Red Bull Dance Your Style will hold its U.S. national final at the Tampa Convention Center's West Exhibit Hall, 333 S. Franklin St., on Saturday, Sept. 19 from 6:30 to 10 p.m. — the first time the competition has brought its national championship to Tampa. The event closes a 2026 season that moved through eight other American cities before arriving here.
Sixteen of the country's best freestyle dancers will compete in a bracket format with no choreography and nothing rehearsed. The disciplines span hip-hop and house, alongside popping, locking, and flexing. There are no judges at any point; every round is decided by whoever is standing in the room. The audience is the sole arbiter of who advances.
The stakes extend well past Tampa: whoever wins on Sept. 19 carries the United States into the world final in Zurich on Oct. 24.
Dance Your Style is Red Bull's international freestyle format, running national editions that funnel winners toward a world championship. The 2026 U.S. edition moved city to city — eight stops in all — before concluding here, making Tampa the endpoint of a season-long bracket.
For the 16 competitors, the crowd-voting structure means nothing can be mapped out in advance. Every round is live, unrehearsed, and decided by the room — which is the format's defining characteristic and what separates Dance Your Style from choreographed stage competitions.
Ticket and registration details beyond what the operator's Instagram has confirmed have not been made public. The world final follows five weeks after Tampa, on Oct. 24 in Zurich.
