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Name Address Type Contact Info Dance Floor Comments
Buffalo Area
Blues Venues Check out this awesome list of blues venues in Western New York (and beyond) on wnyblues.org. Not all of them will have dance floors, but they all apparently have blues.
Clark Hall Dance Studio Clark Hall
UB South Campus
near diefendorf loop
Buffalo
Studio Medium sprung wood Decent floor. I'm not sure that it's sprung, but there's definitely a subfloor. Not very fast, but OK.
Harriman Hall Ballroom Harriman Hall
UB South Campus
on Diefendorf loop
Buffalo
Ballroom Large Floating Parquet Fast, but hard. Feels like concrete.
UB Student Union Flag Room Student Union
UB North Campus

Second floor Student Union
Amherst
Student Lounge Large floating lacquered wood Hard. Feels like concrete. Sometimes slow, sometimes fast.
Niagara Frontier American Legion Post 1041 533 Amherst Street
Buffalo
Lodge Large linoleum on concrete Seemed medium speed, but very hard.
Brounshidle VFW Post 3354 Delaware Ave.
Town of Tonawanda
Dance Hall Large sprung wood Nice fast floor, but I'm not sure that it's sprung. There is a subfloor.
Hamlin House 432 Franklin Street
Buffalo
Restaurant & Hall Large linoleum & floating parquet Very hard, but reasonably fast floor. The "dance floor" is a small parquet section not flush with the surrounding linoleum with a bordering lip. People dance on the linoleum as well though.
Dry Gulch 3145 Walden Ave.
Depew
Dance Hall (716) 683-5678 Large (& small) sprung wood Best dance floor I've danced on in the Buffalo area. Fast and well sprung.
Shakti Yoga 220 Lexington Ave.
Buffalo
Studio (716) 884-YOGA
email
website
Medium wood This floor is great (when it's not humid). It's not sprung, but there's a sub-floor. The boards are spaced a little far apart and the finish gets a little sticky when it's humid.
Kenmore Baptist Church 10 Wardman Rd.
Kenmore
Church website Medium linoleum I have not yet danced here.
Unitarian Universalist Church 695 Elmwood Ave.
Buffalo
Church website Large wood This is a great floor, but very sticky when it's humid. It's not sprung, but there is a sub-floor.
Quaker Bonnet Eatery 175 Allen St.
Buffalo
Restaurant website
(800) BUF-CHIP
Small linoleum The floor is not very fast, but even.
VFW Post 416 18 East Spring St.
Williamsville
Hall (716) 633-9019 Large wood This is a great floor and nice atmosphere. It's not sprung, but there is a sub-floor.
Rochester Area
St. Thomas' Episcopal Church 2000 Highland Ave. (corner of Winton Rd.)
Rochester
Church Large sprung wood Nice floor. There is a subfloor, but I'm not sure it's sprung.
Tango Cafe Ballroom 389 Gregory Street
Rochester
Ballroom Large sprung wood Awesome floor. Fast. I'm not sure that it's sprung, but it feels like it gives some. There's definitely at least a subfloor since it's a ballroom on the third story.
Flat Iron Cafe 561 State Street (State & Lyell)
Rochester
Restaurant Never been there.
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