JiveTime

27/02/2026

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26/01/2026

We now have only 4 rooms left for our Premier dance weekend in Bournemouth this May Bank Holiday. In view of this, we are now releasing a limited number of passes to access the event without booking a room. See image below for the FREE pass option.

With regard to our Premier Dance Holiday in Italy, we already have 62 bookings. Book your place asap to avoid disappointment, more information on https://www.jivetime.co.uk/italy.html

Loads of Expressive/Blues workshops and dances this May with Teachers/DJs Dave Rooney, Aneta Kwasna, Dawn Kaye, Lydia Nathan, Nelson and Karen Rose.

30/12/2025

JiveTime End of Year Newsletter

Hi,

On 7 April 1993, what began as a simple hobby with our first jive workshop, grew into a lifelong passion of producing all sorts of dance events, including the first ever jive weekend on 29 October 1993, which grew into colossal events never seen before in our community, with attendances at Camber Sands and Bognor Regis of over 1700 and 1200 dancers respectively. Since September 2014, we've been organising dance holidays to Italy in Rome, Tuscany, Venice (Chioggia), Sicily and Sardinia.

Over these 32 years, we've become the UK's longest established independent modern jive organisation not affiliated to Ceroc or LeRoc. We operate freely, introducing new ideas and events in our dance community, providing dancers with unique dance holidays and dance event experiences. Throughout this time, we’ve had the privilege of bringing people together through many events, combining music, dance and community to create something truly special.

This journey has been filled with joy, laughter and countless unforgettable moments. We are deeply grateful to every dancer, organiser, musician, instructor, DJ, volunteer and supporter who has shared the dance floor with us and helped shape JiveTime into what it is today.

As we close another incredible year, we send warm wishes to you all. May the season and the New Year bring you joy, connection and happiness. Here’s to the dance that brings us joy, to the music that moves us, to the people who inspire us and to many more years of dancing together.

Check the page below for our 2026 dance weekend in Bournemouth and Dance Holiday in Italy.

With love and gratitude,
Franco, Rebecca and the JiveTime Team

04/05/2025

Here is the updated information on our Premier Jive, Blues & Expressive weekender on 22 May 2026, which falls on the second May Bank Holiday. Thus far we have had a stratospheric rate of bookings, with more than 12 months to go, we now have only 14 rooms left. Book your room ASAP, see the flyer below:

28/03/2025

Jive, Expressive/Blues Spree Weekend at The Marsham Court Hotel, Bournemouth, Dorset. Friday 25 to Monday 28 April 2025.
ROOMS SOLD OUT, seehttps://www.jivetime.co.uk/MarshamAppFormApril2025WebSiteNEW2024prices.pdf for info. Weekend passes (without accommodation and meals) still available. Those who attended this event in the past thought it was a great dance event in an excellent family run hotel with good accommodation, two spacious and separate dance venues for jive and expressive/blues freestyle. Both accessible to all participants. Good food and a superb location only a short stroll away from the famous Bournemouth beaches and its lively Victorian pier and promenade.

Jive, Expressive/Blues Dolce Vita & Expresso Holiday at the Cala Gonone Beach Village, Sardinia, Italy. Tuesday 16 to Tuesday 23 September 2025.
Dance week in Italy (see https://www.jivetime.co.uk/italy.html),. Includes accommodation, half board meals and drinks (typical cafeteria at breakfast and water/wine/beer at dinner), pass for dance workshops and unrestricted access to freestyle dances (jive/expressive/blues) across two venues. £ 567pp based on a minimum two people sharing (£ 200 single supplement applies). Price change (+£ 20 per person) from 1st April. Please book NOW at the current price.
For those of you who have never been to Sardinia, Italy, here are a few reasons why you might wish to join us there https://www.express.co.uk/travel/europe/1947693/island-with-worlds-best-beaches

There are so many beautiful beaches all over this island that your only problem is going to be deciding which ones you visit

20/03/2025

Jive, Expressive/Blues Spree Weekend at The Marsham Court Hotel, Bournemouth, Dorset. Friday 25 to Monday 28 April 2025.

Due to last minute cancellations, two separate rooms have now become available for our dance weekend in Bournemouth next month (see more details here: https://www.jivetime.co.uk/MarshamAppFormApril2025WebSite). Weekend passes (without accommodation and meals) also available.
Those who attended this event in the past thought it was a great dance event in an excellent family run hotel with good accommodation, two spacious and separate dance venues for jive and expressive/blues freestyle. Both accessible to all participants. Good food and a superb location only a short stroll away from the famous Bournemouth beaches and its lively Victorian pier and promenade. Please let us know via email [email protected] if you are interested on either room.

01/03/2025

FREE jive event again this coming Sunday 9 March between the NEW TIME of 6.00pm - 9.00pm in St Michael's Church Hall, behind St Michael's Church, 70 Sycamore Road, Amersham, HP6 5DR. Entrance is FREE, although voluntary donations to St Michael's church are welcome (we do not get paid and are happy to give our time free to increase Modern Jive awareness in the community). Modern Jive workshops with experienced teachers, dance Modern Jive freestyle and social networking. Free parking to the side of the hall and in some areas of the high street.

15/02/2025

FREE jive event again tomorrow, Sunday 16 February between 2-5pm in St Michael's Church Hall, behind St Michael's Church, 70 Sycamore Road, Amersham, HP6 5DR. Entrance is FREE, although voluntary donations to St Michael's church are welcome (we do not get paid and are happy to give our time free to increase Modern Jive awareness in the community). Modern Jive workshops with experienced teachers, dance Modern Jive freestyle and social networking. Free parking to the side of the hall and in some areas of the high street.

08/02/2025

As announced last Sunday, due to the hall being unavailable, we will not have a jive session tomorrow, Sunday 08/02/2025. The next session will be next Sunday 16/02/2025 between 2 – 5pm.

24/01/2025

We are starting a new social event in St Michael's Church Hall, behind St Michael's Church, 70 Sycamore Road, Amersham, HP6 5DR, and we would love you to come along to help us make it a success. Entrance is FREE, although voluntary donations to St Michael's church are welcome (we do not get paid and are happy to give our time free to increase Modern Jive awareness in the community). It's starting this Sunday 26 January and will run from 2-5pm, including opportunities to socialise, Modern Jive workshop with experienced teachers and dance Modern Jive freestyle . We really hope you can make it and look forward to seeing you at this free event, especially as we expect some beginners to turn up and so it would be good if they see people who can already dance.
Free parking to the side of the hall and on the high street.

22/01/2025

Only 1 room left for the Expressive and Modern Jive event Bournemouth 2025! For details see www.jivetime.co.uk

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We are the creators of the world's original Modern Jive weekender. Modern Jive has been our passion for over 30 years and we are proud of all of the many thousands of dancers who have danced at our events. We are the UK's oldest independently established Modern Jive organisation specialising in Mode...

30/10/2024

See below details of our 2025 events, including the revised Early Bird price for the Italian dance holiday in Sardinia and the Bournemouth dance weekend, for which we now have only 3 rooms left.