Dance Bands
and Blues Swing Tango Rock Contra Dance Clubs

Mondays:
Shades of Blues - San Francisco - 8:00 PM - 12:00 Midnight  

Tuesdays:
Chaminade Resort - Santa Cruz - 5 PM - 7 PM "Tuesday Night Music & Taco Bar" Dance Bands Summer and Fall Only

Wednesdays:
Michael's on Main - Soquel/Santa Cruz - National Acts - great dance floor 9 PM to late  Dance Bands
Beat the Blues Berkeley  9:00 PM to 12 Midnight Classes and Practice 7 - 9 PM weekly
Club Fox Blues Jam - Redwood City - 7 PM to 11 PM
Monterey International Folk Dancing  6:45 - 8:45 PM Wednesdays Pacific Grove

Thursdays:
Michael's on Main - Soquel/Santa Cruz - National Acts - great dance floor 9 PM to late Dance Bands
South Bay Fusion - Redwood City:  Pre-dance: 7 to 9 PM, Dance: 9 PM to 1:30 AM
Mid-County Folkdancers  10:00 to 11:30 AM Capitola 
The Crow's Nest - Santa Cruz - Beach Party Afternoon - Dance Band nights inside at 8 PM - 11:00 Dance Bands
Baha Cantina - Carmel Valley - local dance bands with followings - Starts 6 or 7 PM - check calendar. Dance Bands

Fridays:
Michael's on Main - Soquel/Santa Cruz - National Acts - great dance floor 9 PM to late Dance Bands
Tango Friday Night  8pm-11pm  Santa Cruz
Friday Night Blues San Francisco - Blues Dancing - 8 to 2 AM Friday nights weekly
The Crow's Nest - Santa Cruz - from serious Rockers to Semi-Acoustic at 9 PM - 11:30  Dance Bands
Severino's - Aptos - Blues, jazz and classic rock/pop bands spice up the night. 8 - 11:30 PM  Dance Bands
Baha Cantina - Carmel Valley - local dance bands, Seasonal - Starts 6 or 7 PM - check calendar.  Dance Bands

Saturdays:
Michael's on Main - Soquel/Santa Cruz - National Acts - great dance floor 9 PM to late Dance Bands
The Crow's Nest - Santa Cruz - 9: 30 - 11:30 Best live band rock, blues, all eras dance place around. Dance Bands
Baha Cantina - Carmel Valley - local dance bands Seasonal - Starts 6 or 7 PM - check calendar.  Dance Bands
Severino's - Aptos - Blues, jazz and classic rock/pop bands spice up the night. 8 - 11:30 PM  Dance Bands 
Ella's at the Airport - Watsonville - Blues on Saturday nights with Dancing .8 - 11 PM  Dance Bands
Monterey Country Contra Dance - first and third Saturdays from 7:30pm - 10:30pm
When we list Dance Bands we mean people go there to Dance. Dancing people. You like to dance, these are the places to go. Dancing to Live Dance Bands is waaay different than DJ's. Dance Bands have their own followers and they are interested in you having a Dancing Good Time. Everyone is in sync with the room and each other.  It doesn't get better than this. We also have DJ and Band reviews and links to those Dance Band web pages and Dance Band Facebook pages.
Couples Dancing where there are steps and two people dance with in-step with each other producing a beautiful synchronous event.  There are shoes worn on the dance floor, talking is OK, but they usually discourage perfumes on the dance floor.

Couples Dancing where there are steps and two people dance with in-step with each other producing a beautiful synchronous event.  There are shoes worn on the dance floor, talking is OK, but they usually discourage perfumes on the dance floor.