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The Dance Hall Circuit

Five halls, four counties, and a rule that has held since 1878: get there before the band starts and stay until the floor clears.

The weathered timber dance hall at Luckenbach, Texas
Nicolas Henderson / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

The circuit works because the halls do not compete. Gruene books music most nights of the week, Sengelmann runs Fridays and Saturdays, and the society halls at Blanco and Spring Branch open on a calendar you have to go looking for. String them together and you can dance four nights out of seven without repeating a room.

Eat first. Nothing on this circuit serves food past nine except Schulenburg, and the barbecue guide covers most of the towns you will be driving through anyway.

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