The 35th Annual New York Sword Dance Festival offers a weekend of free family-friendly performances of an ancient English folk tradition interpreted for a new generation. 

Ten troupes converge on the city to delight viewers with acrobatic rapper sword dancing and mystical longsword dancing, all done to live music.

Schedule:

Saturday, February 15th, 2020 – Manhattan and Brooklyn

1:30 p.m.
Clinton Hill Library
380 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn

1:30 and 3:30 p.m.
Seward Park Library
192 East Broadway, Manhattan

1:30 and 3:30 p.m.
Pacific Library
25 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn

1:30 and 3:30 p.m.
Park Slope Library
431 Sixth Avenue, Brooklyn

3:30 p.m.
Bedford Library
496 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn

Sunday, February 16th, 2020 – Brooklyn

12: 30 p.m.
Brooklyn Historical Society
128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn

12:45 p.m.
The Gate
321 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn

12:45 p.m.
Old First Reformed Church
126 7th Avenue, Brooklyn

GRAND FINALE

2:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Waldorf School
11 Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn