Labor Day Weekend Salsa Dancing 2013

Posted August 28, 2013 by Takeshi

Labor Day Weekend is coming up, and what better way to celebrate it than with some salsa dancing!

Here are some of the top salsa events that are coming up this weekend. If you know of any salsa events that aren’t listed below, please leave a note in the comments, and I’ll add it to the list.

Saturday, August 31st 2013

Extra Hot Salsa Saturday
Location: San Jose
Cost: $12/$10 for students
August is one of the few months with five Saturdays, which means it’s time for Extra Hot Salsa Saturday! In addition to the usual salsa lessons by salsa World Champion Michelle Castro, Bryan Stroud and Samantha Arias (the directors of IN Essence Dance Company) will be at the event teaching bachata and keeping things hot in the bachata room.

Sunday, September 1st 2013

Hot Bachata Nights
Location: San Francisco
Cost: $10 party/$5 per lesson
Hot Bachata Nights is one of the hottest Latin dance socials in the city, bringing together salsa, bachata, and kizomba, and this Sunday they will be bringing in special instructors Peter Araiza and Jenny Mee for intermediate salsa and bachata lessons.

6th Annual Labor Day Salsa, Bachata, and Kizomba Fling
Location: San Jose
Cost: $12
One of the most popular salsa events of the year in the South Bay, the Labor Day Salsa, Bachata, and Kizomba Fling (a mouthful, I know) is sure to be a big party with 3 rooms for dancing and dancing until the wee hours of the morning.

Monday, September 2nd 2013

Berkeley Salsa Block Party
Location: Berkeley
Cost: Free (optional donation)
The annual Berkeley Salsa Block party is one of the largest outdoor salsa events in the East Bay, taking up six city blocks in Berkeley and featuring live salsa music from the Oakland Salsa & Timba All Stars. If you’re looking to go dancing on Monday afternoon, this is the spot to be.

Those are just some of the special events that will be going on during Labor Day Weekend, in addition to many of the regular salsa events you can find on our salsa calendar. Have a safe and fun weekend!