Sundance Saloon is quite special as a venue produced by the community for the community - it's been all-volunteer from the beginning. Sundance Saloon belongs to all of us, and it survives only with the contributions of many. If Sundance Saloon is a special part of your life, you can make it even more so by playing an active role in its success!
Volunteering is a great way to contribute, and it's rewarding and fun! It only takes an occasional hour of your time to help out at the front door or coat-check, or to help us set up or tear down. We're especially looking for volunteers who can commit to one hour a month, but any amount is helpful.
There are also opportunities to volunteer outside of Sundance Saloon, working behind-the-scenes for ongoing or special projects. In addition, we always need additional volunteers for community events, such as S.F. Pride, the Castro Street Fair, and the Sundance Stompede.
Volunteering on Sundays
Our Sunday Sundance Saloon volunteer schedule and system runs separately from our Thursday schedule. Sunday volunteer shifts are typically one hour and include:
set-up
front door
coat-check
Volunteers receive free admission for the night they volunteer.
NEW VOLUNTEERS: We ask new potential volunteers to register. We will then send you information about the various ways to sign up.
New Volunteer Registration
You can register on-line, or fill out a printed form, or just contact us at volunteer@sundancesaloon.org and we'll get you setup. Please allow us a day or two to get back to you.
Printed forms can be brought to Sundance Saloon, or mailed to:
The Sundance Association
2261 Market St., PMB 225
San Francisco, CA 94114
CURRENT VOLUNTEERS: To sign up for a shift, check the master schedule, then log in to our on-line volunteer system, or e-mail the volunteer coordinator. If you need to cancel shift, please e-mail us.
Volunteering on Thursdays
Thursday volunteers are handled differently from Sunday. All of the Thursday volunteers are "core volunteers" who have agreed to accept pre-assigned shifts on a regular basis. There is no on-line sign-up system.
Thursday volunteer shifts are typically one hour and include:
front door
tear-down
Volunteers receive free admission for the night they volunteer.
CURRENT VOLUNTEERS: If you need to cancel a shift, we ask that you try to switch with someone so that all of our shifts remain covered. You can send a message to the entire group at thursday@sundancesaloon.org. To sign up for an empty shift, contact info@sundancesaloon.org.
Core Volunteers
A core volunteer is someone who commits to volunteering one hour of time, once a month at Sundance Saloon on either Sundays or Thursdays. All volunteer shifts on Thursday are filled by core volunteers. About two-thirds of the Sundays shifts are filled by core volunteers.
We recruit and schedule core volunteers six months at a time. Shifts are pre-assigned with deference to your scheduling needs. Of course we understand if you need to cancel a shift later, and we make this easy for you. We do request that you either try to switch with someone else or signup for an alternate date and time.
We have numerous special events throughout the year that require many additional volunteers. These events can include, and may not be limited to:
San Francisco Pride (June)
Castro Street Fair (October)
Sundance Stompede (October)
New Year's Eve (December)
Special event volunteer administration is handled separately from our regular Sundance Saloon volunteer system. We'll post detailed information about each event as the date approaches.
