Lake Merritt Dance Organizer's Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit that gives dance organizers and dancers a home for their communities in Oakland.  
​Our space located at 200 Grand Ave at the Veteran's Memorial Hall. 

LAKE MERRITT DANCE WILL REOPEN AUGUST, 2022

Lake Merritt Dance is now a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.  Our mission is to provide affordable, beautiful dance space to community-based dance and movement groups in Oakland.

Please support our mission and operations by donating to our Go Fund Me, here: https://gofund.me/138adc20


Our Dances

Mondays

Tuesdays
Closed

Wednesdays

  • Salsa with SalsaDreamz (7pm-10pm)
  • Modern Western Square Dance with Oaktown 8s (7pm-9pm)
  • ALIXIR DANCE (a freeform ecstatic dance with renowned DJs)  with Donna Carroll  (7:30pm-9:30pm)

Thursdays

Friday

​Closed

Saturdays

  • Cuban Salsa with Rueda Con Ritmo (First Saturdays)
  • English Country Dance with SF Bay Queer Contra Dance (First Saturdays, 6:30pm-11pm)
  • Argentine Tango with Milonga Poema (First Saturdays, 7pm-11pm)
  • Queer women, trans inclusive, and allies partner dance with Texas Rose Dance (Second Saturdays, 6:30pm-10:30pm)
  • Tango with Tangonation (Each Saturday, 2pm-5pm)
  • West Coast Swing with Lakeside Swing (Second Saturdays, 4:30pm-11:30pm)
  • West Coast Swing - LGBT and friends with SwingOut (Third Saturdays, 7pm-11pm)
  • Contra Dance with Circle Left (Fourth Saturdays, 6:30pm-11pm)

Sundays

  • ALIXIR DANCE (a freeform ecstatic dance with renowned DJs)  with Donna Carroll (10am-noon) beginning Sept 11

Interested in Renting Space?

We have 6 different rooms available at Lake Merritt Dance on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays with a varying amount of availability.  You will need to inquire for rates and room availability below. 

​We have other times and locations available, but here are the priority times we are looking for long term renters for right now.
  • Monday evening for Hall 2 and MPR
  • Wednesday for Hall 3 and MPR
  • Thursday for Hall 2, Hall 3 and MPR
  • Saturday after 4pm
  • Sunday for Hall 1, Hall 2 and MPR
Our policies are as follows
  • Weekly rentals get priority
  • Must book rooms in 3 hour blocks
  • Must acquire insurance
  • Setup/breakdown are included in your time slots
The different rooms
  • Hall 1 - 200 person capacity (~2000 sq. ft.)
  • Hall 2 - 62 person capacity (~1000 sq. ft.)
  • Hall 3 - 53 person capacity 
  • Ballroom - 315 person capacity (~ 4000 sq. ft.)
  • Lounge - 120 person capacity (~1680 sq. ft.)
  • MPR - 62 person capacity (~900 sq. ft.)

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