The Friends of Dreamland Ballroom Welcomes You
Our Mission: The Friends of Dreamland Ballroom celebrates the community of historic West Ninth Street, shares the legacy of the Dreamland Ballroom, and preserves the original intent of Taborian Hall.
For over a century, Taborian Hall has stood at 800 W. 9th Street as a testament to what the Black community in Little Rock built for itself. Ella Fitzgerald sang here. Louis Armstrong played here. Count Basie, B.B. King, Cab Calloway - they all came to the Dreamland Ballroom on the third floor of this building because this was the place to be. The only consistently safe stop on the Chitlin Circuit in all of Arkansas. The heart of "The Line."
That history almost disappeared. Today, thanks to years of restoration and three grants from the National Park Service, the Dreamland Ballroom is fully ADA compliant and open to the public for the first time in over 50 years. You can hold your event here. You can get married here. You can stand on the same stage where legends performed.