About this Event
WILLY’S SUNDAY TEA DANCE ?☀️?
THIS SUNDAY. NO COVER. STARTS AT 5PM. WILLY’S BACKYARD.
WHAT IS A TEA DANCE, YOU ASK?
A gay tea dance is a social event that originated in New York in the 50s and 60s. The original dances included tea service. They were a place for singles to meet. The name alludes to traditional tea dances of the English countryside.
How did they start?
* It was illegal through the mid-1960s for bars in New York to sell alcohol to people known to be gay
* Tea dances were held outside the city to avoid attention from the law.
What happened over time?
* Tea dances spread beyond New York and lasted into the 1990s and beyond, regularly taking place in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Provincetown, and Los Angeles and San Francisco, among other cities
* As homosexuality became more accepted and legally protected, the tea dances were subsumed into nighttime club culture
NOW IT’S TIME TO DANCE AGAIN. ☀️
HAPPY HOUR 5-7PM
356 NW 24TH ST.
WYNWOOD.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Willy's Neighborhood Bar, 356 Northwest 24th Street, Miami, United States