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Steel City Squares is an inclusive community organizing traditional Appalachian square dances in Pittsburgh

05/28/2026

We're having a little break during the hottest times but our monthly square dances resume in September! All Saturdays, all at Shiloh Center in Lawrenceville.

And yes, we say it every year, but we ACTUALLY have some summer stuff planned for yinz this year- stay tuned for that, on IG, FB, email.

Love yinz mean it 🫶

05/01/2026

Tonight's the big night! The inaugural Good 'n Country partner dance event. Come join us to make it a night to remember!

04/13/2026

Festival alert! 🚨 Helvetia Hoot is one of our absolute favorite square dance & old-time festivals, held in the adorable Swiss+West Virginian town of Helvetia. It's a weekend-long event of music, dancing, workshops, jamming, camping, and communing (and really good eating!) in an idyllic setting. It's run by two incredible rockstars, Becky Hill and T-Claw, whom you may remember calling our dance over the years.

It's super affordable and only a few hours from Pittsburgh! It's a smaller festival so not overwhelming and good for kids! If you have any questions, comment below or DM us. Hope to see you there!

Helvetia Hoot for more info

04/02/2026

We've got an exciting brand new event for yinz - presenting Good 'n Country, a night of country and two-step, brought to you by Steel City Squares! It'll be a fun evening of partner dancing to live country music by the Good 'n Country house band, led by the incredible Dave Shepherd. Join us Friday, May 1st!

412Step Line & Partner Dancing will provide a two-step lesson at 8pm, with live music from 8:30-11. If you're feeling a little unsure about two-step or waltz, come for the lesson and then look for our designated partners who will be happy to dance and help you out, whether as a lead or follow.

This event is all ages and aims to provide an inclusive community atmosphere for enjoying classic h***y tonk tunes and dancing. As with our square dances, there will be a potluck throughout, it's BYOB, and please bring a water bottle.

7pm - Doors
8pm - Two-step lesson
8:30-11 - Live music and dancing

$15 suggested donation, cash or Venmo at the door

We'll be at the lovely Shiloh Center in Lawrenceville, 3832 Mintwood St.

The Good 'n Country house band will bring you hot tunes all night- Dave Shepherd, Big Tuck, Todd Harteis, Pete Freeman, and Kevin Lynch.

We can't wait to see you there!

Art by Two Wands Design

03/30/2026

Our last regular monthly square dance for the season is gonna be an absolute party! Sat. May 23rd, join us for your usual three hours of squares, this time with rotating bands made up of our community members!

We want to give more folks the opportunity to play on stage for a dance, so If you're interested in playing 2-3 tunes, let us know! You can form your own band or we'll group people together once we see who's signed up. DM or email us with interest or questions!

*Musician interest deadline is APRIL 30th*

Laura Almendinger will be calling.

This month better actually have people jamming beforehand, since so many musicians will be there! We miss our pre-dance open jams. And let's go out big with a nice potluck, eh? BYOB and your water bottle.

Kids are welcome and free under 13, $15 suggested donation cash or Venmo at the door.

03/22/2026

A huge thanks to Bobby Taylor and Kim Johnson for making the trek up from WV to play the dance last night! We know it can get loud and hard to really appreciate the music while you're having such a good time dancing, so here's a little bile dem cabbage down from a workshop and house show they played this afternoon with Annie Trimble on Guitar and Barb Rosner on bass. It doesn't get any better than this and we're so lucky to have such great live music for the dances every month!

03/06/2026

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02/26/2026

Go big or go home we're dancing again in April! It's the exciting annual visit of caller Dave Hauver, a crowd favorite!

And we're welcoming to the stage local stringband Snappin' Bug. Led by musician and instructor Mark Tamsula, Snappin' Bug focuses on tunes from southwest PA (hey! That's where we are!) Richard Withers is on banjo, on guitar, and Barb Rosner on bass.

As always, join us for a potluck, an open jam, and family-friendly fun. BYOB inc. water, cash or Venmo at the door, NOTAFLOF.

02/25/2026

Squaredown 2.0 was so much fun!! The biggest thanks to and for collaborating and bringing line dancing and two-step to our square dance crowd. And we're so grateful to the 412Step attendees for joining us for some squares and for calling!

Both our old-time and country bands were phenomenal and really made the night a success. is a Pittsburgh music hero. Please send us any photos or video you have of the bands so we can thank them properly in another post!

412Step dances every Wed night and Steel City Squares dances monthly, usually at the Shiloh Center (both in Lawrenceville).

02/13/2026

Fear not, SQUAREDOWN! is happening again! Our second annual collaboration square dance & h***y tonk with is next Saturday, Feb. 21. We'll be alternating sets of square dancing, line dancing, and partner dancing, with live music by Dave Shepherd and friends! Laura Almendinger will be calling the squares and the experts at 412Step will be teaching the line and partner dances.

Note: this dance is again at Bloomfield Liedertafel!

Doors open at 7 for potluck, mingling, and an open jam, and dancing is 8-11. BYOB and your water bottle.

$15 suggested donation at the door, cash or Venmo. NOTAFLOF

Address

3832 Mintwood Street
Pittsburgh, PA
15201

Website

https://steelcitysquares.org/

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