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Your Let's Dance Boston experience begins with a free 45-minute lesson from top local dance instructors before you dance the night away to music by a live band.
No partner, special clothing or shoes, or previous dance experience is required at Let’s Dance Boston: just a willingness to have fun!
The event is free and open to all, but we invite you to sign up for updates! Get a know-before-you-go email and make sure you're up to date if we have to (knock on wood!) cancel due to weather.
Not sure which event to attend? Choose general updates to stay in the loop, and decide later as your plans firm up.
Put on your boogie shoes and get ready for fun when Let’s Dance Boston goes back to the Disco era with this fun-filled evening of live music and Hustle dancing. Instructors from Arthur Murray Studio lead a lesson in beginner-friendly Hustle and the band BEANTOWN keeps the party going!
Due to the rain and windy conditions in the forecast, this event is cancelled and will not be rescheduled.
Due to the storm this weekend, this event has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled.
Toes tapping but not ready to commit to one night? We'll keep in touch about the whole event so you can get the whole picture and make your plans!
When the claves and the cowbells set the beat, and the horns join in, you won’t be able to resist joining the fun! Let’s Dance Boston steps off with an evening of energetic live salsa music. Johnny Giraldo from Allston’s Salsa y Control studio leads a dance lesson before Angel Subero & Latin Logic take the stage while you dance the night away!
From Haiti to Cuba to the Dominican Republic and beyond: experience music and dance styles from across the Caribbean! Sample Kompa, Merengue, Bachata, and more with lessons from EJ Dance Studio and music by El Grupo Chevere!
The Let's Dance Boston basics: what you need to know to get there and have a great time!
No, Let's Dance Boston is completely free and open to all. We invite you to sign up for reminders and updates for the evenings you're interested in, but you can just show up ready to learn and dance!
Nope: you can just show up ready to make a new friend or two!
For the evening events, your lesson will be from 6PM to 6:45PM. After a quick break, the live bands go on at 7PM and play for 90 minutes until about 8:30PM.
For Sunday's event, the Soul Line Dancing lesson begins at 3PM, and the band goes on at 4PM. The party winds down at 5:30PM.
Food trucks have been invited to each day's event, but Friday's forecast may keep them away.
The beer garden will be closed Friday evening due to the incoming storm.
High Street Place is a vibrant foodie destination just steps from The Greenway, located at 100 High St, Boston, MA 02110. The food hall boasts 20 food and beverage vendors and is open Wednesday until 9pm and Thursday through Saturday until 11pm. Food stalls close one hour before the posted closing time. High Street Place is approximately 0.2 miles, or a five-minute walk from Dewey Square Park along a mostly flat route.
If any day's event is cancelled due to weather, it will not be rescheduled or postponed.
Sign up for updates and reminders, and we'll keep in touch if anything changes!
We've got you! If you need some ear protection, just stop by the info tent for some complimentary foam earplugs or some Ear Defenders that you can check out and return at the end of the night.
If you're overstimulated, info tent staff can point out a good spot for a sensory break and have fidgets available to borrow.
Dewey Square Park is an accessible, ADA-compliant venue, regularly maintained by Conservancy staff.
An accessible restroom is located on the concrete plaza near the main entrance. Select food trucks may stay open during the event, and nearby businesses inside South Station and around the Greenway will also be open.
The dance floor is raised approximately one inch above the surrounding grass. A ramp for step-free access is located on the side of the dance floor closest to the entrance and beer garden, opposite the band, instructors, and mural.
Paths are made of ADA-compliant gravel, and all areas of the plaza are flat, with some sections of grass and dirt. All dancing takes place on our wooden sprung dance floor, where all shoes and attire are welcome.
Dance instructors and the band perform on raised platforms in front of the dance floor for easy visibility and Vivo Performing Arts staff members are happy to help with sightline questions if needed.
Vivo Performing Arts offers sign language interpretation upon request. Requests must be received at least four weeks before the event by contacting Vivo Performing Arts at 617-482-6661 or boxoffice@vivoperformingarts.org. All requests are subject to interpreter availability and provided at the discretion of management.
Weather permitting, Vivo Performing Arts provides portable Assistive Listening Devices at all free events.
For more accessibility information about this event, please fill out this request form, contact the Vivo Performing Arts Box Office at 617-482-6661 or boxoffice@vivoperformingarts.org, or visit our Accessibility page.
The nearest accessible MBTA stop is the Red and Silver Line’s South Station stop. It is located at 700 Atlantic Ave, Boston MA and is 500 feet away from Dewey Square Plaza on a mostly flat path.
All Greenway parks are smoke- and cannabis-free, as well as alcohol-free, except the Night Shift beer garden as noted.
From our venue partners at The Greenway:
The smoking or other consumption of marijuana and marijuana-related products, including flower, edible products, topical products and ointments, oils and tinctures, is prohibited throughout all Greenway parks, consistent with and subject to penalties under Massachusetts law (M.G.L. ch. 94G, Sec. 13).
Dewey Square Park is located on a dedicated bike lane, and the nearest Bluebikes locations are:
Surface Rd at Summer St (600 feet / 4 minute walk)
High St at Federal St (800 feet/ 4 minute walk)
South Station - 700 Atlantic Ave (0.2 miles/ 6 minute walk)
Additionally, there is a bike rack along Atlantic Ave next to the bike racks with signage, available for use at your own risk.
Parking
We recommend booking convenient and affordable parking in advance through SpotHero, the nation's leading parking reservations app.
To reserve your parking spot for the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, visit the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway SpotHero Parking Page.
Metered street parking is available along Atlantic Avenue and Summer Street. Additional information about nearby parking garages and rates are available below.
Two Financial Center Garage
237 Essex Street
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: (617) 350-8773
100 High Street Garage
100 High Street
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: (617) 261-9997
125 High Street Garage
115 Purchase Street
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: (617) 737-9659
International Place Garage
55 Purchase Street
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: (617) 330-5243
Rowes Wharf Garage
30 Rowes Wharf
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: (617) 439-0328
For current rates please contact the garage directly.
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Leslie & Howard Appleby
Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation
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Eleanor & Frank Pao
Leslie & Howard Appleby
Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation
Let's Dance Boston is made possible in part by support from Vivo Performing Arts' Amy & Joshua Boger Innovation Fund.