The Swinging Montpellier Festival is…
Masterclasses & initiations
2 days (Saturday and Sunday) of Lindy Hop and Solo Jazz masterclasses with exceptional international Lindy hop and jazz roots dancers: Korantema Anyimadu (UK), Stephen Atemie (UK), Angela Andrew (UK), Bianca Locatelli (Italy), Nils Andrén (Sweden), Josette Wiggan (USA), Claudia Jonte (Spain), Coleen Avril(France), Felipe Braga (Brazil), Marion Quesne (France), Sylvain Guiheneuc (France) and Rémy Kouakou Kouamé (France).
And every day from Thursday to Sunday at 5:30pm, free initiations…
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 evenings & concerts
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.