THE MAC 2026

Name: THE MAC 2026
Start: 2026-01-16T08:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-18T00:00:00-05:00
Location: 1 Hotel Rd, Newark, NJ, United States, New Jersey 07114

Schedule

Fri, 16 Jan, 2026 at 08:00 am to Sun, 18 Jan, 2026 at 12:00 am

UTC-05:00

Location

1 Hotel Rd, Newark, NJ, United States, New Jersey 07114 | Newark, NJ

MAC 2026 Registration is OPEN!!!!
What you should know about MAC 2026.
1. WANT TO SAVE MONEY? Register and pay before Sept. 30, 2025, and save money with the early bird special. All prices will go up on Oct. 1, 2025.
2. For the first time, NON-USA DANCE MEMBERS CAN DANCE AT MAC 2026. If you always wanted to dance at MAC but weren’t a member of USA Dance and so couldn’t dance, this is your year. Non-USA Dance members do not qualify for Nationals.
3. USA Dance members, don’t despair, YOU GET A 10% DISCOUNT on all of your Competitor Pass and per/dance fees after showing us a valid USA Dance membership card. For more information on how this will work, please go to https://www.macnyusadance.org/competition-information/ and read about the process under “Competitor Pricing – Discount for USA Dance & WDSF Members”
4. WANT TO SAVE MORE MONEY? We have a very limited number of Breakfast Vouchers. These will go to the first people who buy them during registration and pay for them. Once they are gone, they are gone, and we won’t be getting any more from the hotel. They will save you around $10/breakfast at the hotel restaurant.
5. MAC 2026 will be running SENIOR VI EVENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME. Remember, at Nationals Senior VI events will only be held if we have at least 6 couples in a Senior VI event. This is your time to see if you want to dance this level at Nationals.
6. THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL REDUCED “Combined Adult through Senior II” and “Combined Senior III through Senior VI” A-CLASS (RISING STAR) events in Standard, Smooth, Latin & Rhythm. While these don’t qualify you for Nationals (only S-Class qualifies you to dance the Championship S-Class events at Nationals), these are great events to get more time on the floor and since they are non-qualifying events, THEY ARE 1/2 PRICE.
7. Of course, the GRADING ROUNDS WILL BE RETURNING, those of you who danced them, know how much fun they are, and these events are free.
8. There will be 11 WDSF events during this year’s MAC, Youth through Senior III. While you don’t need to be a USA Dance member to dance in any USA Dance MAC 2026 event, you do need to be a WDSF member to dance in any WDSF event.
9. Finally, we will be holding “THE AMERICAS' SALSA AND BACHATA CHALLENGE.” We have already had a lot of interest in this event from South America, and we are hoping that both of these events will be big. Time to start practicing your Salsa and your Bachata.