The last time we had the privilege of dancing to the swingin sounds of Phil McGowan & the Easy Winners we were al fresco in the North End. Phil & Co. return to this Whistle Stop with their awesome hot jazz charts that are good for your soul! The Easy Winners are just at the beginning of a great Fall line-up…we hope you keep your dancing momentum going from the Dirty Water weekend and come out tonight!

Here they are back in March, lighting up our stage with their joyous & blissful version of “Everybody Loves My Baby”…

Lesson (included in the price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:00am
General Admission: $15
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $13

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

You don’t want to miss our Dirty Water Lindy & Blues finale! It’s going to be such a great weekend of dancing, you won’t want to go back to work on Monday morning!

No Lesson tonight
Dancing: 8:00pm – Midnight(ish)
General Admission: $10
Students & Seniors: $8

Sorry no passes or coupons accepted during the exchange.

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

Swingin’ at the Charlestown Navy Yard! (Yes, we go all out for you) And we’ve found and secured permission for another new place to dance with an incredible view. We’ll dance alongside the ships and the U.S.S. Constitution. Another spectacular view of downtown, Pier 4 is a place we’re excited to hold an outdoor dance at for the very first time. We’ve got some great DJs lined up for you. Since we’re right on the water, and it is the ocean, it can be a little windy and get a little chilly, so bring a jacket, dress in layers…

Pier 4
Charlestown Navy Yard
Sunday September 23th
2:30pm – 5:00pm

Directions are here.

Get to know Carsie here:

Gordon Webster & Carsie have something super special planned for us tonight! We can’t tell you but we know it’s going to be intimate, crazy sexy cool and ultimately brilliant as only the two of them know how…

Dancing: 1:15pm – 4:30am
General Admission: $20
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $17

Sorry no passes or coupons accepted during the exchange.

Springstep
98 George P. Hassett Dr
Medford, MA 02155

Gordon Meets Meschiya, last January at the Crosby Whistle Stop, tonight will be a reprise of this evening…and we’ll paint the town red, ie wear something RED. A tie, a scarf, a dress, a zoot suit, shoes, it doesn’t matter, just where something anything RED.

Lesson (included in the price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:30am
General Admission: $30
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $25

Sorry no passes or coupons accepted during the exchange.

Kehillath Israel Epstein Auditorium
384 Harvard Street,
Brookline, MA 02446

The Dirty Water party continues with a late night and Meschiya & Gordon getting down and dirty, bluesy and gritty…here they are at the Whistle Stop earlier this year…

Dancing: 1:15pm – 4:30am
General Admission: $20
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $17

Sorry no passes or coupons accepted during the exchange.

Springstep
98 George P. Hassett Dr
Medford, MA 02155

The outstanding Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns make their Boston Swing Central debut tonight! We can’t wait! And neither can you…check ’em out here:

And on the streets of New Orleans, busking up a storm…

Seriously, you don’t want to miss this intimate, ecstatic and exciting performance! Gordon Webster will be joining them on our 1901 Steinway Upright piano to transport us in their time machine back to a roadhouse somewhere in the South, 1933…

Lesson (included in the price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:30am
General Admission: $25
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $20

Sorry no passes or coupons accepted during the exchange.

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

Shawn Hershey has been a local favorite both on the dance floor and from the bandstand. His remarkable Lindy & Blues vocabularly makes him an awesome dancer and an excellent bandleader. He always knows a good groove and puts melody on top of everything which, for a dancer says, “play with me.”  He is joined by another dancer with an awesome set of pipes, Jan Marie.

Here they kick “St. James Infirmary” up a notch to a fever pitch…

You don’t want to miss our Dirty Water Lindy & Blues Exchange! It’s going to be such a great weekend of dancing, you won’t want to go back to work on Monday morning!  Dirty Water starts now!

Lesson (included in the price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Dancing: 9:00pm – Midnight(ish)
General Admission: $12

Students & Seniors: $10

Sorry no passes or coupons accepted during the exchange.

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

Have you ever wanted to learn to Lindy Hop but don’t have time to commit to a weekly class?  This is your chance! Our next weekend “crash course” workshop is 3 hours on Sunday Sept 16th, Noon-3:00pm. Come learn from experienced teachers who are also social dancers in the Lindy Hop scene. Np partner required.

We will cover six count basic (East Coast Swing), basic eight count (Lindy Hop), and Charleston Basic. Moves include swing out, Lindy circle, swing out from closed, and side by side Charleston. At the end of this class, you will be able to attend a social dance and dance to music.

Mike has been dancing since the Swing Boom of the early 2000s. He is also a founding member of Boston Swing Central, where he has served as music director, president and marketing director. He enjoys working with “new” dancers. And also sharing the epiphanies of dance that he has discovered. He has attended many camps, exchanges and National competitions in his tenure as Lindy Hopper. His motto is “Better living through dancing.”

Abby started Lindy Hopping in 2007, and she immediately fell in love with it. In addition to Lindy Hop, Abby has studied Charleston, Balboa, Blues, and other authentic forms of early Jazz Dance. She has competed on a national level, both solo and partnered, placing first in the intermediate Jack & Jill at Beantown Camp this year. Abby’s philosophy on teaching is to make the learning process fun and energetic, not fearing mistakes or looking silly, with an emphasis on musicality.

Noon – 3:00 PM
$25 advanced on-line registration, $30 at the door (register here.)

Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland St
Charlestown, MA 02129

September brings a clearness to the air, and a bustle of kids coming back to school and the Dirty Water Lindy Exchange. First things first, however, let’s start with the BSC debut of Emily Asher’s Garden Party! Another band out of Brooklyn that is red hot and trad, just the way we like it. Uptempo and sassy…and fronted by Emily Asher who has played for us many times with Baby Soda and others.

Check out their version of “Muskrat Ramble” (not to be confused with Muskrat Love)…

Lesson (included in the price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:00am
General Admission: $15
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $13

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129
(we know you like the Muskrat Ramble)

The Jailhouse Five Plus Two returns with their authentic and enthusiastic Dixieland jazz…and we’re ready kick off September with a night of great music and fine dancing. This fantastic band brings an air of authenticity, as you can easily tell this is the music that they grew up with, cherish, and love and have played for many years.

The name, The Jailhouse Five Plus Two is inspired by the lawless characters of the Prohibition-era when Dixieland was adopted as the popular music of the time, “The Roaring Twenties.” This time is also fondly remembered as the Great Gatsby era which also happens to be the theme of our upcoming New Year’s Eve bash…

Checking out this swingin’ history lesson from 1953…

Bootlegging, speakeasies, bath tub gin, Bonnie & Clyde and other lawless activity was the way of life in major U.S. cities. The Jailhouse Five Plus Two tries to capture the exhaltation of the era. Happy, fast, boisterous, free, and improvisational are all descriptors of their music. Come on out and feel their electricity…

Lesson (included in the price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:00am
General Admission: $15
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $13

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129