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June – September 2025 Free admission • Grant Park and parks citywide Enjoy live music and dancing on an open-air dance floor during the annual…

This post was originally published by Block Club Chicago. Chicago has a penchant for dance — and it’s celebrating the hop, cha-cha slide and other…

Chicago has been an innovative force on the dance scene for more than 100 years. The city rocked the dance world in the 1920s when…

Salsa, rumba, or waltz your way into spring during the seventh annual Chicago Dance Month. Through the entire month of April, an array of cultural…

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