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The Night Owls Class Cards

Saturday 1 November 2025
Pick up a class card to save money and get a class for free! It's the best way to come to class
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The Night Owls - Tuesday Night Swing

Between Tuesday 24 March 2026 and Tuesday 1 December 2026
These classes are designed for dancers starting from scratch. They'll introduce the fundamentals of swing dancing, the basic shapes and some accessible moves you can use on the social dance floor. Each class will build up your swing dancing vocabulary so you can start creating and improvising with your partner. Expect to have fun and meet loads of new people, while you explore becoming a grounded, versatile and expressive dancer. We'll also share some of the amazing artists who have created jazz music and hope to inspire you to learn more about this rich, living culture.
Fairfield Bowling Club
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Swingin' Saturday Afternoons

Between Saturday 21 March 2026 and Saturday 12 December 2026
Enjoy an afternoon of jazz and swing...catering for dancers of all levels! We will come together in the stunning I.AM.DANCE Studio in Fitzroy. Two back-to-back beginner classes designed for dancers starting swing dancing from scratch followed by social dancing! Sign up for a single class or fast track your swing journey by taking two classes with different swing rhythms. Learn the fundamentals of swing dancing, the basic shapes and some accessible moves you can use on the social dance floor straightaway. Expect to have fun and meet loads of new people! We'll also share some of the amazing artists who have created swing and hope to inspire you to learn more about this rich, living culture. 1-2pm Beginner swing 2-3pm Beginner swing 3-4:30pm Social dancing!! Cost: Beginner swing (pay at the door - each class $28 or grab a weekly membership for $43 and take unlimited classes at I.AM.DANCE) Social dancing $10 (pay online or at the door)
I.AM.DANCE
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Solo Blues

Workshop
Join us to explore dancing blues solo and with friends! Shob and Coco will teach some classic vernacular solo blues vocabulary as well as explore blues aesthetics in your solo movement. Then in the second class we will learn how to trade phrases, draw inspiration, share rhythms as well as affirm and appreciate our friends! How can we lift them up as we dance together and bring out the best in us both? Class 1 (10:30am): Explore classic solo blues vocabulary Class 2 (11:45am): Riffin' and cuttin' with friends
Studio Take Care
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Slow Jam

Saturday 11 April 2026
Enjoy a night of slow jazz and swing...catering for lindy hoppers, balboa dancers and blues dancers alike! We will come together in the stunning I.AM.DANCE Studio in Fitzroy to dance slow lindy, slow balboa and ballrooming blues. 8-11:30 pm: Social dancing with music from three of Melbourne's best DJs!
I.AM.DANCE
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The Night Owls - Monday Night Blues

Between Monday 23 March 2026 and Monday 7 December 2026
These classes are designed for dancers starting from scratch. They'll introduce the fundamentals of blues dancing, the basic shapes and some accessible moves you can use on the social dance floor. Each class will build up your blues vocabulary so you can start creating and improvising with your partner. Expect to have fun and meet loads of new people, while you explore becoming a grounded, versatile and expressive dancer. We'll also share some of the amazing artists who have created the blues and hope to inspire you to learn more about this rich, living culture.
Fairfield Bowling Club
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Bal Jam - May 8, 2026

Friday 8 May 2026
Welcome to Melbourne's newest Balboa social night! Co-hosted by John, Julia, Shob and Andy and bringing you a fun, relaxed opportunity to meet and dance with other bal lovers :) Featuring an intermediate pure balboa class to get you inspired and then 2.5 hours of great social dancing...featuring some beautiful slow balboa tunes as well! This is a wonderfully chilled edition of social dancing to DJed music.
Fairfield Bowls Club