The Fall School semester is right around the corner and to welcome back our favorite students (and welcome new ones!) we are happy to host our popular Back to School Night!. Anyone with a valid student ID will get in FREE.

• 8:30pm - 9pm FREE Intro lesson

• 8:30pm - midnight Open dancing with DJs Ryan Swift & Brandon Barker

• N95/KN95 masks & proof of vaccination are required

Pre-sale is closed! $30 admission at the door

How:

• Masks required (N95/KN95 strongly recommended) 😷

• Up-to-date with all CDC guidelines for vaccines, including boosters 💉

• Photo ID and proof of vaccination required

Who:

• Eyal Vilner Swing Band

• DJ Ryan Swift

What:

• $25 advance tickets CLOSED

• $30 at the door, space permitting

• Great music, dancing, & friends

When:

• 8:30-9pm Free lesson w/ Heather Flock

• 9pm-12:30am Open Dancing

Where:

• The new You Should Be Dancing…! (it’s stunning)

• 37 West 26th Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY, 10010 United States

• 8pm drop-in lesson by Evita Arce

• DJs Mimi Liu-Leyco & Morgan Lee Kestner

• Live music from The Boilermaker Jazz Band LIVE from their living room!

• RSVP on the Facebook Event

• Tune in on Thursday, March 19 at 9pm EDT at facebook.com/bmjazzband for 2 hours of LIVE swing music perfect for dancing and listening.

• Details for Virtual Tickets for the show in any amount you'd like to contribute at the links above

We may be socially distanced but that doesn’t mean we can’t all hang out together online! Welcome to Virtual Frim Fram! Heather Flock & Stina Dallons Isaksen, have put together a couple of Spotify playlists so you can swing out at home! Post using #VirtualFrimFram to share with your fellow Frammers on social media!

• 8pm drop-in lesson by Daphna Harel

• DJs Daphna Harel & Tomo Tanaka

Save the date for our annual Holiday Vintage and Craft Fair!

If you are a maker, a baker, or vintage collector that is interested in selling your wares at the fair, now is the time to secure your spot! Each spot is $20 and will be managed by the enchanting Elisha Dora - contact her on Facebook.

Frim Fram Jam will be running as normal on the Club 412 Side with a lesson at 8 pm by Heather Flock, dancing from 9 pm - 1 am to DJs Stina Dallons Isaksen & Heather Flock.

RSVP and share on our Facebook event!

• Fun Halloween Shenanigans to be announced, including a costume contest!

• 8pm Intro lesson by Heather Flock

• DJs Heather Flock & Ian Hutchison

Happy birthday Frim Fram! Well, we don't know a better way to celebrate us and all of YOU than having the party be FREE. So we are doing it!

In lieu of admission, we are asking everyone to donate to the Frankie Manning Foundation to help support the next generation of Lindy Hoppers and elders in our community in need.

Everyone has opinions about music, so it will be a request night! DJ Ryan Swift will be accepting your requests in the comments of this event. NO BANANAPHONE!

Did someone say dance contest? Yup! We will have our traditional dance contest with insane prizes!

Let there be cake! We will have enough Red Velvet for everyone, as tradition dictates!

Drop-in lesson at 8 pm taught by Heather Flock ($5) MAY have 18 fun figures in it.

We can't wait to see you there, RSVP on Facebook!

Is it time to clean out your closet or shop from someone else's? We are here for you! Bring your well cared for, but no longer perfect for your vintage or dance/event friendly clothing (sweaters, skirts, pants, shoes, accessories) to Frim Fram and shop from the wares of your peers!

Frim Fram will host the normal drop in lesson and dance per usual from 9pm until 1 am with our DJs Claire Lorman & Ryan Swift, and a beginner lesson at 8pm by Heather Flock. Admission for the dance and swap is the usual $10!

RSVP on Facebook!

• Free admission with student/teacher ID ($10 otherwise)

• 8pm drop-in lesson by Heather Flock

• DJs Travis Whetman & Ryan Swift

• RSVP and invite your friends on our Facebook event

• Groovy classics played all night long by Bill Kline & Ryan Swift!

• 8pm Intro lesson by Heather Flock ($5)

• RVSP and share our Facebook event!

• More info here!

Way back on August 1st 2009, Fram co-organizer Ryan Swift took the reins from “Shorty” Dave Jacoby, assuming the role of DJ coordinator and house DJ at Fram!

Ryan is celebrating 10 years of co-running Fram the only way he knows how: by putting himself to work!

Ryan will spin tunes for the full night, digging out tunes from his first set ever at Fram (5/31/05), along with playing his favorites that you’ve heard over the years. Special requests* may be honored!

*“Bananaphone” excluded

Live music from Jonathan Stout and the Grand Slam Sextet, featuring Hilary Alexander!

• 8pm beginner lesson

• DJ Claire Lorman during band breaks

• $20 Admission

• RVSP and invite your friends on our Facebook event!

• More info here!

Every May, we pay tribute to Frankie Manning around his birthday on 5/26. We are also taking this opportunity to honor Norma Miller as friends, family and the community come together to remember her after her recent passing at age 99.

On 5/23, 20% of the door will be donated to the Frankie Manning Foundation in Norma’s name. We will also be accepting additional donations to the Frankie Manning Foundation, which will be earmarked for Norma's funeral and related costs.

• 8pm drop-in Shim Sham lesson by Heather Flock

• DJs Nicole “Zuckerpunch” Zuckerman & Ryan Swift play Frankie & Norma’s favorites

Having you been Marie Kondo-ing or just some run of the mill Spring Cleaning and have some items you don't wanna sell, but should go to a good and appreciative home? We do, too, so we are hosting a clothing swap!

More details are here. RSVP on Facebook!

We will still be dancing on the Club side from 9pm until 1 am with our DJs Ken Chiang & Ryan Swift, and a beginner lesson at 8pm by Heather.

Admission for the dance and swap is the usual $10!

Frim Fram is thrilled to participate in NYC Bal Week!  Balboa dancers from all over the world are converging on NYC for a full week of Bal-centric events!

Join us and dance to classic swing music from special guest DJs Laura Windley & Ann Sychterz!

Special Balboa lesson at 8pm by Mimi & Jeff Liu-Leyco and a performance by Lainey Silver’s Balboa performance class!

RSVP on our Facebook Event!

• Live music from The Boilermaker Jazz Band!

• DJ Morgan Lee Kestner for Ladies Month!

• $15 Admission

• RVSP and invite your friends on our Facebook event!

• Ladies month starts a week early!

• Featuring Gordon Webster & Friends live at Fram!

• DJ Nicole Zuckerman

• 8pm Intro lesson by Heather Flock

• Holiday shopping at Fram direct from your friends and community members!

• RSVP and share on our Facebook event!

• Groovy classics played all night long by Steven “Wexie” Wexler & Ryan Swift!

• 8pm Intro lesson by Heather Flock ($5)

• RVSP and share our Facebook event!

• More info here!

• Free admission for everyone!

• Music requests played all night long by your favorite DJ and Music Coordinator, Ryan Swift!

• Strictly Dance Contest with amazing prizes including free admission to Frim Fram for a full year for the 1st place winners!

• Red Velvet Cake!

• Optional admission will be accepted and donated in its entirety to the Frankie Manning Foundation

• Extra room open for more dancing and hanging out!

• 8pm Intro lesson by Heather Flock ($5)

• RVSP and share our Facebook event!