The Gaslight Dining Saloon
| The Gaslight Dining Saloon | |
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 The Gaslight on a Thursday night, August 2026
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| Type | Saloon |
| Address | 13490 Main Street |
| City | Rockerville |
| State | South Dakota |
| Scene | Black Hills
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| Phone | (605) 343-9276 |
| Website | Official site |
| Calendar | Events |
| Coordinates | 43.791389, -103.359167 |
The Gaslight Dining Saloon is a saloon and restaurant in Rockerville, South Dakota, about twenty miles southwest of Rapid City on U.S. Highway 16. It also trades as the Gaslight Restaurant & Saloon. A bluegrass jam has met there on Thursday evenings for years: see the Thursday jam.[unverified]
The sign on the roof is a run of lights bent into the scroll and neck of a fiddle, which is a fair statement of the place's priorities.[unverified]
Rockerville
Rockerville was a placer gold camp in the Black Hills rush of the late 1870s and early 1880s, and it is a ghost town now — the highway was widened and went around it, and the town went quiet.One of the last businesses still residing in Rockerville (KOTA, 2024) The Gaslight is one of the last businesses still operating there.[unverified]
The building
The restaurant burned down in 2013 and was rebuilt inside a year.One of the last businesses still residing in Rockerville (KOTA, 2024)[unverified]
The bar came out of the old Harney Hotel in Rapid City, and the house ghost is said to have come with it — staff call him Mr. Harney.One of the last businesses still residing in Rockerville (KOTA, 2024)[unverified]
Inside it is knotty pine, neon beer signs, an elk mount over a stone fireplace, and a room that seats a jam circle without anybody having to move the furniture much.[unverified]
Music
Live music runs Thursday through Saturday.Gaslight Dining Saloon, Travel South Dakota Thursday is the bluegrass night, and it is a jam rather than a booking — players bring instruments, and anybody who would rather listen can eat dinner while they do.[unverified]
| Day | Starts | Type | Venue | Music | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday jam at The Gaslight Dining Saloon | Thursday | 18:00 | Jam | The Gaslight Dining Saloon | Bluegrass Country |
External links
- Official site[unverified]
- The Gaslight Dining Saloon on Facebook[unverified]
- On Instagram[unverified]
