Lessons start at 7pm, dance starts at 8pm.

Blakes serves dinner, so feel free to stop by early to grab a bite, or plan to grab a bite after lessons. If we support the venue, they continue to have us! :-)

Swing Goth is what happens when rock-a-billy meets goth, and is peppered with a little blues, waltzing and a healthy portion of dirty dancing... all to modern music.

For some time now people have been asking when we're going to put on an event in The East Bay. Well, we've been trying. This venue's too chic, that venue's too small, this venue wants too much of a guarantee, the other venue's booked solid... then I was smacked in the forehead with the solution: Blakes in Berkeley (www.blakesontelegraph.com/)!

But, we only get two chances to make a first impression: July 12th and Aug 23rd. Yes, that's on SUNDAY. Yes, it's in the EAST BAY.

Dance lessons start at 7pm and focus on basic partner dancing based on Jitterbug, but taught with modern music in mind. Open dance starts at 8pm.

If you haven't heard of us before, we know we call it Swing Goth, but it's not JUST swing, and we don't limit it to Goth either. They'll be waltzes and slower numbers for blues dancing and we play everything from The Killers to Leonard Cohen.

You can read more about us here: www.examiner.com/x-8398-SF...to-Tuesday

and here: blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdow...oth_a.php

Dance lessons are $5
Admission to the dance is free for the first month!