FRI MARCH 22ND 2024 - BearDance: Jungle Roar
SUN DECEMBER 31ST 2023 - BearDance: New Years Eve 2024
SUN SEPTEMBER 17TH 2023 - BearDance & Purple Foundation Present: LOVE LOUD
FRI MARCH 17TH 2023 - BearDance: Angles and Demons
SAT SEP 3RD 2022 - BearDance: Grand Slam!
FRI MARCH 25TH 2022 - BearDance: MasqueRave!
FRI MARCH 13TH 2020 - BearDance: Gods and Gladiators
SAT JUNE 1st 2019 - BearDance: Bear PRIDE | An Underwear Party
FRI March 15 2019 - Bear Dance Hard Candy(TBRU 24)
SAT DEC 1st 2018 - BearDance: Naughty Santa
SAT SEP 15th 2018 - BearDance: Bear Pride (Dallas Pride)
FRI JUNE 1st 2018 - BearDance: Inferno (TBRU 23)
SAT MAR 17 2018 - BearDance: St. Paddy's Night
FRI MAY 19 2017 - BearDance: TBRU 22
FRI MARCH 18th 2016 - BearDance: Fat Friday (TBRU 21)
BearDance is proud to partner with Texas Bear Round Up for the sixth year running to bring you BearDance: TBRU 21! With over 2,000 bears in attendance, and a whopping $45,500 donation last year, our Texas-sized Friday night party and largest fundraising event returns to Station 4 (S4) in the heart of Dallas’ gayborhood.
We strive to create a fun and inclusive environmentwhere bears and their admirers gather together in a uniquely exhilarating dance experience. Listen to the talented DJ’s from across the world spur your toes to tapping. When you’re ready for a break from the thunderous dance floor, there are plenty of places to socialize with your buds. Explore the 24,000 square feet of fun with 15 service wells, a chill lounge, a theater/lounge with entertainment, and a huge outdoor courtyard.
BearDance is the largest TBRU party open for TBRU registrants and non-registrants alike to come together and have great fun. Free your inhibitions and dance with your shirt off while catching up with old friends and meeting new ones.
Proceeds go to the beneficiaries of TBRU. So come feel good, doing good!
Where: Station 4 – 3911 Cedar Springs Rd
When: Friday March 11th 8 PM – 4 AM
Who: DJ Roke Cabrera, DJ Chris Spear, DJ Byron Bonsall, & DJ Eric
How: Shuttles provided to and from the host hotels for TBRU registrants
Tickets: $25 during TBRU regular registration, $30 during TBRU late registration or $35 at the door.
BearDance wants to say a very BIG Texas THANK YOU to everyone who attended the 2015 event. Together, we raised $45,500 for the beneficiaries of TBRU – and YOU made it our biggest event yet! Help us beat last year’s donation!
We strive to create a fun and inclusive environmentwhere bears and their admirers gather together in a uniquely exhilarating dance experience. Listen to the talented DJ’s from across the world spur your toes to tapping. When you’re ready for a break from the thunderous dance floor, there are plenty of places to socialize with your buds. Explore the 24,000 square feet of fun with 15 service wells, a chill lounge, a theater/lounge with entertainment, and a huge outdoor courtyard.
BearDance is the largest TBRU party open for TBRU registrants and non-registrants alike to come together and have great fun. Free your inhibitions and dance with your shirt off while catching up with old friends and meeting new ones.
Proceeds go to the beneficiaries of TBRU. So come feel good, doing good!
Where: Station 4 – 3911 Cedar Springs Rd
When: Friday March 11th 8 PM – 4 AM
Who: DJ Roke Cabrera, DJ Chris Spear, DJ Byron Bonsall, & DJ Eric
How: Shuttles provided to and from the host hotels for TBRU registrants
Tickets: $25 during TBRU regular registration, $30 during TBRU late registration or $35 at the door.
BearDance wants to say a very BIG Texas THANK YOU to everyone who attended the 2015 event. Together, we raised $45,500 for the beneficiaries of TBRU – and YOU made it our biggest event yet! Help us beat last year’s donation!
SAT FEB 6 2016 - BearDance: Slave to the Dark Beat
FRI MAR 12 2015 - BearDance: TBRU 20
TBRU'S #1
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BearDance is proud to partner with Texas Bear Round Up for the seventh year running to bring you BearDance: TBRU 20! With over 2,000 bears in attendance, and a whopping $42,000 donation last year, our Texas-sized Friday night party and largest fundraising event returns to Station 4 (S4) in the heart of Dallas’ gayborhood. We strive to create a fun and inclusive environment where bears and their admirers gather together in a uniquely exhilarating dance experience. Listen to the talented DJ’s from across the world spur your toes to tapping. When you’re ready for a break from the thunderous dance floor, there are plenty of places to socialize with your buds. Explore the 24,000 square feet of fun with 15 service wells, a chill lounge, a theater/lounge with entertainment, and a huge outdoor courtyard. BearDance is the largest TBRU party open for TBRU registrants and non-registrants alike to come together and have great fun. Free your inhibitions and dance with your shirt off while catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. Proceeds go to the beneficiaries of TBRU. So come feel good, doing good!
BearDance wants to say a very BIG Texas THANK YOU to everyone who attended the 2014 event. Together, we raised $42,000 (wow!) for the beneficiaries of TBRU – and YOU made it our biggest event yet! Help us beat last year’s donation! Buy your ticket today! |
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Online sale is now closed! Get your tickets at the Crowne Plaza 3/12 12-8pm 3/13 12-4pm or at S4 3/13 after 8pm |
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FRI OCT 31ST 2014 - BearDance: DADDY'S LOCKER ROOM // HALLOWEEN
FRI MAR 14th 2014 - BearDance: TBRU 19
BearDance: TBRU 19
TBRU'S #1 FUNDRAISING PARTY!
TBRU'S #1 FUNDRAISING PARTY!
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TUS DEC 31st 2013 - beardance: SuperYellowfragilistic New Year's Eve
BearDance invites you to join us this NYE at the Hard Rock Café Dallas
Event Details
BearDance is re-imagining New Year's Eve this year as an epic bear party at the Hard Rock Cafe. We unite the guests of two awesome house parties and invite bears from all over to come together to party, socialize, and raise funds for local LGBT charities as bears don their most interesting yellow attire to celebrate the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014! Come join the bears, cubs, otters, and friends in expressing yourself in your favorite shade of yellow, sunshine, lemon chiffon, goldenrod, or dandelion or even show up as Pooh bear, a school bus, or a yellow submarine! If you want, you may compete in our attire contest for awards. Combining efforts and forces, Jason Kloss and Mark Trimble and Ami Sadeh are bringing their house parties under the BearDance umbrella and bringing the bears a different venue to enjoy and a fun New Year's Eve party close to downtown. We will have live music from Nakia and Jay Arseno, a buffet, video countdown, midnight champagne toast, live feed of the Dallas fireworks in nearby Victory Park, a Yellow Theme Attire contest with awards, and raffle for prizes. Be sure to join the event to get updates and invite your friends! Minimum suggested donation of $10 gets you in. The Hard Rock Cafe bar offers comparable drink prices to our usual bars with drink prices from $4. Parking is free for less than two hours and $5 for more and the club is conveniently located to a DART station which gives you the option to keep your driving to a minimum. BearDance is a registered 501(C)(3) non-profit organization
Hotel
We have arranged a group rate for the night of 12/31 at SpringHill Suites Dallas Downtown/West End 0.2 miles away from the venue. Rooms are $139. Use this link to reserve a room. If the block of rooms we set aside runs out please let us know and we will try to arrange for more.
Parking
There is a parking lot attached to the Hard Rock Cafe. Parking is $5. Space is limited we recommend carpooling, cabbing or using DART when possible._
DART
DART Rail will operate a regular weekday schedule. This will continue until midnight. Trains will then operate every 30 minutes until 2 a.m. Two-car trains will operate on the Red, Orange and Blue Lines with three-car trains on the Green Line. After the fireworks at Victory Plaza, DART will operate additional Orange and Red Line service to Parker Road Station.
The last scheduled DART trains from the City of Dallas NYE event are:
- Exceptional and Centrally located Downtown/Victory Park venue
- Friendly crowd of bears, cubs, and admirers
- Live Music featuring Nakia and Jay Arseno
- Buffet, Champagne Toast. Music Video Countdown
- Midnight Balloon Drop & Live feed of fireworks at Victory Park
- Drinks from $4, Raffle, and Yellow Theme Attire Contest
- Proceeds go to Resource Center's Nutrition Center
Event Details
BearDance is re-imagining New Year's Eve this year as an epic bear party at the Hard Rock Cafe. We unite the guests of two awesome house parties and invite bears from all over to come together to party, socialize, and raise funds for local LGBT charities as bears don their most interesting yellow attire to celebrate the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014! Come join the bears, cubs, otters, and friends in expressing yourself in your favorite shade of yellow, sunshine, lemon chiffon, goldenrod, or dandelion or even show up as Pooh bear, a school bus, or a yellow submarine! If you want, you may compete in our attire contest for awards. Combining efforts and forces, Jason Kloss and Mark Trimble and Ami Sadeh are bringing their house parties under the BearDance umbrella and bringing the bears a different venue to enjoy and a fun New Year's Eve party close to downtown. We will have live music from Nakia and Jay Arseno, a buffet, video countdown, midnight champagne toast, live feed of the Dallas fireworks in nearby Victory Park, a Yellow Theme Attire contest with awards, and raffle for prizes. Be sure to join the event to get updates and invite your friends! Minimum suggested donation of $10 gets you in. The Hard Rock Cafe bar offers comparable drink prices to our usual bars with drink prices from $4. Parking is free for less than two hours and $5 for more and the club is conveniently located to a DART station which gives you the option to keep your driving to a minimum. BearDance is a registered 501(C)(3) non-profit organization
Hotel
We have arranged a group rate for the night of 12/31 at SpringHill Suites Dallas Downtown/West End 0.2 miles away from the venue. Rooms are $139. Use this link to reserve a room. If the block of rooms we set aside runs out please let us know and we will try to arrange for more.
Parking
There is a parking lot attached to the Hard Rock Cafe. Parking is $5. Space is limited we recommend carpooling, cabbing or using DART when possible._
DART
DART Rail will operate a regular weekday schedule. This will continue until midnight. Trains will then operate every 30 minutes until 2 a.m. Two-car trains will operate on the Red, Orange and Blue Lines with three-car trains on the Green Line. After the fireworks at Victory Plaza, DART will operate additional Orange and Red Line service to Parker Road Station.
The last scheduled DART trains from the City of Dallas NYE event are:
- Red Line to Parker Road departs West End at 2:42 a.m.
- Red Line to Westmoreland departs West End at 2:19 a.m.
- Blue Line to Downtown Rowlett departs West End at 2:17 a.m.
- Blue Line to Ledbetter departs West End at 2:16 a.m.
- Orange Line to Parker Road departs Victory at 1:59 a.m.
- Orange Line to Belt Line departs Victory at 2:07 a.m.
- Green Line to North Carrollton/Frankford departs Victory at 2:29 a.m.
- Green Line to Buckner departs Victory at 2:02 a.m.
SUN SEP 15TH 2013 - BearDance: Pride 2013
SAT MAY 11TH 2013 - BearDance: Blowoff
FRI MARCH 15TH 2013 - BearDance: TBRU 18
BearDance: TBRU 18
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BearDance is proud to partner with TBRU for the fifth year running to bring you BearDance TBRU! With over 1,600 bears in attendance, and a whopping $30,000 donation last year, our huge TBRU Friday night party and largest fundraising event returns to Station 4 (S4) in the heart of the gayborhood to bring it even bigger, Casino Royale style!
We are really excited about this year’s fun-filled event. More details will be unveiled soon! Come have fun meeting friends at one of the many social spaces or dance on the dance-floor accompanied with shirtless sexy bears and heavy duty sound and light show. BearDance is the largest TBRU party open for TBRU registrants and non-registrants alike to come together and have great fun. Don’t miss it!! Proceeds go to the beneficiaries of TBRU. So come feel good, doing good!
BearDance wants to say a very BIG Texas THANK YOU to everyone who attended the 2011 event. Together, we raised $30,000 for the beneficiaries of TBRU – and YOU made it our biggest event yet! Help us beat last year’s donation! Buy your ticket today! |
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Tickts are availbale for $25 at the TBRU host hotel (Crowne Plaza) at the BearDance table on THU 1-8 PM and FRI 11 AM - 5 PM, and for $30 at the the event door after 8 PM. |
SAT JAN 19TH 2013 - BearDance Disco vs Retro
SUN OCT 28TH 2012 - BearDance T at the MC - Hellfest
Sunday SEP 16TH 2012 - BearDance T at the MC - Dallas Pride
FRI MARCH 16 2012 - BearDance™ - TBRU 17
BIGDBEARDANCE
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BearDance™ is
proud to partner with TBRU for the fourth year running! With over
1,000 bears in attendance last year, our huge Friday
night party and biggest fundraising
event returns to Station 4. This year BIG D BearDance™ is pleased to present DJ HiFi Sean internationally known for his music with the Soup Dragons, High Fidelity, and now as a cutting edge DJ. BearDance™ is once more taking over S4 in the heart of the gayborhood. Prepare yourself for heavy duty sound and light show. This amazing party is sure to set you free! BearDance™ is the only TBRU party open for TBRU registrants and non-registrants alike to come together and have great fun. All proceeds go to the beneficiaries of TBRU. So come feel good, doing good!
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FRI JAN 13 2012 - BearDance Presents DJ Sean Mac

It's become a tradition to get the bears all heated up every January in Dallas with our January BearDance.
Bundle up, put your dancing shoes on and a shirt you can rip off on the dance floor as we have DJ Sean Mac tearing it up this year at The Loft just south of downtown Dallas on Friday, January 13! We're also celebrating the original Big D's B-day-Darren Graff, so come out and join the fun.
As always proceeds go to a charity because we are a non-profit bear party having a blast while we do good cuz that's just the way we roll! Tickets are available for online purchase now for will call tickets so buy today.
Bundle up, put your dancing shoes on and a shirt you can rip off on the dance floor as we have DJ Sean Mac tearing it up this year at The Loft just south of downtown Dallas on Friday, January 13! We're also celebrating the original Big D's B-day-Darren Graff, so come out and join the fun.
As always proceeds go to a charity because we are a non-profit bear party having a blast while we do good cuz that's just the way we roll! Tickets are available for online purchase now for will call tickets so buy today.
FRI SEP 16 2011 - BearDance SwitchParty (Dallas Pride)
BearDance is bringing back DJ Blaine to spin for a hopping dance party on Friday of Dallas Pride Weekend, September 16th. We have partnered with Caven Enterprises to sponsor this SwitchParty, so the bears are getting Sue Ellen's and the girls get live music back at TMC. Come out, dance, and socialize with all the bears, cubs, otters, daddies, musclebears, and friends as we mix things up, take back the dance floor, and trade spaces with the girls!
We hope you can make this special event. It's gonna be a great party and we've got a great beneficiary- AIDS Arms which is in the process of building and opening a new facility in Oak Cliff. $15 cash at the door or you can skip the cash line at the door by buying your tickets online: