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January 2025
Sat 18 11:00 am–Tue 28 11:00 am Winter Folk Dancing in the Sun (Facebook) £995 Olhao, Portugal W contra ECD
Cis Hinkle Frances Oates
Wed 22 7:30 pm– 9:30 pm Bloomington Contra Dance (CDSS) $3-$20 Bloomington, IN, USA contra
Wed 22 7:30 pm–10:30 pm Princeton Country Dancers’ Contra Dance (CDSS) $15 Princeton, NJ, USA W contra
Wed 22 8:00 pm– 9:30 pm Tapestry Folkdance Sampler: Contra (CDSS) $4-$12 Minneapolis, MN, USA W contra
Wed 22 7:30 pm–10:30 pm San Francisco Contra Dance (CDSS) $6-$25 San Francisco, CA, USA W contra
Fri 24–Sun 26 Florida Snow Ball Gulfport, FL, USA W contra
Elixir Playing with Fyre Nils Fredland Beth Molaro
Thu 23 7:00 pm–10:00 pm Lake City Contra Dance (CDSS) $10-$20 Seattle, WA, USA W contra
Thu 23 7:30 pm–10:30 pm Rochester Thursday Night Contras (CDSS) $12 Rochester, NY, USA contra
Vandalia Margaret Mathews
Thu 23 7:30 pm–10:30 pm Thursday Contra Dance (CDSS) $5-$20 Philadelphia, PA, USA W contra
Fri 24 7:45 pm–11:00 pm Bristol Contra Dance (Facebook) £6-£15 Bristol, UK W contra
Chaotic Good Daisy Black
Fri 24 8:00 pm–10:15 pm Cambridge Contra Dance (…) £2 Cambridge, UK contra
Fri 24 6:15 pm– 9:30 pm Flint Hills Contra Dance (CDSS) $10 Manhattan, KS, USA W contra
Fri 24 7:15 pm–10:00 pm Tallahassee Contra Dance (CDSS) $6-$10 Tallahassee, FL, USA W contra
Fri 24 7:30 pm–10:30 pm ContraATL Weekly Dance (CDSS) $7-$15 Decatur, GA, USA W contra
Fri 24 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Friday Night Contra at Glen Echo (CDSS) $15 Glen Echo, MD, USA W contra
Fri 24 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Pittsburgh Contra Dance (CDSS) $15 Pittsburgh, PA, USA W contra
AlleMonOh Stringband Bob Frederking
Fri 24 8:00 pm–11:15 pm Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange (CDSS) $12-$20 Greenfield, MA, USA contra
The Dam Beavers Bob Isaacs
Fri 24 6:00 pm–Sun 26 12:30 pm Wintergreen (CDSS) $125-$165 Bozeman, MT, USA W contra
Northern Aire Turnip the Beet Gaye Fifer Koren Wake
Sat 25 12:00 pm–11:59 pm Peterbough Snow Ball $30 Peterborough, NH, USA W contra
Red Case Band Stove Dragon The Dam Beavers Bob Isaacs Will Mentor Lisa Greenleaf Steve Zakon-Anderson
Sat 25 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Contrabridge (Facebook) £7-£15 Cambridge, UK W contra
Stomping Ground Charlie Turner
Sat 25 6:30 pm–10:00 pm Jax Contra Dance (CDSS) $5-$10 Jacksonville, FL, USA contra
Sat 25 7:00 pm– 9:30 pm Parish Center for the Arts Barn Dance (CDSS) $5-$10 Westford, MA, USA contra
Oh CONTRAire Don Heinold
Sat 25 7:00 pm–10:30 pm CDK Contra & Square Dance (CDSS) $5-$20 Kalamazoo, MI, USA W contra
Sat 25 7:00 pm–10:30 pm Princeton Country Dancers' Combination Contra and English Country Dance (CDSS) $15 Princeton, NJ, USA W contra ECD
Sat 25 6:30 pm–11:00 pm NACDS Contra Dance (CDSS) $10-$15 Huntsville, AL, USA W contra
Sat 25 7:00 pm–10:00 pm Scissortail Contra Dance (CDSS) $15 Oklahoma City, OK, USA contra
Sat 25 7:30 pm–10:30 pm Contra Dance (CDSS) $10-$15 Houston, TX, USA contra
Sat 25 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Contra Dance at Tapestry Folkdance Center (CDSS) $4-$15 Minneapolis, MN, USA W contra
Beau Farmer
Sat 25 6:30 pm– 9:30 pm Anaheim Contra Dance (CDSS) $12-$18 Anaheim, CA, USA W contra
Sat 25 6:30 pm–10:00 pm Sacramento Contra Dance (CDSS) $5-$12 Sacramento, CA, USA W contra
Sat 25 7:00 pm–10:30 pm 4th Saturdays Contra Dance (CDSS) $6-$20 Portland, OR, USA W contra
Sun 26 4:00 pm– 7:00 pm Hayward Contra Dance (CDSS) $15-$20 Hayward, CA, USA contra
Sun 26 6:30 pm– 9:30 pm Contra Dance in St Louis (CDSS) $10 Webster Groves, MO, USA W contra
Mon 27 7:00 pm–10:00 pm Asheville Monday Night Contra Dance (CDSS) $0-$50 Asheville, NC, USA W contra
Mon 27 7:00 pm–10:30 pm Monday Night Dance (CDSS) $5-$10 Knoxville, TN, USA W contra
Mon 27 7:30 pm–10:00 pm Monday Contra Dance (CDSS) $5 Nelson, NH, USA contra
Mon 27 6:30 pm– 9:40 pm Chicago Contra Dance (CDSS) $5-$10 Chicago, IL, USA W contra
Wed 29 7:30 pm– 9:30 pm Bloomington Contra Dance (CDSS) $3-$20 Bloomington, IN, USA contra
Wed 29 7:30 pm–10:30 pm Baltimore Folk Music Society Wednesday Contra Dance (CDSS) $10-$15 Baltimore, MD, USA W contra
Wed 29 7:30 pm–10:30 pm Princeton Country Dancers’ Contra Dance (CDSS) $15 Princeton, NJ, USA W contra
Thu 30 7:00 pm–10:00 pm Lake City Contra Dance (CDSS) $10-$20 Seattle, WA, USA W contra
Thu 30 7:00 pm–10:30 pm Rochester Thursday Night Contras (CDSS) $5-$12 Rochester, NY, USA W contra
Lake Effect Casey Carr
Thu 30 7:30 pm–10:30 pm Thursday Contra Dance (CDSS) $5-$20 Philadelphia, PA, USA W contra
Thu 30 8:00 pm–10:30 pm Berkeley Contra Dance (CDSS) $6-$25 Berkeley, CA, USA W contra
The Cain Raisers Ric Goldman
Fri 31 7:00 pm–Sat 1 February 9:00 pm Dancing Fish (CDSS) (CDSS) (CDSS) $30 Melrose, FL, USA contra
Stomp Rocket Steve Zakon-Anderson
Fri 31 7:30 pm–10:30 pm ContraATL Weekly Dance (CDSS) $7-$15 Decatur, GA, USA W contra
Fri 31 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Contra at Guiding Star Grange (CDSS) $12-$20 Greenfield, MA, USA W contra
Anna & the Alphabets Annie Kidwell
Fri 31 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Friday Night Contra at Glen Echo (CDSS) $15 Glen Echo, MD, USA W contra
Fri 31 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Pittsburgh Contra Dance (CDSS) $15 Pittsburgh, PA, USA W contra
Toad Holler River Abel
Fri 31 7:30 pm–10:30 pm Friday Contra Dance (CDSS) $5-$25 Nashville, TN, USA W contra
Fri 31 7:00 pm–10:30 pm Hands Across Contra $5-$15 Boulder, CO, USA W contra
February 2025
Sat 1 1:30 pm– 4:45 pm Lancaster Contra £10-£15 Lancaster, UK contra
Chris Dixon & Arthur Capelier-Mourguy Rhodri Davies
Sat 1 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Nottingham Mixed Dance Nottingham, UK contra ECD
Caperbility Liam Binley
Sat 1 3:45 pm– 6:30 pm Baton Rouge Contra Dance (CDSS) $10 Baton Rouge, LA, USA W contra
Sat 1 6:30 pm–10:00 pm Goshen Community Contra Dance (CDSS) $3-$8 Goshen, IN, USA W contra
Sat 1 7:00 pm–10:30 pm Swingin' Tern Contra Dance (CDSS) $5-$15 Chatham, NJ, USA W contra
Sat 1 7:00 pm– 9:30 pm Wooster Contra Dance (CDSS) $5-$7 Wooster, OH, USA contra
Pocketful o' Gimmick Susan English
Sat 1 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Contra at Guiding Star Grange (CDSS) $12-$20 Greenfield, MA, USA W contra
Wild Asparagus George Marshall
Sat 1 7:30 pm–11:00 pm First Saturday Contra Dance (CDSS) $12-$20 Peterborough, NH, USA W contra
Windfish Hannah Johlas
Sat 1 7:40 pm–11:00 pm Montpelier Contra Dance (CDSS) $5-$20 Berlin, VT, USA W contra
Sat 1 7:00 pm–10:00 pm Scissortail Contra Dance (CDSS) Tulsa, OK, USA contra
Sat 1 6:30 pm–10:00 pm Tucson Contra Dance (CDSS) $5-$10 Tucson, AZ, USA W contra
Sat 1 7:00 pm–10:00 pm Friends of Traditional Dance Contra (CDSS) $5-$20 Fort Collins, CO, USA contra
Sat 1 7:30 pm–10:30 pm Missoula Folklore Society Contra Dance (CDSS) $5-$10 Missoula, MT, USA W contra
Sat 1 6:30 pm–10:00 pm Circle Left (CDSS) $5-$20 Oakland, CA, USA W contra
Sat 1 6:40 pm–10:00 pm Monterey Contra Dance (CDSS) $5-$12 Monterey, CA, USA W contra
Wed 5–Wed 12 Tropical Dance Vacation St Croix, US Virgin Islands W contra
Wild Asparagus George Marshall Lisa Greenleaf
Fri 7–Sun 9 Supersonic $120-$240 Seattle, WA, USA W contra
Gallimaufry Joyride Seth Tepfer Cis Hinkle
Fri 7–Sun 9 Phoenix Winter Frolic (CDSS) Phoenix, AZ, USA contra ECD
Playing with Fyre Jacqui Grennan
Fri 7–Sun 9 Cabin Fever (Facebook) (CDSS) Oak Ridge, TN, USA W contra ECD
Ice Cream Truckers Spintuition Claire Takemori
Fri 7 5:30 pm– 9:30 pm Contra Dance + Potluck (Plug) Graz, Austria W contra
Woodcut Brian Roberts
Fri 7 7:45 pm–10:45 pm Alcester Contra (Facebook) £4-£10 Alcester, UK contra
Contrasaurus Jack Kanutin
Fri 7 8:00 pm–10:15 pm Cambridge Contra Dance (…) £2 Cambridge, UK contra
Fri 7 7:00 pm–10:30 pm CFOOTMAD Community Contra Dance $12-$19 Boulder, CO, USA W contra
Sat 8 5:00 pm–10:00 pm Paris Contra Dance Paris, France W contra
Fri 14–Sun 16 Corvallis Contra Weekend Corvallis, OR, USA W contra
Root System Nova Will Mentor Lindsey Dono
Sat 15 7:30 pm–11:00 pm ruffContra £5-£12 Cardiff, UK W contra
Box of Frogs Rhodri Davies
Fri 21–Sun 23 Galhalla (CDSS) $100-$140 St Louis, MO, USA W contra
Baba Yaga's Stew Alyssa Catlin Band Sarah Kaiser Lo Peckman
Fri 21–Sun 23 Bayou Bedlam (CDSS) Houston, TX, USA W contra
Stringrays Lisa Greenleaf
Fri 21 7:45 pm–11:00 pm Bristol Contra Dance (Facebook) £6-£15 Bristol, UK W contra
Matt Norman & Edward Wallace Bob Morgan
Fri 21 8:00 pm–10:15 pm Cambridge Contra Dance (…) £2 Cambridge, UK contra
Fri 21 7:00 pm–10:00 pm G.O.D.S. Contra Dance $5-$10 Gainesville, FL, USA W contra
The Little Mercies Andy Kane
Fri 21 7:00 pm–Sun 23 10:30 pm Fiddling Frog (CDSS) $185-$195 Pasadena, CA, USA contra
River Road The Syncopaths Lindsey Dono Susan Petrick
Sat 22 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Contrabridge (Facebook) £7-£15 Cambridge, UK W contra
Contrary Faeries Charlotte Rich-Griffin
Sun 23 2:00 pm– 5:00 pm Sunday Tea Dance (Facebook) Alcester, UK contra
Jam for Tea Lynne Render
Fri 28–Sun 2 March IVFDF 2025 (…) Sheffield, UK W balfolk contra English ceilidh ECD Scottish cèilidh SCD
Fri 28 5:00 pm–Sun 2 March 2:00 pm Lava Meltdown (CDSS) (…) $75-$150 Lava Hot Springs, ID, USA W contra
Avourneen Bandage a Trois Seth Tepfer
Fri 28 7:00 pm–Sun 2 March 3:00 pm Palmetto Bug Stomp (Facebook) (CDSS) $145-$160 Charleston, SC, USA W contra
ContraForce Playing with Fyre Cis Hinkle Diane Silver
March 2025
Fri 7 5:30 pm– 9:30 pm Contra Dance + Potluck Graz, Austria W contra
Woodcut Brian Roberts
Fri 7 8:00 pm–10:15 pm Cambridge Contra Dance (…) £2 Cambridge, UK contra
Fri 14–Sun 16 Spring Breakdown Dance Weekend Columbia, MO, USA W contra
Playing with Fyre Seth Tepfer
Fri 14–Sun 16 Beantown Stomp Cambridge, MA, USA W contra
Stove Dragon Alex Deis-Lauby Adina Gordon
Sat 15 8:00 pm–11:00 pm London Barndance (Facebook) £5-£15 London, UK contra
Vertical Expression Mark Elvins
Fri 21–Sun 23 Carolina Meltdown (CDSS) Lake Wylie, SC, USA W contra
Hot Coffee Breakdown Topspin Darlene Underwood Rick Mohr
Fri 21 7:45 pm–10:45 pm Alcester Contra (Facebook) £4-£10 Alcester, UK contra
Folkus Pocus Colin Hume
Fri 21 8:00 pm–10:15 pm Cambridge Contra Dance (…) £2 Cambridge, UK contra
Fri 21 4:00 pm–Sun 23 1:00 pm Spring @ Sautee $90-$130 Sautee Nacoochee, GA, USA W contra
Toss the Possum The Dog Walkers Warren Doyle Claire Takemori
Fri 21 6:00 pm–Sun 23 4:00 pm PigTown Fling (CDSS) Cincinnati, OH, USA W contra
Engine Room The Mean Lids Gaye Fifer Seth Tepfer
Sat 22 7:30 pm–10:30 pm Sytchampton Saturday dance £8 Sytchampton, UK ECD contra
Nozzy Nicola Scott
Sat 22 8:00 pm–11:00 pm Exeter Contra Exeter, UK contra
Fri 28–Sat 29 DownEast Country Dance Festival Topsham, ME, USA W contra
Fri 28 7:45 pm–11:00 pm Bristol Contra Dance (Facebook) £6-£15 Bristol, UK W contra
Contrary Faeries Rob Humphrey
Sat 29–Sun 30 Hash Dance Weekend (CDSS) $70-$105 Glen Echo, MD, USA W contra
Bowrider The Free Raisins Lisa Greenleaf River Rainbowface
Sat 29 2:30 pm–10:00 pm Fiddlehead Frolic Ithaca, NY, USA W contra
Sat 29 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Contrabridge £7-£15 Cambridge, UK W contra
Hoik
April 2025
Wed 2 10:00 am–Wed 9 8:00 am Contra Holiday in Medieval England (Facebook) (Facebook) $1450 Ely, UK contra
Wild Asparagus Contrasaurus George Marshall Janet Shepherd Terry Doyle Charlie Turner
Fri 4 5:30 pm– 9:30 pm Contra Dance + Potluck Graz, Austria W contra
Woodcut Brian Roberts
Fri 4 7:45 pm–10:45 pm Alcester Contra (Facebook) £4-£10 Alcester, UK contra
King Kontra String Band Nicola Scott
Fri 4 8:00 pm–10:15 pm Cambridge Contra Dance (…) £2 Cambridge, UK contra
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
Sat 5 7:30 pm–10:30 pm Harrogate Contra £6-£10 Harrogate, UK contra
Heather & Philip Rachel Shapiro-Wallace
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 8:00 pm–11:00 pm London Barndance (Facebook) £5-£15 London, UK contra
Box of Frogs Rhodri Davies
Fri 18–Sun 20 Dandelion Romp Oberlin, OH, USA W contra
Fri 18 7:00 pm–Sun 20 3:00 pm Dancing Fish $30-$60 Melrose, FL, USA W contra
Wild Asparagus George Marshall
Fri 25–Sun 27 Hands Four Spring Dance Weekend Berea, KY, USA W contra
Hot Coffee Breakdown Berea Castoffs Timothy Kline Chris Bischoff
Fri 25–Sun 27 Portland Raindance Weekend Portland, OR, USA W contra
Red Case Band Riptide Will Mentor Gaye Fifer
Fri 25–Sun 27 When in Doubt, Swing! (CDSS) Dallas, TX, USA contra
Steam! Jeremy Korr
Fri 25 7:45 pm–11:00 pm Bristol Contra Dance (Facebook) £6-£15 Bristol, UK W contra
Dodging Pheasants Lisa Heywood
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
Sat 26 2:00 pm–10:30 pm 81st Dance Party £17 Ascott-under-Wychwood, UK balfolk contra English ceilidh
3Sticks Confluence Bearded Dragons Bob Morgan Charlie Turner
Sat 26 5:00 pm–10:00 pm Paris Contra Dance Paris, France W contra
Celtiqua Seth Tepfer
Sat 26 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Leeds Contra £12 Leeds, UK contra
Ali & Mollie Lynne Render
Sat 26 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Contrabridge £7-£15 Cambridge, UK W contra
May 2025
Fri 2 5:30 pm– 9:30 pm Contra Dance + Potluck Graz, Austria W contra
Woodcut Brian Roberts
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
Fri 9 4:00 pm–Sun 11 4:00 pm Contra Camp £225-£390 Halsway, UK W contra English ceilidh
WillPower Louise Siddons Heather McAslan
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
Sat 10 8:00 pm–11:00 pm London Barndance £5-£15 London, UK contra
Bruce Rosen & Audrey Jaber Sue Rosen
Fri 16 7:45 pm–11:00 pm Bristol Contra Dance (Facebook) £6-£15 Bristol, UK W contra
Box of Frogs Charlie Turner
Fri 16 7:45 pm–10:45 pm Alcester Contra (Facebook) £4-£10 Alcester, UK contra
Audrey Jaber & Bruce Rosen Sue Rosen
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 ECD
Fri 30 7:00 pm–10:30 pm Hands Across Contra $5-$15 Boulder, CO, USA W contra
Sat 31 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Contrabridge £7-£15 Cambridge, UK W contra
June 2025
Fri 6–Sun 8 Dance Trance Weekend Lexington, KY, USA W contra
Toss the Possum Darlene Underwood Terry Doyle
Fri 6–Sun 8 Taste of Haven Syracuse, IN, USA W contra
Fri 13–Sun 15 Summer Soiree Asheville, NC, USA W contra
The Mean Lids Kingfisher Steve Zakon-Anderson Adina Gordon
Fri 13–Sun 15 Flamingo Fling (CDSS) $150 Oklahoma City, OK, USA W contra
River Road Alex Deis-Lauby
Fri 13 5:30 pm– 9:30 pm Contra Dance + Potluck Graz, Austria W contra
Woodcut Brian Roberts
Fri 13 7:45 pm–10:45 pm Alcester Contra (Facebook) £4-£10 Alcester, UK contra
Larry Unger & Elke Baker Mark Elvins
Sat 14 8:00 pm–11:00 pm London Barndance £5-£15 London, UK contra
Larry Unger and Elke Baker Charlie Turner
Fri 20 7:45 pm–11:00 pm Bristol Contra Dance (Facebook) £6-£15 Bristol, UK W contra
Fiddlechicks Louise Siddons
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
Sat 28 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Contrabridge £7-£15 Cambridge, UK W contra
July 2025
Fri 4 5:30 pm– 9:30 pm Contra Dance + Potluck + 4th of July celebration Graz, Austria W contra
Woodcut Brian Roberts
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 W contra
Kingfisher Crossover Luke Donforth Bob Isaacs
Sat 5 1:30 pm– 4:45 pm Lancaster Contra (Facebook) £10-£15 Lancaster, UK contra
Sat 12 8:00 pm–11:00 pm London Barndance £5-£15 London, UK contra
WillPower Louise Siddons
Fri 25–Sun 27 Southern Aire Mountain City, TN, USA W contra
Playing with Fyre Howe and Company
August 2025
Fri 1–Sat 9 Lark Camp (CDSS) Fort Bragg, CA, USA W contra ECD
Fri 1 5:30 pm– 9:30 pm Contra Dance + Potluck Graz, Austria W contra
Woodcut Brian Roberts
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
September 2025
Fri 5–Sun 7 Bear Hug Contra Dance Weekend (CDSS) Rollins, MT, USA contra
Countercurrent Michael Karcher
Fri 5 5:30 pm– 9:30 pm Contra Dance + Potluck Graz, Austria W contra
Woodcut Brian Roberts
Fri 12 7:45 pm–10:45 pm Alcester Contra (Facebook) £4-£10 Alcester, UK contra
Dave, Fran & Phil Liam Binley
Sat 13 8:00 pm–11:00 pm London Barndance £5-£15 London, UK contra
King Kontra String Band Geoff Cubitt
Fri 19–Sun 21 Feet Retreat Ellerbe, NC, USA W contra
Supertrad River Road Will Mentor Cis Hinkle Emily Rush Gaye Fifer
Fri 26–Sun 28 Adirondack Dance Weekend (CDSS) Silver Bay, NY, USA balfolk contra ECD
River Road Gaye Fifer Will Mentor
Sat 27 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Leeds Contra £12 Leeds, UK contra
Contrary Faeries Charlie Turner
Sat 27 7:30 pm–10:30 pm Sytchampton Saturday dance £8 Sytchampton, UK ECD contra
The Falconers Rhodri Davies
Sat 27 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Contrabridge £7-£15 Cambridge, UK W contra
October 2025
Fri 3 5:30 pm– 9:30 pm Contra Dance + Potluck Graz, Austria W contra
Woodcut Brian Roberts
Fri 10 7:45 pm–10:45 pm Alcester Contra (Facebook) £4-£10 Alcester, UK contra
Vertical Expression Cis Hinkle
Sat 11 8:00 pm–11:00 pm London Barndance £5-£15 London, UK contra
Linda Game Band Cis Hinkle
Sat 18 7:30 pm–10:30 pm Harrogate Contra £6-£10 Harrogate, UK contra
Linda & Philip Louise Siddons
Sat 18 7:30 pm–11:00 pm ruffContra £5-£12 Cardiff, UK contra
Sat 18 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Contrabridge £7-£15 Cambridge, UK W contra
Fri 31 5:30 pm– 9:30 pm Contra Dance + Potluck + Halloween celebration Graz, Austria W contra
Woodcut Brian Roberts
Fri 31 7:00 pm–10:30 pm Hands Across Contra $5-$15 Boulder, CO, USA W contra
November 2025
Sat 1 1:30 pm– 4:45 pm Lancaster Contra (Facebook) £10-£15 Lancaster, UK contra
Ben Farmer, Chris Dixon & Arthur Capelier-Mourguy Rhodri Davies
Sat 1 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Leeds Contra £12 Leeds, UK contra
Box of Frogs Louise Siddons
Fri 7 7:45 pm–10:45 pm Alcester Contra (Facebook) £4-£10 Alcester, UK contra
Box of Frogs Geoff Cubitt
Fri 7 6:00 pm–Sun 9 3:00 pm Dance in the Desert Oracle, AZ, USA W contra
The Free Raisins The Faux Paws Koren Wake Steve Zakon-Anderson
Sat 8 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Nottingham Mixed Dance Nottingham, UK contra ECD
Chris & Julie Dewhurst Neil Stuart
Sat 8 8:00 pm–11:00 pm London Barndance £5-£15 London, UK contra
Fiddlechicks Lynne Render
Fri 28–Sun 30 ContraCopia Philadelphia, PA, USA W contra
Sat 29 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Leeds Contra £12 Leeds, UK contra
Portland Drive Geoff Cubitt
Sat 29 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Contrabridge £7-£15 Cambridge, UK W contra
December 2025
Fri 5 5:30 pm– 9:30 pm Contra Dance + Potluck Graz, Austria W contra
Woodcut Brian Roberts
Sat 13 7:30 pm–10:30 pm Sytchampton Saturday dance £8 Sytchampton, UK ECD contra
Vicky Swan & Jonny Dyer Ivan Aitken
Sat 13 8:00 pm–11:00 pm London Barndance £5-£15 London, UK contra
Contrasaurus Nicola Scott
February 2026
Sat 21 7:30 pm–11:00 pm ruffContra £5-£12 Cardiff, UK contra
April 2026
Sat 18 7:30 pm–11:00 pm ruffContra £5-£12 Cardiff, UK contra

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