April Shimmy Shakin’ Blues!

Join us for our monthly blues dance with live music!

Open Level Blues Dance Lesson 7:00-8:00pm with Jae Wilson
Social Dance 8:00pm-11:59pm with live music by the Nic Clark Blues Band

Location: Mercury Cafe Denver - Upstairs

2199 California Street
Free street parking or in nearby lots starting at $3
RSVP TO OUR FACEBOOK EVENT HERE
Doors open 6:30pm

BONUS special guest performance by Rachel & Devon!

Admission:
$15- class only ($10 student discount with ID)
$20- dance only ($15 student discount with ID)
$35- class and dance ($25 student discount with ID)
**NOTE: Because of new pricing of the venue, we are no longer offering the $30 class and dance bundled discount- we hope that this small change will offset the extra costs that we have while keeping the dance affordable to attendees.

thursday february 22nd

Mercury Cafe Denver
2199 California St, Denver CO 80205

Our next blues dance party will be with live music from Chicago blues pianist Ken Saydak! We're bringing Saydak back to another SSB event before he moves out of state!!!

This will be a Diversion Weekend kickoff event! Come dance with us if you're in town early for the weekend!! Also, we have the pleasure of learning from the instructor that is flying into town for Diversion, Odysseus Bailer, and Denver's very own international blues dance instructor, Katrina Rogers, who will be teaching with Odysseus during the weekend event as well!

(Admission for Diversion Weekend is separate from this event. For more information and tickets to Diversion, visit: https://www.cmdance.org/cmevents/diversion2024)

You can only find SSB at Denver's one and only Mercury Café (in the upstairs ballroom)! Come for good music, good dancing, and good people!

Doors open at 6:30pm. Free street parking or adjacent lots starting at only $3.

There will be a beginner-friendly blues dance lesson from 7-8pm. A dance party with live music from the band and DJ'ed band breaks will follow from 8-12.

7-8pm: All levels blues dance class
Instructors: Odysseus Bailer & Katrina Rogers
8:30-11:30: Ken Saydak (live blues band!)
DJ: Kara Fabina (band breaks)

Admission:
$15- class only ($10 student discount with ID)
$20- dance only ($15 student discount with ID)
$35- class and dance ($25 student discount with ID)

**NOTE: Because of new pricing of the venue, we are no longer offering the $30 class and dance bundled discount- we hope that this small change will offset the extra costs that we have while keeping the dance affordable to attendees.

RSVP TO OUR FACEBOOK EVENTS!
February Shimmy Shakin’ Blues
Diversion Weekend 2024

The dance is indoors, NO RESTRICTIONS: vaccine and mask optional. Please stay home if you feel unwell! Be safe, have fun! We can NOT wait to see you all and continue to celebrate the blues dance scene being back at the Merc!

Shimmy Shakin’ Blues 1 Year Anniversary Party

featuring Austin Walkin’ Cane & Dan Bode!

RSVP to our Facebook Event HERE

Venue: Mercury Cafe Denver 1299 California St Denver CO 80205 (upstairs ballroom)

Doors open at 6:30pm. Free street parking or at adjacent lots starting at only $3.

7-8pm: Beginner-friendly blues dance lesson with Felicia Bode & Ari Hausman-Cohen

8-Midnight dance party with live music from the band and DJ'ed band breaks by Felicia

Admission:
$15 - class only
$20 - dance only
$35 - class and dance
($5 off with valid student ID)
Cash, credit cards, and VenMo accepted.

The dance is indoors with no restrictions; vaccine and mask optional. Please stay home if you feel unwell! Be safe, have fun! We cannot wait to see you all and celebrate blues at the Merc!

Holy Tango in the Sistine Chapel!

Once a month, a diverse community of people get together to share their love of tango and blues dancing and music.

What is a Hot Night?

The Hot Night is Caryn Carrrasco’s idea, our founder.  As a lifelong dancer in many styles, she wanted a place where people could just dance and focus on innovation rather than moves that are “officially” part of a particular dance.

What is Fusion?

What is Fusion? Fusion /ˈfyo͞oZHən/ Noun: The process or result of joining two or more things together to form a single entity. Is it relates to dance, fusion could most easily be summed up as follows: What happens when you take multiple dance influences and dance them to music that isn’t necessarily the “traditional” choice for those movements. Doing a Baleo in Blues Dance is fusion, an open position transition in Tango is Fusion.

For Beginning Dancers:

This is a great way to try more than one dance in a night and see what you like.  Find music that makes you want to dance.  Find a bridge from what you listen to, to the music that grew up with the dances.

Dance with people who are laid-back and not hung up on what dance you “should” do to music.  This is a chance to dance as you as possible and have a great time doing it.

For Advanced Dancers:

Come to Hot Night and stretch your dancing muscles.  Do Volcada with a Blues dancer, send a tango dancer into open.  Try a dance and music that is outside your same-old, same-old set of moves.  Then, when you feel it, pop back into your comfort zone and surprise the person you’re dancing with.  Hot Nights are a great way to bust that dance rut you’ve been getting into.