Sundance Stompede 2023

Sundance Stompede 2023

Sundance Stompede is San Francisco’s magical 4-day country-western dance weekend for the LGBT+ community and its friends.

• Stay just 150 metres from the Stampede Ball at the Handlery Union Square Hotel, a 3-star hotel with an outdoor pool, on-site gym and comfortable rooms. Great location.

The Dance

• Join hundreds of sexiest cowboys  as they dance their feet off and revel in each other’s company, with a myriad of activities all weekend long.
• Sundance Stompede Features four nights of amazing dance parties, three days of awesome dance workshops for all levels, and much more!
• Thursday –  Events begin with the Kick off Dance. Friday – The party continues with the Welcome Dance, Saturday – Hoedown and Sunday – The Stampede Ball. – Venues to be confirmed

The Venues

• Sundance Saloon – a country-western dance club in San Francisco, primarily catering to the LGBT+ community and allies, the largest club of its kind in the USA.
• The Golden Gateway Holiday Inn – Located in San Francisco’s quaint Nob Hill neighborhood, this hotel near the Golden Gate Bridge and Union Square, the hotel typically hosts the Welcome Dance.
• The Regency Center – a multi-use events venue located in San Francisco, at the intersection of Van Ness Avenue and Sutter Street. It opened in 1909 as a masonic lodge. The ballroom features blonde hardwood floors, a horseshoe-shaped balcony, a built-in stage, a beaux-art treasure with thirty-five-foot ceilings, and twenty-two turn-of-the-century teardrop chandeliers.

Workshops and Exhibitions

• Enjoy dynamic first-rate instructors from all over the country. Two-step, waltz, swing, line dances and more.
• All levels, from beginning to advanced. Plus premium workshops with a focus on small-group instruction.
• Be dazzled by groups from across the country Friday and Saturday nights before open dancing.

Social Events

• Network, meet and flirt with your favourite cowboy or new crush at the sideline events and enjoy the social side of the weekend at events including;  the VIP Welcome Reception, Sunday Brunch, Women’s (Trans-inclusive) Social, After-hours Parties and the famous Boots Only Ball.

The Sundance Stompede

• The Sundance Stompede began in 2001 as an outgrowth of the annual Hoedown, a gala benefit dance that started in 1997. The event has grown in scope and attendance and now attracts an international following of hundreds of country-western dance aficionados, becoming the largest annual event of its kind in the world
• The Sundance Stompede has become a major contributor to San Francisco charities, raising thousands of dollars annually.

Recommended Hotels in San Francisco

The following hotels are all close to the city’s top attractions & gay bars:

SOMA: InterContinental Hotel,     Courtyard by Marriott ,    Palace Hotel,    Hotel Zelos,

CASTRO:  Beck’s Motor Lodge,