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March 2025
Mon 24 4:00 pm–Fri 28 10:00 am Walking and Dancing Holiday £255-£460 Halsway, UK W contra
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer Rhodri Davies
Fri 28–Sat 29 DownEast Country Dance Festival Topsham, ME, USA W contra
River Road Franklin County Fiddlers Pineland Fiddlers Rick Mohr Chrissy Fowler Maggie Robinson
Fri 28 9:00 pm–Sun 30 11:30 pm XXXV FEST-i-BALL (Facebook) (…) €55-€70 Lisbon, Portugal W balfolk
Espiral Fahrenheit Man Encantada Augustas Černiauskas Duo Vandenabeele-Knapen
Fri 28 7:30 pm–Sat 29 11:00 pm Melt Into Spring Ball Weekend (CDSS) Ann Arbor, MI, USA W ECD
Brad Foster
Sat 29–Sun 30 Hash Dance Weekend (CDSS) (CDSS) $70-$105 Glen Echo, MD, USA W contra
Bowrider The Free Raisins Lisa Greenleaf River Rainbowface
Fri 28 7:30 pm–Sun 30 5:00 pm Scandinavian Spring Weekend (…) (…) (…) $155 Boulder, CO, USA W scandi
Sat 29 1:30 pm–Sun 30 2:00 pm Scandinavian Dance Weekend (BOK) €40-€50 Freiburg i. Br, Germany W scandi balfolk
Kördeböf Sture und Sigmar Uppsala
Sat 29 6:00 pm–Sun 30 4:00 pm English Dance Weekend €117.50-€177.50 Apeldoorn, Netherlands ECD
Simone Verheijen
April 2025
Tue 1 8:00 pm–Thu 3 10:30 pm Berkeley Contra Dance (CDSS) $6-$25 Berkeley, CA, USA W contra
The Flagstones Eric Black
Wed 2 10:00 am–Wed 9 8:00 am Contra Holiday in Medieval England (Facebook) (Facebook) (CDSS) $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 4–Sun 6 Pitt's Maggot English Dance Weekend (CDSS) $119 Homestead, PA, USA ECD
Hot Toddy David Smukler
Fri 4 4:00 pm–Sun 6 4:00 pm Music, dance and song (Facebook) £200-£330 Halsway, UK W English ceilidh
Banter
Fri 4 7:00 pm–Sun 6 6:00 pm Epicenter Contra Dance Weekend (CDSS) Mill Valley, CA, USA W contra
Engine Room Supertrad Lisa Greenleaf Michael Karcher
Thu 10 4:00 pm–Sun 13 4:00 pm Balfolk Ratisbonne €120-€160 Regensburg, Germany W balfolk
Dragon Flowers Feather and Fox GrandLoup Ormuz Trio Wolski
Fri 11–Mon 14 Springdans Northwest Seabeck, WA, USA W scandi
Fri 11 6:00 pm–Sun 13 11:59 pm Funambals €63-€69 Lyon, France W balfolk
Platane Talec Noguet Quartet La Chimère La Malène Duo Cavez-Paulson Hot Griselda Trencadit Poolidor Femti Fem Sorgues Ma Petite Tref
Fri 11 7:00 pm–Sun 13 6:30 pm Oxford Folk Festival (…) £36 Oxford, UK W balfolk contra English ceilidh
Banter Chaotic Good Trinculo Confluence Sheena Masson Charlotte Rich-Griffin Alison Rowley
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 6:30 pm–Sun 13 2:30 pm Call of the Loon (CDSS) $135-$145 Minneapolis, MN, USA W contra
The Dam Beavers Contratopia Seth Tepfer Steve Pike
Fri 11 6:00 pm–Sun 13 3:00 pm Queer Contra Dance Camp (CDSS) $125-$500 Aptos, CA, USA contra
The Sage Thrashers Starling Angela DeCarlis Sue Rosen
Sat 12 10:00 am–Sun 13 8:00 pm Elfia Haarzuilens (…) (…) Haarzuilens, Netherlands W balfolk
Laouen Marie Paulette
Sat 12 4:00 pm–Sun 13 10:00 am Dans i Tobo Uppsala, Sweden scandi
Fri 18–Sun 20 Dandelion Romp $30-$75 Oberlin, OH, USA W contra
River Road Northwoods Gaye Fifer Will Mentor
Fri 18 6:30 pm–Mon 21 2:00 am ComSiBal Festival (Facebook) Boutersem, Belgium W balfolk
Tref Beat Bouet Trio JAM PT Feather and Fox Bal O'Gadjo Oraj La Sylva Tom & Aurélie Zlabya Dragon Flowers
Fri 18 7:00 pm–Sun 20 3:00 pm Dancing Fish $30-$60 Melrose, FL, USA W contra
Wild Asparagus George Marshall
Mon 21 4:00 pm–Fri 25 10:00 am Easter House Party (Facebook) £255-£460 Halsway, UK W contra ECD
Gareth Kiddier & Linda Game
Fri 25–Sun 27 Hadleigh French Weekend £70 Hadleigh, UK W balfolk
Bargainatt Tonik BOF! Tom & Emma Hardy
Fri 25–Sun 27 Hands Four Spring Dance Weekend Berea, KY, USA W contra
Hot Coffee Breakdown Berea Castoffs Timothy Klein Chris Bischoff
Fri 25–Sun 27 Trillium Twirl $160-$275 Dowling, MI, USA W contra ECD
Toss the Possum Bob Isaacs
Fri 25–Sun 27 Portland Raindance Weekend Portland, OR, USA W contra
Red Case Band Riptide Will Mentor Gaye Fifer
Fri 25–Sun 27 Spring Dance Romance $120 Carrboro, NC, USA W contra ECD
Stomp Rocket Countercurrent Adina Gordon Jacqui Grennan Melissa Running
Fri 25 4:00 pm–Sun 27 4:00 pm Falconers Dance Club Halsway, UK W ECD
The Falconers
Fri 25 6:00 pm–Sun 27 10:00 pm Set Dance Weekend (Facebook) €100 Prague, Czechia W Irish set
Swallow's Tail
Fri 25 6:00 pm–Sun 27 6:00 pm Folkarria Eco Festi-bal €90-€125 Madrid, Spain W balfolk
Cosmos Chocolat Zlabya Delameseta Duo Niepold-Cutting Bal O'Gadjo L'air Inconnu
Fri 25 6:00 pm–Sun 27 5:00 pm New England Folk Festival (NEFFA) (CDSS) $85-$120 Marlborough, MA, USA W balfolk contra ECD scandi SCD
Roaring Jelly Joy Factor Kingfisher Torrent Confluence Festival Orchestra Not Enough Fiddles Live Wire Rum & Onions The Orphans Dogtown The Moving Violations Einstein's Little Homunculus Jump Start Sugar River Band Zarkadelphia Tabbies' Delight Chimney Swift Cojiro Melanie Axel-Lute Donna Hunt Maia McCormick Dereck Kalish Hannah Johlas Michael Karcher Lisa Greenleaf Chris Page Darlene Underwood Sue Rosen Ben Sachs-Hamilton Alex Deis-Lauby Jacob Bloom Bev Bernbaum Sue Gola Carl Levine Steve Zakon-Anderson Julian Blechner Harris Lapiroff Qwill Duvall
Fri 25 7:00 pm–Sun 27 2:00 pm When in Doubt, Swing! (CDSS) $50-$130 Dallas, TX, USA contra
Steam! Jeremy Korr
Sat 26 1:00 pm–Sun 27 5:00 pm Jane Austen Ball (CDSS) Rochester, NY, USA ECD
Alchemy Beverly Francis
Wed 30 6:00 pm–Sun 4 May 6:00 pm Sofia (bal)Folk Weekend (Facebook) €90-€200 Sofia, Bulgaria W balfolk
Trio Divlya Arme de l'Etre Balfolkariya House Band
May 2025
Thu 1–Sun 4 BalSoleil 185 CHF Mogelsberg, Switzerland W balfolk
Biskaya Luca Fiorini La Bonne Soupe Livadari Dîjga Sol Do Zéphyr Combo Duo l'Hêtre Heureux GrandLoup Seelengesang
Fri 2–Mon 5 May Heydays at Evesham Evesham, UK W contra ECD balfolk
Box of Frogs Dampier's Round Sarah Matthews & Doug Eunson Folkus Pocus Nicky McConkey Old Time Contra Band Knotted Chord Mollie & Dave Keeping Thyme The Twangtown Paramours Confluence Ygra Andrew Swaine Brian Stanton Burt Hunter Colin Hume Ivan Aitken Kathryn Wright David Wright Mark Elvins Mike Courthold Nicola Scott Nigel Close Rhodri Davies Seth Tepfer Ted Morse
Fri 2–Mon 5 Scandimoot Clapham, UK W scandi
Sven Ahlbäck
Fri 2 4:00 pm–Sun 4 4:00 pm Irish Set Dance Weekend (Facebook) £200-£330 Halsway, UK W Irish set
Rise the Dust Maggie Daniel Lucy Slemmings
Fri 2 7:00 pm–Sat 3 9:00 pm Dancing Fish $15-$30 Melrose, FL, USA W contra
Lift Ticket Angela DeCarlis
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 (BOK) Heiligenberg, Germany Irish set
Thu 8–Sun 11 Lake Eden Arts Festival - Spring Black Mountain, NC, USA W contra
Fri 9 10:00 am–Sun 11 11:59 pm BalMostFolk (Facebook) (Plug) 450 PLN Kraków, Poland W balfolk
Le P'tit bal de Camille Valentin Barray Stefano Baldan Augustas Černiauskas Lucas Thébaut Le Driadi Kapela Odloty Oraj La Grosse Réveilleuse
Fri 9 4:00 pm–Sun 11 4:00 pm Contra Camp (Facebook) £225-£390 Halsway, UK W contra English ceilidh
WillPower Louise Siddons Heather McAslan
Fri 9 7:30 pm–Sun 11 3:00 pm Holmfirth Festival of Folk £6-£10 Holmfirth, UK W balfolk English ceilidh
Wanton String Band John Brown
Fri 9 4:00 pm–Fri 16 12:00 pm Contradancers Delight Holiday $170-$260 Mountain City, TN, USA W contra
Toss the Possum Playing with Fyre Atlanta Folk Orchestra Ed Howe & Friends Buzz Band Terry Doyle Bob Isaacs Devin Pohly Warren Doyle
Fri 9 7:00 pm–Sun 11 1:30 pm Apple Blossom Bliss (CDSS) $100-$120 Ann Arbor, MI, USA W contra
River Road The Jig Lords Lisa Greenleaf Maeve Devlin
Fri 9 7:00 pm–Sat 10 10:30 pm Spring Thaw (CDSS) $95-$115 Toronto, Ontario, Canada contra
Stomp Rocket Jon Cannon & Adam Iredale-Gray Rick Szumski Will Mentor
Mon 12 4:00 pm–Fri 16 10:00 am American Spring Contra (Facebook) £255-£460 Halsway, UK W contra
Bruce Rosen & Audrey Jaber Sue Rosen
Fri 16–Sat 17 Trad i Malung Malung, Sweden W scandi
Fri 16 7:00 pm–Sun 18 5:00 pm Mad Robin Ball (CDSS) $125 Petaluma, CA, USA W ECD
Joanna Reiner Wilkinson Kalia Kliban
Fri 23–Mon 26 Dancing Bears Dance Camp (CDSS) Wasilla, AK, USA W contra
Rhys Jones and the Imaginary Beings River Road Lindsey Dono Will Mentor
Fri 23–Mon 26 FolkMADness Music & Dance Camp (CDSS) $90-$185 Socorro, NM, USA W contra ECD
Alex Deis-Lauby Gaye Fifer
Fri 23–Sun 25 Butterfly Whirl Decatur, GA, USA W contra
Stomp Rocket Thunderwing Jacqui Grennan Seth Tepfer
Fri 23 12:00 pm–Mon 26 11:55 pm Chippenham Folk Festival (Facebook) Chippenham, UK W balfolk contra English ceilidh Irish céilí Irish set ECD
WillPower Hoik! Bruce Rosen Pair of Shears Double Dichotomy Sawney White Bird Momentum Bluejay Sarah Matthews & Doug Eunson Crowdy-Kit Definitely Contraband Vic Smith & Friends Audrey Jaber Ali Messer Portmanteau Hinny & Joe Wass Sue Rosen Brooke Friendly Andrew Swaine Charlie Turner Bob Morgan Mark Elvins Emily Bidgood Bernie Culkin Rhi Davies Frances Oates Carol Monaghan Kevin Monaghan Geoff Cubitt John Stewart Susannah Diamond
Fri 23 3:00 pm–Sun 25 5:30 pm Folk College (CDSS) (CDSS) $250-$300 Huntingdon, PA, USA W contra Scottish cèilidh
Midnight on the Water Bob Nicholson
Fri 23 7:00 pm–Mon 26 3:00 pm Meet Me In St Louis (CDSS) $55-$110 Webster Groves, MO, USA W contra ECD
Mound City Slickers Supertrad Emily Rush
Wed 28–Sun 1 June Tanz und Verbindung €90-€130 Waldheim, Germany W balfolk
Thu 29 12:00 pm–Sat 31 12:00 pm Hovrastämman (Facebook) Korskrogen, Sweden W scandi
Thu 29 2:00 pm–Sun 1 June 4:00 am Festival Balilas (Facebook) Janzé, France W balfolk
Accordzéâm Cocanha La Bachule Zef Clica Drona L'Équipe Le Grand Barouf Eris Ducasse Skavidra Masca Son Arquèthi Mamouette L'air Inconnu Escarteen Sisters
Fri 30 12:00 pm–Sun 1 June 3:00 pm Musik- und Tanzfest Krebsow, Germany W balfolk
Fri 30 1:00 pm–Sun 1 June 4:00 pm Dafodil Diest, Belgium W balfolk
Fyndus Aïe Mon Pied! Tralala Lovers Duo De Schepper-Sanczuk Zéphyr Combo Feather and Fox Thalas Maarten Decombel & Toon Van Mierlo Akleja Rudemà Naragonia
Fri 30 4:00 pm–Sun 1 June 4:00 pm Halsway Playford Assembly (Facebook) £200-£330 Halsway, UK W ECD
Purcell's Polyphonic Party Andrew Swaine
Fri 30 6:00 pm–Sun 1 June 3:00 pm Chain Reaction $80-$120 Surry, ME, USA W contra
Drive Train Engine Room Alyssa Adkins Will Mentor
June 2025
Thu 5 6:00 pm–Sun 8 3:00 pm Ransätersstämman Karlstad, Sweden W scandi
Fri 6–Sun 8 Dance Trance Weekend Lexington, KY, USA W contra
Toss the Possum Darlene Underwood Terry Doyle
Fri 6–Sun 8 Gender-Free Dance Camp $150-$400 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra
Calico Northwoods Mary Wesley Chris Ricciotti
Fri 6–Sun 8 Taste of Haven $90-$110 Syracuse, IN, USA W contra
The Dam Beavers Bobcat Opposum Gaye Fifer Dwayne Johnson
Fri 6 7:00 pm–Sun 8 10:00 pm Les Trad'Yvresses Le Mans, France W balfolk
Fri 6 6:00 pm–Sun 8 6:00 pm Bal-Curious (Facebook) Burneside, UK W balfolk
Fri 6 9:00 pm–Mon 9 9:00 pm RenoFolk Festival Bologna, Italy W balfolk Italian
Karamaus Ududu Le Mange Bal Jam.PT Matrioske Terroir Collapse Nasyikat Musicanti d'la Bása Tref Duo Vargoz Baìa Trio Ormuz
Sat 7–Mon 9 Moulin d'Andé Weekend Val-de-Reuil, France W contra
Larry Unger & Karina Wilson Charlie Turner Jeremy Kuhn
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
Sat 14 4:00 pm–Sat 21 12:00 pm Dance, Music & Spice $850-$1500 Lexington, MI, USA W contra ECD
Countercurrent Lindsey Dono Susan Kevra
Sun 15 3:30 pm–Sun 22 10:00 am BACDS Hey Days (CDSS) $475-$1380 Los Garos, CA, USA W ECD
Andrew Swaine Joanna Reiner Wilkinson Rachel Pusey
Wed 18 6:00 pm–Sun 22 4:30 pm Folk Weekend Mattstedt Apolda, Germany W balfolk
Thu 19 12:00 pm–Sun 22 11:45 pm Numinosum Festival: Midsummer Night (Facebook) (Plug) Liw, Poland W balfolk Polish
Fri 20 7:00 pm–Sun 22 5:00 pm Lichfield Folk Festival £100 Lichfield, UK W contra ECD
3D Jovial Crew Larry Unger & Elke Baker Warleggan Village Band WillPower Amy Burton Gene Murrow Geoff Cubitt Georgia Delve Hilary Herbert Lynne Render Mark Burton Maureen Knight
Sat 21–Sun 22 Midzomer Fair Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands W balfolk
Sun 22 2:00 pm–Sat 28 9:00 am Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance (CDSS) Bar Harbor, ME, USA W contra
Sun 22 3:00 pm–Sat 28 11:00 am Lady of the Lake June Week (CDSS) $750-$1050 Harrison, ID, USA W contra ECD
The Dam Beavers Fiddle Hellions Root System Gaye Fifer Lindsey Dono Luke Donforth
Thu 26–Mon 30 July Fourth Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD Irish set
Mary Wesley
Fri 27–Sun 6 July Stämmoveckan Rättvik, Sweden W scandi
Fri 27 4:00 pm–Mon 30 4:00 pm Dañserlà Erlangen, Germany W balfolk
Fri 27 8:00 pm–Sun 29 8:00 pm Bals et Roses (Facebook) €50-€70 Florenville, Belgium W balfolk
Hartwin Dhoore Trio The Crew Oraj Solia Stoemp La Voivrelle La Vielha Topette Boulas Rio Quartet Emily & The Simons Noiranomis Threo Duo Niepold-Cutting
Sun 29–Fri 4 July AmWeek Ben Lomond, CA, USA W contra
Sun 29–Fri 4 July Cumberland Dance Week $675-$1075 Pleasantville, TN, USA W contra ECD
The Cosmic Otters Wendy Graham Seth Tepfer
Mon 30–Fri 4 July Pinewoods English-Scottish-Contra $345-$467 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD SCD
Frost and Fire Anna Rain Ben Sachs-Hamilton Kat Dutton
July 2025
Thu 3–Sun 6 Roanoke Railroader $95-$160 Salem, VA, USA W contra
Toss the Possum The Latter Day Lizards Rushfest Will Mentor Gaye Fifer
Fri 4–Sun 6 Gooikoorts (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) Gooik, Belgium balfolk
Embrun Warmoes
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 $15-$30 Melrose, FL, USA contra
Kingfisher Crossover Luke Donforth Bob Isaacs
Mon 7–Fri 12 Gran Bal Trad (Vialfre) Vialfre, Italy W balfolk Irish set Italian ECD scandi
Mon 7 4:00 pm–Fri 11 10:00 am Social Country Dance Week (Facebook) £255-£460 Halsway, UK W contra ECD
Ali, Jane & Meg Mark Elvins
Sun 13 1:00 pm–Sat 19 2:00 pm Ashokan Northern Week $585-$1035 Olivebridge, NY, USA W contra scandi
Lighthouse Will Mentor Susan Kevra John Krumm
Sat 19 3:00 pm–Sat 26 10:00 am American Dance & Music Week $850-$1500 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra
Stringrays Janine Smith Michael Karcher Lisa Greenleaf
Thu 24–Sun 27 Korröfestivalen Korrö, Sweden scandi
Thu 24 7:30 pm–Sun 27 11:55 pm Warwick Folk Festival £147-£155 Warwick, UK English ceilidh contra
Fri 25–Sun 27 Southern Aire Mountain City, TN, USA W contra
Bob Isaacs Terry Doyle Sue Gola Kenny Greer Amanda Setili Rob Setili Stephanie Marie Elijah Jaime Katie Zanders
Sat 26–Sat 2 August Harmony of Song & Dance $850-$1500 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD
Countercurrent Gaye Fifer Adina Gordon
August 2025
Fri 1–Fri 8 Sidmouth Folk Festival £320-£495 Sidmouth, UK W English ceilidh contra ECD SCD balfolk scandi Irish set Irish céilí
Alex Cumming & Audrey Jaber Box of Frogs Confluence Contrasaurus Paul Hutchinson & Matt Norman Oscina WillPower Brian Stanton Carol Monaghan Kevin Monaghan Louise Siddons Rachel Shapiro-Wallace Rhodri Davies
Fri 1–Sat 9 Lark Camp (CDSS) Fort Bragg, CA, USA W contra ECD
Fri 8–Fri 15 Broadstairs Folk Week £176-£357 Broadstairs, UK W English ceilidh contra
Mon 11–Sun 17 Family Week $850-$1500 Poland, ME, USA W balfolk contra ECD
Mon 11 4:00 pm–Sun 17 10:00 am Cascade of Music & Dance $750-$1400 Cascade, MD, USA W contra ECD
Wed 13–Sun 17 Bal Focus 2900-3700 CZK Šumperk, Czechia W balfolk
Thu 14 4:35 pm–Sat 16 11:59 pm FESTI'FOLK free Lambesc, France W balfolk
Coriandre La Talvera Castanha e Vinovel Tchachao Folk You Bodegam bal Sors le mains d'tes poches
Fri 15–Sun 17 Mentone Mentone, AL, USA W contra
Turnip the Beet The Yellow Dandies Cis Hinkle Chet Gray
Fri 15 7:00 pm–Sun 17 4:00 pm Good Life Gallop $30-$75 Omaha, NE, USA W contra
Fri 15 7:00 pm–Sun 17 6:30 pm Balance the Bay (CDSS) San Francisco, CA, USA contra
River Road The Latter Day Lizards Alex Deis-Lauby Will Mentor
Sat 16 3:00 pm–Fri 22 11:59 pm Whitby Folk Week £280-£360 Whitby, UK W English ceilidh contra ECD Irish set
Sat 16 3:00 pm–Sat 23 10:00 am Campers' Week $750-$1400 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD
Mon 18 4:00 pm–Mon 25 10:00 am Halsway Folk Dance Holiday £400-£640 Halsway, UK W ECD
Richard Jones & Chris Jewell Ivan Aitken
Wed 20 8:00 pm–Mon 25 12:00 am Boombalfestival (Facebook) Lovendegem, Belgium W balfolk
Topette
Fri 22–Sun 24 Sugar Hill Dance Weekend Bloomington, IN, USA W contra
Fri 22 2:00 pm–Mon 25 6:00 pm Shrewsbury Folk Festival £199.24-£246.85 Shrewsbury, UK W balfolk contra English ceilidh
Demon Barbers Emily & The Simons Frog on a Bike GloryStrokes Hoik Lasair Naragonia Quartet National Youth Folk Ensemble Oysterband PolkaWorks Queer Folk Ross Grant & Hartwin Dhoore
Fri 22 6:00 pm–Sun 24 10:00 pm Found Festival £195-£215 Middle Claydon, UK W English ceilidh
Out of Hand Tautas Roks Banter Kettlehawk
Sat 23–Fri 29 TradMaD Plymouth, MA, USA W contra
Fri 29–Mon 1 September Dance Camp North (CDSS) Fairbanks, AK, USA W contra
The Dam Beavers Jeremy Korr
Fri 29–Tue 2 September Pinewoods Labor Day Weekend Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD
Fri 29 4:00 pm–Sun 31 4:00 pm Halsway Regency Assembley £200-£330 Halsway, UK W ECD
Warleggan Village Band Georgia Delve
Fri 29 6:00 pm–Sun 31 3:00 pm Dancing Fish $15-$30 Melrose, FL, USA contra
Howe And Company
Fri 29 4:00 pm–Mon 1 September 1:00 pm Northwest Passage (CDSS) Rhododendron, OR, USA W ECD
Idlewild Roguery Brooke Friendly Jenny Beer
Fri 29 6:00 pm–Mon 1 September 1:30 pm Rocky Mountain Rendezvous Boulder, CO, USA W contra
Stove Dragon Spintuition Will Mentor Alex Deis-Lauby
September 2025
Thu 4 4:00 pm–Sun 7 2:00 am Simmelfolk €99-€150 Simmelsdorf, Germany W balfolk
Fri 5–Sun 7 Bear Hug Contra Dance Weekend (CDSS) $250-$305 Rollins, MT, USA contra
Banna Damhsa Countercurrent Emily Faulkner Michael Karcher
Fri 5–Sun 7 Bear Hug Dance Camp Rollins, MT, USA W contra
Countercurrent Banna Damhsa Michael Karcher Emily Faulkner
Fri 5–Sun 7 South Folk Festival (BOK) Balingen, Germany W balfolk
Fri 12–Sun 14 Butterfly Twirl (Facebook) Chagrin Falls, OH, USA W contra
Hot Coffee Breakdown Playing with Fyre Gaye Fifer Darlene Underwood
Fri 12 6:00 pm–Sun 14 11:45 pm 32e Folk Festival Marsinne (Facebook) Marsinne, Belgium 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–Sun 21 Squirrel Moon Contra Dance weekend Dodgeville, WI, USA W contra
Lift Ticket Lisa Greenleaf
Fri 19–Sun 21 Chehalis Dance Weekend $300-$450 Vancouver, BC, Canada W contra
Joyride The Free Raisins Jeremy Korr Koren Wake
Fri 19 6:00 pm–Sun 21 6:00 pm 5ème Festival des Bals Combiers Lausanne, Switzerland W balfolk
Fri 26–Sun 28 Adirondack Dance Weekend (CDSS) Silver Bay, NY, USA W balfolk contra ECD
River Road Lighthouse Eloise & Co. Gaye Fifer Will Mentor
Fri 26 12:00 pm–Sun 28 12:00 am Infinitumbal (Facebook) Vilnius, Lithuania W balfolk
Fri 26 4:00 pm–Sun 28 4:00 pm Halsway Harvest Weekend Halsway, UK W English ceilidh ECD
Dampier's Round Frances Oates Barrie Bullimore Laura Hodges
October 2025
Fri 3–Sun 5 Moondance Dance Weekend Pickens, SC, USA W contra
Lagomorph Quartet Good & Plenty Bob Isaacs Diane Silver
Fri 3–Sun 5 Lady of the Lake Fall Camp $235-$395 Harrison, ID, USA W contra
Stringrays Dog Paw Susan Petrick William Watson
Fri 3 7:00 pm–Sat 4 9:00 pm Dancing Fish $15-$30 Melrose, FL, USA contra
The Free Raisins Alex Deis-Lauby
Mon 6 4:00 pm–Fri 10 10:00 am Autumn Contra Dance Week £255-£460 Halsway, UK W contra
Box of Frogs Cis Hinkle
Thu 9–Sun 12 John C Campbell Fall Dance Weekend $235 Brasstown, NC, USA W contra
Supertrad Wendy Graham Carol Sersland
Fri 10–Sun 12 Harvest Moon $95-$195 Santa Barbara, CA, USA W contra
The Gaslight Tinkers Topspin Rick Mohr Anna Rain
Fri 10–Sun 12 Mountain Madness Jonesborough, TN, USA contra
Fri 10 4:30 pm–Sun 12 7:30 pm NAIF Balfolk Festival (Facebook) Sorrento, Italy W balfolk Italian
Fri 17–Sun 19 Columbus English Country Dance Weekend (Facebook) (CDSS) Colombus, OH, USA ECD
Beverly Francis Dan Blim
Fri 17 7:30 pm–Sun 19 3:00 pm Pittsburgh Fall Dance Weekend (CDSS) $75-$140 Pittsburgh, PA, USA W contra
The Dam Beavers Topspin Gaye Fifer Will Mentor
Thu 23 6:00 pm–Sun 26 7:00 pm CaDansa (Facebook) (…) Steenwijk, Netherlands W balfolk
Fri 24–Sun 26 Music City Masquerade $65-$165 Nashville, TN, USA W contra
Engine Room Darlene Underwood
Fri 24 7:30 pm–Sun 26 5:00 pm Contra NYC New York, NY, USA W contra
Red Case Band Kingfisher Some Assembly Required Will Mentor
Fri 31–Sun 2 November Foggy Moon Dance Weekend Monterey, CA, USA contra
Countercurrent Stringrays Alex Deis-Lauby Lisa Greenleaf
Fri 31 7:00 pm–Sun 2 November 3:00 pm Hey Fever Ottawa, Ontario, Canada W contra
Good Company River Road Mary Wesley Will Mentor
November 2025
Fri 7–Sun 9 Head for the Hills (CDSS) $140-$240 Kunkletown, PA, USA W contra ECD
Fri 7 5:00 pm–Sun 9 5:00 pm Skint (Facebook) £23-£53 Ashover, UK W balfolk scandi
Fri 7 7:00 pm–Sun 9 5:30 pm 11e Nuit Trad'Actuelle (Facebook) Troyes, France balfolk
Fri 7 3:00 pm–Sun 9 3:00 pm Dance in the Desert (CDSS) Oracle, AZ, USA W contra
The Faux Paws The Free Raisins Koren Wake Steve Zakon-Anderson
Fri 14–Sun 16 Fire Ant Frolic Austin, TX, USA W contra
Northwoods Steve Zakon-Anderson
Fri 21 4:00 pm–Sun 23 4:00 pm Zesty Contra Weekend £200-£330 Halsway, UK W contra
Ali & Mollie Rhodri Davies Mark Elvins
Fri 28–Sun 30 ContraCopia Philadelphia, PA, USA W contra
December 2025
Sat 6–Sun 7 Midwinter Fair Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands W balfolk
Fri 5 7:00 pm–Sat 6 9:00 pm Dancing Fish $15-$30 Melrose, FL, USA contra
Thunderwing Dereck Kalish
Tue 23 4:00 pm–Sat 27 10:00 am Christmas House Party £420-£645 Halsway, UK W contra
Will Pound & Linda Game Geoff Cubitt
Fri 26–Wed 31 Contradancers Delight Holiday Morgantown, WV, USA W contra
Toss the Possum Spintuition Buzz Band George Paul Terry Doyle Bob Isaacs Devin Pohly Warren Doyle
January 2026
Fri 9 4:00 pm–Mon 12 10:00 am What the Trad?! - Weekender (Plug) Nijmegen, Netherlands W balfolk
Fri 16 3:00 pm–Mon 19 1:00 pm Stellar Days & Nights (CDSS) Buena Vista, CO, USA W contra ECD
Mon 19 4:00 pm–Fri 23 10:00 am Winter Warmer £240-£460 Halsway, UK W ECD
Dampier's Round Madeleine Smith Jane Hunter Mark Hunter
Fri 23–Sun 25 Florida Snow Ball Gulfport, FL, USA W contra
Turnip the Beet Red Case Band Michael Karcher Lisa Greenleaf
April 2026
Fri 10 6:00 pm–Sun 12 4:00 pm Irish set dance (BOK) Balingen, Germany Irish set
June 2026
Fri 19 7:00 pm–Sun 21 5:00 pm Lichfield Folk Festival Lichfield, UK W contra ECD
October 2026
Fri 9–Sun 11 Electric Folk Dance Party Hope, UK balfolk contra English ceilidh
Apolkalypse Bearded Dragons Portmanteau

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