Weekend Schedule
November 7 - 9 2025
DANCES
Friday Night Social | Friday, 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM
Band: Tom Richard’s Honey Judges
Location: At Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts
Doors open at 6:15 PM, band starts at 8:00 PM!
Swingin’ With the Fishes | Saturday, 8:00 PM – 10:45 PM
Tuesday Night Big Band
Location: McInnes Room, Dalhousie Student Union Building, 6136 University Ave
Doors open at 6:30 PM with our “Introduction to swing” beginner lesson from 7:00 - 8:00 PM (included with admission).
The Band starts at 8:00 PM with dancing until 10:45 PM!
Blues | Saturday, 11:00 PM - 2:00 AM
Location: King’s Wardroom, 6350 Coburg Rd
$10.00 at the door
Note: The Blues dance is not included in any Shimmy registration packages.
A Soul dance is returning to the Seaside Shimmy menu!
Soul Supper | Sunday, 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Location: The Beaver Den, 6273 Quinpool Rd
Join us for food, drinks and dancing to the grooves of Soul and Motown music!
Friday and Saturday night dances will be DJed between band sets for two nights of continuous dancing!
WORKSHOPS
HEY DANCERS! This year we have TWO TRACKS: Lobsters 🦞 and Lighthouses 💈! Everyone will be looked at to determine which track will suit your dancing needs best. If you are not at the group auditions, you will be placed in whichever track the organizers think is best. Audition times are: 6:30pm Friday and 9:30am Saturday.
NOTE ON LOBSTER TRACK: The Lobster track is suited for dancers who have been dancing at least 6 months, and/or feel comfortable doing both 8 & 6 - count moves without hesitation. This track will break down concepts for ease of learning.
NOTE ON THE CRAB TRACK: The CRAB track is a fast-paced, high-concept track for dancers who have been dancing at least 2-3 years, and/or feel confident in their swingouts and larger repertoire of moves and musicality.
FULL SCHEDULE COMING SOON
Friday 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
EVERYONE - With Meghan and Phil
Location: At Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts
Saturday 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
CRAB 🦀 Workshops will be held in
Dalhousie Student Union Building
LOBSTER 🦞 Workshops will be held in
Dalhousie Student Union Building
With Meghan and Phil
With Anais and Aleix
Saturday 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
With Meghan and Phil
With Anais and Aleix
Saturday 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
EVERYONE - With Anais and Aleix
Saturday 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
With Anais and Aleix
With Meghan and Phil
Sunday 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Stretching for Dancers! With Logan
Sunday 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
With Meghan and Phil
With Anais and Aleix
Sunday 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
With Anais and Aleix
With Meghan and Phil
Sunday 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
With Anais and Aleix
With Meghan and Phil
COMPETITIONS
What is a Mix & Match Competition? Formerly known as Jack & Jill competitions, as invented by swing dance legend Jack Carey in the early 1950s, in this contest dancers rotate to partners randomly drawn. Dancers of all levels are encouraged to enter the Mix & Match (M&M) competition. The focus is on social dancing and improvisation. Leaders and followers are randomly matched and they dance to music they don’t know beforehand. M&M competitions are very popular in the swing dance world and are first and foremost about having fun on the dance floor while spontaneously dancing with a variety of partners. Participants will be judged as individuals in the preliminary round and as a couple in the finals.
There will be two divisions of M&M: Open and Advanced
FINALS will be during the band break at Swingin’ with the Fishes
PRELIMS will be Saturday after the workshops
Be aware this is a Safe Space.