What is this page?
Big-dance-floor dances and dance lessons in Port Townsend, Sequim, Silverdale, and Bremerton.
Index
1. Dance Calendar
2. Dance Lessons
3. Some Ballroom Dance Resources for the Olympic and Kitsap Peninsulas
4. “We Dance” poem
(Also, Port Townsend has a terrific Tango community. You can access their calendar at https://tangoporttownsend.wixsite.com/mysite)
DANCE CALENDAR
New addition to this website: Cuban Salsa lessons
Carolina teaches Cuban-style Salsa, and it’s going strong!
– Classes continue: High Beginners – 5:30 pm; Seasoned dancers- 6:30 pm
– New Beginner class starting in September will be either Monday or Thursday evenings. Please weigh in with your preference if you wish to participate in that.
– Especially calling out to potential LEADs! We will roll out the red carpet for you! Crash course to get leads up to speed, coming soon.
For more information, please contact Carolina at 415-847-2271. (entry updated Sep. 2026)
11 Oct. (Sun.), 6-8:30 pm Sequim Elks dance, Buck Ellard Band
141 Port Williams Road, Sequim
— source: Sequim Elks calendar for 2026, dated 16 Nov. 2025
11 Oct. (Sun), 8-11 pm, DJ Dance Party, Chimacum
Glendale Farm, 431 Center Road
(Part of the Harvest Festival)
— source: The Leader, 7 Oct. 2026, B3
13 Oct. (Tuesdays), 7-9 pm, Loft Dancers, Port Townsend, DJ music
14 Oct. (Wed.) West Coast Swing lessons start at the Bremerton Elks
To Sequim and Port Townsend dancers: These are great WCS instructors, and the Bremerton Elks is a nice dance floor. If you want to add WCS to your repertoire, or elevate your styling in it, consider bundling a trip to Kitsap as errands in the big city followed by a WCS lesson each Wednesday (a six week series).
16 Oct. (Fri.) West Coast Swing, Country Swing, and Line Dancers
Bremerton
This is a new dance series with the 1st dance on the 16th of Oct. (a 3rd Friday), but after that it will be on the 2nd Friday of each month (with no dance in December).
17 Oct. (Sat.), Stardust Big Band Masquerade Ball, Port Townsend
For more information: see https://ptal26. org > Public Events (last accessed 26 Sep.)
or https://bigbandstardust.org
17 Oct. (3rd Saturday): USA Dance Kitsap’s monthly dance
For information, please see
– http://www.usadancekitsap.org/
– https://www.facebook.com/groups/kitsapusadance
25 Oct. (4th Sunday) Lesson then a Social Dance with DJ Soleman Krebs, Bremerton Elks
— source: Sep. 2026 flyer.
31 Oct. (Sat.), Halloween Album Release Party with LOWIRE,
Port Townsend
— From the LOWIRE FB page (https://www.facebook.com/lowireMusic/ (accessed 24 Sep.).
Lowire is a seven-piece groove machine weaving together funk, Afrobeat, psychedelic rock, and flavors of fusion jazz into a sound that’s as expansive as it is infectious. Lowire invites listeners to feel and get lost in the funkified filth of groove.
8 Nov. (Sun.), 6-8:30 pm Sequim Elks dance
141 Port Williams Road, Sequim
band: Key City Ramblers
— source: Sequim Elks calendar for 2026, dated 16 Nov. 2025
(The Sequim Elks have a dance on the 2nd and 4th Sundays.)
14 Nov. (Sat.), 6-9 pm, Badd Dog Blues dance
at the Port Townsend American Legion
— source: ptal26.org > Public Events (accessed 26 Sep.)
22 Nov. (Sun.), 6-8:30 pm Sequim Elks dance
141 Port Williams Road, Sequim
band: Marc Ensey (a one-man band)
— source: Sequim Elks calendar for 2026, dated 16 Nov. 2025
(The Sequim Elks have a dance on the 2nd and 4th Sundays.)
28 Nov. (Sat.), 6-9 pm, Queens & Aces dance at the Port Townsend American Legion
12 Dec. (Sat.), Big Brass Yule Ball at the Port Townsend American Legion
The Steampunk Christmas Party. Open to the public.
— source: ptal26.org > Public Events (accessed 26 Sep.)
13 Dec. (Sun.), 6-8:30 pm, Stardust Big Band holiday dance
at the Sequim Elks
143 Port Williams Rd, Sequim, WA 98382
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
$12 guests / $10 Elks Members with ID Card
— source: https://www.bigbandstardust.com/ (accessed 26 Sep.)
18 Dec. (Fri.), Sound Advice Christmas Dance, Port Townsend
Great band.
The Legion will be decorated for Christmas (having just finished the Magic of Christmas event), to include a tree reaching to the ceiling. Come dance the holidays and enjoy the cheer.
LESSON SERIES
Monday lessons in Old-Town Silverdale
USA Dance Kitsap also hosts a dance in Old-Town Silverdale on 3rd Saturdays; for more info, go to
– http://www.usadancekitsap.org/
– https://www.facebook.com/groups/kitsapusadance
Tuesday and Wednesday lessons in Sequim
6 & 7 Oct Sequim Ballroom Tuesday and Wednesday lessons began in Sequim
Wednesday West Coast Swing lessons for beginners and others at the Bremerton Elks (4131 Pine Rd NE)
On 14 Oct. a six-week lesson series began, taught by Soleman & Angei.
For more information, please email kitsapdanceclub@gmail.com.
Wednesday nights, Port Townsend, Cuban Salsa lessons
Carolina teaches Cuban-style Salsa
These generally are in small groups of four or more.
For more information, please contact Carolina at 415-847-2271. (entry updated Oct. 2026)
Thursday lessons in Port Townsend.
On 8 Oct., Sequim Ballroom started a four-week lesson series in Port Townsend
Note: The flyer mistakenly lists September rather than October. Check the days and the dates and you’ll see that it should have said October.
4th Sundays, Lesson then a Social Dance with DJ Soleman Krebs, Bremerton Elks
— source: Sep. 2026 flyer.
DANCE INSTRUCTORS IN THE AREA
Sequim Ballroom
Werner Figar teaches many ballroom dance rhythms, and he hosts lessons in both Sequim and Port Townsend. With Werner you learn not only the steps but also the style–giving you the opportunity to make your dancing smooth and beautiful.
See the website sequimballroom.com for information.
Patricio and Eva teach Argentine Tango in Port Townsend.
Outstanding instructors. See https://tangoporttownsend.wixsite.com/mysite for information about Port Townsend’s Tango community.
Carolina teaches Cuban-style Salsa in Port Townsend
– Classes continue: High Beginners – 5:30 pm; Seasoned dancers- 6:30 pm
– New Beginner class starting in September will be either Monday or Thursday evenings. Please weigh in with your preference if you wish to participate in that.
– Especially calling out to potential LEADs! We will roll out the red carpet for you! Crash course to get leads up to speed, coming soon.
For more information, please contact Carolina at 415-847-2271. (entry updated Sep. 2026)
USA Dance Kitsap in Old-Town Silverdale
Hosts 4-week lesson series each month (in a variety of dance rhythms) occurring on Monday nights from 6:30 – 7:30 pm, followed by DJ music for dance practice. The also sponsor a 3rd Saturday dance that attracts lots of good dancers.
The Kitsap Dance Club
Hosts dances and lessons at the Bremerton Elks, and the venue (with its great dance floor, and the people on the dance floor) attracts good lessons and good dancers.
See the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/kitsapusadance or email them at kitsapdanceclub@gmail.com.
For Argentine Tango lessons and dances in Port Townsend, please see https://tangoporttownsend.wixsite.com/mysite
SOME BALLROOM DANCE RESOURCES FOR THE OLYMPIC AND KITSAP PENINSULAS [This section under construction.]
PORT TOWNSEND
– Port Townsend Dance Calendar https://nowthenetc.com/
A personal website that has a page devoted to big-dance-floor dances (dance lessons) occurring in Port Townsend, Sequim, Silverdale, and Bremerton.
Loft dances, which occur almost every Tuesday night, are posted on this website.
– Port Townsend American Legion dances https://ptal26.org and then click on “Public Events”
A big dance floor (1940s era USO Dance Hall that the Legion purchased in 1946 and in which great dances have been hosted ever since) in downtown Port Townsend.
– Argentine Tango in Port Townsend https://tangoporttownsend.wixsite.com/mysite
PT has a strong tango community.
Facebook Connections
– Olympic Peninsula Dancing Buddies
– Let’s Dance Port Townsend
SEQUIM
– Sequim Elks
Hosts a dance every 2nd and 4th Sunday.
– Sequim VFW
– Sequim Grange
— Lessons: sequimballroom.com
PORT ANGELES
– Port Angeles Eagles
SILVERDALE
USA Dance Kitsap (dances and lessons at Jackson Hall in Old-Town Silverdale)
– http://www.usadancekitsap.org/
– https://www.facebook.com/groups/kitsapusadance
Lots of variety-of-rhythm and good dancers at USA Dance Kitsap events. Dances are held the 3rd Saturday of the month and lesson series are hosted most Mondays.
BREMERTON
– Kitsap Dance Club hosts dances and lessons at the Bremerton Elks.
The Bremerton Elks has a great dance floor (and a fantastic view of the Olympic Mountains). The Bremerton Elks is a members and guests only club, but if you come to one of the dances or lesson series, just ask the instructor or one of the dancers and they will sign you in. MRM
Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/kitsapusadance or email them at kitsapdanceclub@gmail.com.
SOME OTHER PLACES
Am Vets in Tacoma
A dance is hosted every Wednesday and the floor is filled with good dancers. A lesson often occurs before the dance. DJ Terry West plays for about half the Wednesdays and live bands play the others.
USA Dance Tacoma (which hosts its dances in Auburn)
Olympia Elks Steve Fisher’s Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/steve.fisher.94849
Lots of dancing in the Seattle area, but I’m not familiar with it. MRM
We Dance
We dance—
we live, learn, and love
play and cry
Life is a dance—a swirling of people and events
colors and feelings
creating beautiful togetherness
We fall, we rise
sometimes rough, sometimes flair
life’s lessons learned
The beat carries laughter and tears
the rhythm flows on, a river to the sea
we spill into eternity.
Be on the floor when the band plays
as songs once sung forever disappear
melodies infusing life into souls.
We journey
with streams of people
circling around the ballroom floor
Till the night is finished
and the quiet forces us
to remove our felt-bottomed shoes
The dance is over
but we were there
we danced—and so we are
MRM
