FREEDOM TO MOVE: Dance Party with A Trike Called Funk, featuring Boston Rhythm Riders

Join us outside on the plaza for this pop-up dance party, led by MC & Dance Lead Aaron Myers and DJ EdWord Galan, playing funky music that will inspire you to bust a move – or learn a new one! With a special appearance from Boston Rhythm Riders, children and adults alike can learn footwork to a line dance – like the Electric Slide!

This event is free and open to the public. Admission to the Museum is not required to attend.

A Trike Called Funk is a Boston-based creative venture co-founded in July 2021 by MC & Dance Lead Aaron Myers and DJ Edward Galan. In collaboration with local artists specializing in complementary types of music and dance, A Trike Called Funk orchestrates participatory dance experiences around a customized cargo tricycle, which is equipped with its own portable dance floor, power source, DJ equipment, and sound system. A Trike Called Funk not only performs and entertains, but teaches and engages all ages, with the aim of unleashing creativity, and building community everywhere you can pedal & park.

Boston Rhythm Riders is a fun and fitness-based organization that offers line dancing classes for all ages. Whether you’re looking to enhance your social life, or simply staying active, their classes are your perfect rhythm!

Celebrate Juneteenth!
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Juneteenth is a federal holiday that recognizes the 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This amendment outlawed the practice of enslaving people in America. For 246 years, generations of African American families were viewed as property, to be owned by another human being. Enslaved African Americans were bought, sold, separated from loved ones, forced to work without wages, and suffered inhumane conditions.

Juneteenth honors the “freedom fighters” and generations who came before us, as much as it recognizes their persistence towards freedom and restitution.

This year, Boston Children’s Museum celebrates Juneteenth with a variety of music, dance, and artmaking activities developed in collaboration with community organizations, independent artists, museum educators, and local entrepreneurs. Through these partnerships, the Museum highlights the ingenuity of African American artistic traditions born out of resistance. These practices continue to flourish and fuel modern day movements which advocate for the importance of speaking out against injustices of any kind.