Venues
Lindy's House
Thursday night house party
There is plenty of free street parking. Please change into clean, indoor-only shoes (or just wear socks) when you arrive to protect the floors. Lindy has a dog and cats, so be sure to take your allergy meds, if needed.
646 Cherokee Ave, St Paul, 55107Center for Performing Arts
Friday and Saturday nights
Our new main venue this year is a beautiful space dedicated to supporting local art, artists, community, and culture. We will be using two different rooms within their building for dancing as well as the lobby for cool down/social space.
- Main dances with live music will take place in room 105W — a 1700 sqft space with sprung maple floors.
- Late night dances will take place just on the other side of the lobby in 112W, their 1900 sqft black box theater. 112W also has a sprung wood floor.
- Enter the lobby from W 38th street, the south side of the building.
- We encourage you to wear clean or indoor-only shoes here to keep everyone’s dance shoes in good condition. The space is kept quite clean but the venue is often used for performances that audiences attend in street shoes.
Midtown Global Market
Saturday afternoon
Multi-purpose hall with great food options, jewelry/art/gifts from different world cultures, a dance floor, and even a brewery. There's a paid parking ramp next door; the market will validate 1 hour of parking. We will have a live band and a dance floor cleared in front of them. The floor is smooth cement/glass blocks and is in a public area. Feel free to wear street shoes. Feel free to bring non-dancer family and friends, including kids!
920 E Lake St, Minneapolis, 55407Como Park Historic Streetcar Station
Sunday afternoon
For all of you who have missed a North Star afternoon at a park, this venue is for you! Located inside one of the Twin Cities larger parks, the air-conditioned Historic Streetcar Station has a polished terrazzo floor in the 1000 sqft main room. Feel free to wear street shoes.
- We’ll have the Cafe Cairo food truck on site that you can pre-purchase a meal from (Saint Paul regulations say we can’t do individual purchases inside the park).
- You are also welcome to bring outside food/drinks and, if the weather behaves, please bring picnic blankets/chairs and enjoy the Minnesota afternoon.
- Feel free to bring non-dancer friends and family, including kids! You can pre-purchase more than one food truck meal if you’re bringing more folks.
- Parking: there is a very small free parking lot adjacent to the building (park map here) — most folks will need to park elsewhere. There are two nearby free lots about a 5 minute walk away on well-maintained sidewalks:
Four Seasons Dance Studio
Sunday night
The entrance is in the historic cobblestone alley. Parking here can be a little tricky — there are some metered spaces around the venue and some free parking north on 16th Street and Laurel Ave — just pay attention to the signage. You can also pay to park in the 1500-1598 Hennepin Ave Garage which you enter from Laurel Ave. Please bring clean indoor shoes to change into at this venue or plan to wear socks so we keep the nice hardwood floors in good condition.
1637 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, 55403Other Stuff
Here's a map with all the venues and a bunch of great places to eat!
