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Fire Island Dance Festival Sets 2026 Return

The weekend of dance and celebration benefits Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program within Broadway Cares.

April 03, 2026 By Meg Masseron

James Kinney Dance at the 2025 Fire Island Dance Festival (Elyse Mertz)

Fire Island Dance Festival is set to return July 18-19 at the Fire Island Pines. The weekend of dance and celebration benefits Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program within Broadway Cares.

The festival will begin  with an opening performance at 5 PM July 18, followed by a Leadership Supporter sunset performance at 7 PM, concluding with a closing performance at 5 PM July 19.

This year’s host, performers, and choreographers will be announced later this spring. Past festivals have welcomed dance companies including A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Hispánico, Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Dorrance Dance, Parsons Dance, and MOMIX; and featured choreography by Robert Battle, Joshua Beamish, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Al Blackstone, Gemma Bond, Ayodele Casel, Ray Mercer, Caleb Teicher, Paul Taylor, and Tony Award winners Rob Ashford, Jerry Mitchell, Justin Peck, and Christopher Wheeldon.

Since its debut in 1995, Fire Island Dance Festival has raised more than $8.4 million to help provide medication, nutritious meals, counseling, and emergency financial assistance to those in need in all 50 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico.

For tickets and more information, visit here.

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