21 – 23. AUG. 2026

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Jo Hoffberg

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Workshops with Jo Hoffberg

Oslo Swing Jazz Festival is delighted to welcome Jo Hoffberg, one of the most respected figures in the international Lindy Hop community.

Jo is known for her inspiring teaching style and her strong focus on foundational technique, helping dancers develop their own voice and expression on the dance floor. For this festival, we are offering an advanced course with Jo.

Schedule

Saturday

10:00–13:00 Solo Jazz

Sunday

11:00–13:00 Lindy Hop partner course, part 1

13:00–15:00 Lindy Hop partner course, part 2

Festival pass is included in the workshop ticket


Full Festival Programme

━━━━━━━ THURSDAY ━━━━━━━
20:00–23:00 Pre-party at Cafe Society
Svein Erik Martinsen Quartet
(separate ticket)

━━━━━━━ FRIDAY ━━━━━━━
18:00–19:00 Beginner dance class
19:00–20:00 Live Foyn Friis Quintet
21:00–22:00 The New Generation
23:00–23:40 Skinner Swing Five — 1st set
00:00–00:40 Skinner Swing Five — 2nd set
00:40–01:30 DJs

━━━━━━━ SATURDAY ━━━━━━━
10:00–13:00 Dance workshop w/ Jo Hoffberg (US)
14:00–15:00 Simple Jonny Quartet
16:00–17:00 New Orleans Workshop Allstars
17:00–20:00 Dinner break
20:00–21:00 Kristoffer Kompen Trio
22:30–23:10 Jazzombies! — 1st set
23:30–00:10 Jazzombies! — 2nd set
00:10–01:30 DJs

━━━━━━━ SUNDAY ━━━━━━━
11:00–15:00 Dance workshop w/ Jo Hoffberg (US)
16:00–17:00 David Skinner Trio
17:00–19:00 DJs
19:00→ Onwards to Blå for Frank Znort (optional, free)