Catskills, BK: Dirtier Dancing
Tue, Jun 17
|Moxy Brooklyn Williamsburg
The Borscht Belt comes to Brooklyn for a summer rooftop dance party!
Time & Location
Jun 17, 2025, 7:30 PM – 11:30 PM
Moxy Brooklyn Williamsburg, 353 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA
About the event
The Borscht Belt is coming to Brooklyn for a summer rooftop dance party! Think 1950’s Catskills, but with a 2025 BK makeover. This summer celebration will bring together live klezmer from Michael Winograd and the Honorable Mentshn, DJ sets from Party Girl and Joco, nosh by Chef Eli Buliskeria, Dirty Dancing-inspired activations, egg creams, a photobooth, and much more. Come have the time of your life!
The Borscht Belt hotels were known for their Jewish energy, fabulous entertainment, and summer getaway vibes. Between the 1920s and 1980s, the Catskills mountain region became home to a concentration of hotels, resorts, bungalows, and camps that primarily catered to Jewish families who were not welcomed at most other summer getaways. Catskills, BK is inspired by the creation of spaces where outsiders could get together.
In the Borscht Belt era, Jews weren’t the only ones who needed a place to go. The Catskills were…