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 .. (expand) 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.

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 .. (expand) 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 .. (expand) Pasadena and regularly DJs at LindyGroove as well as other lindy and blues events around LA.

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Mark Carpenter

Nomad

Mark has been playing music for dancers for the last seven years starting in his home scene of San Luis Obispo. Since then he has traveled the world dancing, teaching, and djing all along the way. He doesn't always play for .. (expand) Lindy Hoppers, but when he does it's groovy and sultry and not to be missed.

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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. .. (expand)

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Nathan Dias (DJ NateDiggity)

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 .. (expand) 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!

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Ron Thompson

Sacramento, CA

Ron Thompson is the mastermind of the Sacramento Swing scene, and responsible for the venerable Midtown Stomp as well as the Spotlight Ballroom.