Time to party like it’s 1922!  We have a special guest Danny Tobias on horn this evening, playing hot jazz favorites for your dancing pleasure.  It’s going to be an incredible night of music in the Spanish Ballroom.  

Beginner lesson with Tricia and Thomas at 8, band at 9.  Proof of vaxx/photo ID/mask required for entry.  Purchase tickets with this link: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5389742

Triple Crown Swing dance with the All Star Band featuring Paul Cosentino, Russ Wilson, and Craig Gildner!

Lesson with Connor Cole and Amanda Gerkin, included with price of admission!

Agalisiga "The Chuj" Mackey is a Cherokee singer/songwriter who grew up in the small traditional Cherokee community of Kenwood, OK. Mackey melds a classic country and blues sound drawn from Jimmy Rodgers and R.L. Burnside with his deep baritone voice honed from his upbringing in singing Cherokee ceremonial songs. In a short time, the 21-year-old father of two has grown from covering vintage tunes down at the creek to performing on big stages around the Midwest while cultivating a growing audience among country western fans and Native Americans alike. Audiences are universally intrigued to hear the Cherokee language sung in this mode and captivated by Mackey's authentic folksy presence on stage. Outside of his music, he is a language and culture educator at the Cherokee Immersion Charter School, where he teaches children from Pre-K to 8th grade both ceremonial songs and contemporary Cherokee music.

Country music that sounds like it was written in the 70's and is sung in Cherokee.

Agalisiga Mackey will perform with a full country band including Bryan McDowell - fiddle, Ahren Buchheister - steel guitar; Alex Lacquement - bass, and Chuck Navyac - drums. A free beginner lesson in two step included with admission, led by Alex Lacquement of Baltimore Honky Tonk.

Schedule

7:30pm -8:00pm || Beginner Two Step Lesson

8:00pm - 10:30pm || Dancing with the band

Tickets

Discounted Advance Tickets ($22)  ||  Online Only || Advance sales end at 11:59 pm on Thursday, August 20

Same-Day Tickets ($27)  || Online or at the door (Cash, Check, or Credit Card)  || Doors open at 7:00pm on Friday, August 21

Advance Dual Dance Ticket ($40) || Includes 7/17/26 Honky Tonk Dance with Karen Collins & the Backroads Band and 8/21/26 Honky Tonk Dance with Agalisiga Mackey || Online Only || Advance sales end at 11:59pm on Thursday, July 16 || Purchase Dual Dance Ticket >>

Same-Day Dual Dance Ticket ($45) || Online or at the door (Cash, Check, or Credit Card) || Online sales end at 6:00pm on Friday, August 21, at the door sales available at check in table

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Enjoy an evening of live music at a Honky Tonk Dance with Karen Collins & the Backroads Band, presented by Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts & Culture. A free beginner lesson in two step included with admission, led by Sharon Schiliro and Michael Hart from of Dancing by the Bayou. One of the DC area's top honky-tonk groups, Karen Collins & the Backroads Band play real country music. They have an authentic vintage sound that includes shuffles, two-steps, and buckle-polishing slow tunes with some early rockabilly songs mixed in.

Schedule

7:30pm -8:00pm || Beginner Two Step Lesson

8:00pm - 10:30pm || Dancing with the band

Tickets

Discounted Advance Tickets ($22)  ||  Online Only || Advance sales end at 11:59 pm on Thursday, July 16

Same-Day Tickets ($27)  || Online or at the door (Cash, Check, or Credit Card)  || Doors open at 7:00pm on Friday, July 17

Dual Dance Ticket ($40) || Includes 7/17/26 Honky Tonk Dance with Karen Collins & the Backroads Band and 8/21/26 Honky Tonk Dance with Agalisiga Mackey ||  Purchase Dual Dance Ticket >>

Same-Day Dual Dance Ticket ($45) || Online or at the door (Cash, Check, or Credit Card) || Online sales end at 6:00pm on Friday, July 17, at the door sales available at check in table

All sales final.

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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 everyone moving to the music. Expect a variety of circles, squares, longways sets, contras, waltzes, and ceilidhs.

L'Adoré Fiddlers will be playing and Kim Forry will be calling!

Families with pre-school kids, families with tweens and teens, grandparents, and everyone in-between will have a rollicking good time! Our intergenerational community is what makes this dance unique and fun. So grab a friend, your parents, your kids, and dance the afternoon away.

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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 everyone moving to the music. Expect a variety of circles, squares, longways sets, contras, waltzes, and ceilidhs.

Liz Donaldson & Becky Ross will be playing and Kappy Laning will be calling!

Families with pre-school kids, families with tweens and teens, grandparents, and everyone in-between will have a rollicking good time! Our intergenerational community is what makes this dance unique and fun. So grab a friend, your parents, your kids, and dance the afternoon away.

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Enjoy an evening of live music at a Honky Tonk Dance with Dede & the Do-Rights, presented by Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts & Culture. A free beginner lesson in two step included with admission, led by Diana Nevills from the Church of Honky Tonk.

Dede & the Do-Rights is a Baltimore-based band featuring Dede Wyland that plays a mix of vintage country and early rock 'n' roll, often described as "Rock 'n' Roots Country". Known for high-energy, danceable performances, they are a staple in the local honky-tonk scene.

Schedule

7:30pm -8:00pm || Beginner Two Step Lesson with Diana Nevills from the Church of Honky Tonk

8:00pm - 10:30pm || Dancing with the band

Tickets

Discounted Advance Tickets ($22)  ||  Online Only || Advance sales end at 11:59 pm on Thursday, June 18

Same-Day Tickets ($27)  || Online or at the door (Cash, Check, or Credit Card)  || Doors open at 7:00pm on Friday, June 19

Dual Dance Ticket ($40) || Includes 4/17/26 Honky Tonk Dance with Kiti Gartner & The Drifting Valentines and 6/19/26 Honky Tonk Dance with Dede & the Do-Rights ||  Purchase Dual Dance Ticket >>

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Two step the night away at a Honky Tonk Dance with Kiti Gartner & the Drifting Valentines, presented by Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts & Culture. A free dance lesson is included with admission, led by Sharon Schiliro and Michael Hart of Dancing by the Bayou.

Kiti Gartner & the Drifting Valentines is a band out of Washington DC who play western swing, rockabilly, old country and some jump blues. Their influences include music from the 1940s thru the early 60s, including almost everything that came out of The Quonset Hut and RCA Studio B in Nashville, Sun Records in Memphis, and Bakersfield. Band members are Kiti Gartner (vocals, rhythm), Zachary Sweeney (electric guitar), Jonathan Bozarth (upright bass), Brian Alpert (drums), Lynn Kasdorf (pedal steel guitar).

Schedule

7:30pm -8:00pm || Beginner Two Step Lesson

8:00pm - 10:30pm || Dancing with the band

Tickets

Discounted Advance Tickets ($22)  ||  Online Only || Advance sales end at 11:59 pm on Thursday, April 16

Same-Day Tickets ($27)  || Online or at the door (Cash, Check, or Credit Card)  || Doors open at 7:00pm on Friday, April 17

Dual Dance Ticket ($40) || Includes 4/17/26 Honky Tonk Dance with Kiti Gartner & The Drifting Valentines and 6/19/26 Honky Tonk Dance with Dede & the Do-Rights ||  Purchase Dual Dance Ticket >>

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Join Folklore Society of Greater Washington (FSGW) for an ultra-challenging urban dance weekend featuring mind-bending figures, non-gendered calling, and unbelievably amazing music. Two days of workshops, dancing, community, fun and food in the fabulous Spanish Ballroom and throughout Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD.

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Join Folklore Society of Greater Washington (FSGW) for an ultra-challenging urban dance weekend featuring mind-bending figures, non-gendered calling, and unbelievably amazing music. Two days of workshops, dancing, community, fun and food in the fabulous Spanish Ballroom and throughout Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD.

Learn More >> | Park Map >>