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Midsummer Night Swing at Lincoln Center Announces Lineup

By Julia Bottles | April 27, 2016 6:33pm
 A couple sashays through a dance competition at Midsummer Night Swing at Lincoln Center.
A couple sashays through a dance competition at Midsummer Night Swing at Lincoln Center.
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MANHATTAN — Polish up your dancing shoes and get ready to swing. 

Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing released its lineup of bands that will keep dancers' toes tapping for three weeks this summer. 

The annual event at Damrosch Park will run from June 21 to July 9, according to the event's website. Bands playing everything from swing and salsa to cumbia and charanga will take the stage for two one hour-long sets at 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. each evening unless otherwise noted. 

A 45-minute dance lesson will be held on the dance floor at 6:30 p.m. ahead of every session, according to the event's website.

A silent disco — where a DJ broadcasts music directly to your headphones — will also be held from 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on June 23 and July 2. 

Here's a look at who will be playing and what styles of music and dancing you can expect:

• June 21: Catherine Russell Septet (swing, blues)
• June 22: Ismael Miranda (salsa)
• June 23: Thursday Night Fever featuring Joe McGinty and The Loser's Lounge (disco)
• June 24: Mint Julep Jazz Band (1930s swing)
• June 25: Allen Toussaint Band with guest vocalists Irma Thomas, Cyril Neville and Decon • John (New Orleans rhythm and blues)
• June 28: Septeto Santiaguero (son)
• June 29: Fleur Seule (ballroom)
• June 30: Evan Sherman Big Band (big band swing)
• July 1: Charanga America (charanga)
• July 2: The Black Rock Coalition Get-Down Review (rock 'n' roll, rhythm and blues, jump blues)
• July 5: Gregorio Uribe Big Band (cumbia)
• July 6: Bobby Rydell featuring City Rhythm Orchestra (swing, oldies)
• July 7: Astoria Tango Orchestra with Daniel Binelli (tango)
• July 8: Tatiana Eva-Marie & the Avalon Jazz Band (gypsy jazz, French jazz)
• July 9: LC Kids Dance 
• July 9: Harlem Renaissance Orchestra (big band swing)

Tickets to Midsummer Night Swing go on sale on May 18. Admission to individual events is $17 and will get you on the dance floor. Silent discos are $5. You can also buy passes to multiple events.

Tickets can be purchased in advance or day-of at the David Geffen Hall Box Office at Broadway and West 65th Street.