Spring Swing Dance at UCLA (16th Annual) feat. Swing Inc. presented by the Ballroom Dance Club at UCLA Ackerman Grand Ballroom 7pm-11pm Free 🔥

The 16th Annual Spring Swing Dance at UCLA Ackerman Union Grand Ballroom-Room 2400
FREE ADMISSION Thursday June 4, 7pm-11pm

featuring Swing Inc. (10 member professional jazz band, led by Dennis Kaye) for Swing/Social Dancing 9pm-11pm;
RSVP to SwingSalsaTango@yahoo.com

(come show UCLA students/staff/alumni your great swing dance moves, while dancing to LIVE SWING MUSIC)

The evening starts with Swing Dance Lessons for Beginners 730pm-9pm with James & Cynthia (Event/Club Co-Founders)

(Swing Dance Fans: note a few weeks earlier at UCLA on Sat. May 16 at same location: UCLA Ackerman Grand Ballroom
you may learn Swing/Charleston & more with special guest teacher/performer, Chester Whitmore from 9pm-11pm)
at 17th Annual Hollywood Movie Magic Ball at UCLA presented by Historical Ballroom Dance Club at UCLA with FREE Admission!
RSVP to HBDC at HistoricalDance@yahoo.com see HBDC Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/historicaldanceucla/

UCLA Ackerman Union Bldg Address is 308 Westwood Blvd L.A. 90095

Free Admission; Donations Welcome from non-members to support room rental fees, professional band & catering;

Schedule: Thur. June 4, 7pm-11pm feat. LIVE Professional Swing Music (at club’s Quarterly/Annual Swing Dances at UCLA)
Sponsored by the Ballroom Dance Club at UCLA

Celebrating the completion of 100 Quarters (30 Years) of Free Admission Weekly
Swing/Social Ballroom Dance Lessons/Parties with the Ballroom Dance Club at UCLA

7pm Doors Open; Donations Welcome (Free Admission Event)
730pm Beginner Swing Dance Lessons with James & Cynthia (Ballroom Dance Club Co-Founders/Instructors Weekly since 1996)
9pm-11:30pm Swing Dance Party feat. Swing Inc. (ten piece jazz band Dir. by Dennis Kaye)

RSVP to SwingSalsaTango@yahoo.com BDCIFDC Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/2253784511/

Free Parking may be found off campus on Hilgard Ave near Westholme Ave (East side of campus)

or suggest UCLA Parking Lot P4 at 221 Westwood Plaza
Enter from Sunset Blvd & Westwood Plaza (on the North side of campus)

drive down into parking lot then turn left, drive to far wall, see parking machines near the elevator on the right.
Put you car license plate # in parking machine (you may choose 1, 2, 3 hours $5/$9/$13 or full night pass $17)

Walk 1-2 minutes South, see Kerckhoff Hall (gothic style building) walk up stairs towards front door of Kerckhoff,
but veer to the Right, and walk between Kerckhoff Hall & Ackerman Building under the bridge.
Take outside stairwells up to 2nd floor of Ackerman (4th floor of building)
Ackerman Bldg hours (most doors close by 9pm) so inform your friends coming to hear/dance to the swing band 9pm-11pm
to enter Ackerman Bldg from stairwall on the East side of Ackerman building, between Ackerman/Kerckhoff Hall.

The Ballroom Dance Club at UCLA has presented many professional swing & salsa bands for parties at UCLA since 1998/2001
during it’s 100 quarters of free weekly social ballroom dance lessons at UCLA Ackerman Union Bldg & Kerckhoff Hall Grand Salon

Summer Lessons 2026 are tentative.

Fall Quarter 2026 (Ten Weeks) will feature Social Ballroom Dance Lessons for Beginners & Special Dance Events feat. LIVE MUSIC

Lessons start again on Thursday Oct. 1, 2026 at UCLA Kerckhoff Hall Grand Salon 7pm

The Ballroom Dance Club at UCLA is planning for an annual salsa lesson/party (Thur. week 4 Oct. 21, 2026) &
Swing Dance Parties (on Weeks 5 & 10) being planned for Thursdays Oct. 29 & Dec. 3, 2026.

at either Kerckhoff Grand Salon or Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Questions e-mail SwingSalsaTango@yahoo.com

Winter/Spring Quarter 2027 annual Swing Dances at UCLA
are being planned for Saturdays Jan. 23 at KGS & Feb. 27, 2027 at KGS & Thur. June 3, 2027 at Ackerman-AGB

The Dance Club Coalition at UCLA partner: Historical Ballroom Dance Club at UCLA will present 10+ Saturday Night Theme Dances

Fall Quarter Saturday Theme Dances:

The 20th Annual Valentino 1920s Ball/Halloween Party on Sat. Oct. 31, 2026 & 22nd Annual Waltz Night at UCLA on Sat. Nov. 14, 2026 (both free admission events at UCLA Ackerman Grand Ballroom & include dance lessons for beginners) Costumes Welcome. RSVP to HistoricalDance@yahoo.com
Monthly Theme Dances with Historical BDC have free admission and celebrate famous authors/books/movies/actors & many time periods with vintage ballroom dance lessons.