Bournemouth Blues Retreat - MAR '26

Name: Bournemouth Blues Retreat - MAR '26
Start: 2026-03-27T16:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-29T17:00:00+00:00
Location: Hotel Collingwood

Schedule

Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 at 04:00 pm to Sun, 29 Mar, 2026 at 05:00 pm

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Location

Hotel Collingwood | Bournemouth, EN

We are making some very exciting changes to our next Bournemouth Blues Retreat - and we think you're going to love them!
As well as everything you have come to know and love about this fantastic intimate weekender - we are. now able to offer this as a 2 room event!
In addition to all the wonderful BluesFusion dancing downstairs - we are now able to offer dedicated Alt-Tango dancing upstairs on both Friday and Saturday evening...
Our chillout/social area will move to the front of the hotel - freeing up the bar area for even more dancing and we could not be more excited about it!
So we are pleased to invite you to our March 2026 Bournemouth Blues Retreat!
These Bournemouth Blues Retreats continually keep getting better and better! Time spent enjoying delicious dancing with wonderful, like-minded souls, in a fabulous setting - right by the beach... what's not to love!!
This is not a mass market event. It is intimate, sociable and offers an opportunity to really get to know your fellow dancers and create meaningful, lasting friendships built on a love of BluesFusion dancing.
The Hotel Collingwood lends itself perfectly to this event – and from the very first moment we arrive, everyone makes us all feel that we are very much at home!
And to ensure that the weekend starts in the right way - we always ensure that you have a nice little welcome pack for you when you arrive.
This boutique hotel is only a 3-minute walk from the beach and has a fantastic basement ballroom!
There is also a small indoor pool, a hot tub, a steam room, a sauna and a fitness centre. All Blues Retreat guests receive a 10% discount on Eden Spa treatments.
The hotel is on 3 floors, and has a lovely bar and restaurant. There is also on-site parking which the hotel will be offering us for free (rather than the £10 a night usual charge)
Obviously there are a limited number of rooms, with only a very small number of singles. There are twins, doubles and family rooms so bookings will need to be on a shared basis. Most rooms are upgraded signature rooms and there is a small extra surcharge for these.
There will be our signature Black Tie Gala Dinner on the Saturday evening! And the opportunity to win a bottle of prosecco in our very posh sit-down bingo game.
As always there will be a beach photoshoot and we maintain our unbeaten track record of never having a photoshoot rained off!
Our photoshoot theme has yet to be announced - so watch this space!
There will be day time workshops for those who want them – and much to see and do in Bournemouth for those who prefer to get out and about.
The 2 night stay programme (in brief) will be:
Friday arrival from 4pm
Meet & Greet in the bar from 4:30pm
Dinner in the restaurant
Dancing from 8pm until 2am
Saturday
Breakfast
Daytime classes
Black Tie Gala Dinner and photo sessions
Dancing from 8pm until 2am
Sunday
Breakfast
Morning Class
Beach photoshoot
Sunday Lunch
Afternoon freestyle
Basic prices as follows (signature rooms incur a supplement of £15 per room, per night, which will need to be added to the basic price)
2-night stay – £290 per person (to include dinner (Fri), bed, breakfast, Black Tie Gala Dinner (Sat), Sunday lunch, all classes and freestyle dancing until 5pm Sunday)
There is the option to stay for a 3rd night (Sunday)
and join us for a NEW HOT/COLD BUFFET STYLE evening meal, Mummy Wendy's quiz and a laidback, more intimate evening of mellow, chilled out freestyle until midnight.
Optional 3rd night (Sun) – now only £70pp! (+any previous room supplements)
Bookings (once confirmed) will require a non-refundable deposit of £50 (if you are placed on the waiting list and your booking is unsuccessful, your deposit will, of course, be returned)
(Room preferences cannot be guaranteed as there are limited numbers of each room type available. )
Bookings open now
Every attempt is made to balance the event to within reasonable margins, and for one week, priority booking is given to those who attended the previous event.
We need to work within the scope of the rooms available to us – this does mean that ladies places are invariably sold out quickly and with all 3 single room are already taken, so there are now only twin rooms or doubles.
To make a booking request, please go to the website and fill out a booking request form.
www.sarawhiteblues.com/bournemouth-blues-retreat