Halloween at Sundance Saloon
Sunday, October 26
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 26: 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.

November Birthday Dance
Sunday, November 2
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 November, we'll see you on Sunday, November 2!

Sundance Reno Round-Up Recap
Sundance's 4-day CW dance weekend at the WGRF
October 9–12, 2025 • Reno, NV

Wow, wow, wow! What an incredible weekend we had in Reno. Thanks to all who attended. It is really each of you who made this weekend so wonderful, with our common goal of creating a very special global community. Special thanks to our committee staff, volunteers, instructors, DJs, host sponsors ... and a special shout-out to our event sponsors: major sponsors Starlight Strut, IGRA, plus Hoedown In The Dunes, Dairyland Dancers, and Bill Severino.

If you want to access the web pages from the event, you can still do so with the button below, or directly at https://sundancesaloon.org/reno.html.

Beg Night Club 2-Step with Michelle Kinkaid
Sunday, November 16 & 23 • 5:30–7:00 pm
Sundance Saloon • Loft • Register in advance

Sundance Saloon presents Beginning Night Club Two-Step instruction with guest instructor Michelle Kinkaid. This is a 2-week series, November 16 and 23, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm in the Loft at Sundance Saloon. The first week will introduce the basics, and the second week will expand on the first and move towards the intermediate level. Night Club Two-Step is a completely different dance style from Two-Step, typically danced to more romantic, slower music, and is a more stationary dance.

This class is limited to 16 (8 leaders and 8 followers). $20 fee for two weeks. (This is in addition to the $7 admission fee to Sundance Saloon.) Advance registration required. No experience necessary, but some familiarity with partner dancing is suggested.

Register Beg NCTS

Mini-Privates w/ Michelle Kinkaidd
Sunday, November 16 & 23 • 7:30-9:00 pm
Sundance Saloon • Loft • Register in advanc

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, leader or follower, 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 - November 16

Mini-Privates - November 23

Clogging at Sundance Saloon
Thursdays • 6:30–8:30 pm [except 10/9, 10/30]
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.

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.