All our venues have sprung wooden floors and free car parks. Classes run in Portskewett and Newport, and our social nights are in Newport and Chepstow.
Sprung wooden floors and free parking
Our Line Dance Venues in Portskewett, Newport and Chepstow
Portskewett
Monday evenings and Friday mornings
Portskewett Church Hall
The Side Kicks have danced here on Monday nights and Friday mornings for some years now. It’s a great central location, with a proper wooden floor, a large car park within the school grounds and a fabulous kitchen for coffee mornings and party nights.
- Address
- Crick Road, Portskewett NP26 5UL
- When
- Monday evenings and Friday mornings
- Parking
- Free in the lower school car park, right next door
Wednesday evenings until 16 December
The Lysaght Institute, Newport
After many happy months at Pill Harriers Sports Club, our Wednesday evening sessions moved to the iconic Lysaght Institute, renowned for its dance hall days. Moving here let us add class 3, finally bringing all the Side Kicks sessions in line. Our last Wednesday class here is on 16 December, and in the new year we move to St Patrick’s Church Hall (details below).
- Address
- Orb Way, Newport NP19 0RA
- When
- Wednesday evenings until 16 December
- Parking
- Free on site, or at Morrisons next door via the side gate
Newport
Chepstow
Social nights
The Drill Hall, Chepstow
Another sprung wooden dance floor with copious free parking. Our Drill Hall social nights are on Mondays: bring your own drinks and nibbles and come and dance the night away with us.
- Address
- Lower Church Street, Chepstow NP16 5HJ
- When
- Social nights, 7pm to 10pm
- Parking
- Free on site
From the new year
St Patrick’s Church Hall, Newport
Our new Newport home. After the last class at the Lysaght on 16 December, Wednesday classes and Newport social nights move to the function room at St Patrick’s Church, alongside the main church on Cromwell Road. Same three classes, same times, same faces.
- Address
- 151 Cromwell Road, Newport NP19 0HS
- When
- Wednesday evenings from the new year, plus social nights
- Parking
- Free car park on site
Newport, from 2027
Est. 2007
How We Got Here
Sarah started the Side Kicks in November 2007 and the classes have moved a few times since. Dancers now join us from Lydney, Cardiff, Caerphilly and Abergavenny as well as Chepstow, Caldicot, Rogiet, Undy, Magor, Penhow and Shirenewton.
- 2007Caerwent Village Hall
- A short spellUndy Memorial Hall
- Several yearsThe Labour Club, Caldicot
- Until 2017The Good Measure, Caldicot
- A few monthsPill Harriers Sports Club, Newport
- Until Dec 2026The Lysaght Institute, Newport
- From 2027Portskewett and St Patrick’s, Newport