Welcome to Jussi “Dance Plague” Kirkkopelto’s open free Birthday swing and blues dance party! Join us for a free evening with two live bands on Saturday 27.9.2025 18.00-01.00 at Black Pepper Swing premises, Karjalankatu 2, 4th floor, Helsinki, Finland. Door code 1991#.
Add your name to the guest list with this Google form, please.
Guest capacity is needed for estimating servings, program and limited to ensure safety. The name list will be used at the door. Just contact me for later changes, cancellations and questions.
Dress code suggestion is steamy late-night speakeasy (1920s-1930s), but suitable for dancing. It will be hot! Outdoor shoes or shoes that leave black marks on the floor are not allowed.
BYOD Bring your own drinks. If you are new to dance parties, it is good to know that many dancers use no or very little alcohol in these events. Birthday cakes, coffee or tea, mocktails and snacks are served.
Birthday gift wish is to support me with the event costs and a getting vintage pocket watch gift – instead of alcohol or flowers – donations welcome!
OP Bank Account FI1857116120075789 or Mobile Pay +358405878328 or Cashbox at the party
Extra performances are also welcome. If you’d like to contribute a short performance – dance, music, or any kind of art swing or blues-related or not – please contact me in advance so we can schedule it.
Party Schedule
18.00- The dance party starts and DJs keeps the dancing alive in the both swing and blues rooms (except during live sets and shows).
Tanssiorkesteri Humu live swing set.
Extra Shows and Birthday Cake
Little Willie Mehto live blues set.
-01.00 Doors close and quick clean-up with many helping hands is much appreciated!
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Video and photographing at the event is even recommended. Photos and videos should be shared for all party guests after the party. If you don’t want photos of you to be posted anywhere, please bring and wear any visible lanyard (avainnauha) of you choice on your neck.
Code of conduct 🇬🇧 in English and 🇫🇮 in Finnish is followed in the event.
Organizer is Jussi Kirkkopelto as private person. Black Pepper Swing is not the organizer of the event, but it provides the spaces and some tools and decorations for the event.
Yours, Jussi “Dance Plague” Kirkkopelto <kpelto@gmail.com> +358405878328 (Mobile, SMS and WhatsApp)