We have been craving a relaxed weekend event focused on exchanging ideas both in social dance and competition settings, so we’re giving it a shot!
Some features of The Riff Weekend will be:
- Low barrier newcomer competitions
- Short showcase
- Live music prelims
- Lots of social dancing
And there’s more! We’re dreaming of a big party with lots of opportunities to Show Your Stuff.
Save the date for June 12-14, 2026 in Eugene, OR. Event Info below!
Festival Schedule
(subject to change)
Friday
Evening Dance ft. The Glenn Griffith Big Band
Late Night Dance ft. Stomp Off Party
2v2 Solo Jazz Battle
Saturday
Warm-up & Line Dance Swap
Competition Prelims & Social Dancing ft. Stomp Off Party
Newcomer Mix-n-Match, Open Mix-n-Match, Newcomer Strictly, Mid-tempo Open Strictly, Open Switch Strictly
Downtown Outdoor Dance at Kesey Square ft. Live Music
Any Swing Goes! Fast Feet Competition (open level, no reg needed – we’ll explain later!)
Evening Dance ft. Stomp Off Party
Competition Finals & Short Showcase
Late Night Dance ft. Stomp Off Party
Sunday
Late Morning Brunch in The WhitÂ
Soul & Funk Party ft. DJ Okon-oyo
Competition Levels
Note: We’re trying to stay flexible and intuitive with these definitions. Lindy Hop and Jazz Dance competitions are not so codified and we think that’s a good thing!
Newcomer
Welcome!
The spirit of this level is to encourage folks who are new to the experiences of competing, improvised performance, and dancing in the spotlight to try it out and become familiar with common Lindy Hop competition/contest formats.
If you have never entered a Lindy Hop competition or have only entered one or two times before, this competition level is probably for you! If you have ever made finals in a competition at a large-ish Lindy Hop festival/weekend/camp, this level is probably not for you.
Open
This level is open to everybody! No limitations on whether you have won anything or taught anywhere before.
If you have recently started dancing a secondary role and want to compete in it, but have been dancing/competing in your primary role for Quite Some Time, this level might still be for you over the Newcomer level.
Feel free to contact us at tracktownthrowdown@gmail.com if you aren’t sure which level will be best for you!