Swing outside the box
Three full passes with classes, tasters and all three parties, plus party only options. Register early and save up to 20€.
Registration opens on November 11, 2026. Until December 30, 2026 all passes with classes are at the early bird price: from December 31 the full price applies.
The complete pass, for those who want the whole festival: Lindy Hop and Solo Jazz classes at your level, tasters and all the parties.
For those who want to focus on Lindy Hop: classes with the teachers in the lineup, tasters and all the parties.
For those who love dancing solo to jazz music: Solo Jazz classes at your level, tasters and all the parties.
4 one hour classes chosen from 7 options of Lindy Hop or Solo Jazz classes, each focused on a specific theme and taught by the teachers in our lineup. The description and level of each class will be published later.
* Only available with a Full Pass, Lindy Pass or Jazz Pass. It cannot be added to a Party Pass.
Garage Hoppers APS membership, valid for 2027.
The most social contest of the festival: leaders and followers are paired at random and dance to songs they don't know in advance. No choreography, just improvisation, connection and musicality. In the prelims everyone is judged individually; in the finals you draw a new partner.
Open to everyone, especially those competing for the first time or who have never reached the finals of a national or international competition.
For those who compete regularly at national or international level and have already reached a final.
Sign up by choosing the Open or Advanced level.
Each Lindy Hop level will have classes with all the teachers in the lineup. Tasters are also open to Party Pass holders.
These descriptions are a guide: you don't need to match every detail. We decide the final class together with you, through the questionnaire (see below).
For those who have been dancing for at least 6 months, know the basics, move naturally between 6 count and 8 count patterns, know moves like swing out, circle and frankie six and go to the social dances of their local scene.
For those who regularly go to social dances in their local scene, have solid fundamentals and feel comfortable at medium and slow tempos, attend workshops and festivals now and then, and want to work on rhythm, technique, connection and musicality, starting to add rhythmic and stylistic variations.
For those who are comfortable with both slow and fast tempos, naturally add rhythmic and stylistic variations, never miss a social dance in their local scene, attend at least 1 or 2 international festivals a year and love focusing on technique and connection.
For those who teach in their local scene, place well in the competitions they enter and know the international community.
Ideal for those who know the basic vocabulary and simple routines (Shim Sham, Tranky Doo, Susie Q, Fall Off the Log) and want to improve rhythm, musicality and coordination and develop a personal style.
For those who master the most famous routines (Big Apple, Mama Stew, Trickeration, Shim Sham with variations, Tranky Doo), have solid technique and good body awareness, and work on improvisation, dynamics, very fast and very slow tempos.
For those who teach or perform Solo Jazz, enter competitions, improvise confidently at any tempo and are looking for challenging material on musicality, texture and personal style.
At the Garage Hoppers Festival there will be no auditions.
Instead, the registration form includes a short questionnaire about your dance experience. The goal is not to find out who dances better or worse, but to build balanced classes, so that everyone can learn while having fun.
That's why your level is not confirmed when you register. Your class will be confirmed shortly before the festival starts, once we have all the registrations and can be sure the groups are well balanced.
