Friday Night Waltz has mostly waltzes in the dances and classes, along with polka, tango, swing, and salsa.
People come from all over the Bay Area.
People are friendly, The atmosphere is warm and welcoming.
Partners are not needed. We rotate rapidly in classes.
Casual comfortable attire. All ages. To get on our email list, send request to email list: info@FridayNightWaltz.com Facebook page: or 
Masks are optional.
Masks are optional.10.31 Richard Powers leads Halloween Night at Friday Night Waltz - October 31
This week on Halloween Night!
This is the first time that Halloween has been on a Friday in 11 years! (You can check out the calendars yourself. And Richard led the Halloween FNW that last time, in 2014.)
Feel free to come in costume or Halloween colors (or black always works).
Richard Powers and Tracey teach classes from 7:15 to 9 pm.
7:15 - The centennial of a mystery step from the very first werewolf film, Wolf Blood, a 1925 silent film that had a dance party scene. This step truly is a mystery, because we don't know what the step was called, and Richard has never seen it described in any dance manual. But we have two different 1925 films of this step, and you can dance it tonight during a spooky one-step or polka.
7:45 - Tricks that are Treats with Cross-Step Waltz. Come play with some of the latest innovations in cross-step waltz. Richard will first teach cross-step waltz basics for beginners, then some new variations that are tricks that are also a treat, like a surprise Inside Turn Free Spin from Lead's Cradle. And Cross-Step Mazurka is easier than you would suspect. Richard taught some of these at out-of-town waltz weekends in the past two months, and now he is bringing them home to FNW.
Both classes are beginner-friendly, with no prior experience necessary, but experienced dancers will find plenty to love as well.
9 pm - Halloween Dance Party including a lot of spooky but very danceable music that you're never heard before! Waltz, swing, Zombie Line Dance, tango, cross-step waltz, bachata, West Coast Swing, Accelerating Polka, cha-cha, Congress of Vienna, BNP, salsa, Tokyo Polka, Lindy, NC2S, hustle, and more!
For those who don't know about Richard Powers, he is one of the world's foremost experts in social dance. He has taught dance in Paris, London, Rome, Venice, Prague, Vienna, Verona, Geneva, Seville, Edinburgh, Krakow, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Tokyo and Kyoto, including 34 workshops in France (teaching in French) and 28 in Japan (teaching in Japanese). Richard is currently the full-time social dance instructor at Stanford University.
This Friday, Halloween, October 31st
Doors open at 6:45.
Classes start at 7:15. Please arrive 15 minutes early to avoid the rush.
$15 general. $10 for students with ID.
Cash, Check, Credit Card, Apple Pay. We do not accept Venmo. Tickets at the door.
No partner necessary. We rotate rapidly in class.
All Ages. Casual comfortable attire.
Masks are optional. Free Masks. Free bottles of water.
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First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto CA, upstairs Fellowship Hall.
Parking in rear parking lot. Many on-street parking spaces available.
Large Webster/Cowper parking garage one block away.
11.07.2025 Joan is teaching.
7:00 Doors open
7:15 Classes start - Please arrive 15 minutes early to avoid the rush.
8:00 Intermediate class
9:00 DJ dance music
11:45 Doors close
Cash, Check, Credit Card, Apple Pay. We do not accept Venmo. Tickets at the door.
No partner necessary. We rotate rapidly in class.
All Ages. Casual comfortable attire.
Masks are optional.
Free Masks. Free bottles of water.
First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto CA. at Byron, Upstairs Fellowship hall.
Parking in rear parking lot. Many on street parking spaces available.
Very large parking structure one block away. Webster/Cowper garage.
11.14.2025 Richard Powers Romantic music night
7:00 Doors open
7:15 Classes start - Please arrive 15 minutes early to avoid the rush.
8:00 Intermediate class
9:00 DJ dance music
11:45 Doors close
Cash, Check, Credit Card, Apple Pay. We do not accept Venmo. Tickets at the door.
No partner necessary. We rotate rapidly in class.
All Ages. Casual comfortable attire.
Masks are optional.
Free Masks. Free bottles of water.
First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto CA. at Byron, Upstairs Fellowship hall.
Parking in rear parking lot. Many on street parking spaces available.
Very large parking structure one block away. Webster/Cowper garage.
11.21.2025 Vincent djs. Karn is teaching beginning Tango. Stanford Viennese Ball Opening committe Performance. do not miss!
7:00 Doors open
7:15 Classes start - Please arrive 15 minutes early to avoid the rush.
8:00 Intermediate class
9:00 DJ dance music
11:45 Doors close
Cash, Check, Credit Card, Apple Pay. We do not accept Venmo. Tickets at the door.
No partner necessary. We rotate rapidly in class.
All Ages. Casual comfortable attire.
Masks are optional.
Free Masks. Free bottles of water.
First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto CA. at Byron, Upstairs Fellowship hall.
Parking in rear parking lot. Many on street parking spaces available.
Very large parking structure one block away. Webster/Cowper garage.
11.28.2025
NO DANCE TONIGHT
12.05.2025 caroline djs
7:00 Doors open
7:15 Classes start - Please arrive 15 minutes early to avoid the rush.
8:00 Intermediate class
9:00 DJ dance music
11:45 Doors close
Cash, Check, Credit Card, Apple Pay. We do not accept Venmo. Tickets at the door.
No partner necessary. We rotate rapidly in class.
All Ages. Casual comfortable attire.
Masks are optional.
Free Masks. Free bottles of water.
First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto CA. at Byron, Upstairs Fellowship hall.
Parking in rear parking lot. Many on street parking spaces available.
Very large parking structure one block away. Webster/Cowper garage.
12.12.2025 Richard Powers holiday dance
7:00 Doors open
7:15 Classes start - Please arrive 15 minutes early to avoid the rush.
8:00 Intermediate class
9:00 DJ dance music
11:45 Doors close
Cash, Check, Credit Card, Apple Pay. We do not accept Venmo. Tickets at the door.
No partner necessary. We rotate rapidly in class.
All Ages. Casual comfortable attire.
Masks are optional.
Free Masks. Free bottles of water.
First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto CA. at Byron, Upstairs Fellowship hall.
Parking in rear parking lot. Many on street parking spaces available.
Very large parking structure one block away. Webster/Cowper garage.
12.19.2025 John djs tonight
7:00 Doors open
7:15 Classes start - Please arrive 15 minutes early to avoid the rush.
8:00 Intermediate class
9:00 DJ dance music
11:45 Doors close
Cash, Check, Credit Card, Apple Pay. We do not accept Venmo. Tickets at the door.
No partner necessary. We rotate rapidly in class.
All Ages. Casual comfortable attire.
Masks are optional.
Free Masks. Free bottles of water.
First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto CA. at Byron, Upstairs Fellowship hall.
Parking in rear parking lot. Many on street parking spaces available.
Very large parking structure one block away. Webster/Cowper garage.
12.26.2025
NO DANCE TONIGHT
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