new, hot, terrific
		new, hot, terrific
		new location / a very different kind of place from old one / google maps are not yet updated for JCF / see the old location (below) for JCF info
		hot Latin
		hot Latin / location of the former Shack
		bands, Karaoke
		DJ, live, Karaoke
		ballroom dancing; Karaoke
		bands, DJ, Karaoke
		ocassional dance parties
		music, occassional dancing
		dance floor, jukebox, Karaoke
		Karaoke, no dancing
		music
		music
		music
		music
		concerts
		concerts
		big place, creative layout / now vacant
		now vacant / most of the webpage links here are relevant to JCF at it's new location

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Dance Places & Music Places

• The emphasis here is on dance places - dance-focused places.
• Since it is my view that where there is music there should be dancing; and, where there is music, there are people who want to be dancing or there is occasional actual dancing, I'm also including some music-focused places which span the range in attitude from 'you are welcome to dance if you want to', through '(we discourage dancing, but) you can dance if you are lucky, or determined', to 'dance at your risk of getting tossed (maybe up from the floor in a mosh pit) out the door'.
• This list is updated and supplemented over time so as to be more complete; what's not included so far is mostly places that have no websites and little visibility otherwise.
• Places that have only a jukebox as music source (no musicians or DJ or KJ), and no floor area in which dancing occurs [for example long narrow shotgun bars] are not listed.
• All other places with live or DJ music, including pianist dinner music, may be included; including places that have a bit of listening music once a week for a couple hours; because in my view, if there is music, there should be dancing - there should be the freedom for dancing.
• While a few places have the same format all the time, many of the places have varied formats - one thing one day, another thing another day.

Order

• The order of the list overall is dance places first, music-for-spectating-and-listening places last.
• Amenity-music (music for ambiance or background) is roughly in the middle - along with music-for-spectating-listening places at which dancing does sometimes occur.
• The ordering of places within each of those broader categories would be better suited to a multi-dimensional view, since many of the places are essentially tied. The order of listing does not reflect a rank ordering, but simply a necessity to create a sequence for the linear format.