South West Swing - Margaret River

South West Swing - Margaret River Classes: 6-9pm each Wed @ Cowaramup Club South West Swing is a registered not-for-profit Lindy Hop group in Australia's South West. Entry is free!

South West Swing is an Australian Not-For-Profit organisation that offers regular swing dance classes, workshops, and live band events like our monthly social and the annual Boogie Down South lindy hop festival. Our aim is to promote Lindy Hop in the Margaret River and surrounding regions by offering regular classes, workshops, socials, and other events like the annual Boogie Down South Weekender.

We are inclusive of all peoples and promote safe spaces at all our activities. Weekly classes are held every Wednesday at the Cowaramup District Club for three levels: Level 1 (6pm), Level 2 (7pm), and Level 3 (8pm). Classes are $15 per person or $10 per person for two classes or more on the same night. Monthly socials - Back Bar Stomp - with a live band are every last Tuesday of the month at The River Hotel in Margaret River - entry is $10. We also hold regular DJ'd socials - Swingcopated Sundays - at the Cowaramup District Club (every 2-3 months). Boogie Down South happens every year in September over Western Australia's long weekend. We feature workshops with international guest teachers, live bands, DJs, and socials across the full weekend. Boogie Down South 2024 will be from September 20-23, 2024.

CLASSES TONIGHT! It's the LAST day of musicality month and we will leave you with some tools for your musicality toolbox...
23/06/2026

CLASSES TONIGHT! It's the LAST day of musicality month and we will leave you with some tools for your musicality toolbox. At Level 1, it's more swing outs and circles, this time from open!

6:00pm - Level 1: it's the second week of swing outs and circles, now from open
7:00pm - Mini Social
7:30pm - Level 2: MUSICALITY! It's the LAST week of musicality month where we'll equip you with some tools for your musicality toolbox.

It's a TWO social kind of weekend this weekend! 🎷💃Tomorrow - it's a Big Band dance with the Margaret River Concert Band....
18/06/2026

It's a TWO social kind of weekend this weekend! 🎷💃
Tomorrow - it's a Big Band dance with the Margaret River Concert Band. 🌟Sunday - it's our monthly social with Doxy playing live swing!

🎷BIG BAND DANCE - Saturday 20th June
Where: Margaret River District Club
Time: 7 - 9:30pm
Cost: $15 for SWS (use the Student discount)

Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/big-band-dance-w2zk2rdu

🕺SWINGIN' BREWS - Sunday 21st June
Where: Strange Brew Wine Bar, Cowie
Time: 5-7pm
Cost: free!

CLASSES TONIGHT! At Level 2, we are working on Rhythms and a simple technique to play with rhythm during social dancing....
16/06/2026

CLASSES TONIGHT! At Level 2, we are working on Rhythms and a simple technique to play with rhythm during social dancing. At Level 1, swing outs and circles, two of the KEY lindy shapes.

6:00pm - Level 1: it's the first week of swing outs and circles
7:00pm - Mini Social
7:30pm - Level 2: MUSICALITY! This week it's all about rhythm. We're introducing a simple technique that you can use while social dancing to change and play with rhythms

Swingin' Brews is coming up THIS weekend! Come on out to Strange Brew Wine Bar for our monthly social of swing dancing, ...
14/06/2026

Swingin' Brews is coming up THIS weekend! Come on out to Strange Brew Wine Bar for our monthly social of swing dancing, live jazz and swing, food truck, and great drinks on offer.

It's all from 5-7:30pm, Sunday the 21st of June.
Band from 5:30
Doxy

All are welcome - come for a listen, a drink, and a chat. Or jump on the dance floor all night.

🥳 Venue locked! 🔒 We'll see you at the Cowaramup Hall to learn the Tranky Doo in TWO WEEKS! 💃 Tranky Doo Workshops (2 pa...
13/06/2026

🥳 Venue locked! 🔒 We'll see you at the Cowaramup Hall to learn the Tranky Doo in TWO WEEKS!

💃 Tranky Doo Workshops (2 parts)
27 June *and* 4 July
10am - 12 pm
$15 per workshop, or $25 for the two

Tickets here: https://www.southwestswing.com.au/tranky-doo-workshops

The Tranky Doo is one of the iconic, solo jazz routines is the second the "big three" solo jazz routines (Shim Sham, Tranky Doo, and the Big Apple). We're getting you through all three of them before Boogie Down South this September!

In the meantime, here's a clip from Spirit Moves of the Tranky Doo. Originally choreographed by Frankie Manning, and danced here by (left to right) Al Minns, Pepsi Bethel and Leon James. In this version, the song we commonly dance the Tranky Doo to today (Ella Fitzgerald's Dipsy Doodle) is added on top:

https://youtu.be/Xz7xSX1F3ZM?si=g3gQsMGavw_3QuNC

Join us for two Saturday mornings (August 29th and September 5th) to learn the Big Apple Contest!In these two x 2-hr workshops, Lindsey will take you through the full Tranky Doo routine. The Tranky Doo is one of the iconic, solo jazz routines is the second the "big three" solo jazz routines (Shim...

🎶🎷Classes tonight🎶🎷! It's week 2 of MUSICALITY month! At Level 2 today we play with texture and space. At Level 1, it's ...
09/06/2026

🎶🎷Classes tonight🎶🎷! It's week 2 of MUSICALITY month! At Level 2 today we play with texture and space. At Level 1, it's more 6 and 8 count essentials.

6:00pm - Level 1: introducing more essential 6 and 8 count moves
7:00pm - Mini Social
7:30pm - Level 2: MUSICALITY! In this second week we will explore playing with extending and quickening time, getting high, and getting low.

SWS Sausage Sizzle Fundraiser! 🌭🍪 yesterday, SWS hit up the MR Lion’s Shed for a little fundraising sausage sizzle! A bi...
07/06/2026

SWS Sausage Sizzle Fundraiser! 🌭🍪 yesterday, SWS hit up the MR Lion’s Shed for a little fundraising sausage sizzle! A big thank you to all the volunteers!

💃Karen and Linda for organising
🕺Garreth, Sharnya, River, Lise, Bruno, & Dave for volunteering
🍪 and Lindsey for donating treats to sell

Together we raised over $800 to put towards our goal of buying our own dance floor 🔥👏❤️

🎼Classes TONIGHT!🎶 It's MUSICALITY month! And we're so excited - all June in Level 2 we'll be diving into music, rhythm...
03/06/2026

🎼Classes TONIGHT!🎶 It's MUSICALITY month! And we're so excited - all June in Level 2 we'll be diving into music, rhythm, and expression/dance within these.

Plus beginners' continues with week 2 of the 8-week block!

💃6:00pm - Level 1: we're moving onto the 8-count basic today with some new shapes
🎷7:00pm - Mini Social
👯7:30pm - Level 2: MUSICALITY! This first week we'll be exploring the energy and moods of different songs and how this translates to how we move our bodies.

Thank you to for the photo of Sarah's air sax solo!

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