Manchester Balboa

ty venues, as well as some ad-hoc events with guest teachers and live bands. Venues so far have included:

- Revolution Bar - Manchester City Center (with guests from Backroom Balboa/Balboa North, Leeds)
- Leaf - Manchester City Center (with guests from with Swing Dance Leeds)
- The Klondyke - Levenshulme
- St Matthews Community Hall - Stretford (incl. Honey Blues collab)
- Christ with All Saints Church Hall - Heaton Norris (~Stockport)
- "Friends of Stretford Public Hall" Ballroom - Stretford (incl Swing North collab)
- Live Wire Studios - Liverpool (Mersey Swing collab)
- Manchester University Students' Union

After running monthly workshops in the "before times" we moved to facilitating pay as you feel virtual pre-recorded classes at home for 2 years and swapped between concentrating on balboa and slow balboa. This was designed for solo and partnered practice, and to keep the community going, whilst raising funds for professional teachers. Please message us if this is a format you are interested in - we still have access to a library of resources. We are also an active group of social dancers and you can find us often at Tipple Step, Matt and Phreds Jazz Bar, The Blues Kitchen, The Carlton Club, the Refuge and car sharing road trips to Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Lancaster, Cheshire, Calder Valley, Bronte Balboa in Haworth.... and anywhere else who invites us! We can also be found at events up and down the UK and abroad such as @Bronte Bal, @All Slow Bal 2023, @BalBreak 2023 @Edinburgh Lindy Exchange and @Swing Paradise @Sheffield Shuffle☝️🎷👣💜

To connect with us, post in the public group Manchester Swing Dancers or send us a private message 😊

Other active Manchester dance community groups we support locally:
@SwingOut Manchester @Manshagster: Collegiate shag in Manchester @Manchester Swing Dance Society (uni students) @High Flyers of the North West @Forró Manchester and @Honey Blues Dancing - Manchester