Line Dance 101
Through October
Sundance Saloon
New to line dancing? Line-dance-challenged? This is for you! We have lessons starting with our most basic line dances this month, and we spend the time it takes for everyone to learn them. Each week we introduce a new line dance for you, gradually increasing the level of difficulty over the next few months.
The same line dance is taught on Sunday and Thursday of any given week, giving you multiple chances to learn a dance. (Sundays allow a full 45 minutes for the lesson; Thursdays are truncated to 30 minutes.) Plus we have many other resources available to you, so you can practice at home. As always, our lessons are included in the price of admission.
Schedule for beginners:
- Sundays: 5:30 - two-step; 6:30 - line dance
- Thursdays: 6:45 - two-step; 7:30 - line dance
Sundance at Union Square
Friday, October 9 • 5:00–8:00 pm
Union Square • San Francisco
Sundance Saloon returns for an wonderful evening of free lessons and open dancing in Union Square in downtown San Francisco – our final outing of the season. We are dancing on the second Friday of each month through October as a part of a weekly Friday rotating series of participatory dance events billed as "Union Square Dance," sponsored by the City of San Francisco and produced by Biederman Redevelopment Ventures.
We'll have a mix of partner dancing and line dancing, with a frequent schedule of quick novice lessons for the passersby. Boot-check/bag-check available. Volunteers needed to staff the bag check (just 30-minute shifts).
Halloween at Sundance Saloon
Sunday, October 25
Sundance Saloon
Celebrate Halloween with Sundance Saloon! Costumes highly encouraged. Enter our costume contest, and win cash prizes: 1st place = $100, 2nd place = $50, 3rd place = $25.
We'll still have dance lessons as usual from 5:30 to 7:15 pm; then open dancing and ghoulish fun until 10:30 pm. Admission will remain the same as our usual: $7.
Intermediate West Coast Swing
with Shin Aoki
Sunday, October 25 • 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 Saloon hosts the
Sundance Fog Town Welcome Dance
Thursday, October 29 • 6:30–10:30 pm
Sundance Saloon
Sundance Saloon is proud to host the opening night dance of the Fog Town Hoedown, a new LGBTQ country-western dance weekend in San Francisco, taking place October 29 to November 1. The night will include our standard format of beginning and intermediate lessons from 6:45 to 8:00, followed by two rooms of dancing: open general country-western dancing in the main room plus line dancing in the back room. Free admission for Fog Town registrants! General admission $7.
The Fog Town Hoedown offers three days of dance workshops, four nights of dancing, and more, brought to you by the Bay Area Queer Dance Society. Sundance Saloon will also host the closing night dance of the weekend on Sunday, November 1.
Additional volunteers needed: coat-check at 8:30pm and 9:30pm. Contact us if you can help.
Sundance Saloon hosts the
Sundance Fog Town Farewell Dance
Sunday, November 1 • 5:00–11:00 pm
Sundance Saloon
Sundance Saloon is proud to host the closing night dance of the Fog Town Hoedown. The night will include our standard format of beginning and intermediate lessons from 5:30 to 7:15, followed by three rooms of dancing: open general country-western dancing in the main room, line dancing in the back room, and west coast swing in the loft. We'll also have our November birthday dance on this night. Free admission for Fog Town registrants! General admission $7.
The Fog Town Hoedown offers three days of dance workshops, four nights of dancing, and more, brought to you by the Bay Area Queer Dance Society. Sundance Saloon is also hosting the opening night dance of the weekend on Thursday, October 29.
Additional volunteers needed: Front door at 5, 6, and 7 pm; coat-check at 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 pm. Contact us if you can help, or sign up online if you have a volunteer account.
Intro To CW DJing – 4-week seminar
Mondays, November 2-9-16-23 • 6:00–7:00 pm PST
Online via Zoom
Have you wanted to explore what goes into DJing for a country-western dance event? This four-week workshop will cover the basics, including both the technical and artistic aspects of DJing. We’ll cover a broad range of topics, including DJ software (what to look for and how to use it), mixing music, categorizing music, what makes a song danceable, what to think about when creating sets, and more. There will be homework!
Because there has been interest in this from across the country, this series will be held over Zoom. The time has been chosen to accommodate folks in more eastern time zones. The workshop is free, but advance registration is required.
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. Lessons in clogging , a form of percussive line dance, 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:
- 6:30-7:30 - Percussive Line Dance - any level
- 7:30-8:30 - Experienced Level
The experienced level is for those with knowledge of tap, clogging, or Irish dance. The classes are drop-in and there is no additional fee beyond the regular Sundance Saloon admission.
Sundance Music Playlists on Spotify
Now you can listen to Sundance Saloon music all day long. We have recreated our Sundance Saloon SF Playlists on our own SUNDANCE SALOON SF SPOTIFY CHANNEL! You'll need a (free) Spotify account for basic listening privileges.
We have several different playlists for your enjoyment:
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. 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're currently signing folks up for:
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.
