Savoy Jazz Jam 2026

Welcome to our 9th Savoy Jazz Jam, solo Jazz Weekend, right here in the UK.

SPACES REMAINING

1) Improver - Intermediate: Bookings Now Open!
2) Intermediate/Advanced - Advanced: Bookings Now Open!
3) Social Dance Pass: Not Yet Available

ABOUT

Always held on the 1st weekend each November, this cosy weekend explores the history of African American Jazz dance from African dance, plantation dances to today's Solo Jazz, with an array of incredible, inspirational and innovative concepts to expand and improve your vocabulary of jazz movement and help your partnered dance.

There will be two days of workshops on Saturday and Sunday, two evenings of social dancing on Friday & Saturday with live music, plus an early Farewell Party on Sunday to practice your solo jazz and incorporate it into your Lindy Hop. There'll also be a solo jazz competition. Numbers are limited to allow space and keep the event small enough to get to know to the teachers and everyone else.

Not everyone had the chance to learn from Frankie Manning or Norma Miller, so this is a great opportunity for every swing dancer to explore history of the dance we love with an original dancer from the Savoy Ballroom.

LEVELS

1) Improver - Intermediate
2) Intermediate/Advanced - Advanced.

Improver - Intermediate:
You have the basic routines under your belt such as the JiveSwing Stroll, Shim Sham & Charleston Stroll - you have knowledge of the classic basic jazz steps & are ready to push further.

Intermediate/Advanced -Advanced:
You have taken previous Jazz workshops and know lots of the key historic routines such as The Big Apple, Tranky Doo, Trickeration and more. You are ready to work hard on techniques as well as moves, routines, sweat and take your movement to the next level!

INTERNATIONAL INSTRUCTORS & LEGENDS

- Sonny Allen (USA)
- Sugar Sullivan (USA)
- Barbara Billups (USA)
- Chester Whitmore (USA)
- Joseph Sewell (UK)
- Charlotte Middlemiss (UK)

COSTS

- £179.99 until 1st May 2026
- £199.99 until 30th June 2026
- £224.99 until 1st September 2026
- £249.99 until 1st October 2026
- £299.99 thereafter

NB: Every ticket benefits our elders...

SOCIAL DANCE PASS:
- Not Yet Available

VENUE

Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Rd, WD17 1JJ
6th-8th November 2026