2:30pm - 3:00pm: Lesson | 3:00pm - 6:00pm: Social Dance Join us for a Sunday afternoon Contra Dance at Glen Echo Park presented by Dancing Planet ! Will Mentor calling with Stomp Rocket (Dave Langford, Bethany Waickman, Glen Loper). Learn More >> | Park Map >> Presenter : Dancing Planet Productions Location : Bumper Car Pavilion Admission : Adults: $15, Ages 17 and under: $5 Email : dancingplanet@erols.com
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Contra dance with live music at Spanish Ballroom, featuring caller Beth Molaro and band Laura and the Lava Lamps; adults $5‑$30, pay‑what‑can, teens $5, children free, all ages.
Contra dance lesson and social at Bumper Car Pavilion features Beth Molaro calling with Laura and The Lava Lamps; adults $15, ages 17‑under $5, for all ages.
Contra dance lesson at 7:30 pm, then dancing to band Wombat Crossing (piano, flute, fiddle, accordion) in Ballroom, Glen Echo Park; adults $5–$30, teens $5, kids free, all ages.
Contra dance lesson at 7:30 then social dance with caller Carl Levine and band Sugar Beat (flute, fiddle, piano, bodhran); adults $5‑$30, teens $5, children free, all ages.
Tango Brillante offers a tango lesson, a milonga lesson, then a social dance with live music; $15 for dance only, $20 for one lesson, $30 for all.
Interactive Chesapeake Bay aquarium at Glen Echo Park offers timed‑entry exhibits and educators for personalized learning, $10 per person, ages 2 and up.
Salsa lesson, bachata lesson, DJ‑spun Latin dance social in Ballroom Back Room, Glen Echo Park; tickets $17 advance, $20 door, $10 under 18, for ages 17 and under.
Folk dance class and open request session at Bumper Car Pavilion features beginner/intermediate lessons and dances from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Croatia, Serbia, $10 admission.
Jennie the cat explores Halloween with puppets, skateboarding, shadow puppetry, pumpkin carving, original music and audience interaction at the Puppet Co. Playhouse, $17.93, for ages 4+.
Adventure Theatre presents Beatrice Likes the Dark, a magical production blending music, shadow play, and storytelling about courage and curiosity. $27.
Frosty The Snowman — Adventure Theatre MTC, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, MD.
Duo Mosaic Piano Duo (McLean Community Center) — Ching‑Yi Lin and Grace Liu perform on two Steinway pianos sharing spotlight first time in decades, $20/$15/$10, all ages.
The Bear Trio performs a mini-concert of Renaissance, Baroque, and 21st‑century recorder music, showcasing instrument evolution with close‑up views of recorders, for ages 5–10 and 13 and up.
Rockville Concert Band performs Autumn Reflections, music inspired by the season’s beauty and warmth, at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre with a $5 suggested donation.
4P's DC Reunion Concert with The Sean Fleming Band features Irish tunes, drums, guitar, beer and wine for purchase; Bumper Car Pavilion, $10 cash, $11.54 credit.
Shake Your Soul delivers a movement practice to music, energizing body, relaxing nerves, awakening soul in the Ballroom Back Room, $13 bird, $15, for ages 18 and up.
