# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Hepcats Homecoming, featuring The Douglas Watson Blues Band
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sun, 19 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Celebrate Hepcat Swing's 10-year anniversary as a not-for-profit, as well as the colourful history of swing dancing in KW over the past 100 years!  Re-live all the joy of dances past, and make some new memories on the dance floor with us.

- classes with our talented "alumni" teachers (Jeff Benoit, Connie Walz, Amy Yardley, Julie-Anne Desrochers, John Salalila, Jody Glanzer, Brooke Filsinger)

- social dance featuring one of our all-time favourites, The Douglas Watson Blues Band

- friendly "Mix and Match" dance competition (get paired with a random partner and strut your stuff!)

- late night (because, duh, it's Waterloo lol)

- Sunday brunch dance + fireside chat about KW dance venues, musicians, and stories from the locals who lived it

- super soft souvenir t-shirts

Check our website for more details and to buy your tickets now!
https://hepcatswing.com/event/hepcats-homecoming/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/waterloo/hepcats-homecoming-featuring-the-douglas-watson-blues-band/200029742353953
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, music, dance-competition, contests, workshops, dance, brunch
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 71

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://hepcatswing.com/event/hepcats-homecoming/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=waterloo-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Waterloo
- **state**: ON
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: 42 Erb St E, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Ontario N2J 1L6
- **lat**: 43.46584
- **long**: -80.51986
- **full address**: 42 Erb St E, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Ontario N2J 1L6

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Hepcat Swing (https://allevents.in/org/hepcat-swing/11642349)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 42 Erb St E, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Ontario N2J 1L6
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Hepcat Swing
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, music, dance-competition, contests, workshops, dance, brunch
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Hepcats Homecoming, featuring The Douglas Watson Blues Band ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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