Shindig was a music variety show which aired every week on ABC network from September 16, 1964 to January 8, 1966. Shindig began as a half-hour weekly show, but was expanded to an hour in January 1965. In the fall of 1965, the show split into two half-hour telecasts, on Thursday and Saturday nights. Shindig was hosted by Jimmy O'Neill, who was a Los Angeles disc jockey at the time.

Many popular performers of the day played on the program, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Sonny & Cher, The Supremes, Sam Cooke, Roy Orbison, The Byrds and many others. Shindig is widely considered to have jumpstarted the career of Bobby Sherman. In the fall of 1965, transmissions from London would commence, allowing performers from the British Invasion bands to play without having to leave the United Kingdom.

The Shindig go-go dancers were known as The Shindiggers, and one of the dancers,Teri Garr, later found success on film. The show's assistant choreographer, Antonia Basilotta, later changed her name to Toni Basil and enjoyed a long career as a choreographer and had the 1980s hit, "Mickey".