Join us for Labor Day weekend events! The 55th annual Labor Day Art Show opens TONIGHT (9/4) and continues through the weekend (9/5 - 9/7). Global Rhythms is TOMORROW (9/5)! Learn More >>
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12:00pm – 6:00pm
Global Rhythms is a free showcase of music, dance, and storytelling that features performances by artists who share traditions from a variety of cultures around the world. This year, we'll have the amazing Capital…
7:00pm - 12:30am
7:00pm - 8:00pm Lambada Practica | 8:00pm - 9:00pm Brazilian Zouk Class | 9:00pm - 12:30am Social Dance
Join us for a District Zouk social in the Ballroom Back Room!
As usual, we'll have an open…
2:45 - 5:30pm
Join us for square dancing at Glen Echo Park! We'll start out with a square dance intro lesson for all skill levels from 2:45pm - 3pm. Then, a caller will lead a rousing square dance along with live music! The band will play from 3pm - 5:30pm so…
6:15pm - 9:30pm
6:15pm - 7:00pm: Lesson | 7:00pm - 9:30pm: Social Dance
Enjoy a summer evening with waltzing and more in the breezy Bumper Car Pavilion. Live music by SOME ASSEMBLY with Mary Fiora (woodwinds), Donna Moore Boylan (…
6:30pm - 11:00pm
6:30pm: Tango Lesson | 7:30pm: Milonga Lesson | 8:30pm - 11:00pm: Social Dance
Tango Brillante presents lessons and a dance. Tango lesson (6:30pm), Milonga lesson (7:30pm), Social Dance (8:30-11:00pm). …
2:30pm - 3:45pm
In partnership with Dance for PD (Parkinson's Disease), the Glen Echo Park Partnership presents a Dance for PD® class series at Glen Echo Park. Classes are FREE for participants, care partners, and family members thanks to the support of the…
7:30pm - 10:00pm
7:30pm - 8:30pm Beginner/Intermediate Class; 8:30pm - 10:00pm open request dancing
Glen Echo International Folk Dancers presents a weekly folk dance. Learn dances from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Albania, Greece, Turkey…
8:15pm - 11:30pm
8:15pm - 9:00pm Lesson | 9:00pm - 11:30pm Dance
On Thursday nights dancers converge upon the Ballroom Back Room at Glen Echo Park for the best in DJ’ed Blues dances in the Washington, D.C. area: a Blues Dance with…
7:30pm - 11:00pm
7:30pm: Lesson | 8:00pm - 11:00pm: Social Dance
Join Friday Night Dancers at a Contra Dance! Contra is a fun and easy dance, and darn it, you…
8:00pm: Lesson | 8:30pm - 11pm: Social Dance
Join Gottaswing for the opening event of their BACK IN TIME weekend, featuring the PAUL COSENTINO QUARTET. More intimate than the full-size band, the Quartet plays all the…
Noon to 4pm
BACK IN TIME Lindy Hop workshops with NAOMI & PETER
Two days of great workshops…
2:30pm - 5:00pm
2:30pm - 2:45pm Social dance warmup | 2:45pm - 4:15pm Lesson | 4:15pm - 5:00pm Supervised, Assisted Viennese Waltz Dancing
Learn basics of social Viennese Waltz in this workshop with Todd and Migle of DanceSport Endurance …
6:30pm - 10:30pm
WEST COAST SWING · 6:30pm – 10:30pm
6:30pm: Leveled Practice | 7:30pm – 10:30pm:…
8:00pm: Lesson | 8:30pm - 11:30pm: Social Dance
Join Gottaswing for the jewel in the crown of their BACK IN TIME weekend with PAUL COSENTINO’S BOILERMAKER JAZZ BAND featuring NAOMI UYAMA, spotlighting the music of Benny…
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Join us at the Barn Dance, presented by Folklore Society of Greater Washington! This free fun-spirited event is suitable for all ages and ability levels. It features live music and a caller who teaches all the dances and keeps…
2:30pm - 6:00pm
2:30pm - 3:00pm: Lesson | 3:00pm - 6:00pm: Social Dance
Join us for a Sunday afternoon Contra Dance at Glen Echo Park presented by Dancing Planet!
Janine Smith with The Second Floor (Abe Joyner-…
2:45pm - 6:00pm
2:45pm: Lesson | 3:30pm - 6:00pm: Social Dance
Ballroom Time presents a ballroom dance in the Spanish Ballroom on Sunday afternoon, September 13, 2026…
6:30pm - 11:00pm
6:30pm: Tango Lesson | 7:30pm: Milonga Lesson | 8:30pm - 11:00pm: Social Dance
Tango Brillante presents lessons and a dance. Tango lesson (6:30pm), Milonga lesson (7:30pm), Social Dance (8:30-11:00pm). …
2:30pm - 3:45pm
In partnership with Dance for PD (Parkinson's Disease), the Glen Echo Park Partnership presents a Dance for PD® class series at Glen Echo Park. Classes are FREE for participants, care partners, and family members thanks to the support of the…
7:30pm - 10:00pm
7:30pm - 8:30pm Beginner/Intermediate Class; 8:30pm - 10:00pm open request dancing
Glen Echo International Folk Dancers presents a weekly folk dance. Learn dances from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Albania, Greece, Turkey…
8:15pm - 11:30pm
8:15pm - 9:00pm Lesson | 9:00pm - 11:30pm Dance
On Thursday nights dancers converge upon the Ballroom Back Room at Glen Echo Park for the best in DJ’ed Blues dances in the Washington, D.C. area: a Blues Dance with…
7:30pm - 11:00pm
7:30pm: Lesson | 8:00pm - 11:00pm: Social Dance
Join Friday Night Dancers at a Contra Dance! Contra is a fun and easy dance, and darn it, you…
7:30pm - 12:30am
7:30pm - 8:15pm: Salsa Lesson | 8:15pm - 9:00pm: Bachata Lesson | 9:00pm - 12:30am: Social Dance
¡Música! Latin Dance Social! is a social dance focusing on salsa and bachata, presented by …
2:30pm - 5:30pm
Ballroom Time presents a multi-level Ballroom Dance Workshop in the Spanish Ballroom on Saturday afternoon, September 19, 2026 from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm followed by one hour of instructor-led dancing, practice, and…
8:00pm - 11:30pm
8:00pm: Lesson | 9:00pm - 11:30pm: Social Dance
Join Gottaswing for a fun and friendly…
2:00pm - 6:00pm
Set in the historic Glen Echo Park and co-presented by EducArte and Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts & Culture, Sarau de Samba…
2:45pm - 6:00pm
2:45pm - 3:30pm: Lesson | 3:30pm - 6:00pm: Social Dance
Waltz Time presents a waltz dance with live music by HANDSPRING with Carrie Rose (flute), Alexander Mitchell (violin/viola), Owen Morrison (guitar, piano).
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6:30pm - 11:00pm
6:30pm: Tango Lesson | 7:30pm: Milonga Lesson | 8:30pm - 11:00pm: Social Dance
Tango Brillante presents lessons and a dance. Tango lesson (6:30pm), Milonga lesson (7:30pm), Social Dance (8:30-11:00pm). …
2:30pm - 3:45pm
In partnership with Dance for PD (Parkinson's Disease), the Glen Echo Park Partnership presents a Dance for PD® class series at Glen Echo Park. Classes are FREE for participants, care partners, and family members thanks to the support of the…
7:30pm - 10:00pm
7:30pm - 8:30pm Beginner/Intermediate Class; 8:30pm - 10:00pm open request dancing
Glen Echo International Folk Dancers presents a weekly folk dance. Learn dances from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Albania, Greece, Turkey…
8:15pm - 11:30pm
8:15pm - 9:00pm Lesson | 9:00pm - 11:30pm Dance
On Thursday nights dancers converge upon the Ballroom Back Room at Glen Echo Park for the best in DJ’ed Blues dances in the Washington, D.C. area: a Blues Dance with…
7:30pm - 11:00pm
7:30pm: Lesson | 8:00pm - 11:00pm: Social Dance
Join Friday Night Dancers at a Contra Dance! Contra is a fun and easy dance, and darn it, you…
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
After a sold out performance in June, we are excited to bring these amazing performers back to the Park!
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Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts & Culture presents an intimate Flamenco…
2:00pm - 5:00pm
DC Casineros Dance Company presents dance lessons and a social dance rooted in AfroCuban, Afro-Caribbean, and French/English contra dances. If you already love contra and/or square dancing to a caller, this style will feel like home to you. You'…
8:00pm - 11:30pm
8:00pm: Lesson | 9:00pm - 11:30pm: Social Dance
Join Gottaswing for a fun and friendly…
6:15pm - 9:30pm
6:15pm: Lesson | 7:00pm - 9:30pm: Social Dance
Ballroom Time presents a ballroom dance in the Spanish Ballroom on Sunday evening, September 27…
6:30pm - 11:00pm
6:30pm: Tango Lesson | 7:30pm: Milonga Lesson | 8:30pm - 11:00pm: Social Dance
Tango Brillante presents lessons and a dance. Tango lesson (6:30pm), Milonga lesson (7:30pm), Social Dance (8:30-11:00pm). …
2:30pm - 3:45pm
In partnership with Dance for PD (Parkinson's Disease), the Glen Echo Park Partnership presents a Dance for PD® class series at Glen Echo Park. Classes are FREE for participants, care partners, and family members thanks to the support of the…
7:30pm - 10:00pm
7:30pm - 8:30pm Beginner/Intermediate Class; 8:30pm - 10:00pm open request dancing
Glen Echo International Folk Dancers presents a weekly folk dance. Learn dances from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Albania, Greece, Turkey…
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