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Here are some of our local dances/venues.  They each have their own website that you can visit to find out more information.  If you have any questions or suggestions please contact our dance organizers.
 
1st/3rd Sundays
Chicken Swing  ChickenSwing.com
Chicken Swing
Location:
CMU - Andy's/Rangos (Directions)
Neighborhood: Oakland
Address:
5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA  15213

Days: 1st/3rd Sundays
Time: Lesson 6pm / Dance 7pm-10pm
Cost: FREE ($3 Suggested Donation)

Organizers:
Moon & Jeff / 412-310-7359
Discussion: Chicken Swing Thread
  Chicken Swing @ Andy's (CMU)
 
 2nd/4th Sundays
Coal Country Traditions
 CoalCountry.org
Edgewood Swing Dance (aka Coal Country Traditions or CCT)
Location:
Edgewood Club (Directions)
Neighborhood: near Regent Square
Address:
1 Pennwood Ave, Edgewood, PA  15218

Days: 2nd/4th Sundays
Time: Lesson 7pm / Dance 8pm-10:30pm
Cost: $9 ($6 for students with valid ID)

Organizer:
Lisa T. / 412-421-1767
Discussion: Edgewood Thread
  Edgewood Club
 
 Saturdays
Swing City
 SwingPGH.com
Swing City
Location:
Wightman School Community Building (Directions)
Neighborhood: Squirrel Hill
Address:
5604 Solway Street, Pittsburgh, PA  15217

Days: Every Saturday
Time: Lesson 8pm / Dance 9pm-midnight
Cost: $10 DJ Nights / $12 Band Nights

Organizer:
Bobby D. / 412-759-1569
Discussion: Swing City Thread
 
 
 2nd Fridays
Pittsburgh Blues
 BurghBlues.com
Pittsburgh Blues
Location: Wightman School Community Building (Directions)
Neighborhood: Squirrel Hill
Address: 5604 Solway Street, Pittsburgh, PA  15217


Days: "
After Hours" Blues - 2nd Saturday
Time: midnight-2am
Cost: $3 Suggested Donation

Days: Live Band Blues - 2nd Friday
Time: Lesson 9pm / Dance 10pm-1am
Cost: $8

Organizers:
Ed M, Lisa M, Jeff J, Matt J and Julie B. / 412-956-6747
Discussion: Pittsburgh Blues Thread
   
 
 Thursdays/4th Fridays
West Coast Swing
 PGHWCS.com
West Coast Swing
Location: Absolute Ballroom (Directions)
Neighborhood: Point Breeze
Address: 6617 Hamilton Ave, Pittsburgh, PA  15206  (near intersection with 5th Ave)

Days: Every Tuesday - Lessons and Social Dance
Time: Dance 8:00-10:30pm | Advanced Lesson 7:00-7:45pm | Beginner/Intermediate Lesson 7:45-8:30pm
Cost: $10 (Student Discount: $5)

Days: 1st Friday of each month - Dance Party
Time: Dance 9:00-11:30pm | Introductory Lesson 8:00-9:00pm
Cost: $10 (Student Discount: $5)

Organizer:
Brad and Sarah Wheeler, Aaron Batista
Discussion:
West Coast Swing Thread
   
 
1st/3rd Fridays
Steel Town Stomp
 STS Facebook Group
Steel Town Stomp
Location: Pittsburgh Center for the Arts (Directions)
Neighborhood: Squirrel Hill
Address: 6300 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA  25232


Days: 1st/3rd Friday
Time: Lessons 8-9pm / Dance 9pm-midnight

Organizer:
Zachary Weenig
Discussion:
Steel Town Stomp Thread
   
 
Directions to Dance Locations

Edgewood Club Directions
Coal Country Traditions

Near Regent's Square:
1 Pennwood Ave, Edgewood PA,  15218

From Parkway East (Rt. 376):
Take the Edgewood/Swissvale exit toward Greendale Avenue.  Turn Right on Race Street and follow to Pennwood.  Turn Right on Pennwood.  You will see the Edgewood Club straight ahead on the right side of the street.


Absolute Ballroom Directions
West Coast Swing

In the Point Breeze neighborhood:
6617 Hamilton Ave, Pittsburgh, PA  15206  (on Hamilton Ave. near the corner of 5th Ave.)  

From Oakland/Squirrel Hill/Shadyside/Downtown:
Take 5th Avenue. After the intersection with Penn Avenue, continue about 1/4 mile, and turn left on Hamilton Av. The ballroom is on the right. Street parking nearby is readily available.

Public Transportation:
The 71D bus line stops at the corner of 5th and Hamilton. You can pick up the 71D on 5th Avenue in Oakland/Shadyside/ Downtown. Schedule and route at www.portauthority.org


Wightman School Community Building Directions
Swing City / Coal Country Traditions Series Lessons

In the Squirrel Hill neighborhood:
5604 Solway Street, Pittsburgh PA, 15217

From Parkway East (Rt. 376):
Take the Squirrel Hill Exit and turn left off the exit following the sign to Squirrel Hill.  In one block, you will be at a 5-way intersection, bear left up the hill (the "shallow left") to stay on Murray Avenue.  Continue on Murray Avenue. One block before it ends make a Left on Solway St.  The school is in the 2nd block on the left.


Wilkins School and Community Center Directions
(No regularly scheduled dances at this time)

Corner of Charleston and South Braddock Ave. in Regent Square:
7604 Charleston Ave, Pittsburgh, PA  15218 

From Oakland/Squirrel Hill:
Take Forbes Ave. to the intersection of South Braddock, about one mile past downtown Squirrel Hill.  Turn right on S. Braddock.  Go about 1/2 mile and turn right onto West Hutchinson in downtown Regent Square.  Turn left onto Milton and go two blocks to Charleston.

From I-376 (downtown Pittsburgh or Monroeville):
Leave I-376 at the Edgewood/Swissvale exit.  Follow the signs onto Braddock Ave going north.  Go up the hill into downtown Regent Square and take a left onto West Hutchinson.  Take a left onto Milton, then go two blocks to Charleston.


CMU - Andy's/Rangos Directions
Chicken Swing

In the Oakland/Shadyside neighborhood:
5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA  15213

From Parkway East (Rt. 376):
Take the Squirrel Hill Exit and stay on Murray Avenue.  Continue on Murray Avenue to Forbes Avenue and turn Left.  Continue on Forbes Avenue to Beeler Street.  After you pass Beeler Street you will see a big parking garage on your left.  Keep going until you get to the main entrance of the parking garage, take a ticket, and park.  The parking garage is free on Sunday.  After you park in the garage walk back out the way you drove in.  Once you're outside turn left and go down the stairs and walk past the narrow end of the track.  The first building you run into will be the one you want (it has big glass doors and a rounded entranceway).  Go inside and down one floor to the basement.  Head straight down the hall and it opens right up into Andy's.

Rangos is located in the same building as Andy's but it is on the 2nd floor.


St. Andrew's Lutheran Church Directions
Coal Country Traditions Series Lessons

In the Oakland/Shadyside neighborhood:
304 Morewood Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA  15213

From Parkway East (Rt. 376):
Take the Squirrel Hill Exit and stay on Murray Avenue. Continue on Murray Avenue to Forbes Avenue and turn Left.  Continue on Forbes Avenue to Morewood Avenue and turn Right.  Continue on Morewood to Center Avenue.  The Church is on the left hand side on the corner of Morewood and Center.


Pittsubrgh Center for the Arts Directions
Steel Town Stomp

Directions will be added soon.
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