Swing Dancing with the Mad Hat Hucksters!

San Diego’s biggest weekly swing dance, the Firehouse! You are welcome to start classes any week of the month!

Masks will be required for all attendees until further notice!

Please read full COVID policy below.

Live music returns 5/25 with the Mad Hat Hucksters featuring the Rubin Brothers.

Real life brothers A.J. and Colescott Rubin are Boston-based vaudevillian entertainers who perform classic styles with a light hearted energy and danceable beat. Student and staff at Berklee College of Music, respectively, they have performed around the world, including in New Orleans, Iceland, Moscow, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, and elsewhere. They have performed and/or recorded with Esperanza Spalding, Patrice Rushen, Catherine Russell, Charmaine Neville & John Legend, among others. Recipients of the 2021 City of Boston Opportunity Fund Award, their debut recording was produced on all pre-1930s recording equipment in NYC this spring with multiple Grammy winning artists. They’ve just returned from playing the 2022 French Quarter Festival in New Orleans, and when not on tour, they play sold out swing dances at Harvard, along with festivals and events of all kinds around New England.

********* CLASSES *****************

6:30-7:30 pm:

BEGINNER 6 COUNT with Derrick & Erin

7:30-8:40 pm:

BEGINNER 8 COUNT with Derrick & Erin

INTERMEDIATE LINDY with TBA

--> Limited to first 15 leads and 15 follows! - reserve spot here:

https://forms.gle/8cySr9Qub7p8SJ23A

********* SOCIAL DANCING *********

8:40-11:30 pm: Swing in Ballroom

Blues room closed until further notice

********* PRICING *******************

CLASS+BAND: $20 ($15 youth/military) - Includes 6:30 and 7:30 class

BAND ONLY: $15 ($12 youth/military)

CLASS ONLY: $15 ($12/youth/military)

PUNCH CARDS: Add $5 to stay for the band

* youth/military applies to 24 & under or active military.

********* COVID POLICY *************

Masks will be required for all attendees until further notice. Masks must cover your nose and mouth at all times while inside the venue. Failure to comply with our COVID-19 policy and our Code of Conduct will result in removal from the Firehouse without refund. Please see below for acceptable/unacceptable masks.

Acceptable masks: surgical/procedural masks, N95, KN-95, cloth masks

Unacceptable masks: masks with vents, bandanas, neck gaiters, face shields only

If you arrive at the dance wearing an unacceptable mask, you will be asked to switch to or purchase an acceptable mask (available at the front desk for $1).

Please do not attend the dance if you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms or have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 7 days.

Our COVID-19 policy is subject to change at any time and may require participants to provide proof of vaccination. Closure may be necessary in the event of a COVID-19 outbreak. Changes to our policy and notices of closure will be made available ASAP via our website and social media accounts (Facebook/Instagram).

Please join us in our effort to keep our dance scene healthy, not just from COVID-19, but from all illness, by not participating in dance events when you’re feeling sick!

QUESTIONS: Contact Erin at firehouseswingdance@gmail.com See less