---
events:
  - name: Halsway Playford Assembly
    links:
      - "https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/halsway-playford-assembly-2/"
    start_date: 2022-04-01
    end_date: 2022-04-03
    country: UK
    city: Halsway
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - "Purcell's Polyphonic Party"
    callers:
      - Andrew Swaine
    price: £165-£270
    organisation: Halsway Manor
    source: events/uk/halsway.yaml
  - name: May Heydays at Evesham
    links:
      - "http://mayheydays.org.uk/"
    start_date: 2022-04-29
    end_date: 2022-05-02
    country: UK
    city: Evesham
    styles:
      - balfolk
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Albireo
      - Confluence
      - Keeping Thyme
      - Klerizma
      - Portland Duo
      - "Purcell's Polyphonic Party"
      - Wild Ride
    callers:
      - Andrew Swaine
      - Colin Hume
      - Joanna Reiner
      - John Sweeney
      - Karen Sweeney
      - Lynne Render
      - Nigel Close
    price: £48-£97
    organisation: May Heydays
    source: events/uk/heydays.yaml
  - name: Leeds Contra
    links:
      - "http://www.leedscontra.freeuk.com/specialevents.html"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/672760884416914/"
    start: "2022-12-03T19:30:00+00:00"
    end: "2022-12-03T23:00:00+00:00"
    country: UK
    city: Leeds
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Contrasaurus
    callers:
      - Andrew Swaine
    price: £10
    organisation: Leeds Contra
    source: events/uk/leeds_contra.yaml
  - name: Harrogate Contra
    links:
      - "http://harrogatecontra.org.uk/events.html"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/590165332562432/"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/1480372545707043/"
    start: "2023-04-22T19:45:00+01:00"
    end: "2023-04-22T22:45:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Harrogate
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Philip & Joshua Rowe
    callers:
      - Andrew Swaine
    price: £6-£10
    organisation: Harrogate Contra
    source: events/uk/harrogate_contra.yaml
  - name: Halsway Playford Assembly
    links:
      - "https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/halsway-playford-assembly-2023/"
    start: "2023-05-05T16:00:00+01:00"
    end: "2023-05-07T17:00:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Halsway
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Warleggan Village Band
    callers:
      - Andrew Swaine
    price: £175-£285
    organisation: Halsway Manor
    source: events/uk/halsway.yaml
  - name: Chippenham Folk Festival
    links:
      - "https://www.chippfolk.co.uk/"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/7705607009510868/"
    start_date: 2023-05-26
    end_date: 2023-05-29
    country: UK
    city: Chippenham
    styles:
      - e-ceilidh
      - contra
      - balfolk
      - irish-set
      - scandi
      - scd
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - 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
    callers:
      - Andrew Swaine
      - Bob Morgan
      - David Wright
      - Frances Richardson
      - Jake Wood
      - Kathryn Wright
      - Rhi Davies
      - Rhodri Davies
      - Victoria Yeomans
    organisation: Chippenham Folk Festival
    source: events/uk/chippenham.yaml
  - name: London Barndance
    links:
      - "https://www.barndance.org/programme.html"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/219398377351714/"
    start: "2023-06-10T20:00:00+01:00"
    end: "2023-06-10T23:00:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: London
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Fiddlechicks
    callers:
      - Andrew Swaine
    price: £5-£15
    organisation: London Barndance Company
    source: events/uk/london_barndance.yaml
  - name: Sidmouth Folk Festival
    links:
      - "https://sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/"
    start_date: 2023-08-04
    end_date: 2023-08-11
    country: UK
    city: Sidmouth
    styles:
      - e-ceilidh
      - contra
      - ecd
      - scd
      - balfolk
      - scandi
      - irish-set
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - 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
    callers:
      - Will Mentor
      - Rhodri Davies
      - Andrew Swaine
      - Lynne Render
    price: £164-£549
    organisation: Sidmouth Folk Festival
    source: events/uk/sidmouth.yaml
  - name: Playford Ball
    links:
      - "https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/jan24/the-playford-ball"
    start: "2024-01-13T19:30:00+00:00"
    end: "2024-01-13T22:30:00+00:00"
    country: UK
    city: Oxford
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Warleggan Village Band
    callers:
      - Andrew Swaine
    price: free
    organisation: Bodleian Libraries
    source: events/uk/oxford.yaml
  - name: London Barndance
    links:
      - "https://www.barndance.org/programme.html"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/349965344670788/"
    start: "2024-04-13T20:00:00+01:00"
    end: "2024-04-13T23:00:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: London
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Box of Frogs
    callers:
      - Andrew Swaine
    price: £5-£15
    organisation: London Barndance Company
    source: events/uk/london_barndance.yaml
  - name: Englefield Green contra dance
    links:
      - "https://www.ashfordfolkdancers.org.uk/contra_dances/"
    start: "2024-04-14T14:30:00+01:00"
    end: "2024-04-14T17:30:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Egham
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Linda Game Band
    callers:
      - Andrew Swaine
    organisation: Ashford Folk Dancers
    source: events/uk/ashford.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: Halsway Playford Assembly
    links:
      - "https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/halsway-playford-assembly/"
    start: "2024-06-21T16:00:00+01:00"
    end: "2024-06-23T16:00:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Halsway
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Albireo
    callers:
      - Andrew Swaine
    price: £190-£310
    organisation: Halsway Manor
    source: events/uk/halsway.yaml
  - name: Stegastomp
    links:
      - "https://www.stegastomp.co.uk/"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/406274311921417/"
    start: "2024-06-28T18:00:00+01:00"
    end: "2024-06-30T16:00:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Harbury
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Contrasaurus
    callers:
      - Charlie Turner
      - Andrew Swaine
    price: £50-£110
    organisation: Contrasaurus
    source: events/uk/harbury.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: Oxfolk Ceilidh
    links:
      - "https://www.tickettailor.com/events/oxfolkceilidhs/1376467"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/425973137263820/"
    start: "2024-10-12T19:30:00+01:00"
    end: "2024-10-12T23:00:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Oxford
    styles:
      - e-ceilidh
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Oakstone Trio
    callers:
      - Andrew Swaine
    price: £3-£14
    organisation: Oxfolk
    source: events/uk/oxfolk.yaml
  - name: Leeds Contra
    links:
      - "http://www.leedscontra.freeuk.com/specialevents.html"
    start: "2024-10-26T19:30:00+01:00"
    end: "2024-10-26T23:00:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Leeds
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Linda Game Band
    callers:
      - Andrew Swaine
    price: £12
    organisation: Leeds Contra
    source: events/uk/leeds_contra.yaml
  - name: Nottingham Playford Ball
    links:
      - "https://nfdg.org.uk/club_dances.php"
      - "https://nfdg.org.uk/ball.php"
    start: "2025-04-12T19:30:00+01:00"
    end: "2025-04-12T23:00:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Nottingham
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Tom & Julia Barnes
    callers:
      - Andrew Swaine
    organisation: Nottingham Folk Dance Group
    source: events/uk/nfdg.yaml
  - name: Lancaster Contra
    details: "Behind the mic: Andrew Swaine\nMusicians: Contrary Faeries"
    links:
      - "http://lancastercontra.org.uk/events/"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/323906443504326/"
    start: "2025-07-05T13:30:00+01:00"
    end: "2025-07-05T16:45:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Lancaster
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Contrary Faeries
    callers:
      - Andrew Swaine
    price: £10-£15
    organisation: Lancaster Contra
    source: events/uk/lancaster.yaml