New Year’s Swing Fling 2026

A West Coast Swing festival combines multi-level workshops, four nights of social dancing, a themed New Year’s Eve party and WSDC competitions.

The tenth New Year’s Swing Fling takes place at the Radisson RED Heathrow conference complex from 30 December 2026 into 3 January 2027. Current instructors: Jakub Jakoubek and Emeline Rochefeuille; Joshua Schubert and Maïna Vila Cobasi; Karin Kakun; Leo Lorenzo; Irina Puzanova; Allan Thivoz and Alexandra Branco. Wayne Powell is billed as MC, Catherine Bickle as head DJ, and Steve, Kevin Town, Kevin Hyde and James Bartlett as social DJs. The current draft timetable lists a Wednesday workshop at21:00 and pre-party at22:00; Thursday workshops at11:00 and the Seven Deadly Sins NYE party at21:30, followed by social dancing00:30–06:00 on1January. Friday has workshops11:00, Hi-Lo Strictly Swing21:00 and social dancing22:30–06:00; Saturday has workshops11:00, Jack & Jill preliminaries15:00, finals21:00 and social dancing22:30–06:00 into3January. Unpublished ends remain unknown. Full passes include workshops and the four parties; party passes exclude workshops, seminars and practices. Both allow competition participation subject to a separate entry fee. The separately charged J’Em intensive is represented separately. Followers booking without a leader may be waitlisted; levelled workshops have WSDC division eligibility. Non-dancing-partner NYE tickets are only proposed for December, subject to availability; no standalone NYE public pass is currently advertised. All schedules retain draft status.