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The Dance Floor is Black

13/06/2026 - 13/09/2026

The Dance Floor is Black

13/06/2026 - 13/09/2026

At each live festival weekend of The Music is Black Festival, join in with The Dance Floor is Black at Sadler's Wells East. Each session is free and curated by a different choreographer and gives you the an opportunity to get up and dance to all your favourite tunes. With Family Dance sessions on Saturday and Sunday afternoons and a curated Club Night from 7pm on Saturday.

The Music is Ours

Breakin' convention on the Dance Floor at Sadler's Wells East

The Music is Ours

Saturday 13 June 

Family Dance, 12-3pm, with Fly Kid - Fly Kid are set to bring a daytime party where you can introduce the kids to the tunes you grew up on. 

Club Night, 7pm-late, Garage X Grime Reload with Kloé Dean - Close out the night with DJ sets and live performances, curated by Kloé Dean, a renowned dancer and choreographer who has worked extensively with Little Simz, Ezra Collective and Cleo Sol. 

Sunday 14 June

Sunday sessions, 12-6pm, with Breakin' Convention - Breakin’ Convention take over The Dance Floor with exhibition battles and DJs in the world of Soundsystem and Grime.

Power & Respect

Carnival collective Faggamuffin onstage with a crowd

Power & Respect

Saturday 11 July 

Club Night, 7pm-late, Let Love Be Your Rock with Jade Hackett - Jade Hackett showcases original group work set to Lovers Rock and Reggae music.

Sunday 12 July

Sunday Session, 12-6pm, L’attise Rhoden & Glade Marie - Come together for a relaxed dance session celebrating Black British music with DJs L’attise Rhoden and Glade Marie on the decks.

Queer Frequencies

A large crowd dancing and shouting

Queer Frequencies

Saturday 22 August 

Club Night, 7pm-late, Together We Felt The Bass with Zinzi Minott -  Close out your night with an evening of music, dance, poetry and sound art inspired by Queer nightlife. Curated by Zinzi Minott, the first artist trained in dance to be artist in residence at both Serpentine Galley and TATE.

Sunday 23 August

Sunday sessions, 12-6pm, with Fagamuffin Bloc Party - Join queer carnival collective for a full-day pre-carnival party with DJs, MCs and dancers.

Black to the Future

A group of children and parents dance with confetti in the air

Black to the Future

Saturday 12 September 

Family Dance, 12-3pm, with Fly Kid - Fly Kid are set to bring a daytime party where you can introduce the kids to the tunes you grew up on. 

Club Night, 7pm-late, Soul System: Afrofuture Funk with Dannielle "Rhimes" Lecointe - Close out the night with DJ sets and live performances, curated by Dannielle "Rhimes" Lecointe, the Associate Artistic Director of ZooNation and choreographer of last year’s hit Christmas show at Sadler’s Wells East, Ebony Scrooge.

Sunday 13 September

Sunday sessions, 12-6pm, with Poetic Funk Collective - Closing out Black to the Future is Poetic Funk, a DJ collective led by Mark Alexander. This relaxed set will draw on their passion for afrofuturism and 80s funk. 

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