A ten-piece orchestra, the sea at your back, and the city's oldest dance floor.

Melodic house on the sand from golden hour into the dark.

Live bachata in a 16th-century courtyard, with a beginner lesson before the band.

The north coast's long-running full moon night — dembow, afrobeats, and fire dancers.

A quartet, a catamaran, and three hours across Samaná Bay at dusk.

Costume troupes, live perico ripiao, and the year's first taste of carnival.