The Colorado dance calendar

Every dance floor in Colorado. One calendar.

West coast swing, salsa, country two-step, lindy hop, tango, contra, ballet, hip-hop, ecstatic — if it is danced anywhere in Colorado, it belongs here. Classes, socials, practicas, workshops and festivals from Denver to Durango, updated continuously and free to browse. Stop checking nine Facebook groups.

643 listings
18 dance styles
20 Colorado cities

Tonight in Colorado

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Today

Nov 66
7
PM
to 1:30 AM

Ladies Night at La Rumba

La Rumba · Denver

🪩 Social BachataFolklórico & Latin Folk $15 both lessons + cover · $10 cover only (ladies free until 9:30)

West Coast Swing

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Slotted, improvisational swing danced to modern music. Colorado has a strong competitive WCS scene.

Today

Nov 61

Tomorrow

Nov 72

Monday

Nov 92

Tuesday

Nov 103

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Tomorrow

Nov 713
6:15
PM
to 10 PM

Fort Collins Contra Dance

Club Tico · Fort Collins

🪩 Social Contra & Folk $10–$20 sliding scale · students $5 · 16 and under free Lesson included
7
PM
to 10:30 PM

Country Dance Night with Brandon

Avalon Ballroom · Boulder

🪩 Social Country & Two-StepLine Dancing $15 lesson + dance, $10 dance only Lesson included

Sunday

Nov 87
10
AM
to 1 PM

Denver Ecstatic Dance

Highlands Event Center · Denver

🪩 Social Ecstatic & Conscious Sliding scale — see their website
4
PM
to 7:30 PM

Sunday Swing at the Buffalo Rose

Buffalo Rose · Golden

🪩 Social Lindy HopEast Coast Swing Free lesson 4–5 · tickets through the Buffalo Rose Lesson included

Monday

Nov 99
Most Popular
6:15
PM
to 11:30 PM

Modern Swing Monday!

The Stampede @ 2430 S Havana St. · Aurora

🪩 Social West Coast Swing
7:30
PM
to 10 PM

Mojo Mondays Blues Dancing

11th Avenue Hostel · Denver

🪩 Social Blues & Fusion $15 cover, lesson included Lesson included

Tuesday

Nov 109
7:30
PM
to 10 PM

Black Belt Salsa

Highlands Event Center · Denver

🎓 Class Salsa $25

Wednesday

Nov 112
6
PM
to 1:30 AM

The Stampede Ladies Night

The Stampede · Aurora

🪩 Social West Coast SwingCountry & Two-Step Tickets from $16.56 — see the club's site Lesson included

Dancing in Colorado — common questions

Where can I go dancing in Colorado tonight?

colorado.dance is the statewide calendar for exactly this. It lists every dance class, social and event happening across Colorado and filters to tonight, this weekend or any date you pick. Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins and the rest of the state are all covered, across every dance style, and it is completely free to browse with no account needed.

Do I need a partner to go social dancing in Colorado?

Almost never. The large majority of Colorado social dances — salsa, bachata, west coast swing, lindy hop, contra and country nights — welcome people arriving alone, and most rotate partners throughout the evening. Listings on colorado.dance show whether a partner is required, and you can filter for events that include a beginner lesson.

What kinds of dance can you do in Colorado?

Colorado has active scenes in west coast swing, salsa, bachata, lindy hop, country two-step and line dancing, Argentine tango, ballroom, contra and folk, blues and fusion, plus studio styles like ballet, contemporary, jazz, tap, hip-hop and heels, cultural traditions including flamenco, belly dance, folklórico and West African, and movement practices such as ecstatic and conscious dance. colorado.dance tracks all of them in a single calendar rather than one style at a time.

Where can I learn to dance in Denver as a complete beginner?

Many Denver and Front Range dance nights open with a beginner lesson included in the cover charge, so no prior experience or partner is needed. colorado.dance has a beginner-friendly filter that shows only events suitable for first-timers, along with drop-in classes that do not require signing up for a series.

How much do dance classes and socials cost in Colorado?

Most Colorado social dances and drop-in classes run between about $10 and $20, and some are free. colorado.dance shows the price on every listing and has a free-only filter.

How do I list a dance event on colorado.dance?

Anyone can add an event free of charge, with no account required, at colorado.dance/submit. A weekly class only needs adding once because the calendar handles the repeats. Every submission is reviewed by a person before it appears.

Can I subscribe to the Colorado dance calendar?

Yes. Any filtered view of colorado.dance can be subscribed to as a live calendar feed in Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook, so a chosen style or city stays up to date automatically. There is also an open JSON feed for developers.

The definitive guide to dancing in Colorado

Colorado's dance scene is enormous and almost completely invisible unless you are already in it. Salsa nights live on Instagram. Contra lives on a mailing list. The country crowd has its own Facebook group, swing has another, ecstatic dance has a third, and every studio publishes its schedule in its own format on its own site. There has never been a front door.

colorado.dance is the front door. One calendar, the whole state, every style, always current — so the answer to "where can I dance tonight?" takes five seconds instead of an hour of scrolling.

The calendar covers partner and social dancing — west coast swing, salsa, bachata, kizomba, Brazilian zouk, lindy hop, east coast swing, blues and fusion, Argentine tango, ballroom, country two-step, line dancing, contra and hustle; studio and technique classes — ballet, contemporary, jazz, tap, heels, aerial and burlesque; street and club styles — hip-hop, breaking, house, popping and locking, afrobeats and K-pop; cultural and folk traditions — belly dance, flamenco, folklórico, Irish, bhangra, Polynesian, West African and capoeira; and movement practice including ecstatic and conscious dance.

And it is genuinely statewide, not another Denver-only listing. Denver, Boulder, Aurora, Lakewood, Littleton, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, Longmont, Golden, Pueblo, Grand Junction, Durango, Steamboat Springs, Salida, Carbondale and the mountain towns are all in scope, and anyone can add an event, free of charge — organizer, teacher, dancer or someone who spotted a flyer.

Every listing answers the three questions that actually stop people walking through the door: do I need a partner, will I be the only beginner, and how much is it? Day, time, venue, price, level and whether a beginner lesson is included — on every single event, because a calendar that makes you guess is not a calendar worth having.

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