SSB Blues Dance Party with the Johnny Long Blues Band!

This event will serve as a kickoff event for BOTH the Mile High Blues Farewell party AND The Get Down weekend workshop event!! <3 Go check out that event and get your tickets so you can dance up to 6 nights straighttttt!!
Our next blues dance party will be a with LIVE music from the Johnny Long Blues Band! John Long is a delta and country blues musician, has been playing the blues for more than 50+ years, and learned it from his adoptive father, Homesick James. You truly are walking into the history of blues when you walk into a room with John Long playing.
Presale CLASS AND DANCE ticket: https://square.link/u/gPGlWEt3
Presale DANCE ONLY ticket: https://square.link/u/ZSVsPDmr
Come for good music, good dancing, and good people!
GENERAL EVENT VENUE CHANGE: We currently no longer run our event at the Pearl/Mercury Cafe; we will run in the basement ballroom of the Denver Turnverein for this event, and then will be moving to La Rumba, our new dance home moving forward in August!
PARKING
Free parking lot surrounding the building and street parking in surrounding streets.
OVERFLOW PARKING
If everything is full, park momentarily at the bottom of the stairs to get a pass to park for free in the bank parking lot a one-block walk from the venue.
Doors open at 7:00pm. There will be a beginner-friendly blues dance lesson from 7:30-8:30pm. A dance party with live music from the band and DJ'ed band breaks will follow from 8:30-12.
7:30-8:30pm: All levels blues dance class
Instructors: Jen Delk & Gwen Bone
8:30-12:00am: Blues dance party with the Johnny Long Blues Band (live blues band goes on at 9pm!)
DJ: Jen (band breaks)
Special Performance by: TBA!
Admission:
$15- class only ($10 student discount with ID)
$20- dance only ($15 student discount with ID)
$35- class and dance ($25 student discount with ID)
The dance is indoors, NO RESTRICTIONS: vaccine and mask optional. Please stay home if you feel unwell! Be safe, have fun! ❤