History
Archives of Early Lindy Hop - The explanation is in the title. Biographies, movie clips, books, all you want to know about how the dance we love began!
Lindy Hop Encyclopedia! - MORE history and links about Lindy Hop, related dances, performance groups and bands!
New Hampshire
Maine
- Jazz and Tap.com - Host of the Portsmouth Percussive Dance Festival during the summer and sponsoring numerous Swing Dances in the Seacoast area!
- Swing ME! - Look out for those dancing Mainiacs and Pirates of Portland!
- Swing Nuts - Kevin and Liz Rollins host biweekly dances in Portland, ME and cultivate a friendly swing dancing atmosphere!
- Seacoast Swing - Promoting Swing Dancing in the Seacoast!
Massachusetts
- It's All Swing! - A great resource for Boston Lindy Hop dancing.
- FiveGuysNamedMike - They offer Monday Night Practices (the best weekly dances) and "Stomp" on Thursday nights.
- MIT - Nerds can really SWING at the Mass. Institute of Technology!! Lessons offered and FREE dances on Weds!
- Hop to the Beat - Tony and Aurelie Tye brought the spirit of Lindy Hop to Cambridge, MA and continue to offer camps and workshops to all Lindy Lovers!
- Swing City - The Bishop Mackenzie Center in Newton Centre that hosts dances every Friday night with live bands and DJs.
- Totalswing.com - A calender of Massachusetts events (primarily) with a link to World Wide Swing and Jazz Events!
- HaveToDance.com - A dance network for dancing in Boston and New England!
- BostonSwingDance.com - The Boston Swing Dance Network.
- Dance2swing - Dance2swing studios offer dance lessons as well as Sunday evening dances in Leominster, MA.
Vermont
Rhode Island
- Brown University Swing Club - Another cool university swing club. Can we say, "Exchange!"?!!
- Providence Swings - This is where the hardcore hoppers hang in RI. The two hour drive is worth it to dance with these wonderful folks!
Connecticut
- Swing Monkey - A volunteer-run site to promote Swing and Lindy Hop in Connecticut with a swingin' on-line chat room (Jam Board)
New York City
Baltimore, MD, Washington, DC
- Charm City - America is beautiful when there is Lindy Hop! Check out this site for a FREE online beginner lesson and various video clips!!
California
International
- The Rhythm Hot Shots - Sweden. A sensationally talented dance company and one of the driving forces in the revival of Lindy Hop during the past 15 years!!
- World of Swing - Germany. Homepage of Marcus & Baerbl with a great selection of Instructional Swing Dance Videos (30's to 50's style)!!
- Heptown.com - Sweden/Denmark. An International hot-spot for Liny Hoppers on the web.
- Buenos Aires Swing - Argentina. A webpage made by a group of professors who teach swing dancing in Argentina.
Online Shopping
- Dancestore.com - Chock full of cool swing clothes, shoes, accessories, music, and videos, with full pictures and descriptions.
- Savoy Style Swing Dance Shop - According to the site, this is the only swing shop endorsed by Frankie Manning. Lots of instructional videos, and some vintage recreation threads that are pretty cute.
- TC Swingin' Hepcats - Since they're hepcats too, this Minnesota-based site made it onto our list. They have MORE links for shopping, music, and information...
Bands
Radio
- WMPG - Tune in to WMPG every Tuesday Night from 8:30pm-10:00pm for "That Swing Thing". Either use the link underlined, or if you're in the Portland, ME area, switch your radio to 90.9MHz or 104.1MHz FM.
- live365 - a wicked good streamin' audio site.
Musical Equipment
- SameDayMusic - If you aren't much of a dancer but still love the music and want to start a band or work as DJ, check out this site!
Books available at the UNH LIBRARY