Come join us Sunday night back at the Whistle Stop for one last night of dancing to close out a fun-filled weekend at Dirty Water. Your favorite DJs will be playing a variety of songs for us to dance to and bid a fond farewell to our out of town friends. Until 2014…

No Lesson tonight
Dancing: 8:00pm – Midnight
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

With some of the most beautiful views of downtown Boston, Piers Park is a hidden gem of a park in East Boston that we love to swing out in. Come join your friends, new and old, for our annual Dirty Water Sunday afternoon outdoor dance on the harbor with tunes spun courtesy of DJ RetroMike. Since we will be dancing right on the water and it is autumn, we recommend that you bring a jacket with you.

Dancing: 2:30pm-5:00pm
FREE!

Piers Park
95 Marginal Street
East Boston, MA 02128

Take the Blue Line to Maverick
Free parking

After dancing a blue streak in celebration of Gordon’s CD release, head down the highway down to Cambridge for another bluesy late night, co-hosted by Blues Cafe, featuring Jesse Selengut & Tin Pan with special guest Gordon Webster

Jesse is most well known for his trumpet playing alongside Gordon Webster, but for this late night, he and his Tin Pan Band take center stage for another special late night event.

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

Sorry no passes or coupons accepted during the exchange.

Extreme Dancesport
26 New Street
Suite 3
Cambridge, MA 02138

The Dirty Water party continues with Mona’s Hot Four + 3 playing a late night for us. Expect things to slow down for the evening into the early hours of the morning at our late night venue.

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

Sorry no passes or coupons accepted during the exchange.

Extreme Dancesport
26 New Street
Suite 3
Cambridge, MA 02138

At Boston Swing Central, we love when our universe collides and we can experience some of our favorite artists coming together to craft something similar to what we’ve heard from each of them separately, but also unique, fresh and spontaneous. That is what happens every Tuesday at Mona’s on Ave B in New York. You’ll find the core members of Mona’s Hot Four holed up for a trad jazz jam session that rivals any in the world. Musicians filter in around 11pm and queue up to get a chance to sit in with the Hot Four, with the towering names of Dennis Lichtman on clarinet, Gordon Webster on piano, Jared Engel on upright and Nick Russo on guitar.

Here they can be heard at the Jalopy theater, where they played a show in celebration of a documentary that was produced about their famed jam session:

Seriously, you don’t want to miss this intimate, improvisational and exciting performance! We’ll also be joined by some guest musicians who are dancers and regular players at Boston Swing Central to recreate the spontaneous vibe of Mona’s.

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

Jan Marie will help us inaugurate Dirty Water 2013, our third year of Dirty Water with a set of swing, soul and blues. Jan Marie & the Mean Reds have really worked on their sound over the past year, and the last time they played Boston Swing Central they had a great groove going on.

Here Jan Marie rocks “Slap that Bass”…

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

It’s 9/20 and what better way to celebrate this day than to have a tribute to Count Basie’s 9:20 Special. For those of you who don’t know this awesome tune…listen to it, here, off of an old 78rpm, listen carefully on earbuds and you can hear the static of the needle as it wobbles back and forth in the groove…

This tune is a true classic…so much so that it also herald’s the starting time of most of the bands at the BSC…

Tonight will be djed by RetroMike and special guest DJ Gina Helfrich

Lesson (included with admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:00am
General Admission: $10
Students & Seniors: $8

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 March 3rd, Noon-3:00pm. Come learn from experienced teachers who are also social dancers in the Lindy Hop scene.

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.

12:00 – 3:00 PM
$30 advanced on-line registration, $35 at the door (register here.)

Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland St
Charlestown, MA 02129

Toni Lynn Washington and her crack band are back at Boston Swing Central this Friday!   And they’re ready to rock the house!  A night of soulful, groovy swing music awaits!  Toni Lynn is  the first lady of Boston Blues and Swing,  a local legend, an institution, a master, and a treasure!   You don’t want to miss this!

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

Summer is fading fast…but not to worry! There’s an entire Fall and Winter loaded with tons of dancing. This September kicks off with the grandness that is Beantown Swing Orchestra. Frank Hsieh has been leading this full scale big band for a great many years and he’s wowed us with his parade of American Idol finalists and sparkling arrangements!

Tonight we’ll have the talented Jan Marie sitting in on vocals!

Here is a great highlight reel of Beantown Swing Orchestra over the last several years kicking off with our own teachers Brian & Kellian’s first dance at their wedding!

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