blues and hot jazz in the mix too! The idea of Swingology is to explore some of these boundaries while keeping the mix strongly rooted in familiar artists and songs we love to hear.

We know that a lot of our DJs like to play some pretty funky stuff on occasion, but since the idea of Swingology is specifically to keep things swingin’, you can expect a night full of good, solid, swing dance music from every corner of the kingdom of Swing! It is quite a challenge for the DJs, but one thing’s for sure, the music will be like the weather in New England, if you don’t like it, wait 5 minutes and it will change. We are able to go until 1am tonight, so come see where Swingology will take you!

Kellian Adams and Brian Pletcher are back for their monthly lesson with BSC, and we’re sure they will have some great stuff for you this week!

Lesson 8-9pm / Dancing 9pm-1am
$10 / $8 for students (with valid ID) and seniors

This Friday, Boston Swing Central is proud to present The Fried Bananas! This talented Boston favorite knows how to get you moving with their unique mix of danceable blues, swing, and gypsy jazz. We are thrilled to welcome them back to create another wonderful dance experience for you!

Lesson 8-9pm / Dancing 9pm-12am
$13 / $10 for students (with valid ID) and seniors

Join us tonight as our DJs kick it old school and spin their best classic big band numbers.

Lesson 8-9pm / Dancing 9pm-12am
$10 / $8 for students (with valid ID) and seniors

To help us celebrate the end of the year, Shawn Hershey (of The Fried Bananas) has assembled a small combo that will get you in the spirit!  Special discounted admission price is our way of saying thank you for great year.

Lesson 8-9pm / Dancing 9pm-12am
$10 / $8 for students (with valid ID) and seniors

No dance tonight: we are closed for the holidays.  We’ll see you in 2009!