The Avalon, Ballroom

Boulder Salsa & Bachata Social Every Thursday! Lessons and Dancing! Experience an AMAZING night of dancing. Instructors teaching beginning through advanced levels each night so you can jump in the class no matter what level you are. Come at 6:30 for a Rueda lesson (included in the $10 cover charge, four levels to choose from). We have a wonderful and friendly group of people that love to dance, we hope you will come out and join us! You are going…

Join together in Celebratory Community to Remember our Wholeness & to Amplify our Sacred Work in these Times of Great Change. No Dance experience is necessary~Only a Longing to Move with Life in Authenticity and Love. Sponsored by Golden Bridge.  All proceeds support youth leaders from around the world during their Rites of Passage Journeys with www.Goldenbridge.org. For more information, please contact office@bdanced.com / 303-415-0272

Waltzing and Couples Dancing! Waltz, cross-step waltz, foxtrot, two-step, tango, one-step, hesitation, blues, etc. Two simultaneous one-hour dance classes; beginner waltz in the North Hall (every 2nd and 4th Wednesday) or take an intermediate level dance class in the Ballroom. (No intro class on fifth Wednesdays.) Special theme parties most fifth Wednesdays. Sign up for event notifications: avd@columbine.net.

Colorado Friends of Old Time Music and Dance present a 4-Day weekend of music, dancing, singing and workshops at The Avalon Ballroom in Boulder, Colorado August 30-September 2nd/Labor Day Weekend. Open to dancers and musicians who register. Featuring two guest bands: Elixir and Buddy System along with guest callers Nils Fredland and Lisa Greenleaf. Daytime workshops in the Ballroom and North Lobby. Breakfast, lunch and dinners available . Dances in the evening Friday, Saturday and Sunday and a Monday mid…

Join together in Celebratory Community to Remember our Wholeness & to Amplify our Sacred Work in these Times of Great Change. No Dance experience is necessary~Only a Longing to Move with Life in Authenticity and Love. Sponsored by Golden Bridge.  All proceeds support youth leaders from around the world during their Rites of Passage Journeys with www.Goldenbridge.org. For more information, please contact office@bdanced.com / 303-415-0272

This community contra dance is part of an on going series, first and third Fridays of each month.

"Vintage" ballroom dancing to great live music at the Sunday afternoon Ragtime-Era Tea Dances. Waltz, tango, foxtrot, one-step, blues, two-step, Charleston, early swing, maxixe and half-and-half are among the couple dances we enjoy at the "Tea Dances". Live music by the Mont Alto Ragtime and Tango Orchestra with vocalist Susan Rogers, or Susan Rogers' Exuberant Quartet, and occasionally other great local bands. The dance lesson and lovely light refreshments are included in your admission price. The lesson is always aimed…

Monthly dance (2nd Saturdays except May=2nd Friday; no dance in July ) for the LBGTQ community and friends/allies, including country, ballroom, Latin, west coast swing, night club, line dance and some freeform/pop dancing.  Safe, inclusive and welcoming.

Informal milonga with mix of traditional and alternative music.  Dinner included, BYOB. DJ varies. Please note this change: Effective immediately, LocoTango will happen on first and third Sundays only; the irregular fifth Sunday is no longer.

Dancing to live music 8:00 to 11:00 PM. Dance music during intermissions by DJ Frank Vernon. Swing dance class 7:00 PM included. Suitable for all dancers. Always the best bands! Admission: $15 per person general; $10 students with I.D.; volunteers free. Children $10 only with responsible adult in charge. Cash or check at the door. No reservations required. Light snacks provided. There is a coat room. All ages welcome. No partner or dance experience required. Please wear non-marking shoes. Dress…

Friends of Traditional Dance presents the Wild Goose Masquerade Ball! This is our 70th wild ball—a long standing and wonderful tradition. The Denver Pops Orchestra will play waltzes and polkas by Strauss and Tchaikovsky and 20th century dances by Mancini, Leroy Anderson and Duke Ellington. Doors open at 7:30pm, the Grand March is at 8. Attire is formal, semi-formal or ethnic. SPECIAL THEME. We are celebrating the theme of the 70th Anniversary: 007 Casino Royale. Dancers are encouraged to reflect…

Live music for folk dancing by SIX hot local bands specializing in tradJitional and contemporary music from Eastern Europe. Many of the dances are easy enough to learn on the spot. Not a dancer? Not a problem; the Avalon has plenty of room to sit and watch. The bands are: The Bitovniks, Barbelfish Balkan Band, Gora Gora Orkestar, Klezmerize, Planina - Songs of Eastern Europe and Sherefe. In Eastern Europe, live music and dancing are always accompanied by food . . . and…

New Years Eve Party Please Join Us ! Tuesday, 31 December 2019   Many, many of you have joined us for our last few New Years Eve parties and they have been amazing! Ring in the New Year in Style – with Music and Friends! The Avalon Ballroom in Boulder, Colorado. The LARGEST Social Dance Event of the year! Tickets available in advance at www.dancelaughlove.com (Ticket sales have not yet begun as of March 2019.) Or at the door by…