As we approach the end of the year, we invite all our class members and anyone over 18 to celebrate with us at Salsa Bristol’s final event before the Christmas break. It is the perfect way to wrap up 2025 with music, movement, and a warm, friendly atmosphere.

A Festive Night of Dance

We will finish our final week of classes with a fun, social evening open to dancers of all levels.
The night begins at 8pm with a beginner-level Rueda class. This is an ideal chance to meet students from other groups, try something new, and enjoy the lively, connected style that makes Rueda such a great party dance.

From 8.45pm until 10pm, the floor opens for social dancing, complete with line-ups, laughter, and plenty of opportunities to practise your moves in a relaxed, festive setting.

If you are currently on our beginners’ course, week eight

We'd like to take the opportunity to welcome a new member to the Salsa Bristol team — Tom Pugh!

Tom joined our beginner's course in the summer of 2022 and quickly impressed us with his eagerness to learn and help. He is fast becoming an excellent dancer and will be getting more involved in assisting Clare and Andy in teaching classes in 2025.

Welcome to the team, Tom!

Our final regular class for 2024 will be held on Monday, 2nd December. The final beginners' class will run as usual, but we'll have a Rueda class at 8pm for all levels, so beginners are welcome to join, followed by social dancing until 10pm.

We then close for a well-earned break over the holidays for when we return in the New Year!

• Monday 2nd December - last classes of the year
• Friday 6th December - last party/social night of the year
• Monday 9th December - closed
• Monday 16th December - closed
• Monday 23rd December - closed
• Monday 30th December 2024 - closed
• Monday 6th January 2025 - closed
• Monday 13th January 2025 - First evening back with new classes & courses

Please keep an eye on the website and Facebook for any updates. Any announcements will also be made via the newsletter.

See our course start dates for 2026.

Our beginner's course starts from the beginning every eight weeks, so you never have to wait too long to join us. However, we will often accept new students up to week three of each course (please let us know so we can give you a quick catch-up lesson beforehand).

Our beginner's course has regularly been close to, or at, capacity since our return from the restrictions, so please book to reserve your place(s). 

Click here to book your place.

Start dates for 2025:

• Monday the 13th of January   
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To see when our next courses start in 2025, click here.

Our beginners' course starts from the beginning every eight weeks, so you never have to wait too long to join us. However, we will often accept new students up to week three of each course (please let us know so we can give you a quick catch-up lesson beforehand).

Our beginners' course has often been close to, or at, capacity since our return from the restrictions, so please book to reserve your place(s). 

Our expected start date for 2025 (at the time of writing) is 13th January 2025.

Click here to book your place.

Start dates for 2024:

• Monday the 8th of January -  
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Our final regular class for 2023 will be held on Monday, 4th December. The end-of-year Christmas class party will take place on Monday, 11th December.

We then close for a well-earned break over the holidays for when we return in the New Year!

• Monday 4th December - last classes of the year
• Friday 8th December - last party/social night of the year
• Monday 11th December - end of year class Christmas Party 
• Monday 18th December - closed
• Monday 25th December - closed
• Monday 1st January 2024 - closed
• Monday 8th January 2024 - First evening back with new classes & courses

Please keep an eye on the website and Facebook for any updates. Any announcements will also be made via the newsletter.

Going to your first Salsa social/party event can be daunting and even a little overwhelming for the uninitiated.

So, here are a few tips on how to survive and get the most out of your first social, along with a few Dos and Don’ts.

Check with your dance school.

Most dance schools will run their own social events, so check with the dance school or club you attend for your classes/lessons. Many of the people you already know from these classes will be attending (or will also want to), so you will see familiar faces and have already danced with them.

You can also ask the teachers or other students for other recommendations, and even arrange to attend an event with others in a similar situation. Often, there are more experienced students who are willing to take newbies along to an event, and they, in turn, will introduce you to

Our students often ask us what dance shoes to get and where to get them. So, here are a few tips:

1) The best advice we can give you when starting out is, don’t go for ridiculously high-priced shoes, especially if you’re not attending socials and are only attending classes. Prices vary massively.

2) Ladies, if you’re looking for a heel, you will find many dance shoes come with a choice in heel height, and we always recommend going no higher than a 2.5-inch heel when you first start out. The heels will come in varying shapes depending on their height.

Also, ladies’ buckle shoes don’t buckle up like everyday shoes! They slot into a hook on the strap. Make sure they have a comfy sole and suede or leather bottom.

3) Gentlemen, you have a choice of jazz shoes, brogue style and Cuban heel shoes. Go with what is

We have been asked this a few times, so to confirm - we are open as normal for all three Bank Holiday Mondays in May this year.

The start dates for this article have now concluded - please see the latest start dates article.

Our beginners' course starts from the beginning every eight weeks, so you never have to wait too long to join us. However, we will often accept new students up to week three of each course (please let us know so we can give you a quick catch-up lesson beforehand).

Our beginners' course has been close to, or at, capacity since our return from the restrictions, so please book to reserve your place(s).

Click here to book your place.

Start dates for 2023:

• Monday the 9th of January - (concluded)
• Monday the 6th of March -  
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It's been a while since I've put up some music picks, so here are a few tracks to get you up and moving on these cold December days.

Salsa

Bachata

Monday, the 5th of December, is our last class for 2022, followed by Monday, the 12th, where we see the return of our end-of-year Chrimbo class party.

We then close for a well-earned break over the holidays for when we return in the New Year!

• Monday 5th December - last classes of the year
• Monday 12th December - end of year Christmas Party
• Monday 19th December - closed
• Monday 26th December - closed
• Monday 2nd January 2022 - closed
• Monday 9th January 2022 - First evening back with new classes & courses

Please keep an eye on the website and Facebook for any updates. Any announcements will also be made via the newsletter.

Update:
We will be having two nights in one to make up for the missing night on the 19th starting at 6 pm. More details below.

Due to the sad passing of HRH Queen Elizabeth II, our venue will be closed for her funeral on Monday, the 19^th. Obviously, this means there will be no classes this week.

We will be open again as usual on Monday the 26^th.

If you know anyone who had planned on going, please make them aware, saving them a potentially wasted journey.

Beginners Course
The closure on the 19^th does mean a disruption in the current 8-week beginners’ course.

As we won’t be able to push the course back a week, we will have an extra hour on the 3^rd of October.

We will start at 6pm with a break before our regular beginners’ class start time of

Our beginners' course starts from the beginning every eight weeks, so you never have to wait too long to join us. However, we will often accept new students up to week three of each course (please let us know so we can give you a quick catch-up lesson beforehand).

Our beginners' course has been close to, or at, capacity since our return from the restrictions, so please book to reserve your place(s).

Start dates for 2022:

• Monday the 10th of January - (concluded)
• Monday the 7th of March -  
• Monday the 2nd of May  
• Monday the

Monday the 13th of December sees us host our last classes of 2021; from then, we are closed over the holidays until Monday the 10th of January 2022.

• Monday 13th December – last classes of the year
• Monday 20th December - closed
• Monday 27th December - closed
• Monday 3rd January 2022 – closed
• Monday 10th January 2022 – First evening back with new classes & courses

Please keep an eye on the website and Facebook for any updates. Any announcements will also be made via the newsletter.

We are delighted to announce that from Monday 1st November Salsa classes will be running every Monday at the top floor function room at the Imperial Sports Ground (used to be known as South Bristol Sports Centre).

There have been a number of changes not least the venue and day we run classes. Sadly, due to the effects of the lockdowns because of Covid have had an effect on the club and with the virus still very much present in all our lives this will ultimately have an effect on the numbers of customers we see come through our doors. Although we hope our many loyal supporters will still be able to come and join us it does mean that until things improve, we cannot run our normal 6 classes on an evening, and this has led to us having to lose our wonderful higher-level teacher Alex Fright for the

Please note this post has now been superseded and won't be updated further - we have been back and open since the 1st of November 2021. See later blog posts for further announcements for classes and any potential disruption.

Current update - 8th September 2021

We hope you are all doing well.

As much as we love dancing and passing that on to others, we have been very aware of the health and well-being of ourselves and our students.

We are meeting up at the end of September to discuss the way forward, and we will update you as soon as decisions have been made and we know more.

Updates and announcements will be made in due course in the newsletter, on here and on Facebook.

Update - 1st May 2021

It’s been over a year since we held our last “in person” salsa classes in Knowle and

I often get asked by beginner salsa dancers for music recommendations, so I have listed a few tracks below to get you started.

These are slower and have a more distinct beat to help you pick out the timing.

Leave a comment below if you have any more suggestions!

Salsa, with count

Grupo Galé – Boogaloo con Galé

Ray Barreto - Acid

La Sonora Carruseles – Micaela

Louis Ramirez – Chin Chon Chow

Quinto Mayor - Palo De Mango (30 Mejores)

We have beginners salsa courses starting directly after every 8-week course has concluded, so you never have to wait too long. We will take new students with little or no experience up to week 3; just let us know, and you can come in for a quick catch-up before the main class. After this time, we may only take on new students for the current running course if you've had previous dance experience.

Alex's improvers and intermediate levels can be attended on a drop-in basis at any time.

Please note that all 2020 classes/courses were cancelled after March 12th due to Coronavirus.

Click here to book classes and courses online at any time to secure your space.

Listed here are the next few start dates for 2020:

• Thursday 9th January 2019 - Our first date back of 2020 with a new set of courses, including Bachata-Tango