Local Dance Opportunities

Be sure to check with a band or venue to confirm a dance will take place.

Check The Dance Card to see what's coming up next for the UNL Faculty Dance Club
(updated as information becomes available)

Bands & Ballrooms
Ballroom Dance Tips
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Bands and Ballrooms

Ballroom Dancing at AULD PAVILION
1650 Memorial Drive in Antelope Park, Lincoln
Tuesdays, 7:00 - 9:00pm
Open to all adults. Doors open at 6:45pm.
Bands vary: Skylark, Leo Lonnie Solo Time, Jimmy Mack, and others.
Many of your friends from the Faculty Dance Club regularly enjoy this dance!
$4 to $6 admission fee (fluctuates a bit)
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PLA MOR BALLROOM
(Click to visit their website)
6600 W 'O' St, Lincoln
402-475-4030
CALL if the weather is iffy or road conditions questionable (fog, snow, ice): 402-475-4030

BOBBY LAYNE & his ORCHESTRA
(Click to visit their website)

Watch a brief special on NET Nebraska's "Nebraska Stories:" The Big Sounds of Bobby Layne

LONNIE PIITZ / LEO LONNIE ORCHESTRA / Leo Lonnie Combo / Leo Lonnie Polka Band / Vince Foxx Combo
(Click to visit their website)

GREG SPEVAK ORCHESTRA
1-402-753-1101
Fremont Tribune article about The Greg Spevak Orchestra

STARLITE EVENT CENTER (used to be Starlite Ballroom)
2045 County Road K, Wahoo, Nebraska
The ballroom has an excellent wooden dance floor that is 5,000 square feet
Free parking, no steps to enter the building, cash bar
Doors and kitchen will open 1/2 hour before each dance
1-402-443-3533 or 1-402-784-3072
(Reservations are required for dinners, but not for dances.)

GERMAN AMERICAN SOCIETY, Omaha
(Click to visit their website)

THE CENTER, now called MetroYMCA
at the same location in Council Bluffs, Iowa
714 S Main St.
Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503
Inclement weather policy: dances will be cancelled if Council Bluffs schools are closed.

LAKE ROBBINS BALLROOM, Iowa
(Click to visit their website)
26726 150th Street, Woodward, Iowa 50276
Doors open 1 hr before the listed dance time
Full Bar and Kitchen open at all public events
Iffy Weather? Call 1- 515-438-2305

SUNDAY nights they offer live Big Band performances (Ballroom dancing).
Dance times vary by season: Winter months 5 - 8:30pm; Summer months 6 - 9:30pm; Price varies. Meals available from their kitchen.

The Lake Robbins Ballroom is a gem. A gorgeous, spacious wooden dance floor, excellent big bands, lovely people. Well worth the field trip!

Online Ballroom Dance Tips

The BallroomDancers.com Learning Center is a fun online resource for learning ballroom dance tips or new moves.

What is Line of Dance?
Learn a time honored, cool way of sharing the dance floor with your friends!
Find new dance steps and tips at the ballroomdancers.com Learning Center.