International Women's Day at Rhythm City Strut

Name: International Women's Day at Rhythm City Strut
Start: 2026-03-05T20:30:00-08:00
End: 2026-03-05T23:30:00-08:00
Location: 2474 Prince Edward St, Vancouver, BC, Canada, British Columbia V5T 1W8

Schedule

Thu Mar 05 2026 at 08:30 pm to 11:30 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

2474 Prince Edward St, Vancouver, BC, Canada, British Columbia V5T 1W8 | Vancouver, BC

This week on the occasion of International Women's Day Angie's set will honour "the ladies who swing the bands": the women composers, arrangers, bandleaders, vocalists and instrumentalists of swing and jazz, past and present.
Pictured (Left to Right, Top to Bottom):
Eartha Kitt - Doreen Ketchens - Alice Coltrane - Hazel Scott
Big Mama Thornton - Billie Holiday - Ella Fitzgerald - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Mary Lou Williams - Miriam Makeba - the International Sweethearts of Rhythm - Dinah Washington
Bonnie Northgraves - Marian McPartland - Nina Simone - Jen Hodge

ADMISSION
• FREE for Intro to Swing students • $5 for all other RCP students
• $10 at the door. No one turned away for lack of funds.
• Free admission if you've never danced before - bring your friends!
• Volunteers always dance for free, sign up for a shift at the door!
A portion of our revenue goes to payyourrent.ca, a multi-nation Indigenous-led project to receive payment from settlers. Our classes and events take place on the stolen land of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.
Please be considerate of others’ decision to mask or not. Stay home if you feel unwell. Thank you for helping us keep our community safe. Oh and don't forget to bring your own water bottle!