Blue Mondays are proud to present an evening of blues dancing to the tunes of Kosta Burgess!

Kosta is a favourite of our blue scene, playing regularly for us at weekend events across the years, so we’re absolutely thrilled that he’s in town to join us for a summertime Saturday evening special.

An acoustic blues and folk musician from Bristol, Kosta draws inspiration from Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins and early Bob Dylan. If you haven’t heard him play before, you're in for a treat!

Between Kosta's sets, we’ll be hearing a variety of blues tunes from some of our community’s brilliant DJs.

New to blues dance? Great! We’re running a beginner-friendly blues dance taster class an hour before the music starts - learn the basics of blues dancing and then join us on the dancefloor in the evening! (taster class included in your ticket)

If you want a headstart, head to one (or more!) of our regular classes on Monday evenings at Small Bar (Next beginner's class, 1st June: https://hdfst.uk/e155190)

Not a dancer? Also great! We’d love to have you - you’re very welcome to come and watch Kosta do his thing (with bonus live dance accompaniment!)

THE DETAILS

We'll be in the Hideout, a gorgeous room located in The Greenhouse, Hereford Street, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 4NA (WhatThreeWords: ///handy.after.rice)

This event is BYO; please bring your own drinks and cups. There will be a water tap available for refills, but limited cups, so please bring your own water bottle/cups.

The taster class starts at 7:30pm, and live music starts at 9pm.

ACCESSIBILITY

The space has a wheelchair accessible entrance, and bathrooms that are level but not fully adapted for wheelchair accessibility.

If you have other access needs that you’d like to chat to us about, please message us via our Facebook or Instagram page, or send us an email at [email protected].

PAY WHAT YOU CAN

We want everyone to be able to come and dance with us, regardless of finances. That's why we run on a full sliding scale. Feeling flush? Chip in a little extra. Skint? Cool, come dance with us anyway - we have low income and pay-what-you-can options available, with no minimum.

ABOUT BLUE MONDAYS

We're a community of dancers in Bristol who meet every Monday for a blues dance class followed by a couple of hours of social dancing. Blues is a great way to get into partner dancing - with a gentle learning curve and de-gendered teaching, we make sure there is space for everyone. With a focus on connection and improvisation over very complex sequences of steps, we guarantee that by the end of your first session you'll be grooving to some great tunes on the social floor!

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