Joel Astley & Friends

Join us for Dancing til Dusk 2023, 14 summer evenings of free music, dance lessons and dancing in downtown Seattle parks! 1st hour is a beginning dance lesson, no partner necessary. Joel Astley & Friends | Blues Freeway Park, 6–9pm Since forming his first band in 2014, Joel Astley has performed all around The Pacific Northwest. and has been recognized by the Washington Blues Society with honors including Best Blues Harmonica (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021), Best Male Vocalist (2019, 2021), Best Songwriter (2020, 2021), He earned his reputation as a Frontman and bandleader while performing with Northwest bands including Tacoma-based T-town Aces and Seattle-based High Note Group. facebook.com/joelastleymusic/ Beginning Blues lesson with John Lozano / www.fluidandformless.com If John can learn to dance, then so can you! John began dancing around Detroit in 1997 while still in high school. He started with little skill and was regularly told “you're not actually leading me to do anything!” Luckily his love for music, interest in meeting people, and desire to figure things out drove him to keep with it. He began with East Coast Swing and Lindy Hop, and dabbled in other dances before finding Blues. He now enters his 20th year of teaching dance. He has taught throughout the U.S. and Canada, and as far away as England, Holland and Argentina. You can find him every Tuesday at Seattle's only weekly Blues dance at the Greenwood Alibi Room.