“Sundance in the Castro” is a two-stepping and line dancing block party, including 5-minute novice lessons every half hour. Enjoy outdoor dancing in the street on our portable dance floor on Noe Street, between Market & Beaver. We’ll have an open format of country-western dancing, including gender-neutral partner dancing (two-step, waltz, and swing) and line dancing, plus lots of lessons to get everyone onto the dance floor. We are primarily an LGBTQ+ group, but all are welcome as long as you don’t care who dances with whom! Free, open to all ages.
Social Dance
Dance Like It’s 1699: Free Country Dancing with Live Music
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale and Dance Through Time present a free 90-minute workshop on Saturday, May 2, 2026, at 2:00 PM on the Blue Shield of California Theater stage at YBCA, part of Bay Area Dance Week. Open to all levels, participants will learn English country dances from 17th-century collections by Thomas Bray and John Playford, with live music by Henry Purcell performed by Philharmonia Baroque musicians. Jennifer Meller, Artistic Director of Dance Through Time, will lead this lively, accessible workshop.
