Meetups + Around Town

You are invited to the Summer Swing Fest 2026 clothing swap! 👚

📆 Friday, August 14

🕓 4pm-6pm (before Friday social dance)

📍 Guild of the Vale

✨ How it works:

1. 💃 Have clothes, shoes, or accessories you’ve been meaning to donate? Feel free to bring them to find a new home with a fellow dancer!

2. 👗 Try on clothes and socialize with other dancers! You DO NOT need to bring items in order to participate - feel free to just show up and hang out!

3. 🖼️ Engage in various other activities (i.e. coloring, snacks, games, etc.)

4. ❤️ All clothes that are not swapped will be donated after the meetup.

** Please note all Summer Swing Fest sponsored meetups are intended for attendees only and are NOT open to the public. 

You will be asked to check in or show your wristband at the front. 

If you’d like to inquire about a guest, please email summerswingfest@gmail.com

Thank you for your cooperation and see you there! **

You are invited to the Summer Swing Fest 2026 Coffee and Chats! 👚

📆 Saturday, August 15

🕓 5:30pm-7:30pm (before Saturday social dance)

📍 Jarrod’s Coffee (up the road from Guild)

✨ How it works:

1. ☕️ Grab a coffee, tea, or pastry at one of Mesa’s classic coffee spots.

2. 💻 Join the group in the reserved room 

3. ♟️ 🎵 Play games, discuss music, socialize.

4. 🫖 This event is open to all attendees!

📆 Sunday, August 16

🕓 4:00pm-6:00pm (before Sunday social dance)

📍 Guild of the Vale

✨ How it works:

POC Kickback is a welcoming space for people of color (“POC”) to connect, build community, and share their experiences in a relaxed environment. 

Whether you'd like engage in deeper conversations or simply unwind with board games or other activities, there's something for everyone. 

Feel free to bring your favorite games to share!

NOTE: This meetup is intended specifically for people of color. If you do not identify as a person of color, we kindly ask that you not attend this gathering.

This space is intentionally set aside for people of color to connect, build community, and discuss experiences that are unique to navigating the swing dance community.

There are many other wonderful meetups happening throughout the weekend, and we encourage you to join those! See website for more details.

Thank you for your understanding, support, and for helping us preserve this space for its intended purpose.

For the possible harder conversations we have 1 rule:

1) This space requires active listening, we are there to validate the experiences of those around you, if you do have questions they are questions of how to support and understand the persons’ perspective better. We are interrogated constantly in the outside world and this is not the space to do that.

If this rule is not abided by, the facilitators will kindly ask you to leave the space in order to maintain the sacredness of people sharing their emotions.

If anyone has questions, please contact Camille Smith via email cbsmith538@gmail.com or Ursula Hicks (MC)