[[events]] name = "The Round club night" links = ["https://round.soc.srcf.net/events", "https://round.soc.srcf.net/diary"] start = "2024-06-13T20:00:00+01:00" end = "2024-06-13T22:00:00+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 = "Swing into Summer" links = ["http://www.swingintosummer.org/"] start_date = "2024-06-14" end_date = "2024-06-16" country = "USA" state = "MA" city = "Plymouth" styles = ["contra", "ecd"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Countercurrent", "Miranda Weinberg, Aaron Marcus, & Carrie Rose"] callers = ["Gaye Fifer", "Adina Gordon"] price = "$100-$260" organisation = "TryContra" source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml" [[events]] name = "Berkeley English Dance" details = """ BACDS (Bay Area Country Dance Society) presents dances every Thursday night (except holidays) at Christ Church Berkeley, 2138 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA. Contra dancing happens on the 1st, 3rd, & 5th Thursday of the month, from 8pm to 10:30pm. English Country Dancing happens on the 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month, from 7:45pm to 10pm. Both are are preceded by beginners’ lessons. In addition, there is an experienced English dance on the 4th Saturday of the month from 7:30pm to 10pm at the same location. Details at our website. We also have Facebook groups: Berkeley Contra Dance Berkeley English Country Dance""" links = ["https://bacds.org/series/english/berkeley_wed/", "https://cdss.org/event/berkeley-ca-contra-and-english-dances/2024-06-13/"] start = "2024-06-13T19:15:00-07:00" end = "2024-06-13T22:00:00-07:00" country = "USA" state = "CA" city = "Berkeley" styles = ["ecd"] workshop = true social = true price = "$6-$25" organisation = "CDSS" source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml" [[events]] name = "TECDA Friday Evening Dance" details = """ Come and join us every Friday for an evening of dance with our talented callers: Dave Berman, Cathy Campbell, Alan Rosenthal, Walter Zagorski. Masks are optional. Please bring your dancing shoes, water bottle and come and enjoy an evening of English Country Dancing. email: info@tecda.ca""" links = ["https://www.tecda.ca/weekly_dances.html", "https://cdss.org/event/tecda-friday-evening-dance/2024-06-14/"] start = "2024-06-14T19:00:00-04:00" end = "2024-06-14T21:00:00-04:00" country = "Canada" state = "Ontario" city = "Toronto" styles = ["ecd"] workshop = false social = true callers = ["Alan Rosenthal", "Cathy Campbell", "Dave Berman", "Walter Zagorski"] price = "$10" organisation = "Toronto English Country Dance Assembly" source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml" [[events]] name = "Across the Lake English Country Dance Weekend" details = """ Enjoy a weekend of dancing with Bare Necessities and caller David Millstone. Friday night Welcome Dance for All; Saturday afternoon Challenging Workshop for Experienced Dancers; Saturday afternoon Review Session for All; Saturday night dress-up Gala for All.  Pre-registration required: Sign up for all sessions (full weekend) OR pick-and-choose the session(s) you want to attend. See website for details.""" links = ["http://burlingtoncountrydancers.org/across-the-lake/", "https://cdss.org/event/across-the-lake-english-country-dance-weekend/"] start = "2024-06-14T20:00:00-04:00" end = "2024-06-15T23:00:00-04:00" country = "USA" state = "VT" city = "Colchester" styles = ["ecd"] workshop = false social = true bands = ["Bare Necessities"] callers = ["David Millstone"] price = "$100" organisation = "Burlington Country Dancers" source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml" [[events]] name = "Friday Night English Dance" details = """ For details about venue, callers, musicians, COVID policies, please go to our website, or email ecd-chair@portlandcountrydance.org Sliding scale: $7 – $20.""" links = ["https://portlandcountrydance.org/upcoming/", "https://cdss.org/event/pcdc-friday-night-english-dance-2/2024-06-14/"] start = "2024-06-14T19:30:00-07:00" end = "2024-06-14T22:30:00-07:00" country = "USA" state = "OR" city = "Portland" styles = ["ecd"] workshop = false social = true price = "$7-$20" organisation = "CDSS" source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml" [[events]] name = "The Round Playford ball" links = ["https://round.soc.srcf.net/pball2024"] start = "2024-06-15T16:30:00+01:00" end = "2024-06-15T21:30:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Cambridge" styles = ["ecd"] workshop = false social = true bands = ["Small Square Band"] price = "£15-£20" organisation = "The Round" source = "events/uk/the_round.yaml" [[events]] name = "York Region English Country Dancers" details = "English Country Dance in central York Region (Ontario, Canada)! Beginners welcome; all dances taught; you don’t need to bring a partner. Admission by donation; your first class is free. Join us on the first, third, and (when there is one) fifth Saturday of the month from 2:00 to 4:00. (Please check the website for possible last-minute changes.)" links = ["http://www.yrecd.ca/", "https://cdss.org/event/york-region-english-country-dancers/2024-06-15/"] start = "2024-06-15T14:00:00-04:00" end = "2024-06-15T16:00:00-04:00" country = "Canada" state = "Ontario" city = "Newmarket" styles = ["ecd"] workshop = false social = true organisation = "York Region English Country Dancers" source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml" [[events]] 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" [[events]] name = "BACDS Family Week" links = ["https://www.bacds.org/familyweek/"] start_date = "2024-06-23" end_date = "2024-06-29" country = "USA" state = "CA" city = "La Honda" styles = ["contra", "ecd"] workshop = true social = true callers = ["Yoyo Zhou"] price = "$300-$975" organisation = "TryContra" source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml" [[events]] name = "The Round club night" links = ["https://round.soc.srcf.net/events", "https://round.soc.srcf.net/diary"] start = "2024-06-23T20:00:00+01:00" end = "2024-06-23T22:00:00+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 = "July Fourth" links = ["https://cds-boston-j4weekend.weebly.com/"] start_date = "2024-06-27" end_date = "2024-07-01" country = "USA" state = "MA" city = "Plymouth" styles = ["contra", "ecd"] workshop = true social = true callers = ["Lisa Greenleaf"] organisation = "TryContra" source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml" [[events]] name = "Pinewoods English-Scottish-Contra" links = ["https://rscdsboston.org/pinewoods-esc.html"] start_date = "2024-07-01" end_date = "2024-07-05" country = "USA" state = "MA" city = "Plymouth" styles = ["contra", "ecd", "scd"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["River Road"] callers = ["Michael Karcher"] price = "$335-$453" organisation = "TryContra" source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml" [[events]] name = "AberACED" links = ["https://aberaced.wordpress.com/"] start = "2024-07-06T14:30:00+01:00" end = "2024-07-06T16:30:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Aberystwyth" styles = ["contra", "ecd"] workshop = true social = true price = "£3" organisation = "AberACED" source = "events/uk/aberystwyth.yaml" [[events]] name = "Gran Bal Trad (Vialfre)" links = ["https://www.granbaltrad.it/wp/?lang=en"] start_date = "2024-07-08" end_date = "2024-07-13" country = "Italy" city = "Vialfre" styles = ["balfolk", "italian", "irish-set", "ecd"] workshop = true social = true organisation = "Associazione Culturale GBT" source = "events/italy/vialfre.yaml" [[events]] name = "Summer Country Dancing" links = ["https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/summer-country-dance-week/"] start = "2024-07-22T16:00:00+01:00" end = "2024-07-26T10:00:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Halsway" styles = ["contra", "ecd"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Ali, Jane & Meg"] callers = ["Mark Elvins"] price = "£240-£430" organisation = "Halsway Manor" source = "events/uk/halsway.yaml" [[events]] name = "Grand Bal de l'Europe (Gennetines)" links = ["https://www.gennetines.org/en/"] start_date = "2024-07-26" end_date = "2024-08-09" country = "France" city = "Gennetines" styles = ["balfolk", "scandi", "irish-set", "e-ceilidh", "italian", "ecd"] workshop = true social = true organisation = "Association Européenne des Amoureux de Danses Traditionnelles" source = "events/france/gennetines.yaml" [[events]] name = "Sidmouth Folk Festival" links = ["https://sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/"] start_date = "2024-08-02" end_date = "2024-08-09" country = "UK" city = "Sidmouth" styles = ["e-ceilidh", "contra", "ecd", "scd", "balfolk", "scandi", "irish-set", "ceili"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["3sticks", "Barber Band", "Bedlam", "Brown Boots Boogie Band", "Cock and Bull Band", "Folk Camps Party Band", "Granny's Attic", "Jigfoot", "Melrose Quintet", "Monster Ceilidh Band", "Mrs Midnight's", "Old Swan Band", "Oyster Ceilidh Band", "Polkaworks", "Step Ceilidh Party", "Tickled Pink", "Chris Wood & Andy Cutting", "Double Dichotomy", "Folkus Poljus", "3D", "Vertical Expression", "WillPower", "Hoik", "Oscina", "Nicky McConkey", "Eglamore"] callers = ["Alison Rowley", "Barry Goodman", "Erin Mansfield", "Emma Wooders", "Fee Lock", "Gordon Potts", "Hannah Moore", "Ian Nichols", "Jane Bird", "Nick Walden", "Nancy Potts", "Adam Hughes", "Bridget Flett", "Daisy Black", "Lynne Render", "Bob Morgan", "Frances Richardson", "Bridget Flett", "Kevin Monaghan", "Carol Monaghan", "Sam Tetley-Smith"] price = "£197-£549" organisation = "Sidmouth Folk Festival" source = "events/uk/sidmouth.yaml" [[events]] name = "AberACED" links = ["https://aberaced.wordpress.com/"] start = "2024-08-03T14:30:00+01:00" end = "2024-08-03T16:30:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Aberystwyth" styles = ["contra", "ecd"] workshop = true social = true price = "£3" organisation = "AberACED" source = "events/uk/aberystwyth.yaml" [[events]] name = "Halsway Folk Dance Holiday" links = ["https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/halsway-folk-dance-holiday/"] start = "2024-08-12T16:00:00+01:00" end = "2024-08-19T10:00:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Halsway" styles = ["ecd"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Richard Jones & Chris Jewell"] callers = ["Ivan Aitken"] price = "£380-£610" organisation = "Halsway Manor" source = "events/uk/halsway.yaml" [[events]] 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" [[events]] name = "Pinewoods Labor Day Weekend" links = ["https://facone.org/labor-day-weekend/labor-day-weekend.html"] start_date = "2024-08-30" end_date = "2024-09-02" country = "USA" state = "MA" city = "Plymouth" styles = ["contra", "ecd"] workshop = true social = true callers = ["Ben Sachs-Hamilton"] price = "$365-$415" organisation = "TryContra" source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml" [[events]] name = "Halsway Regency Assembley" links = ["https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/the-halsway-regency-assembly-2024/"] start = "2024-08-30T16:00:00+01:00" end = "2024-09-01T16:00:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Halsway" styles = ["ecd"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Warleggan Village Band"] callers = ["Georgia Delve"] price = "£200-£310" organisation = "Halsway Manor" source = "events/uk/halsway.yaml" [[events]] name = "AberACED" links = ["https://aberaced.wordpress.com/"] start = "2024-09-07T14:30:00+01:00" end = "2024-09-07T16:30:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Aberystwyth" styles = ["contra", "ecd"] workshop = true social = true price = "£3" organisation = "AberACED" source = "events/uk/aberystwyth.yaml" [[events]] name = "Adirondack Dance Weekend" links = ["https://www.danceflurry.org/adirondack-dance-weekend/"] start_date = "2024-09-27" end_date = "2024-09-29" country = "USA" state = "NY" city = "Silver Bay" styles = ["balfolk", "contra", "ecd"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Stomp Rocket", "The Moving Violations"] callers = ["Mary Wesley"] organisation = "DanceFlurry" source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml" [[events]] name = "Halsway Harvest Weekend" links = ["https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/halsway-harvest-weekend-sept2024/"] start = "2024-09-27T16:00:00+01:00" end = "2024-09-29T16:00:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Halsway" styles = ["e-ceilidh", "ecd"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Dampier's Round"] callers = ["Frances Oates", "Barrie Bullimore", "Laura Hodges"] organisation = "Halsway Harvest" source = "events/uk/halsway.yaml" [[events]] name = "Sytchampton Saturday dance" links = ["https://www.sytchamptondanceclub.org.uk/p/dance-diary-experiment.html"] start = "2024-09-28T19:30:00+01:00" end = "2024-09-28T22:30:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Sytchampton" styles = ["ecd", "contra"] workshop = false social = true bands = ["Chris & Julie Dewhurst"] callers = ["Mike Courthold"] price = "£8" organisation = "Sytchampton Folk Dance Club" source = "events/uk/sytchampton.yaml" [[events]] name = "Head for the Hills Dance Weekend" links = ["http://www.princetoncountrydancers.org/about-hfth"] start_date = "2024-11-08" end_date = "2024-11-11" country = "USA" state = "PA" city = "Kresgeville" styles = ["contra", "ecd"] workshop = true social = true price = "$140-$240" organisation = "TryContra" source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml" [[events]] name = "Nottingham Mixed Dance" links = ["https://www.nfdg.org.uk/club_dances.php"] start = "2024-11-09T19:30:00+00:00" end = "2024-11-09T23:00:00+00:00" country = "UK" city = "Nottingham" styles = ["contra", "ecd"] workshop = false social = true callers = ["Colin Hume"] price = "£10" organisation = "Nottingham Folk Dance Group" source = "events/uk/nfdg.yaml" [[events]] name = "Friday Folk Saturday Special" links = ["https://fridayfolk.org.uk/"] start = "2024-11-23T19:30:00+00:00" end = "2024-11-23T22:30:00+00:00" country = "UK" city = "St Albans" styles = ["ecd"] workshop = false social = true price = "£12" organisation = "Friday Folk" source = "events/uk/st_albans_friday_folk.yaml" [[events]] name = "Sytchampton Saturday dance" links = ["https://www.sytchamptondanceclub.org.uk/p/dance-diary-experiment.html"] start = "2024-12-14T19:30:00+00:00" end = "2024-12-14T22:30:00+00:00" country = "UK" city = "Sytchampton" styles = ["ecd", "contra"] workshop = false social = true bands = ["The Falconers"] callers = ["Geoff Cubitt"] price = "£8" organisation = "Sytchampton Folk Dance Club" source = "events/uk/sytchampton.yaml" [[events]] name = "Joint Christmas Twmp" links = ["https://aberaced.wordpress.com/calendar/"] start = "2024-12-20T19:00:00+00:00" end = "2024-12-20T23:00:00+00:00" country = "UK" city = "Aberystwyth" styles = ["irish-set", "balfolk", "ecd", "contra"] workshop = true social = true callers = ["Hywel Jones", "Nigel Hardy", "Keith Ffloyd", "Ian Hughes", "John Blanchfield"] price = "£2" organisation = "AberACED" source = "events/uk/aberystwyth.yaml" [[events]] name = "Rocky Mountain Ranch Dance" details = "Stellar Days & Nights" links = ["https://www.facebook.com/events/2506311286238510/"] start = "2025-01-17T13:00:00-07:00" end = "2025-01-20T13:00:00-07:00" country = "USA" state = "CO" city = "Buena Vista" styles = ["contra", "ecd"] workshop = false social = true organisation = "Rocky Mountain Ranch Dance" source = "events/usa/buena_vista.yaml" [[events]] name = "Sytchampton Saturday dance" links = ["https://www.sytchamptondanceclub.org.uk/p/dance-diary-experiment.html"] start = "2025-01-18T19:30:00+00:00" end = "2025-01-18T22:30:00+00:00" country = "UK" city = "Sytchampton" styles = ["ecd", "contra"] workshop = false social = true bands = ["Chis & Julie Dewhurst"] callers = ["Dave Wright", "Kathryn Wright"] price = "£8" organisation = "Sytchampton Folk Dance Club" source = "events/uk/sytchampton.yaml" [[events]] name = "IVFDF 2025" links = ["https://sheffield-ivfdf.org.uk/", "https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0Leq1eMKDNDjcN3gCWJYP85NiybMTMXjsQ4xmtFoGHHoAZuMj4nJDXANz3dZVWTRyl&id=61556458347712"] start_date = "2025-02-28" end_date = "2025-03-02" country = "UK" city = "Sheffield" styles = ["balfolk", "contra", "e-ceilidh", "ecd", "s-ceilidh", "scd"] workshop = true social = true organisation = "IVFDF" source = "events/uk/ivfdf.yaml" [[events]] name = "Sytchampton Saturday dance" links = ["https://www.sytchamptondanceclub.org.uk/p/dance-diary-experiment.html"] start = "2025-03-22T19:30:00+00:00" end = "2025-03-22T22:30:00+00:00" country = "UK" city = "Sytchampton" styles = ["ecd", "contra"] workshop = false social = true bands = ["Nozzy"] callers = ["Nicola Scott"] price = "£8" organisation = "Sytchampton Folk Dance Club" source = "events/uk/sytchampton.yaml" [[events]] name = "Sytchampton Saturday dance" links = ["https://www.sytchamptondanceclub.org.uk/p/dance-diary-experiment.html"] start = "2025-09-27T19:30:00+01:00" end = "2025-09-27T22:30:00+01:00" country = "UK" city = "Sytchampton" styles = ["ecd", "contra"] workshop = false social = true bands = ["The Falconers"] callers = ["Rhodri Davies"] price = "£8" organisation = "Sytchampton Folk Dance Club" source = "events/uk/sytchampton.yaml" [[events]] name = "Sytchampton Saturday dance" links = ["https://www.sytchamptondanceclub.org.uk/p/dance-diary-experiment.html"] start = "2025-12-13T19:30:00+00:00" end = "2025-12-13T22:30:00+00:00" country = "UK" city = "Sytchampton" styles = ["ecd", "contra"] workshop = false social = true bands = ["Vicky Swan & Jonny Dyer"] callers = ["Ivan Aitken"] price = "£8" organisation = "Sytchampton Folk Dance Club" source = "events/uk/sytchampton.yaml"