The Summertown Speakeasy September 28/09/2024
Featuring Miss Lily Lovejoy singing live
Saturday September 28th 2024 from 8:00pm to 11:00pm
The Cherwell School North Site, Marston Ferry Road, Oxford, OX2 7EE
Entrance – Members £8 – Non-Members £12
The Summertown Speakeasy September 28/09/2024 returns after Summer Break but also moves to the fourth Saturday in the month. This is a change from our regular third Saturday. The reason is that the week before is the Fast Feet Festival and we didn’t want to create a clash or conflict in everyone’s diary. This is particularly true as the Fast Feet Festival is only happening across the road.
For those new to the Speakeasy, it is Oxford’s newest regular Swing Dance Social dance night and rapidly becoming the most popular of all. Join us on Saturday 28th September for music, dancing and a night of intrigue as we open the doors to our Art Deco Ballroom once more. We look forward to welcoming you for a great night out. The nights are drawing in closer and the new season is upon us. In response we are raising the bar once again to provide you with a night of dancing you will not want to miss. We invite you to join us and fill our large dance floor to bust your best moves for The Big Saturday Night Out. Tell your friends, plan your outfits and make your way to Oxford.
Miss Lily Lovejoy singing live at The Summertown Speakeasy
Miss Lily Lovejoy oozes elegance and sophistication. She is a fun-loving, flirtatious, sassy vintage vocalist and entertainer. Lily is fast becoming a favoured choice for venues and organisers of swing dance and vintage events. She regularly performs at the renowned “Officer’s Mess” cocktail bar in Stratford-Upon- Avon and has appeared at highly respected Jazz clubs in London. Her amazing vocal range and cool dulcet tones gives much loved jazz classics a perfect delivery, often placing her own slant on some favourites.
Lily has accompanied many of the UK’s big bands in large venue events filling the dance floor. She joins us at The Summertown Speakeasy for our first live event performance. Expect to hear a catalogue of Jazz Swing dance tunes from the likes of Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday among others.
About the Summertown Speakeasy September 28/09/2024
As you enter you will see the stage to your right and a dance floor in front of you. Then to your left you will find a raised platform with a seated area. It is set out in a cafe style layout with refreshments. All the refreshments are included in you entry price so please do help yourself.
We do not carry a liquor license and so we do not include any alcoholic beverages in the cafe. Tea, coffee, and soft drinks are all included in your entry price. You are also free to bring any other refreshments you wish or to have hot food delivered.
Claim your table from the many that are laid out. There is room to leave your coat and hat whilst you take in the view.
In front of you is our dance floor and around the edge you will see our Art Deco lights that we had specially made, to give the place a distinctive look and feel. At the front on the stage is a giant projector screen which shows a non stop display of out Art Deco designs interspersed with classic Lindy Hop dance routines. We have really put the effort in to make you feel special and we hope that it will make you want to head to the dance floor for a night of dancing you will fondly remember.
We can’t wait to welcome you back, as well as entice a few new faces visiting us for the first time. Our car park is for exclusive use by our dancers which has room for 76 cars and is free to use. There is contingency with a second car park if we fill that, so we think we have everyone covered. As long as you avoid the centre of town and reach us via the ring road, you should also avoid the various traffic reducing measures in place in Oxford.
Dig out your Saturday night party outfits and join us for the big dance night out.
How to find us
If you approach along Marston Ferry Road from Headington & Marston. Head towards the Banbury Road junction, the turning is on the right just before you reach the junction.
If you approach from Banbury Road. Take the turning for Marston Ferry Road and the entrance will be a left turn into the school. It’s about 0.2 miles so keep an eye out for the turning.
Problems with Sat-Nav
Apparently, there is an issue using the postcode with Sat Nav that directs you wrongly. This is due to a shared postcode. If you are using Sat Nav please ensure you enter “Cherwell School NORTH Site” on Marston Ferry Road.
Please note. If you attend our weekly Wednesday night classes, you are going to the other site on the opposite side of the road. The Summertown Speakeasy is at the North Site, not the South Site. If you go to the South site you will be on the wrong side of the road. Hopefully that wont be too confusing for everyone. We will make plenty of announcements at class to hopefully remind everyone.
Maps to help you find Summertown Speakeasy September 28/09/2024 2024
You can also find exactly where we are by searching for Summertown Speakeasy on Google Maps.
If you use What3Words the address is ///leap.eggs.scope.
Summertown Speakeasy September 2024 Entrance & Membership
Entrance is £8 for Swing Dance Summertown Members and £12 for Non-Members. You can purchase Membership for £30 per year. If you were planning to make this a regular event in your calendar then membership will save you money. Your membership card also entitles you to reduced admission for any of our dance classes (Currently on a Wednesday night) and any of our other events.
For events where spaces are limited, such as our Blenheim Palace social dances, we also provide preferential access to Members. Therefore there is more to enjoy from Membership than just one event. Membership can be purchased at any time in the calendar and runs from the start of the term you purchase it to the start of the corresponding term the following year.
You can find more details about the Summertown Speakeasy on our dedicated event page.
