Lunch
BreakDance Party

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The Foundry  ·  Cambridge, MA Thu 8 Oct 2026

Lunch
BreakDance Party

Sixty minutes in the middle of the workday. It starts strange, ends loud, and puts you back at your desk by 1:05.

Early access Tickets  —  on sale soon
When
Thursday, October 8  ·  12:00–1:00pm
Doors 11:45
Where
The Foundry, 101 Rogers Street
Four minutes from Kendall/MIT
Then
Thursday, November 12  ·  Thursday, December 10

The hour

  1. Doors

    Come early if you can.

  2. Welcome

    Thirty seconds, and it explains nothing.

  3. The first tell

    Several people do the same thing at the same moment.

  4. By now

    You've either worked it out, or you're the reason.

  5. Blackout

    Dark. Silent.

  6. Forty-five
    minutes

    A DJ, a guest nobody announced, and a room that forgets what time it is.

  7. Lights up

    And then you walk back out into an ordinary Thursday.

Optional

A few of these people are up to something

Tick a box at checkout and you'll get one text on the morning of the party. One instruction, about four seconds of your time, and nothing anyone would call acting.

A couple of dozen strangers get the same one. Everyone else got something different, or nothing at all — and nobody can see anyone else's phone.

Don't tick it and you've still got the best seat in the room.

Thu 8 Oct  ·  11:02

Tell no one.

The room

Four minutes from Kendall/MIT

The Foundry is a community arts building on Rogers Street, in what genuinely used to be an iron foundry. We're in the room at the back — no windows, serious sound, and a floor with some give in it.

Doors
11:45
Address
101 Rogers St
Cambridge, MA 02142
Red Line
Kendall/MIT · 4 min
Green Line
Lechmere · 10 min
Parking
Metered street only
Accessible
Yes
Dress
Whatever you wore to work

The obvious questions

Do I have to dance?

No. The point is an hour that feels unusually alive, not pushing anybody onto a dance floor. Hang back, play along, move a little, move a lot. Nobody is watching you.

Can I come alone?

Yes, and it's built for it. You'll have something to do within ninety seconds and a reason to talk to a stranger within three minutes. It skips the "so, what do you do" part entirely.

What do I wear?

Whatever you already had on. The whole premise is that you don't go home and change first. Comfortable shoes are a bonus, not a requirement.

How long is it really?

One hour. The whole idea depends on respecting your lunch break — it starts fast, peaks fast, and ends while it's still fun. Slip out early if you need to.

What do I bring?

Yourself, and a phone that can take a text if you ticked the box. Nothing to download, nothing to print.

I'm new here.

Then this is aimed squarely at you. A low-stakes hour to meet a room full of people, in daylight, with a built-in excuse to talk to them.

Dates

Three Thursdays

Same room, same hour, every time. Doors at 11:45, music from noon, and you are back at your desk by 1:05.

  1. Oct 8 Thursday  ·  Doors 11:45  ·  12:00–1:00pm The first one
  2. Nov 12 Thursday  ·  Doors 11:45  ·  12:00–1:00pm Tickets soon
  3. Dec 10 Thursday  ·  Doors 11:45  ·  12:00–1:00pm Tickets soon

Three to start. If these fill, there will be more.

Tickets

It's a small room

Pricing is being finalised. Leave your email and you'll get the link before it goes public — the first one is going to sell out on word of mouth alone.

General admission

TBA


  • Doors 11:45, music 12:00–1:00pm
  • One text, if you tick the box
  • Water, and you will need it
  • One guest nobody announced
  • Back at your desk by 1:05

8 Oct · 12 Nov · 10 Dec · The Foundry

For offices

Bring the whole team

Blocks of ten and up. Cheaper than buying the same ten people lunch, and the only offsite anyone will ask to do again. We'll split you up on purpose.

For partners

Sponsor a message

Put your name on one of the instructions. Two dozen people read it on their lock screen over breakfast, then spend an hour conspiring because of it. Nobody deletes these.