Sundance Reno Round-Up
Sundance's 4-day CW dance weekend at the WGRF
October 9–12, 2025 • Reno, NV
Advance registration ends September 15

DO NOT MISS THIS EVENT! Sundance is hosting a full-fledged country-western dance weekend in conjunction with the World Gay Rodeo Finals in Reno, Nevada, October 9–12, 2025. We'll have four nights of dancing in up to three rooms, three days of dance workshops in up to five rooms, dance exhibition performances, and more! It's going to feel a lot like the Sundance Stompede without it actually being the Sundance Stompede. The weekend will also host the 30th annual convention of the IAGLCWDC.

Advance registration  and hotel reservations end September 15! Register for only $100. The host hotel is a complex of three adjacent casino resorts known as "The Row." Check out more details here, including a more comprehensive list of our offerings, instructors, and more.

Volunteers Needed For Reno
October 9-13, 2025
Sundance Reno Round-Up • Reno, NV

We need dozens of volunteers at the Sundance Reno Round-Up. Please help us! Our disadvantage is that we are not at our home base, and so the volunteer pool will need to come mostly from folks already registered.

Shifts including set-up, tear-down, registration, entry monitor, coat check, and the like. No experience necessary! You can't possibly dance the entire weekend. Take a break and help make this amazing weekend come to life. Sign up now!

Mini-Privates w/ Michelle Kinkaid
West Coast Swing or Night Club Two-Step
Sunday, September 21 • 7:00-8:30 pm
Sundance Saloon • Loft

You can have four-time US Open Swing Dance Champion Michelle Kinkaid all to yourself for 10 minutes! You'll be amazed how much you can learn in that amount of time focused one-on-one with Michelle. 

This is appropriate for any level from beginning to advanced, and for West Coast Swing or Night Club Two-Step. The fee is $10 (in addition to the $7 Sundance Saloon admission fee). Register in advance.

Mini-Privates - Sept 21

Black & Blue Ball
Sunday, September 28
Sundance Saloon

We celebrate Leather Pride week with a post-Folsom Street Fair party. If leather is not your style, don't despair! While leather, gear, and fetish wear is certainly welcome and encouraged, you can simply dress in black and/or blue. Or not, it's up to you. We'll still have a regular night of lessons and dancing. Regular $7 admission.

Intermediate West Coast Swing
with Shin Aoki
Sunday, September 28: 5:15–6:15 pm
Sundance Saloon: Loft

Instructor Shin Aoki leads a one-hour workshop for intermediate west coast swing on the last Sunday of the month. Attendees should be *completely* comfortable with basic WCS patterns (e.g. side pass, underarm turn, tuck, basic whips).

Unlike most of our lessons in the loft, this class is drop-in, with no advance registration and no additional fee beyond the regular Sundance Saloon admission fee.

Sundance @ The Castro Street Fair
Sunday, October 5 • 11 am – 6 pm
Parking lot behind the Castro Theater, San Francisco

Country-western dancing returns to the Castro Street Fair for one the highlights of our year! We’re delighted to be back at our favorite location in the parking lot behind the Castro Theater! This is always a fantastic day of two-stepping and line dancing. We’re planning some quick novice lessons throughout the afternoon. And we’ll have our boot-check available so you can check your bags, clothes, or street shoes while you dance.

We need volunteers! Shifts are available for load-in, boot-check, wranglers, and tear-down. Note that this year we do not have to build the dance floor!

Sundance Saloon is OPEN after the Castro Street Fair with our usual lessons and dancing – and ice cream!

Ice Cream Social / Birthday Dance
Sunday, October 5
Sundance Saloon

An annual tradition at Sundance Saloon! After the Castro Street Fair on Sunday, come on down to Sundance Saloon and cool off with a nice helping of free ice cream from Mitchell's, starting at Sundance Saloon at 7:00 pm! Yes, we're open with our usual hours, 5:00 pm to 10:30 pm for lessons and dancing!

And, as it's the first Sunday of the month, we'll also have our October birthday dance at 8:30 pm. If your birthday is in anytime in October, this dance is for you. We'll see you there!

Sundance In The Castro
Saturday, October 18 • 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Noe Street near Market St, San Francisco

We back for our last outdoor dance of the season in the Castro – on Noe Street between Market and Beaver – on our new portable dance floor! We are planning our usual mix of partner dancing and line dancing, with a greater emphasis on line dancing than our usual format at Sundance Saloon, along with plenty of quick lessons for the passerby. This is a smoke-free event pursuant to SF Health Code Article 19L.

Also - please support our neighboring businesses, including La Méditerranée restaurant and Toni Cleaners. In particular, we're asking you to pick up or drop off your dry cleaning on the Saturday of the event!

Line Dance Pro
Sundays (except 1st Sun of month) • 5:00–6:30 pm
Sundance Saloon • Back Room

Can't get enough line dancing? Line Dance Pro is an opportunity to increase your line dance abilities and challenge yourself with new line dances not included in our regular Sundance Saloon repertoire.

Our Line Dance Pro sessions run every Sunday in the Back Room of Sundance Saloon (except the first Sunday of the month)! Includes lessons starting at 5:15 pm, except the last Sunday of the month which features a line dance marathon. Check the Sundance Saloon instruction calendar for the schedule.

Clogging at Sundance Saloon
Thursdays • 6:30–8:30 pm
Sundance Saloon: Loft

The Barbary Coast Cloggers are bringing their clogging classes to Sundance Saloon every Thursday. Clogging lessons take place upstairs in the loft, while our regular programming of two-step and line dance lessons continues on the ground level.

The schedule is:

• 6:30-7:10 - Easy Level
• 7:10-7:50 - Intermediate Level
• 7:50-8:30 - Advanced Level

The classes are drop-in and there is no additional fee beyond the regular Sundance Saloon admission. NOTE: There will be no clogging on October 9 or October 30.

Volunteer Opportunities

Please help us! Sundance Saloon is a community effort, dependent on lots of people chipping in a little bit. We are always looking for more help. If you have not volunteered in the past, this is a great time to think about stepping in. You can become an integral part of what makes Sundance so special. Our needs at Sundance Saloon include set-up, front door, and coat-check. Shifts are generally one hour. No experience necessary.

SPECIAL EVENTS

We need volunteers for a number of special events through the summer and fall. Next up:

• Sundance at Union Square - Sep. 12 - sign up
• Sundance Reno Round-Up - Oct. 9-12 - sign up

CORE VOLUNTEERS

We're recruiting "core volunteers" who commit to one hour a month for three months at Sundance Saloon on either Thursday or Sunday. You're shifts are pre-assigned, but you can always switch.

• Sign me up for Thursdays!
• Sign me up for Sundays!

Supporting Sundance

As an all-volunteer, member- and community-supported organization, the Sundance Association depends on your support to keep thriving. The pandemic put an extra burden on our finances, and our needs are never-ending. There are many ways to help us, and not all of them involve monetary contributions:

• Become a member of the Sundance Association by pledging an annual tax-deductible donation.
• Come on down! Support us just by showing up.
• Introduce someone new to Sundance Saloon.
• Use our coat-check on Sundays.
• Put a dollar or two in one of our tip jars.
• See if your company offers matching donations or grants for volunteer time served.
• Remember Sundance in your estate planning.
• Volunteer!
• Social media! Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Instagram. Share our posts. Share your own posts. Review us on Google, Yelp, Facebook, and Tripadvisor.