We’re pleased to announce the inaugural Bondi Tap Festival January 12-16, 2026
What’s better than a week of sun, surf, sand and tap dance at the height of Summer?

World-class workshops by day, Bondi’s coastal walks and beach culture by afternoon - right in the middle of school holidays. More than a festival - it’s your family’s summer dance holiday.

Stay tuned for more details to come.

Source: https://www.bonditapfestival.com/

RIFF Dallas is a four day tap dance festival occurring each year during the MLK National Holiday weekend. In Dallas, we celebrate the amazing African American art form of tap dance with classes, seminars & forums, showcases, concerts and more. Join us each January along with dancers and teachers from around the globe and see what RIFF Dallas is all about!

Source: https://www.riffdallas.org/the-attic-loft

Tapology Tap Dance Festival is quality tap dance workshops, historical education, and concert performances since the first Tapology festival in 2001. Based in Flint, Michigan, Tapology has become known nationwide as the tap dance instruction event where everyone is welcome – from beginners to seniors, and everyone in between. Open to ages 5 – 80.

Guest Instructors teach on all tap dance skill levels, giving every dance festival or dance class participant an even chance at professional development. Employing an even mix of dance legends and contemporary rising stars, the Tapology festival provides excellent training and inspiration for those who love to dance and to tap, in particular.

Tapology also hosts various percussive dance styles including Hip Hop, African Dance, and more.

Source https://tapology.org/#

TapVibe Challenge is an all-tap competition! We are proud to provide tap dancers with the chance to showcase their talent on a magnificent full-size O’Mara wood stage, alongside a distinguished judging panel of tap dance professionals.

FACULTY ANNOUNCEMENT! First year in Chitown and we are bringing the fire. Our event gives you options: competition and/or convention, competitive or showcase division, unlimited class options. Sterling Harris, Shannon Kaminski, Brendan Kellum, Matt Poshpeshil, Adi Beeler, Tommy Wasiuta, Suzy Hall

SAVE THE DATE and tell all your friends!!! We welcome you to Sweden and to the 14th edition of our dance & music festival, celebrating the beautiful art form of tap dance!

𝘈𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴/𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤, 𝘫𝘢𝘮𝘴, 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧! 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭. 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥-𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘱 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥. 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦!

PRELIMINARY OVERVIEW SCHEDULE
April 1st | 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 - 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄
April 2nd | 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 - 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 + 𝗖𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁
April 3rd | 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 - 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗝𝗮𝗺 + 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄
April 4th | 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 - 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 + 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮/𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸
April 5th | 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 - 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗮
April 6th | 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 - 𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 & 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆
April 7th | 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀

STF 2026 is supported by the Swedish Arts Council and Region Stockholm.

Annually, since 2009, Chapman University's Tap Ensemble (CUTE) has put on a show to showcase the work and art of our campus's tap dancers, along with special guest performers from all around the country, as is the tradition in American tap dance. In 2022, Chapman University/Musco Center for the Arts produced Chapman’s first-ever tap festival, Tap Fest California. The festival included CUTE’s Happy Chappy Tappy Show. Due to an incredible response from the tap community, in 2023, CUTE took on the task to continue the festival in a smaller, more intimate setting. Thus, Tap Fest Cali was born…and last year’s inaugural festival was a huge success, bringing together rhythm dancers from around the world to share their art with our campus and local community.

Tap dance is primarily an African American art form and brings cultural diversity to Chapman; CUTE works to preserve and educate the public on its value in the scheme of American dance. We hope you enjoy this fun, inclusive, affordable festival that has become CUTE’s most popular fundraiser each year.

Source: https://tapfestcali.com/

TapVibe Challenge is an all-tap competition! We are proud to provide tap dancers with the chance to showcase their talent on a magnificent full-size O’Mara wood stage, alongside a distinguished judging panel of tap dance professionals.

FACULTY ANNOUNCEMENT! Our 2nd season in this beautiful city, and it’s going to be BIGGER and more FABULOUS than last year! Kelsey Rose, Shannon Kaminski, Vikas Arun, Tommy Wasiuta, Kiana Guarino, Suzy Hall

Registration is OPEN, and we are using DanceBug to make it easier on you!
Reservations are also an option, but know that entries and class sizes are limited.
We can’t wait to see all the amazing talent again!

Join us as we celebrate our 25th Anniversary at the Joyce Theater, 175 8th Avenue

The American Tap Dance Foundation started out as the American Tap Dance Orchestra. It was originally founded and created in 1986 by dancer/choreographer Brenda Bufalino. With the help of Tony Waag, and the late Charles "Honi" Coles, the ATDO created an original approach to tap dance with a concert orchestra of taps. Committed to celebrating one of America's few indigenous art forms, the ATDO created new concepts in contemporary tap employing a wide spectrum of musical tones and rhythms in the manner of a conventional orchestra.  As with instrumental soloists in a big band, individual dancers contribute their own virtuosity to the choreography, so that the whole becomes the sum of each dancer's unique style. The choreography for the ATDO, though encompassing tap’s tradition, expands the ideas of routines and flash, five-minute entertainments into whole evenings of work. Conceptually developed themes were woven into fugues and counter-rhythms with atmospheres and poetic qualities that offered a complete art experience. 

Source: https://www.atdf.org/

TapVibe Challenge is an all-tap competition! We are proud to provide tap dancers with the chance to showcase their talent on a magnificent full-size O’Mara wood stage, alongside a distinguished judging panel of tap dance professionals.

FACULTY ANNOUNCEMENT!Check out our FULL SCHEDULE ONLINE at Tap-Vibe.com This is our BIGGEST CITY and new this year we CELEBRATE National Tap Dance Day by having a TAP SHOWCASE after our full day of classes on Sunday. Sterling Harris, Shannon Kaminski, Dante Lara, Brendan Kellum, Vikas Arun, Kiana Guarino, Suzy Hall

Save the Date! Announcements soon!

Residency programs start on 7/8
Main festival events start on 7/9
Closing Festival Concert is on 7/12

Source: https://www.octapfestival.com/

Created especially for the serious tap dancer looking for IMMERSION into the tap world, this experience will dive into the complexities of the processes of their mentor and develop relationships that will last a lifetime. 

Source: https://www.woodshedexperience.com/