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Starlight Strut

Starlight Strut is a queer country-western dance for women, non-binary, and trans people.

Fourth Saturdays at Lake Merritt Dance: 200 Grand Avenue, 1st Floor, Oakland, CA 94610

05/21/2026

🌟✨Dance with us this Saturday at Starlight Strut ✨🌟
We are heading into summer, so let’s celebrate the warm weather on the dance floor! Enjoy a night filled with line dancing, two-stepping, waltz and west coast swing:

6:30 ⭐️ Doors Open ⭐️

6:45 Line Dance Lessons:
Waltz Across Texas (beginner) with Bonnie M
Love Dive (intermediate) with Melanie R

7:15 Partner Dance Lessons:
Country-western Two-Step (beginner) with Marianne B
Country-western Two-Step (intermediate) with Citabria P

8:00 The dance begins! 🪩
Main Room will have a mix of line dance & partner dance all night long.
Lounge will have West Coast Swing + Night-Club Two-Step

8:20 Special guest performance by Rebel Motion!! Let’s wish them luck as they head to the Gay Games in Spain this summer!!

8:30 Line Dance Marathon in the Lounge

You’ll find us on the first floor of the
Lake Merritt Dance Center
200 Grand Ave, Oakland

$15 entry with sliding scale available, NOTAFLOF! Let us know if you can volunteer & get in for free.

See you Saturday! 🌚💫

05/14/2026

Join us May 23rd!! ✨🩵 we have a night packed with fun lessons and a guest performance from the Formation Team: Rebel Motion!! They are getting ready to compete at the Gay Games in June so let’s show them some love

☀️ 6:30 - Doors Open
✨ 6:45 - Line Dance Lessons
👯 7:15 - Partner Dance Lessons
🪩 8:00 - Dance Party Begins!

We will be at 200 Grand Ave in Oakland in the first floor ballroom and lounge.

Tickets are $15 at the door, sliding scale available. No one turned away for lack of funds!

Rather have free entry? Message us to sign up for a volunteer shift 🌟

See yall soon 🩵💙💜

04/29/2026

We blasted back to the 1990s and had really fun dance this weekend—thanks for being a part of it!

🩷💜💿✨🩵💛

Some things to mark in your calendar:

June 14 - Holly Reese attempts 1,575 push-ups in an hour! Watch her break the Guinness World Record from 4 PM at the Finnish Hall in Berkeley, CA. Free!

May 1 - Fog Town Hoedown Social 5-8 PM at El Rio, SF. Meet the organizers, ask questions, get merch, drinks, enter a raffle for a t-shirt. Dancing begins 6 PM with Hotline.

May 6, 13, & 20 - Intermediate Country-Western Two-Step lessons at Oakland Q***r Dance Studio. Wednesdays 6:45 PM. Register for classes now! ***rdance

October 29 to Nov 1 - Fog Town Hoedown Country-Western Dance Convention in San Francisco. Mark your calendars! Follow them

Our next dance is May 23rd! See you next time ✨⭐️

04/21/2026

This Saturday!!! We are jumping into our time machines and going back to the 90s 🩷🩵💛 wear your fav 90s inspired outfit or your fav spring break look from back in the day ✨ we will be partying like it’s 1999!

6:30 ⭐️ Doors Open ⭐️

6:45 Line Dance Lessons:
Gives Me Shivers (beginner) with Yael P
High Five Samba (intermediate) with Sheila S

7:15 Partner Dance Lessons:
West Coast Swing (beginner) with Natasha F
West Coast Swing (intermediate) with Riley C

8:00 The dance begins! 🪩
Main Room will have a mix of line dance & partner dance all night long.
Lounge will have West Coast Swing + Night-Club Two-Step

8:30 Line Dance Marathon begins in the Lounge

9:15 Line Dance Competition! Learn ‘Take Me to the Beach’ come dance or cheer folks on✨

You’ll find us on the first floor of the
Lake Merritt Dance Center
200 Grand Ave, Oakland

$15 entry with sliding scale available, NOTAFLOF! Let us know if you can volunteer! You can get in for free 🤝

See you Saturday! 📻🌼💿🩵

04/08/2026

Grab your Doc Martens, JNCO jeans, butterfly clips and slap bracelets, we are taking this Spring Break and going back to the 90s. We are acting like we are in an MTV music video on April 25th ✨

☀️ 6:30 - Doors Open
✨ 6:45 - Line Dance Lessons
👯 7:15 - Partner Dance Lessons
🪩 8:00 - Dance Party Begins!

We will be at 200 Grand Ave in Oakland in the first floor ballroom and lounge.

Tickets are $15 at the door, sliding scale available. No one turned away for lack of funds!
If you wanna come for free, message us to sign up for a volunteer shift 🌟

03/11/2026

Join us this Saturday as we spring into another Starlight Strut ✨🌟 we have a lot of fun classes for y’all including our new Ultra Beginner series! Never danced or still very new to the scene? We will help you learn the basics 😉 Enjoy a night filled with line dancing, two-stepping, waltz and west coast swing:

6:30 ⭐️ Doors Open ⭐️

6:45 Line Dance Lessons:
Don’t Wanna Go Home (ultra beginner) with Sheila O
Sexy Mona Lisa (beginner) with Michelle
High Five Samba (intermediate) with Sheila S

7:15 Partner Dance Lessons:
Country Waltz (ultra beginner) with Toran
Country Waltz (beginner) with Annelise and Mickey
Country Waltz (intermediate) with Sheila S

8:00 The dance begins! 🪩
Main Room will have a mix of line dance & partner dance all night long.
Lounge will have West Coast Swing + Night-Club Two-Step

8:30 Line Dance Marathon begins in the Lounge

You’ll find us on the first floor of the
Lake Merritt Dance Center
200 Grand Ave, Oakland

$15 entry with sliding scale available, NOTAFLOF! Let us know if you can volunteer & get in for free.

See you Saturday! 🌙

03/04/2026

Let’s quickstep into spring at our March dance! ☀️🌱 With another fast turnaround from the last dance, we will welcome the longer days and celebrate the changing of seasons the starlight strut way: with even more dancing! See you on the 14th!

⭐️ 6:30 - Doors Open
✨ 6:45 - Line Dance Lessons
🌿 7:15 - Partner Dance Lessons
🪩 8:00 - Dance Party Begins!

We will be at 200 Grand Ave in Oakland in the first floor ballroom and lounge.

Tickets are $15 at the door, sliding scale available. No one turned away for lack of funds!
If you wanna come for free, message us to sign up for a volunteer shift 🌟

See you in a couple weeks 💜

02/25/2026

A huge thank you again to all of our performers, instructors and volunteers for an unforgettable night ❤️‍🔥we are missing February and the heated rivalry theme already but looking forward to the next dance on March 14th!

Maybe we will go from enemies to friends to dance partners??

See y’all next month! ✨

02/13/2026

Fall in love with these performances and more tomorrow at Heated Rivalry, a q***r country western dance for women, trans and nonbinary people ❤️‍🔥 here’s a look at our lineup!

Emily and Citabria will be showcasing their Foxtrot routine. They will be competing in the Gay Games in Spain this year and will be traveling with the ballroom dance team from ***rdance Check out their website with info on classes and their showcase An April Affair coming this spring!

The Heartstompers are a q***r, d**e, and trans dance group based in the Bay Area. Reflecting San Francisco’s history of sexual deviance and liberation, the Heartstompers create dances centered in community, taking up space, and q***r self expression, all while being joyful and a little bit feral. Above all, they love to dance with their friends! Follow them on Instagram and TikTok .heartstompers

Abrazo Q***r Tango offers q***r tango classes every Sunday and they can offer a free class to first time dancers, first Sunday of the month or 3rd Saturday of the month. If you’re interested, mail them to be added to our guest list: abrazoq***[email protected] and follow them ***rtango

We have a special surprise performance as a valentines treat for you all as well 💌

Come for the lessons, stay for the performances and enjoy a night full of partner and line dancing! Doors open at 6:30 and performances start right after the lessons at 8pm and go till 9pm with a little break in the middle. We have lots of activities planned, so be our date for Valentines Day tomorrow 🔥

02/10/2026

Come face to face with your rival on the “rink” this Saturday 🔥 we have a full schedule heating up to break the ice this Valentine’s Day. Wear your favorite athletic attire and enjoy a night full of performances, contra and line dancing. You won’t want to miss it ❤️‍🔥

6:30 ⭐️ Doors Open ⭐️

6:45 Line Dance Lessons:
Stitches (beginner+) with Melanie
Run Me Like A River (intermediate) with Sheila

7:20 Partner Dance Lessons:
Lines and Lanes (all levels) with Mickey
You will learn spins and turns for Two-Step and line dance, building balance, control, and clean transitions you can use right away
Country-Western Two Step (intermediate) with Sheila

8:00 The dance begins! 🪩
Main Room will have a mix of line dance & partner dance all night long.
Lounge will have West Coast Swing + Night-Club Two-Step

8:15 Performances Kick Off 👯👯‍♀️👯‍♂️

9:00 Line Dance Marathon begins in the Lounge

9:15 Ballroom: The Birthday Dance 🎂

You’ll find us on the first floor of the
Lake Merritt Dance Center
200 Grand Ave, Oakland

$15 entry with sliding scale available, NOTAFLOF! Let us know if you can volunteer & get in for free.

Address

200 Grand Avenue
Oakland, CA

Website

http://www.starlightstrut.org/

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