Arts & Culture
A 1929 Granville Street ballroom with a dance floor literally built on tires, and Billboard's vote for one of North America's most influential clubs.
Granville Entertainment District
More infoThe Commodore has thrown parties on Granville since 1929, and its defining feature is right under your feet: a sprung dance floor built on tires and horsehair that bounces beneath a packed crowd. It is a wonderfully silly engineering decision that also happens to be perfect. Billboard named it one of North America's most influential clubs. Wear shoes you can dance in and let the floor handle the conversation.
Get there early to claim a good spot at the rail, then feel the legendary sprung floor, on tires and horsehair, gently bounce under the crowd in this 1929 Art Deco room. The space is small enough that whoever's on stage feels like they're playing for the two of you. Wear shoes you can dance in and expect a good three hours where you don't have to make conversation, you just have to move.
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