It’s cold outside. Which means Christmas is on its way.

And we reckon London swings like no other city, as demonstrated by the masses of Christmas parties taking place over the next month. So deck yourselves out with your favourite gladrags and get on those dancefloors!

Here’s a list of some of the highlights.

WED 2 DEC – THE JAZZ JOINT
FRI 4 DEC – SWING PATROL WHITE CHRISTMAS @ The Florence
SAT 5 DEC – SWINGLAND’s WINTER SWING BALL feat Graham Hughes & The Sunshine Kings
SAT 5 DEC – NOSEY JOE’S feat The Hep Chaps and The Jive Romeros
SAT 12 DEC – THE HOME FRONT
SAT 12 DEC – SWINGSTERS “BLUES ANGEL”
SAT 12 DEC – LSDS SATURDAY NIGHT SWING CLUB XMAS PARTY
SUN 13 DEC – SWINGSTERS “SPARKLE” feat the Boogie Woogie Braves
WED 16 DEC – JITTERBUGS “BIG SNOW BALL” feat Blue Harlem
THU 17 DEC – SWINGLAND “A-TRAIN” feat KING CANDY & THE SUGARPUSH
FRI 18 DEC – ROCK-A-HULA
SAT 19 DEC – HELLZAPOPPIN
MON 21 DEC – LSDS STOMPIN’ AT THE 100 CLUB XMAS PARTY
TUE 22 DEC – SWINGLAND C-JAM XMAS PARTY
THU 24 DEC – 78RPM at the SOUTHBANK CENTRE (*FREE*)
SUN 27 DEC (tbc) – LSDS SWING ALLEY (*FREE*)
THU 31 DEC – 8th DANCERS’ OWN NEW YEAR’S EVE CHARITY DANCE – [Facebook event page]*
THU 31 DEC – WHITE MISCHIEF “NEW YEAR’S EVE 1910″ at Proud
SAT 2 JAN – JIVE ACES at the SOUTHBANK CENTRE (*FREE*)
SUN 3 JAN – STRICTLY CHRISTMAS BALLROOM (*FREE*)

Please note, these are only some of the special events taking place this festive season, and doesn’t include all the other regular/weekly events taking place. Check out the individual websites for those.

* A mention especially for the 8th Dancers’ Own New Year’s Eve Charity Dance, it’s organised by swing dancers led by Judy Cook. There’s no bar, but DJs wll be swinging from 8pm to 1am at St Michaels & All Angels Church Hall, Turnham Green. For more details check out the Facebook event page, or if you don’t have Facebook, contact us and we’ll forward on their contact details.

In the meantime, every weekend, we publish a list of events on our twitter feed, so check those out. Otherwise, from all of us at SDL, hope you have a swinging festive period and see you on all the dancefloors!