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John Patrick Pullen

The Crystal Ballroom hosts the 80s Video Attack dance party every month. The Crystal Ballroom hosts the 80s Video Attack dance party every month.
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The Crystal Ballroom hosts the 80s Video Attack dance party every month.
Culture / Nightlife

Dance Clubs

Whether it's with soul nights, '80s parties or dubstep bashes, Portland's dance clubs will get you moving.

Updated Sept. 10, 2020 2 min read

John Patrick Pullen

Portland may be best known for its indie music, but with a wide variety of dance clubs, the city has a rhythm that’ll get just about anyone moving.

Old Town Chinatown

Portland’s densest concentration of dance clubs is in the Old Town Chinatown nightlife district. Bars like Dirty Nightclub, the Southern-themed Dixie Tavern and outdoor-party-cum-piano-bar Barrel Room are at the epicenter.

Gay nightclub CC Slaughters boasts a live DJ seven nights a week; Wednesdays are all-request dance nights. At Jones, the theme is all ’80s and ’90s, all the time.

Portland’s Best Dance Halls

From salsa and line dancing to Lindy hop and blues, our itinerary will help you discover the city’s favorite venues and popular weekly dance events.

Let's Dance

Downtown Portland

With a big neon sign that says “Dance,” Lola’s Room is hard to miss, located below the Crystal Ballroom. Regular ’80s and ’90s nights ensure that you’ll be glad you popped into this intimate space.

Southeast Portland

Running everything from DJ sets to local performers, Holocene has mixed music with visuals for a decade-plus, turning an old auto-parts warehouse into a 5,000-square-foot temple to art and audio. Its inner southeast Portland neighbor 45 East also rocks a converted industrial space, with an upstairs lounge and downstairs dance floor hosting frequent EDM shows.

Across town, The Goodfoot Lounge is where locals go for laid-back nights of festival-style stomping on the hardwood dance floor. Great for small music and big laughs, the two-level dance hall plays everything from funk to dub step, so long as it gets the crowd moving.

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The big basement dance floor at the log-cabin themed Doug Fir Lounge gets plenty of traffic on its electro-pop and hip-hop nights, though most of the time the club stays true to the city’s indie rock ways with live performances.

Other popular options in Southeast include Dig a Pony, Crush, Lovecraft and Church.

Northeast Portland

Aztec Willies in Northeast Portland’s Lloyd neighborhood is a go-to for salsa and Latin grooves, with different offerings nearly every night.

North Portland

Hosting regular queer dance nights, Killingsworth Dynasty is a go-to for dancing every night of the week.

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The Society Hotel is the perfect base camp for late-night fun in Old Town Chinatown.

Portland’s Entertainment District

On weekend nights, several blocks in the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood are closed to cars, making it easy to visit the area's many dance clubs and bars.

For late-night fun, head to Dig a Pony in Portland\'s Central Eastside, where local DJs frequently host dance nights.

Nightlife Round-Up

Portland comes alive after dark, with restaurants, clubs, theaters, concert venues and performance halls open late all over town.

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LGBTQ+ Nightlife

Portland has no shortage of LGBTQ-owned and -friendly bars and clubs. Whether you're looking for a relaxing night with friends, a high-energy dance party or a drag show, Portland delivers.

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