Tap Festival in Colorado
Find tap festivals in Colorado. Tap turns the dancer into a percussionist, metal-plated shoes striking out rhythms through shuffles, flaps, and time steps, rooted in African American rhythm tap and traded in improvised swapping.
TAP-IN to Colorado Tap Dance Festival 2026
📅 Aug 7, 2026, 12:00 PM
📍 MOVE! Dance Space and Arts Center, Colorado
TAP-IN to Colorado is the state's only annual tap dance festival, run out of MOVE! Dance Space and Arts Center in the Front Range tradition of bringing together Colorado instructors alongside guest faculty from New York and beyond. The 2026 edition runs four days and draws dancers from beginner through advanced levels, with technique classes, specialty workshops, improvisation sessions, and a tap jam. Faculty confirmed for 2026 includes Barbara Duffy and Anthony Morigerato from New York, and Colorado-based artists Danielle Heller, Emily Jones, Lauren Kleiman, and Jenna Roe. Registration tiers range from a full festival pass down to single-class purchases, making the festival accessible whether you're a first-timer or a seasoned tapper.
Tap Festival in Colorado: what to expect
Tap festivals in Colorado: what's coming up and the local performers behind it, all hosted by people rooted in the Colorado scene.
Live performing arts across Colorado, from Front Range cities to mountain towns: local music, comedy, dance, and theater hosted by the people who live and perform here.
Tap turns the dancer into a percussionist, metal-plated shoes striking out rhythms through shuffles, flaps, and time steps, rooted in African American rhythm tap and traded in improvised swapping.
Spans a packed lineup of many acts across one or more days. You roam between stages and sets at your own pace rather than sitting through a single program.
On the calendar now: "TAP-IN to Colorado is the state's only annual tap dance festival, run out of MOVE".
Browse the events above for dates and details, then book directly with the host. Finding tap festivals in Colorado should feel like a tip from a local, because that is exactly where these listings come from.