SELECT * FROM Venues Where (Venues.OutOfBiz=false And Venues.deleted=false) And (Venues.area2 LIKE '%local%') And (Venues.RecUsage LIKE '%venue%') Order By Venues.name
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American Legion Post 21
Usage: venue
Music: big-band, country
Crowd: 50's-60's
CategoryPage(s): country,swing
Age Policy: 21 To Drink
Ages: ...To drink=21
Note: 40 Highway, Independence (between Noland Road and 291). The Country Western group Reddymen plays every 2d and 4th Saturdays (since 1984). They have a year-long dance schedule available. Doors open 6 p.m., Beverage/Snack bars 6:30pm, Dance at 8 p.m.
American Legion Post 499
Usage: venue
Music: Big Band, Swing, Ballroom
Floor: Vinyl, Main banquet room
Crowd: 40's and older
CategoryPage(s): swing,ballroom
URL.1: JoeWalkerAmLgn.htm
Note: Joe Walker Big Band plays here every second tuesday of the month except for some months when the day conflicts with major holidays(i.e. Mother's Day). The dancers number at least 200 or more each time. Mostly older crowd but anyone is welcome. Cover about $3. The band is good and the music takes you back quite a few years.
Visit: Joe Walker Big Band plays here every second tuesday of the month except for some months when the day conflicts with major holidays(i.e. Mother's Day). The dancers number at least 200 or more each time. Mostly older crowd but anyone is welcome. Cover about $3. The band is good and the music takes you back quite a few years.
America's Pub
Usage: venue
Days:
Tue: Retro
Wed: live rock
Thu: ladies night
Music: new disco, retro, rock, $3cover - til 3am M,T: DJ, no cover
Floor: hardwood 15x35
Crowd: very 20's
Looks: casual dress, dark wood
CategoryPage(s): rock
Age Policy: 21 Minimum 21 ToEnter 21 To Drink
Ages: ...Minimum=21...To enter=21...To drink=21
Note: ladies on thursday. MonTue: DJ. Wed: live rock & roll, party wih 98.9 'The Rock.' Thu: ladies night, Fri: party with mix 93.3 from 7-12, dance until 3am. Sat: the ultimate dance party. (510 Westport Road - SW corner of Westport and Mill St.)
Visit: New disco music with varied mix including rock.easy toswing, rock, cha-cha to. The floor is dark hardwood which has been there for some years getting considerable use. It shows on the surface which is alright but not in top form - not as slick as a good ballroom floor.
The floor is in the back half of the nightspot and in a sunken well area of irregular shape but you could say it is about 15x35 feet in size with a pole in the middle.There are a couple banks of televisions on the walls and standard effects from lighting and smoke generators. The crowd is solidly 20's.
Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City
Usage: venue
Looks: very classy stage/arena
CategoryPage(s): Ballroom,Swing
URL.1: kansas_city.asp
URL.2: bars_lounges.asp
URL.3: html_main.asp
URL.4: stationc.htm
Note: Depot #9 Saloon and Stage: Free Live Entertainment weekly Wednesday through Sunday. Local Favorites will be featured 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The 1,384-seat Star Pavilion plays host to headline entertainers. -435 north to 210 east (exit 55B), then 1 mile to Station Drive - (Formerly: Station Casino)
Visit: NO MORE SWING SUNDAYS: When this was Station Casino this was like stepping into a dance scene in a 30's or 40's movie and with great music featuring Dave Stephens.
Antoinette's
Usage: venue
Days:
Sun: 7:30pm-11pm
Music: Mix, country/rock, danceable no cover FriSat: 9:30pm-2:30am
Crowd: 20's-50's+
Looks: working class bar and restaurant, casual
CategoryPage(s): country,rock
Age Policy: 21 To Drink
Ages: ...To drink=21
Note: Sun 7:30-11 dance floor, wood, no cover, 4545 N Brighton, from I-35, take the Brighton exit (west of I-435 and Worlds of Fun) south about 0.4 miles to 46th Street. Antoinette's is on the east side of the road. Lounge and restaurant open until 3am. Serve full menu in both restaurant and lounge.
Visit: Super place! Very danceable music. Obviously a popular place. A full house. Good dancing crowd - they actually get up and dance for everything. This is a working crowd, casual dress, a parking lot full of cars, pickups and a few Harleys. They play hard.
We had a good time dancing. The dance floor is big enough to mean business and a lot of couples get on it but is not too crowded to move freely. The building is divided by a wall into two sections, a restaurant in the west half and a lounge in the east half. And no small matter - they have a full restaurant menu available until closing and served in either section of the building.
Blayney's
Usage: venue
Music: rock, blues 9pm-1am+
Floor: room-floor in: flooring (tiny) out: brick patio
Crowd: 20's-50's
CategoryPage(s): blues
Age Policy: 21 Minimum 21 ToEnter 21 To Drink
Ages: ...Minimum=21...To enter=21...To drink=21
URL.1: blayneys.htm
Note: below street level on the Westport Road Side. Either inside in a long strip or outside on a back patio (depending on weather). 415 Westport Road
Visit: Not much in the way of dance areas but a lot of fun withgood music, rock on the patio and blues inside. Since most of the patrons (30's to 50's) were not dancing there was room to dance for us. Actually we didn't see anyone else dancing.
On the patio you may need to find your own area, on the patio in front of the band (brick floor) or back behind (rough wood steps leading out of patio pit) or on a rough cement walkway to the patio and behind the patio fence (Danced in sneakers). Inside there is a small smooth area of floor between the band and the first tables (could fit two, maybe three couples) or boogie in the rear in the open area which is part of the corridor.
Blue Room, The
Usage: venue
Music: jazz, blues
Floor: vinyl, portion of regular floor
Crowd: upper middle, musicians
Looks: classy, neat like a museum
CategoryPage(s): jazz,blues
Age Policy: 21 To Drink
Ages: ...To drink=21
URL.1: home.htm
Note: This is a part of the Kansas City Jazz Museum and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. No smoking, Wet Bar. No Cover. Wander around the next-door museum rooms. Part of the historic 18th and Vine jazz district.
Visit: Smart, smoothly warm and friendly atmosphere. Fabulous music but not a lot of dancing. You might find a few persons who can W.C. but you might bring along your own partner, expect to W.C. swing and expect to be about the only ones dancing. Enjoy. The finest jazz and blues musicians in the city show up here to perform and to jam.
Because it is a museum the Blue Room is kept neat in a manner that makes you think of a museum exhibit, everything in place and no extra thingies strewn around. You can almost start thinking the entire crowd is an exhibit.
Clay - Platte Dancers
Usage: venue
Days: First & Third saturdays of the month
Sat: First & Third saturdays of the month
Music: general ballroom
Floor: Vinyl, meeting room
Crowd: Seniors, mostly retired
Looks: church meeting room, high ceiling
CategoryPage(s): Ballroom,swing
Note: Willie Flobert, President 452-5782
Dances at Northcross U.Methodist unless otherwise noted on their schedule which can be obtained at any dance. $5 donation, bring snacks to share.
Club NV
Usage: venue,link
CategoryPage(s): salsa house
URL.1: nv-kc.com
EML.1: info@nv-kc.com
Note: Downtown nightclub on the north side of the downtown loop. Two levels. Available for rentals for events. Various events through the week.
Davey's Uptown Rambler's Club (expanded)
Usage: venue
Music: rock, alternative Thur/Fri/Sat 9:30pm-2:30am
Crowd: 20's-30's+
Looks: hometown cafe like
CategoryPage(s): metal
Age Policy: 21 Minimum 21 ToEnter 21 To Drink
Ages: ...Minimum=21...To enter=21...To drink=21
URL.1: ~daveys
Note: 3402 Main. Tuesdays DJ. Ray Velasquez ( Dance Electronica ), Fridays (6-9pm) Mr. Marco's
Visit: Davey's is divided into two main rooms. You enter througha bar and dance in a the second room on the north side. The entire second room has hardwood flooring in good shape. The room is about 20x40 feet with a band platform at the street end and table seating in the opposite half of the room. They recently added a bar area off the back side of this room. The remaining strip of space (mayber 8x15 in front) is the danceable area of floor.
The crowd seems mainly there for the music with a few people getting up and single-person dancing. We kept as small a pattern as possible to make room for the others. Davey's is a well-known music venue and watering hole. Check the groups playing.
Denim and Diamonds
Usage: venue
Days:
Wed: Ladies nite $2 cover for guys
Music: country western, swing hip-hop
Looks: Western
CategoryPage(s): Country
Lessons: Wednesday thorugh Saturday 7:30-8:30
Age Policy: 21 To Drink
Ages: ...To drink=21
URL.1: denimd.htm
Note: North Kansas City at 1725 Swift, (downtown NKC, just about three blocks south of Armour on the east side of the road). Wed. Ladies night, Thur. all ages (over 21 free), Fri/Sat. Party Nights. Full kitchen, breakfast, sandwiches, special, finger foods.
AGE: 21+, 16-20 with parent or guardian. D&D used to be one of the really nice spots for teens and whole families to go, especially on Sundays. The owner is very strongly commited to places for youth to go. Unfortunately, and much to their disgust, North KC refused to allow them any teen nights or family hours.
Visit: Nice dance floor, large to medium and rectangular,maybe 30 feet by 50 feet. Good dance shoes are just fine (or boots). Sometimes too much powder on the floor making it too slick in places but not for long. Lots of dance partners. Very active place with a lot of clientel. Good mix of music and when the line dancing is on you can find room in the corners or sides to swing with a partner.
Don Bosco Senior Center
Usage: venue,lesson
Days: 0
Wed: lessons
Fri: lessons, dance one friday a month
Music: ballroom
Floor: vinyl tile (main floor area)
Crowd: Seniors
CategoryPage(s): ballroom
URL.1: donbosco.org
EML.1: bbond@donbosco.org
Note: Senior Center with various activities just off the downtown loop (north of the northeast corner of the loop). They have twice weekly ballroom dance lessons and a regular dance once a month on a friday (not the same friday).
Elm's Resort
Usage: venue
Music: ballroom, swing
CategoryPage(s): ballroom,swing
Filling Station
Usage: venue
Music: Punk, hip-hop, Mix(alternative/old rock, etc.) DJ every Fri/Sat 9pm-3am
Crowd: 20's, some 30's
Looks: more like the inside of a garage
CategoryPage(s): rock
Age Policy: 21 Minimum 21 ToEnter 21 To Drink
Ages: ...Minimum=21...To enter=21...To drink=21
Note: no cover, 11515 Hickman Mills Road (just off of 71 and just north of Longview Road) on the east side of the road.
Visit: There is plenty of room here (which is not obvious from the outside) No one was dancing but there were few persons here on a Friday night. Just music from the DJ stand and guys playing pool.
The dance-floor area is actually an area in which it looks as though the vinyl floor tile was removed down to the concrete to make outline a dance area.
Friendz Dance Club
Usage: venue
Days: Top 40 Dance, Friendz Social!
Sun: closed
Mon: Open Mic, Live R&B/HipHop, Top 40 Dance Music
Tue: closed
Wed: Open Mic, Live R&B/HipHop, Top 40 Dance Music
Thu: Top 40 Dance, Ladies in Free, Ladies Night
Fri: Top 40 Dance, Friendz Social!
Sat: Top 40 Dance, Friendz Social!
Music: Top 40 Dance, R&B, Hip Hop, Pop
Floor: Huge Dance floor, mirrors, lights, excellent sound
Crowd: Elite clientele, dress to impress
Looks: Open, holds 400+, great location for dancing
Dine&Dance: 31 menu items
Age Policy: 21+, dress to impress
Ages: ...Minimum=21...To enter=21...To drink=21
URL.1: friendzdanceclub.com
EML.1: tracy@bmmgkc.com
Harrah's Casino
Usage: venue
Music: varied groups 8pm - midnight
Floor: ceramic-tile /Bsidewalk/b
Crowd: anybody walking by
Looks: casual, lobby area
CategoryPage(s): concerts,casino
Note: They don't have dancing but the list of groups they hire regularly for Friday and Saturday evenings are blues, zydeco and classic rock type of bands that are being danced to elsewhere in the area. The band sets up on a stand behind the sports bar and grill in the center of the lobby.
This is in front of the main ticket windows. The 'sidewalk' floor in front of the band area can be used for dancing. Basically it is a matter of showing up on the sidewalk (interior sidewalk) in front of your favorite band and dancing on the ceramic tiles.
Harrah's Voodoo Lounge
Usage: venue,link
Days: 0
Thu: Ladies Night
Music: swing, rock
CategoryPage(s): swing,rock
Age Policy: Must be 21 or over
Ages: ...Minimum=21...To enter=21...To drink=21
URL.1: voodookc.com
URL.2: entertainment_detail_00.html
Note: Then VooDoo Lounge is a concert hall with an intimate setting and a nightclub. Want more info? Check out www.voodookc.com for upcoming events, photos, a drink menu and more. Sign up to receive email updates and find out the latest on what's happening at the VooDoo Lounge!
Isle of Capri Casino
Usage: venue
Music: classic rock
Crowd: 30's and up
CategoryPage(s): casino,concerts
Note: (Former Flamingo Casino) - Some of the best danceable rock music in the area. Classic acts brought to KC on a regular basis. The only pity is the lack of any kind of real dance area. If the music weren't so good they would be worth talking about for dancers. You'll just have to go for the music and make do for dance spaces.
Most of these are outdoor concerts and the only place to dance is on grass or on a patio area near the top of an embankment. On rain dates there is a wood floor inside behind the bar/lounge area or just expect to dance on carpet around the top of the gambling area.
Visit: Some of the best danceable rock music in the area. Classic acts brought to KC on a regular basis. The only pity is the lack of any kind of real dance area. If the music weren't so good they would be worth talking about for dancers. You'll just have to go for the music and make do for dance spaces.
Most of these are outdoor concerts and the only place to dance is on grass or on a patio area near the top of an embankment. On rain dates there is a wood floor inside behind the bar/lounge area or just expect to dance on carpet around the top of the gambling area.
Jersey's Sports Cafe
Usage: venue
Music: rock, classic and danceable (works for swing)
Floor: hardwod about 12x15, mirror on wall nice
Crowd: 20-50's
Looks: sports bar, casual dress
CategoryPage(s): rock,swing
URL.1: jerseys.htm
Note: On 24 Hwy about 0.6 miles east of 291 up front in the Susquehanna Shopping Center. Fri-Sat 9pm-1am.
Visit: Band sets up in the dart area adjacent to and slightly above the dancefloor. Neighborhood crowd mixing 20's to 50's+. They do get on the floor and move around here. Framed Chief's jerseys around the walls, and other sports bar trappings: team logos, pictures, emblems. Sectioned into a bar area with pools tables and an island bar, and two seating areas at different levels then a dancing and dart-band area. Nice club for dancing. Both EC and WC although we found West Coast swing worked better for most of the music.
John Knox Village Pavilion
Usage: venue
Music: ballroom,swing,oldies,Latin
Floor: hardwood 50x50 - one of the finest in the area
Crowd: older, largely retired
Looks: very nice, modern, airy
CategoryPage(s): ballroom,swing
URL.1: JohnKnoxPavillion.asp
Note: John Knox Village is a non-denominational, not-for-profit retirement community. They usually have one dance a month in the pavilion. It is an open dance with a band.
Visit: The Pavilion is a large, pyramid-shaped event hall - a single large room with a big stage and a 50x50 foot (or so) hardwood dance floor - very nice floor. This is one of the nicest dance floors in the entire area. The room itself is a beautiful space for ballroom dancing with its large clear space - no columns - almost pristine in appearance.
Johnny O'Quigley's
Usage: venue
Music: Retro
Crowd: lates 20's to mid 40's
Looks: casual, upper middle
CategoryPage(s): rock
Note: Highway 45 (64th street) exit. On the south side of the road, take a turn south on N. Chatam road (at the Texaco) and make a right turn behind the Texaco and Blockbuster's and go to the end of the lot (careful, lots of road traffic and traffice into and out of the Hen House grocery). Saturday's they have live music for dancing and a little karaoke. The floor area is small (10x10) but quite nice. The corwd is late 20's to mid 40's. If you know how to partner dance the floor is pretty much yours.
La Fonda El Taquito
Usage: venue
Music: Ranchera, Salsa, Tejano, Merengue
CategoryPage(s): Latin
URL.1: lafonda_eltaquito.htm
Note: Carry out and private parties. Live entertainment on weekends. Friday dance music. Saturday Salsa. Medina Family Proprietors
Levee, The
Usage: venue
Music: rock, Mon/Tue, Thur-Sat 5pm-8, 9-1am
Floor: rough-plank flooring
Crowd: 20 - 40+
Looks: rough hewn
CategoryPage(s): jazz,blues
Dine&Dance: separate restaurant area and food served in bar/dance area
URL.1: levee.htm
Visit: The dance area is uneven plank flooring and cramped with posts and gouged areas you can trip on. Where the floor is not gouged it is out and out slick from years of polishing from just the actions of peoples feet.
The Levee is a long-time and very popular watering hole. Mostly 20's-30's crowd. Few seem to know much about partner dancing. If it is partner dancing you want this is not it. But if you want to dance anyway, and enjoy a famed KC meeting place, visit and dance. Depending on the crowd there will be dancers.
Lucky Brewgrille
Usage: venue,link
Days: Entertainment
Wed: Entertainment
Fri: Entertainment
Sat: Entertainment
Music: rock,swing,house,dance
CategoryPage(s): nightclub
Dine&Dance: Full Menu and space to dance
URL.1: luckybrewgrille.com
EML.1: greg@luckybrewgrille.com
Note: a lot of fun and always a lot of people. 20's-30's mainly. Larger than it looks with and upstairs and a downstairs and entertainment on both levels.
Visit: There are two dance areas, upstairs and downstairs. The upstairs front is part of the north side of the strip mall along Johnson Drive. The room is about 80 x 60 feet or so with the front divided by a line of booths and ending at the south in a bar. The floor area between the west and center booths gets cleared of the tables there to open up the dance space which is a vinyl-tile floor over concrete. Dance space maybe 20x20. The floor was a bit catchy (or draggie). The band set up in the front window.
Marcy's Restaurant and Lounge
Usage: venue
Music: country (5 nights) Wed-Sun 9pm-2am
Floor: vinyl tile 15x20
Crowd: 30's+
Looks: friendly unclassy
CategoryPage(s): country,rock,swing
Note: basement, under the restaurant, at the S.E. corner of Antioch and Vivion (out front of K-Mart and next to Parts America [former Western Auto] ). Restaurant and lounge number: 816.452.0103.
Visit: Neighborhood bar. Looks a bit unkempt (a bit doubtful)as you enter the basement but the warm and friendly folks won us over right away. Definitely earns the 'neighbor' in our description. Dance floor is about 15 x 20 or more (vinyl tile type), in the corner near the entrance in front of the band. Mostly C&W we were told. Have not visited during a band's performance. Mostly 30's - 50's crowd. Looks like a fun and warm-times type of place.
Mardi Gras Cafe
Usage: venue
Music: Blues and Jazz Tue: 8pm-midnight FriSat, 9:30pm-1am Sun 6-9pm jam
Floor: 6" ceramic tiles about 12 x 16
Crowd: variety
Looks: Casual dress, very nice decor, very clean and neat
CategoryPage(s): cajun,zydeco,blues
Note: floor about 12 x 16 in front of bandstand at the center rear of the cafe. Sundays blues jam from 6 pm to 9 pm. They have a full menu of New Orleans style food (Cajun, Creole, Southern, French) and a full bar. Very nice spot in the Englewood shopping center in the central portion of the north row of shops (facing south).
Happy hour is 3-7 pm with appetizer specials. New Orleans menus. 420 N.W. Englewood Road, Kansas City, MO 64118 Have game and party room and take large-party reservations. To get here from downtown, take Broadway north over the Broadway bridge, to 9 and then straight north to 169. The Englewood exit is the first intersection north of the I-29/Vivion Rd/169 exchange.
Visit: The dance floor is fairly easy to dance on. We found that we had the floor pretty much to ourselves and the blues band (Mamma Ray) played music for us.
New Runaway Bar & Grille, Inc., The
Usage: venue
Music: rock, general, Fri: Karaoke, Sat: live band, 8pm/9pm to 1am
Floor: carpeted area in far corner with banc
Crowd: 30's-40's
Looks: casual
CategoryPage(s): nightclub
Note: in the Crestridge Center strip mall (and west of highway 9 about a mile). The mall has bright blue top on the front side and a Circle-K just off the west end. This is in Parkville. Busy working-class bar with friendly 'down-to-earthers.'
Olde Mill Catering
Usage: venue,link
Music: rock, swing, blues
Floor: Hardwood, very nice about 20x30 expandable
Looks: Clean
CategoryPage(s): swing
Dine&Dance: kitchen for catering on site
URL.1: oldemillcatering.com
URL.2: OldeMill_Feb05.asp
URL.3: OldeMill_Feb05.asp
EML.1: ldoughty@kc.rr.com
Note: Located in historic Parkville, MO, ten minutes from KCI and downtown Kansas City, MO. Easy access from I-29, I-635 and I-70. Busses welcome (with 48-hour notice).
Visit: Very nice location. Clean and neat. The hardwood floor has room and is in excellent condition. Nice menu of appetizers for late night with prices from $2.50 to $7 and a combo for groups at $9. There is a lot of room here and good acoustics.
Orlando
Usage: venue,link
Music: hip-hop, dance, house, country, rock, salsa - 9pm-2am
Floor: 25x25 tile
CategoryPage(s): Country,Rock,Salsa,Latin,Merengue
URL.1: specials.asp
URL.2: orlandosnightclub.com
Note: West side of road across from Antioch Shopping Center at Antioch and Englewood. Next to UPS Store and north of Radio Shack. This is Orlando's new second location. Used to be Mustang Sally's and before that Ruby's Roadhouse and Ruby's Roadhouse North and a few others.
Orlando's Nite Club
Usage: venue,link
Days: drink special all night - Hip-hop, dance., house
Mon: ladies wet t-shirt contest
Wed: all ladies get in free
Thu: ladies best butt contest
Fri: ladies get in free with college ID
Sat: drink special all night - Hip-hop, dance., house
Music: hip-hop, dance, house, country, rock, salsa - 9pm-2am
Floor: hardwood ballroom
Crowd: 20's-30's-50's+
Looks: very nice
CategoryPage(s): Country,Rock,Salsa,Latin,Merengue
URL.1: specials.asp
URL.2: orlandosnightclub.com
URL.3: orlandos.htm
Note: Olathe at the intersection of I-35 with Santa Fe in the south east corner - head for a strip mall behind the Backyard Burger stand and just beyond the ice cream store - look for the cars. Snack bar: nachos, popcorn, chicken fries, hot wings, chick strips, jalopena poppers, cheezy tator, frenchfires, onion rings, stuffed pizza rolls, mushrooms, shrimp.
Visit: Very nice hardwood floor in superb shape perhaps 40'x35'or more. Nice decor and furnishings. Crowd from 20's to 50's and more with predominance of 20's into 30's. A lot of dancers and a lot of energy. Clean. Nice crowd and good place to go. Louie and Wendy Orlando care about dancing and you can really see that emphasis in the crowd they attract the upkeep of the floor and the interior of the club.
Rainbow Center
Usage: venue
Music: Spanish, Salsa, Merenge, Mexican, general mix
Floor: Smoothed concrete slab (main building floor)
Crowd: 20's, 30's Latino (helps to speak Spanish)
Looks: Like an aircraft hanger with tables and chairs
CategoryPage(s): Latin
Note: You are into highway engineer revenge-on-lost-persons territory. From Kansas City take Kansas Ave straight west to just over the Turner bridge across the Kansas River. Take the short right turn at the end of that bridge onto 59th st. lane (turns back under the end of the bridge and goes south). Stay south on 59th St. Lane until it turns rightward (west) and becomes Kansas Ave. again. 62cnd St and Rainbow Center are only a couple of blocks past this turn. Look to the north (right) side of the road.
Cover varies widely depending on the band, could be $25-$30 dollars or even $3 to $10.
Visit: This is a BIG room. Capacity is 960 persons. Some 15 or 16 rows of tables are set down each side of the room with seven to eight chairs per table (450 give or take). The dance area is in the middle aisle of about 35x100+ feet and the band stage is across the far end of the room. The building is not high, maybe 12 to 15 feet but the ceiling has metal spanning the distance between walls.
Food is catered. The Rainbow Center is also available for rental for special events. It is run by Paulo and Frank Ramirez who operate La Unica (618 Kansas Ave, 371-1700) which sells CD's, Cassettes, Stereos, amplifiers, fancy boots and sombreros among other items.
Raouls Velvet Room - Lawrence
Usage: venue
Days:
Sun: Sin Night
Tue: Soul Check
Thu: Pure Velvet
Fri: Disco Dick
Music: swing, jazz,, funk, cajun 50
CategoryPage(s): Swing,jazz
URL.1: raoulsvelvetroom.com
URL.2: RaoulsVelvetJly99.htm
EML.1: djseano@aolcom
Rhythm & Brews
Usage: venue
Music: Live band, rock, r&b Fri/Sat. 9pm-1am
Floor: wood parquet about 12x12 clean, not slick
Crowd: 30's-50's
Looks: informal (very)
CategoryPage(s): rock
Note: band most Fri/Sat nights until 1am. 6720 Kaw Dr (K-32 in KC, KS)
Visit: Floor is maybe 12x12 or a little more, not in the bestshape as far as finish and polish go but they make an effort to keep it clean (while we were there someone spilled drinks and they were right there to clean the floor). Had a good time dancing to a live band (almost, we came in at the tail end of their gig), another old-guys-with-day-jobs band - one of my favorite kinds.
Their technique may not have been without mistakes but their drummer kept a beat to dance by. The decor is a bit rough hewn. This is not a formal place. Jeans, cut-offs, t-shirts etc. and a light sprinkling of some Harley gear.
Rockwood Country Club
Usage: venue
Music: Ballroom dance (by Island Heat) Fri 8-12
Crowd: 50's+
Looks: Sunday nice but comfortable
CategoryPage(s): Ballroom
Note: have been their band for a long time), Dance floor is about 15x30 hardwood. It is older but well polished with a very fine surface. Don't have to be a member for the dances. Rockwood CC is on Maywood one block south of 23rd St. Maywood is about 2 miles east of I-435 where it crosses 23rd St. Bob's Market is at the corner of 23rd St. and Maywood.
Smuggler's Inn
Usage: venue
Music: Wed/Thr/Fri 7pm - close
Looks: nice lounge
CategoryPage(s): nightclub, restaurant
Note: a nice restaurant and lounge. Dance music Wed/Thu/Fri from 7pm to close. Sat is Karaoke. In the north east industrial district near I-435 and Front Street. Take the front street exit from I-435 and head east to the intersection heading north. Take the exit to the right, before getting to the hotel. Follow the road all the way around. It will take you right to Smuggler's Inn.
Visit: Dance floor is about 12x12 feet wood parquet tiles in front of a DJ stand on the north wall of the lounge. The lounge is to the left as you enter and the restaurant is on the right.
Studio Restaurant and Bar
Usage: venue
Floor: hardwood
URL.1: thestudiodowntown.com
EML.1: studiorestaurant@yahoo.com
Note: The Studio will host entertainment every week starting with Karaoke Thursday nights from 9pm 1am, courtesy of Stars & Bars Music. Live stage shows on Friday and Saturday nights from 8:30pm 12:30am. Opening act entertainment will also be featured. All of the musical acts will offer top-quality music and dancing.
downtown at 1118 McGee in the new entertainment district of Kansas City. The building is the historic Louis Curtis Studio building and is two blocks north of the new Sprint Center and six blocks east of the downtown Marriott.
Tasso's Greek Restaurant
Usage: venue
Music: Live, variety by request, Greek, swing, ballroom
Crowd: full range, local, international, young, old
CategoryPage(s): swing,rock
URL.1: tassos.htm
Note: Greek restaurant for dinner and dancing: They have a belly dancer who does acts as well as Vasilis Vargas (vah SEE lee VAR gus) who is a one-man band, and who does a darn good job of playing just about anything.
No cover. The menu is sumptuous, appetizers are around $5, entrees from around $10 to around $15. and of cource three kinds of Metaxa Ouzo
Restaurant hours 11am to 11pm, Fri/Sat 11 am - 1:30 am
Music Mon-Fri 6-10or10:30, Sat 6:30-Midnight
Visit: This place will knock your socks off. Dinner, dancing and an warm, effusive atmosphere. If you ever want to look up the definition of HOST, forget the dictionary and come to Tasso's.
Here life has feeling, flavor, intensity. This is a can't-miss evening. Zaīna Alī, the belly dancer puts on a marvelous show. Tasso Kalliris is more host and patriarch of a grand family party than a mere MC of a show. You will feel the richness of family and community even though you may never before have seen any of the other diners.
For a ballroom dancer the dance area of the floor is not what you might like. It is a bit sticky. But the atmosphere is so great you can easily forgive that. Remember, this is SOCIAL dancing. (NOTE: Zaīna both performs and teaches belly dancing. call 816-941-2131)
Vesper Hall Community Center
Usage: venue
Days:
Tue: line dance 2pm
Wed: line dance practice 2pm
Thu: ballroom dance 1pm
Fri: 1st and 3rd fridays for square dance and lessons
Music: ballroom, country
Looks: very nice building, country-club grounds
CategoryPage(s): Ballroom
Lessons: Karen Hedges Sun 7-8:30pm 2-step, Wed 1-2pm line dance: Garry Cox, Thur. 10-11am, 7-8:30pm
Note: This is a Blue Springs municipal building, a 14,000 square foot community center for persons age 50 and older open Monday thorugh Friday 8 am to 5 pm.
Weatherbee's
Usage: venue
Music: retro, contemporary dance, singles mingle
Looks: casual, bar pub, upscale lived in
CategoryPage(s): nightclub
URL.1: wetherbee.htm
Note: Corner of Antioch and Vivion (across the street from Sunfresh). Open 4pm to 3am - Mon-Sat. Jan and Carolyn's country kitchen open late.
Visit: First crowd comes in by about 11:30-12 and heaviest crowd about 1-1:30am. Snacks available. Cocktails and dancing, darts and pool. Live entertainment.
Whiskey Tango
Usage: venue,link,lesson
Music: Country (Just say redneck, proudly)
Floor: hardwood, 4300sqft, about 43x100
CategoryPage(s): retro,techno
Lessons: karen Heges: Thu, Fri, Sat
URL.1: whiskeytangokc.com
URL.2: dancelessons.htm
URL.3: sh21_shooters21Sep01.asp
EML.1: contact@whiskeytangokc.com
Note: Regular dance lessons with Karen Heges every Thursday, Friday and Saturday Night.:
(formerly NoPlace, formerly Shooters 21) - same owers: Mike and Vicki. Valley exit from I-70, go to the frontage road on the south side of the exit and head east four-tenths of a mile. Turn right into the lot.
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