Outdoor “21st Century” Tango Dance Party | McCoppin Plaza

Submitted by the Event Organizer

McCoppin Plaza Events | SF

The city has turned the blighted dead end of McCoppin St., abutting the Octavia freeway off ramp, into a dynamic community space.

The new McCoppin Plaza is one of three new open spaces under the South of Market (SoMa) West Improvement Projects designed to enhance the neighborhood and improve the functionality and flow of Octavia Boulevard with pedestrian and transportation safety features.

McCoppin Plaza 2014 Events

• Sun. August 17, 2014: Shaping San Francisco presents Bees, Butterflies and Backyard Gardens (12-3 pm)
• Thu. August 21: Independent Movie Shorts (7-10 pm)
• Sun. August 24: Sunday Streets in the Mission – Pat Wilder Blues Band & Hiwatters Surf Band (12-3 pm)
• Thu. September 11: Tango Night (7-10 pm)
• Sun. September 14: Swing Dance Lessons and Live Music with Macy Blackman (12-3 pm)
• Sun. September 21: Mission Neighborhood Record and Media Swap (12-3 pm)
• Sun. September 28: DAMSF Local Youth present: Dance, Art, Music, Style, and Fashion (12-3 pm)
• Sun. October 19: Los Chiles Verdes – Mission Youth Salsa Band (12-3 pm)

McCoppin Plaza is on Valencia St. at McCoppin next to the U-Haul. The planned event series is produced by People in Plazas and sponsored by the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development.

Thursday, September 11, 2014
McCoppin Plaza Events | SF

SF Switch Tango provides a night of tango 21st century-style: everyone both leads and follows, with DJ’d tango music that is an inspiring mix of classic, contemporary, and electronica. The event takes place on a wood dancefloor.

• 7pm Lesson –  taught gender-neutral by SF Switch Tango’s Ali Woolwich provides all some chewy moves in leading, following and transitions to get you ready to dance.
• 8pm Dance –  Switch Tango Milonga, with Mission:Fusion/Tango Atipico DJ Jamie Triplett.

2-Song Switch-friendly Tandas: Dancers can dance one role per tanda (song-set), have one song per role of each 2-song set, or seamlessly transition role changes back and forth for both songs in each tanda–all styles of Switches encouraged.  Wood dancefloor for real- tango shoes provided.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.