The October days are shorter but for salsa dancers in London that simply means the evenings are longer and thus more time to go out and dance (like anyone needs an excuse I hear you say).  

I must apologise for some site down time over the last week.
We are looking for additional server capacity but juggling finances is difficult when your model is free for hosts to list and free for you to find the freshest information - happy to hear any suggestions.

LondonSalsa.co.uk and our colleagues at A2Z.Events work tirelessly to make sure that our listings are as accurate as possible, so that you can find the best social events plus the perfect mixture of classes, courses and workshops that'll ensure you feel comfortable dancing with any partner.

Your salsa journey is very much unique, partially because different people start with different ambitions. Some start knowing that dancing salsa can burn up to 600 calories an hour, so is perfect as part of a fitness regime. Others have heard and thence discovered the truly social side of our entertainment - the chance to meet new friends. And for some, this month, it will be the chance to escape the worries of life and instead reveal the Fred Astaire or Ginger Rogers within us.

Whatever the reason that you started salsa, I bet your anticipation has been overfulfilled. My request to you today is to not keep it a secret. I'd urge you to bring a friend. They deserve to benefit from the blend. 
Why not take an improver, intermediate or advanced lesson and then catch up with your beginner friend for the social and practice sessions?

Look out for the starred listings on our sites.
Sometimes people say to me the the odd £1 or 2 off each lesson or event doesn't really make a difference.
But I challenge you to think about it this way - save a couple of quid each week and it'll pay for a hotel room at salsa congress later in your journey.

Ask for your London Salsa special offer all over town!
Or, if out of town, try the code A2Z or just reveal the offer to the door keeper from your Global Dance Card app. 

For those that scroll to the what's on this weekend section of the newsletter, here it is, with the reminder there is so much more on the sites or even the Global Dance Card app if you want London Salsa at your fingertips.

This Friday, 11th October, you can claim a free intro to salsa class at 7.30pm near Goodge Street. Salsa On1 lessons for next levels are followed by an On1/On2 conversion session and a social.

Friday night's choices include the social following salsa and bachata lessons in Putney or the full mix of all level lessons in salsa, kizomba. semba and rueda in Totteridge. 

The second Friday of each month also brings the Salsa, Kizomba and soul party, including lessons, in three rooms in Balham.

Once in a while Pexava host a Saturday social at Conway Hall in Holborn. It has a top class dance floor, attracts the cream of the London social dancers On1 and On2, free water (thanks Gil for keeping the jugs topped up) and look out for your orange wedges at the end of the evening.

A live salsa band is the regular treat served up by Mundo Latino in Guildford this Saturday, quoting London Salsa for £2 off if this is your first visit.

Fancy learning a smoother style to your salsa?
At Bar Salsa in Soho Alastair and the Street Beat team have a 5-hour intensive workshop on Sunday (quote London Salsa for £5 off advertised prices).
Core moves does what it says on the tin. Short easy combinations of common moves that draw from all five categories of moves: spins, travelling, shuffling and turns, footwork patterns and garnish

Quote London Salsa in Ruislip on Sunday for a £3 discount on the intensive salsa, cali salsa, boogaloo and pachanga workshop with #MinaQueenSalsa. 

It is also the second Sunday of the month, so DJ Hughie will be on the decks in Ilford for an afternoon of relaxed social dancing.

Midweek lessons abound in London Salsa. There are simply too many for me to mention, so please do check out your options on www.londonsalsa.co.uk. New classes and courses are uploaded and confirmed by the teachers and promoters every week, so if you haven't checked in for a while, please do.

Getting the Monday Blues, then head to Bar Salsa Temple that starts with a free intro sessionat 7pm, continues with lessons for all levels of kizomba, semba, afrobeat, salsa and bachata and wraps up with a late night party. 

Back, following a week away, Salsa Temple with Latin Collective.
Take a free salsa intro or get added to the free guest list for the club night.

The fun bachata class and salsa lesson night with Salsa Calientita are back, following a 2-week break, in Slough.

In Northfields, there are drop in sessions for improver and advanced levels with Pexava before the hour for social practice.

Hammersmith salsa club offer brand new beginners a free lesson, so bring a friend whilst you enjoy your own level of salsa and then take to the dance floor for the social.

Bar Salsa in Charing Cross on Wednesday still offer a free intro to salsa session before lessons for all levels in salsa, cha cha and bachata - Thats Metrolatina.

I know it isn't salsa but there is the chance to dance to the 60s Allstars this Wednesday in Hampton.

And there is so much to look forward to during the rest of October :

An El Grande in Kings Cross next Friday, and then Halloween parties at the end of the month!

Happy dancing, 

Leigh and the London Salsa team