Fancy footwork is afoot with Darcy's new dance festival

DJ and entertainer, Mike Darcy, is planning to celebrate the art of dance this summer, in Cork. The inaugural Footwork Festival will run from Jul 11-13, and Darcy is considering Dublin as an added location.

Fancy footwork is afoot with Darcy's new dance festival

“For years, I’ve been playing swing jazz, soul and Motown, a bit of rockabilly, and what people call roots or heritage music,” says Darcy. “I’ve been asked to play at festivals. I realised that some of my friends go to camps overseas for anything from two to three days to a week, where they do nothing but dance.

“The most famous swing-dance camp is in a place called Herrang, in Sweden. It runs for five weeks. Thousands of people from all over go to it.”

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