Recap of the 2025 edition
The 2025 festival photo gallery
Photo credits: Thierry Plétan, Mathis Brachet, Philippe Nguyen
The 2025 Lineup
The Dancers – Lindy Hop & Solo Jazz
The 2025 Lineup
The Musicians – Swing & Jazz Band
The Swinging Montpellier Festival is…
MASTERCLASS
2 days (Saturday and Sunday) of Lindy Hop and Solo Jazz masterclasses with exceptional dancers. Past festival performers include: Bianca & Nils, Frida & Skye, Pamela & Tadas, Moe & Vincenzo, Leti & César, Helena Kanini Kiiru, Rémy Kouakou Kouamé, Josette Wiggan, Tyedric Hill, Fatima Teffahi, Felipe Braga, Marie N’diaye, Felix Berghäll, Alice Mei…
Competitions
Two flagship competitions:
The Choreographic Competition (Friday evening) invites dancers to create a two-minute choreography to a piece by a jazz icon such as Ella Fitzgerald in 2025 or Count Basie in 2024.
This year, Duke Ellington’s repertoire will be featured…
The Jazz vs All Styles Battle (Sunday evening), which pits jazz dancers against dancers from other styles (such as Hip Hop, for example) in an improvised showdown to jazz and pop music tracks carefully selected by a DJ.
Free Parties
4 free parties from Thursday to Sunday evening (swing dances under the stars) and 2 after-parties (Friday and Saturday evening) feature internationally renowned orchestras (the Carolina Reapers Swing, the Hot Swing Sextet, the Swing Up Orchestra…).
The after-parties are held at the Jost Hotel and are hosted by a DJ.