---
events:
  - name: NEFFA
    details: "13 parallel stages, Friday thru Sunday."
    links:
      - "https://www.neffa.org/festival-home/"
    start: "2024-04-19T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-04-21T17:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Marlborough
    styles:
      - balfolk
      - contra
      - e-ceilidh
      - ecd
      - scd
      - scandi
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Live Wire
      - Kingfisher
      - Torrent
      - Good Company
      - Dogtown
    callers:
      - Alex Deis-Lauby
      - Rick Mohr
      - Ben Sachs-Hamilton
      - Bob Isaacs
      - Michael Karcher
      - Dereck Kalish
    organisation: NEFFA
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Northwest Folklife
    links:
      - "https://nwfolklife.org/festival/home.html"
    start_date: 2024-05-24
    end_date: 2024-05-27
    country: USA
    state: WA
    city: Seattle
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Countercurrent
      - Chicken Feathers
      - Good Company
      - 3 Wheel Drive
      - SonoOnos
      - Play for Keeps
    callers:
      - Susan Michaels
      - Charlie Fenton
      - Isaac Banner
      - Jessee Partridge
      - Susan Petrick
      - Koren Wake
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Fifth Saturday Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each time; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nNote: Each dance series now has its own COVID protocol. We hope every dancer will feel comfortable at one or more dances."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fifth-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-06-29/"
    start: "2024-06-29T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-06-29T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Good Company
    callers:
      - Annie Kidwell
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml