Promoting Vintage Jazz Music and Dance in Portland, OR
New!
Monday Swing Available for Presale!
New! Monday Swing Available for Presale!
What We Do
Monday Swing
Monday Swing is a community hub for working on swing dance, relating more deeply to the music, and growing connections with other dancers.
This pass is good for the lesson + dance for the month of August— $60 value!
Presale is available through August 3!
Slow Balboa 2 with Rod & Mary
Slow Balboa is a vintage swing dance that originated in southern California in the 1920s, created specifically for slow tunes. Familiarity with Slow Bal is recommended as this is a continuation of our previous Slow Bal series from earlier this year. This series will be a progressive beginning class that starts with the basic steps and adds in moves and styling each week. Join us to learn this fun, elegant dance that makes dancing to Slow Jazz so sweet!
7:00 - 8:00 Intermediate Lessons
8:00 - 10:00 DJ practicum & social
Tango Berretin
6305 SE Foster Rd
**New location coming Aug 2026!**
The Baker Building 5511 N Albina
$10 Intermediate Lesson
$10 Dance
$15 for Both!
All ages
Weekly details, volunteer opportunities, and updates Here and on Facebook.
Photo credit: Evrim Icoz
Thursday Swing
Second Sunday Jazz Jams
2:00 - 4:00 Jazz Jam + Dancing
Migration Brewing on Williams
3947 N Williams
No Cover! Please buy food & drinks
Join the jam or just come dance!
Details & updates Here
Photo credit: Sean O’Banion
PDXLX
An annual live music weekend in Portland, OR typically held in April.
PDXLX 2027 is April 8-11!
A full weekend of dancing to top-notch bands, no-cost community activities, and classes with national instructors.
More information Here.
Ready to Get Involved?
Door Shift Volunteers:
Volunteer for a 30-minute door shift to enter the dance for free!
Sign up for door shifts through the Facebook event for each dance.
Follow the event so that you see a notification when the door shift post goes up.
Then comment to snag your shift!
Open / Close Volunteers:
Volunteer for an open or close shift to enter the dance for free WITHOUT missing any dancing!
Open/Close volunteers are scheduled out several weeks in advance.
Email us at pdxlindysociety.com to be included in the next round of volunteer scheduling!
More Dance
In Portland
(And Nearby)
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The Viscount Dance Studio offers weekly swing dance lessons and frequent bonus classes and workshops.
Tuesdays:
Beginning Swing, Lindy Hop, Charleston, Solo Jazz with Colin & Darcie
Wednesdays:
Balboa with Rod & Emily
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www.dancewithjoystudios.com/katy-swing
Dance with Joy offers weekly classes in charleston, balboa, and lindy hop taught by Eric and Katy, as well as frequent workshops.
Friday Progressive series with Katy S. and Eric C.
6:30-7:30pm: Balboa or Charleston (alternating months)
7:30-8:30pm: Lindy Hop (every month)
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Weekly Sunday dance with DJ’ed music at Norse Hall. Additional classes available with pre-requisites! Updates on website.
7:30 Crash Course
8 - 11 Dance -
www.couveswing.com
Swing Dance Lessons & Lindy Hop Social Dance
6:00 Intermediate Lesson $10
7:00 Beginner Lesson $10
8:00 - 9:30 Social Dance $5The Valiant Ballroom
109 W 9th St Vancouver, WA -
Two levels of weekly lessons + DJ’d social dancing. See website for class details and to pre-register.
Wednesdays at Rae Loft in Kerns
6-7 pm Intermediate Lesson
7-8 pm Int/Adv Lesson
8-10 pm Social Dance -
Our friends in Eugene have weekly classes and a monthly live music dance during the academic year. You can also find a monthly jazz jam and dance at a local brewery!
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Corvallis Swing Dance Society are taking a break! Don’t miss their last (for now) dance on 5/16/2026.
https://www.corvallisswing.com/
Our friends in Corvallis teach dance lesson series and workshops. They also have a monthly dance during the academic year. Updates on website and Facebook.
Portland Lindy Society is a 501(c)(7) nonprofit organization. The goal of the Portland Lindy Society is to promote swing dancing, jazz music and to bring the benefit of dance to our community locally and beyond.
