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events:
  - name: IVFDF 2022
    details: The Inter-Varsity Folk Dance Festival.
    links:
      - "https://sheffield-ivfdf.org.uk/"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/931285487679053/"
    start_date: 2022-02-25
    end_date: 2022-02-27
    country: UK
    city: Sheffield
    styles:
      - balfolk
      - contra
      - e-ceilidh
      - s-ceilidh
      - ecd
      - scd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Hekety
      - Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
      - Bearded Dragons
      - Vertical Expression
      - Bellamira
      - Fourth Road
      - The Rheingans Sisters
      - Vijay Venkat and Mel Biggs
    callers:
      - Liz and Kirsten
      - The NYFTE Group
      - Charlie Turner
      - Daisy Black
      - Rachel Shapiro-Wallace
      - Charlotte Rich-Griffin
      - Lisa Heywood
      - Nisha Lall
    price: £19-£50
    organisation: IVFDF
    source: events/uk/ivfdf.yaml
  - name: Sidmouth Folk Festival
    links:
      - "https://sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/"
    start_date: 2022-07-29
    end_date: 2022-08-05
    country: UK
    city: Sidmouth
    styles:
      - e-ceilidh
      - contra
      - ecd
      - scd
      - balfolk
      - scandi
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - 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
    callers:
      - Louise Siddons
      - Bob Morgan
      - Charlie Turner
      - Charlotte Rich-Griffin
      - Daisy Black
      - Jake Wood
      - Rhi Davies
      - Rhodri Davies
    price: £64-£340
    organisation: Sidmouth Folk Festival
    source: events/uk/sidmouth.yaml
  - name: May Heydays at Evesham
    links:
      - "http://mayheydays.org.uk/"
    start_date: 2024-05-03
    end_date: 2024-05-06
    country: UK
    city: Evesham
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
      - balfolk
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Contrasaurus
      - Emily & Simon
      - Eclectic Regency
      - Mollie & Dave
      - Keeping Thyme
      - Lighthouse
      - Momentum
      - Faren
      - Ygra
    callers:
      - 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
    organisation: May Heydays
    source: events/uk/heydays.yaml
  - name: Contrabridge
    links:
      - "https://contrabridge.org/events/2024-05/"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/3662336994003909/"
    start: "2024-05-18T19:30:00+01:00"
    end: "2024-05-18T23:00:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Cambridge
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - "Audrey Jaber, Alan Brunier & Adam Rich-Griffin"
    callers:
      - Daisy Black
    price: £7-£15
    organisation: Contrabridge
    source: events/uk/contrabridge.yaml
  - name: Chippenham Folk Festival
    links:
      - "https://www.chippfolk.co.uk/"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/887594332750059/"
    start: "2024-05-24T11:00:00+01:00"
    end: "2024-05-27T23:45:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Chippenham
    styles:
      - e-ceilidh
      - contra
      - balfolk
      - irish-set
      - scandi
      - scd
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Bearded Dragons
      - Chaotic Good
      - Confluence
      - Contra Sutra
      - Portmanteau
      - The Falconers
      - WillPower
    callers:
      - Bob Morgan
      - Bruce Hamilton
      - Charlie Turner
      - Colin Hume
      - Daisy Black
      - Fee Lock
      - Lynne Render
      - Rachel Shapiro-Wallace
    organisation: Chippenham Folk Festival
    source: events/uk/chippenham.yaml
  - name: Sidmouth Folk Festival
    links:
      - "https://sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/"
    start_date: 2024-08-02
    end_date: 2024-08-09
    country: UK
    city: Sidmouth
    styles:
      - e-ceilidh
      - contra
      - ecd
      - scd
      - balfolk
      - scandi
      - irish-set
      - ceili
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - 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
    callers:
      - 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
    price: £197-£549
    organisation: Sidmouth Folk Festival
    source: events/uk/sidmouth.yaml
  - name: Whitby Folk Week
    links:
      - "https://www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/1106457830699953/"
    start: "2024-08-17T15:00:00+01:00"
    end: "2024-08-23T23:59:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Whitby
    styles:
      - e-ceilidh
      - contra
      - ecd
      - irish-set
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - 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
    callers:
      - 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
    price: £70-£365
    organisation: Whitby Folk Week
    source: events/uk/whitby.yaml
  - name: Shrewsbury Folk Festival
    links:
      - "https://shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk/line-up/dance/"
    start: "2024-08-23T14:00:00+01:00"
    end: "2024-08-26T18:00:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Shrewsbury
    styles:
      - balfolk
      - contra
      - e-ceilidh
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - 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
    callers:
      - Sheena Masson
      - Rhodri Davies
      - Tom Kitching
      - Prue Reilly
      - Annie Bolt
      - Phil Bassindale
      - Ian Nichols
      - Daisy Black
      - Andrew Swaine
    price: £116-£222.53
    organisation: Shrewsbury Folk Festival
    source: events/uk/shrewsbury.yaml
  - name: Bristol Contra Dance
    details: "Bristol Contra Dance is a communal-style folk dance very similar to a Ceilidh. No partner or experience is necessary. A caller leads the dancers through a series of moves. All calling is gender free.\n\nDaisy Black will be calling with music from Chaotic good.\n\nWe are in the Faith Space Chapel. It's nice and close to Temple Meads and comes with free parking. Check the new Bristol Clean Air Zone information carefully, as this may effect you.\n\nWe have cheese in the break, along with tea, coffee and cordial. You are welcome to bring your own things. Please don't bring alcohol, as this is the venue rule.\n\nBristol Contra is committed to not having the cost of a dance be a hindrance to anyone attending, and have a sliding pay scale.\n\nSuggested prices available on the door:\nUnwaged £6\nWaged £10\nSupporters Ticket £15.\nThe new supporters ticket is a fair representation of what the event costs to run, and supports fair fees for the Band and Caller. It is entirely voluntary.\n\nSo bring your smiles and your joy and come join us for amazing social dancing. Absolutely all welcome of any level of experience for great dancing to some amazing gender-free calling and brilliant music!"
    links:
      - "https://bristolcontra.wordpress.com/"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/342344465535460/"
    start: "2025-01-24T19:45:00+00:00"
    end: "2025-01-24T23:00:00+00:00"
    country: UK
    city: Bristol
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Chaotic Good
    callers:
      - Daisy Black
    price: £6-£15
    organisation: Bristol Contra
    source: events/uk/bristol_contra.yaml