{"events":[{"name":"Family Week","links":["https://www.bacds.org/familyweek/"],"start_date":"2022-06-26","end_date":"2022-07-02","country":"USA","state":"CA","city":"Santa Cruz","styles":["ecd","scd","contra"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"organisation":"Bay Area Country Dance Society","source":"events/usa/california.yaml"},{"name":"Echo Summit Dance Camp","links":["https://sactocds.wordpress.com/echo-summit-dance-camp-2022/"],"start":"2022-09-16T16:00:00-07:00","end":"2022-09-18T15:30:00-07:00","country":"USA","state":"CA","city":"Sacramento","styles":["contra"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"bands":["Eloise & Co.","Singularity"],"callers":["Bob Isaacs","Cis Hinkle"],"price":"$300-$330","organisation":"Sacramento Country Dance Society","source":"events/usa/california.yaml"},{"name":"Fall Frolick","links":["https://www.bacds.org/camps/fallwk2022/"],"start_date":"2022-12-02","end_date":"2022-12-04","country":"USA","state":"CA","city":"Healdsburg","styles":["ecd","balfolk","contra"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"bands":["Audrey Knuth","Jon Berger","Rebecca King","Jim Oakden","Jeffrey Spero","Christopher Jacoby","Sande Gillette"],"price":"$375","organisation":"Bay Area Country Dance Society","source":"events/usa/california.yaml"},{"name":"Foggy Moon Contra Dance Weekend","details":"Monterey Country Dance Community is thrilled to be back for our 7th annual Foggy Moon Contra Dance Weekend! Join us for three days of dancing to nationally renowned musicians and callers in beautiful downtown Monterey, California. \nSpots fill up fast, so register today! \nNovember 3-5, 2023\nMusic by Elixir and The Free Raisins\nCalling by Nils Fredland and Lindsey Dono\nat the Monterey YMCA, 600 Camino el Estero in Monterey, CA \n\nDance with us Friday night through Sunday night in beautiful Monterey, CA\nThe YMCA of the Monterey Peninsula is an airy WWII-era wooden USO dance hall, just a short walk from the ocean and historic downtown Monterey.\nHealthy light snacks will be provided every day, all day, with tables indoors and out\nThe details of our COVID policy will be finalized later, but our regular dance series has a policy of masks optional at this time. We will have good quality paper masks available, for those who would like to use them, and we will work to ensure ventilation in the hall, no matter the weather\nWork scholarships available!\nMore information available on our website","links":["https://montereycontradance.org/index.html","https://cdss.org/event/foggy-moon-contra-dance-weekend/"],"start":"2023-11-03T18:30:00-04:00","end":"2023-11-05T22:00:00-05:00","country":"USA","state":"CA","city":"Monterey","styles":["contra"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"bands":["Elixir","The Free Raisins"],"callers":["Lindsey Dono","Nils Fredland"],"organisation":"Monterey Contra Dance Community","source":"events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml"},{"name":"Contra Carnivale","links":["https://contracarnivale.org/"],"start_date":"2024-01-12","end_date":"2024-01-14","country":"USA","state":"CA","city":"San Luis Obispo","styles":["contra"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"bands":["Elixir","The Syncopaths","Eloise & Co."],"callers":["Nils Fredland","Cis Hinkle","Susan Petrick"],"organisation":"TryContra","source":"events/usa/trycontra.yaml"},{"name":"Epicenter dance weekend","links":["https://nbcds.org/epicenter-2024/","https://www.facebook.com/events/907102560774142/"],"start":"2024-04-05T19:00:00-07:00","end":"2024-04-07T17:00:00-07:00","country":"USA","state":"CA","city":"Mill Valley","styles":["contra"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"bands":["The Free Raisins","Genticorum"],"callers":["Seth Tepfer","Alex Deis-Lauby"],"organisation":"North Bay Country Dance","source":"events/usa/trycontra.yaml"},{"name":"Queer Contra Dance Camp","details":"Queer Contra Dance Camp is a queer-normative contra dance weekend in the California redwoods with incredible talent and an enthusiastic and friendly community.","links":["https://www.queercontradance.org/queercamp.html","https://cdss.org/event/queer-contra-dance-camp/2024-04-12/"],"start":"2024-04-12T18:00:00-07:00","end":"2024-04-14T15:00:00-07:00","country":"USA","state":"CA","city":"Aptos","styles":["contra"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"bands":["Nimbus","River Road"],"callers":["Andy Shore","Isaac Banner"],"price":"$125-$500","organisation":"San Francisco Bay Queer Contra Dance","source":"events/usa/cdss.yaml"},{"name":"BACDS Family Week","details":"BACDS Family Week celebrates its 31st year with its magical dance and music celebration in the beautiful redwoods of Aptos, CA. Open and welcoming to families of all kinds and sizes! \nStaff this year will include Shirleigh Brannon (Irish dance), Lindsay Verbil (English Country Dance), Yoyo Zhou (Contra) and Susan Frontczak (theater and storytelling), plus Talitha Amadeo Aho (singing), Jeff Spero (keyboard), M’Gilvry Allen (fiddle), Ben Saylor (Irish flute), Anne Bingham Goess (fiddle), Craig Johnson (keyboard), Lorraine Kostka (crafts), and Raffi Maslan and Andy Wilson (Circus Arts). Camp also offers Waldorf-inspired preschool and roving babysitters for the little ones. \n$975 adults, $840 teens, $650 kids 6-12, $300 kids 2-5. Work trade discount available.","links":["https://www.bacds.org/familyweek/","https://cdss.org/event/bay-area-country-dance-society-family-week-camp/"],"start_date":"2024-06-23","end_date":"2024-06-29","country":"USA","state":"CA","city":"Aptos","styles":["contra","ecd"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"callers":["Lindsay Verbil","Yoyo Zhou"],"price":"$650-$975","organisation":"CDSS","source":"events/usa/cdss.yaml"}]}