SwingDJs

I will be in Paris for the next couple of months for work and have been looking around at what is happening in Europe. Two things that caught my eye were:

Ascona Jazz Festival in Switzerland
http://www.jazzascona.com/

and

Swing Crash Festival in Como Italy
http://www.flyingalligators.com/program.html

Both look interesting. Ascona is a New Orleans style jazz festival (and has some great bands and performers from Australia). Swing Crash is more music and teaching - features Royal Crown Revue for first time in Italy and Harlem Hot Shots.

I will have to see how far my budget stretchs to fit these in

Also looking forward to checking out all the great Paris jazz clubs (and dancing on the banks of the Seine).

Check out Copenhagen Jazz festival as well
http://www.jazzfestival.dk/

usually great music and often some swing dancing. To find out where the dancers will be, check http://www.heptown.com the weeks before the festival

losts of festival, camp...etc in south of france(Montpellier, Toulouse...) in August...

Jazz in Marciac... huge Jazz Festival, Studio Hop Summer Camp(2weeks camp) Sea sun and swing dance Camp(1week)...

July is quieter

30th of june Barbara Morisson in Montpellier
1st of July Swing marathon in Toulouse(3 bands, DJs the rest of the time... Music for dancing all day and night)

Manu

For more info, feel free to ask

Check out www.herrang.com for the Herräng Dance Camp, which is up and running the whole of July, one hour by car from Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, Sweden.

It's run by people from the Harlem Hot Shots, and features Lindy Hop, Authentic Jazz, Tap, Balboa/Bal-Swing among other things, and they bring in top Swedish jazz musicians some of the nights.

/Jonas