New here? Welcome to your Two-Step Era

Two-Step Curious?

No partner, no experience, no excuses necessary. All are welcome, always. Here's how to jump in.

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Here's everything you need

Take it one step at a time. No partner, no experience, no excuses.

1

Take your first lesson

Just put your shoes on, get in the car, and show up. Beginner-friendly means actually beginner-friendly: come if you've never danced, come if you tried once and gave up. We start at the start and have you moving by the end of the hour. Three ways in. Social lessons are free or low-cost, drop-in at local bars every week, no partner and no sign-up. Private lessons are you (and up to six friends) with an instructor, the fast track to confidence. Studio classes are weekly group lessons at the studio, a set series if you want to build week to week.

2

Find a floor tonight

With 5 to 10 places to two-step to a live band every single night in this blessed city, you're truly missing out. Our nightly schedule shows exactly who's playing where. Pick a room and go.

See tonight's schedule →
3

Fall for the live music

Live music is the reason. Write that down. The bands are the whole point, so start catching the names on the marquee and following the ones that move you. Want a taste before you go? Our playlists are a good place to wander.

Wander the playlists →
4

Know the rooms

Two-step is a language, and there are as many dialects as there are dance halls, dive bars, and honky-tonks. Here's a map of every one, in Austin and beyond. Dance the way you want to dance.

Open the venue map →
5

Find your people

This is a community, not a company, and no one person is the face of it. It takes a village, and it is perfect for social butterflies and introverts alike. Come say hi and make some friends.

Join the group chat →

Nervous? Get out of your head.

Wondering if you belong here?
You do. All are welcome, always. Anyone can ask anyone to dance, and it goes every way: men lead women, women lead men, women dance with women, men dance with men. Come exactly as you are.
Never danced? Tried once and quit?
Perfect. Come if you've never danced. Come if you tried it once and gave up. Come if your last partner dance was a middle school slow dance. We start at the start.
Don't have a partner?
Come solo, come with a friend, come with whoever. We rotate partners during the lesson so everybody dances with everybody.
Think you have two left feet?
Everybody says that on day one. Three minutes in and you'll forget you said it.
Still in your head about it?
Get over yourself (lovingly) and go ask someone to dance. Leave the critiques at the door, we all get more than enough of those in daily life. Joy first. Always.
Why we do this

The funnest thing we've ever done with our lives. Not to oversell it. Two-step is a reliable portal to unfettered joy: feeling crummy, lonely, or just bored out of your mind? Three minutes on the floor and your whole day turns around. This is the greatest live music and dance community in the world, and that ain't no lie. We've looked.

It works, it really do. See you on the dance floor. 🩵

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