Fez Ballroom

The Best Damn Dance Club, Period.. On Friday nights, nobody beats the Fez. Nobody. The staff at this place is top-notch. There is very little pretense to this place, and the vibe here is not mean-spirited in the slightest. The crowd is quirky and playful and pretty good-natured. Also, they're smart. Darn smart.

Friday nights are "Shut Up and Dance", and it's just an incredible time.

If you fit the mold, ya gotta go.…

Variety and affordable cover. The Fez is great in a lot of ways: The owners are super-cool to the random costumed Portland weirdness that goes on. (They don't mind when 300 santas show up and want in.) There is a medium sized dance floor on the third floor and a relaxed lounge on the second floor. Fridays is "Shut Up and Dance" with a $5 cover and some Saturdays they have Bhangra dancing. There does always seem to be goth clad kids but there are also a bunch of middle aged housewives out on the town and couple that are there to have a good time. Every time I go to the Fez, I have a good time.…

Eighties night that wasn't. Initially we were excited to find a dance spot that played our fave 80's music and at first enjoyed the dirty city ambience. The bartender was nice. But as the music played we didn't recognize but one song; apparently the DJ didn't live through the 1980's. Stranger than normal clientele who wore costumes , and a lot of goth wear going on. We were uncomfortable and not enjoying so we high tailed it to the nice easy going Uptown Billiards for a final drink. Oh well my quest for good dance music in this town continous...…