Arivaca Dancehall - Input from the Community

We love getting your input!

In 2021 and 2022, we hosted multiple open houses in order to invite input from the community about what "niche" the dancehall could fill for the community. During those years, many Arivacans stopped us on the street to give us their ideas too! This input was welcome, and vital in guiding us in choosing the type of events that community members wanted to attend.

The lists below are a compilation of all the ideas we've received, along with some we have dreamed up ourselves. An asterisk * indicates that this idea has either already been done or is on the upcoming events calendar!

We hope you'll email us at arivacadancehall@gmail.com with your ideas too!

Performances:

Acoustic and small electric concerts: Folk*, Bluegrass*, Conjunto, Mariachi, Waila*, Country*, Experimental*, Rock*, etc.
Open mic nights for acoustic music, poetry, prose, etc.*
Dance groups*
Plays and musicals*
Karaoke*

Classes:

Folklorico dance
Modern dance*
Contra dance
Western swing*
Line dance*
Writing workshops*
Theater
Choir/band
Garden and nature education*
Healing touch
Instrument-making
Languages
Art*
Visiting professors, various topics*

Other get-togethers:

Jam sessions*
Dia los Muertos events*
Halloween Haunted House*
Quinceañeras*
Movie nights*
Weddings*
DJ nights
Potluck nights
1920's-theme dance party and/or other eras
Drum circles
Prayer circles
Supper club
Fundraisers*
High tea
Barista day
Campfire sing-alongs*, with ghost stories

Other uses:

Historical displays and events*
Artist-of-the-month exhibits*
Community meetings*
Small conferences for regional organizations
Recording studio*
Herb and flower gardens*
Monarch Butterfly habitat*
Community radio station (this idea is going to happen up the road at the Monarch Cafe property- yay!)