SFLX DJs
(in alphabetical order)
Allen Kerr
San Francisco, CA
Allen has been ravenously collecting music since 2005 and found he has a knack for finding music that delights and inspires dancers. He has DJed many national events, including ILHC, Lindy Focus, Eastern Balboa
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Championships, Enter the Blues, and All Balboa Weekend. Allen also used to spin regularly for the Jam Cellar and Backroom Blues in DC until his recent move to San Francisco. (collapse)
Ben Nathan
San Francisco, CA
Ben is one of our organizers and a regular DJ in San Francisco. He'll play some of that fancy music at SFLX this year.
Carl Flores
San Diego, CA
A DJ/vocalist/MC for celebrations since 1999, Carl evolved from dance addict-- Lindy Hop, Bal, Blues, and Fusion since 2010 @ SDFX--- into a DJand music
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aficionado. While very active locally as one of San Diego's busiest Lindy Hop and Blues DJs, Carl enjoys hitting the road regionally (at venues like LindyGroove's Blues Lab, Blues Liberation Front, and LA Fusion) to also spin across the country, from Atomic Blues Fusion in ABQ, BackRoom Blues at Glen Echo in DC as well as the Fusion Exchanges. Carl enjoys the work of modern blues artists like Brother Yusef, Nathan James and Kim Massie, as well as older artists like Etta James, Robert Johnson, and Sonny Boy Williamson. (collapse)
Nomad / SF
David is more known for his teaching and dancing than his DJing, but he has amassed a song collection to DJ for when he travels to scenes that are new to Blues. His method is simple, play the music he loves to dance
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to. (Don't worry, he's only DJ for one hour at this event :) (collapse)
Dhruv Bhargava
San Francisco, CA
Dhruv is newly transplanted to the SF scene and is honored to be spinning tunes alongside some of the best DJs in the US. He is social dance DJ at heart and most has been a regular DJ for all of CT social dance venues and
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Frim Fram in NYC. He has DJed at events like ALHC, CTLX and CCX at Montreal. (collapse)
San Francisco, CA
Hep Jen has inspired generations of lindy hoppers with her hard-swinging DJ sets. Originally from Seattle, and now living in San Francisco, Hep Jen is a regular DJ at the
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9:20 Special. Hep Jen has DJed for countless Lindy Exchanges over the last 15 years, and national events such as the Camp Jitterbug, Camp Hollywood, and the Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown. (collapse)
Ken Watanabe
San Francisco, CA
Ken is the head organizer, DJ, and co-founder of San Francisco's world-famous Lindy in the Park. Since 1996, Ken has DJed for crowds of Lindy Hoppers in Golden Gate Park EVERY Sunday. 16 years later, Lindy in
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the Park is running stronger than ever. Ken is also one of the original Lindy Hoppers who traveled around the country to Lindy Exchanges when Lindy Exchanges were a new thing. (collapse)
Kristin Buxton
Pasadena, CA
Kristin started DJing in Portland in 2001. Besides DJing many events there, and running a weekly event, she travelled to DJ at exchanges in Denver, San Francisco, San Diego, Chicago, Seattle, and Vancouver. She currently lives in
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Pasadena and regularly DJs at LindyGroove as well as other lindy and blues events around LA. (collapse)
Naomi Walenta
San Francisco, CA
Naomi is one of the regular DJs at Lindy in the Park in San Francisco. She spins every Sunday at Lindy in the Park, and can also be heard DJing at the 9:20 Special and Swing Central. Naomi has also served as the Board President of the Northern California Lindy Society.
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San Francisco, CA
Nathan is a DJ, swing dance teacher and performer in San Francisco where he puts on the weekly Cat's Corner Swing Dance Party. He DJs monthly at the 9:20 Special and is often a guest DJ at Lindy in the
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Park. He has also been a featured DJ multiple years at regional events including the San Francisco Lindy Exchange, Sacramento Lindy Exchange, San Luis Obispo Lindy Exchange, Pasadena Lindy Groove, Boogie by the Bay and Le Hot Sauce Dance Festival. Nathan loves variety and mixing classic rhythms and soulful modern recordings into his sets. His DJ philosophy is simple: make people on the dance floor happy! (collapse)
Roy Rydbeck
San Francisco
Roy Rydbeck has been dancing Lindy Hop for 9 years and DJing for 7 years. Roy currently DJs at various Lindy Hop and Blues Dancing in San Francisco including Blues Rising, Friday Night Blues, 9:20
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Special, Swing Central, and Savannah Jazz. Roy has also DJed at local venues when he lived in Chicago (2000-2005) and Tampa (1999-2000). Roy has DJed at many national exchanges and events in cities including; Chicago, Cleveland, New Orleans, San Francisco, Moscow, South Florida, Tampa, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Minnesota, and New York. (collapse)
Steven Watkins
San Francisco, CA
Steven, a.k.a. Dr. Feelgood, originally hails from New York City, Steven now calls San Francisco/Oakland Home! He started dancing 6 years ago, and he began his BLUES DJing career at his other adopted
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home - you guessed it - St.Louis' Cheap Thrills 2004. Since then Dr. Feelgood has been thrilled to be spreading his love for the BLUES, with some smooth, gritty, sultry music, coupled with a great sense of musical timing. Oh, those sexy good looks help too! (collapse)
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