What The Blues

What The Blues We provide accessible learning experiences for blues in and around the Seattle Area! Drop-in and private lessons available 💙

We're holding open practice twice in December! Come along to hone your blues dancing in a supportive learning environmen...
12/01/2025

We're holding open practice twice in December! Come along to hone your blues dancing in a supportive learning environment with experienced blues dancers and your peers!

Dec 2, 16
6:30-8:30pm
Lowdown Ballroom

In this series, we are going further than ever before in What the Blues history, diving into the subtleties and complexi...
10/18/2025

In this series, we are going further than ever before in What the Blues history, diving into the subtleties and complexities of blues fundamentals, as well as learning more technically-challenging idioms. Come along and practice expressing and holding multiple pulses in different parts of the body, explore how to both literally and figuratively shape your dance to reflect and complement the music, and continue your journey to understanding Blues culture and how it influences us and the form.

This series is geared towards intermediate/advanced blues dancers. Beginner/elementary blues dancers may join, if you're willing to be in a high-paced learning environment with complex topics. Those with no dance experience should check out other learning opportunities around the city!

We're on break for a few weeks (Oct 7, 14, 21) as we prep for an intermediate-advanced series for the Seattle blues scen...
10/06/2025

We're on break for a few weeks (Oct 7, 14, 21) as we prep for an intermediate-advanced series for the Seattle blues scene - we can't wait to fire up this next chapter of the learning and growing! 💙

10/06/2025
Thursdays in September - we're bringing back our Blues 1 series in partnership with Swing It Seattle! Register soon - th...
08/25/2025

Thursdays in September - we're bringing back our Blues 1 series in partnership with Swing It Seattle! Register soon - this is another great way to start your blues journey this fall 💙🙂

Registration link in bio.

Our Fall Blues Camp 5-week series is here! Starts Sep 2, 6:30pm, held at the Lowdown Ballroom. More details at whatthebl...
08/20/2025

Our Fall Blues Camp 5-week series is here! Starts Sep 2, 6:30pm, held at the Lowdown Ballroom. More details at whattheblues.dance 💙🥳

We have a new website (check it out)! And a mailing list (sign up please)! And two (TWO) blues series coming up in Septe...
08/15/2025

We have a new website (check it out)! And a mailing list (sign up please)! And two (TWO) blues series coming up in September (register soon)! And as many exclamation marks as you can handle.

Come along and learn and dance blues with us 💙

Blues dancing lessons and resources in Seattle

We've got a once off close embrace blues workshop coming up in a couple of weeks - would love to see y'all there!Thursda...
06/18/2025

We've got a once off close embrace blues workshop coming up in a couple of weeks - would love to see y'all there!

Thursday 6/26, 7-8:20pm 💙🥳

Swingin' Into Blues - THU 6/26 7:00-8:20 Russian Community Center Taught by Robin Chow in partnership with What the Blues Getting into close embrace is easy. Just get up close and personal to your partner. But getting into close embrace that’s comfortable … What are we looking for? Wh

This is an amazing blues weekend event - full of great social dancing in the evenings alongside free live music Fri-Sun ...
06/10/2025

This is an amazing blues weekend event - full of great social dancing in the evenings alongside free live music Fri-Sun at the Chicago Blues Fest! Take advantage of the flash sale before it runs out this Friday 🥳💙

🎉 FLASH SALE: Blues at the Bean 2026 🎉
💙 Because once (or twice for some of you) just isn't enough...

We’re bringing the magic back next year—June 5–7, 2026—and for a very limited time, you can lock in your pass at 2025 pricing! That’s right, our Flash Sale is live NOW and ends this Friday, June 13 at midnight ⏳

🫘 Wanna bean there again next year?
🎟️ Grab your pass now while it’s hot: https://forms.gle/gJooAn5FSmkYNK1bA

The vibes will be back. The beans will be back. Will you be back?

06/10/2025

We have practice tonight! (6/10)

Going on break next week (6/17) 😅

Come along and blues! See you at the Lowdown 6:30pm.

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628 11th Ave E.
Seattle, WA
98102

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7pm - 8:30pm

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