DanceOut Atlanta

June is here! National Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈And nothing can stop us from celebrating what we live every single day of the year!

There are 5 Tuesdays this month! Catch line dance lessons from Elijah, Hayden, and Garrett, and two-step lessons from Erin and Paul, and social dancing from 9pm on!

Wednesday lessons this month are takin’ it back, back, back with Classic Line Dance Reteaches with Terence! Easier dance lessons start at 7pm, harder ones at 8pm!

Thursdays at Heretic has line dance lessons from H and Terence, and two-step lessons with Pascal, followed by social dancing at 9pm!

June 6th is a special collab! We’re celebrating ’s grand opening of their new location on the Beltline in Boulevard Heights! The celebration starts at 1pm and goes late, and we’ll be there with free lessons and line dancing from 7pm - 9pm! Come support a q***r small business with us!

Sunday Stampede is June 21st with more free lessons from Paul and Garrett!

This year, don’t let anything dim the glow within you! And when we’re together, we’re bright as the sun! Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💖

2026 Pride Program - San Francisco Dance Film Festival Dance Film SF presents Move with Pride A special streaming program in honor of Pride month Streaming worldwide June 1-21, 2026 Streaming Pass: $7.99 PURCHASE STREAMING PASS Dance Film SF invites you to celebrate q***r joy, community, and the transformative power of dance from wherever you are in the...

Thanks for an excellent night that helps us remember how lucky we are to do this every week!

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Country radio panicked. Stations refused to play it. The song stalled at #12, his first single to miss the country Top 10. And Garth refused to back down.

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Congrats to our friend Ken Ho! What an honor to one of the sweetest people ever and a leader in the dance community in Pittsburgh! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💖

Four LGBTQ Community Leaders to Serve as Pittsburgh Pride Grand Marshals This year, a fantastic foursome of community leaders will serve as grand marshals for the Pittsburgh Pride March & Parade. The lineup includes Sarah Rosso, Maria Montaño, Reverend Deryck Tines,…

Our May schedule is here!

Garrett, Paul, and H have some great line dance and two-step lessons for you this month over at Eagle!

Wednesday lessons at Heretic will be beginner and advanced West Coast Swing with Joseph! If you’ve wanted to learn West Coast, this is your chance! Advanced lessons at 7pm and beginner lessons at 8pm all this month!

Pascal and Terence are keeping things moving at Heretic, along with Hayden, who will be teaching a contra dance she wrote on the 21st!

May 17th is Sunday Stampede at Eagle!

May 30th will also have a fun line dance party over at Finca to Filter on the Beltline by Grant Park! Details forthcoming!

No Friday Country Nights at Heretic for the foreseeable future, but we’ll let you know as we hear more in the coming month!

Hoedown South registration is now at the standard price of $165 for the weekend! Check out our single-day and social dancing-only registration rates! And don’t forget to book at our host hotel with our hotel block! And if you haven’t followed our brand new dance exhibition team, OutlineATL, give them a follow and keep up to date with all their progress!

Thanks for all the dances and we’ll see you on the floor!

Sunday Night it's Stampede with our friends at DanceOut Atlanta We welcome our new Tequila Partner Pantalones offering up our Kicker Special all night long. Sunday Funday open at 1pm with our Patio Tea Dance at 3pm. Stay the day and night with us!

From Terence Ng:

“I am truly honored to announce something I’ve had planned for a while. People who know me generally know that my parents were avid ballroom dancers and that my first introduction to dance growing up was through tagging along at my parents’ dance lessons. Long after I started country and line dancing and teaching in Atlanta, I learned that my dad was one of the co-founders and president of the Ford Ballroom Dance Club, a leader in his own dance community, much like I had become. It felt like such a special connection. When my father suddenly passed away last July, I was devastated. My community at DanceOut ATL and teaching dancing were among the few forms of solace I could find, and I often reflected on my and my dad’s shared passion for dance in those moments.

Thinking about my dad’s generosity, and his passion for and decades devoted to learning dancing, it seemed like a natural way to remember him by creating financial opportunities for other dancers to pursue their own learning and opportunities for growth in dance education. He danced every opportunity he had, and I believe others should have similar opportunities to dance where their heart leads.

Therefore, I’m excited to announce the very first Paul K. Ng Dance Scholarship, a privately-funded, independent scholarship designed to provide financial assistance to q***r dancers who wish to attend but need some help to get there. The scholarship awards 10 applicants $250 each to put toward the costs of registration or attendance at the convention, however they so choose. It is my hope that this scholarship will carry on my father’s spirit, encouraging dancers on their lifelong journeys with dance and helping bring them closer to the community and joy of dance with every step they take.

Please check out hoedownsouth.com/ng-dance-scholarship to learn more about how to apply. The deadline for submission is May 31st, 2026! And as always: Happy Dancing!

- Terence”

Please note that attendees who have already agreed to the volunteer work-exchange program for discounted registration ARE still eligible to apply for the scholarship! Please check out the Policies and Procedures document for more details!

We could all use some more whimsy, so why the hell not? Mark your calendars, dancers! Friday February 27th will be not just Friday Country Night at , but a Schitt’s Creek Night! No big prizes or set up: just a fun opportunity to appreciate a beloved show and the joy it brings while things are seemingly at their darkest.

Come celebrate Catherine O’Hara’s Moira or any of the great characters and moments from the show as we dance the night away! Now is not the time for disgruntled pettifogging and timorousness! It’s the time for a fulsome revel in mirthful habiliments and the juvenescence of dance, and that is most certainly our bailiwick!

Join us for a bombinating and titillating chockablock affair, sure to set chins wagging! Free dance lessons at 8pm and 8:30pm, with open dancing from 9pm to close! No cover! 21+ only!