The Ala Wai Palladium, 404 Kapahulu Ave. 2nd floor, Honolulu, HI 96815 The Ala Wai Palladium is a City & County owned Venue, located on the 2nd floor of the Ala Wai Golf Course Club House. The Palladium has a 11,000 square foot Eucalyptus wood floor, is Air Conditioned, and has FREE parking. This City & County venue is always alcohol free so ALL AGES are welcome! It is the top venue for ballroom dancing in Hawaii. Many non-profit Dance Clubs host dances and lessons here.There is FREE noon-2:45pm social dancing with a DJ playing ballroom, swing & Latin dance music on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays all year long except State Holidays. Most Ballroom dances are hosted on Friday & Saturday evenings 6-9pm. Salsa or West Coast Swing dances, including lessons are often on Sunday evenings. Many of these events can be found on a dedicated volunteer's website: http://www.dancefeveroahu.com/ read more

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Wow! Considering I go by Ala Wai Palladium all the time to get into work in Waikiki and live so close to this place, I had never been inside their facilities until my favorite Wasabi - Hawaii's Hot Oldies Band did a gig in October 2025. There is plenty of parking available and the dance floor is definitely huge. But as I told some of my good friends, the place is pretty overwhelming and mainly because the ceiling is so high up and the main stage seems so far away. read more

Great people and wonderful place to learn dancing Very friendly and free classes available read more

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Great and beautiful place for ballroom dances and competitions! Home of HBDA - Hawaii Ballroom Dance Association! BACKGROUND: "The Palladium" as the City and County of Honolulu's Ala Wai Recreation Center is affectionately called by the enthusiastic ballroom dancers who use it, is an open 11,000 square foot eucalyptus dance floor which was built in 1990. It is home to several State of Hawaii and National Ballroom Dance Competitions each year as well as to several other dance clubs. Much of the credit for the vision leading to construction of The Palladium for the people of Hawaii goes to the former Harriet Ichinose, and her husband Eugene (the Founder of HBDA). They were the principal driving force that spearheaded the idea for The Palladium through the myriad of governmental approvals required. A bronze plaque honoring their efforts is mounted to the left of the main entrance to the upper floor of The Palladium. read more

Ala Wai Palladium - Recreation Centers Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

This was my first time here at the Palladium. What a wonderful spot for dancing, rehearsals, etc. A great dance hall, the bathrooms are a bit dated. However, I'm a bit jealous because the women have a little lounge in their bathroom. Hey, I believe in equality too! LOL. I went there because the dance academy my niece belongs to was having a dance workshop with four sensei from Japan. The hall is so huge that one of the sensei could not be heard, so her assistant had to say it out loud for us. I am unsure if they have a mic system or something. There is a kitchen in back (I wish they had reserved). It would have made it easier to prepare our snacks. Our snacks were outside (I will discuss they food service in the appropriate place because that deserves a one star). Tables and chairs are also available. I think to keep prices low for everyone, you set everything up and take it down yourself. But hey, if it keeps prices low, why not? IMPORTANT: It is perfectly air conditioned. Not overly cold. Not warm. Just perfect!!! I could not have asked for a better environment. I hate to complain, but I wish my niece's dance dojo was this perfectly air conditioned (I'm so terrible and spoiled). However overall it is a wonderful place to go to. I am looking forward to the dance workshop next year. If you haven't gone or used this wonderful treasure, you should! read more

Well, it's a typical unkept city rec center. The walls need new paint since it's pealing and cracking. The room divider is inop so you are forced to try and here your groups music over the other party since its only divided by stacked chairs. People like it for the dance floor but it has so much potential but poor maintenance. Even the road leading to it is so degraded that you think you're heading to a deserted area. I've been to nearly every state and its so disappointing to see our state as one of the worst managed of the 50. Really poor financial management, overall. Just like our Federal government. read more

It was pretty trippy coming here for the first time. I did not know that such an awesome dancing space area center existed not until I was invited to an event here. I find out that this is home of the Hawaii Ballroom Dance Association. I attended one of their events in which a col-leige of my mine invited me over to participate. The wooden floors are super nice and perfect for dancing with dancing shoes on. They have a stage area for performances all the way on one side of the area. It is conveniently located in Waikiki right next to the Ala Wai Golf Course and Canal. They have a fairly big parking area. I can imagine a lot of competitions and dance events happening around in this area. Outside of the dancing area, they have another outside area where you can set up tables and chairs and stuff for eating and dining. I guess it's pretty much a recreation center in that sense with a dominance of ballroom dancing and other dancing related purposes. Yelp 365 Challenge #280/365 read more

Best public ballroom dancing facility in Honolulu. Free dancing practice in afternoon. Cheap dance lessons at night by volunteers.

I am from out of town and thought I would stop by.So Glad I did! Joss the event organizer is an exceptional dancer and she greeted me at the door offering a dance. Heavenly! In fact everyone with few exceptions was very social and several of the other dancers were quit talented as well. Thank you! read more

tourist dance club members, and guests are invited to socialize,exercize ane practice their ballroom dancing at this air condiyion mordern wood floor ballroom on the 2nd floor of the ala wai golf course ballroom daily from monday.tuesday wed, and thursday except holidays.from 12 noon to 2pm. .establish since 1990, no admisson.by the city parks and recreation as a benefit to all. like to waltz.cha cha. jive, mombo.tano, its all there. recorded english stye music. 5953134 dr.walter wong its a tremendous dance floor. read more