Located in the heart of Hollywood, the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel was built in 1926 and has a wonderful vintage atmosphere. The lobby floor is smooth Spanish tile which, other than some chipped areas, is actually not bad to dance on. Thursday nights hosts Ashley Anne and the Carnations, playing lots of danceable numbers! To…
The Boomtown Brewery is a really cool and unique space in the Arts District near Downtown Los Angeles. It’s really two large rooms: one for the taproom and one for the events space. The events space is where the Swing bands play. The floor is smooth concrete, totally fine to dance on. The event space…
The Cicada Restaurant in downtown LA is one of my favorite vintage swing dance venues. You really feel like you’re going back in time when you enter this amazing Art Deco space, which has been featured on many movies and TV shows. The bands on Swing nights are always authentic. This is primarily a restaurant and…
Grand Central Market in Downtown Los Angeles is probably the best and most famous food hall in Los Angeles, and definitely worth going to even if there is no Swing band playing there. But when there is Swing dancing there, it’s pretty awesome. In the past, premium bands such as Jonathan Stout and His Campus…
I think Sassafras is one of the coolest bars in L.A. I would describe it as a cross between the Edison and Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland. Above the bar, bottles of wine (or other liquid) slowly orbit overhead on a conveyor system. The band plays not on a stage, but on a second-story…