Kick up your heels with your sweetheart over the Valentine’s Day weekend at these Chicagoland dance clubs.
Country Western and Line Dancing
Sundance Saloon
300 Lakehurst Rd.
Waukegan
847-887-0858
sundancesaloon.com
Go with your date on Friday nights from 8 to 9 p.m. for Line Dancing lessons, and then spend the night dancing to your favorite country/western songs!
Ballroom Style
Ballroom Dance Studio
4187 Dundee Rd.
Northbrook
847-272-4202 (call ahead to make reservations)
ballroomdancestudionb.com
Social dance takes place from 8 to 9:30 p.m. every other week on Fridays.
Sign up for classes with your date and test out your skills at any of the places on this Chicago-area ballroom dance website: ballroomchicago.com.
Salsa and Merengue
Rumba
351 W. Hubbard St.
Chicago
312-222-1226
newrumbachicago.com
Dine here on a Friday or Saturday with Salsa and Latin dance lessons to follow at from 10 to 10:30 p.m. Live music daily from 8 to 11 p.m.
Swing
Fizz Bar and Grill
3220 N. Lincoln Avenue
Chicago
773-348-6088
fizzchicago.com
Swing the night away with your sweetie at Swing Night on Valentine’s Day! You can dine at Fizz, and then the fun begins upstairs in the loft at 9 p.m. (In the summer, the beer garden, voted best in Chicago, is a great place to cool off after dancing).
Local Dancing
94th Aero Squadron
1070 S. Milwaukee Rd.
Wheeling
847-459-3700
94thaerosquadron.com/wheeling
If you are looking for a place to dance after dining at one of the many restaurants on Milwaukee Avenue, the dance floor is open here on Fridays and Saturdays, 4pm-2:30am and Sundays from 4-11pm. Latin dance classes offered from 8:30-9:30pm on Friday nights. $10 cover charge.
About the author: Kathy Paleczny lives in Northbrook with her husband, Mike, and three teenage and college-age children. She spent four wonderful years at the University of Colorado and then was happily employed at Leo Burnett before she started to raise her family. Now Kathy is active with the Northbrook Women’s Club, the LEARN Charter School and Glenbrook North Grad Night.
