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 🌟
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Oakland, CA