This is THE place to go for swing in greater Phoenix on Wednesdays. My friend visiting from Atlanta sought out this place and dragged me there. I swear I pass by it every week and never even knew it was there. Apparently, it's one-half of the Red Owl sports bar.
The peeps here are all about swing and don't eff around. Most people are drinking bottled water and are doing the jump jive and wail. I had no idea it was still popular. There must have been more than 100 people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities there. I even jumped in a few times looking like a corporate dork as I "forgot" my swing gear back home.
There's a bar, the lighting is red, hence the name and the dancefloor is huge. They even have a stage for the occasional swing band traveling through town. People seemingly went up to strangers throughout the night introduced themselves and asked each other to dance.
WTF? Am I in an anti-Scottsdale parallel universe where people don't laugh at you, or run away, fake a phone call or give you some line when you approach someone, introduce yourself and ask them to dance? Not that that's ever happened to me or anything.
The place is probably a 2 or 3 for the average person, but a 4 or 5 for the avid swinger, ahem, I mean swing dancer.