LA Shag Festival 2019

It's time to get excited for the 2nd Annual LA Shag Festival coming April 12th through 14th, 2019 in Burbank, California! Registration is now open so be sure to register soon to guarantee your spot. We have added a new LA Style Lindy track this year with our local LA heroes! Lindy classes will be in the afternoon on Saturday and Sunday while the Shag classes will be in the mornings, so it is possible to take both the Lindy and Shag classes as they don't conflict. We have added more bands, more vendors and more space! This year will be bigger and better because we are taking over the entire Convention Center! Below you will see a brief summary of what we have in store for the weekend. Parties Friday night, April 12th Collegiate Shag Taster class 2 sets of live traditional hot jazz from the California Feetwarmers 2 sets of live traditional hot jazz from the Holy Crow Jazz Band Late night dancing til 4am or later (DJ Patrick O'Brien) Instructor Demo Solo Shag Contest Team Division Contest Saturday night, April 13th Balboa and Boogie Woogie Taster classes 2 sets of live western swing from the Southwest Biscuit Company 2 sets of live jazz and swing from the Candy Jacket Jazz Band Late night dancing til 4am or later (DJ Justin Zillman) Strictly Shag Contest Short Shag Showcase Sunday night, April 14th The Madison and Arthur Murray Shag Routine Taster classes 2 sets of live Doo-Wop from Lil' Mo and the Dynaflos 2 sets of live boogie-woogie from the Carl Sonny Leyland quintet plus Dave Stuckey Late night dancing til 4am or later (DJ Dave Frutos) Open Shagnado Contest Amateur Shagnado Contest Endurance Contest Instructors Stephen Sayer and Chandrae Roettig Dave Frutos and Kim Clever Sailor Mike Mizgalski and Karine Hermes Jeremy Otth and Laura Keat Shawn Carter and Fancy Dougherty Minn Vo and Stefanie Klausmann Justin Zillman Sylvia Skylar Additional Info Pre-party on Thursday night at Joe's Great American Bar and Grill in Burbank with Live music TBA After-party on Monday night at Joe's Great American Bar and Grill in Burbank with Live music TBA Viva Las Vegas is the following weekend (April 18th-21st) in Las Vegas. So if you are coming from overseas, treat yourself right and go to both LA Shag Festival and Viva Las Vegas! Our website will be updated soon with the full schedule of classes, contests and everything. Visit our website LAShagFestival.com to register!