---
events:
  - name: IVFDF 2022
    details: The Inter-Varsity Folk Dance Festival.
    links:
      - "https://sheffield-ivfdf.org.uk/"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/931285487679053/"
    start_date: 2022-02-25
    end_date: 2022-02-27
    country: UK
    city: Sheffield
    styles:
      - balfolk
      - contra
      - e-ceilidh
      - s-ceilidh
      - ecd
      - scd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Hekety
      - Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
      - Bearded Dragons
      - Vertical Expression
      - Bellamira
      - Fourth Road
      - The Rheingans Sisters
      - Vijay Venkat and Mel Biggs
    callers:
      - Liz and Kirsten
      - The NYFTE Group
      - Charlie Turner
      - Daisy Black
      - Rachel Shapiro-Wallace
      - Charlotte Rich-Griffin
      - Lisa Heywood
      - Nisha Lall
    price: £19-£50
    organisation: IVFDF
    source: events/uk/ivfdf.yaml
  - name: Alcester Contra
    links:
      - "https://davidfolk7.wixsite.com/alcestercontras"
    start: "2022-04-08T19:45:00+00:00"
    end: "2022-04-08T22:45:00+00:00"
    country: UK
    city: Alcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Vertical Expression
    callers:
      - Lynne Render
    price: £4-£10
    organisation: Alcester Contra
    source: events/uk/alcester_contra.yaml
  - name: "London Barndance with Charlie Turner, Mark Elvins and Vertical Expression"
    details: Contra dance with Charlie Turner and Mark Elvins calling and Vertical Expression playing. Was originally going to be Lynne Render.
    links:
      - "https://www.barndance.org/programme.html"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/496124358900872/"
      - "https://www.plug.events/event/contra-dance-with-lynne-render-and-vertical-expres"
    start: "2022-04-09T20:00:00+01:00"
    end: "2022-04-09T23:00:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: London
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Vertical Expression
    callers:
      - Charlie Turner
      - Mark Elvins
    price: £5-£14
    organisation: London Barndance Company
    source: events/uk/london_barndance.yaml
  - name: Warwick Folk Festival
    links:
      - "https://www.warwickfolkfestival.co.uk/"
    start_date: 2022-07-21
    end_date: 2022-07-24
    country: UK
    city: Warwick
    styles:
      - e-ceilidh
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Relentless
      - Peeping Tom
      - Vertical Expression
      - Whapweasel
    callers:
      - Mike Courthold
    price: £83-£166
    organisation: Warwick Folk Festival
    source: events/uk/warwick.yaml
  - name: Whitby Folk Week
    links:
      - "https://www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/"
    start_date: 2022-08-20
    end_date: 2022-08-26
    country: UK
    city: Whitby
    styles:
      - e-ceilidh
      - contra
      - ecd
      - irish-set
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Relentless
      - Oxford NAGS
      - Banter
      - "Fiddler's Elbow"
      - Out of Hand
      - Token Women
      - Jo Freya and Fi Fraser
      - Melrose Ceilidh Band
      - Peeping Tom
      - Bearded Dragons
      - Ali & Mollie
      - "Purcell's Polyphonic Party"
      - Stray Chords
      - Vertical Expression
    callers:
      - Phil Bassindale
      - Barry Goodman
      - Cate Haynes
      - Patrick Rose
      - Martyn Harvey
      - Rhodri Davies
      - Colin Hume
      - Bob Morgan
      - Lynne Render
      - Dave Turner
    price: £50-£286
    organisation: Whitby Folk Week
    source: events/uk/whitby.yaml
  - name: Towersey Festival
    links:
      - "https://www.towerseyfestival.com/"
    start_date: 2022-08-26
    end_date: 2022-08-29
    country: UK
    city: Middle Claydon
    styles:
      - e-ceilidh
      - contra
      - balfolk
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Banter
      - Cock and Bull Band
      - Diatonics
      - Flowers & Frolics
      - Lasair
      - Oscina
      - Stumpy Oak
      - Tautas Roks
      - Urban Folk Theory
      - Vertical Expression
      - Whapweasel
    callers:
      - Tim Walker
    price: £77-£162
    organisation: Towersey Festival
    source: events/uk/towersey.yaml
  - name: London Barndance
    details: Contra dance with Rhodri Davies calling and Vertical Expression playing.
    links:
      - "https://www.barndance.org/programme.html"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/3343748582513656/"
    start: "2022-10-08T20:00:00+01:00"
    end: "2022-10-08T23:00:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: London
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Vertical Expression
    callers:
      - Rhodri Davies
    price: £5-£14
    organisation: London Barndance Company
    source: events/uk/london_barndance.yaml
  - name: Leeds Contra
    links:
      - "http://www.leedscontra.freeuk.com/specialevents.html"
    start: "2022-10-22T19:30:00+01:00"
    end: "2022-10-22T23:00:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Leeds
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Vertical Expression
    callers:
      - Rhodri Davies
    price: £10
    organisation: Leeds Contra
    source: events/uk/leeds_contra.yaml
  - name: Alcester Contra
    links:
      - "https://davidfolk7.wixsite.com/alcestercontras"
    start: "2023-03-03T19:45:00+00:00"
    end: "2023-03-03T22:45:00+00:00"
    country: UK
    city: Alcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Vertical Expression
    callers:
      - Mark Elvins
    price: £4-£10
    organisation: Alcester Contra
    source: events/uk/alcester_contra.yaml
  - name: London Barndance
    links:
      - "https://www.barndance.org/programme.html"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/778499070361309/"
    start: "2023-03-11T20:00:00+00:00"
    end: "2023-03-11T23:00:00+00:00"
    country: UK
    city: London
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Vertical Expression
    callers:
      - Lynne Render
    price: £5-£15
    organisation: London Barndance Company
    source: events/uk/london_barndance.yaml
  - name: Sheffield Contra Dance
    links:
      - "https://www.verticalexpressioncontra.co.uk/7th-may-contra"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/3282459768735398/"
    start: "2023-05-07T14:30:00+01:00"
    end: "2023-05-07T17:30:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Sheffield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Vertical Expression
    callers:
      - Cis Hinkle
    price: £5-£15
    organisation: Vertical Expression
    source: events/uk/sheffield_scratch_contra.yaml
  - name: Chippenham Folk Festival
    links:
      - "https://www.chippfolk.co.uk/"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/7705607009510868/"
    start_date: 2023-05-26
    end_date: 2023-05-29
    country: UK
    city: Chippenham
    styles:
      - e-ceilidh
      - contra
      - balfolk
      - irish-set
      - scandi
      - scd
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Albireo
      - Banter
      - Chris Dyer & Tom Evans
      - Coldharbour
      - "Dave Yeomans, Matt Norman & Marni Rachmiel"
      - Emily & The Simons
      - English Contra Dance Band
      - Folk Camps Party Band
      - "Joshua & Benjamin Rowe, Ali Messer & David Ledsam"
      - Kirkophany
      - Old Spot
      - Out of Hand
      - Stradivarious
      - Urban Folk Theory
      - Vertical Expression
      - Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
      - Will Allen
      - WillPower
    callers:
      - Andrew Swaine
      - Bob Morgan
      - David Wright
      - Frances Richardson
      - Jake Wood
      - Kathryn Wright
      - Rhi Davies
      - Rhodri Davies
      - Victoria Yeomans
    organisation: Chippenham Folk Festival
    source: events/uk/chippenham.yaml
  - name: Nottingham Contra Dance
    links:
      - "https://www.nfdg.org.uk/club_dances.php"
    start: "2023-09-30T19:30:00+01:00"
    end: "2023-09-30T23:00:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Nottingham
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Vertical Expression
    callers:
      - Seth Tepfer
    price: £10
    organisation: Nottingham Folk Dance Group
    source: events/uk/nfdg.yaml
  - name: American Dance Weekend
    links:
      - "https://www.folkdanceweekend.co.uk/alcester-american-dance-weekend/"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/116887071371744/"
    start: "2023-10-07T09:30:00+01:00"
    end: "2023-10-08T17:00:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Alcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Mollie & Vic
      - Matt & Ali
      - "Mollie, Ali, Matt & Vic"
      - Vertical Expression
    callers:
      - Seth Tepfer
      - Ivan Aitken
    price: £50
    organisation: Folk Dance Weekend
    source: events/uk/alcester_contra.yaml
  - name: Exeter Ceilidh Contra
    links:
      - "https://exeterceilidhs.net/"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/1044082453628288/"
    start: "2023-10-28T20:00:00+01:00"
    end: "2023-10-28T23:00:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Exeter
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Vertical Expression
    callers:
      - Jeremy Child
    price: £4-£15
    organisation: Exeter Ceilidhs
    source: events/uk/exeter_ceilidhs.yaml
  - name: London Barndance
    links:
      - "https://www.barndance.org/programme.html"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/1607545456683830/"
    start: "2024-03-09T19:30:00+00:00"
    end: "2024-03-09T23:00:00+00:00"
    country: UK
    city: London
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Vertical Expression
    callers:
      - Louise Siddons
    price: £5-£15
    organisation: London Barndance Company
    source: events/uk/london_barndance.yaml
  - name: Lichfield Folk Festival
    links:
      - "https://www.lichfieldfolkfestival.co.uk/"
    start: "2024-06-21T19:00:00+01:00"
    end: "2024-06-23T17:00:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Lichfield
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - 3D
      - "Dave, Marni & Alan"
      - Vertical Expression
      - The Falconers
      - John Hymas & Denise Bearon
    callers:
      - Andrew Shaw
      - Rhodri Davies
      - Rosemary Hunt
      - Ivan Aitken
      - Neil Franklin
      - Nicola Scott
    price: £100
    organisation: Lichfield Folk Festival
    source: events/uk/lichfield.yaml
  - 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
  - name: Alcester Contra
    links:
      - "https://davidfolk7.wixsite.com/alcestercontras"
    start: "2024-11-22T19:45:00+00:00"
    end: "2024-11-22T22:45:00+00:00"
    country: UK
    city: Alcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Vertical Expression
    callers:
      - Liam Binley
    price: £4-£10
    organisation: Alcester Contra
    source: events/uk/alcester_contra.yaml
  - name: Leeds Contra
    links:
      - "http://www.leedscontra.freeuk.com/specialevents.html"
    start: "2024-11-23T19:30:00+00:00"
    end: "2024-11-23T23:00:00+00:00"
    country: UK
    city: Leeds
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Vertical Expression
    callers:
      - Rhodri Davies
    price: £12
    organisation: Leeds Contra
    source: events/uk/leeds_contra.yaml
  - name: Unicorn Ceilidh
    links:
      - "http://www.unicornceilidhs.org.uk/uc05prog.html"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/1571924303487360/"
    start: "2025-03-14T20:00:00+00:00"
    end: "2025-03-14T23:30:00+00:00"
    country: UK
    city: Baldock
    styles:
      - contra
      - e-ceilidh
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Vertical Expression
    callers:
      - Adam Hughes
    price: £7-£13
    organisation: Unicorn Ceilidhs
    source: events/uk/unicorn_ceilidhs.yaml
  - name: London Barndance
    links:
      - "https://www.barndance.org/programme.html"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/1345057713571908/"
    start: "2025-03-15T20:00:00+00:00"
    end: "2025-03-15T23:00:00+00:00"
    country: UK
    city: London
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Vertical Expression
    callers:
      - Mark Elvins
    price: £5-£15
    organisation: London Barndance Company
    source: events/uk/london_barndance.yaml
  - name: Alcester Contra
    links:
      - "https://davidfolk7.wixsite.com/alcestercontras"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/553957054174543/"
    start: "2025-10-10T19:45:00+01:00"
    end: "2025-10-10T22:45:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Alcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Vertical Expression
    callers:
      - Cis Hinkle
    price: £4-£10
    organisation: Alcester Contra
    source: events/uk/alcester_contra.yaml