Sundance at the 2025 Reno WGRF

Reno skyline with mountains

Sundance Goes To Reno!
October 9–12, 2025

The Sundance Association 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 two rooms, three days of dance workshops in up to three rooms, dance exhibition performances, and more! This event will also host the 30th annual convention of the International Association of Gay/Lesbian Country-Western Dancing.


Registration


--- COMING SOON ---

We hope to have registration open by January, 2025. We are pretty sure the all-inclusive fee will be significantly less than the fee at the last Sundance Stompede!


Hotel

The host hotel is actually two interconnected hotels, Circus Circus and Silver Legacy, part of a trio of hotels collectively known as "The Row." The Row offers offers 25 restaurants, 23 bars and lounges, entertainment venues, 11 nightspots, immense casino spaces, and a luxury spa, all right in the heart of the Biggest Little City in the World.

  • Circus Circus offers rates of $39 We-Th-Su and $119 Fr-Sa.
  • Silver Legacy offers rates of $49 We-Th-Su and $149 Fr-Sa for a deluxe room and $169 Fr-Sa for a premium room (higher floor).
  • Rates listed do not include a discounted $25 "resort" fee (normally $35), $3 city tourism fee, and 13.5% tax. 
  • A refundable deposit for the first night will be charged immediately.
  • Cancel without penalty up to 48 hours prior to arrival.

All of the dancing will take place in the ballrooms of the Silver Legacy. Circus Circus is only a few minutes' walk away via an internal walkway.

Hotel reservations are open now! We are asking for your name and email address so that we know which hotel reservations correspond to folks connected to our dance community and/or have a primary interest in the dance aspect of this weekend. Fill out the form, and you will receive the hotel reservation link in an email.

Update 10.31.24 - We're apparently already sold out of some room categories on Wednesday night. We're working on increasing our room block allocation. Thursday through Sunday is still available.


Schedule

We're working on it! For now, here is what we're planning:

  • Four nights of dancing, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We will have a second room open for line dancing and west coast swing on Friday and Saturday nights, or possibly all four nights, depending on attendance.
  • Late-night west coast swing Friday and Saturday nights.
  • Dance workshops in three rooms running simultaneously during the day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
  • Premium (small-group) workshops in a fourth room.
  • IAGLCWDC dance contest Friday evening at 7:00 pm.
  • IAGLCWDC delegates and general membership meetings, times TBD.
  • Possible women's/trans/nonbinary social and Stompede reunion social TBD.
  • Screening of the documentary: Last Dance at the Sundance Stompede.
  • World Gay Rodeo Finals all day Saturday and Sunday
  • The Great Italian Festival all day Saturday and Sunday

Workshops

We will have three rooms of workshops running simultaneously during the day on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We're planning instruction for all levels, from beginning to advanced, and all kinds of dance styles, including two-step, waltz, east coast swing, west coast swing, line dancing, and more.

Instructors

We already have the following instructors confirmed. You'll recognize many from past Sundance Stompedes.

Click on the photo for a short biography.

Jeremy Box

Jeremy Box

Kevin Cornett

Kevin Cornett

Rick Dominguez

Rick Dominguez

John Festa

John Festa

Lee Fox

Lee Fox

Phoenix Grey

Phoenix Grey

Ron Jenkins

Ron Jenkins

Michelle Kinkaid

Michelle Kinkaid

Jonno Liberman

Jonno Liberman

John Lindo

John Lindo

Michael Metzger

Michael Metzger

Scott Schrank

Scott Schrank

Meredith Stead

Meredith Stead

Michael Sims

Michael Sims

Sheba Thone

Sheba Thone

Sara Willbrich

Sara Willbrich


Dance Exhibitions

Dance troupes from all over the country will perform between 8:00 and 9:00 pm at the Friday and Saturday night dances. Is your dance group interested in performing in Reno? Contact our exhibition coordinator at exhibitions@stompede.com.


Stompede Documentary

Director Graham Clayton-Chance has been hard at work with the documentary of last year's Sundance Stompede, appropriately called Last Dance at the Sundance Stompede. The project has taken longer than planned, as it became clear that the film needed to be more than a short and was expanded to a 50-minute feature film. The rough cut is done, and plans are being made to show the film at festivals in 2025. (We hope to show it in Reno!)

Unfortunately more funding is needed. The longer film means greater expense. We want to achieve the best picture and sound quality we can, we need to license music for the soundtrack, and we want to distribute the film as widely as possible.

Our target of £13,000 would help us finish the film and distribute it to a few locations over a year. Our stretch goal of £18,000 would help us create an exceptional film and distribute it widely over six years.

 

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