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The Summertown Speakeasy October 2024 presents The Dark Academia Swing Ball and is the Big Saturday Dance Night Out.Featuring live music through the evening from Malcolm Earle-Smith & His Jazz Swing Band.
The Summertown Speakeasy
The Cherwell School (NORTH site)
Marston Ferry Road,
Oxford,
OX2 7EE.
Entry is £18 for Summertown Members and £22 for Non-Members. We accept cash and contactless forms of payment.
Reserve your tickets on our website
https://swingdancesummertown.co.uk/event/the-dark-academia-swing-ball-at-the-summertown-speakeasy-19-10-2024/
The Speakeasy is Oxford’s newest regular Swing Dance Social dance night. This month we send a call throughout the nation for all Wizards and Witches of Dark Academia to don their finest robes and celebrate the approaching season with us in Oxford on the 3rd Saturday in the month.
The Summertown Speakeasy will open it's doors for a night of music, swing dancing, glamour and intrigue.
Join us on Saturday 19th October for music and dancing as we open the doors to our ballroom. As you enter you will see the stage to your right and a dance floor in front of you. Then to your left you will find a raised platform with a seated area. It is set out in a cafe style layout with refreshments to help yourself.
Our inspiration has been the great ballrooms of the Jazz Age. Consequently we have tried to recapture a bit of vintage glamour and create a dance night for Lindy hoppers and other swing style dancers.
Our aim is that it will be somewhere you want to come back to again and again.
We have a car park for exclusive use by our dancers which has room for 76 cars and is free to use. We do have plans what to do if we fill the car park up but certainly initially we think we have everyone covered. As long as you avoid the centre of town and reach us via the ring road, you should also avoid the various traffic reducing measures in place in Oxford.
How to find us
If you approach along Marston Ferry Road from Headington & Marston. Head towards the Banbury Road junction, the turning is on the right just before you reach the junction.
If you approach from Banbury Road. Take the turning for Marston Ferry Road and the entrance will be a left turn into the school. It’s about 0.2 miles so keep an eye out for the turning.
Problems with Sat-Nav
Apparently, there is an issue using the postcode with Sat Nav that directs you wrongly. This is due to a shared postcode. If you are using Sat Nav please ensure you enter “Cherwell School NORTH Site” on Marston Ferry Road.
Please note. If you attend our weekly Wednesday night classes, you are going to the other site on the opposite side of the road. The Summertown Speakeasy is at the North Site, not the South Site. If you go to the South site you will be on the wrong side of the road. Hopefully that wont be too confusing for everyone. We will make plenty of announcements at class to hopefully remind everyone.
You can also find exactly where we are by searching for "The Summertown Speakeasy" on Google Maps.
If you use What3Words the address is ///decks.bride.clues.
You can purchase membership for £30 per year. All members receive a discount on all our events. If you were planning to make this a regular event in your calendar then membership will save you money. Your membership card also entitles you to reduced admission for any of our dance classes (Currently on a Wednesday night) and any of our other events.
For events where spaces are limited, such as our Blenheim Palace social dances, we also provide preferential access to members, so there is more to enjoy from Membership than just one event. Membership can be purchased at any time in the calendar and runs from the start of the term you purchase it to the start of the corresponding term the following year.
You can find more details about the Summertown Speakeasy on our dedicated event page. https://swingdancesummertown.co.uk/event/the-dark-academia-swing-ball-at-the-summertown-speakeasy-19-10-2024/
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Summertown Speakeasy, The Cherwell School North Site, Marston Ferry Road, Oxford, OX2 7EE., United Kingdom
