Portland Lindy Society

Portland Lindy Society Founded in 2004, the Portland Lindy Society is a nonprofit organization that promotes swing dancing and jazz music in Portland, OR.

Code of Conduct: https://www.portlandlindysociety.com/code-of-conduct Portland Lindy Society is a non-profit organization that promotes swing dancing and jazz music in Portland, OR. Please check the Events section of our page for upcoming dances and lessons.

Happy June Dancers! It's a new month and time for a new Monday Swing Series. This Month we have Sam Estrem with us teach...
05/31/2026

Happy June Dancers! It's a new month and time for a new Monday Swing Series. This Month we have Sam Estrem with us teaching his series: "Stealing Swing — Picking up what they are throwing down!"

Learn moves visually, read what others are doing, and respond in partnership and to the music.

Lesson 1: Where to watch — balance, weight, prep
Lesson 2: Shadow dancing — lag copy
Lesson 3: Stealing — flow, tension, entry windows
Lesson 4: Mirroring your partner
Lesson 5: Integration and review

Monday Swing is a weekly vintage swing dance practicum and social dance on Monday nights with DJ'ed music in a cozy SE PDX setting.
All ages! No partner needed!

Lesson — $10
Dance — $10
BOTH — $15

7:00 - 8:00 Lesson — Stealing Swing!
8:00 - 10:00 Practicum & Social Dance

>> What's a practicum and social dance?
We DJ music just like a regular social dance. You can come out and just dance like normal, or you can come planning to work on something: Ask for feedback, work on a move, play with variations, master a routine.

>> Have a specific question?
Experienced dancers and local teachers are available at practicum to help out with sticky spots.

>> Balboa? S**g? Solo? Learning swingouts?
Let the DJ know what you're working on if you have specific music requests!

This building is physically accessible to enter. If you have accessibility concerns, please contact PLS.

05/26/2026

🎉 Happy World Lindy Hop Day to all our fellow dancers of the past, present and future! And happy birthday to Frankie Manning, one of the many legends who created this dance that brings us together! We encourage you all to not only learn about Frankie but the many other dancers who contributed to this art form that we love so much today. Not sure where to start? Check our website for resources!

We hope you get a chance to dance and celebrate today!

NO MONDAY SWING TONIGHT! We’ll see you on Thursday for more dancing and next Monday for the start of our new monthly ser...
05/25/2026

NO MONDAY SWING TONIGHT!

We’ll see you on Thursday for more dancing and next Monday for the start of our new monthly series!

NO MONDAY SWING TONIGHT! We'll see you on Thursday for more dancing and next Monday for the start of our new monthly ser...
05/25/2026

NO MONDAY SWING TONIGHT! We'll see you on Thursday for more dancing and next Monday for the start of our new monthly series!

05/21/2026

🤩 Happy Thursday friends!! 🤩 it’s time for the best night of the week featuring the Rhythm Wrecker Dance Band!

Be ready for a night of four-to-the-bar swing tonight with Portland’s own Rhythm Wrecker Dance Band!! ​ The band is formed by dancers for dancers, and they know a thing or two about music. ​ Known for their solid swing sound, this band is committed to making danceable music for all you swing dancers. ​ The band is inspired by vintage sounds with an emphasis on 1940’s “transition era” sound that blends swing, jump blues, and vintage rock n’ roll. ​ The band loves to play tribute to the Black and African American bandleaders and musicians of the time with adapted arrangements of well-known classics and lesser-known cuts during this masterful era of jazz music.
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👟🤓Our Foundations Lesson is an hour-long beginner lesson from 6:45PM-7:45PM (and is included with the dance cover!). ​ The lesson is great for folks who are new to dancing, curious about dancing, or just love dancing! ​ Topics will lean more towards Lindy Hop or Charleston depending on the band playing each Thursday night. ​ We hope to see you there before the dance starts at 8pm and we kick off another fun night!

05/18/2026

Be sure to get your passes to Keep Bal Weird!!

05/18/2026

Join us tomorrow for our LAST CLASS of this month’s series - Frankie’s Favorites: A Lindy Hop Series highlighting Frankie, Freda, Willa, Ann, Norma and Mickey!

We’ll explore classic ideas Frankie loved to teach, including a grounded, low-to-the-floor Frankie-style swingout paired with swivels and Savoy twists for follows, and playful vocabulary like promenades, Frankie 6’s, scoots, sailor step, Texas Tommy, and scissor kicks. This series will not only help expand your dance vocabulary, it will help you improve your musicality and playfulness on the dance floor.

Pre-requisites:
Intermediate class. MUST be comfortable with core lindy hop 6/8 count moves such as the swingout, lindy circle, tuck turns, and side passes as well as transitioning between 6 and 8 count moves. Intermediate students likely have AT LEAST 1 year experience. They have taken a lot of classes and maybe a workshop or two, and are getting comfortable with the basics and are working on putting moves together and going out social dancing.

WEEK THREE:
Frankie & Savoy Style Swingouts & Rhythm
Refine your swingouts with the grounded, rhythmic feel of Savoy-style Lindy Hop—low, connected, and full of groove and swivels. We’ll explore classic variations, musical phrasing, and iconic movements that make your swingouts more dynamic and alive. Please come prepared to do both back out and forward out swingouts.

Lesson: $10
Dance: $10
Lesson and Dance combined: $15
All ages! No partner needed!
7:00 - 8:15 Lesson
8:15 - 10:00 Social dance & practicum with DJ music

We DJ music just like a regular social dance. You can come out and just dance like normal, or come planning to work on something: Ask for feedback, work on a move, play with variations, master a routine.

Have a specific question?
Experienced dancers and local teachers are available at practicum to help out with sticky spots.

Balboa? S**g? Solo?
Let the DJ know what you’re working on if you have specific music requests!

This building is physically accessible to enter. If you have accessibility concerns, please contact PLS.

05/13/2026

We’ve made it halfway through the week, which means tomorrow is Thursday Swing! This week we’ll be dancing the night away to live music from The Bridgetown Sextet!

will be taking you back to the raucous and wild 20’s at Thursday Swing tonight! ​ The band has been providing Portland and the PNW with their energetic 20’s and 30’s jazz, stomp, blues, and swing for over a decade. ​ Their trademark sound evokes Creole New Orleans, the stomp of prohibition era Chicago, the wild 20’s of Memphis and Kansas City, fast-paced Harlem stride piano, and the tight swing of depression-era Manhattan. ​ Be ready to strut yourself across the dance floor as they bring the house down!
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👟🤓Our Foundations Lesson is an hour-long beginner lesson from 6:45PM-7:45PM (and is included with the dance cover!). ​ The lesson is great for folks who are new to dancing, curious about dancing, or just love dancing! ​ Topics will lean more towards Lindy Hop or Charleston depending on the band playing each Thursday night. ​ We hope to see you there before the dance starts at 8pm and we kick off another fun night!

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6305 SE Foster Rd
Portland, OR
97206

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