New dance dates have been added to the schedule to take us through the end of the year. We’ll be at Eastern Market’s North Hall from 7 till 11 on the follow dates: 7/22, 8/12, 9/9, 9/23, 10/13 (Friday!), 10/28, 11/18, 12/2 (Ages 21+)
We’ll also be participating in Eastern Market’s Funky Fridays and Art All Night, 5-9pm on 7/28, 8/25, and 9/29 (All ages welcome)
Three dates have been added to the schedule to take us part-way into summer. We’ll be at Eastern Market’s North Hall from 7 till 11 on July 8, July 22, and August 12. See you there!
Despite the earlier listing, there is NO dance at Eastern Market on Saturday, May 6. Instead, we’re holding a barn dance in Smithsburg.
DC Rawhides is pleased to announce it has received a grant from the Mitchell – Richards Family Fund, created to honor the memories of Corey Richards and Doug Mitchell, a component fund of the Greater Washington Community Foundation. DC Rawhides is a nonprofit dedicated to promoting country western dancing in the LGBT community.
The dances started in 2013 with 13 people gathering in the social hall of a Dupont Area church and then became part of programming at two of the District’s well known LGBTQ entertainment and dance venues: Town and Secrets. Apartments and condo now stand where those two clubs once were. DC Rawhides danced through the pandemic via Zoom calls. In 2021, DC Rawhides took up residency at Hook Hall. At each of these venues, the owners kindly provided DC Rawhides with use of their space and equipment at no charge. The hallmark of our dances is an atmosphere that is inclusive, affirming, and fun. There is no other dance event in the District that draws crowds as diverse in age, race, gender-identity, and sexual orientation.
In the spring of 2022, DC Rawhides decided to take the dance solo, knowing this meant they would have to pay for space. Our annual costs to hold the dance are not insubstantial. To make sure there are no barriers to attending, we ask patrons for a minimum five dollar donation at the door. The gift from the the Mitchell – Richards Family Fund, a component fund of the Greater Washington Community Foundation will allow us to keep dancing and for that we are extremely grateful
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We’ve added four new Saturday nights at Eastern Market’s North Hall to our calendar! These will be May 6 and 20 and June 3 and 17. See all coming dances on the event calendar.
Good news, everybody! DC Rawhides has procured a new block of dance dates at the Eastern Market North Hall. We now have 11 evenings scheduled (one on a Friday, the rest on Saturdays) running from October till next April. See the Event Calendar for the dates
We’re also putting together another dance at the barn in October. Stay tuned!
There’s going to be a country-western night at The Wharf on DC’s Southwest Waterfront, open to the public, on Friday, June 10, and the Rawhides will be in attendance! The evening kicks off at 7, when we’ll be giving a line dance lesson and a two-step tutorial. That will be followed by two-stepping to music by the Wil Gravatt Band.
This free event will run until 9, and all are welcome. Come for the dancing, come for the live music, or come to watch. See you there?
Join us for our first dance at our new location, the North Hall at Eastern Market, at 7th Street and North Carolina Avenue, S.E., two blocks north of the Eastern Market Metro station. We’ll be there Saturday, May 28, from 7 till 11. There will be a cash bar.
Jon B. will teach the line dance “The Wolf” (demos and tutorials at CopperKnob; demo by our Daniel J.) from 7 till 8. Open dancing with DJ Pam will start after that.
The line dance line-up for the evening includes The Wolf, Shivers, Church Clap, Waltz Across Texas, Coffee, Reggae Cowboy, Dizzy, Chill Factor, Wobble, Canadian Stomp, Cowboy Cha-Cha, and Shake Yourself Loose.
Time: Saturday, May 28, 7pm-11pm
Location: Eastern Market North Hall, 225 7th St. SE, Washington DC 20003
Admission: $5
Owing to the weather forecast, this event has been cancelled.
Weather permitting, we will be dancing outdoors at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in 4512 College Avenue in College Park, Maryland. This dance will take place on Saturday, May 7, from 4 until 7.
We did this last May and had a blast. This year, we will be bringing our dance floor rather than dance on the pavement!
Restroom available. Make sure to check for weather update that day. No cover. Bring yourself, a friend, and maybe a snack to share.
Hello, everybody! We’ve got a new series of dance nights scheduled for you, on a new day at a new location: the North Hall at Eastern Market, at 7th Street and North Carolina Avenue, S.E., two blocks from the Eastern Market Metro station. The dances will run from 7 till 11 PM on eight Saturday nights from late May through the end of September. See the event calendar for the dates.
The dances that had been previously scheduled for Hook Hall in April and May will not take place.
In addition, an outdoor dance is being planned for Saturday, May 7, at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in College Park, weather permitting. More information on that is to come.