Spiral Dance Schedule:
Doors Open at 3pm PDT
Altar Viewing and Reading the Names of the Dead
Circling at 4pm
Ritual ends approximately 7pm
Location:
The In-Person Event will be held at the historic Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA
Tickets:
Click Here to buy your tickets today! All tickets are on a sliding scale from 0-infinte with $35-50 being the ideal ticket price to help keep the Spiral Dance sustainable for years to come! Please donate what you can.
Livestream:
We will be livestreaming from the Reading of the Dead through the ritual starting with a walk through of the Altars.
Our livestream link will be sent to all Ticket Holders (tickets are sliding scale).
Clean & Sober:
Out of respect for our community who are in recovery all Reclaiming rituals are clean and sober. We create participatory, ecstatic rituals and strive to provide a space where everyone is on a similar wavelength.
Scent Policy:
Fragrances from perfume, cologne, essential oils, and strongly scented laundry or personal care products cause reactions ranging from discomfort to serious illness in many of our community members. For that reason, this is a scent free ritual. If you arrive with a noticeable fragrance on your body, hair, or clothes, you will not be admitted.
For more information on how to tell if you are scented Click Here. You can check products by looking for the ingredient ‘Fragrance/Parfum’ and avoid scented detergents, dryer sheets, air fresheners and body products.
Covid Policy:
To care for our community elders and the immune compromised we do require covid testing for all attendees. Please bring a photo of your negative covid test from within 24 hours of the Dance.
Transport & Parking:
The best way to travel to Sweets Ballroom is via public transportation; the 19th St. Oakland BART station is a one-minute walk from Sweets, if you leave the station through exit A2 (Broadway and 20th Street).
Metered street parking in the area is extremely limited, and many of the street meters run until 6 or even 8pm. There are also a handful of public parking garages nearby in the area with varying hours and fees.
If you choose to use metered parking, please be aware that the meter must be fed every two hours and you cannot pay for more than two hours at a time. While you can do that with an app, the app has the same limitations, and the ritual is over two hours long. Inevitably, your meter will expire during the ritual, when you cannot pay attention to your phone.
Cars with disabled placards or plates are exempt from parking meter charges. All others must pay.
If you must travel by car to get to Spiral Dance, a good alternative might be parking in the MacArthur or Ashby BART station parking lots which are free on the weekends and relatively safe, then riding BART the remaining stops to 19th St. BART station and walking for one minute to Sweets Ballroom.
Accessibility:
Sweets Ballroom is ADA accessible and the Spiral Dance will be ASL interpreted.