Go to our Dance for Joy! website for other great dance classes and events!

Masks are optional but recommended on the dance floor. If you feel unwell, please visit another night. Bring waterfor your use and please recycle your plastic bottles. Thanks!

Eighteen years of FREE dancing in Seattle parks!

Join us for Dancing til Dusk 2025, 16 summer evenings of free music, dance lessons and dancing in Seattle parks!

1st hour is a beginning dance lesson, no partner necessary as we change partners in the lesson. If you prefer not to change partners, bring one along!

Rain Hotline:
206-264-5646

Westlake Park, Tues & Thurs
6-9:30pm

July 8 Tues — Swingin' in the Rain with Dina Blade | Swing Variety

July 10 Thurs — DJ's Sam Lingane and Rebecca Savoca | West Coast Swing

Aug 19 Tues — The Elnah Jordan Experience | Blues/American Songbook

Freeway Park, Tuesdays
6-9pm

July 15Alex Guilbert's Stampede Seven Quartet | Swing

July 22Ron Bailey and the Tangents | Swing

July 29Ranger and the ‘Re-Arangers’ | Django Reinhart Swing — This is a Ball Rouge; wear red!

Hing Hay Park, Thursdays
6-9pm

July 17 — Bayou Envie | Zydeco

July 24 — Ben Thomas Tango Quartet | Tango

July 31 — DJs Miss Anna Ponder and Sean Donovan | Line Dance Favorites

Lake City Mini Park, Tues and Thurs
6-9pm

Aug 5, Tues — Kiki Valera y su Son Cubano | Salsa

Aug 21, Thurs — Joel Astley and Friends | Blues

Cal Anderson Park, Thursdays
6-9:30pm

Aug 7 — Buena Vibra | Salsa

Aug 14 — THe Weather Birds | Swing

Ballard Commons, Tuesdays
6-9pm

Aug 12 — Golden Earrings Jazz Band | Vintage Jazz/Swing

Aug 26 — DJs Alex Hanning and Whitney Leisenring | Classic Blues

(South) Lake Union Park, Thursday
6-9:30pm

Aug 28 — Birch Pereira and Casey McGill | Swing

Sunday Aug 24
Golden Gardens Bathhouse
6-9pm

DJ Battle — Lilli Ann Carey & Friends | Variety Music — This is a Ball Blanc; wear white!

black couple swinging to big band music in Seattle parks
Thank you to our sponsors: Seattle Parks & Recreation; Downtown Seattle Association; Downtown Seattle Association Metropolitan Improvement District, Interim CDA, Horizon House, and Freeway Park Association

Organized by Lilli Ann Carey and
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Go to our Dance for Joy! website for other great dance classes and events!