Yes, There’s Now a Dallas Club Where People Meet Just to Scream

If life in North Texas has you wanting to scream, apparently there’s now a place for that.

A new group called the Dallas Yell Club has started bringing people together at Trammell Crow Park in Dallas for exactly what the name suggests — group yelling.

The idea is simple: show up, take a breath and let it out.

The club was started by Arlington resident Shiloh Bellinghausen, who told Axios Dallas he was inspired by similar scream clubs in other cities.

He described the gatherings as a kind of free therapy — a way for people to release stress together without worrying that someone nearby will think something is wrong.

So how does a yelling club actually work?

At the club’s first gathering, participants met at Trammell Crow Park along the Trinity River and were given several designated times to yell together.

The inaugural event included three scheduled screams — at 6:15, 6:17 and 6:20 p.m. — giving people a few chances to join in. There was no formal RSVP requirement, and attendees could come and go as they wanted.

The setting is about as Dallas as it gets.

Trammell Crow Park

Trinity River Greenbelt located at 3700 Sylvan Avenue

Why start a club built around screaming?

Bellinghausen told Axios the idea came after a difficult stretch in his own life that included losing his job and the death of his mother. He saw other cities experimenting with group scream clubs and decided Dallas could use one too.

And the idea is already getting attention.

D Magazine also highlighted the first gathering, noting that Dallas participants would essentially be doing their version of similar scream clubs elsewhere — only with the Trinity River as the backdrop.