Madrid Swing Exchange 2026, ¡Gracias!

❤️ Madrid Swing Exchange 2026 — ¡Gracias!

Thank you for four days filled with dancing, music, community, and pure joy — we’re exhausted, but in the best possible way! 

To everyone who made this Madrid Swing Exchange possible: to those who traveled from other cities, other countries, or from right here in Madrid to dance or play; to those who taught, DJ’d, performed, helped out, woke up horribly early, stayed up super late… and kept smiling throughout. 

Thanks to everyone who registered, who packed every activity, and to those who joined the open programme on the streets and helped boost Madrid’s famous energy even higher.

We had people from 14 Spanish regions, from 8 EU countries (Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Poland), plus folks from Argentina, USA, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and the UK. What a crowd! 

Huge thanks to 

The swing and blues bands and singers:  Lady & The Tramps, Flamingo Five Jazz Band & Paloma Antara, Mario Siles Trio, Del Toro Blues Band, The Good Men Swingtet & Rachel Reyes, Hot Swing Sextet,  Tropical Moon Jazz Band, Betta & The Groovers, The Sentimental Gentlemen & Jessie Gordon,  Canal Street Jazz Band y The Perdidos al Swing

And our DJs Ludiswing, Lisi, Ibiricu, Ginés, Nacho, Bidara, Miguel Angel Chino, Félix El Duende DJ

💃🕺 And to the teachers and taster instructors from Blanco y Negro Studio, wonderBal, Barrelhouse Swing Project, Elisabet Monllor,  Compact Jazz (Laura Carrasco, ) and Cristina Manzanares.  — thank you for sharing your talent, your energy, and your love for the dance. You lit up every room 

To the performers who gave us an unforgettable show, Bababop / La Demo Swing Lab;; and to Big Mama Team /Big Mama Swing, who couldn’t perform due to a last‑minute injury but still fired up the room with a magnificent Jam Circle.

To our MC, Cayetana. 

To Berny, whose characters have accompanied us for months — on posters and t-shirts, everywhere. 

To our route guides:  Bidara & José Benito.

To the video artists: Laura Toro  with Hasta Pronto Media and  Sara Pista and the photography team:  @tatu.una.imagen,  @josepalacioslopez,  @asanna, @jjpaezaguado, @daniki.jpg  @‌nighthawk__2 

To the interns for managing the floor and the photography, and the students, who did pretty well anything: Aitana Nimia Machado García, Joaquín Aniceto  Alvarez,  Gabriel Hoyo Jiménez, Andrés Duncán Alfaro, Héctor Fernández.

To the Purple Point people, the market team and the brands who set up inside and out of Las Vegas: Sombrerería Yoqs, Joyería María de la O, Oliviame, Nómadas Brothers Shoes, Marimba, Luka Moon, Discos Loner, Zeneyda Nails.

To the web, social media, calendar, and graphic design teams, who worked for months — and throughout the Exchange — to keep everyone informed.

To the MAD for Swing volunteers who welcomed bands from outside Madrid, brought fruit, shirts, gifts, and good vibes; you handled registration, sound, logistics, transport, hosting, and a thousand invisible but essential tasks. We couldn’t have done it without you.

To our sister associations, thanks for coming from all over Spain — and beyond — to make the weekend a family gathering: Alhajas Swing (Toledo), Baila Swing Fin (Granada), BCN Swing, Burgo Swing, Huescon Swing Hepcats (Huesca), Lindy Monkeys (Valladolid), Mojo Swing Canarias (Gran Canaria), Paradise Swing (Tenerife), Punto Swing (Santander), Rioja Swing, SegoSwing (Segovia), Swing & South (Sevilla), Swing al Teatro (Aquapessa, Italia), Swing Alcalá (Alcalá de Henares), Swing Ciudad Real, Swing On (Aragón), Swing Side (Bilbao), Swing Zamora, Swingpática (Salamanca), Swingvergüenza (Vitoria). 

To all who opened their homes and to everyone who helped at those unexpected moments.

To the staff at Teatro Las Vegas, the sound technicians and the municipal teams from Moncloa and the Retiro, for processing our permits to dance on the streets of Madrid..

GRACIAS to everyone who played a part — big or small — in making this Madrid Swing Exchange happen.

See you next year.

Quintín, Marisa, Beatriz, Cris, Ángeles, Miguel Ángel 

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