Thirty years ago, when John Travolta was dazzling movie audiences as a rhinestone-clad “Urban Cowboy”, the D.C. area had plenty of dance halls promoting line dancing and two-step struts.“This area was ...

At Stud Country, a weekly queer country and western line dancing class, there are no drinks allowed on the dance floor. To the couples and friends gathered for a night out under the glitter of a giant ...

Sundance Stompede, a popular country western dance celebration, returns to San Francisco from November 9-12. It's the Stompede's 27th year, and sadly, this year will be the last. According to Ingu Yun ...

For nearly three decades, the Sundance Stompede was more than just a dance event. It was a home, a haven, and a heartbeat of LGBTQ country-western culture in San Francisco. Now, the story of its final ...

Desert 5 Spot, a country and western dance bar that debuted in Los Angeles in 2021 and expanded to New York City last year, has opened its newest venue at a two-story warehouse in D.C.’s Union Market ...

“Delighted confusion,” Jordon replies when I ask him how he would describe the atmosphere on the expansive wood-paneled floor of the Brooklyn Bowl. On the stage behind him, California-based duo Stud ...

Plenty of songs get people dancing on social media, but one of Beyoncé’s new tracks has people tapping their boots in real-life honky-tonks and country-western bars. It was initially unclear if the ...

All eyes are on Jim Ray’s boots as he leads a Western line dancing class at the Clovis Senior Center in 2011. MARK CROSSE Fresno Bee file To enter a Fresno discotheque back in the 1960s and ’70s was ...

Early into my tenure as a new line-dancing enthusiast, I found myself in Chatsworth, alone on a Friday night. I was looking for action — the country dance kind. It was not yet dusk when I entered the ...

Stud Country, a queer line dancing and two-step class from Los Angeles, made a rollicking return to New York on a recent Monday. Eliza Jouin, left, and Hannah Pinson were among the over 300 people who ...

Couples dance at Stud Country, a queer line dancing night at Club Bahia in Echo Park. Subverting heteronormative stereotypes that often come with the country-western fan base and community, the night ...