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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.

Queer Frequencies

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Queer Frequencies

Saturday 22 August 

Family Dance, 12-3pm, Hosted by Sun Sun, Vitamin & DJ Lil Tim.

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.

Together We Felt The Bass set times: 

  • 7pm - DJ GIN
  • 8.30pm - Remi Graves
  • 8.40pm - DJ GIN
  • 9.10pm - Zinzi Minott - Rudzani Moleya
  • 9.20pm - DJ GIN
  • 9.50pm - Roxxxan MC
  • 10pm - DJ GIN

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

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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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