| SOCIAL DANCE VENUES | |||||||||||
| Agave | Club, DJs | ||||||||||
| 415 E. Sixth St. | Most patrons are single 20- and 30-somethings pulsing to the | ||||||||||
| 469-7892 | high energy hip-hop and techno. | ||||||||||
| Barcelona | Club, DJs, good for break dancing | ||||||||||
| 209 E. Sixth St. | Each night's music varies with the DJ on duty: | ||||||||||
| 236-0900 | Tuesdays bring a mix of hip-hop and house | ||||||||||
| www.barcelonaaustin.com | Wednesdays boast weekly guest DJs | ||||||||||
| Thursdays mix electro with old school dance | |||||||||||
| Fridays deliver funky house grooves | |||||||||||
| Boomerz | Club, live music | ||||||||||
| 6148 W. US 290 | |||||||||||
| 892-3358 | |||||||||||
| Bourbon Rocks | New Orleans style, live music | ||||||||||
| 508 E. Sixth St. | |||||||||||
| 236-1707 | |||||||||||
| Broken Spoke | Country dancing, live music | ||||||||||
| 3201 S. Lamar Blvd. | |||||||||||
| 442-6189 | |||||||||||
| www.brokenspokeaustintx.com | |||||||||||
| Carousel Lounge | Free bellydance show the third Saturday of each month, 8-9 p.m. | ||||||||||
| 1110 E. 52nd St. | |||||||||||
| 452-6790 | |||||||||||
| http://carouselloungeaustin.com | |||||||||||
| Cedar Street Courtyard | Intermittent dancing, live music, Jazz | ||||||||||
| 208 W. Fourth St. | |||||||||||
| 495-9669 | |||||||||||
| http://cedarstreetaustin.com | |||||||||||
| Central Market Café | Hosts live music every Friday and Saturday night from | ||||||||||
| 4001 North Lamar | 6:30-9:30 p.m., and some Sundays from 12:30 to 3:00 p.m. | ||||||||||
| 206-1000 | Check the website for upcoming events: | ||||||||||
| www.centralmarket.com | http://www.centralmarket.com/cm/cmEvents-A_NL.jsp | ||||||||||
| Charlie's | Gay club | ||||||||||
| 1301 Lavaca St. | Go-go dancers | ||||||||||
| 474-6481 | |||||||||||
| www.charliesaustin.com | |||||||||||
| Chrome | Bar with dance floor | ||||||||||
| 419 E. Sixth St. | Go-go dancing | ||||||||||
| 476-5654 | |||||||||||
| Club Carnaval | Pop, hip hop mix club, DJ | ||||||||||
| 2237 E. Riverside Dr. | Fans of Mexican and Spanish music flock here every weekend | ||||||||||
| 444-6396 | |||||||||||
| Club Rodeo | Club, two stepping | ||||||||||
| 7601 N. Lamar Blvd | |||||||||||
| 453-6615 | |||||||||||
| Cockpit | Country, disco, Latin and salsa dancing depending on the night | ||||||||||
| 113 San Jacinto Blvd | Austin's gay and lesbian community | ||||||||||
| 457-8010 | |||||||||||
| www.cockpitaustin.com | |||||||||||
| Copa | Club, DJ | ranges from 80s hits to today's pop | |||||||||
| 217 Congress Ave | Upstairs room has salsa Wed. through Sat. nights | ||||||||||
| 479-5002 | Salsa lessons at 8pm Wed. & Thurs., 9pm Fri. & Sat. | ||||||||||
| www.copabarandgrill.com | Arabic dancing the first Thursday of the month, 10-11 p.m. | ||||||||||
| Cotton Club | Club, country two step | ||||||||||
| 212 E. Davilla St. Granger, TX | |||||||||||
| 859-0700 | |||||||||||
| www.cottonclubandsteakhouse.com | |||||||||||
| Coupland Dance Hall | Country western | ||||||||||
| 101 Hoxie St. Coupland, TX | |||||||||||
| 856-2226 | |||||||||||
| www.couplanddancehall.com | |||||||||||
| Dallas Night Club | Country dancing, salsa on Sunday nights after 9:30 p.m. | ||||||||||
| 7113 Burnet Rd. | Country music resonates the majority of the time, but don't | ||||||||||
| 452-3456 | be surprised when the occasional hip-hop or pop song interrupts | ||||||||||
| www.dallasnightclub.net | |||||||||||
| Desperados | Country and western, live bands | ||||||||||
| 9515 N. Lamar Blvd. | |||||||||||
| 834-2640 | |||||||||||
| Donn's Depot | Austin's largest piano bar, housed in an old Missouri-Pacific | ||||||||||
| 1600 W. 5th Street | train depot, Live music every night Mon.-Sat. | ||||||||||
| 478-0336 | Diverse mix of country, Texas blues, jazz and rockabilly | ||||||||||
| www.donnsdepot.com | |||||||||||
| Element | DJ, 13,000 square feet dance floor | ||||||||||
| 301 W. Fifth St. | |||||||||||
| 480-9888 | |||||||||||
| www.elementaustin.com | |||||||||||
| Elysium | Gothic, Industrial, 80s & 90s Retro, Synthpop, Eurodance, and | ||||||||||
| 705 Red River St. | Alternative Rock | ||||||||||
| 478-2979 | |||||||||||
| www.elysiumonline.net | |||||||||||
| Eternal | Rave-like club | ||||||||||
| 418 E. Sixth St | |||||||||||
| 476-0000 | |||||||||||
| Fabric | Gay club | ||||||||||
| 101 W. Fifth St | |||||||||||
| 322-9333 | |||||||||||
| Firehouse Lounge | Club, DJs | ||||||||||
| 605 Brazos | |||||||||||
| 478-Fire | |||||||||||
| www.thefirehouselounge.com | |||||||||||
| Friends | DJ's, spinning the latest dance tracks and old school favorites | ||||||||||
| 208 E. Sixth St | |||||||||||
| 320-8193 | |||||||||||
| www.friendsbar.com | |||||||||||
| Ginny's Little Longhorn Saloon | Country western | ||||||||||
| 5434 Burnet Rd | |||||||||||
| 458-1813 | |||||||||||
| www.ginnyslittlelonghorn.com | |||||||||||
| Graham Central Station | 6 rooms, techno/house dancing, 80s rock, live music, | ||||||||||
| 1719 Grand Ave Parkway | karaoke, country, hip hop/pop | ||||||||||
| 252-0664 | |||||||||||
| www.grahamcentralstationaustin.com | |||||||||||
| Gruene Hall | Social dancing, two step | ||||||||||
| 1281 Gruene Hall Rd, New Braunfels | |||||||||||
| (830) 606-1281 | |||||||||||
| http://gruenehall.com | |||||||||||
| Hanovers | Live Music every Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, some Sundays | ||||||||||
| 108 E. Main St | Karaoke | ||||||||||
| 670-9617 | |||||||||||
| www.hanovers.net | |||||||||||
| Karma | Hip hop | ||||||||||
| 119 W Eighth St | Salsa lessons on Wednesdays | ||||||||||
| 469-0504 | Beginners 8-9pm, Intermediate 9-10pm | ||||||||||
| www.karma-austin.com | |||||||||||
| Latitude 30 | The music varies depending on the band of the evening | ||||||||||
| 512 San Jacinto Blvd | The crowd is mostly twenty-somethings casually dressed and | ||||||||||
| 472-3335 | ready for a good time | ||||||||||
| www.latitudethirty.com | |||||||||||
| Light Bar | Tuesday: open mic night in the main bar, live band on roof | ||||||||||
| 408 Congress Ave | Wednesday: live band on the roof, resident DJ in the main bar (house music only) | ||||||||||
| 473-8544 | Thursday: House latin/reggae band on the roof, different band in main bar | ||||||||||
| www.lightbaraustin.com | Friday: Happy hour/headline band on the roof, DJ in the main bar | ||||||||||
| (spinning top '40, house, reaggaton, & hip hop) | |||||||||||
| Saturday: Happy hour/Headline band on roof, DJ in the main bar | |||||||||||
| Midnight Rodeo | Country western dancing | ||||||||||
| 2201 E. Ben White Blvd. | |||||||||||
| 443-2623 | |||||||||||
| http://midnightrodeoaustin.com | |||||||||||
| Oasis | Restaurant overlooking Lake Travis | ||||||||||
| 6550 Comanche Trail | Live music, Salsa with The Brew on Sundays | ||||||||||
| 266-2442 | |||||||||||
| www.oasis-austin.com | |||||||||||
| Oilcan Harry's | Gay club | ||||||||||
| 211 W. Fourth St | Go-go dancers | ||||||||||
| 320-8823 | Remixed pop music | ||||||||||
| www.oilcanharrys.com | |||||||||||
| Oslo | Trendy club | ||||||||||
| 301 W Sixth St | |||||||||||
| 480-9433 | |||||||||||
| Paradox | Popular hip hop mixes | ||||||||||
| 311 E. Fifth St | |||||||||||
| 469-7615 | |||||||||||
| www.paradoxaustin.com | |||||||||||
| Pardner Night Club | Country club | ||||||||||
| 1100 E Palm Valley Blvd. Round Rock | Live music | ||||||||||
| 244-1204 | |||||||||||
| Plush | Hip hop, house, or ambient music, depending on the night | ||||||||||
| 617 Red River St | |||||||||||
| 478-0099 | |||||||||||
| Rain | Gay club, pop music | ||||||||||
| 217 W. Fourth St | |||||||||||
| 494-1150 | |||||||||||
| Rainbow Cattle Company | Gay club, country and western | ||||||||||
| 305 W. Fifth St | |||||||||||
| 472-5288 | |||||||||||
| www.rainbowcattleco.com | |||||||||||
| Red 7 | DJ, house music | ||||||||||
| 611 E Seventh St | |||||||||||
| 476-8100 | |||||||||||
| www.myspace.com/redsevenaustin | |||||||||||
| Ropers | DJ or live music | ||||||||||
| 2113 Wells Branch Parkway | |||||||||||
| 990-5991 | |||||||||||
| www.ropersnightclub.com | |||||||||||
| Ruta Maya | Coffeehouse, live music or DJ | ||||||||||
| 3601 S Congress Ave | Cuban Wednesday nights, salsa lessoon 7:30-8:30 | ||||||||||
| 707-9637 | and live salsa music by Cienfuegos until 11:00 p.m. | ||||||||||
| www.rutamaya.net | Salsa rueda lessons on Sunday afternoons | ||||||||||
| Meeting place for dance clubs | |||||||||||
| Sky and Vue Lounge | The music varies depending on the DJ, house, remixed '80s hits | ||||||||||
| 416 Congress Ave. | |||||||||||
| 477-3151 | |||||||||||
| Soho Lounge | DJs, variety of music including hip hop, 80's | ||||||||||
| 217 E sixth St | |||||||||||
| 236-1705 | |||||||||||
| South 40 | Tejano club with blending of musical and dance genres | ||||||||||
| 629 W Ben White Blvd | South 40 will throw out country, hip-hop, | ||||||||||
| 444-9329 | and pop tunes along with Tejano tracks. | ||||||||||
| The club's musical variety draws in a crowd | |||||||||||
| just as eclectic as its mixed sets | |||||||||||
| Speakeasy | Live salsa music by The Brew on Wednesday nights | ||||||||||
| 412 Congress Ave | |||||||||||
| 476-8086 | |||||||||||
| www.speakeasyaustin.com | |||||||||||
| Spill | Pop and hip hop | ||||||||||
| 212 E. Sixth St | |||||||||||
| 320-8005 | |||||||||||
| Spiros | Hip hop, salsa music | ||||||||||
| 611 Red River St | |||||||||||
| 472-4272 | |||||||||||
| Tangerines | Located within the Renaissance Hotel, An oversized hotel disco | ||||||||||
| 9721 Arboretum Blvd | with good cocktails and a down-to-earth atmosphere | ||||||||||
| 795-6040 | West coast swing on Saturday nights | ||||||||||
| Texas Union Ballroom | Special events, such as ballroom dancing competitions, held here | ||||||||||
| Guadalupe and 24th St | |||||||||||
| 475-6599 | |||||||||||
| www.utexas.edu/student/txunion | |||||||||||
| Vicci | Vegas-style club | ||||||||||
| 404 Colorado St | |||||||||||
| 476-7799 | |||||||||||
| www.vicciaustin.com | |||||||||||
| Zero Degrees | DJs, house mix | ||||||||||
| 405 E. Seventh St | |||||||||||
| 474-5514 | |||||||||||
| Zocalo | Latin international music | ||||||||||
| 2003 E Riverside Dr | |||||||||||
| 445-6886 | |||||||||||