Ecstatic Dance Oakland: Featuring Vesica
Schedule
Sun Feb 22 2026 at 10:00 am to 01:00 pm
UTC-08:00Location
Sweets Ballroom | Oakland, CA
~ Ecstatic Dance Oakland is back under new stewardship at Sweets Ballroom ~Sunday morning schedule:
9:45am - Doors Open
10am - Contact Improv & Yoga
10:45am - Opening Circle
11am - Ecstatic Dance
1pm - Sound Healing
Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA
BART: 19th St. BART
Parking:
Free street parking on Sundays or paid parking @ Oakland City Center Garage 525 14th St, Oakland, CA 94612
Tickets:
Available at the door with Cash / Venmo
$25 Drop-In
$20 Passes sold in 5 packs
Volunteer Opportunity: Please email us at [email protected]
Ecstatic Dance Agreements:
Let the dance be your language, we keep the floor a space of movement rather than words.
Follow what feels true in your body, honor your own boundaries, and practice consent in every interaction.
We gather in a clear, substance-free field, no alcohol or drugs.
Please keep phones away so we can be fully present together.
Dance barefoot if you can, or wear soft-soled dance shoes if needed.
This is a community space open to all ages and expressions.
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Bio:
VESICA is an Oakland (CA) based Ecstatic Dance DJ who has been dancing at the legendary mothership of Ecstatic Dance at Sweets Ballroom, Oakland since its inception in 2008. In 2010, VESICA co-founded Ecstatic Dance Berlin, the first pioneer in the global spread of ecstatic dance. Since then VESICA has been invited to play ecstatic dances far and wide -among them Lightning in a Bottle, Moscow, Barcelona & Ibiza, to Nevada City, Los Angeles, and of course, Oakland, to name a few.
VESICA is a dancers’ DJ with a predilection for soulful organic world beats and scrumptious global bass. Her sets are poly-genre, tempo-morphing, dance floor love that irresistibly moves feet, hips and heart into a deep and embodied journey of catharsis and transformation. VESICA invites you to loose and find yourself in the dance.
VESICA’s last set: https://soundcloud.com/vesica-ecstatic/bass-bliss
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/vesica-ecstatic
Mixcloud: https://mixcloud.com/vesica-ecstatic
Where is it happening?
Sweets Ballroom, 1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612-2205, United States
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