Need something to look forward to after the dreary January blues? A superb night of glamour, cocktails and sensational Swing music will be sure to get you back on your feet.

The Savoy Ball will recreate the golden era of Swing, when lindy hop and jitterbug were danced feverishly at The Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City.

This fabulous night will feature an amazing 15 piece Swing orchestra, a 9 piece Swing band, and if that’s not enough, a 5 piece band and some of the best DJ’s around!

Not only will you see some amazing dancers in the Cabaret, but will be surrounded by them on the grand hall dance floor, and if you are a dancer, the backdrop of incredible live music will be sure to get you on your feet!

This looks to be one of the most authentic vintage nights out in the Vintage Secret events calendar….book you ticket soon to avoid disapointment.

This event has a great website which will give you more details about the venue, dress code etc

The Grand Hall, Battersea Arts Centre, SW11

8.30pm-2.00am

Book tickets here

In this exclusive new masterclass from the Papered Parlour,  Cassandra Ellis, founder of the Haven Workroom, reveals her best-kept interior design secrets.

Introducing the concept of ‘home’ as a haven, a sanctuary and a place of well being, Cassandra will show you how interior design can ensure a feeling of protection, intimacy and emotional connection with the people and places you love.

Through carefully choosing colours and making a few small changes to layout and light, you’ll learn how to modulate the mood and soothe the senses, developing an awareness of ambience that will allow you to reinvigorate a room with an air of effortless elegance.

By the completion of this masterclass, you’ll be inspired and empowered to make innovative design decisions that will transform your home into a haven.

Cassandra Ellis
Originally from New Zealand, Cassandra Ellis runs her own London based design studio ‘Haven’ . Her beautifully designed bespoke quilts are stocked by leading homeware retailers including Anthropologie and her work has recently been featured in Elle Decoration, Easy Living, Red Magazine and ApartmentTherapy.com.

Our small class sizes ensure personal and in-depth tuition.

12 – 5pm

£115.00 (Includes materials + refreshments

Learn more about the 20th century fashion industry. This comprehensive course covers Chanel and Dior, Post-War Couture, Mary Quant and Swinging London, Biba and the Deco Revival, Punk, Japanese and Street Styles, as well as Vintage, Eco-fashion and contemporary looks.

Tue 1 February 2011 18:30

Purveyors of amazing women’s vintage fashion, Rag & Bow – The Roaming Vintage Store – are opening a pop-up shop for one day only, bringing along their handpicked pieces dating from the 1950s–1980s, including a £5–10 sale rail.

Rag & Bow always pull out all the stops and their magic vintage wonderland is well worth a visit.

Rag & Bow Pop-up Shop
Saturday 5 February
12–5pm

Paradise by The Way Of Kensal Green

19 Kilburn Lane
London W10 4AE

Nearest Tube: Kensal Green

Ruby Slipper’s Retro Romp is a 3 day celebration of vintage brought to you by Devon’s burlesque funsters Kinky and Quirky.
From Friday 1^st to Sunday 3^rd April 2011, vintage and retro loving folk from the South West and beyond can indulge themselves at this fabulous event being held at The Rainbow Hotel Torquay Devon.

For just £99 per person (based on 2 sharing) lovers of all things retro will get Friday and Saturday’s dinner, bed and breakfast, a 3 day shopping pass, a 2 evening’s entertainment pass and a Sunday cream tea – and an extra £30.00 will get you dinner, b & b and entrance to the final show on Sunday night.

Opening from 11.00am – 4pm each day, visitors can root and rummage, ooh and aaah, try and buy and, get their full quota of retro retailing from a treasure trove of eclectic sellers.

There will be a programme of events throughout each day to try too, so for those that want to learn the Lindy, try a Victory Roll, get some vintage beauty parlour tips, doodle some cabaret life drawings or pose like a pin-up this will be THE place to do it.

After dark will see the red velvet and gold lame Club Rainbow hotting up as hosts Kinky & Quirky sprinkle their brand of fun & frivolity with a bit of sparkle and some fantastic music to make the joint start jumping.

A killer line-up will feature some of the best names on the U.K rockin’, cabaret and burlesque scenes including a hillbilly hoedown from the Bonneville Barons, extreme hula hooping from Pippa the Ripper, the chap- hop king Mr B, The Gentleman Rhymer and the Axe-tastic Anna Fur Laxis.

Full details of this very exciting event are available here – call Sarah Bell 0785 999 6368

Ruby Slipper’s Retro Romp in Torquay is sponsored by Vivien Of Holloway The best of 1940s & 50s reproduction clothing.

“So listen, everybody dress up sweet and sharp. Meet me at the dance at eight. And walk tall!”

For Valentines Day Bo Nanafana celebrates the ultimate love story, only now it’s on the East Side.

The Talk in Norwich plays host once again to the Bo Nanafana Social Club. Get there early for free swing dance lessons from Swing City and enjoy the best in entertainment:

Starring
♡Blue Harlem
♥Katy Prado & The Mamboleros
♡Mooky
♥Surprises

Soundtrack by DJ Lornegerie & Shellac Collective
Directed by Pete Dobbing
Dress: Jets and Sharks
Tickets £15 from www.bonanafana.com or Rock Collection, Lower Goat Lane

Lively, fun friendly retro style jive nighter second and third Tuesday of the month with dj Salome Jackson spinning some of the very best in lively, pounding, pulsating 1940s/50s rhythm n blues, jump jive, boogie woogie, doo wop, blues shouters and more. Plus great live music ranging from boogie woogie/rock n roll piano pounders to rockabilly trios, girl groups,western swing, country boogie and jump jive bands.  Great music, great dancing, great fun at one of North London’s premiere live music venues. A brilliant night out where everyone is welcome.

Live in February Tuesday 8^th Jamie Rowan’s Boogie Lightnin’

Live Tuesday 15^th February The Muleskinners. A debut appearance from the loud,lively hillbilly-boogie trio. Not to be missed.

8pm -12   Entry £5.00 on the door

Jump Jive & Shout The Fiddler’s Elbow  1 Malden Road London NW5 3HS

Chalk Farm Tube, Kentish Town West, Kentish Town Rail Buses 24, 46, 393

As a big fan of the 1950s, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and musicals, I personally am particularly excited about this Vintage Secret announcement. Coming soon to the West End is a spectacular musical, featuring music from the most exciting decade in 20th Century music history. With a song list that will have everyone tapping their feet, there’s bound to be dancing in the aisles!

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the new West End musical that tells the electrifying story of the night in 1956 when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis came together to make music and ended up making history, will star Ben Goddard (Jerry Lee Lewis), Derek Hagen (Johnny Cash), Francesca Jackson (Dyanne), Robert Britton Lyons (Carl Perkins) and Michael Malarkey (Elvis Presley), joining the previously announced Bill Ward (Sam Phillips).

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET features over 20 classic hits including: Blue Suede Shoes, I Walk The Line, Fever, Great Balls of Fire, Hound Dog, Folsom Prison Blues and Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.

MILLLION DOLLAR QUARTET will open at London’s Noël Coward Theatre on 28 February 2011 with previews from 8 February 2011. Tickets are now on sale here

A Most Curious Party has recently relocated to Norwich and is holding the regions first vintage wedding fair on the 16th April in the beautiful surrounds of St Andrews Hall.

With over 50 carefully selected suppliers representing not only the classic, elegant side of vintage but those who deal in the quirky, fun and decadent side of vintage too that ensure you and your groom’s can express your personality on this important day.

There will be hair and make up demonstrations, live bands from barber shop quartets to Beatles Cover Bands and dance demos going on throughout the day.

A most curious party will also be providing a vintage tea room for you to get your breath back and get a sugar hit with delicious cakes served on antique china by 40s and 50s waitresses.

Vist the vintage wedding fair website for more information on exhibitors