Yerba Buena Gardens Festival: Let's Go Dance@Jessie

September 2

Part of the annual summer-long Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, the Let's Go Dance@Jessie series is a downtown open-air dance party. It happens the first Thursday of every month May - October in Jessie Square (next to the Contemporary Jewish Museum).

Come early for a dance lesson -- the beginning of every program features lessons in a style of dance fitting the live music of the evening.

May 6: Orquestra la Moderna Tradicion (Cuban danzon)

June 3: A Klezmer Wedding Celebration with Kugelplex (Klezmer)

July 1: Lavay Smith & The Red Hot Skillet Lickers (Swing)

August 5: Tom Rigney & Flambeau (Cajun)

September 2: Edessa (Balkan)

October 7: Kumu Hula Shawna Alpa'i & Na Pua O Ka La'akea with Faith Ako (Hula)