It’s nighttime in western-themed Old Town Temecula. A line stretches around a building as young people wait. Country tunes blare from the windows. A lighted sign announces the venue’s name: Stampede.

Line dancing dates back further than the 1990s, but it gained mainstream popularity in that decade. Even outside of the South, line dancing became a pastime. That’s due, in part, to the wildly popular ...

Line dancing is no longer the preserve of far-flung cowboys.

Mavericks Country Bar and Nightclub in Pleasanton, with its mechanical bull, deer-antler chandelier, and clientele in cowboy hats and leather inlay boots, has a country-western flair that’s hard to ...

The Hen’s not-all-country-music line dance night offers space for advanced dancers to showcase their skills, as well as a free lesson for beginners looking to get in on the fun. Closer to 8 p.m., the ...

A little bit of Nashville goes a long way for those who frequent DW’s Junction 2-65 in Hebron, which claims to be the only live country music and line-dancing establishment in Northwest Indiana. Many ...

Desert 5 Spot, a country and western dance bar that debuted in Los Angeles in 2021 and expanded to New York City last year, has opened its newest venue at a two-story warehouse in D.C.’s Union Market ...

The dance steps come in on the lyric, “Did your boots stop workin’?”: Right heel, left heel, right heel, lift and tap the right foot forward then back, pivot turn, and swirl an arm overhead like a ...

For over 50 years, Oil Can Harry’s in Studio City was considered a cornerstone of L.A.’s LGBTQ+ community. More than just a humble western bar, it was also a community hub for LGBTQ+ country-lovers, ...