The Perth Swing Dance Society (PSDS) is a non-profit organisation, committed to actively promoting swing dancing, its music and culture in Western Australia.
Events
Hullabaloo 2018: The Perth Lindy Exchange
Hullabaloo is back for its 15th year! From Friday 20th to Monday 23rd of April, we’ve got four evenings of the liveliest live bands, swinging socials, sensational venues, and the latest late nights for all the dancing you can handle.
We wish to note that due to circumstances beyond our control we are not running workshops this year, which means there’s no need set your alarms for morning class – you can dance all night long.
We appreciate that this is a change to how Hullabaloo has run in the past, but hope that you are as excited as we are about an event jam-packed with all the high-quality socials you’ve come to expect. Our bands will be bringing the floors to life at the Mustang, the Hullabaloo Hop, the Ball, and our traditional Monday farewell, and our Friday, Saturday, and Sunday late nights will run until dawn for that quintessential Hulla experience of deliriously stumbling from the late night into bright sunshine.
We look forward to your continued support – see you on the dance floor this April!
Visit hulla.org for more information
Hullabaloo 2018 Committee – Expressions of Interest
Presented by: Perth Swing Dance Society
Whilst Hullabaloo 2017 might now be a distant memory, we’re starting to look towards Hulla 2018.
This means we are after people to join the Committee, and come to meetings, and be a part of the planning, and form lifelong Stockholm-esque bonds with your fellow inmat… committee members. So if you want to come and be a committee member, we’d love that. But if you just don’t have that much to give, that’s okay too.
Jobs include (but not limited to) setting up and packing down events, helping at workshops, scouting & managing venues, coordinating supplies and getting everything from a to b to c, managing volunteers, hosting, registrations, secretarial jobs like note taking and document checking, researching and applying for grants, helping with DJs and bands, looking at marketing and promotions, and running individual events.
If there’s anything here that appeals to you, or if you have any questions, please feel free to have a chat to Amanda Giglia, Luke Rokich, Emily Clarke or Elida Solecio. You can also message the FB page, or drop us an email at hullainfo@gmail.com. Help us make Hulla 2018 as awesome as all the rest.
Hullabaloo 2017 – Registrations Open!
Registrations are open and we have earlybird pricing available on full and social passes for a limited time only. Go to Hulla.org to register today!
FULL PASS
The Full Pass is your all access ticket to Hullabaloo; including entry to all social events, the Saturday and Sunday workshops, and comes with a Hullabaloo t-shirt included.
Please note, this pass does not include entry to the master class or the all-in class on Monday.
$300 (regular price)
$275 (earlybird price)
$260 (out of towner price)
SOCIAL PASS
Social (Pass) Butterflies apply within, this is your ticket to all the evening events, including late nights.
$140 (regular price)
$120 (earlybird price)
$110 (out of towner price)
WORKSHOP PASS
The Workshop Pass grants entry to both the Saturday and Sunday workshop days, or just the 1 day pass for either day. Workshop Passes can be bought along with other pass types to customise your weekend.
Workshops will run from 10am to 4pm each day. For further details, see the Classes page.
Please note, this pass does not include entry to the master class or the all-in class on Monday.
$200 (2 day pass)
$110 (1 day pass – can be purchased for either Saturday or Sunday)
LATE NIGHT PASS
Night owls can get their Hullabaloo fix, too, with the newly introduced Late Night Pass – party down at the Friday, Saturday and Sunday late nights and save $10 off the total door price.
Late Night Pass $45
Door Prices
Friday: $15
Saturday: $20
Sunday: $20
Hullabaloo 2017 – The Perth Lindy Exchange
The Perth Swing Dance Society is thrilled to announce that Hullabaloo – The Perth Lindy Exchange will be running for its 14th year from Thursday 20 April to Monday 24 April 2017.
Hullabaloo is a 5 day and night swing extravaganza in Perth which includes workshops with top level international and Australian teachers, five nights of social dancing, amazing live bands and the best DJs in the country.
All the way from Europe, we have the sensational Mikaela Hellsten and Nicolas Deniau, two of the smiliest, loveliest lindy hoppers on the international scene today.
A little closer to home, we have the fabulous Loz Yee, Julia Wharington, Joel Kohn and Kieran Yee coming at you from Melbourne, bringing with them a wealth of knowledge and an infectious sense of fun.
Mark your calendars and stay tuned for further updates! #hulla2017 is coming…
(Fabulous logo by Trevor Hutchison, photo credit to Fudz Qazi)
Charlotte & Jethro’s winning AJC routine
Kudos to Charlotte Round and Jethro Hardinge from Swing Zing for their first place in the Showcase at the Australian Jitterbug Championships (AJC) in Melbourne last weekend! Jethro also took out first Place in the AJC Jack & Jill competition with Erin Richardson. If you haven’t seen their wonderful performance already, here it is!
*Just click on the image to open to open the video.
Hullabaloo 2016 photos
Here are the links to pretty much ALL the photos taken at Hullabaloo this year by amazing photographers Mark Rontondella, Fudz Qazi and Stephen Endicott. These guys run around at events taking pics purely for fun and totally volunteer their time. The photos show the pure joy and fun that is Lindy Hop and capture the spirit of our events perfectly. Thanks again guys!
– Please make sure you credit these these photos in the future if you use them.

Pic: Fudz Qazi
Mustang/Friday Frolics:
https://www.facebook.com/mark.rotondella/media_set…
https://www.facebook.com/thefudz/media_set…
Hullaballoo Ball:
https://www.facebook.com/mark.rotondella/media_set…
https://www.facebook.com/thefudz/media_set…
https://www.facebook.com/stephen.endicott/media_set…
Hullabaloo Hop:
https://www.facebook.com/mark.rotondella/media_set…
https://www.facebook.com/thefudz/media_set…
The Last Hurrah:
https://www.facebook.com/mark.rotondella/media_set…
https://www.facebook.com/thefudz/media_set…
https://www.facebook.com/stephen.endicott/media_set…

Pic: Mark Rotondella

Pic: Mark Rotondella
Hullabaloo History!
It all started in 2004…
Many new dancers are unaware that by April 2016, Hullabaloo will have been running for 13 years! In 2013 we ran our 10th Anniversary Hullabaloo and boy it was a big one! Because it was such a special event some of us thought it would be a good idea to produce posters showing the history of Hullabaloo over the years. The information included which international teachers came to teach, the names of people who were on the Hullabaloo committee that year, the logo and themes and photos of the event. I designed these and would like to add them here for posterity and as an archive of modern Perth swing history and will add the newer years soon. Enjoy!
by Michelle Turner
Still to be added…2014 and 2015.