{"id":795059,"date":"2026-07-11T13:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T13:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/795059\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T13:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T13:13:10","slug":"there-are-free-waterfront-dance-parties-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/795059\/","title":{"rendered":"There are free waterfront dance parties in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s something magical about dancing outdoors by the waterfront during the summer, and these free lessons are a great way to get started.<\/p>\n<p>Returning this month, Dancing on the Square is bringing free live music and lessons to\u00a0Harbourfront Centre every Wednesday. It all kicks off on July 15, and will run until Sept. 2 at the Community Square, 235 Queens Quay W.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoin us outdoors every Wednesday at 7 p.m. for free live music, dance lessons and a lively social dance experience,\u201d states <a href=\"https:\/\/harbourfrontcentre.com\/series\/dancing-on-the-square\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Harbourfront Centre\u2019s website<\/a>. \u201cWhether you\u2019re into salsa, line dancing, Cajun, the Lindy Hop or waltz, there\u2019s something for everyone, so grab a partner (or meet one here!) and hit the dance floor. All levels are welcome!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You could transport into the swing era, enjoy a little soca, or try line dancing. The celebration is free and will take place each week rain or shine.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s this summer\u2019s full schedule:<\/p>\n<p>July 15 \u2014 Salsa with Soul2Sole.<\/p>\n<p>July 22 \u2014 Waltz with Waltz Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>July 29 \u2014 Soca with KJ McKnight.<\/p>\n<p>Aug. 5 \u2014 Line Dancing with SPURS.<\/p>\n<p>Aug. 12 \u2014 Forr\u00f3 with Forr\u00f3 For All.<\/p>\n<p>Aug. 19 \u2014 Cajun with Tom &amp; Myra.<\/p>\n<p>Aug. 26 \u2014 Lindy Hop with Gabrielle &amp; Charlie.<\/p>\n<p>Sept. 2 \u2014 Scottish Country Dance with The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society.<\/p>\n<p>If one of their exciting parties have caught your eye, you can grab a free ticket\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/harbourfrontcentre.com\/series\/dancing-on-the-square\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/harbourfrontcentre.com\/series\/dancing-on-the-square-2025\/\" data-mrf-recirculation-id=\"rc:article-body_12\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">online<\/a>. Now go dance like no one is watching!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s something magical about dancing outdoors by the waterfront during the summer, and these free lessons are a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-795059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}