ages: 21+
Agenda Lounge
Overview:
A great spot to hit on Wednesday nights for salsa lessons, some drinks, and dancing.Details:
| Event: | Beginner Lesson, Intermediate Lesson, Dance Party | View Larger Map |
| Date: | Every Wednesday | |
| Time: | Beginner Lessons – 8pm | |
| Cost: | $5 most nights, $10 with live band | |
| Instructors: | Edmundo & Ruby Rumbera | |
| Address: | Agenda Lounge 399 South 1st Street San Jose, CA 95113 Get Directions via Google Maps  |
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| Contact: | (408) 287-3991 www.agendalounge.com |
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Our Review:
Takeshi says: 
Rating:
If you live in the South Bay, the Agenda Lounge is the place to go dancing on Wednesday nights. Located conveniently in downtown San Jose, Agenda has dance lessons every night taught by the talented DJ Mundo and dancing until 2am in the morning.
The dancing space at Agenda tends to be a little cramped, but they recently remodeled the Lounge area, making it a little more spacious. Also, if you enjoy a good drink when you go out like I do, the Agenda Lounge has a full bar located conveniently right next to the dance floor. However, this also attracts a lot of club goers and the floor can get a little sticky, which is not so good if you just want to dance.
Agenda also occasionally features a live band, which is great if you love live salsa music, but the place gets PACKED whenever they have a band, so get ready for some tight dancing.
Overall, Agenda is the best place to go salsa dancing in the South Bay on Wednesday nights.
The dancing space at Agenda tends to be a little cramped, but they recently remodeled the Lounge area, making it a little more spacious. Also, if you enjoy a good drink when you go out like I do, the Agenda Lounge has a full bar located conveniently right next to the dance floor. However, this also attracts a lot of club goers and the floor can get a little sticky, which is not so good if you just want to dance.
Agenda also occasionally features a live band, which is great if you love live salsa music, but the place gets PACKED whenever they have a band, so get ready for some tight dancing.
Overall, Agenda is the best place to go salsa dancing in the South Bay on Wednesday nights.
Max says:
Rating:
A fun Wednesday night spot if you're in the south bay. At $5, this place is a great deal (be warned though that the price does shoot up when they have the occasional live band) and frequent drink specials definitely cater to the party crowd.
As a rule the dance floor is generally overcrowded and sticky, but the music is very dancer friendly. Overall a great place to go dancing as long as you're okay with the slightly wild vibe.
1 person found this review helpful
Too far for the good dancers from the East Bay and SF to go to and with the rise of El Valenciano on Wednesday’s, this place has become nearly irrelevant for many. Even dancers in the South Bay go to El Valenciano. However, for South Bay people it’s really the only place to go so the place still gets packed, although the quality of dancers is generally sub-par. Sticky floor, good DJ, okay dancers so I guess the benefit of that is if you are somewhat good or at least look confident, everyone there will think you are super good and your ego may be well fed. Also a spot where some good dancers use their superior salsa skills to pick up beginner dancers who are awed by being swept off their feet on the dance floor.
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Agenda is a very popular hot spot for salsa in the south bay. I can count on DJ’s Mundo and El de la Clave to always play great salsa music. It can get really crowded especially with a live band in the house, once a month. I recommend going early for lessons with Ruby and Edmundo and the social dancing afterwards to maximize dance time. :)
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It’s a good salsa club with some really really great music. I love the DJs. However, from a dancing stand point, the quality of salsa dancers has gone down hill since Gabriel’s social kicked off in SF. I lived in San Jose, so to me the spot was 5 mins away. I’d come here if i wanted to get a quick dance fix and listen to some great music, but it stopped being a regulator spot for me once the dancing downgraded. I loved this place when i first started dancing and i still do, i just wish it drew a better dancing crowd, or maybe i got better, who knows :)
I always have a good time at Agenda on Wednesdays.
+ Great location
+ Lots of good dancers
+ Fully stocked bar
+ Great djs
- Gets very crowded
- Parking can be hard to find
Tight place! Lots of dancing, smallish floor but some good dancers and good DJ. Busy place.