Philip Frost and Miguel Mayana run a monthly salsa event at The Bedford in Balham which is one of my favourite venues but this is a special birthday party night for Miguell. The main room for salsa is ideal: wooden dance floor, capacity for 250 dancers, excellent sound system, air conditioning that works and free parking nearby for 250 cars! There is one other room devoted to bachata and the event is called Que Rico which means to a Spanish speaking salsa dancer something like: Isn’t it wonderful!
Above all the venue has a friendly atmosphere and attracts all the best dancers from miles around thus guaranteeing me my salsa fix many times over in one evening! I usually aim to arrive around 10pm for the club dancing 🙂
Admission is £10
Timetable
8pm: Opens
8:30: Warm-up for everybody in the main room
8:45: Salsa classes for all levels in the main room – bachata lessons in the smaller room
9:45: Club dancing in the main room
11pm: Shows
11:15: Club dancing continues
2am: Close
More details: Facebook event, group
Address: The Bedford, 77 Bedford Hill, London SW12 9HD
Parking: Sainsbury car park which is free after 7pm and only 50 metres away!
Tube & rail: Balham Station is just down the road
