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April 2024
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
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22	23	24	25	26 –Sun 28 Hands Four Spring Dance Weekend (CDSS) Berea, KY, USA S W contra –Sun 28 Trillium Twirl Dowling, MI, USA S W contra –Sun 28 Portland Raindance Weekend Portland, OR, USA S W contra 7:00 pm–Sun 28 3:30 pm Palmetto Bug Stomp (Facebook) (CDSS) Charleston, SC, USA S W contra 7:00 pm–Sun 28 2:00 pm When In Doubt, Swing! (CDSS) Dallas, TX, USA S contra	27	28 4:00 pm– 7:00 pm Hayward Contra Dance (Facebook) (CDSS) Hayward, CA, USA S contra
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May 2024
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
		1	2 7:30 pm–10:00 pm Sheffield Scratch Contra (Facebook) Sheffield, UK S contra	3 –Mon 6 May Heydays at Evesham Evesham, UK S W contra ECD balfolk –Sat 4 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA S W contra –Sun 5 Whitewater Whirl Fayetteville, WV, USA S W contra 8:00 pm–10:15 pm Cambridge Contra Dance (…) Cambridge, UK S contra 7:00 pm–10:30 pm CFOOTMAD Community Contra Dance Boulder, CO, USA S W contra	4 2:30 pm– 4:30 pm AberACED Aberystwyth, UK S W contra ECD 7:30 pm–10:30 pm Edinburgh Contra Dance (…) Edinburgh, UK S contra	5
6	7	8 8:00 pm–10:30 pm Solent Contra Dance (Facebook) Shawford, UK S contra	9	10 –Sat 11 Lake Eden Arts Festival - Spring Black Mountain, NC, USA S W contra 7:45 pm–10:45 pm Alcester Contra Alcester, UK S contra 8:00 pm–Fri 17 12:00 pm Contradancers Delight Holiday Mountain City, TN, USA S W contra	11 8:00 pm–11:00 pm London Barndance (Facebook) London, UK S contra	12 2:30 pm– 5:30 pm Englefield Green contra dance Egham, UK S contra
13 4:00 pm–Fri 17 10:00 am American Contra Dance Week Halsway, UK S W contra	14	15	16	17 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Bristol Contra Dance (Facebook) Bristol, UK S contra 8:00 pm–10:15 pm Cambridge Contra Dance (…) Cambridge, UK S contra	18 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Contrabridge (Facebook) Cambridge, UK S contra	19
20	21	22	23	24 –Mon 27 FolkMADness Music & Dance Camp Socorro, NM, USA S W contra –Mon 27 Dancing Bear Dance Camp Wasilla, AK, USA S W contra –Sun 26 Spring Dance Romance Carrboro, NC, USA S W contra –Mon 27 Northwest Folklife Seattle, WA, USA S W contra 11:00 am–Mon 27 11:45 pm Chippenham Folk Festival (Facebook) Chippenham, UK S W English ceilidh contra balfolk Irish set scandi SCD ECD 7:00 pm–Sun 26 6:00 pm Moulin d'Andé Weekend (Facebook) Val-de-Reuil, France S W contra 6:00 pm–Mon 27 3:00 pm Meet Me in St Louis (Facebook) Webster Groves, MO, USA S W contra	25	26
27	28 8:00 pm–10:15 pm Cambridge Contra Dance (…) Cambridge, UK S contra	29	30	31
June 2024
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
					1 2:30 pm– 4:30 pm AberACED Aberystwyth, UK S W contra ECD	2
3	4	5	6	7 –Sat 8 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA S W contra –Sun 9 Flamingo Fling Weekend Oklahoma City, OK, USA S W contra 7:45 pm–10:45 pm Alcester Contra Alcester, UK S contra 3:00 pm–Sun 9 4:00 pm Gender-Free Dance Camp Plymouth, MA, USA S W contra ECD	8 8:00 pm–11:00 pm London Barndance London, UK S contra	9 2:30 pm– 5:30 pm Englefield Green contra dance Egham, UK S contra
10	11	12 8:00 pm–10:30 pm Solent Contra Dance (Facebook) Shawford, UK S contra	13	14 –Sun 16 Summer Soiree Asheville, NC, USA S W contra –Sun 16 Swing into Summer Plymouth, MA, USA S W contra ECD 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Bristol Contra Dance (Facebook) Bristol, UK S contra 8:00 pm–10:15 pm Cambridge Contra Dance (…) Cambridge, UK S contra	15 –Sat 22 Dance, Music & Spice Lexington, MI, USA S W contra 1:30 pm– 4:45 pm Lancaster Contra (Facebook) Lancaster, UK S contra	16
17	18	19	20	21	22 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Contrabridge Cambridge, UK S contra	23 –Sat 29 BACDS Family Week La Honda, CA, USA S W contra ECD 3:00 pm–Sat 29 11:00 am Lady of the Lake June Week Harrison, ID, USA S W contra
24	25	26	27 –Mon 1 July July Fourth Plymouth, MA, USA S W contra ECD	28 –Sun 30 Old Songs Festival Voorheesville, NY, USA S W contra 6:00 pm–Sun 30 4:00 pm Stegastomp (Facebook) Harbury, UK S W contra 8:00 pm–10:15 pm Cambridge Contra Dance (…) Cambridge, UK S contra	29 Portland Duo in Worcester Worcester, UK S contra	30 –Fri 5 July AmWeek Ben Lomond, CA, USA S W contra –Fri 5 July Cumberland Dance Week Pleasantville, TN, USA S W contra
July 2024
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
1 –Fri 5 Pinewoods English-Scottish-Contra Plymouth, MA, USA S W contra ECD SCD	2	3	4 –Sat 6 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA S W contra –Sun 7 Roanoke Railroader Salem, VA, USA S W contra	5	6 2:30 pm– 4:30 pm AberACED Aberystwyth, UK S W contra ECD	7
8	9	10	11	12 –Sun 14 River Rendezvous Coshocton, OH, USA S W contra 8:00 pm–10:15 pm Cambridge Contra Dance (…) Cambridge, UK S contra	13 8:00 pm–11:00 pm London Barndance London, UK S contra	14 –Sat 20 Ashokan Northern Week Olivebridge, NY, USA S W contra 2:30 pm– 5:30 pm Englefield Green contra dance Egham, UK S contra
15	16	17	18	19 –Sun 21 Summergreen Livingston, MT, USA S W contra	20 –Sat 27 American Dance & Music Week Plymouth, MA, USA S W contra 7:30 pm–10:30 pm Edinburgh Contra Dance (…) Edinburgh, UK S contra	21
22 4:00 pm–Fri 26 10:00 am Summer Country Dancing Halsway, UK S W contra ECD	23	24	25	26 –Sun 28 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Goshen, CT, USA S W contra	27 –Mon 5 August Harmony of Song & Dance Plymouth, MA, USA S W contra	28
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August 2024
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
			1	2	3 2:30 pm– 4:30 pm AberACED Aberystwyth, UK S W contra ECD	4
5	6	7	8	9 –Fri 16 Broadstairs Folk Week Broadstairs, UK S W English ceilidh contra	10	11 –Sat 17 Family Week Poland, ME, USA S W contra
12 –Sun 18 Cascade of Music & Dance Cascade, MD, USA S W contra	13	14	15	16 –Sun 18 Mentone Mentone, AL, USA S W contra –Sun 18 Balance the Bay San Francisco, CA, USA S W contra –Sun 18 Balance the Bay San Francisco, CA, USA S contra	17 –Sat 24 Campers’ Week Plymouth, MA, USA S W contra	18
19	20	21	22	23 –Sun 25 Sugar Hill Dance Weekend Bloomington, IN, USA S W contra 2:00 pm–Mon 26 6:00 pm Shrewsbury Folk Festival Shrewsbury, UK S W balfolk contra English ceilidh	24 3:00 pm–Fri 30 10:00 am TradMaD Plymouth, MA, USA S W contra	25
26	27	28	29	30 –Mon 2 September Rendezvous Dance Weekend Boulder, CO, USA S W contra –Mon 2 September Pinewoods Labor Day Weekend Plymouth, MA, USA S W contra ECD	31 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Contrabridge Cambridge, UK S contra
September 2024
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
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2	3	4	5 –Sun 8 Bromyard Folk Festival (Facebook) Bromyard, UK S W contra English ceilidh	6 –Sun 8 Youth Dance Weekend Weston, VT, USA S W contra 7:00 pm–Sat 7 9:00 pm Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA S W contra 6:00 pm–Sun 8 12:45 pm Bear Hug Dance Camp Rollins, MT, USA S W contra	7 2:30 pm– 4:30 pm AberACED Aberystwyth, UK S W contra ECD	8 2:30 pm– 5:30 pm Englefield Green contra dance Egham, UK S contra
9	10	11	12	13 –Sun 15 Echo Summit Sacramento, CA, USA S W contra 7:45 pm–10:45 pm Alcester Contra Alcester, UK S contra	14 7:45 pm–10:45 pm Harrogate Contra (Facebook) Harrogate, UK S contra 8:00 pm–11:00 pm London Barndance London, UK S contra	15
16	17	18	19	20 –Sun 22 Squirrel Moon Contra Dance weekend Dodgeville, WI, USA S W contra –Sun 22 Chehalis Dance Weekend Surrey, BC, Canada S W contra	21	22
23	24	25	26	27 –Sun 29 Michigan Dance Heritage Fall Weekend Lexington, MI, USA S W contra –Sun 29 Adirondack Dance Weekend Silver Bay, NY, USA S W balfolk contra ECD –Sun 29 Cascade Contras Dance Camp Springfield, OR, USA S W contra	28 7:30 pm–10:30 pm Sytchampton Saturday dance Sytchampton, UK S ECD contra 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Leeds Contra Leeds, UK S contra 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Nottingham Contra Dance Nottingham, UK S contra 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Contrabridge Cambridge, UK S contra	29
30 4:00 pm–Fri 4 October 10:00 am Autumn American Contra Dance Week Halsway, UK S W contra
October 2024
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
	1	2	3	4 –Sun 6 Moondance Dance Weekend Pickens, SC, USA S W contra –Sun 6 Lady of the Lake Fall Camp Harrison, ID, USA S W contra –Sun 6 Harvest Moon Dance Festival Santa Barbara, CA, USA S W contra 7:45 pm–10:45 pm Alcester Contra Alcester, UK S contra 6:30 pm–Sun 6 9:30 pm Harvest Moon Santa Barbara, CA, USA S contra	5	6
7	8	9	10	11 6:00 pm–Sun 13 12:30 pm Jasan Bonuš Country Dance Weekend (Facebook) Prague, Czechia S W contra	12 8:00 pm–11:00 pm London Barndance London, UK S contra	13 2:30 pm– 5:30 pm Englefield Green contra dance Egham, UK S contra
14	15	16	17 –Sun 20 Lake Eden Arts Festival - Fall Black Mountain, NC, USA S W contra	18 –Sun 20 Gender-Free Dance Camp Olivebridge, NY, USA S W contra	19 Electric Folk Dance Party Hope, UK S balfolk contra English ceilidh 8:00 pm–11:00 pm Exeter Contra Exeter, UK S contra	20 ContraStock Glen Echo, MD, USA S W contra
21	22	23	24	25 –Sun 27 Boo Camp Jemez Springs, NM, USA S W contra –Sun 27 Music City Masquerade Nashville, TN, USA S W contra –Sun 27 Pittsburgh Fall Dance Weekend Pittsburgh, PA, USA S W contra	26 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Leeds Contra Leeds, UK S contra 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Contrabridge Cambridge, UK S contra	27
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November 2024
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
				1 –Sun 3 Foggy Moon Dance Weekend Monterey, CA, USA S W contra –Sun 3 Hey Fever Dance Weekend Ottawa, Ontario, Canada S W contra	2	3
4	5	6	7	8 –Sun 10 Dance in the Desert Oracle, AZ, USA S W contra –Mon 11 Head for the Hills Dance Weekend Kresgeville, PA, USA S W contra ECD –Sun 10 Atlanta Dance Weekend Atlanta, GA, USA S W contra	9 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Nottingham Mixed Dance Nottingham, UK S contra ECD 8:00 pm–11:00 pm London Barndance London, UK S contra	10 2:30 pm– 5:30 pm Englefield Green contra dance Egham, UK S contra
11	12	13	14	15 –Sun 17 ContraShock New York, NY, USA S W contra –Sun 17 Catalina Dance Weekend Catalina Island, CA, USA S W contra 4:00 pm–Sun 17 4:00 pm Zesty Contra Weekend Halsway, UK S W contra	16 1:30 pm– 4:45 pm Lancaster Contra (Facebook) Lancaster, UK S contra	17
18	19	20	21	22 7:45 pm–10:45 pm Alcester Contra Alcester, UK S contra	23	24
25	26	27	28	29 –Sun 1 December Breaking Up Thanksgiving Evanston, IL, USA S W contra	30 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Leeds Contra Leeds, UK S contra 7:30 pm–11:00 pm Contrabridge Cambridge, UK S contra
December 2024
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
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2	3	4	5	6 –Sun 8 Winter Warmup Dance Weekend Worthington, OH, USA S W contra	7 Portland Duo in St. Ippolyts St. Ippolyts, UK S contra	8 2:30 pm– 5:30 pm Englefield Green contra dance Egham, UK S contra
9	10	11	12	13	14 7:30 pm–10:30 pm Sytchampton Saturday dance Sytchampton, UK S ECD contra 8:00 pm–11:00 pm London Barndance London, UK S contra	15
16	17	18	19	20 7:00 pm–11:00 pm Joint Christmas Twmp Aberystwyth, UK S W Irish set balfolk ECD contra	21	22
23	24	25	26 –Wed 1 January Contradancers Delight Holiday Morgantown, WV, USA S W contra	27	28	29 –Wed 1 January Bash on Vashon Vashon Island, WA, USA S W contra
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January 2025
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13	14	15	16	17 1:00 pm–Mon 20 1:00 pm Rocky Mountain Ranch Dance (Facebook) Buena Vista, CO, USA S contra ECD	18 8:00 pm–11:00 pm Exeter Contra Exeter, UK S contra	19
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February 2025
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
					1 1:30 pm– 4:45 pm Lancaster Contra Lancaster, UK S contra	2
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24	25	26	27	28 –Sun 2 March IVFDF 2025 (…) Sheffield, UK S W balfolk contra English ceilidh ECD Scottish cèilidh SCD
March 2025
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17	18	19	20	21	22 8:00 pm–11:00 pm Exeter Contra Exeter, UK S contra	23
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April 2025
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
	1	2 10:00 am–Wed 9 8:00 am Contra Holiday in Medieval England (Facebook) Ely, UK S contra	3	4	5	6
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July 2025
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
	1	2	3	4	5 1:30 pm– 4:45 pm Lancaster Contra (Facebook) Lancaster, UK S contra	6
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November 2025
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
					1 1:30 pm– 4:45 pm Lancaster Contra (Facebook) Lancaster, UK S contra	2
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