[[events]] name = "The Round club night" links = ["https://round.soc.srcf.net/events", "https://round.soc.srcf.net/diary"] start = "2025-05-22T20:00:00+01:00" end = "2025-05-22T22:00:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Cambridge" styles = ["ecd", "contra", "e-ceilidh"] workshop = false social = true price = "£2-£4" organisation = "The Round" source = "events/uk/the_round.yaml" [[events]] name = "Cambridge Contra Dance" links = ["https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/", "https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/programme.html"] start = "2025-05-23T20:00:00+01:00" end = "2025-05-23T22:15:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Cambridge" styles = ["contra"] workshop = false social = true price = "£2" organisation = "Cambridge Contra Dance" source = "events/uk/cambridge_contra.yaml" [[events]] name = "The Round club night" links = ["https://round.soc.srcf.net/events", "https://round.soc.srcf.net/diary"] start = "2025-05-29T20:00:00+01:00" end = "2025-05-29T22:00:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Cambridge" styles = ["ecd", "contra", "e-ceilidh"] workshop = false social = true price = "£2-£4" organisation = "The Round" source = "events/uk/the_round.yaml" [[events]] name = "Contrabridge" details = """ Join us for our contra dance with Contrasaurus with calling from Rob Humphrey. Contrasaurus (Benjamin Rowe — fiddle, Alan Brunier — accordion, Adam Rich-Griffin — guitar, David Ledsam — double bass) play an exciting range of energetic and dino-soaring tunes for American contra dancing. They enjoy playing fresh and exciting tunes for contra dances, workshops, folk clubs and festivals throughout England. Not technically dinosaurs. Rob Humphrey has been attending folk dance events his whole life, but only discovered Contra dances in 2015 when one happened to follow a handstand class he was attending. He was hooked pretty much immediately, and started calling shortly afterwards. Based in Cambridge, Rob enjoys contra dances with pleasing patterns and unusual geometry that flow and provide opportunities for embellishments.""" links = ["https://contrabridge.org/events/2025-05/", "https://www.facebook.com/events/973681191602556/"] start = "2025-05-31T19:30:00+01:00" end = "2025-05-31T23:00:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Cambridge" styles = ["contra"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Contrasaurus"] callers = ["Rob Humphrey"] price = "£7-£15" organisation = "Contrabridge" source = "events/uk/contrabridge.yaml" [[events]] name = "The Round club night" links = ["https://round.soc.srcf.net/events", "https://round.soc.srcf.net/diary"] start = "2025-06-05T20:00:00+01:00" end = "2025-06-05T22:00:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Cambridge" styles = ["ecd", "contra", "e-ceilidh"] workshop = false social = true price = "£2-£4" organisation = "The Round" source = "events/uk/the_round.yaml" [[events]] name = "Cambridge Contra Dance" links = ["https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/", "https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/programme.html"] start = "2025-06-06T20:00:00+01:00" end = "2025-06-06T22:15:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Cambridge" styles = ["contra"] workshop = false social = true price = "£2" organisation = "Cambridge Contra Dance" source = "events/uk/cambridge_contra.yaml" [[events]] name = "The Round club night" links = ["https://round.soc.srcf.net/events", "https://round.soc.srcf.net/diary"] start = "2025-06-12T20:00:00+01:00" end = "2025-06-12T22:00:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Cambridge" styles = ["ecd", "contra", "e-ceilidh"] workshop = false social = true price = "£2-£4" organisation = "The Round" source = "events/uk/the_round.yaml" [[events]] name = "The Round club night" links = ["https://round.soc.srcf.net/events", "https://round.soc.srcf.net/diary"] start = "2025-06-19T20:00:00+01:00" end = "2025-06-19T22:00:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Cambridge" styles = ["ecd", "contra", "e-ceilidh"] workshop = false social = true price = "£2-£4" organisation = "The Round" source = "events/uk/the_round.yaml" [[events]] name = "Cambridge Contra Dance" links = ["https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/", "https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/programme.html"] start = "2025-06-20T20:00:00+01:00" end = "2025-06-20T22:15:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Cambridge" styles = ["contra"] workshop = false social = true price = "£2" organisation = "Cambridge Contra Dance" source = "events/uk/cambridge_contra.yaml" [[events]] name = "The Round Playford ball" links = ["https://round.soc.srcf.net/diary"] start_date = "2025-06-21" end_date = "2025-06-21" country = "UK" city = "Cambridge" styles = ["ecd"] workshop = false social = true bands = ["Contrary Faeries"] organisation = "The Round" source = "events/uk/the_round.yaml" [[events]] name = "Cam-French final celebration" links = ["https://www.camfrench.co.uk/", "https://www.facebook.com/events/2613173408881074/"] start = "2025-06-22T14:00:00+01:00" end = "2025-06-22T22:00:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Cambridge" styles = ["balfolk"] workshop = false social = true bands = ["Portmanteau"] price = "free" organisation = "Cam-French" source = "events/uk/camfrench.yaml" [[events]] name = "The Round May Week Ceilidh" links = ["https://round.soc.srcf.net/diary"] start = "2025-06-26T20:00:00+01:00" end = "2025-06-26T22:30:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Cambridge" styles = ["e-ceilidh"] workshop = false social = true organisation = "The Round" source = "events/uk/the_round.yaml" [[events]] name = "Contrabridge" details = """ Join us for our contra dance with Box of Frogs with calling from Louise Siddons.\r \r Two of the most exciting players on the Contra dance scene. With creative, colourful accordion player Ali Messer (Blue Mountain, Alterations, Fat Harry, Fiddle Chicks) and high energy fiddling from Linda Game (ECDB, Token Women) expect an evening of fabulous dance music. Box the gnat and swat the flea, but can you spot the frog?\r \r Louise Siddons was born in the UK but moved to the United States as a child, where she grew up surrounded by folk music and song. Now back in the UK permanently, she is known on both sides of the Atlantic as a contra, English country dance, and ceilidh caller. Louise believes that we should invest in the evolution and sustainability of folk traditions and their ongoing relevance to contemporary culture. As a caller and dance teacher, she strives to create a fun and welcoming atmosphere with her low-key and light-hearted stage presence. She received the 2016 Mary Judson/Brad Foster Award for English Dance Teachers from the Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS), and has been a committee member for the Friends of English Dance (UK) since 2018. In 2021, she received a diversity grant from the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) in support of her gender-free teaching and calling. In 2022, CDSS published her booklet on gender-free, positional calling, “Dancing the Whole Dance: Positional Calling for Contra.” This winter, she is starting Winchester's first-ever queer ceilidh series, WinQeilidh.""" links = ["https://contrabridge.org/events/2025-06/", "https://www.facebook.com/events/1200479931872636/"] start = "2025-06-28T19:30:00+01:00" end = "2025-06-28T23:00:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Cambridge" styles = ["contra"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Box of Frogs"] callers = ["Louise Siddons"] price = "£7-£15" organisation = "Contrabridge" source = "events/uk/contrabridge.yaml" [[events]] name = "Cambridge Contra Dance" links = ["https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/", "https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/programme.html"] start = "2025-07-04T20:00:00+01:00" end = "2025-07-04T22:15:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Cambridge" styles = ["contra"] workshop = false social = true price = "£2" organisation = "Cambridge Contra Dance" source = "events/uk/cambridge_contra.yaml" [[events]] name = "Contrabridge" details = """ Join us for our contra dance with Bearded Dragons with calling from Sarah Trop. From fire and darkness rise the mighty Bearded Dragons. Blending traditional and electronic styles, they are pioneers of Techno Contra, Techno Playford, and Electro Folk in general, at the very cutting edge of folk dance music. They are fiddle playing behemoth Benjamin Rowe (also found rampaging in Contrasaurus); and bellows, keys and synths monster Vic Smith (known also in Double Dichotomy and Ceilidh Experiment). Using both traditional instruments and sounds, with live hardware synthesisers, Bearded Dragons weave a musical experience that is entirely unique. Sarah Trop is a lifelong contra dancer and energetic caller based in San Francisco. She is a strong proponent of a safe and inclusive dance floor, and her steady calling will guide everyone through her varied programs with ease.""" links = ["https://contrabridge.org/events/2025-09/"] start = "2025-09-27T19:30:00+01:00" end = "2025-09-27T23:00:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Cambridge" styles = ["contra"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Bearded Dragons"] callers = ["Sarah Trop"] price = "£7-£15" organisation = "Contrabridge" source = "events/uk/contrabridge.yaml" [[events]] name = "Contrabridge" details = """ Join us for our contra dance with Definitely Contraband with calling from Jack Kanutin. Storming onto the festival scene in 2024, Definitely Contraband supply addictive dance music through the fiery fiddling force of Martin Clarke and Nicky McConkey, laced with heady beats from Ben Filmer-Sankey on guitar and banjo, and Tom Evans on bass. Their high-energy dance grooves and boundless enthusiasm make for an intoxicating evening! Jack has grown up dancing at folk festivals and started calling whilst at Bristol University. With over five years of calling ceilidh and contra dances under his belt, he brings energy, clarity, and a deep love for traditional dance to every event.""" links = ["https://contrabridge.org/events/2025-10/"] start = "2025-10-18T19:30:00+01:00" end = "2025-10-18T23:00:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Cambridge" styles = ["contra"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Definitely Contraband"] callers = ["Jack Kanutin"] price = "£7-£15" organisation = "Contrabridge" source = "events/uk/contrabridge.yaml" [[events]] name = "Contrabridge" details = """ Join us for our contra dance with Trip Hazard with calling from Adam Hughes. [Trip Hazard](https://triphazardfolk.com/?utm_campaign=contrabridge23&utm_source=contrabridge-site) are Colm (misc hitty things), James (misc squeezy things), Robin (misc blowy things) and Caro (misc things) — a new and exciting bunch of experienced dance musicians with altogether too many instruments. They play tunes, but only the good ones. Adam Hughes has been dancing contra in the UK and US for 25 years, and calling contras across the UK for nearly that long. He calls new and traditional dances from across the world with clarity, enthusiasm and a hint of mischief.""" links = ["https://contrabridge.org/events/2025-11/"] start = "2025-11-29T19:30:00+00:00" end = "2025-11-29T23:00:00+00:00" country = "UK" city = "Cambridge" styles = ["contra"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Trip Hazard"] callers = ["Adam Hughes"] price = "£7-£15" organisation = "Contrabridge" source = "events/uk/contrabridge.yaml"