{"events":[{"name":"Contra Carnivale","links":["https://contracarnivale.org/"],"start_date":"2025-01-17","end_date":"2025-01-19","country":"USA","state":"CA","city":"San Luis Obispo","styles":["contra"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"bands":["Stringrays","The Gaslight Tinkers","Nova"],"callers":["Lisa Greenleaf","Frannie Marr","Jeremy Korr"],"organisation":"TryContra","source":"events/usa/trycontra.yaml"},{"name":"Bayou Bedlam 2025!","details":"Bayou Bedlam is the contra dance festival in Houston, Texas. It is produced by the Houston Area Traditional Dance Society. \nOur 2025 festival will be held February 21-23 (later than usual) and feature the incomparable Lisa Greenleaf calling to the Stringrays. \nDetails will be posted by early October. Online registration will open in November.","links":["http://www.bayoubedlam.org/","https://cdss.org/event/bayou-bedlam-2025/"],"start_date":"2025-02-21","end_date":"2025-02-23","country":"USA","state":"TX","city":"Houston","styles":["contra"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"bands":["Stringrays"],"callers":["Lisa Greenleaf"],"organisation":"Houston Area Traditional Dance Society","source":"events/usa/cdss.yaml"}]}