RCR is very excited to announce that we will be hosting a Cuban Salsa Dance Party every 1st Saturday of the month at the LMDC in Oakland. On Saturday, January 7th we’ll be celebrating January Birthdays, including Ryan’s! Live music this month will be with Ryan’s own band Son Chévere.

Contact us in advance if your birthday is in January and we’ll put you on the guest list (just be sure to bring your ID).

The venue is the main ballroom at the Lake Merritt Dance Center which is a PERFECT venue for dancing — an amazing hardwood dance floor with lots of space to dance, beautiful decor, and a stage for live music. Here’s the schedule for the night:

7:00pm Doors Open
7:15pm Beginner Dance Class
7:15pm Int/Adv Dance Class
8:15pm DJ Ritmo
9:00pm Salsa Suelta
9:15pm Live Son con Timba with Son Chévere
10:00pm DJ Ritmo
10:30pm Son Chévere 2nd Set
11:15pm DJ Ritmo

Registration Links

Beginning Class & Party (7:15pm class, party until midnight)

Int/Adv Class & Party (7:15pm class, party until midnight)

Party Only (admission at 8:15, party until midnight)

We offer all of our classes and events on a sliding scale to make them accessible to as many people as possible (we are professional artists so if you are able to pay the regular price it is much appreciated). When you check out, you can enter either 25OFF or 50OFF as codes to receive 25% or 50% discounts.

Son Chévere is a quartet that plays Cuban Dance Music — Son Cubano con Salsa y Timba. They opened for Havana D Primera during their San Francisco show in 2019. The members of Son Chévere are Jordan Wilson (Tres & Vocals), Ryan Mead (Percussion & Vocals), Maria Lorenzi (Upright Bass Keytar & Vocals), with special guest Mario Silva (Trumpet).

DJ Ritmo (Ryan Mead) is co-director of Rueda Con Ritmo along with Sidney Weaverling. He went to Cuba for the first time in 2003 and has been playing, dancing to, and studying Cuban music ever since (he even wrote his Stanford thesis on Cuban music).

The LMDC building is owned by the City of Oakland so we are required to vacate by midnight. Masks are NOT required at our event in the ballroom or Hall 3 (designated food and drink area adjacent to ballroom), but masks ARE required in the hallway and bathrooms as the space is shared with other groups.

There is absolutely no food or drink in the ballroom, including water — be sure to keep all food and drink (including water) in Hall 3 or the lobby.