Holiday Ball & Toy Drive
Sunday, December 15
Sundance Saloon

Join us for our annual Holiday Ball, 5:00 – 10:30 pm on Sunday, December 15. This is a truly special event with plenty of good cheer and good company, our most festive of the year! Dance to a mix of your holiday and non-holiday favorites, with special surprises all night long.

Please bring a new, unwrapped toy for our Toy Drive and save $3 off the special event admission of $10. Toys are destined for the San Francisco Firefighters Toy Drive.

SET-UP VOLUNTEERS NEEDED on December 1 and 8 as well as 15. E-mail us at volunteer@sundancesaloon.org if you can help.

Year-End Giving To Sundance

The Sundance Association is a member-supported 501c3 nonprofit organization, and we depend on the generosity of the community to sustain us, especially as our expenses continue to mount. Members of the Sundance Association pledge an annual donation (which is tax-deductible if you itemize).

We need your help! We are facing a severe shortfall of $40,000 in 2025 due to increased expenses and a loss of income sources, including the discontinuation of Give Out Day. If you're not yet a member, please consider making a contribution now. If you're already a member, consider an extra donation in this time of need. Please remember also to check with your employer to see if they offer matching grants or grants for volunteer time.

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Core Volunteers Needed

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, and this has never been truer. If you have not volunteered in the past, this is a great time to think about stepping in. Our needs at Sundance Saloon include set-up, front door, and coat-check. Shifts are generally one hour. No experience necessary.

We are in particular looking for "core volunteers" who can commit to at least one shift per month for the next three months (January through March, 2025). If you can help in this way, fill out a form for Sundays or Thursdays to let us know your availability.

Holiday Schedule

CLOSED
Thursday, December 26
Thursday, January 2

OPEN
Sunday, December 22
Sunday, December 29

We will be OPEN EVERY SUNDAY through the month. We will not host a New Year's Eve dance this year.

Sundance CW Dance Weekend 2025
at the World Gay Rodeo Finals
October 9–12, 2025 • Reno, NV

Mark your calendars now! Sundance is going to host a full-fledged country-western dance weekend in conjunction with the World Gay Rodeo Finals in Reno, Nevada, next October 9–12, 2025. We'll have four nights of dancing in up to two rooms, three days of dance workshops in up to three rooms, dance exhibition performances. and more!

The host hotel is a complex of three adjacent casino resorts known as "The Row." Reno is conveniently served by an airport that is minutes from The Row, and an Amtrak station just two blocks away, or it's a four-hour drive from San Francisco. Hotel reservations are open now! (Advance registration for the event itself is not yet available.)

Sundance Swing!
Thursdays • 6:30–8:00 pm
Sundance Saloon • Loft

On Thursdays Sundance Saloon presents open non-stop West Coast Swing dancing in the Loft from 6:30 to 8:00 pm! You can dance to a mix of country and non-country music (no lessons - just dancing). And of course, this project being part of Sundance Saloon, we cater to the LGBTQ community, but all are welcome. We'll have our usual mix of two-step and line dance lessons downstairs during this time.

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.

January Birthday Dance
Sunday, January 5
Sundance Saloon

On the first Sunday of each month, we celebrate the birthdays of everyone who has a birthday during that month. One dance is designated when we invite the birthday folks to the dance floor, and everyone gets a chance to take turns dancing with them. We also provide the cake!

If your birthday is in January, we'll see you on Sunday, January 5!

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.