The Home of Salsa in Yorkshire · since 2015
Come and get
lost in the music.
One night a month, the best salsa DJs and teachers in the country come to Wakefield and three hundred dancers follow them. A sprung wooden floor, a club bar, free parking, £12 in advance. First time? Even better.
Why dancers drive to Wakefield
Events for dancers,
run by a dancer.
100% salsa. 100% top DJs.
Tuli Mar. Eddie Hunt. Rupert Boyle. Lubi Jovanovic. Tony Crossbody. We book the DJs the DJs go to see, and we don't water the music down.
Walk in alone, leave with a crew.
Most of our regulars came on their own the first time. Salsa is social: you'll be asked to dance, you'll ask back, and the floor sorts the rest.
A class before the party.
On class nights a guest teacher runs a session at 7:45pm so you've got moves to use by nine. No partner needed. No experience needed.
Three minutes off the M1.
Junction 39, free parking at the back, a Premier Inn two minutes away. Dancers come from Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Hull and further.
What's on
Put these in your diary.
How a SalsaUnity night goes
From "I'm not sure" to "one more song".
- 7:30Doors. Say hi to Karen on the door, grab a drink, change your shoes.
- 7:45Class (on class nights). A guest teacher, partners rotate, nobody is left out.
- 9:00The DJ takes over. The floor fills. Someone asks you to dance before you've finished your drink.
- 11:00Peak. Three hundred people, one song, the mirror ball doing its thing.
- 1:00Last dance. You'll already be planning next month.
Meet Karen
"I'm a dancer first and a promoter second."
Karen 'Salsa' McQuire started dancing in 2013, spent two years driving the length of the country for the best teachers, and in 2015 decided to bring them home to Yorkshire instead.
11 years later, SalsaUnity has hosted the Yorkshire Salsa Congress, the UK Salsa Marathon, all-day spectaculars with world-class artists, and a monthly party that dancers from across the North plan their month around. She still greets you on the door.
Karen's storyThe venue
Crigglestone WMC
A proper working men's club with a newly refurbished sprung wooden floor, seating all the way round, a bar that still charges club prices and a mirror ball that has seen some things. Room for 300 dancers.
- 19 High Street, Crigglestone, Wakefield WF4 3EB
- 3 minutes from M1 junction 39
- Free parking at the rear
- Premier Inn Wakefield South 2 minutes away
Don't just watch Strictly
Ditch the sofa.
Get your dancing shoes on.
Son y Salsa, Friday, 20 November 2026. £12 in advance, £15 on the door if there's room.
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