Oslo Balboa Weekend

MEL - Disc Jockey / Emcee / Balboa Instructor

This year you will be guided through the evening by emcee Mel Calanglang! He will also be head disc jockey. He specialises in 1930-1960’s big band but also mixes in some other genres to keep things interesting! Jo Calanglang will join you on the social dance floor and offer private classes.

Do you want to book private lessons? Contact the teachers. We have five rooms available on Friday daytime for private lessons!

Slow Balboa (Kronesalen): Ada and her swinging jazzhoppers
A favourite on the Oslo Slow Balboa scene, Ada and her Swinging Jazzhoppers deliver a warm, swinging sound built for the dance floor, vocalist and bassist Ada upfront, with a tight band of seasoned Oslo jazz musicians behind her.
Ada Mathea Hoel: Vocal, Bass
Lars Frank: Saxophone, Clarinet
Håkon Endal: Piano
Øystein Aarnes Vik: Drums
Ada Mathea Hoel is an Oslo-based musician, vocalist and bassist with a background spanning jazz, improvisation and experimental music. The Swinging Jazzhoppers is her vehicle for classic swing — warm, danceable, and firmly in the tradition.
Lars Frank is a Norwegian reed player rooted in classic jazz. On clarinet and tenor saxophone, he has performed with some of Europe’s finest traditional jazz musicians at venues and festivals across Norway and the UK.
Håkon Endal is an Oslo-based jazz pianist educated at Norges musikkhøgskole and the Tribeca Jazz Institute in New York, with an active career as both bandleader and sideman on the Norwegian jazz scene.