Honey Blues Dancing - Manchester

Honey Blues Dancing - Manchester Relaxed, fun, & friendly monthly blues dance social in Manchester. Each event starts with a beginner- Welcome to Manchester's blues dance scene!

Join our friendly scene to enjoy blues music and dancing. Our monthly social dance starts with a 1hr beginner-friendly taster class, followed by 2 hours of fantastic blues music and social dancing.

19:30 Beginner-friendly taster class.
20:30-23:00 Social dancing

Whole evening:
Full Price: £8
Concessions: £6
Unwaged: Pay what you can (including £0)
Social only:
Full Price: £6
Concessions: £5

Unwaged: Pay what you can (including £0)
*** Register in advance each month to get whole evening for £5***

**What is blues dancing?**
Blues dances are a family of Black American vernacular dances danced to blues music; dances within this family are linked by shared aesthetics and techniques rooted in Black American traditions and historical context. For more information:
http://www.laurachieko.com/brief-introduction-blues/
https://bluesjazzbookclub.com/tag/julie-brown/

**What does blues dancing look like?**
https://youtu.be/IwdF82eehSo
https://youtu.be/eFzkyayLemQ
https://youtu.be/nq9nbvnYB_Y

**Where is it?**
The Klondyke,
1 Burnage Range,
Levenshulme,
Manchester,
M19 2HQ

**Who will be teaching?**
Different teachers each month, including the lovely Victoria, Vincent and Melissa.

**What to wear?**
Comfy clothes & shoes. Heels are rarely used in blues, no stilettos please.

**Do I need a partner?**
Not at all. Everyone dances with everyone & in all our classes we teach both roles. During the social dance feel free to take whichever role(s) you feel comfortable in.

**Want to learn more?**
A few of us teach private blues classes, ask if you’re interested. We also really really recommend traveling to blues dance events, there are loads of workshops/events happening all

SAFETY IN BLUES DANCING
We are a welcoming and inclusive community. We subscribe to the S.T.E.P.S. code, which promotes appropriate conduct at dance events, and can be found at the link below. Inappropriate behaviour will not be tolerated. https://www.honeyblues.co.uk/code-of-conduct

Early Bird tickets available until Sunday 14th Sept.Link in bio for tickets and further information.
06/09/2026

Early Bird tickets available until Sunday 14th Sept.

Link in bio for tickets and further information.

SAVE THE DATE - Tickets on sale 4th SeptTwo days of workshops, 3 evenings of social dancing PLUS live music at the Manch...
28/07/2026

SAVE THE DATE - Tickets on sale 4th Sept

Two days of workshops, 3 evenings of social dancing PLUS live music at the Manchester Blues Festival! What a weekend we have in store!

SUNDAY SOCIAL TICKETS SOLD SEPARATELY - see below.

We’re excited to present this opportunity to learn from fantastic international blues dance teachers Dara and Eylem. We’ll kick off with an all-levels class and social on Friday. Saturday and Sunday will have classes for improving blues dancers, with a social to DJs on Saturday night. Then, on the Sunday afternoon, we’ll head to the Manchester Blues Festival and dance the night away to the best blues bands in the North West.

Please give a warm welcome to Dara and Eylem, two teachers whose passion for blues dance is infectious and whose commitment to the dance’s cultural roots is absolute. Beyond the steps and technique, they are dedicated to fostering a supportive, authentic, and engaged community on and off the dance floor.

Friday taster class and social: The Klondyke
19:30-20:30: Taster class with Dara and Eylem
20:30-23:00: Social dance to DJs

Saturday workshop: Terrace NQ
11:00 -16:30

Saturday social: The English Lounge
19:30 - 23:00 Social dancing to DJs

Sunday workshop: La Gitane
11:00 - 15:15

Sunday social: The Carlton Club
16:00 - 00:00: Manchester Blues Festival.
You need to buy these tickets separately, see below.

Price list:
Whole weekend EARLY BIRD: £85 ** Only available from 4th - 13th September **
Whole weekend: £100

Swing North member whole weekend: £90

Saturday ONLY workshop and social: £60

Sunday ONLY workshop and social: £45

Saturday social ONLY: £8

Sunday social ONLY:

We have a Honey Blues discount code (watch this space) for £9.50 (plus booking fee tickets).  Available at: Manchester Blues Festival

Blues dance, beginner-friendly taster class and social dance. We’re bringing the party vibes this July with a class on s...
10/07/2026

Blues dance, beginner-friendly taster class and social dance.

We’re bringing the party vibes this July with a class on stealing! Sarah, Anastasiia and Rebecca will teach you some moves to put even more fun into your social dancing.

19:30: All-levels taster class
20:30-23:00: Social dance to DJs

**Buy tickets in advance to get the whole evening for £5/£0 unwaged**
https://honey-blues-dancing.square.site/

On the door prices:
Whole evening:
Full Price: £8
Concessions: £6
Swing North member: £5
Unwaged: Pay what you can (including £0)

Social only:
Full Price: £6
Concessions: £5
Swing North member: £5
Unwaged: Pay what you can (including £0)

Register to become a Swing North - Manchester Lindy Hop member.

No dance partner required. In the taster class everyone will be encouraged to dance both roles.

Parties after this weekend's workshops. Sat, 19:30, All Saints Church, StockportSun, 19:00, The Klondyke, Levenshulme -...
04/07/2026

Parties after this weekend's workshops.

Sat, 19:30, All Saints Church, Stockport
Sun, 19:00, The Klondyke, Levenshulme - LIVE MUSIC

One week to go until we round off the weekend with live music from our favourite Southpaw Slim! About Southpaw Slim:Lee...
28/06/2026

One week to go until we round off the weekend with live music from our favourite Southpaw Slim!

About Southpaw Slim:

Lee and the band will be playing a selection of blues music from the likes of Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed and many more.
Expect Chicago shuffles, slow blues ballads and a few up-tempo tracks to get your toes tapping!

10 tickets still left for the whole weekend/ Sunday only. Plenty for Saturday and the evening socials - including live ...
26/06/2026

10 tickets still left for the whole weekend/ Sunday only. Plenty for Saturday and the evening socials - including live music from Southpaw Slim on Sunday evening.

Heidi Fite began blues dancing in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1999 and has been active in the dance community as a teacher, performer, organizer, and researcher ever since. An early promoter of
blues dancing, Heidi founded Cheap Thrills, the first U.S. blues dance workshop, which later evolved into bluesSHOUT!, the nation’s largest blues dance competition weekend.

Raised in Arkansas on blues music in her grandmother’s backyard, she absorbed the rhythms, shapes, sounds, and movements of the blues long before she realized the significance of what she was experiencing. Only later, as she began to study the history and cultural roots of the dances and music she loved, did she recognize that what she loved instinctively was part of her heritage—a deep love of blues music and blues-idiom dance passed down from her
grandmother. In addition to her early experiences, Heidi’s knowledge of the dance comes from extensive study of archival film footage, books and writings, and lectures and interviews with
dancers and scholars of the dance, as well as a decade-long teaching partnership and collaboration with Damon Stone.

Over the past 25 years, Heidi has taught blues dancing and served as faculty, mentor, lecturer, and competition judge at premier blues events in major cities across the U.S.—from New York
to Chicago to Los Angeles—and nearly everywhere in between. Internationally, she has brought her years of experience and deep knowledge of blues-idiom dances to communities in Australia,
Canada, England, France, Sweden, Israel, South Korea, and beyond.

Heidi teaches blues dance as a living tradition shaped by the history, cultural values, and aesthetic principles of Black American vernacular dance, not just steps or patterns. Her classes
emphasize both the dances themselves and the cultural context that gives them meaning, helping students become respectful participants in the tradition while experiencing the joy and
personal expression of the dance. Her classes will put some serious “boom boom boom” and “aw haw haw haw” in your dancing.

One week tomorrow! Tickets still available (and the weather is cooling down!)DEXTER SANTOS discovered Blues dancing in ...
26/06/2026

One week tomorrow! Tickets still available (and the weather is cooling down!)

DEXTER SANTOS discovered Blues dancing in 2005 in the culturally diverse city of San Francisco, California and found himself immediately drawn to the rhythms and sounds of the Blues. The emotional depth and range, the varied subjects and stories, the gut-wrenching and the hip-shaking, the gritty and the smooth would give new inspiration and expression to his dancing. With a background in Lindy Hop, Dexter has learned, studied, performed, and collaborated with leading figures in the global Blues dance community. Over time, he has earned a reputation as one of the most respected and engaging instructors in the
international scene. Dexter’s dynamic style of movement has been honed and refined, not only on the social dance floor, but also through competition. Since the very first bluesSHOUT in St. Louis,
Missouri in 2007, Dexter has won first place in numerous Blues dancing competitions around the United States and has won the title of Ballroomin' Blues champion at bluesSHOUT 3
times (2007, 2008, and 2010). In an unprecedented feat in which no one has ever duplicated, Dexter won all four partnered competitions at bluesSHOUT 2010 in Austin, Texas: Open Jack & Jill, Strictly Jook Joint, Strictly Ballroomin', and Champions Division.
As a teacher, Dexter aims to inspire dancers of all levels with the many possibilities of expression and self-discovery that Blues dancing has to offer while preserving its cultural roots, historic identity, aesthetics, and art form. Dexter travels around the world spreading his passion and joy for Blues dancing through his fun, inspiring, and challenging classes as well as providing historical context and understanding through his informal lectures. A particular class favourite often referred to as the "Shim Sham of Blues," the Hound Dog routine (a solo Blues choreography danced to Big Mama Thornton's song of the same title) has been taught
and performed with dancers around the world in four continents.

YouTube channel where you can find a playlist of videos:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1630A8B0E403A434&si=tGBdZ2CFCD5NTKo1

Website:
https://dextersantos.wixsite.com/mydancesite

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The Klondyke, 1 Burnage Range
Manchester
M192HQ

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