{"id":450547,"date":"2026-09-02T02:04:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T02:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/450547\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T02:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T02:04:46","slug":"san-franciscos-iconic-union-square-is-transforming-into-a-massive-open-air-dance-floor-friday-nights-with-free-salsa-lessons-country-western-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/450547\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco\u2019s iconic Union Square is transforming into a massive open-air dance floor Friday nights \u2014 with free salsa lessons, country western, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/shutterstock_382968943-1024x684.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\" alt=\"SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JULY 4: Union Square with tourists on July 4, 2014 in San Francisco, California. Union Square is a famous tourist destination and is surrounded by luxury shops.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLucky-photographer on Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Union Square regularly hosts free events, ranging from major events like Flower Bulb Day to weekly community activities like fitness classes. One of the square\u2019s regular events is free dance lessons on Friday evenings. <\/p>\n<p>Union Square Dances<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/union-square-cropped-1024x806.jpg\" alt=\"Union square on a sunny day in SF\" class=\"wp-image-29169\"  \/>Union Square in San Francisco. Photo by Joseph Oropel on Shutterstock <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every Friday, Union Square hosts a dance lesson followed by open dancing from 5 to 8 pm. The lessons rotate in dance style, featuring salsa, country western, swing, and more. The dance lessons are free and open to all ages. Plus, no dance experience is necessary, so it\u2019s a great opportunity to try something new.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Friday\u2019s dance lesson will focus on salsa, with DJ JUANLOVE performing. You can also look forward to country dancing later in the month. Check out the schedule for the upcoming weeks: <\/p>\n<p>September\u00a04:\u00a0Salsa\u00a0with\u00a0DJ JUANLOVE\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>September 11:\u00a0Country Western with\u00a0Sundance Saloon\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>September 25: Bollywood\u00a0with\u00a0Rang de Bollywood\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>October 2: Salsa\u00a0with\u00a0DJ JUANLOVE<\/p>\n<p>October 9: Country Western with\u00a0Sundance Saloon<\/p>\n<p>October 16: Swing\u00a0with the\u00a0Silver Bell Jazz Band<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/visitunionsquaresf.com\/park-programs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/visitunionsquaresf.com\/park-programs\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">Union Square<\/a> also boasts numerous amenities, including a Kids Zone, tabletop games and craft supplies, and large games like ping pong, foosball, conhole, and more. Plus, mark your calendar for the Cinema On the Square, a monthly free movie series that started this summer. The next free screening is on September 26, featuring The Conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lucky-photographer on Shutterstock Union Square regularly hosts free events, ranging from major events like Flower Bulb Day to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-450547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}