U May Swing 2026
Registration opens February 1:th
The beautiful city of Umeå once again invites you to U May Swing the 15 of May – 17th of May, a weekend packed with dance classes, fantastic music, unique personal meetings, and shows! U May Swing 2026 will host Lindy hop classes and open level tasters with international and local instructors at convenient walking distance within central Umeå. The weekend will kick off on Friday night with a taster class followed by a welcome party with DJ-music. Saturday night you can dance to the amazing swing band Gentlemen and Gangsters live at Umeå Folkets Hus. A cozy tea dance on Sunday afternoon will wrap up the intense weekend at Ordenshuset with fika, a small flea market clothing shop and more great music!
Classes will start approximately at 18:00 on Friday and end at 16:00 on Sunday.
Link to the Facebook-event: https://fb.me/e/6eu7A95Mn
Pricing
Weekend Package – Ordinary Bird: 2000 SEK ( Green track: 1850kr ), Late Bird: 2200 SEK (May 1:th)
- 6 hours of Lindy Hop, 1 hour of solo jazz for each track (Green, Yellow, Blue or Red)
- Tasters
- All parties/social dances. (Friday, Saturday and Sunday)
- Register here
Party Pass: 650 SEK
- All parties/social dances. (Friday, Saturday and Sunday)
- Includes tasters
- Register here
Party Entrance Fees
- Friday: Folkets Hus social dance – 200 SEK
- Saturday: Folkets Hus Gentlemen and Gangsters – 350 SEK
- Sunday: Ordenshuset tea dance – Free: Only for Course Participants and Party Pass holders
Tracks
Photo: Mikael Stiernstedt
mikael.st@gmail.com
Green/Grön
You are rather new to the dance and probably danced less than a year. You know the basic moves like swing out and circle and have danced socially a few times. Dancing to higher tempos can still feel a bit challenging – but you are starting to discover the beauty of lindy hop. At this level we continue to practice and refine the fundamental figures,and explore new steps and techniques.
Yellow/Gul
At this level you are starting to feel more comfortable in your dance, even in slightly faster tempos. You can easily mix different types of figures and footwork and have started to think more about musicality, trying to adapt your dance to the music. You are not afraid of challenges with new figures and techniques.
Blue/Blå
At this point you have danced regularly for several years and have probably been attending several different dance events. You adapt your dance to the music, vary your footwork, dance at higher tempos and add styling and variations to your dance. At this level basic figures, such as swing outs, feel effortless even at higher tempos. This is a level that you can stick around on for a while.
RED/Röd
This is the advanced level and requires a bit more from you as a participant. Perhaps you are a dance teacher yourself at your local scene and are not afraid of a challenge and to push yourself. It is not just about moves and figures anymore – it is more about variations and different rhythms doing them. Hence, the basic techniques should rest on a solid foundation.
Register here/Registrera dig här
(Note that there is no audition for the highest level)
Instructors
Hanna & Mattias Lundmark
Mattias and Hanna are highly appreciated for their fast, energetic Lindy Hop and explosive acrobatics, but also for their fun and warm personalities. They have their own unique dance style that consists of a solid foundation of original dance roots mixed with modern influences. They are the driving forces behind the dance collective Kalabalindy, which spreads Lindy Hop to children and young people.
They were members of The Rhythm Hot Shots, which later became Harlem Hot Shots, until 2007. With Mattias and Hanna, you will be challenged and inspired, and every part of the dance lesson is filled with their guiding principles: joy, freedom, and community.
Gustav och Laia
Band
Gentlemen and Gangsters
Gentlemen & Gangsters play traditional New Orleans hot jazz with a touch of swing. Focusing on authenticity in content and delivery, as well as a solid, driving rhythm, the group strive to play music that moves you and that stays true to the style of jazz giants such as Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Muggsy Spanier, Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington, etc. Playing mainly for the lindy hop community, they perform all over Europe on a regular basis and dancers from all over the world have praised them for their energy, presence, and sensitivity to what matters to a dancing audience. The Gentlemen & Gangsters play jazz music as it was meant to be played: with the flair and sophistication of true gentlemen, yet with the grittiness and brute force of hardened gangsters.
More info about the band:
http://www.gentlemenandgangsters.com
https://www.facebook.com/GentlemenGangsters
Tasters
To be announced
Clothing Flea Market
There will be a flea market for clothes at the Saturday Folkets Hus social dance and the Ordenshuset Tea dance on Sunday were participants go if they wish sell some garments and/or buy new ones!
Instructions for the Flea Market on Saturday and Sunday
On Saturday the flea market will take place in the room outside the Studio at the Folkets Hus where tables and clothing racks are available from the morning. Sellers are responsible for marking the clothes with name tags. Tags are available on-site. Afterward, write your name on the nearby sellers list along with contact/payment details (For example, phone number for SWISH). It is suggested turn your clothing in on Saturday morning for those who intend to sell.
If you want to buy clothes, check the name tag of the item that you are interested in and use the contact details on the sellers list to pay the seller.
On Sunday the flea market will be in Ordenshuset and start just before the social dance.
Clothes that have not been bought or reclaimed by sellers after the soical dance on Sunday will be donated to charity.
Contact info@swingum.se if you have further questions.
Schedule
To be announced