We love getting your input!
In the years since we purchased the dancehall property, many Arivacans have stopped us on the street to give us their ideas for the type of events they'd like to see happen there. At multiple community open houses we hosted in 2021 and 2022, we got a lot of wonderful input as well!
The lists below are a compilation of all the ideas we've had ourselves and/or have gotten from others so far. An asterisk * indicates that this idea is either already being done at the dancehall or is on the calendar during fall 2023 - spring 2024!
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*, County*, Rock*, etc.
Open mic nights for acoustic music, poetry, prose, etc.*
Dance groups of all kinds
Plays and musicals
Karaoke nights*
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:
Dia los Muertos events*
Quinceañeras celebrations
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:
Arivaca historical displays*
Artist-of-the-month exhibits*
Community meetings
Small conferences for regional organizations
Recording studio*
Herb and flower gardens*
Monarch Butterfly habitat*
Community radio station