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Dance Parade 2024

The 18th Annual DANCE PARADE, that grand celebration of dance featuring over over 150 organizations representing more than 100 styles of dance from ballet to breakdance, thousands of paraders, 23 colorful floats, live bands, and – you name it – will take place Sat. May 18th, beginning with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11:30 AM at 6th Av. & 17th St.  On hand will be the 2024 Grand Marshals: Brenda Bufalino (tap); Lil Buck (Memphis Jookin); Martha Zarate-Alvarez (Mexican folkloric); and Norman Siegel (Civil Liberties Advocate).

The parading will start at 12 noon and progress down 6th Ave. and across 8th St., ending at approx. 4 pm at Tompkins Square Park, where five stages have been set up for more performances, free dance lessons, partying, and mingling.

Along the way there will be brief performances by selected companies at the Grandstand set up at 4th Ave. & 8th St.

New York’s biggest dance event—and free to the pubic!











When: Sat., May. 18, 2024 at All Day

The 18th Annual DANCE PARADE, that grand celebration of dance featuring over over 150 organizations representing more than 100 styles of dance from ballet to breakdance, thousands of paraders, 23 colorful floats, live bands, and – you name it – will take place Sat. May 18th, beginning with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11:30 AM at 6th Av. & 17th St.  On hand will be the 2024 Grand Marshals: Brenda Bufalino (tap); Lil Buck (Memphis Jookin); Martha Zarate-Alvarez (Mexican folkloric); and Norman Siegel (Civil Liberties Advocate).

The parading will start at 12 noon and progress down 6th Ave. and across 8th St., ending at approx. 4 pm at Tompkins Square Park, where five stages have been set up for more performances, free dance lessons, partying, and mingling.

Along the way there will be brief performances by selected companies at the Grandstand set up at 4th Ave. & 8th St.

New York’s biggest dance event—and free to the pubic!

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