What is the name of the dance marathon featured in Gilmore Girls?

The dance marathon featured in Gilmore Girls is the Stars Hollow Dance Marathon.

The event is a town competition in which couples dance continuously while trying to remain on the floor longer than everyone else. It becomes one of the series' most memorable community episodes because many residents participate or gather to watch.

Rory and Dean enter as a couple, while Lorelai and her boyfriend Christopher also take part. The competition becomes emotionally tense when Rory and Dean's relationship changes during the event, leading Rory to dance with Jess instead.

The episode is titled “They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?” and is the seventh episode of season three. Its title references the 1969 film They Shoot Horses, Don't They?