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February 2022
Fri 25–Sun 27 IVFDF 2022 (Facebook) £19-£50 Sheffield, UK W balfolk contra English ceilidh Scottish cèilidh ECD SCD
Hekety Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer Bearded Dragons Vertical Expression Bellamira Fourth Road The Rheingans Sisters Vijay Venkat and Mel Biggs Liz and Kirsten The NYFTE Group Charlie Turner Daisy Black Rachel Shapiro-Wallace Charlotte Rich-Griffin Lisa Heywood Nisha Lall
March 2022
Sat 19 10:00 am–Sun 20 11:00 pm Dance Around the World £28-£30 London, UK W English ceilidh ECD Polish
April 2022
Fri 1–Mon 4 Funambals (Facebook) Rillieux-la-Pape, France W balfolk
Fri 1–Sun 3 Halsway Playford Assembly £165-£270 Halsway, UK W ECD
Purcell's Polyphonic Party Andrew Swaine
Fri 1–Sat 2 Workshopweekend bals (…) (…) donation St. Michielsgestel, Netherlands balfolk
Thu 7–Sun 10 Balfolk Ratisbonne €53-€70 Regensburg, Germany W balfolk
Bargainatt Laüsa Duo Andy Cutting & Gudrun Walther
Fri 8 9:30 pm–Sun 10 10:30 pm XXIX FEST-i-BALL (Facebook) €49-€55 Lisbon, Portugal W balfolk
Kwadril LyraDanz Folky Bal'boa Duo Fermé-Exibard
Sat 9–Sun 10 Coming Home to Contra $80-$115 Mill Valley, CA, USA contra
Stringrays StringFire! Will Mentor Susan Petrick
Fri 15 6:30 pm–Sun 17 11:45 pm Folk Festival Leuven - ComSiBal (Facebook) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) Leuven, Belgium W balfolk scandi
LyraDanz Duo Mackie-Hendrix Trio14 Duo Besson-Rio Beat Bouet Trio Emmarilin Duo Tanghe-Coudroy Floris & the Flames Duo Zena Duo Balzam
Fri 22–Sat 23 Folk Weekend Oxford (Facebook) (Facebook) Oxford, UK English ceilidh Scottish cèilidh balfolk
Oxford University Ceilidh Band Jigfoot Shivelight Sawney White Jane Bird Ian Nichols
Sat 23 10:00 am–Sun 24 8:00 pm Elfia Haarzuilens (…) (…) €35.80-€65.80 Haarzuilens, Netherlands W balfolk
Fri 29–Sun 1 May Folkarria eco Festi-bal €60-€80 Madrid, Spain W balfolk
Duo Lopez/Herremans Trio Loubelya Castijazz Duo Laloy-Letron My Petite Obal
Fri 29–Mon 2 May Scandimoot (…) £105-£140 North Yorkshire, UK W scandi
Mats Berglund Fredrik Lundberg Samuel Lundh
Fri 29–Mon 2 May May Heydays at Evesham £48-£97 Evesham, UK W balfolk contra ECD
Albireo Confluence Keeping Thyme Klerizma Portland Duo Purcell's Polyphonic Party Wild Ride Andrew Swaine Colin Hume Joanna Reiner John Sweeney Karen Sweeney Lynne Render Nigel Close
Sat 30–Sun 1 May Blowzabella workshop weekend (…) Frankfurt, Germany W balfolk
Blowzabella
May 2022
Fri 6 6:00 pm–Sun 8 5:00 pm AKDT (Facebook) (FBB) Harsin, Belgium W balfolk
Sat 14 1:30 pm–Sun 15 7:00 pm Bal à Léo (Facebook) €35-€45 Montpellier, France W balfolk
Come Chez Vous Trio Loubelya
Thu 26–Sun 29 36th Leipziger Tanzhausfest (Facebook) €38-€90 Leipzig, Germany W balfolk
Imnari Tref Lunesk Swedenquell DiaTon L'air Inconnu
Fri 27–Sat 28 Folk en Folie (…) €25 La Rochelle, France balfolk
Tralala Lovers Duo Janvier/Serot Les Cueilleurs de sons Diskuizh Les Zéoles Les Toqués du Tempo Philomèle
Fri 27–Sun 29 Chippenham Folk Festival £50.94-£138.88 Chippenham, UK W English ceilidh contra
Banter Folk Camps Party Band Whapweasel Linda Game Band Warleggan Village Band Ali & Mollie Fee Lock Charlotte Rich-Griffin Geoff Cubitt
Fri 27 1:30 pm–Sun 29 4:00 pm Dafodil 2022 (Facebook) (FBB) (FBB) Diest, Belgium W balfolk scandi
Eä Maarten Decombel & Toon Van Mierlo Trio Törn Loogaroo Boréale Siger Naragonia Duo Montanaro-Cavez Duo De Schepper-Sanczuk Ciac Boum
Sat 28 10:00 am–Sun 29 4:30 pm Zweitägiger Tanzkurs (Facebook) €80-€120 Vienna, Austria W balfolk
Lauge Dideriksen
June 2022
Thu 2–Sun 5 RenoFolk Festival (Facebook) Bologna, Italy W balfolk
Caamaño & Ameixeiras Bucci e Fragole e Tempesta KV Express Man Encantada Duo Les Zéoles Ciac Boum Duo Meo Lucanero TriOblique
Fri 3–Sun 5 Halsway Contra Dance Weekend £165-£270 Halsway, UK W contra
Contrasaurus Jake Wood Charlie Turner
Fri 3 8:00 pm–Sun 5 8:00 pm Balayvré €18-€34 Le Mans, France W balfolk
Emmanuelle Bouthillier Boeuf Dézingué Bon Matin Duo Fleuves Boréale Les Recycleurs de Sons Celta 12 Aqhor
Sun 12–Sun 19 Hey Days $825-$1050 Rohnert Park, CA, USA W ECD balfolk
Fri 17–Sun 19 Lichfield Folk Festival £75-£85 Lichfield, UK W contra ECD
Portland Drive 3D Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer English Contra Dance Band Folkus Pocus Seth Tepfer Colin Hume Ivan Aitken Christine Dodd Brian Stanton Bernie Culkin Neil Stuart
Fri 17 7:30 pm–Sun 19 2:00 pm Faultline Frolic (Facebook) $160 Santa Rosa, CA, USA contra
Notorious Frannie Marr
Sun 19–Sat 25 Music and Dance Week $640-$740 Harrison, ID, USA W contra ECD
Spin The Dam Beavers Fine Companions Cis Hinkle Will Mentor Kalia Kliban
Thu 23 8:00 pm–Sun 26 4:30 pm Folk Weekend Mattstedt €25-€135 Mattstedt, Germany W balfolk
Wings & Tales Geronimo Bargainatt J.B. Picot Maracu Aurélien Claranbaux Duo Bothe-Molzahn
Fri 24–Sun 26 Bals et Roses Florenville, Belgium W balfolk
Fri 24 4:00 pm–Sun 26 4:00 pm Blowzabella Festival (Facebook) (…) £6-£270 Halsway, UK W balfolk
Blowzabella Duo Rivaud-Lacouchie
Fri 24 6:00 pm–Sun 26 5:00 pm Le Festival De La Pouméane (Facebook) €31-€52 Combovin, France W balfolk
Bal O'Gadjo Le Mange Bal DiaTao La Chimère Eric Thézé Nøkkenoc
Sat 25 1:00 pm–Sun 26 4:00 pm le Bal as Queer as Folk (Facebook) free Rennes, France W balfolk
Duo Michaud-Guérin Duo Bouthillier-Lemoine Lange Rivoalen and Lucas Falezan Les Zéoles
Sun 26–Sat 2 July Family Week Santa Cruz, CA, USA W ECD SCD contra
Thu 30–Sun 3 July Dañserlà 2022 (…) €35-€99 Erlangen, Germany W balfolk
Rémi Geffroy Gilles le Bigot & Stephane Morvan Duo Artense Duo Dhoore-Geerinck Hidrae Duo Laloy-Letron La Sauterelle ba.fnu Wouter en de Draak Trio B-Key Faya Gur Anke N.N.
July 2022
Sat 2 9:00 am–Sat 9 5:00 pm Summer School: Bourrées @ AKDT (Facebook) (FBB) (…) Neufchâteau, Belgium W balfolk
Sat 2 7:30 pm–Sat 9 1:00 pm Intensive Folk Dance Summer School @AKDT (Facebook) (FBB) Neufchâteau, Belgium W balfolk
Sun 3 6:00 pm–Sat 9 8:00 pm Balfolk Dance Workshop (Facebook) Erbil, Iraq W balfolk
Mon 4–Sun 10 Gran Bal Trad (Vialfre) Vialfre, Italy W balfolk Italian Irish set ECD
Tue 5–Sun 10 Le Festival Balalalune 2022 (Facebook) €69-€156 Saint Maurice, France W balfolk
Cabanes Soluna Duo Michaud-Guérin Kaz Kan Zie Mara Des Bois Eva Parmenter Valsaviris Folksy Groove Plume Amzéom Dekolaz La Chimère Escale Ordinaire La Roulotte Rhizottome La Sylva La Mêche
Thu 7–Sun 10 Rudolstadt Festival Rudolstadt, Germany W balfolk English ceilidh
Emily & The Simons Folk My Life! Kerno-Buisson Kreuz & Square Kud Hž Varaždin Token Women
Fri 8–Sun 10 Priddy Folk Festival (…) Priddy, UK W balfolk English ceilidh
Bristol Ceilidh Quartet Confluence Hannah Moore
Fri 8 6:00 pm–Sun 10 11:45 pm Ely Folk Festival (Facebook) (Facebook) (Facebook) £38-£120 Ely, UK English ceilidh
Steamchicken Frog on a Bike Harbour Lights Band Rhi Davies Oliver Simons Pam Ross
Sat 9 9:00 am–Wed 13 11:59 pm Les Volcaniques (Facebook) €40-€519 Riom, France W balfolk
Thu 14–Sun 17 Le Son Continu (Facebook) €60-€75 Lourouer Saint Laurent, France W balfolk
Ma Petite Söndörgő Calum Stewart Trio Germán Díaz Lionel Suarez / André Minvielle Groove Factory Lena Jonsson Turfu Cam&Léo Sylvain Giro et le Chant de la Griffe La Machine Renaud Garcia-Fons Artús KKC Orchestra & CPC CentralBal Jérémie Congrega & Friends Duo Meunier-Buteau Duo Michaud-Guérin Radio Tutti & the Barilla Sisters Poolidor Trencadit La Croix Feuillée
Thu 14–Sun 17 Gate to Southwell Festival Southwell, UK English ceilidh
Rum Ram Ruff Blackbeard's Tea Party Filkin's Ensemble
Thu 14 6:00 pm–Sun 17 8:00 pm Les NoctamBals (Facebook) Guingamp, France W balfolk
Fri 15 7:30 pm–Sun 17 12:00 am Boombal at Gentse Feesten (Facebook) (FBB) (FBB) Gent, Belgium W balfolk
Airboxes Sanseveria Phlox Geronimo
Fri 15 3:00 pm–Sun 17 3:00 pm River Rendezvous (Facebook) $95-$171.50 Coshocton, OH, USA contra
Toss the Possum The Mean Lids Gaye Fifer Terry Doyle Carol Kopp
Sat 16 4:00 pm–Thu 21 3:00 pm Stage d'été Folk & Tango (Facebook) Marsaz, France W balfolk
Thu 21–Sun 24 Warwick Folk Festival £83-£166 Warwick, UK English ceilidh contra
Relentless Peeping Tom Vertical Expression Whapweasel Mike Courthold
Thu 21 6:00 pm–Sun 24 4:00 pm POKtańcówka & warsztaty & koncert (Facebook) free Białystok, Poland W Polish
Wowakin Trio Kapela Dejcie Pozór Smetonos Usai
Fri 22–Fri 5 August Grand Bal de l'Europe (Gennetines) Gennetines, France W balfolk
Fri 22–Sun 24 Bridport Folk Festival (Facebook) Bridport, UK W balfolk English ceilidh
No Strings Attached Casterbridge Band Confluence
Fri 22 8:00 pm–Sun 24 2:00 am Balfolk summer weekend (Facebook) 95 PLN Warsaw, Poland W balfolk
Geronimo Hartwin Dhoore Viorel
Sun 24–Sun 31 Ischia Folk 2022 Ischia, Italy W balfolk
Wed 27 5:00 pm–Sun 31 12:00 am Les Basaltiques (Facebook) Puy-en-Velay, France W balfolk
CentralBal Duo Fermé-Exibard Planèze Los Cinc Jaus Barilla Sisters Biais Pelos Baug Duo Rivaud-Lacouchie La Machine Traucaneù
Fri 29–Fri 5 August Sidmouth Folk Festival £64-£340 Sidmouth, UK W English ceilidh contra ECD SCD balfolk scandi
Contrasaurus Nozzy Belshazzar's Feast Mollie & Richard Will Allen De Små Grå Joshua Rowe CentralBal Kirkophany Cock and Bull Band Melrose Ceilidh Band Urban Folk Theory Diatonics Out of Hand Threepenny Bit Lasair Jigfoot Bosun Higgs Random Mrs Midnight's Frog on a Bike The Barber Band Louise Siddons Bob Morgan Charlie Turner Charlotte Rich-Griffin Daisy Black Jake Wood Rhi Davies Rhodri Davies
Sat 30 3:00 pm–Sun 31 11:00 pm Fête des Chavans €20 Château-sur-Allier, France W balfolk
Chaï Duo Pilartz-Gielen CentralBal
August 2022
Fri 5–Fri 12 Broadstairs Folk Week £64-£340 Broadstairs, UK W English ceilidh contra
Banter Cock and Bull Band Fee Lock
Sat 6 9:30 pm–Sun 7 5:38 am Mazurka Klandestina in Prague (Facebook) free Prague, Czechia balfolk
Sun 7–Sat 13 Dance S'More $450-$900 Harrison, ID, USA W contra
Alex Sturbaum and Bryan Lindsay Audrey Knuth and Amy Englesberg Susan Michaels Abigail Hobart
Fri 12–Sun 14 Balance the Bay $30-$175 San Francisco, CA, USA contra
The Syncopaths The Dam Beavers Will Mentor Lindsey Dono
Thu 18–Sun 21 Andanças €80-€100 Campinho, Portugal W balfolk Italian
Fri 19–Sun 21 FolkEast (…) (…) Little Glemham, UK English ceilidh
English Dulcimer Duo Blackbeard's Tea Party
Sat 20–Fri 26 Whitby Folk Week £50-£286 Whitby, UK W English ceilidh contra ECD Irish set
Relentless Oxford NAGS Banter Fiddler's Elbow Out of Hand Token Women Jo Freya and Fi Fraser Melrose Ceilidh Band Peeping Tom Bearded Dragons Ali & Mollie Purcell's Polyphonic Party Stray Chords Vertical Expression Phil Bassindale Barry Goodman Cate Haynes Patrick Rose Martyn Harvey Rhodri Davies Colin Hume Bob Morgan Lynne Render Dave Turner
Sat 20 6:00 pm–Sun 21 12:00 pm Cannings Court French and Breton Dance (Facebook) £15 Dorchester, UK W balfolk
Sunday Jam Roofed With Tigers Duo Fell
Sun 21 9:30 pm–Thu 25 11:30 pm Folk On Stage (Facebook) (Facebook) (Facebook) (Facebook) (Facebook) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) (…) Gooik, Belgium balfolk
Cardboard Cabin Aérokorda Cecilia BA1 Threo Duo De Schepper-Sanczuk
Thu 25–Sun 28 Boombalfestival (Facebook) Lovendegem, Belgium W balfolk
ba.fnu Beat Bouet Trio Broes Cam&Léo Ciac Boum ClaïS Cosmos Chocolat Duo Montanaro-Cavez Duo Dhoore-Geerinck Duo Gestrikt Duo Nello Duo Pilartz-Gielen EmBRUN Koriander La Bachule La Valise Le Grand Barouf Les Bottines Artistiques Loogaroo Naragonia Phlox Rémi Geffroy Sanseveria Thalas Tiennet Simonnin Tralala Lovers Trio Theze-Vandenabeele Triple-X Variomatic
Fri 26–Mon 29 Towersey Festival £77-£162 Middle Claydon, UK W English ceilidh contra balfolk
Banter Cock and Bull Band Diatonics Flowers & Frolics Lasair Oscina Stumpy Oak Tautas Roks Urban Folk Theory Vertical Expression Whapweasel Tim Walker
Fri 26 2:00 pm–Mon 29 6:30 pm Shrewsbury Folk Festival £104.45-£201.83 Shrewsbury, UK W English ceilidh balfolk
Gloworms Threepenny Bit Godot The Rheingans Sisters Token Women Sarah Matthews & Doug Eunson Brown Boots Relentless Bedlam Erin Mansfield Phil Bassindale Peter Clifton Jo Freya Ben Moss Tom Kitching
Fri 26 6:00 pm–Sun 28 12:00 pm Sugar Hill Dance Weekend (Facebook) $10-$55 Bloomington, IN, USA W contra
September 2022
Fri 2–Sat 3 BunkFest Wallingford, UK English ceilidh
Jigfoot Oxford NAGS Jane Bird Aidan Hansell
Fri 2 7:30 pm–Sun 4 5:30 pm Tanz & Folk Festival Oderland (Facebook) Trebnitz, Germany W balfolk
Snaarmaarwaar Sväng Hidrae Lunesk Chablis Familie Gerstenberg
Thu 8 7:00 pm–Sun 11 11:30 pm Numinosum Festival 2022 (Facebook) Warsaw, Poland W balfolk Polish scandi
Adriano Sangineto ba.fnu Duo du Balcon LyraDanz TransFORMACJA Rémi Geffroy TriOblique Wim te Groen Hilde van Belle Mr Folxlide Duo Sienkiewicz Kovecs es Viz
Fri 9–Sun 11 Swanage Folk Festival Swanage, UK English ceilidh
Banter
Fri 9 8:00 pm–Sun 11 11:59 pm 29e Folk Festival Marsinne (Facebook) €42-€65 Marsinne, Belgium W balfolk
Hidrae Adar I Fratelli Tarzanelli Duo Näsbom-Paulson Les Lucioles Cap au Renard Ma Petite Au pied levé Duo Esbelin-Simonnin Airboxes Les Papillons de Nuit A Contrabanda Folk à Donf Le Bour - Bodros Bal O'Gadjo
Sat 10 5:00 pm–Mon 12 1:00 am Bals en Soir (Facebook) Paris, France W balfolk
Bal O'Gadjo Trois fois rien Duo du Balcon
Fri 16–Sun 18 Blowzabella workshops, concert and dance Hamburg, Germany W balfolk
Blowzabella
Fri 16 4:00 pm–Sun 18 11:45 pm Simmelfolk (Facebook) €77-€99 Simmelsdorf, Germany W balfolk
Anke Horling Folksy Groove Agregandado DiaTao Hartwin Dhoore Geronimo Knopfgemurmel Viorel
Fri 16 6:00 pm–Sun 18 3:30 pm Festival Les Bals Combiers (Facebook) 50-86 CHF Le Chenit, Switzerland W balfolk
Héron le Fou TriOblique Terroir Collapse No&Mi Arasta Bazaar Zéphyr Combo
Fri 16 4:00 pm–Sun 18 3:30 pm Echo Summit Dance Camp $300-$330 Sacramento, CA, USA W contra
Eloise & Co. Singularity Bob Isaacs Cis Hinkle
Fri 23 7:30 pm–Sun 25 4:00 pm Spring Equinox Folk Ball and Festival (Facebook) (…) (…) $30-$90 Dunedin, New Zealand W balfolk scandi contra
Folkalyptica Maplewood Anna Bowen & Alan McCulloch Catgut and Steel
Fri 23 7:00 pm–Sun 25 5:00 pm Skeer (Facebook) (…) €35 Vaassen, Netherlands W balfolk
Fri 23 10:30 pm–Sun 25 6:00 pm 14° Kompleanno della Mazurka Klandestina (Facebook) free Milan, Italy balfolk
Sat 24 10:00 am–Sun 25 4:30 pm Polska-Tanz-Wochenende (Facebook) €100 Vienna, Austria W scandi
Fri 30 7:30 pm–Sun 2 October 9:30 pm Folk au Morimont €60 Morimont, France W balfolk
La Chimère Ribambal Jérémie Congrega Kaz Kan Zie Les Zéoles Le Mange Bal Arizonà Diatocello
Fri 30 8:30 pm–Sat 1 October 11:00 pm Festival Folkiri (Facebook) €22-€42 Le Mans, France W balfolk
Duo Pichard-Vincendeau Duo Brotto-Raibaud Trio Loubelya Adar 21 BOuTONS Bargainatt
October 2022
Fri 7–Sun 9 Fall Dance and Music Weekend $225 Harrison, ID, USA W contra
Audacious Banna Damhsa Franny Marr
Fri 7–Sun 9 Festival des Panards (Facebook) Todmorden, UK W balfolk
Duo Pichard-Vincendeau Duo Plard-Prescott Eel Grinders Trio
Fri 7 6:00 pm–Sun 9 4:30 pm Folkfest Hohnstein €49-€72 Hohnstein, Germany W balfolk
Fri 7 4:30 pm–Sun 9 2:30 pm Moondance (Facebook) $65-$280 Pickens, SC, USA W contra
Buzz Band Redbud Ramblers Will Mentor Cis Hinkle
Sat 8–Sun 9 Zweitägiger Tanzkurs Vienna, Austria W balfolk
Sat 15 11:00 am–Sun 16 3:00 pm Weekend dance workshop €31 Berlin, Germany W balfolk
Thu 20 6:00 pm–Sun 23 7:00 pm CaDansa (Facebook) (…) €96.50-€107.50 Steenwijk, Netherlands W balfolk
Bargainatt DiaTon Duo du Balcon Duo Rodriguez-Franceschini Fahrenheit Hialøsa Laouen Loogaroo Mr Folxlide Noiranomis Ti Duo Tref Trio Baladins Variomatic Wim te Groen
Fri 21–Sun 23 Bal Folk Dance Weekend $233 Brasstown, NC, USA W balfolk
Rachel Bell Becky Tracy Susan Kevra
Fri 28 9:00 pm–Sun 30 2:00 am Bal des Friches (Facebook) (Facebook) (…) €24-€28 Cahors, France W balfolk
M'Braia Beat Bouet Trio La Soubirane Les Zéoles
Fri 28 9:00 pm–Tue 1 November 2:00 am XXX FEST-i-BALL (Facebook) €60 Lisbon, Portugal W balfolk
Zé Oliveira Quercus Fol&ar Hartwin Dhoore Alfa Arroba OiO Caamaño & Ameixeiras
Sat 29 10:00 am–Sun 30 11:00 pm Dance Around the World £28-£30 London, UK W English ceilidh ECD Polish
November 2022
Fri 4–Sun 6 Skint (Facebook) Ashover, UK W balfolk scandi contra
Fri 4 4:00 pm–Sun 6 8:00 pm Balfolk Intensive 2022 (Facebook) Nijmegen, Netherlands W balfolk
Thu 10 1:00 pm–Sun 13 12:00 am Loupiote FestiBal (Facebook) €10-€100 Saint-Lieux-lès-Lavaur, France W balfolk
Yenalaba Ciac Boum Chloé UnKloogged Patates Sound System Souches Leni Veríssimo Trio Jérémie Congrega
Fri 11 4:00 pm–Sun 13 4:00 pm JooDäio! Festival (Facebook) 170-210 CHF Basel, Switzerland W balfolk
CaraƆ La Sylva Bal de l'Aube L'air Inconnu Carovana del Bù
Fri 11 4:00 pm–Mon 14 10:00 am Folk Dance, Music and Strawcraft £165-£295 Halsway, UK W ECD English ceilidh
Fri 11 10:00 pm–Sun 13 8:00 pm XI kompleanno della Mazurka Klandestina (Facebook) free Rome, Italy balfolk
Fri 18 4:00 pm–Sun 20 4:00 pm 19th Zesty Contra Weekend £165-£270 Halsway, UK W contra
Ali & Mollie Rhodri Davies Mark Elvins
Fri 25–Sun 27 Wszystkie Mazurki Świata Warsaw, Poland W Polish
Fri 25 8:30 pm–Sun 27 1:45 am 10e Nuit Trad'Actuelle (Facebook) (…) €37 Troyes, France balfolk
Tref Toc Toc Toc Le Grand Barouf Djal La Cuivraille Laüsa La Machine
Fri 25 8:00 pm–Sat 26 11:00 pm Blowzabella session, workshops and dance Holmfirth, UK W balfolk
Blowzabella
Sat 26 7:00 pm–Sun 27 6:30 pm 15 jaar Folkbal Nijmegen (Facebook) (…) €46.50-€53 Nijmegen, Netherlands W balfolk
Hot Griselda EmBRUN Wouter Kuyper Naragonia
December 2022
Fri 2–Sun 4 Fall Frolick $375 Healdsburg, CA, USA W ECD balfolk contra
Audrey Knuth Jon Berger Rebecca King Jim Oakden Jeffrey Spero Christopher Jacoby Sande Gillette
Sat 3 10:00 am–Sun 4 4:30 pm Bal-Folk Tanzkurs (Facebook) €80-€160 Vienna, Austria W balfolk
Sebastian Slameczka
Wed 7 3:00 pm–Thu 8 6:00 pm A mazzurk 'e Stramakkj' (Facebook) Naples, Italy W balfolk Italian
Fri 9 3:00 pm–Sun 11 1:00 am Yuletide Frolick (Facebook) $105 Lawrence, KS, USA W contra
Jambaroque Kaw Creek Wendy Graham
Fri 23 4:00 pm–Tue 27 10:00 am Christmas House Party £370-£560 Halsway, UK W contra
Gareth Kiddier, Linda Game & Hannah Cummings Lynne Render
Mon 26–Sun 1 January Winter CDH (Facebook) $370-$770 Kingsport, TN, USA W contra
Toss the Possum Buzz Band Bob Isaacs Terry Doyle Warren Doyle
Mon 26–Sun 1 January Winter Dance Week $438 Brasstown, NC, USA W contra ECD
Erynn Marshall Carl Jones Karen Axelrod Rachel Bell Daron Douglas Audrey Knuth Noah Van Norstrand Phil Jamison Kalia Kliban Diane Silver
Tue 27 4:00 pm–Sun 1 January 1:00 pm Silvester*Folk Festival (Facebook) Colditz, Germany W balfolk
Arquèthi Bargainatt Diatocello Duo l'Hêtre Heureux Rokkende Vrouwen Duo Montanaro-Cavez KV Express Cam&Léon Geronimo Hartwin Dhoore Viorel L'air Inconnu Cam&Léo Mathæus Bech
Tue 27 4:00 pm–Sun 1 January 4:00 pm Heidi's Silvester-Folk 2022 Witzenhausen, Germany W balfolk
Bargainatt Arquèthi L'air Inconnu Trio Molzahn-Hense-Horwath Bal Affaire Ilmfidelhupf Bal-à-Deux Eins68 Duo Rudi Winkler & Alexander Loch
Thu 29 4:00 pm–Mon 2 January 4:00 pm New Year House Party £325-£515 Halsway, UK W ECD English ceilidh
Rod & Francis Stradling Ted Morse Pat Morse
Fri 30 9:00 pm–Sat 31 11:59 pm Festival Passagem d'Ano (Facebook) Coimbra, Portugal W balfolk
Ahkorda Airboxes Cindazunda Aurélien Claranbaux
Sat 31 2:15 pm–Sun 1 January 1:00 pm Gran Bal di Capodanno (Facebook) €25-€50 Bassano del Grappa, Italy W balfolk
Balarù DuOblique Tona Libre
Sat 31 8:00 pm–Sun 1 January 2:00 pm Réveillon à Meze 34 (Facebook) €25-€59 Mèze, France balfolk
Bal a Zimuts Les Grandes Gigues
January 2023
Fri 13 7:00 pm–Sun 15 10:30 pm Contra Carnivale $120-$195 San Luis Obispo, CA, USA contra
Notorious Riptide The Free Raisins Lindsey Dono Seth Tepfer Will Mentor
Sat 28–Sun 29 Workshops and bal at Auckland Folk Festival Auckland, New Zealand W balfolk
LyraDanz
February 2023
Fri 3 4:30 pm–Sun 5 5:00 pm IVFDF 2023 (…) £15-£60 Exeter, UK W balfolk contra English ceilidh ECD
Shivelight Ygra Jackie Oates & John Spiers Oxford Waits Rhi Davies Louise Siddons
Sat 4 5:00 pm–Sat 11 2:00 pm Winter Workshop Folk & Tango (Facebook) €635-€715 Glandage, France W balfolk
Fri 10–Sun 12 Bayou Bedlam $40 Houston, TX, USA W contra
Stomp Rocket Mary Wesley
Fri 10 5:00 pm–Mon 13 1:00 am Winterlüt 2023 (Facebook) Strasbourg, France W balfolk
Bresier Les Conteuses de Pas Aniez Eta Zeina La Guêpe Planchée
Fri 10 7:00 pm–Sun 12 3:00 pm XIII Bailando Entre Montañas Cercedilla, Spain W balfolk
Duo l'Hêtre Heureux Dadu Dos Duo Laigle-Chiapello
Fri 17–Sun 19 Flurry Festival Saratoga Springs, NY, USA W contra ECD scandi balfolk
Fri 17 7:00 pm–Sat 18 11:00 pm Deepening into Balfolk (Facebook) (Facebook) €18-€30 Vilnius, Lithuania W balfolk
Ignas Dailydė Guoda ŠakarMakar
Thu 23–Sun 26 Peakdance Kinnersley, UK W balfolk scandi
Emily & Simon En Attendant Godot Jess Ward
Fri 24–Tue 28 Bal Costumé (…) Nethen, Belgium balfolk
Fri 24 10:00 pm–Sun 26 4:00 pm Balfolk Dansstage (Facebook) (Facebook) (…) (…) (…) Enschede, Netherlands W balfolk
Ballsy Swing Cam&Léo
Fri 24 7:00 pm–Sun 26 10:30 pm Fiddling Frog $85-$190 Pasadena, CA, USA contra
Root System The Dam Beavers Gaye Fifer Jeremy Korr
March 2023
Fri 3–Sun 5 Festival Folkestoltes 2023 €50 Girona, Spain W balfolk
Les Zéoles Le Bal de l'Ephémère La Gravetat de Coulomb Ball Devot
Mon 6 4:00 pm–Fri 10 10:00 am Contra & Square Dance Week £225-£400 Halsway, UK W contra
English Contra Dance Band Geoff Cubitt
Fri 10 7:30 pm–Sun 12 3:00 pm Beantown Stomp $40-$120 Boston, MA, USA W contra
River Road Eloise & Co. Luke Donforth Lisa Greenleaf
Sat 11 4:00 pm–Fri 17 12:00 pm Hawaii Contra Dance Week $1420-$3100 Pahoa, HI, USA contra
Tangent Gaye Fifer Claire Takemori
Mon 13 4:00 pm–Fri 17 10:00 am French & Breton Dance Week (…) £6-£400 Halsway, UK W balfolk
Richard Heacock & Paul Hutchinson Nigel Eaton
Thu 23 9:00 pm–Sun 26 11:59 pm XXXI FEST-i-BALL (Facebook) Lisbon, Portugal W balfolk
Fri 24 7:00 pm–Sun 26 2:00 pm Set for Spring $60-$120 Dallas, TX, USA W balfolk ECD
Rachel, Susan & David David Millstone
Thu 30 5:00 pm–Sun 2 April 2:00 pm Balfolk Ratisbonne €25-€130 Regensburg, Germany W balfolk
Zéphyr Combo Wouter en de Draak Plume TradTöchter Duo l'Hêtre Heureux Gwyntrawen
Fri 31 4:00 pm–Sun 2 April 4:00 pm Irish Set Dance Weekend £175-£285 Halsway, UK W Irish set
Rise the Dust Maggie Daniel Lucy Slemmings
Fri 31 7:30 pm–Fri 7 April 10:30 pm Contra Holiday in Medieval England (Facebook) (Facebook) $1400 Ely, UK contra
Stringrays Contrasaurus Lisa Greenleaf Rhi Davies
April 2023
Sat 1–Sun 2 Loano Folk 2023 (Facebook) Loano, Italy W balfolk
Topette
March 2023
Fri 31 7:00 pm–Sun 2 April 6:30 pm Epicenter (Facebook) (…) $90-$175 Mill Valley, CA, USA contra
The Latter Day Lizards The Figments Cis Hinkle Lindsey Dono
April 2023
Fri 7 6:00 pm–Mon 10 3:00 am ComSiBal Folk Festival (Facebook) €88-€192 Leuven, Belgium W balfolk
Fahrenheit Hilde van Belle Remi Kesteman Folk à Donf Diatocello Man Encantada Duo du Balcon Mia Marine Balbuzar Maracu Siger
Fri 14 10:00 am–Mon 17 1:30 am Folk Weekend Oxford (Facebook) (…) Oxford, UK English ceilidh balfolk
Helen Gentile & Lewis Wood Geckoes Narthen Guerilla Ceilidh Sheena Masson Jo Freya Fi Fraser
Fri 14 4:00 pm–Sun 16 4:00 pm Halsway Contra Dance Weekend £175-£285 Halsway, UK W contra
Nozzy Rhi Davies Charlotte Rich-Griffin
Fri 14 5:30 pm–Sun 16 4:15 pm Tanz & Folk Festival Berlin (Facebook) €10-€100 Berlin, Germany W balfolk
TFFB Festivalband Knopfgemurmel L'air Inconnu Fior Rémi Geffroy Moore & Moss Lottes Flausen Stefano Baldan
Fri 14 6:00 pm–Sun 16 12:00 am Cadences-bal 2nd edition (Facebook) €38 Lussas, France W balfolk
Chloé UnKloogged Folk You Jérémie Congrega Labo Bicouses Bal O'Gadjo
Mon 17 4:00 pm–Fri 21 10:00 am English & Scottish Dance Week £225-£400 Halsway, UK W ECD SCD
Chris & Julie Dewhurst Frances Richardson
Fri 21–Sun 23 NEFFA Marlborough, MA, USA W contra scandi balfolk
Fri 21–Sun 23 21. Folk-Tanz-Fest Halle, Germany balfolk
Fri 21 4:00 pm–Sun 23 4:00 pm Falconers Dance Club weekend (…) Halsway, UK ECD
The Falconers Lynne Render
Fri 21 7:00 pm–Sun 23 3:00 pm Le Bal du Bout du Village (Facebook) €23-€40 Loueuse, France W balfolk
Plume Poolidor Le Quart d'Heure Picard Les Zéoles Le Mange Bal Clume
Fri 21 6:30 pm–Sun 23 3:00 pm Hands Four Spring Dance Weekend (Facebook) $88-$99 Berea, KY, USA W contra
Wild Asparagus George Marshall
Sat 22 10:00 am–Sun 23 8:00 pm Elfia Haarzuilens (…) (…) Haarzuilens, Netherlands W balfolk
Airboxes Wouter en de Draak Broes Duo De Schepper-Sanczuk
Fri 28–Sun 30 The Phoenix (…) $200 Lenox, MA, USA W ECD
Alchemy Andrew Shaw Graham Christian
Fri 28–Mon 1 May Scandimoot (…) £105-£150 North Yorkshire, UK W scandi
Fredrik Lundberg Olof Kennemark & Pers Alexander Olsson John-Francis Goodacre
Fri 28–Mon 1 May May Heydays at Evesham £48-£97 Evesham, UK W contra ECD balfolk
Doug Eunson and Sarah Matthews English Contra Dance Band Knotted Chord Keeping Thyme The Old Boys' Network Stradivarious Brian Stanton Burt Hunter Cis Hinkle Colin Hume Denise Devonald Geoff Cubitt Kathryn and David Wright Liz Bartlett Louise Siddons Maureen Knight Nicola Scott Paula Evans
Fri 28 4:00 pm–Sun 30 5:00 pm Bal Soleil 110-125 CHF Mogelsberg, St. Gallen, Switzerland W balfolk
Biskaya Sol Do Zéphyr Combo Duo l'Hêtre Heureux
Fri 28 6:00 pm–Sun 30 11:55 pm BalMostFolk 2023 (Facebook) Kraków, Poland W balfolk
Fri 28 6:00 pm–Mon 1 May 2:00 am Folkarria Eco Festi-bal €80-€100 Madrid, Spain W balfolk
Duo Laloy-Letron Duo Pacher-Roblin Caamaño & Ameixeiras Airboxes Loogaroo Giravolt Collado Project La Sylva
Fri 28 7:00 pm–Mon 1 May 6:00 pm Festival Balilas (Facebook) Rennes, France W balfolk
Fahrenheit Peldrut Bal O'Gadjo Duo Artense NIJ Trencadit Zlabya Planchée KV Express Petit Piment
Fri 28 8:00 pm–Mon 1 May 1:00 pm 5. Erlanger Bal Folk Festival 2023 (Facebook) €10-€67 Erlangen, Germany balfolk
Au Gré des Vents BéNéLo Gelée de Groseilles Trio JeanLo EmBRUN J.B. Picot Havok
Fri 28 7:00 pm–Sun 30 4:00 pm Spring Dance Romance (Facebook) $120 Chapel Hill, NC, USA contra
Engine Room Nova Will Mentor Eileen Thorsos
May 2023
Fri 5 5:00 pm–Sun 7 3:00 pm Intensive Workshop: Waltz (Facebook) €180 Mattstedt, Germany W balfolk
Fri 5 4:00 pm–Sun 7 5:00 pm Halsway Playford Assembly £175-£285 Halsway, UK W ECD
Warleggan Village Band Andrew Swaine
Fri 5 6:00 pm–Tue 9 1:00 am Funambals (Facebook) Rillieux-la-Pape, France W balfolk
Fri 5 6:00 pm–Sun 7 1:00 pm Whitewater Whirl $60-$110 Fayetteville, WV, USA W contra ECD
Playing with Fyre Trillium Gaye Fifer Terry Doyle
Fri 12–Fri 19 Spring CDH Kingsport, TN, USA W contra
Fri 12–Sun 14 Hadleigh French Music & Dance Weekend £70 Hadleigh, UK W balfolk
Skolvan Duo Shepherd-Gielen BOF!
Fri 12 9:30 am–Sun 14 3:00 pm Bal na szczycie (Facebook) 270 PLN Wisła, Poland balfolk
Fri 12 2:00 pm–Sun 14 6:00 pm DèFolKastagno (Facebook) €70-€180 Pisa, Italy W balfolk Italian
Roberto Carlotti Di Doux
Fri 12 4:00 pm–Sun 14 10:00 pm Gaia Folk Fest 2023 (Facebook) Flambruzzo, Italy W balfolk
TriOblique Porte Perte Philippe Plard Val Resia
Sat 13 11:00 am–Sun 14 5:30 pm Bal folk and workshop (Facebook) €8-€50 Motz, France W balfolk
Bargainatt Rémi Geffroy
Mon 15 4:00 pm–Fri 19 10:00 am American Contra Dance Week £225-£400 Halsway, UK W contra
English Contra Dance Band Cis Hinkle
Thu 18–Sun 21 37th Leipziger Tanzhausfest Leipzig, Germany W balfolk
Fri 19 1:00 pm–Sun 21 7:00 pm 1. Phönix Festival (Facebook) Leisnig, Germany W balfolk
Lunesk Hidrae Ulman ZiRP Maracu Anna & Fine
Fri 19 1:30 pm–Sun 21 4:00 pm Dafodil 2023 Diest, Belgium W balfolk scandi
Fri 26–Mon 29 FolkMADness Camp $155-$455 Socorro, NM, USA contra
Eloise & Co. Supertrad The Cheap Shots The Parson Sisters Adobe Brothers David Millstone Sue Rosen
Fri 26–Mon 29 Chippenham Folk Festival (Facebook) Chippenham, UK W English ceilidh contra balfolk Irish set scandi SCD ECD
Albireo Banter Chris Dyer & Tom Evans Coldharbour Dave Yeomans, Matt Norman & Marni Rachmiel Emily & The Simons English Contra Dance Band Folk Camps Party Band Joshua & Benjamin Rowe, Ali Messer & David Ledsam Kirkophany Old Spot Out of Hand Stradivarious Urban Folk Theory Vertical Expression Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer Will Allen WillPower Andrew Swaine Bob Morgan David Wright Frances Richardson Jake Wood Kathryn Wright Rhi Davies Rhodri Davies Victoria Yeomans
Fri 26 6:00 pm–Sun 28 6:00 pm Woodfolk Festival 2023 (Facebook) Taipana, Italy W balfolk
Fri 26 7:00 pm–Sun 28 8:00 pm Balayvré Le Mans, France W balfolk
Fri 26 1:45 pm–Mon 29 5:00 pm Camp Sturtevant Los Angeles, CA, USA contra
Uncle Farmer Susan Petrick
Sat 27 12:00 am–Mon 29 3:00 pm Weekend de Pentecôte au Moulin d'Andé (Facebook) €420-€720 Val-de-Reuil, France contra
Larry Unger & Karina Wilson Will Mentor
June 2023
Fri 2 5:00 pm–Sun 4 1:00 pm Musik- und Tanzfest Krebsow 2023 €15-€75 Krebsow, Germany W balfolk
Duo Pastis Kombo Kalèsch SpielMeute TradTöchter
Mon 5 4:00 pm–Fri 9 10:00 am French Music & Dance Week (…) £6-£400 Halsway, UK W balfolk
Didier Oliver & Emmanuel Pariselle
Thu 8–Sun 11 Peakdance £180-£270 Kinnersley, UK W balfolk scandi
En Attendant Godot Sian & Paul
Thu 8 3:00 pm–Sun 11 8:00 pm RenoFolk Festival (Facebook) €85 Bologna, Italy W balfolk
ba.fnu Lampetròn Petit Piment Rógairí Móra Irish Band Beat Bouet Trio Ensemble Invisibile Ballaveu Musicanti d'la Bása Trio Loubelya Shillelagh Iskraria Accordzéâm
Fri 9–Sun 11 LCFD Spring Camp Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD
Fri 9 7:30 pm–Sun 11 5:00 pm Flamingo Fling (Facebook) (…) $50-$125 Oklahoma City, OK, USA contra
Stomp Rocket Diane Silver
Mon 12 4:00 pm–Fri 16 10:00 am Summer Country Dance Week (Facebook) £225-£400 Halsway, UK W contra ECD
Ali, Jane & Meg Mark Elvins
Fri 16–Sun 18 Lichfield Folk Festival Lichfield, UK W contra ECD
Sat 17–Sat 24 Dance, Music & Spice $950 Lexington, MI, USA W contra ECD
Mon 19–Thu 22 4 day workshop €225 Zwolle, Netherlands W balfolk
Thu 22 8:00 pm–Sun 25 4:30 pm Folk Weekend Mattstedt Mattstedt, Germany W balfolk
Thu 29 3:00 pm–Sun 2 July 4:00 pm Dañserlà 2023 €35-€150 Erlangen, Germany W balfolk
Shillelagh CentralBal Patxi eta Konpania Snaarmaarwaar Trio Forj LyraDanz Ti Duo Mótha B-Key&Anke No&Mi BAL LAB Duo Bothe-Molzahn Alfelder Musikanten
Thu 29 3:00 pm–Tue 4 July 10:00 am July 4th Session $383-$393 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD
Alchemy Night Watch
Fri 30 8:00 pm–Sun 2 July 8:00 pm Bals et Roses (Facebook) Florenville, Belgium W balfolk
Duo Laloy-Letron Trivelin EmBRUN Manäcken 3..4 Filenko Farem Tot Petar Kafe Koefet Naragonia Bal à Oli La Rawette LyraDanz Shillelagh
Fri 30 7:00 pm–Sun 2 July 4:30 pm Stegastomp (Facebook) £45-£90 Harbury, UK W contra
Contrasaurus Bob Morgan Rachel Shapiro-Wallace
July 2023
Mon 3–Fri 7 English-Scottish-Contra session Plymouth, MA, USA W SCD contra ECD
Mon 3–Sat 8 Gran Bal Trad (Vialfre) Vialfre, Italy W balfolk Italian Irish set ECD
Thu 6 6:30 pm–Sun 9 11:59 pm Loupiote Festival #3 (Facebook) (…) €70-€150 Gaillac, France W balfolk
Naragonia Vilma Talvitie Duo Des Cimes Petit Piment INUI Le Gros Trio La Machine Balaphonik Sound System Ivan du Rêve Forró Da Lua Roux Matins Maug x Ginette
Fri 7–Mon 10 Scottish Session I Plymouth, MA, USA W SCD
Fri 7 6:00 pm–Sun 9 11:45 pm Ely Folk Festival Ely, UK English ceilidh
Banter
Mon 10–Sat 15 Scottish Session II Plymouth, MA, USA W SCD
Thu 13 1:00 pm–Mon 17 4:00 am Le Son Continu (Facebook) €69-€79 Lourouer Saint Laurent, France W balfolk
Danièl Frouvelle Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino Princesse Miska Duo Absynthe Storm Le Mange Bal Duo Chabenat-Heiderich The Bonny Men Fublène Duo Azare Bourrasque L'Ombre de la Bête Plume Oscar Ibáñez & Tribo Balam Duo Cavez-Paulson Petit Piment La Grand' Bête La Chimère Cocanha Mugar Arbadétorne Plantec
Fri 14 6:00 pm–Sat 15 5:30 am Teknibal (Facebook) €16-€25 Paris, France W balfolk
Ciac Boum Cocanha Turfu Zlabya Vénus Club
Fri 14 5:00 pm–Mon 17 2:00 am Dançarão (Facebook) (…) €60 Mação, Portugal balfolk
Caamaño & Ameixeiras Flor da Pele Duo Laloy-Letron Folky Bal'boa Sultopia Sebastião Antunes & Quadrilha Zaroj Espiral
Sat 15–Sat 22 Family Week at Pinewoods $67-$950 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD
Thu 20–Sun 23 Vertanzt - Nordic Edition (…) 150-195 CHF Röthenbach im Emmental, Bern, Switzerland W balfolk Irish céilí scandi
Fri 21–Fri 4 August Grand Bal de l'Europe (Gennetines) Gennetines, France W balfolk scandi Irish set English ceilidh Italian ECD
Sat 22–Sat 29 American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods $950 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra
Wed 26 12:12 pm–Mon 31 12:12 pm ZAP FEST 2023 (Facebook) €180 Rocca Corneta, Italy W balfolk Italian
I Suonatori della Valle del Savena Karamaus Fanfarròni Viorel Morwenn & Ronan Pinc Argan Quintet TriOblique Sanseveria Magma Imnari Initium Duo Zhao-Spriet Loogaroo
Fri 28 3:00 pm–Fri 4 August 11:30 am Summer CDH $160-$250 Mountain City, TN, USA W contra
Toss the Possum Drive Trail Terry Doyle Bob Isaacs
Sat 29–Sat 5 August Harmony of Song & Dance $950 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD
August 2023
Fri 4–Fri 11 Sidmouth Folk Festival £164-£549 Sidmouth, UK W English ceilidh contra ECD SCD balfolk scandi Irish set
Linda Game Band Bearded Dragons Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer Banter Brown Boots Flowers & Frolics New Bees Out of Hand Relentless Stumpy Oak Token Women Whapweasel Mrs Midnight's The Barber Band EFDSS Workshop Ceilidh Band Fayre Play Oscina Will Mentor Rhodri Davies Andrew Swaine Lynne Render
Sat 5–Sat 12 English Dance Week $950 Plymouth, MA, USA W ECD
Sun 6 4:00 pm–Sat 12 1:00 pm Dance S'More 2023 (Facebook) $465-$750 Harrison, ID, USA W contra
Alex Sturbaum and Bryan Lindsay Audrey Knuth and Amy Englesberg Lindsey Dono Susan Michaels
Fri 11 11:00 am–Sun 13 7:30 pm Asta'Folk 2023 (Facebook) €35-€95 Astaffort, France W balfolk
ThouxAzun Rémi Geffroy Garenne La Vesina Naragonia Adar Chaï
Fri 11 2:00 pm–Tue 15 10:00 am Shapes of Balfolk (Facebook) 1250 PLN Zakopane, Poland W balfolk
Jérémie Congrega
Fri 11 6:30 pm–Sun 13 11:45 pm Fête de l'Accordéon (Facebook) Luzy, France W balfolk
Sat 12–Sat 19 Early Music Week $990 Plymouth, MA, USA W ECD
Fri 11 7:30 pm–Sun 13 10:00 pm Balance the Bay (Facebook) $30-$180 San Francisco, CA, USA contra
Nova The Gaslight Tinkers Lisa Greenleaf Michael Karcher
Sat 12 9:30 pm–Sun 13 5:47 am Mazurka Klandestina (Facebook) free Prague, Czechia balfolk
Sun 13–Sat 19 Family Week Poland, ME, USA W contra ECD
Sun 13 9:00 am–Fri 18 12:00 pm Ballinsé (Facebook) Panni, Italy W balfolk
Plantec Mascarimirì Duo Amati Scatigna Trio Baladins Cosmopoly
Mon 14–Sun 20 Cascade of Music and Dance $63-$915 Cascade, MD, USA W contra ECD
Mon 14 4:00 pm–Mon 21 10:00 am Halsway Folk Dance Holiday £355-£570 Halsway, UK W ECD
Richard Jones & Chris Jewell Geoff Cubitt
Tue 15 9:00 pm–Sun 20 2:00 am Etétrad 2023 (Facebook) €45-€56 Fenis, Italy W balfolk Italian
Baìa Trio e Renat Sette Bojana Krunić and The Balkan Orkestar of Madness Chœur Chantenvers Chœur Ouvert – Pitularita Djal Duo Moulin Estremìa Fublène Geronimo Duo Chabenat-Heiderich Janick Martin KKC Orchestra & CPC Le Mange Bal Lhi Balòs Shantel & Bucovina Club Soundsystem Staffora Bluzer Tavola Tonda Tribeba Violons Volants Walden
Wed 16–Wed 23 Le Gros Bal Du Vercors €15-€105 La Chapelle en Vercors, France W balfolk
Fri 18 7:00 pm–Sun 20 7:00 pm Cannings Court French and Breton Dance (Facebook) £17 Dorchester, UK balfolk
Dave Faulkner & Steve Turner Wod
Sat 19 7:30 pm–Fri 25 11:59 pm Whitby Folk Week (Facebook) £70-£323 Whitby, UK W English ceilidh contra ECD Irish set
Brown Boots Boogie Band Narthen Banter Hedgehog's Skin Steamchicken Powerhouse Melrose Ceilidh Band Peeping Tom Ali, Alan & Marni Edward Wallace & Heather McAslan The Falconers Matt Norman & Gareth Kiddier Stray Chords Emma Wooders Jo Freya Fi Fraser Martin Clarke Barry Evans John Brown Lisa Heywood Martyn Harvey Ian Nichols Brooke Friendly Nicola Scott Ivan Aitken Bernie Culkin Mike Courthold Rachel Shapiro-Wallace
Sat 19 9:30 pm–Thu 24 12:00 am Folk On Stage (Facebook) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) (…) Gooik, Belgium balfolk
Flor de Zinc Phlox Duo Clercx Aghoea Samenspel Bal O.l.v. Josefien Vercruysse & Bert Ruymbeek Warmoes
Wed 23 8:00 pm–Sun 27 11:59 pm Boombalfestival (Facebook) Lovendegem, Belgium W balfolk
Plume Petit Piment Cam&Léo Trio14 Turbobal Naragonia Duo Clercx Noiranomis Warmoes Zlabya Supernovas Emily & The Simons KV Express TriBoT Man Encantada Floris & the Flames Lucas Thébaut Les Zéoles Nisia Trio Parasol LyraDanz Tref Duo Absynthe
Fri 25–Mon 28 Towersey Festival Middle Claydon, UK W English ceilidh contra balfolk
Bargainatt Kirkophany Dartmoor Pixie Band Threepenny Bit Granny's Attic Pepping Tom Guerilla Ceilidh James Delarre & Saul Rose Folk Camps Party Band Frog on a Bike Powerhouse 3Sticks Crowdy-Kit Fred, Odhran & Ben
Fri 25 2:00 pm–Mon 28 6:30 pm Shrewsbury Folk Festival £113.91-£218.90 Shrewsbury, UK W English ceilidh balfolk contra
Bagas Fallyon The Canny Band EFDSS Ceilidh Band Lasair Leveret Lil Jim Melrose Ceilidh Band Old Spot Oscina Peeping Tom Topette Whapweasel Erin Mansfield Tom Kitching Fi Fraser Phil Bassindale Sheena Masson Lisa Heywood Kerry Fletcher Fee Lock Nick Walden
Fri 25 4:00 pm–Wed 30 11:00 am Summer Days (Facebook) Kinnersley, UK W balfolk scandi
Bargainatt Duo Jonsson-Coudroy Man Encantada Kaleidoscope Julian Sutton Mike & Blanche Steve Turner
September 2023
Fri 1–Mon 4 Labor Day Dance Away Julian, CA, USA contra
Fri 1 4:00 pm–Sun 3 12:00 pm ComSiBal workshop weekend (Facebook) (FBB) €10-€200 Leuven, Belgium W balfolk
Le Bal de l'Ephémère Duo Gestrikt
Sat 2–Sun 3 Mazurka Klandestina (Facebook) Trento, Italy balfolk
Thu 7–Sun 10 Bromyard Folk Festival (Facebook) Bromyard, UK W contra English ceilidh
The Falconers Linda Game Band JV & Folk The Jovial Crew Peeping Tom Tautas Roks Whapweasel Mike Courthold Sheena Masson Brian Stanton Charlie Turner Pete Rees Hayden Coates
Thu 7 6:00 pm–Sun 10 11:45 pm Numinosum Festival 2023 (Facebook) 350 PLN Warsaw, Poland W balfolk Polish
Adriano Sangineto Airboxes Balladum Geronimo LyraDanz ŠakarMakar Snaarmaarwaar Stefano Baldan Viorel Wim te Groen
Fri 8–Sun 10 Big Branch Balfolk Gathering (Facebook) $125-$225 Kingston, Ontario, Canada W balfolk
Eloise & Co.
Fri 8 6:00 pm–Sun 10 5:00 pm Hathersage Village Hop Hathersage, UK balfolk scandi
Fri 8 8:00 pm–Mon 11 12:00 am 30e Folk Festival Marsinne (Facebook) €55-€75 Marsinne, Belgium W balfolk
Kongero Le Bal de Marie Galante Accords Perdus La Cuivraille Arquèthi Tout Bout D'chants Flic Flac Folk Duo Vargoz Planchée Duo De Schepper-Sanczuk Youmi Bazoge Olivier Cap Emmanuelle Bouthillier Ciac Boum Duo Rivaud-Lacouchie Noiranomis Ormuz Hamon Martin Quintet Trio14 Anouk Sanczuk
Fri 8 8:00 pm–Sun 10 7:00 pm Bun'Bal Fol 2023 (Facebook) Lauriano, Italy balfolk
La Sylva Le Bal de l'Ephémère Bal O'Gadjo Duo Pastis Tralala Lovers Rhizottome Dominique Bourdin Zlabya Cam&Léo Naragonia
Sat 9 4:00 pm–Sun 10 11:59 pm Sagra Folk Bassano '23 (Facebook) free-€45 Bassano del Grappa, Italy W balfolk
Naragonia Karamaus
Fri 15–Sun 17 Simmelfolk Simmelsdorf, Germany W balfolk
Duo Bothe-Molzahn L'air Inconnu L'Aube de Bale Luca Fiorini Bassd scho Emily & The Simons
Fri 15 9:30 pm–Sun 17 7:00 pm Berguedà Folk Festival (Facebook) Barcelona, Spain W balfolk
Bal O'Gadjo LyraDanz Flowk Ciac Boum Man Encantada Parapente700 Sabor de Gràcia Accordzéâm Les Aoédées Verge de Sosa Es Jai de sa Barraqueta
Sat 16 10:00 am–Sun 17 7:00 pm Elfia Arcen (…) (…) Arcen, Netherlands W balfolk
Cardboard Cabin Duo Clercx Airboxes EmBRUN
Sat 16 10:00 pm–Sun 17 7:00 am Seventh Trieste Klandestina (Facebook) free Trieste, Italy balfolk
Fri 22 4:00 pm–Sun 24 4:00 pm Halsway Harvest Weekend Halsway, UK W ECD
Dampier's Round Brian Stanton Judith Inman Pat Hicks Rob Dawson
Fri 22 6:00 pm–Sun 24 5:00 pm Skeer (Facebook) (…) €40 Vaassen, Netherlands W balfolk
Fri 22 7:00 pm–Sun 24 5:00 pm XIV Bailando Entre Montañas (Facebook) €75 Madrid, Spain W balfolk
Bal do Mero Vegetal Jam Zaroj Adriano Sangineto
Sat 23 3:00 pm–Sun 24 3:00 pm Archam+Geronimo (Facebook) €10 Sasso Morelli, Italy W balfolk
Archam Geronimo
Fri 29–Sun 1 October Adirondack Dance Weekend $150-$675 Silver Bay, NY, USA W balfolk contra ECD
Red Case Band
Fri 29 6:00 pm–Sun 1 October 5:30 pm Folkirrika 2023 €75 Kuartango, Spain W balfolk
Adar Grand Balthazar DiaTao Patxi Montero Duo
Fri 29 6:00 pm–Sun 1 October 4:00 pm Cascade Contras on the River (…) (…) $120-$170 Springfield, OR, USA W contra
The Dam Beavers Bozzy MaCoo Michael Karcher Susan Petrick
October 2023
Mon 2 4:00 pm–Fri 6 10:00 am Autumn American Contra Dance Week £225-£400 Halsway, UK W contra
English Contra Dance Band Seth Tepfer
Fri 6–Sun 8 Fall Dance and Music Weekend $195-$350 Harrison, ID, USA W contra scandi
Engine Room Laurie Andres George Marshall
Fri 6–Sun 8 Folk au Morimont €60 Morimont, France W balfolk
3 Pas d’Ici GRO La Sylva Platane DRY Duo Nello Femti Fem La Sialyre
Fri 6 5:00 pm–Sun 8 10:00 pm Gaia Folk Fest (Facebook) Flambruzzo, Italy W balfolk
Duo Absynthe Duo Ballantimes Rudemà Gerard Godon
Fri 6 8:00 pm–Sun 8 4:00 pm Festival des Panards (Facebook) (…) Todmorden, UK W balfolk
Gallica Trio Duo Blain-Leyzour Duo Cheul-Rigal The Wendigo Oscina
Sat 7 10:00 am–Sun 8 4:00 pm Folk bal and workshop (Facebook) Wellington, New Zealand W balfolk
Sat 7 9:30 am–Sun 8 5:00 pm American Dance Weekend (Facebook) £50 Alcester, UK W contra
Mollie & Vic Matt & Ali Mollie, Ali, Matt & Vic Vertical Expression Seth Tepfer Ivan Aitken
Fri 13–Sun 15 Harvest Moon $70-$175 Santa Barbara, CA, USA contra
Stringrays Eloise & Co. Will Mentor Jacqui Grennan
Fri 20 3:00 pm–Mon 23 11:00 pm Wellington Folk Festival (Facebook) $85-$190 Wellington, New Zealand W balfolk Irish set Scottish cèilidh
Fri 20 7:00 pm–Sun 22 2:00 am Le Bal des Vampires (Facebook) €30 Châtillon-en-Diois, France balfolk
Zef Duo Billebaude Aurélien Claranbaux Bez Orchestra Kloog Edentia Chloé
Fri 20 7:00 pm–Sun 22 3:00 pm Cenizas Festival €140 Cercedilla, Spain W balfolk
Arizonà Yanyk
Thu 26 6:00 pm–Sun 29 7:00 pm CaDansa (Facebook) (…) €105-€165 Steenwijk, Netherlands W balfolk
Barbara Negra Bargainatt Two Catch a Raindrop Broes Les Conteuses de Pas Monsieur Fruits Wouter en de Draak Beat Bouet Trio Duo Tanghe-Coudroy L'air Inconnu La Réveilleuse Marie Paulette Maarten Decombel & Toon Van Mierlo Itchy Fingers Naragonia Quartet
Thu 26 7:00 pm–Sun 29 8:00 pm Tchitchoubal 2023 - 8ème édition (Facebook) (…) €0-€50 Aix-en-Provence, France W balfolk
Naragonia Petit Piment Groove Factory Le Grand Barouf Las Orgas Dekolaz
Fri 27–Sun 29 Music City Masquerade (CDSS) $104-$150 Nashville, TN, USA contra
Lisa Greenleaf
Fri 27 4:00 pm–Sun 29 5:00 pm 40th Folktage Ilmenau Ilmenau, Germany W balfolk
L'air Inconnu Bal Affaire Emily & The Simons JB
Fri 27 3:00 pm–Sun 29 3:00 pm Boo Camp (CDSS) $200-$320 Torreon, NM, USA contra
Fri 27 8:00 pm–Sun 29 3:30 pm Fall Dance Weekend (Facebook) (CDSS) $60-$120 Pittsburgh, PA, USA contra ECD
Stomp Rocket Supertrad Gaye Fifer Janine Smith Michael Karchar
November 2023
Fri 3 3:00 pm–Sun 5 4:00 pm Annabergfest 2023 ~€200 Bonn, Germany W balfolk
Out of the Box Tanzkur KoAn Soeurs du Coeur Andreas Neumann & Marcus Krimmer Duo Vandenabeele-Knapen Kördeböf
Fri 3 5:00 pm–Sun 5 6:30 pm NAIF Balfolk Festival (Facebook) Naples, Italy W balfolk Italian
Loogaroo Les Bottines Artistiques Arbadétorne Airboxes Duo De Schepper-Souvandjiev Pablo Golder Guus Herremans Cheffolk Sette Bocche
Fri 3 5:00 pm–Sun 5 5:00 pm Skint (Facebook) Ashover, UK W balfolk scandi
Fri 3 6:30 pm–Sun 5 10:00 pm Foggy Moon Contra Dance Weekend (CDSS) Monterey, CA, USA W contra
Elixir The Free Raisins Lindsey Dono Nils Fredland
Fri 3 7:30 pm–Sun 5 12:30 pm Fairfolk Dancers 29th Annual English Country Dance Weekend (CDSS) $175 Fairfield, IA, USA W ECD
Bare Necessities Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
Fri 10 6:00 pm–Sun 12 6:00 pm JooDäio! Festival (Facebook) 160-180 CHF Basel, Switzerland W balfolk
Ciac Boum Grand Balthazar Arizonà Duo Brunel-Miro Clume Sara Bandlow
Fri 10 5:00 pm–Sun 12 3:15 pm Head for the Hills (CDSS) $115-$225 Kunkletown, PA, USA W balfolk contra ECD
A Joyful Noise Brooklyn Swing Ensemble Millserati Raise the Roof TWeLve Dave Rupp Donna Hunt Michael Karcher Robert Mills Ted Rudofker
Fri 17 3:00 pm–Sun 19 10:00 pm Balfolk Intensive 2023 (Facebook) Nijmegen, Netherlands W balfolk
Fri 17 7:00 pm–Sun 19 2:00 pm Fire Ant Frolic (CDSS) Austin, TX, USA W contra
Contraverts Playing with Fyre Bob Isaacs Marc Airhart Rich MacMath
Fri 17 5:00 pm–Sun 19 4:00 pm Fall Frolick (CDSS) $395 Healdsburg, CA, USA W ECD
Alex Cumming Caroline McCaskey Patti Cobb Audrey Jaber Christopher Jacoby Rebecca King Bridget Whitehead Dan Blim Kalia Kliban
Fri 24–Sun 26 Hummelkurs Bad Kreuznach, Germany W balfolk
Fri 24 4:00 pm–Sat 25 12:00 pm WinterTanz (Facebook) St. Gallen, Switzerland balfolk
Biskaya
December 2023
Thu 7 6:00 pm–Sat 9 9:00 am XIV Kompleanno MK Partenopea (Facebook) Naples, Italy balfolk
Sat 9–Sun 10 Midwinter Fair (…) Alphen aan de Rijn, Netherlands W balfolk
Aérokorda EmBRUN Kelten zonder Grenzen Wim te Groen
Fri 15 5:00 pm–Sun 17 2:00 pm Infinitumball (Facebook) €25-€60 Vilnius, Lithuania W balfolk
ŠakarMakar Guoda Gabrielė Pukelytė DuOblique
Fri 15 7:30 pm–Sat 16 10:30 am Balfolk at Gaia Terra (Facebook) €12 Flambruzzo, Italy balfolk
Pianofolk Duo
Wed 27 4:00 pm–Mon 1 January 1:00 pm Silvester*Folk Festival (Facebook) Colditz, Germany W balfolk
Airboxes Noiranomis Mathæus Bech Quintet Nubia Emily & The Simons Familie Gerstenberg Duo FA Plume Marion & Steve Wouter en de Draak La Sylva GrandLoup
Thu 28–Tue 2 January Folk Marathon Palermo, Italy W balfolk
January 2024
Fri 5–Sat 6 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra
Audacious Frannie Marr
Fri 5–Sun 7 Chambana Jan Jam Urbana, IL, USA W contra
Eupohr Turnip the Beet Meadowhawk Sarah Kaiser Georges Augustin Nedra McNeil
Fri 12–Sun 14 Contra Carnivale San Luis Obispo, CA, USA W contra
Elixir The Syncopaths Eloise & Co. Nils Fredland Cis Hinkle Susan Petrick
Fri 12 7:30 pm–Sat 13 10:00 pm 36th Ralph Page Dance Event (CDSS) (CDSS) (CDSS) (CDSS) (CDSS) $40-$65 Worcester, MA, USA W contra
Sugar River Band Canterbury Dance Orchestra Tod Whittemore Lisa Greenleaf Dudley Laufman
Wed 17 4:00 pm–Sun 21 6:00 pm Les Trad'Hivernales 2024 (Facebook) Sommières, France balfolk
Fri 19 6:00 pm–Sun 21 6:00 pm Prague Balfolk Weekend (Facebook) Prague, Czechia W balfolk
ba.fnu Geronimo LyraDanz Duo Cardamon Duo l'Hêtre Heureux Balsam Tribal Jaze Marina Lazar TriBoT BAL LAB
Sat 20 2:30 pm–Sun 21 3:30 pm French Mazurka (Facebook) 100-150 PLN Gdynia, Poland W balfolk
Fri 26–Sat 27 Contra Swing Shift Weekend $32-$55 Berea, KY, USA W contra ECD
Meadowhawk Charley Harvey
Fri 26 7:00 pm–Sun 28 1:30 pm Balactée 2024 €36-€170 Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse, France W balfolk
Guilhem Desq Patates Sound System Cam&Léo Plume GrandLoup Duo Augendre Fradin
Fri 26 7:00 pm–Sun 28 4:00 pm Dansstage (Facebook) (…) (…) (…) Enschede, Netherlands W balfolk
Emelie Waldken DuOblique Parapente700 Snaarmaarwaar Thézé Quartet Zlabya
Fri 26 6:00 pm–Sun 28 2:00 pm Snow Ball Dance Weekend (CDSS) $120-$135 Gulfport, FL, USA W contra
Kingfisher Nova Janine Smith Will Mentor
February 2024
Fri 2–Sat 3 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra
Mary Wesley
Fri 2–Sun 4 Supersonic Seattle, WA, USA W contra
Notorious Playing with Fyre Seth Tepfer Will Mentor
Fri 2 7:30 pm–Sun 4 9:00 am Grand Bal des Chaudoudoux (Facebook) Le Vigan, France W balfolk
Fri 2 7:30 pm–Sun 4 1:30 pm Asheville Mid-Winter ECD Weekend (CDSS) $110-$125 Asheville, NC, USA W ECD
Sat 3 2:00 pm–Mon 5 1:00 am Balfest'Day (…) 600 TL Istanbul, Turkey W balfolk
A Cantadora de Histórias The Schwänzeltanz Loogaroo Deli Reçel
Wed 7–Wed 14 Tropical Dance Vacation St Croix, US Virgin Islands W contra
Wild Asparagus George Marshall Lisa Greenleaf
Fri 9–Sun 11 Cabin Fever Knoxville, TN, USA W contra
Hot Coffee Breakdown Baba Yaga's Stew Timothy Klein
Fri 9–Sun 11 Entrudanças €20-€50 Entradas, Portugal W balfolk
Fri 9 7:30 pm–Sun 11 7:30 pm Bayou Bedlam (CDSS) Houston, TX, USA W contra
The Dam Beavers Gaye Fifer
Fri 9 8:00 pm–Sat 10 10:30 pm Phoenix Winter Frolic (CDSS) $15-$75 Phoenix, AZ, USA contra
Joyance Christine Merryman
Fri 16–Sun 18 Corvallis Contra Dance Weekend Corvallis, OR, USA W contra
Riptide The Fiddle Hellions Frannie Marr Julian Blechner
Fri 16 7:00 pm–Sun 18 5:00 pm XV Bailando Entre Montañas (Facebook) €95-€145 Cercedilla, Spain W balfolk
Airboxes Parapente700 Lucas Thébaut Akdeniz
Fri 16 8:30 pm–Sun 18 5:00 pm IVFDF 2024 (Facebook) York, UK W balfolk contra English ceilidh ECD SCD
Matt & Ali Bearded Dragons Blackbeard's Tea Party Contrary Faeries Emily & Simon FiddlersWreck Portmanteau Shamrock Experience Weaver and Wood Ben Couper Colin Hume Charlie Turner Gordon Potts Jack Kanutin Lauren Catlin Michael Jary Rhodri Davies Sam Smith
Fri 16 7:00 pm–Sun 18 7:00 pm Dance Flurry Festival (CDSS) Saratoga Springs, NY, USA W contra ECD scandi balfolk
Countercurrent Engine Room River Road Supertrad Adina Gordon Bob Isaacs Liz Nelson Isaac Banner Lisa Greenleaf
Sat 17 6:00 pm–Sat 24 2:00 pm Folk & Tango Winter Workshop (Facebook) €615-€795 Glandage, France W balfolk
Thu 22 8:00 pm–Sun 25 4:00 pm Umefolk (Facebook) 540-620 SEK Umeå, Sweden W scandi
Adam Agee & Jon Sousa Anders Löfberg Anna Rynefors & Anna Cederqvist Appendix Birka Folkhögskola Utavessing Bordun Broparkens Spelmadammer Kläppsjöns Klagan Framnäs Folkhögskola Fränder Fårfiolerna Kalasorkestern Kapellsfolk Katarina Barruk Lunnefolk MP3 Stockholms Kulturskola Folkmusikensemble Ugarit Umeå Spelmanslag V-dala Spelmanslag VästkustFolk Wästerbottn Folkband
Fri 23–Sun 25 Folkestoltes 2024 Girona, Spain W balfolk
Fri 23 4:00 pm–Mon 26 1:00 am Winterlüt (Facebook) Strasbourg, France W balfolk
Fri 23 6:00 pm–Mon 26 1:00 am Balfolk.pl Festival (Facebook) Warsaw, Poland W balfolk
Bargainatt Duo du Balcon Duo l'Hêtre Heureux Fahrenheit Light Migrations Lucas Thébaut Ti Duo Wings & Tales ZiRP
Fri 23 6:30 pm–Sun 25 11:15 pm Fiddling Frog (CDSS) Pasadena, CA, USA contra
Engine Room Stomp Rocket Lisa Greenleaf Susan Michaels
March 2024
Fri 1–Sat 2 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra
The Old-Time Superstars Will Mentor
Fri 1 1:30 pm–Sat 2 11:55 pm Bal 2 Nuits €25-€50 Vierzon, France W balfolk
Duo Rivaud-Lacouchie Naragonia La Bachule Eben Duo Vargoz Moizbat
Mon 4 4:00 pm–Fri 8 10:00 am Contra and Square Dance Week £240-£430 Halsway, UK W contra
English Contra Dance Band Geoff Cubitt
Fri 8 4:00 pm–Sun 10 4:00 pm Carolina Meltdown (CDSS) Lake Wylie, SC, USA W contra
The Syncopaths Drive Train Seth Tepfer Diane Silver
Sat 9–Sun 10 Hash Dance Weekend (CDSS) Glen Echo, MD, USA W contra
River Road Ice Cream Truckers Will Mentor Alex Deis-Lauby
Sat 9 10:00 am–Sun 10 12:30 pm Sun Assembly Spring DanceFest (CDSS) $80 Durham, NC, USA W ECD
Mon 11 4:00 pm–Fri 15 10:00 am French & Breton Dance Week £240-£430 Halsway, UK W balfolk
Fri 15–Sun 17 Beantown Stomp Cambridge, MA, USA W contra
The Mean Lids The Figments Maia McCormick Will Mentor
Fri 15 4:00 pm–Sun 17 7:00 pm MärzTanz Festival (Facebook) €70-€130 Chemnitz, Germany W balfolk
Ginkgo Mara & Fine Eins68 Emily & The Simons Duo Bothe-Molzahn Duo Nello Angelina & Ulli
Fri 15 6:00 pm–Sun 17 2:00 pm Spring Swedish Music & Dance Weekend $150-$325 Dodgeville, WI, USA W scandi
Fri 15 7:00 pm–Sun 17 3:00 pm Spring Breakdown Dance Weekend (CDSS) $105-$115 Columbia, MO, USA W contra
Nova Emily Rush
Thu 21 6:45 pm–Sun 24 2:00 pm Balfolk Ratisbonne €90-€140 Regensburg, Germany W balfolk
Duo Zeitarbeit La Sylva Rokkende Vrouwen Duo Fiorini & Brunel Laüsa Duo l'Hêtre Heureux Autour de Bȃle
Fri 22–Sun 24 Boulder Scandinavian Weekend $150 Boulder, CO, USA W scandi
Fri 22 8:00 pm–Sun 24 2:00 pm Nuit du Folk de Gap €18-€25 Gap, France W balfolk
Ciac Boum LyraDanz Trencadit Youk Trio Kaleidoscope
Fri 22 4:30 pm–Sun 24 3:00 pm Spring @ Sautee $100-$135 Helena, GA, USA W contra
Hot Coffee Breakdown ContraForce DJ TacoShel Terry Doyle Seth Tepfer
Fri 22 9:30 pm–Sun 24 11:55 pm XXXIII FEST-i-BALL (Facebook) Lisbon, Portugal W balfolk
La Sylva Shillelagh Duo Niepold-Cutting
Fri 22 6:00 pm–Sun 24 3:00 pm Pigtown Fling (CDSS) (CDSS) $110-$130 Cincinnati, OH, USA W contra
Elixir Trillium Darlene Underwood Nils Fredland
Fri 22 7:30 pm–Sat 23 11:00 pm Melt Into Spring Ball Weekend (CDSS) $37-$75 Ann Arbor, MI, USA W ECD
Gene Murrow
Fri 22 7:30 pm–Sun 24 1:00 pm Nashville Playford Ball (CDSS) $65-$165 Nashville, TN, USA W ECD
Shira Kammen & Karen Axelrod Brooke Friendly
Mon 25 4:00 pm–Fri 29 10:00 am Walking and Dancing Holiday £240-£430 Halsway, UK W ECD
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer Rhodri Davies
Fri 29–Sun 31 Boulegan a l'Ostal Saint-Jean-du-Gard, France W balfolk
Fri 29 6:00 pm–Mon 1 April 2:00 am ComSiBal des Libellules (Facebook) Rochefort, Belgium W balfolk
L'air Inconnu Imnari CaraƆ Balbuzar Marie Paulette Trio Thézé-Vandenabeele Manäcken Duo Blain-Leyzour Plume Cave Canem
Fri 29 7:00 pm–Sun 31 2:00 pm Set for Spring (CDSS) $120 Austin, TX, USA ECD
Jacqueline Schwab, Audrey Knuth & Ben Schreiber Susan Kevra
April 2024
Mon 1 4:00 pm–Fri 5 10:00 am Easter House Party £240-£430 Halsway, UK contra ECD
English Contra Dance Band
Fri 5–Sat 6 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra
Stomp Rocket Janine Smith
Fri 5 4:00 pm–Sun 7 4:00 pm Contra Camp £100-£310 Halsway, UK W contra English ceilidh
WillPower Lousie Siddons Heather McAslan
Fri 5 6:30 pm–Sun 7 2:00 pm English Country Dance Weekend $155-$330 Dodgeville, WI, USA W ECD
Bare Necessities Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
Fri 5 7:00 pm–Sun 7 5:00 pm Epicenter dance weekend (Facebook) Mill Valley, CA, USA W contra
The Free Raisins Genticorum Seth Tepfer Alex Deis-Lauby
Sat 6 8:00 am–Tue 9 1:00 pm Pitt's Maggot 2024 (CDSS) $115 Homestead, PA, USA W ECD
Hijinks Mae Wilson
Fri 12–Sun 14 Call of the Loon (CDSS) Minneapolis, MN, USA W contra
Stringrays Northern Aire Ted Hodapp Will Mentor
Fri 12–Sun 14 NexGen Contra Weekend Ann Arbor, MI, USA W contra
Starling Pimento Mori Katie Zanders River Rainbowface
Fri 12–Mon 15 Springdans Northwest Seabeck, WA, USA W scandi
Fri 12–Sun 14 Hadleigh French Weekend £70 Hadleigh, UK W balfolk
Les Hirondelles Anna Pack & Jo Veal Arbadétorne BOF! Dave Shepherd Sawney White Bird
Fri 12 5:30 pm–Sun 14 4:30 pm Tanz & Folk Festival Berlin Berlin, Germany W balfolk
Fine & Anna Laüsa Rokkende Vrouwen Broes Bal Affaire Balsam
Fri 12 6:00 pm–Sun 14 11:59 pm Funambals (Facebook) €62-€68 Rillieux-la-Pape, France W balfolk
Hoctomoz La Machine Princesse Miska Cosmos Chocolat Digabestr Illa Ciac Boum Groove Factory Clica Drona L’equipe Naragonia Quartet Zlabya
Fri 12 7:00 pm–Sun 14 1:30 pm NexGen Contra Weekend (CDSS) Ann Arbor, MI, USA W contra
Pimento Mori Starling Katie Zanders River Rainbowface
Fri 12 7:00 pm–Sun 14 3:00 pm Springforth Ball and Dance Weekend (CDSS) Richmond, VA, USA W contra
Drive Train Gaye Fifer
Fri 12 6:00 pm–Sun 14 3:00 pm Queer Contra Dance Camp (CDSS) $125-$500 Aptos, CA, USA W contra
Nimbus River Road Andy Shore Isaac Banner
Mon 15 4:00 pm–Fri 19 10:00 am English & Scottish Dance Week £240-£430 Halsway, UK W ECD SCD
Leonard Brown Frances Richardson
Wed 17 10:00 am–Sun 21 5:00 am Festiwal Wszystkie Mazurki Świata (Facebook) Warsaw, Poland W Polish
Fri 19–Sun 21 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra
Wild Asparagus George Marshall
Fri 19–Sun 21 22. Folk-Tanz-Fest Halle, Germany balfolk
Fri 19 7:15 pm–Sat 20 10:00 pm Oxford Folk Festival (Facebook) (…) (…) (…) (…) Oxford, UK W balfolk English ceilidh
Brown Boots Boogie Band Sarah Matthews & Doug Eunson Dirty Big Canal Dance Band Ollie Simons Mary Panton
Fri 19 7:00 pm–Sun 21 5:30 pm NEFFA Marlborough, MA, USA W balfolk contra English ceilidh ECD SCD scandi
Live Wire Kingfisher Torrent Good Company Dogtown Roaring Jelly Cojiro The Orphans Open Band Raise the Roof The Dixie Butterhounds The Midlings Chimney Swift Not Enough Fiddles Rum & Onions Wissahickon Express Einstein's Little Homunculus Les Bijoux Folque Orchestra Zarkadelphia Joy Factor Alex Deis-Lauby Rick Mohr Ben Sachs-Hamilton Bob Isaacs Michael Karcher Dereck Kalish Carl Levine Dylan Simpson David Millstone Sue Gola Liesl Jandrey Tamar Myers Qwill Duvall Jeremy Korr Steve Zakon-Anderson Donna Hunt Greg Frock Lisa Greenleaf Cindy Larock Hannah Chamberlain Don Veino
Fri 19 7:30 pm–Sun 21 4:00 pm Dandelion Romp $30-$65 Oberlin, OH, USA W contra
Elixir Engine Room Adina Gordon Nils Fredland
Sat 20 10:00 am–Sun 21 11:30 pm Workshop and Bal (Facebook) (Facebook) €100-€150 Grenoble, France W balfolk
Âmes Scellées
Sat 20 10:00 am–Sun 21 8:00 pm Elfia Haarzuilens (…) (…) Haarzuilens, Netherlands W balfolk
Triple-X Wouter en de Draak
Fri 26–Sun 28 Hands Four Spring Dance Weekend (CDSS) Berea, KY, USA W contra
Playing with Fyre Terry Doyle Sarah Kaiser
Fri 26–Sun 28 Trillium Twirl Dowling, MI, USA W contra
Hot Coffee Breakdown Bob Isaacs
Fri 26–Sun 28 Portland Raindance Weekend Portland, OR, USA W contra
Drive Train Stringrays Lisa Greenleaf Lindsey Dono
Fri 26–Sun 28 27e Festival au Pays du Galoubet La Motte, France W balfolk
Fri 26 3:00 pm–Sun 28 6:00 pm BalSoleil (Facebook) St. Gallen, Switzerland W balfolk
Fri 26 4:00 pm–Sun 28 4:00 pm Falconers Dance Club Halsway, UK ECD
The Falconers
Fri 26 6:00 pm–Sun 28 4:00 pm Set Dance Weekend (Facebook) €100 Prague, Czechia W Irish set
Swallow's Tail
Fri 26 6:00 pm–Sun 28 8:00 pm Folkarria Eco Festi-bal €80-€100 Madrid, Spain W balfolk
Dahu Lucas Thébaut Abril Bargainatt Duo Billebaude Grand Balthazar
Fri 26 3:00 pm–Sun 28 12:00 pm Spring Dance Weekend (CDSS) $256 Brasstown, NC, USA W ECD
Dame's Delight Gaye Fifer Olivia Barry
Fri 26 7:00 pm–Sun 28 3:30 pm Palmetto Bug Stomp (Facebook) (CDSS) $140-$155 Charleston, SC, USA W contra
Wild Asparagus ContraForce George Marshall Seth Tepfer
Fri 26 7:00 pm–Sun 28 2:00 pm When In Doubt, Swing! (CDSS) $50-$120 Dallas, TX, USA contra
The Gaslight Tinkers Wendy Graham
Tue 30 7:00 pm–Wed 1 May 7:00 pm Concert and Skeggione (Facebook) Gorizia, Italy W balfolk
Monsieur Fruits
May 2024
Fri 3–Sat 4 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra
River Road Alex Deis-Lauby
Fri 3–Mon 6 Scandimoot Clapham, UK W scandi
Åsmund Jøtun
Fri 3–Mon 6 May Heydays at Evesham Evesham, UK W contra ECD balfolk
Contrasaurus Emily & Simon Eclectic Regency Mollie & Dave Keeping Thyme Lighthouse Momentum Faren Ygra Andrew Swaine Brian Stanton Burt Hunter Charlie Turner Daisy Black Frances Richardson Jeannie Byron-Williams Kathryn Wright David Wright Keith Wood Lynne Render Maureen Knight Paula Evans Rhodri Davies Trevor Monson Will Mentor
Fri 3 6:00 pm–Sun 5 11:00 pm BalMostFolk (Facebook) Kraków, Poland W balfolk
ba.fnu Yanyk Feather and Fox Emelie Waldken Kapela Fedaków Vincent Laine Monsieur Fruits
Fri 3 7:00 pm–Sun 5 12:00 am Il Weekend di NAIF (Facebook) Naples, Italy W balfolk
Trio Loubelya Duo Le Tron/Laloy
Fri 3 7:00 pm–Sun 5 3:00 pm Whitewater Whirl (CDSS) $75-$115 Fayetteville, WV, USA contra
Brazenkeys Hot Coffee Breakdown Gaye Fifer Janine Smith
Wed 8 5:00 pm–Sun 12 3:00 am Balilas (Facebook) €80-€90 Rennes, France W balfolk
La Réveilleuse Laüsa Cosmos Chocolat Osso Bargainatt Femti Fem Illa Garenne Groove Factory Saíra Tiennet Simonnin Ma Petite Platane Fleuves Nøkkenoc Hamon Martin Quintet Princesse Miska Terroir Collapse
Thu 9–Sun 12 Sommerbordunale (…) €20-€240 Krefeld, Germany W balfolk
Thu 9 12:00 pm–Sun 12 10:00 am Hovrastämman (Facebook) Korskrogen, Sweden W scandi
Fri 10–Sat 11 Lake Eden Arts Festival - Spring Black Mountain, NC, USA W contra
Playing with Fyre Claire Takemori
Fri 10 1:00 pm–Sun 12 4:00 pm Dafodil (Facebook) Diest, Belgium W balfolk
Accords Perdus Airboxes Ancolie Auka Duo Cavez-Paulson Duo Thézé Me Guusta Organetto a cUkù Threo Triple-X Viorel
Fri 10 5:00 pm–Sun 12 10:00 pm Gaia Folk Fest (Facebook) Flambruzzo, Italy W balfolk
Duo De Schepper-Sanczuk David Baldassin Emily & The Simons Duo Kreatur
Fri 10 8:00 pm–Fri 17 12:00 pm Contradancers Delight Holiday Mountain City, TN, USA W contra
Toss the Possum Drive Train Buzz Band George Paul DJ TacoShel Bob Isaacs Terry Doyle Devin Pohly Warren Doyle
Mon 13 4:00 pm–Fri 17 10:00 am American Contra Dance Week £240-£430 Halsway, UK W contra
Lighthouse Will Mentor
Fri 17–Sat 18 Trad i Malung Malung, Sweden W scandi
Fri 17 10:00 am–Sun 19 11:59 pm Trad’Ardèche Privas, France W balfolk
Bal O'Gadjo Hoctomoz Patxi eta Konpania Trio Saraï Petit Piment Trio Loubelya Taouarh Avec La Chouette Velue Bélao Bé Troll
Fri 17 4:00 pm–Mon 20 4:00 pm Tanz und Verbindung (Facebook) Waldheim, Germany W balfolk
Naragonia Quartet Duo Wolff-Moschcau Maracu Wings & Tales
Fri 17 4:00 pm–Sun 19 4:00 pm Irish Set Dance Weekend £190-£310 Halsway, UK W Irish set
Rise the Dust Maggie Daniel Lucy Slemmings
Fri 17 6:00 pm–Sun 19 1:00 am Rare and Difficult Balfolk Dances (Facebook) (…) €20-€50 Vilnius, Lithuania W balfolk
Ignas Dailydė Guoda & Konstantinas VMI Gabrielė Pukelytė
Fri 17 7:00 pm–Sun 19 10:00 pm Les Trad'Yvresses €38-€45 Le Mans, France W balfolk
É1000IE NIJ Arbadétorne GrandLoup Dekolaz Décibal Des Fourmis Dans Les Pieds Duo Azare Cascade La Cuivraille
Fri 17 7:30 pm–Sat 18 11:00 pm The Sun Assembly (CDSS) $65 Fayetteville, NY, USA ECD
Bellamira Dan Blim
Fri 17 7:30 pm–Tue 21 10:00 pm Mad Robin Ball Weekend (CDSS) Petaluma, CA, USA ECD
Daniel Beerbohm, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea & Jacqueline Schwab Bruce Hamilton Gene Murrow Kalia Kliban
Sat 18 10:00 am–Sun 19 8:00 pm Eallum 2024 €35 Dordrecht, Netherlands W balfolk
Triple-X
Fri 24–Mon 27 FolkMADness Music & Dance Camp $175-$460 Socorro, NM, USA W contra
Thunderwing Toss the Possum Jeremy Korr Lo Peckman
Fri 24–Sun 26 Spring Dance Romance Carrboro, NC, USA W contra
The Mean Lids River Road Gaye Fifer Alex Deis-Lauby
Fri 24–Mon 27 Northwest Folklife Seattle, WA, USA W contra
Countercurrent Chicken Feathers Good Company 3 Wheel Drive SonoOnos Playing for Keeps The Olympia Volunteer String Band The Hat Band The Luddite Ramblers Effervescence Hot Seat Racoon Carnival Soundspel Blue Star The Sage Thrashers Red Crow The Electrodes Mystic Deer The Reckoners Susan Michaels Charlie Fenton Isaac Banner Jessee Partridge Susan Petrick Koren Wake Victoria Fox Ric Goldman David Kreiss-Tomkins Abigail Golden Shannon Horst William Watson Elisabeth Monica Chris Page Eric Curl Craig Wolfe Suzanne Girardot Shell Stowell Michael Karcher Lindsey Dono
Fri 24 11:00 am–Mon 27 11:45 pm Chippenham Folk Festival (Facebook) Chippenham, UK W English ceilidh contra balfolk Irish set scandi SCD ECD
Bearded Dragons Chaotic Good Confluence Contra Sutra Portmanteau The Falconers WillPower Bob Morgan Bruce Hamilton Charlie Turner Colin Hume Daisy Black Fee Lock Lynne Render Rachel Shapiro-Wallace
Fri 24 5:00 pm–Sun 26 7:00 pm Woodfolk Festival (Facebook) Taipana, Italy balfolk
Emanuele Rossato & Michela Furin Valentin Barray Rudemà Duo Perrin-Zhao Folk Fiction
Fri 24 7:00 pm–Sun 26 6:00 pm Moulin d'Andé Weekend (Facebook) (CDSS) €220-€520 Val-de-Reuil, France W contra
Nozzy Kappy Lanning Janine Smith
Fri 24 3:00 pm–Mon 27 6:00 pm Dancing Bears 40th Dance Camp (CDSS) $330 Wasilla, AK, USA W contra
Sail Away Ladies Stringrays George Marshall Louise Siddons
Fri 24 6:00 pm–Mon 27 3:00 pm Meet Me in St Louis (Facebook) $50-$110 Webster Groves, MO, USA W contra
Audacious Roger Wilco Bob Isaacs
Fri 31 12:00 pm–Sun 2 June 3:00 pm Musik- und Tanzfest €70-€90 Krebsow, Germany W balfolk
SpielMeute Ilmfidelhupf J.B. TriOblique
Fri 31 6:00 pm–Sun 2 June 11:00 pm FESTIVAL 8º Almonaster Cimbrea (Facebook) €60-€70 Almonaster La Real, Spain balfolk
Parapente700 Zaroj Bal do Mero Duo Pavel & Florian Duo Garcia & Sanz Wer & Pablo del Fresno
June 2024
Sat 1 10:00 pm–Sun 2 7:00 am 10° Mazurka Klandestina di Konfine (Facebook) free Gorizia, Italy balfolk
Mon 3 4:00 pm–Fri 7 10:00 am French Music & Dance Week £240-£430 Halsway, UK W balfolk
Thu 6–Sun 9 RenoFolk Festival Bologna, Italy W balfolk
Thu 6 6:00 pm–Sat 8 11:00 pm Le Bal Perché (Facebook) €16-€22 Plan d'eau d'Eygliers, France W balfolk
Electro Faune Möng Baltazar Montanaro Ce bon vieux Sam KKC Orchestra & CPC Duo Plodocus L'unique Bal Pokaïdi Toundra Bal de l'Aube Terminal Traghetti Accordzéâm Bal des Bestioles Marie Paulette Gros Sabot
Thu 6 8:00 pm–Sun 9 3:00 pm Ransätersstämman Karlstad, Sweden W scandi
Fri 7–Sat 8 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra
Eloise & Co. Steve Zakon-Anderson
Fri 7–Sun 9 Taste of Haven Syracuse, IN, USA W contra
Critter du Jour Pimento Mori Darlene Underwood Dwayne Johnson Jo Mortland
Fri 7 3:00 pm–Sun 9 4:00 pm Gender-Free Dance Camp $150-$400 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD
Maia McCormick Scott Higgs Stephanie Marie
Fri 7 5:00 pm–Sun 9 5:00 pm Flamingo Fling Weekend (CDSS) $65-$135 Oklahoma City, OK, USA W contra
Playing with Fyre Seth Tepfer
Sat 8–Sat 15 Scandia Camp Mendocino $1200-$1300 Mendocino, CA, USA W scandi
Fri 7 8:00 pm–Sun 9 3:00 pm Dance Trance Weekend (CDSS) $50-$115 Lexington, KY, USA W contra ECD
Hot Coffee Breakdown Dreamdance Gaye Fifer Joe Wilkie
Fri 14–Sun 16 Summer Soiree Asheville, NC, USA W contra
Supertrad Ice Cream Truckers Rushfest Playing with Fyre Nils Fredland Cis Hinkle Emily Rush
Fri 14–Sun 16 Swing into Summer $100-$260 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD
Countercurrent Miranda Weinberg, Aaron Marcus, & Carrie Rose Gaye Fifer Adina Gordon
Fri 14 7:30 pm–Sat 15 12:00 pm Potato Run Revival (Facebook) (CDSS) $30-$50 Corydon, IN, USA W contra
Tom Cunningham & Friends Greer Hannan
Fri 14 8:00 pm–Sat 15 11:00 pm Across the Lake (CDSS) $100 Colchester, VT, USA ECD
Bare Necessities David Millstone
Sat 15–Sat 22 Dance, Music & Spice Lexington, MI, USA W contra
Will Mentor
Sun 16 4:00 pm–Sun 23 4:00 pm BACDS Hey Days English Dance and Music Week (CDSS) $1220 Rohnert Park, CA, USA ECD
Alchemy
Wed 19 6:00 pm–Sun 23 4:30 pm Folk Weekend Mattstedt Mattstedt, Germany W balfolk
Fri 21 4:00 pm–Sun 23 4:00 pm Halsway Playford Assembly £190-£310 Halsway, UK W ECD
Albireo Andrew Swaine
Fri 21 7:00 pm–Sun 23 5:00 pm Le Festival De La Pouméane (Facebook) Combovin, France W balfolk
TriOblique Back in Bal Poolidor Danse sur le Piano Duo du Balcon
Fri 21 7:00 pm–Sun 23 5:00 pm Lichfield Folk Festival £100 Lichfield, UK W contra ECD
3D Dave, Marni & Alan Vertical Expression The Falconers John Hymas & Denise Bearon Andrew Shaw Rhodri Davies Rosemary Hunt Ivan Aitken Neil Franklin Nicola Scott
Sun 23–Sat 29 BACDS Family Week (CDSS) $650-$975 Aptos, CA, USA W contra ECD
Lindsay Verbil Yoyo Zhou
Sun 23 3:00 pm–Sat 29 11:00 am Lady of the Lake June Week $595-$995 Harrison, ID, USA W contra
Constellation Countercurrent The Canote Brothers Susan Petrick Wendy Graham
Wed 26–Sun 30 Landskappleiken Gol, Norway scandi
Thu 27–Mon 1 July July Fourth Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD
Lisa Greenleaf
Thu 27 4:00 pm–Sun 30 4:00 pm Dañserlà 2024 (Facebook) Erlangen, Germany W balfolk
Petit Piment Naragonia Rémi Geffroy Cecilia LyraDanz Airboxes Trio TriOblique Cam&Léo B-Key Valsaviris
Fri 28–Sun 30 Old Songs Festival Voorheesville, NY, USA W contra
The Moving Violations Stove Dragon David Eisenstadter Adina Gordon
Fri 28 4:00 pm–Sun 30 4:00 pm Blowzabella Festival £190-£370 Halsway, UK W balfolk
Blowzabella Garenne
Fri 28 6:00 pm–Sun 30 4:00 pm Stegastomp (Facebook) £50-£110 Harbury, UK W contra
Contrasaurus Charlie Turner Andrew Swaine
Sat 29–Sun 7 July Stämmoveckan Rättvik, Sweden W scandi
Sat 29 4:15 pm–Sun 30 8:30 pm Celtival (FBB) (FBB) Aubechies, Belgium balfolk
Aïe Mon Pied! Eä Plantec Polar Nould Pas D'La Y'Au 3..4
Sat 29 4:00 pm–Sat 6 July 10:00 am Nordic Fiddles and Feet (Facebook) $550-$1570 Moultonborough, NH, USA W scandi
Sun 30–Fri 5 July AmWeek $320-$800 Ben Lomond, CA, USA W contra
Potent Brew Alex Deis-Lauby Chris Page
Sun 30–Fri 5 July Cumberland Dance Week Pleasantville, TN, USA W contra
The Cosmic Otters Seth Tepfer Wendy Graham
July 2024
Mon 1–Fri 5 Pinewoods English-Scottish-Contra $335-$453 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD SCD
River Road Michael Karcher
Thu 4–Sat 6 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra
The Dam Beavers Wind that Shakes the Barley Bob Isaacs Katie Zanders
Thu 4–Sun 7 Roanoke Railroader $95-$160 Salem, VA, USA W contra
Toss the Possum The Latter Day Lizards Will Mentor Gaye Fifer
Fri 5 7:00 pm–Sun 7 11:45 pm Gooikoorts (Facebook) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) Gooik, Belgium balfolk
Geronimo Boreas Variomatic
Fri 5 9:30 pm–Sun 7 10:00 pm Big Bang Folk Festival (Facebook) Ternate, Italy W balfolk Italian
Duo De Schepper-Sanczuk Cam&Léo Princesse Miska Illa Pitularita Bargainatt
Mon 8–Sat 13 Gran Bal Trad (Vialfre) Vialfre, Italy W balfolk Italian Irish set ECD
Mon 8 9:00 am–Sun 14 1:00 pm Intensieve Dansstage Folk @AKDT (FBB) Grandvoir, Belgium W balfolk
Thu 11–Sun 14 Le Son Continu (Facebook) Lourouer Saint Laurent, France W balfolk
Fri 12 9:00 am–Sun 14 11:59 am Dançarão (Facebook) €50-€65 Mação, Portugal balfolk
Duo Absynthe Geronimo & Luís Peixoto
Fri 12 7:00 pm–Sun 14 3:00 pm River Rendezvous (CDSS) $115-$165 Coshocton, OH, USA W contra ECD
Drive Train Toss the Possum Carol Kopp Devin Pohly Terry Doyle
Sun 14–Sat 20 Ashokan Northern Week Olivebridge, NY, USA W contra
Will Mentor Susan Kevra John Krumm
Tue 16–Sun 21 Nordlek 1165-2830 NOK Arendal, Norway W scandi
Thu 18–Sun 21 Vertanzt (…) Röthenbach im Emmental, Bern, Switzerland W balfolk Irish céilí scandi
Fri 19–Sun 21 Summergreen Livingston, MT, USA W contra
The Dam Beavers Drovers Grove Alex Deis-Lauby Rab Cummings
Fri 19 7:00 pm–Mon 22 11:59 pm Boombal Gentse Feesten (Facebook) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) (…) Gent, Belgium W balfolk
Kwintet Gestrikt Warmoes Bamako Express Le Mange Bal
Sat 20–Sat 27 American Dance & Music Week Plymouth, MA, USA W contra
Lisa Greenleaf Will Mentor Lindsey Dono
Sun 21–Sat 27 Balfolk Dances Bonn, Germany W balfolk
Mon 22 4:00 pm–Fri 26 10:00 am Summer Country Dancing £240-£430 Halsway, UK W contra ECD
Ali, Jane & Meg Mark Elvins
Wed 24–Sun 28 Balalalune Trièves, France W balfolk
Thu 25–Sat 27 Korröfestivalen Korrö, Sweden scandi
Thu 25 7:30 pm–Sun 28 11:55 pm Warwick Folk Festival £75-£190 Warwick, UK English ceilidh contra
Fri 26–Sun 28 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Goshen, CT, USA W contra
The Gaslight Tinkers George Marshall
Fri 26–Fri 9 August Grand Bal de l'Europe (Gennetines) Gennetines, France W balfolk scandi Irish set English ceilidh Italian ECD
Sat 27–Mon 5 August Harmony of Song & Dance Plymouth, MA, USA W contra
Lisa Greenleaf Brooke Friendly
Sat 27 6:45 pm–Sun 28 8:00 pm Bridport Folk Festival (Facebook) Bridport, UK W balfolk English ceilidh
Confluence No Strings Attached Richard Gracie
Tue 30–Wed 31 Orbadenstämman (…) Orbaden, Sweden W scandi
August 2024
Fri 2–Fri 9 Sidmouth Folk Festival £197-£549 Sidmouth, UK W English ceilidh contra ECD SCD balfolk scandi Irish set Irish céilí
3Sticks Barber Band Bedlam Brown Boots Boogie Band Cock and Bull Band Folk Camps Party Band Granny's Attic Jigfoot Melrose Quintet Monster Ceilidh Band Mrs Midnight's Old Swan Band Oyster Ceilidh Band Polkaworks Step Ceilidh Party Tickled Pink Chris Wood & Andy Cutting Double Dichotomy Folkus Poljus 3D Vertical Expression WillPower Hoik Oscina Nicky McConkey Eglamore Alison Rowley Barry Goodman Erin Mansfield Emma Wooders Fee Lock Gordon Potts Hannah Moore Ian Nichols Jane Bird Nick Walden Nancy Potts Adam Hughes Bridget Flett Daisy Black Lynne Render Bob Morgan Frances Richardson Bridget Flett Kevin Monaghan Carol Monaghan Sam Tetley-Smith
Fri 2 12:00 pm–Sun 4 11:45 pm Castlefest €175 Lisse, Netherlands W balfolk
Akleja Bart Leemans Cardboard Cabin Fior Hot Griselda Kelten zonder Grenzen Mook Plantec Sanseveria
Fri 2 5:00 pm–Sun 4 4:00 pm Good Life Gallop $30-$75 Omaha, NE, USA W contra
Kaw Creek Kate McBride
Tue 6 5:39 pm–Sat 10 5:39 pm Etétrad (Facebook) €22-€140 Fenis, Italy W balfolk
Duo Claranbaux-Geerinck Filippo Gambetta Groove Factory La Machine La Paranza del Geco Le Petit Bal Ratamouche Mox Patrick Bouffard Ponente Folk Legacy Roger Moure Startijenn TriOblique Violons Volants
Fri 9–Sun 11 Susquehanna Folk Festival (CDSS) York, PA, USA W contra
The Contra Rebels Dead Sea Squirrels Janine Smith Bob Nicholson
Fri 9–Fri 16 Broadstairs Folk Week £164-£330 Broadstairs, UK W English ceilidh contra
Sat 10 9:30 pm–Sun 11 5:45 am Mazurka Klandestina (Facebook) free Prague, Czechia balfolk
Sun 11–Sat 17 Family Week Poland, ME, USA W contra
Mary Wesley
Sun 11–Tue 20 Danzas Sin Fronteras €416 Navamorcuende, Spain W balfolk
Mon 12–Sun 18 Cascade of Music & Dance Cascade, MD, USA W contra
Wendy Graham Gaye Fifer
Mon 12 4:00 pm–Mon 19 10:00 am Halsway Folk Dance Holiday £380-£610 Halsway, UK W ECD
Richard Jones & Chris Jewell Ivan Aitken
Tue 13 9:00 am–Sun 18 3:00 pm Ballinsé Festival (Facebook) €95-€110 Panni, Italy W balfolk Italian
Ciac Boum Geronimo Tascabandà Oraj Saro Calandi
Fri 16–Sun 18 Mentone Mentone, AL, USA W contra
The Mean Lids The Yellow Dandies Cis Hinkle
Fri 16 5:00 pm–Sun 18 11:59 pm FESTI'FOLK free Lambesc, France W balfolk
Carabena La Bande à Koustic Z'acrauNotes Imnari En Avant 3 Camille en Bal
Sat 17–Sat 24 Campers’ Week Plymouth, MA, USA W contra
Sue Rosen
Fri 16 7:00 pm–Sun 18 5:00 pm Balance the Bay (Facebook) (CDSS) San Francisco, CA, USA W contra
Riptide Countercurrent Jacqui Grennan Maia McCormick
Sat 17 3:00 pm–Fri 23 11:59 pm Whitby Folk Week (Facebook) £70-£365 Whitby, UK W English ceilidh contra ECD Irish set
Whapweasel Bedlam No Lazy Dancing Dance Band Relentless Steamchicken Bellamira Melrose Ceilidh Band The Hedgehog's Skin Frog on a Bike Contrasaurus Contrary Faeries Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer Albireo The Falconers Stradivarious Tina Morris & Graham Lee Erin Mansfield Nick Walden Pete Coe Martyn Harvey Bob Morgan Alison Rowley Joey Oliver Sue Coe Andrew Swaine Daisy Black Charlotte Rich-Griffin Rhodri Davies Orly Krasner Jerry O'Reilly Annabel Sharp Nigel Sharp
Mon 19 9:30 pm–Fri 23 11:59 pm Folk On Stage (Facebook) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) free Gooik, Belgium balfolk
Duo Tazières Naragonia Sydskåne Threo
Wed 21 6:00 pm–Sun 25 4:00 pm Les Ptibals (Facebook) Lagrasse, France W balfolk
La Sialyre Ballsy Swing Peldrut La Chimère Shillelagh Imnari Bargainatt Duo Brotto-Milleret Guilhem Desq Caroline Carton Plume Sors les mains d'tes poches
Wed 21 8:00 pm–Mon 26 12:00 am Boombalfestival (Facebook) (Facebook) (FBB) (…) Lovendegem, Belgium W balfolk
No&Mi Bargainatt Kwintet Gestrikt Accords Perdus Tralala Lovers Duo Nello Variomatic Naragonia Bouton Rémi Geffroy Duo Vandenabeele-Knapen Ciac Boum Claïs Cosmos Chocolat Duo Thézé Tiennet Simonnin Krosmos Le Grand Barouf Youmi Bazoge La Bachule Aérokorda Parasol Trio Le Driadi Hot Griselda Duo Claranbaux-Geerinck Le Mange Bal
Fri 23–Mon 26 Towersey Festival £94.97-£224.72 Middle Claydon, UK W English ceilidh contra
Blackbeard's Tea Party Whapweasel Banter Cock and Bull Band Folk Camps Party Band Bristol Ceilidh Quartet Trip Hazard Climax Ceilidh Band Out of Hand Urban Folk Theory
Fri 23 2:00 pm–Mon 26 6:00 pm Shrewsbury Folk Festival £116-£222.53 Shrewsbury, UK W balfolk contra English ceilidh
Banter Club Débris Cri du Canard Crowdy-Kit EFDSS Workshop Ceilidh Band James Delarre, Saul Rose & Dave Delarre Monster Ceilidh Band Spiers & Boden Moore & Moss Steamchicken Oakstone Trio Sheena Masson Rhodri Davies Tom Kitching Prue Reilly Annie Bolt Phil Bassindale Ian Nichols Daisy Black Andrew Swaine
Fri 23 5:00 pm–Sun 25 12:00 pm Sugar Hill Dance Weekend (Facebook) (CDSS) $15-$55 Bloomington, IN, USA W contra
Sat 24 3:00 pm–Fri 30 10:00 am TradMaD $980 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra
Alex Cumming
Wed 28–Mon 2 September fin d’été 2024 Kinnersley, UK W balfolk scandi
Thu 29 6:00 pm–Sun 1 September 8:00 pm Scarabal (Facebook) Lablachère, France W balfolk
Fri 30–Mon 2 September Dance Camp North Fairbanks, AK, USA W contra
Eloise & Co. Susan Petrick
Fri 30–Mon 2 September Pinewoods Labor Day Weekend $365-$415 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD
Ben Sachs-Hamilton
Fri 30–Sun 1 September Cannings Court French and Breton Dance Dorchester, UK balfolk
Red Dog Green Dog Wod
Fri 30 5:00 pm–Sun 1 September 5:00 pm Southfolk Festival (…) €30 Frommern, Germany W balfolk
Haus von Klaus Bruno & Maria Gabi Haun & Werner Bachmann Die Hayner
Fri 30 4:00 pm–Sun 1 September 4:00 pm Halsway Regency Assembley £200-£310 Halsway, UK W ECD
Warleggan Village Band Georgia Delve
Fri 30 8:00 pm–Sun 1 September 10:00 am Scandi and Balfolk music and dancing (Facebook) Stamford, UK W balfolk scandi
Fri 30 4:00 pm–Mon 2 September 1:00 pm Northwest Passage (CDSS) Rhododendron, OR, USA W ECD
Night Heron Trio Con Brio Graham Christian Jenna Simpson
Fri 30 6:00 pm–Mon 2 September 1:30 pm Rocky Mountain Rendezvous (…) (…) (…) (…) Boulder, CO, USA W contra
Nova The Dam Beavers Gaye Fifer Jacqui Grennan Will Mentor
Fri 30 7:30 pm–Sun 1 September 9:30 pm High Tea (CDSS) $120 Webster Groves, MO, USA W contra ECD
Ragged Robin David Millstone
September 2024
Thu 5–Sun 8 Bromyard Folk Festival (Facebook) Bromyard, UK W contra English ceilidh
Thu 5 6:00 pm–Mon 9 2:00 am Numinosum Festival 2024 (Facebook) (Plug) Warsaw, Poland W balfolk Polish
Plume ba.fnu Natércia Lameiro Le Driadi Valentin Barray DuOblique Duo Zhao-Perrin Kaleidoscope Borsa együttes OMGDude Żniwa Igrce Light Migrations Vilniaus Miesto Instumentalistai
Fri 6–Sun 8 Youth Dance Weekend $105-$285 Weston, VT, USA W contra
Calico Alex Deis-Lauby Lindsey Dono
Fri 6 6:00 pm–Sun 8 11:45 pm 31e Folk Festival Marsinne (Facebook) Marsinne, Belgium W balfolk
Fri 6 8:00 pm–Sat 7 11:00 pm Rijas balle festival (Facebook) Jaunrauna, Latvia W balfolk
Fri 6 7:00 pm–Sun 8 10:00 pm Bun'Bal Fol 2024 (Facebook) €80 Lauriano, Italy balfolk Italian
Accordzéâm Ciac Boum Duo Pichard-Vincendeau La Sialyre Broes Clume Dekolaz Lausa La Machine Rinaldo Doro
Fri 6 4:00 pm–Sun 8 12:00 pm Big Branch Festival (Facebook) Battersea, Ontario, Canada W balfolk
Fri 6 7:00 pm–Sat 7 9:00 pm Forty Again Fest (Facebook) (Facebook) (CDSS) (CDSS) Bloomington, IN, USA contra
Euphor New Hoosier Broadcasters Charmaine Slaven Chet Gray Tamara Loewenthal
Fri 6 7:00 pm–Sat 7 9:00 pm Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra
Kingfisher Playing with Fyre Dereck Kalish Terry Doyle
Fri 6 6:00 pm–Sun 8 12:45 pm Bear Hug Dance Camp $130-$295 Rollins, MT, USA W contra
Contra Sutra Swiftcurrent Susan Petrick Christa Torrens
Thu 12 4:00 pm–Mon 16 2:00 am Simmelfolk €123-€150 Simmelsdorf, Germany W balfolk
Balstanz Canopaix DiaTao Edentia Feather and Fox Fibonanschi GrandLoup Le Driadi Nyntråm Vagalan
Fri 13–Sun 15 Echo Summit Sacramento, CA, USA W contra
The Figments Toss the Possum Jesse Edgerton Wendy Graham
Fri 13 6:30 pm–Sat 14 8:00 pm Let's Dig Deeper into Balfolk (Facebook) €20-€35 Vilnius, Lithuania W balfolk
Guoda
Sat 14 10:00 am–Sun 15 4:00 pm French and Breton dance course (…) (…) (…) €120-€210 Kirchheim, Germany W balfolk
Ballkanesen
Sat 14 11:00 am–Sun 15 5:00 pm Balfolk dancing on National Monument Day (Facebook) free Oosterhout, Netherlands balfolk
David Cornelissen
Fri 20–Sun 22 Squirrel Moon Contra Dance weekend Dodgeville, WI, USA W contra
Hillbilly Diaspora Alex Deis-Lauby
Fri 20 7:00 pm–Sat 21 10:00 pm Ceilidhs Extravaganza (Facebook) (Facebook) $10-$24 Auckland, New Zealand Scottish cèilidh
Fri 20 6:00 pm–Sun 22 4:00 pm 4ème Festival des Bals Combiers (Facebook) 55 CHF Le Chenit, Switzerland balfolk
Pamplemousse Tralala Lovers Duo Artense Bargainatt Poolidor Sorgues
Fri 20 7:00 pm–Sun 22 4:00 pm XVI Bailando Entre Montañas (Facebook) €95-€150 Miraflores de la Sierra, Spain W balfolk
Pablo Golder Caamaño & Ameixeiras LyraDanz Natércia Lameiro
Fri 20 4:00 pm–Sun 22 3:00 pm Feet Retreat $180-$235 Ellerbe, NC, USA W contra
Hotpoint Stringband The Dam Beavers Bob Isaacs Emily Rush
Fri 20 7:00 pm–Sun 22 1:00 pm Fandango! 2024 (CDSS) Decatur, GA, USA W ECD
Persons of Quality Kalia Kliban
Fri 20 6:30 pm–Sun 22 2:00 pm Harvest Moon Dance Weekend (CDSS) Saint Charles, IL, USA W ECD
Paul Ross
Fri 20 6:30 pm–Sun 22 3:00 pm Chehalis Contra Dance Camp (Facebook) (CDSS) $300 Fraser Valley, BC, Canada W contra
The Syncopaths Countercurrent Will Mentor Koren Wake
Fri 27–Sun 29 Adirondack Dance Weekend Silver Bay, NY, USA W balfolk contra ECD
Stomp Rocket The Moving Violations Mary Wesley
Fri 27–Sun 29 Cascade Contras Dance Camp Springfield, OR, USA W contra
Engine Room Contra Sutra Cis Hinkle Laurel Thomas
Fri 27 4:00 pm–Sun 29 4:00 pm Halsway Harvest Weekend Halsway, UK W English ceilidh ECD
Dampier's Round Frances Oates Barrie Bullimore Laura Hodges
Fri 27 10:00 pm–Sun 29 8:00 pm MKK Milano (Facebook) Milan, Italy balfolk
Fri 27 6:00 pm–Sun 29 3:30 pm Michigan Dance Heritage Fall Camp (CDSS) $160-$275 Lexington, MI, USA W contra ECD
Susan Kevra
Sat 28–Sun 29 Les Ptits Bals de L'Étang Perdu Hauterives, France W balfolk
Mon 30 4:00 pm–Fri 4 October 10:00 am Autumn American Contra Dance Week £240-£430 Halsway, UK W contra
Will Allen, Rowan Pigott & Gareth Kiddier Diane Silver
October 2024
Wed 2 3:00 pm–Sun 6 4:00 pm Annabergfest 2024 ~€500 Bonn, Germany W balfolk
Feather and Fox
Thu 3 8:30 pm–Sat 5 11:30 pm Festival Folkiri (Facebook) €25-€74 Le Mans, France W balfolk
Armoire Totale Fahrenheit Supernovas LyraDanz Man Encantada Groove Factory
Fri 4–Sun 6 Moondance Dance Weekend Pickens, SC, USA W contra
Lighthouse Good & Plenty Bob Isaacs Seth Tepfer
Fri 4–Sat 5 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra
ContraPositive Claire Takemori
Fri 4–Sun 6 Lady of the Lake Fall Camp Harrison, ID, USA W contra
3 Wheel Drive Jesse Partridge
Fri 4–Sun 6 Harvest Moon Dance Festival Santa Barbara, CA, USA W contra
The Latter Day Lizards Wild Asparagus Lisa Greenleaf George Marshall
Fri 4 1:00 pm–Sun 6 4:00 pm English Country Dance Celebration Dance Weekend (CDSS) Toronto, Ontario, Canada ECD
Shandy Dave Smukler
Fri 4 7:00 pm–Sun 6 3:00 pm Festival des Panards (…) £30-£62 Todmorden, UK W balfolk
Planchée Mike James & Dylan James Didier Oliver & Emmanuel Pariselle Nigel Eaton & Anna Pack Cri du Canard
Fri 4 8:30 pm–Sun 6 5:30 pm Blowzabella workshop festival (FBB) (Plug) (…) Dranouter, Belgium W balfolk
Blowzabella
Fri 4 8:00 pm–Sun 6 12:30 pm Star of the North (CDSS) (CDSS) (CDSS) $140-$150 Minneapolis, MN, USA W ECD
Gaye Fifer
Fri 4 6:30 pm–Sun 6 9:30 pm Harvest Moon $70-$185 Santa Barbara, CA, USA contra
The Latter Day Lizards Wild Asparagus Lisa Greenleaf George Marshall
Fri 11 4:00 pm–Sun 13 7:00 pm Gaia Folk Fest (Facebook) Flambruzzo, Italy balfolk
Fri 11 4:30 pm–Sun 13 7:30 pm NAIF Balfolk Festival (Facebook) (…) Sorrento, Italy W balfolk Italian
Accordzéâm Ballsy Swing Duo Absynthe Duo Claranbaux-Geerinck Duo Thébaut Geronimo No&Mi Lucas Thébaut Matrioske MusicaStoria
Fri 11 6:00 pm–Sun 13 12:30 pm Jasan Bonuš Country Dance Weekend (Facebook) 890 CZK Prague, Czechia W contra
Bev Bernbaum Carol David-Blackman Meike Beyen Marcus Igla Gerhard Kamm Jörg Mehlhase David Dvořák Jitka Bonušová Jan Pumpr
Fri 11 8:00 pm–Sun 13 12:00 pm Gugelhupf: Tanzfest auf Burg Hohnstein Hohnstein, Germany W balfolk
Sat 12 2:00 pm–Sun 13 2:00 pm Bal Folk (…) €50-€65 Freiburg i. Br, Germany W balfolk
Arbadétorne Troisam
Thu 17–Sun 20 Lake Eden Arts Festival - Fall Black Mountain, NC, USA W contra
Red Dog Spintuition Lagomorph Quartet The Flying Howes Bob Isaacs Sarah Kaiser Kenny Greer
Fri 18–Sun 20 Gender-Free Dance Camp $150-$500 Olivebridge, NY, USA W contra ECD
Thunderwing Ben Sachs-Hamilton Melissa Running
Fri 18–Sat 19 Phylla Mae Fall Fest Fayetteville, NY, USA W contra ECD
Contranella Anadama Sarah VanNorstrand Katy Heine Dave Smulker Rita Wood
Fri 18 6:00 pm–Sun 20 6:00 pm Folkirrika III €75-€85 Kuartango, Spain W balfolk
Grand Balthazar L'air Inconnu Obal Maider Martineau & friends Baladans
Fri 18 7:30 pm–Sun 20 4:30 pm Bare Necessities Weekend in Cleveland (CDSS) $85 Euclid, OH, USA W ECD
Bare Necessities Toad in the Hole Dan Blim
Fri 18 7:00 pm–Sun 20 2:00 pm Wasatch Wiggle (CDSS) $75-$120 Salt Lake City, UT, USA W contra
Playing with Fyre Susan Petrick
Fri 25–Sun 27 Fall Swedish Music & Dance Weekend Dodgeville, WI, USA W scandi
Fri 25–Sun 27 Boo Camp Jemez Springs, NM, USA W contra ECD
Panda Stomp The Cheap Shots Jacqui Grennan
Fri 25–Sun 27 Music City Masquerade (Facebook) (CDSS) Nashville, TN, USA W contra
Eloise & Co. Cis Hinkle
Fri 25 8:00 pm–Sun 27 5:00 pm Pittsburgh Fall Dance Weekend (CDSS) $20-$110 Pittsburgh, PA, USA W contra ECD
Engine Room Hot Coffee Breakdown Gaye Fifer River Rainbowface
Thu 31 6:00 pm–Sun 3 November 7:00 pm CaDansa (Facebook) (…) Steenwijk, Netherlands W balfolk
Androneda Bamako Express Cardboard Cabin Diskar Duo Clercx Floris & the Flames Folk My Life! Follia La Grosse Réveilleuse La Sylva Les Zéoles Mook Ormuz Patates Sound System Virelai
November 2024
Fri 1–Sun 3 Foggy Moon Contra Dance Weekend (CDSS) Monterey, CA, USA contra
Joyride Stomp Rocket Jacqui Grennan Will Mentor
Fri 1–Sun 3 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra
Frenzy Drive Train Janet Shepherd Rick Mohr
Fri 1 5:00 pm–Sun 3 5:00 pm Skint (Facebook) Ashover, UK W balfolk scandi
Fri 1 7:00 pm–Sun 3 3:00 pm Hey Fever Dance Weekend (CDSS) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada W contra
Elixir Peach Jam Alex Deis-Lauby Nils Fredland
Thu 7 5:00 pm–Sun 10 8:00 pm Infinitumball (Facebook) €65-€150 Vilnius, Lithuania W balfolk
Balsam Emelie Feather and Fox Gabrielė Pukelytė Guoda Ignas Dailydė Mikas Dominas Mr Folxlide ŠakarMakar VMI Yanyk
Fri 8–Sun 10 Atlanta Dance Weekend (CDSS) Atlanta, GA, USA W contra ECD
Drive Train The Faux Paws Seth Tepfer Will Mentor
Fri 8–Sun 10 Head for the Hills (CDSS) $140-$240 Kresgeville, PA, USA W contra ECD
Raise the Roof Brooklyn Swing Ensemble A Joyful Noise Donna Hunt Scott Higgs Gaye Fifer
Fri 8–Sun 10 Fire Ant Frolic (CDSS) $60-$145 Austin, TX, USA W contra
Lake Effect Koren Wake Rich Goss
Fri 8–Sat 9 Contra Fest Albany, NY, USA W contra
River Road Alex Dies-Lauby
Fri 8 7:30 pm–Sun 10 4:30 pm English / Contra / Squares Weekend (CDSS) (CDSS) $20-$85 Concord, MA, USA contra ECD
Jenna Simpson Sue Rosen
Fri 8 6:00 pm–Sun 10 3:00 pm Dance in the Desert (CDSS) Oracle, AZ, USA contra
Playing with Fyre Stomp Rocket Lisa Greenleaf Susan Petrick
Fri 15–Sun 17 Fleur-de-Lis Fling (CDSS) $80-$135 Louisville, KY, USA W contra
Electric Eel Double Trouble Bob Isaacs River Rainbowface
Fri 15–Sun 17 Catalina Dance Weekend Catalina Island, CA, USA W contra
The Faux Paws Engine Room Countercurrent Alex Deis-Lauby Gaye Fifer
Fri 15 4:00 pm–Sun 17 10:00 pm Balfolk intensive 2024 (Plug) (…) €250-€350 Nijmegen, Netherlands W balfolk
Wim te Groen
Fri 15 4:00 pm–Sun 17 4:00 pm Zesty Contra Weekend £190-£310 Halsway, UK W contra
Ali & Mollie Rhodri Davies Mark Elvins
Fri 15 4:00 pm–Sun 17 5:00 pm BACDS Fall Frolick (CDSS) $440 Healdsburg, CA, USA W ECD
Anna Rain Brad Foster David Newitt
Fri 15 7:00 pm–Sun 17 7:00 pm ContraShock! (CDSS) New York, NY, USA W contra
River Road Stove Dragon Liz Nelson Will Mentor
Fri 15 8:00 pm–Sun 17 10:30 pm Rose City Dance-A-Rama (CDSS) Portland, OR, USA contra
Joyride Wild Asparagus George Marshall Lindsey Dono
Sat 16 9:30 am–Sun 17 4:30 pm Bourrèe à 2 temps et à 3 temps €120-€210 Vienna, Austria W balfolk
Lauge Dideriksen
Sat 16 1:00 pm–Sun 17 4:00 pm Winter Workshops and Bal (Facebook) £25.30 Kinnersley, UK W balfolk scandi
Oscina
Sat 16 7:00 pm–Fri 22 7:00 pm Cenizas Residency (Facebook) €250-€520 Cercedilla, Spain W balfolk
Fri 22 7:00 pm–Sun 24 4:00 pm Fénix Festival €150 Cercedilla, Spain W balfolk
Dos Ballsy Swing
Fri 29–Sun 1 December Breaking Up Thanksgiving Evanston, IL, USA W contra
Sat 30 11:00 am–Sun 1 December 6:00 pm 2nd ANNUALBAL (Facebook) 50-65 BGN Sofia, Bulgaria W balfolk
December 2024
Fri 6–Sat 7 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra
Hot Coffee Breakdown Gaye Fifer
Fri 6 6:00 pm–Sun 8 3:00 pm Winter WarmUp (CDSS) Worthington, OH, USA contra
Notorious The Hollertones Liz Burkhart Will Mentor
Sat 7–Sun 8 Midwinter Fair — 20e editie (…) €36.95 Alphen aan de Rijn, Netherlands W balfolk
Airboxes Bal O'Gadjo Ball Noir Cardboard Cabin Celtic Constellation Duo Clercx Phlox
Sat 7 10:00 am–Sun 8 5:00 pm Polska and Slängpolska €120-€210 Vienna, Austria W scandi
Jamie Huddlestone
Thu 26–Wed 1 January Contradancers Delight Holiday Morgantown, WV, USA W contra
Toss the Possum Spintuition Buzz Band Bob Isaacs Terry Doyle Warren Doyle Devin Pohly
Thu 26–Wed 1 January Berea Christmas Country Dance School $370-$420 Berea, KY, USA W contra ECD Irish set
Chris Bischoff Darlene Underwood
Fri 27–Wed 1 January Terpsichore's Holiday $235 Adamstown, MD, USA W contra ECD
Countercurrent Gaye Fifer Adina Gordon
Fri 27 3:00 pm–Wed 1 January 12:00 pm Silvester*Folk Festival (Facebook) €240-€580 Colditz, Germany W balfolk
Trio Loubelya Dekolaz Initium Duo Nello Duo Vandenabeele-Knapen L'air Inconnu Tribal Jaze Duo Tanghe-Coudroy Marion & Steve Marie Paulette Clume Femti Fem
Fri 27 7:00 pm–Tue 31 10:00 pm John C. Campbell Folk School Winter Dance Week (CDSS) (CDSS) (CDSS) (CDSS) (CDSS) $482 Brasstown, NC, USA balfolk contra ECD
Brasstown Balfolk Band Chicken Feathers Serendipity Annie Fain Barralon Claire Takemori Dan Seppeler Janet Shepherd Seth Tepfer Susan Kevra Wendy Graham
Sat 28 3:00 pm–Tue 31 11:59 pm Festival Passagem d'Ano Coimbra, Portugal W balfolk
Ciac Boum Accordzéâm Aurélien Claranbaux Gandarva
Sat 28 8:00 pm–Thu 2 January 11:59 pm Folk Marathon (Facebook) Vienna, Austria W balfolk
Sun 29–Wed 1 January Bash on Vashon Vashon Island, WA, USA W contra
January 2025
Fri 10–Sun 12 Chambana Jan Jam (Facebook) Urbana, IL, USA W contra
Brazenkeys The Mean Lids Bev Bernbaum
Fri 10 6:00 pm–Sun 12 3:30 pm Chattaboogie $90-$145 Chattanooga, TN, USA W contra
Turnip the Beet Kingfisher Timothy Klein Vicki Herndon
Fri 10 7:30 pm–Sat 11 10:00 pm Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend Worcester, MA, USA W contra
Sugar River Band Tod Whittemore Steve Zakon-Anderson Sue Rosen Vince O'Donnell
Fri 17–Sun 19 Contra Carnivale San Luis Obispo, CA, USA W contra
Stringrays The Gaslight Tinkers Nova Lisa Greenleaf Frannie Marr Jeremy Korr
Fri 17 6:00 pm–Sun 19 6:00 pm Prague Balfolk Weekend (Facebook) Prague, Czechia W balfolk
Bal O'Gadjo Filippo Gambetta Hilde van Belle BAL LAB Folk Knock Trio Forj Marina Lazar Light Migrations L'air Inconnu Bouton
Fri 17 4:00 pm–Mon 20 1:00 pm Stellar Days & Nights (Facebook) (CDSS) Buena Vista, CO, USA W contra ECD
Countercurrent Harken! Joanna Hyde & Tadhg O Meachair Seth Tepfer Wendy Graham
Sat 18 10:00 am–Sun 19 5:00 pm Slängpolska på fläck €120-€210 Vienna, Austria W scandi
Lauge Dideriksen
Fri 24–Sun 26 Wintergreen (CDSS) $125-$165 Bozeman, MT, USA W contra
Northern Aire Turnip the Beet Gaye Fifer Koren Wake
Fri 24–Sun 26 Florida Snow Ball Gulfport, FL, USA W contra
Elixir Playing with Fyre Nils Fredland Beth Molaro
Fri 24 7:00 pm–Sun 26 1:30 pm Balactée Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse, France W balfolk
Fri 31 7:00 pm–Sat 1 February 9:00 pm Dancing Fish $30 Melrose, FL, USA W contra
Stomp Rocket Steve Zakon-Anderson
February 2025
Wed 5–Wed 12 Tropical Dance Vacation St Croix, US Virgin Islands W contra
Wild Asparagus George Marshall Lisa Greenleaf
Fri 7–Sun 9 Phoenix Winter Frolic (CDSS) Phoenix, AZ, USA contra ECD
Playing with Fyre Jacqui Grennan
Fri 7–Sun 9 Cabin Fever (CDSS) Oak Ridge, TN, USA W contra ECD
Ice Cream Truckers Spintuition Claire Takemori
Fri 7–Sun 9 Supersonic $120-$240 Seattle, WA, USA W contra
Gallimaufry Joyride Seth Tepfer Cis Hinkle
Fri 14–Sun 16 Tanz & Folk Festival Berlin (…) Berlin, Germany W balfolk
Fri 14 8:30 pm–Sun 16 3:30 pm Dansstage 2025 (Facebook) (…) (…) (…) Enschede, Netherlands W balfolk
Fri 21–Sun 23 Bayou Bedlam (CDSS) Houston, TX, USA W contra
Stringrays Lisa Greenleaf
Fri 21–Sun 23 Galhalla (CDSS) St Louis, MO, USA W contra
Baba Yaga's Stew Alyssa Catlin Band Sarah Kaiser Lo Peckman
Fri 21 7:00 pm–Sun 23 7:00 pm BalhallaFestival (Facebook) Gent, Belgium W balfolk
Duo Clercx Naragonia Pantonim Loogaroo Duo Nello Airboxes Emmarilin Mizu Mizi La Galavarde Duo Zhao Perrin Snaarmaarwaar
Fri 21 6:30 pm–Sun 23 11:15 pm Fiddling Frog (CDSS) Pasadena, CA, USA contra
The Syncopaths River Road Susan Petrick Lindsey Dono
Fri 28–Sun 2 March IVFDF 2025 (…) Sheffield, UK W balfolk contra English ceilidh ECD Scottish cèilidh SCD
Fri 28 5:00 pm–Sun 2 March 2:00 pm Lava Meltdown (CDSS) (…) $75-$150 Lava Hot Springs, ID, USA W contra
Avourneen Bandage a Trois Seth Tepfer
Fri 28 7:00 pm–Sun 2 March 3:00 pm Palmetto Bug Stomp (Facebook) (CDSS) $145-$160 Charleston, SC, USA W contra
ContraForce Playing with Fyre Cis Hinkle Diane Silver
March 2025
Fri 14–Sun 16 Spring Breakdown Dance Weekend Columbia, MO, USA W contra
Fri 14–Sun 16 Folkestoltes Girona, Spain W balfolk
Fri 21–Sun 23 Carolina Meltdown (CDSS) Lake Wylie, SC, USA W contra
Hot Coffee Breakdown Topspin Darlene Underwood Rick Mohr
Fri 21 6:00 pm–Sun 23 4:00 pm PigTown Fling (CDSS) Cincinnati, OH, USA W contra
Engine Room The Mean Lids Gaye Fifer Seth Tepfer
Sat 22–Sun 23 Bal Folk Freiburg i. Br, Germany W balfolk
Shillelagh
Fri 21 8:00 pm–Sun 23 2:00 pm Nashville Playford Ball (CDSS) Nashville, TN, USA ECD
Constellation Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
Fri 28–Mon 31 Balfolk weekend Intensive 2025 - "Veterans" (Plug) €275-€350 Nijmegen, Netherlands W balfolk
Sat 29–Sun 30 Hash Dance Weekend Glen Echo, MD, USA W contra
Sat 29–Sun 30 Workshop+Bal in Freiburg Freiburg i. Br, Germany W balfolk
Fri 28 7:30 pm–Sun 30 5:00 pm Scandinavian Spring Weekend $155 Boulder, CO, USA W scandi
April 2025
Wed 2 10:00 am–Wed 9 8:00 am Contra Holiday in Medieval England (Facebook) (Facebook) $1450 Ely, UK contra
Wild Asparagus Contrasaurus George Marshall Janet Shepherd Terry Doyle Charlie Turner
Fri 4–Sun 6 Set for Spring (CDSS) Oklahoma City, OK, USA ECD
Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
Fri 11–Sun 13 Call of the Loon Dance Weekend Minneapolis, MN, USA W contra
The Dam Beavers
Fri 11 6:00 pm–Sun 13 3:00 pm Springforth Ball & Dance Weekend (Facebook) (CDSS) Richmond, VA, USA W contra
Playing with Fyre Bob Isaacs
Fri 11 6:00 pm–Sun 13 3:00 pm Queer Contra Dance Camp (CDSS) $125-$500 Aptos, CA, USA contra
Fri 18–Sun 20 ComSiBal Festival Boutersem, Belgium W balfolk
Fri 25–Sun 27 When in Doubt, Swing! (CDSS) Dallas, TX, USA contra
Steam! Jeremy Korr
Fri 25–Sun 27 Hands Four Spring Dance Weekend Berea, KY, USA W contra
Hot Coffee Breakdown Berea Castoffs Timothy Kline Chris Bischoff
Sat 26 1:00 pm–Sun 27 5:00 pm Jane Austen Ball (CDSS) Rochester, NY, USA ECD
Alchemy Beverly Francis
May 2025
Fri 2 7:30 pm–Sun 4 3:00 pm Whitewater Whirl (Facebook) (CDSS) $75-$130 Fayetteville, WV, USA W contra ECD
Supertrad The Johns Darlene Underwood Michael Karcher
Sat 3–Sun 4 Irish set dance Heiligenberg, Germany Irish set
Fri 9 10:00 am–Sun 11 11:00 pm BalMostFolk (Facebook) Kraków, Poland W balfolk
Fri 23 12:00 pm–Mon 26 11:55 pm Chippenham Folk Festival (Facebook) Chippenham, UK W balfolk contra English ceilidh ECD
June 2025
Fri 6–Sun 8 Taste of Haven Syracuse, IN, USA W contra
Fri 6 7:00 pm–Sun 8 10:00 pm Les Trad'Yvresses Le Mans, France W balfolk
Fri 13–Sun 15 Flamingo Fling (CDSS) $150 Oklahoma City, OK, USA W contra
River Road Alex Deis-Lauby
Fri 13–Sun 15 Summer Soiree Asheville, NC, USA W contra
The Mean Lids Kingfisher Steve Zakon-Anderson Adina Gordon
Fri 13 8:00 pm–Sat 14 11:00 pm Across the Lake (CDSS) Colchester, VT, USA W ECD
Bare Necessities Joseph Pimentel
Thu 19–Sun 22 Numinosum Festival 2024 Liw, Poland W balfolk Polish
Sun 22 2:00 pm–Sat 28 9:00 am Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance (CDSS) Bar Harbor, ME, USA W contra
Fri 27 4:00 pm–Mon 30 4:00 pm Dañserlà Erlangen, Germany W balfolk
July 2025
Fri 4 6:00 pm–Sun 6 4:00 pm Stegastomp Harbury, UK W contra
Contrasaurus
Fri 4 6:00 pm–Sun 6 3:00 pm Dancing Fish $30 Melrose, FL, USA W contra
Kingfisher Crossover Luke Donforth Bob Isaacs
Fri 25–Sun 27 Southern Aire Mountain City, TN, USA W contra
Playing with Fyre Howe and Company
August 2025
Fri 1–Sat 9 Lark Camp (CDSS) Fort Bragg, CA, USA W contra ECD
Wed 20 8:00 pm–Mon 25 12:00 am Boombalfestival (Facebook) Lovendegem, Belgium W balfolk
September 2025
Thu 18 4:00 pm–Sun 21 2:00 am Simmelfolk Simmelsdorf, Germany W balfolk
Fri 19–Sun 21 Feet Retreat Ellerbe, NC, USA W contra
Supertrad River Road Will Mentor Cis Hinkle Emily Rush Gaye Fifer
Fri 19 6:00 pm–Sun 21 6:00 pm 5ème Festival des Bals Combiers Lausanne, Switzerland W balfolk
October 2025
Thu 23 6:00 pm–Sun 26 7:00 pm CaDansa Steenwijk, Netherlands W balfolk
November 2025
Fri 14 3:00 pm–Mon 17 10:00 am Balfolk weekend Intensive 2025 (Plug) €275-€350 Nijmegen, Netherlands W balfolk

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