So you never danced Blues before, or it has been a while? Or maybe you started recently and want to build a solid foundation. We would love to help you out! At The Blues Joint you have different ways to start this wonderful adventure.
Monthly crash courses
The Blues Joint hosts a monthly crash course for absolute beginners each first Tuesday of the month from 19:00 until 21:00. In these sessions, we run through all the fundamentals you need to get on the dancefloor or to join a practice session! By the end of these two hours you’ll be grooving, turning, walking and smiling just like a blues dancer — because you are one, darling! After the crash course, you’ll get the chance to show off your new skills during our weekly Backroom Blues social.
Even though blues dancing might seem easy (because it’s slow) you can deepen the groove and skills involved for many years, we recommend taking beginner classes for a year or join a few of our crash courses.
Here you can sign up for the monthly crash course
Community Practice Sessions
After your crash course you can join our (almost) weekly Community Practice Sessions. Here you can drop-in on a weekly basis to further practice your skills. You can read more about Community Practice Sessions here.
Festivals
Every year we organize an international festival. If you like to take deep dive into blues basics and make your foundation going strong, we recommend to follow beginners track at Trippin’ Blues Amsterdam festival coming up again in the summer of 2026.
In 2025 we started with our first grassroots festival The Blues Retreat, this was a great success. More editions will follow. Sign up to our newsletter and we’ll keep you updated.