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Friday March 27, 2026

Evening Dance @ Flynn Dance Center Downstairs
$30
8:00 pm - 12 am
Dance
9:00 pm
Keenan McKenzie
11:30 pm
Food Truck
Midnight 
Solo Finals

Late Night @ Flynn Dance Center Downstairs
$10
Midnight - 3 am
 Late night swing dance

Saturday March 28, 2026

Classes @ Flynn Dance Center & Laurel Theater
a la carte options
10:00 - 10:30 am
Level Testing @ Flynn Downstairs
10:40 am - 12:55 pm
Track Classes
Noon - 2 pm
Food Truck @ Flynn
1 - 2 pm
Lunch Talk @ Flynn Kitchen
2:15 - 5:30 pm
Elective Classes

Competition Prelims @ Flynn Dance Center
$10
5:45 pm
Any-Swing Goes Strictly and Partner Shuffle Prelims

Evening Dance @ Flynn Dance Center Downstairs
$40
8:00 pm - Midnight
Dance
9:00 pm
Kennan McKenzie
10:00 pm
Any Swing Goes Strictly Finals
11:00 pm
Open Partner Shuffle Finals
11:30 pm
Food Truck

Late Night @ Flynn Dance Center
$10
12:30 - 3:00 am
Upstairs Swing and Downstairs Vintage R&B Rooms

Sunday March 29, 2026

Classes @ Laurel Theater & BAPA (parking on Lamar St) 
a la carte options
11:00 - 1:10 pm
 Track Classes
noon - 2:00 pm
Food Truck
2:30 - 4:45 pm
 Elective Classes

Dance @ Laurel Theater
$10
5:00 pm
Farewell Dance
Afterparty Get Down @ Maple Hall
$5
7 - 10 pm
Dance to our Hard Knox DJs playing R&B, Soul, Jump, and More!
Not included with Hard Knox admission.
Enter either through the bowling alley on Gay St and come up the stairs behind the alleys, or enter at the back entrance from the parking garage side. The attached garage is paid but street parking and State Street garage is free on Sundays!
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Join us in Knoxville March 27 - March 29, 2026

Dive into a weekend of vintage jazz dancing where the Southeast meets the Midwest to learn, throw down, inspire, grow, work together, and dance your hearts out. We're back for another year of fantastic classes, teachers, music and dancing in the heart of the TN Valley! 
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