Since 2016

About

Sparkle City River Dance is a kayak-in, kayak-out camping dance party on the Buffalo River. Ten years of floating by day and dancing after dark. Super Nature.

The folks behind it

Sparkle City Disco

Jonas Stein and David Bermudez, studio portrait Jonas Stein and David Bermudez with disco ball headpiece

That's Jonas Stein and David Bermudez, the two halves of Sparkle City Disco and the founders of River Dance.

Jonas Stein

Co-Founder

Came up in punk and rock touring before trading amps for turntables and the open river.

David Bermudez

Co-Founder

Self-taught selector whose legendary parking lot dance parties grew into all of this.

The Crew

Staff · Organizers · Volunteers

The producers, site builders, gate greeters, and cleanup heroes who make the weekend run. (Roster coming soon.)

The road to ten

2016 → 2026