Contests

At Stormy Weather, we value contests as a way for dancers to showcase their art, to inspire each other with innovative ideas, and to continually push the art form forward.

Along with the usual timing, teamwork, and musicality, our judges are looking for dancing that shows us something new. We look forward to seeing what YOU bring to the world of jazz dance!

  • This contest is for dancers who do not regularly teach swing dance and have not made finals at a major swing dance event.

    Register as an individual leader or follower. Contestants will dance with multiple randomized partners in prelims and will be judged as individuals.

    In finals, dancers will be randomly paired and judged as a couple. Finals are jam style (warm up all-skate, full chorus out, half chorus out, final all-skate) and will be to live music at ~140bpm.

    Entry Fee: $15

  • Open to all levels. However, if you are new to contests, we recommend joining the Amateur Lindy Social contest.

    Register as an individual leader or follower. Contestants will dance with multiple randomized partners in prelims and will be judged as individuals.

    In finals, dancers will be randomly paired and judged as a couple. Finals are jam style (warm up all-skate, full chorus out, half chorus out, final all-skate) and will be to live music at ~180bpm.


    Entry Fee: $15

  • Open to all levels. Register as a couple.

    Finals will be a seeded, tournament style battle to live music at ~220 bpm.

    Entry Fee: $30/couple

  • Open to all levels. This is a solo dance contest.

    Finals will be a seeded, tournament style battle to live Swing music around ~190bpm.

    Entry Fee: $15

  • Open to all levels. Register as a couple. This is a role switching contest, so be prepared to switch lead and follow multiple times during the contest.

    Finals are jam style (warm up all-skate, full chorus out, half chorus out, final all-skate) and will be to live music at ~160bpm.

    Entry Fee: $30/couple

  • We’re honored to carry on this contest tradition from its first home at Montreal Swing Riot, to its second home at Lindy Bout, and now its third home at Stormy Weather.

    Open to all levels. This is a solo dance contest.

    Be prepared to dance to a variety of Swing adjacent musical styles with varying tempos.

    Finals will be to DJed music. Dancers will dance together, all-skate style, to four different songs for ~60sec each.

    Entry Fee: $15