GENERAL INFO
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Let's Dance Boston
Five nights of live music and social dance at the Rose Kennedy Greenway's Dewey Square Park
Salsa, Latin Afro-Caribbean, Hustle, Lindy Hop, and Soul Line Dancing!
ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY, DEWEY SQUARE PARK
WED SEP 23 6PM
ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY, DEWEY SQUARE PARK
THU SEP 24 6PM
ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY, DEWEY SQUARE PARK
FRI SEP 25 6PM
ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY, DEWEY SQUARE PARK
SAT SEP 26 6PM
ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY, DEWEY SQUARE PARK
SUN SEP 27 3PM
Join the fun
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.
The full schedule, musicians, and instructors will be announced this summer, but we can give you a hint: get ready to Salsa, Lindy Hop, line dance, and more!
No partner, special clothing or shoes, or previous dance experience is required at Let’s Dance Boston: just a willingness to have fun!
WED SEP 23: SALSA
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!
THU SEP 24: LATIN AFRO-CARIBBEAN
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!
FRI SEP 25: HUSTLE
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!
SAT SEP 26: LINDY HOP
From the easy-to-learn basics to the most advanced lifts and swings, our Lindy Hop night is for everyone! Boston-based instructors Katie and Paolo Piselli show you the moves, then Dan Gabel and His Orchestra play the tunes that keep the party hopping!
SUN SEP 27: Soul Line Dancing
An afternoon of Soul Line Dancing and live music is a party for all ages and ability levels! Angie Dickerson of Boston Rhythm Riders leads the lesson, and the East Coast Soul band plays party favorites, old-school and new.
About the Event
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!
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!
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.
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.
Bring your water bottle and fill it up at the free City of Boston water truck!
Wednesday through Friday, Night Shift on the Greenway, at the corner of Summer Street and Surface Road, will be pouring beer, wine, seltzer, and non-alcoholic options until 8PM.
Food trucks are TBD, but we'll update you when they're confirmed.
Bring your water bottle and fill it up at the free City of Boston water truck!
Wednesday through Friday, Night Shift on the Greenway, at the corner of Summer Street and Surface Road, will be pouring beer, wine, seltzer, and non-alcoholic options until 8PM.
Food trucks are TBD, but we'll update you when they're confirmed.
Dewey Square Park
Atlantic Avenue, Boston
Previous Events
Let's Dance Boston, 2022
Let's Dance Boston, 2022: Garba!
Let's Dance Boston, 2022: Mambo!
Accessibility
Dewey Square Park is an accessible, ADA-compliant venue, regularly maintained by Conservancy staff.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
smoke- and cannabis-free
All Greenway parks are smoke-, cannabis-, and 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).
getting there
biking
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.
Rowes Wharf Garage
30 Rowes Wharf
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: (617) 439-0328
International Place Garage
55 Purchase Street
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: (617) 330-5243
125 High Street Garage
115 Purchase Street
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: (617) 737-9659
For current rates please contact the garage directly.
THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS
PRESENTING SPONSORS
Leslie & Howard Appleby
Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation
EVENT SUPPORTERS
Eleanor & Frank Pao
THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE FOLLOWING LET'S DANCE BOSTON PERFORMANCES
WED SEP 23 SALSA
Eleanor & Frank Pao
SAT SEP 26 LINDY HOP
Leslie & Howard Appleby
Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
Let's Dance Boston is made possible in part by support from Vivo Performing Arts' Amy & Joshua Boger Innovation Fund.