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SUNDANCE NEWS
Sundance Reno Round-Up Sundance's 4-day CW dance weekend at the WGRF
October 9–12, 2025 • Reno, NV
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 has officially ended, but you can still register online for $120, or you can wait until you get to Reno as still pay $120. The host hotel is a complex of three adjacent casino resorts known as "The Row," and appears to be accepting reservations past the September 17 deadline. Check out more details here, including a more comprehensive list of our offerings, workshop information, and much 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!
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 desperately need volunteers! Many shifts are still available for 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 Saloon Closed 2 Nights Thursday, October 9 and Sunday, October 12
Sundance Saloon will be closed on Thursday, October 9 and Sunday, October 12. This is the weekend of the Sundance Reno Round-Up, our four-day country-western dance weekend taking place in Reno, Nevada, from October 9 through 12. We hope that you will join us in Reno for what could be one of the most memorable experiences of your life. It's not too late to register!
Special Film Screening Saturday, October 11 • 4:30 pm
Eldorado Showroom • 345 N Virginia St, Reno, NV
This 50-minute documentary of the 2023 Sundance Stompede, titled Last Dance at the Sundance Stompede and directed by Graham Clayton-Chance, will have a special screening during the Sundance Reno Round-Up! We'll be in the gorgeous Eldorado Showroom, located within our host hotel complex known as "The Row." The screening will include a Q&A with director Graham Clayton-Chance and videographer Casey Regan.
Get your tickets now! This is a film you do not want to miss. This is a separately-ticketed event and not included with the Sundance Reno Round-Up regisration. Note: the film screening does not interfere with workshops or exhibition rehearsal times.
Sundance In The Castro Saturday, October 18 • 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Noe Street near Market St, San Francisco
We're 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!
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.
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.
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 in October. Next up:
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.
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.
MONTHLY SCHEDULE
M = Main Ballroom • B = Back Room • L = Loft
OCTOBER 2025
Partner dance lessons: 5:30 pm Sunday & 6:45 pm Thursday. Line dance lessons: 6:30 pm Sunday & 7:30 pm Thursday.
Line dance titles and levels indicated in calendar.
