---
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
- name: Chippenham Folk Festival
links:
- "https://www.chippfolk.co.uk/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/437908798839317/"
start: "2025-05-23T12:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-05-26T23:55:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Chippenham
styles:
- balfolk
- contra
- e-ceilidh
- ceili
- irish-set
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- WillPower
- Hoik!
- Bruce Rosen
- Pair of Shears
- Double Dichotomy
- Sawney White Bird
- Momentum
- Bluejay
- Sarah Matthews & Doug Eunson
- Crowdy-Kit
- Definitely Contraband
- Vic Smith & Friends
- Audrey Jaber
- Ali Messer
- Portmanteau
- Hinny & Joe Wass
callers:
- Sue Rosen
- Brooke Friendly
- Andrew Swaine
- Charlie Turner
- Bob Morgan
- Mark Elvins
- Emily Bidgood
- Bernie Culkin
- Rhi Davies
- Frances Oates
- Carol Monaghan
- Kevin Monaghan
- Geoff Cubitt
- John Stewart
- Susannah Diamond
organisation: Chippenham Folk Festival
source: events/uk/chippenham.yaml
- 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
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-23-5-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-05-23T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-05-23T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Le Bal-en-Rouge
links:
- "http://www.frenchdance.co.uk/dates.htm"
start: "2025-05-28T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-05-28T22:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Ockbrook
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: free
organisation: Ockbrook French Music and Dancing
source: events/uk/ockbrook.yaml
- name: Bal Étoile at the Gipsy Queen
links:
- "https://londonbalfolk.org.uk/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/606342125739812/"
start: "2025-05-28T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-05-28T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: free
organisation: London Balfolk
source: events/uk/london_balfolk.yaml
- name: Balfolk
links:
- "https://www.efdss.org/whats-on/26-gigs/14384-topette-2025"
start: "2025-05-29T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-05-29T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Topette
price: £10-£18
organisation: EFDSS
source: events/uk/efdss.yaml
- 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
- name: Halsway Playford Assembly
links:
- "https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/halsway-playford-assembly-2025/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1623540088260088/"
start: "2025-05-30T16:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-01T16:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Halsway
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- "Purcell's Polyphonic Party"
callers:
- Andrew Swaine
price: £200-£330
organisation: Halsway Manor
source: events/uk/halsway.yaml
- name: Weedon Balfolk
links:
- "https://www.weedonbalfolk.co.uk/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/427145560330533/"
start: "2025-05-30T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-05-30T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Weedon Bec
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Topette
price: £8-£20
organisation: Weedon Balfolk
source: events/uk/badby_bals.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-30-5-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-05-30T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-05-30T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Hebden Bridge Panards
links:
- "https://hebdenbridgepanards.uk/"
start: "2025-05-31T13:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-05-31T17:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Hebden Bridge
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: false
price: £3-£7
organisation: Hebden Bridge Panards
source: events/uk/french_dance_leeds.yaml
- name: Balfolk Stroud
links:
- "https://balfolkstroud.uk/cps/gigs/daveshepherdannapack-0c1219.php"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1129412272136772/"
start: "2025-05-31T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-05-31T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Stroud
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Dave Shepherd & Anna Pack
price: £15
organisation: Balfolk dans les Cinq Vallées - Stroud
source: events/uk/balfolk_stroud.yaml
- name: Contrabridge
details: "Join us for our contra dance with Contrasaurus with calling from Rob Humphrey.\n\nContrasaurus (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.\n\nRob 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
- name: Dansez Français
links:
- "http://www.dansezfrancais.org.uk/"
start: "2025-05-31T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-05-31T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Brighton
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Pirlouette
price: £10
organisation: Dansez Français
source: events/uk/dansez_francais.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-31-5-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-05-31T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-05-31T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Blowout Bal
details: "Part of the Blowout - The Bagpipe Society's annual festival"
links:
- "https://www.bagpipesociety.org.uk/blowout/"
start: "2025-05-31T21:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-01T00:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Tamworth
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: The Bagpipe Society
source: events/uk/tamworth.yaml
- name: Exeter Ceilidh
links:
- "https://exeterceilidhs.net/"
start: "2025-05-31T20:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-05-31T23:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Exeter
styles:
- e-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Skermish
price: £4-£15
organisation: Exeter Ceilidhs
source: events/uk/exeter_ceilidhs.yaml
- name: Afternoon of Dance
links:
- "https://friendsofenglishdance.org.uk/events/fed-afternoon-of-dance/"
start: "2025-06-01T14:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-01T17:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Egham
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Box of Frogs
callers:
- Brooke Friendly
price: £13-£15
organisation: Friends of English dance
source: events/uk/egham.yaml
- name: Sunday Afternoon Masterclass
links:
- "http://www.contrafusion.co.uk/Saturday.html#P"
start: "2025-06-01T14:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-01T16:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Maidstone
styles:
- e-ceilidh
workshop: true
social: false
callers:
- John Sweeney
price: £7
organisation: Contrafusion
source: events/uk/contrafusion.yaml
- name: Balfolk
links:
- "https://wegottickets.com/event/642442"
start: "2025-06-02T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-02T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Lancaster
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Topette
price: £9.90-£19.80
organisation: Topette
source: events/uk/topette.yaml
- name: Balfolk
links:
- "https://wegottickets.com/event/642445"
start: "2025-06-03T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-03T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Newcastle
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Topette
price: £9.90-£19.80
organisation: Topette
source: events/uk/topette.yaml
- name: Balfolk
links:
- "https://wegottickets.com/event/642447"
start: "2025-06-04T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-04T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Sheffield
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Topette
price: £9.90-£19.80
organisation: Topette
source: events/uk/topette.yaml
- name: Pied à Terre
links:
- "https://piedaterre.me.uk/events"
start: "2025-06-04T20:15:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-04T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Norwich
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Pied à Terre
source: events/uk/pat_norwich.yaml
- name: Bal
links:
- "https://www.tickettailor.com/events/oxfolkceilidhs/1404289?"
start: "2025-06-05T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-05T21:45:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Oxford
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Topette
price: £9-£20
organisation: Oxfolk
source: events/uk/oxfolk.yaml
- 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
- name: Bal-Curious
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1124753052647663/"
start: "2025-06-06T18:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-08T18:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Burneside
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Bal-Curious Folk
source: events/uk/burneside.yaml
- 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
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-6-6-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-06-06T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-06T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Wimborne Folk Festival
details: "Part of the all-weekend Wimborne Folk Festival. Ceilidh on Saturday evening at the Allendale and balfolk on Sunday afternoon at the Methodist Church on King Street. Entry by donation - workshop with Steve Earwicker, and a bal."
links:
- "https://www.wmff.co.uk/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1268025964512356/"
start: "2025-06-07T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-08T16:45:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Wimborne Minster
styles:
- balfolk
- e-ceilidh
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Confluence
- Jigfoot
callers:
- Tom Gregory
organisation: Wimborne Minster Folk Festival
source: events/uk/wimborne.yaml
- name: Bal
links:
- "https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/bal-topette-2025/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/442762102150303/"
start: "2025-06-07T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-07T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Halsway
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Topette
price: £7.50-£15
organisation: Halsway Manor
source: events/uk/halsway.yaml
- name: Edinburgh Contra Dance
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1275784600319353/"
start: "2025-06-07T19:45:00+00:00"
end: "2025-06-07T22:30:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Edinburgh
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Hoik
callers:
- Heather McAslan
price: £10-£20
organisation: Edinburgh Contra Dance
source: events/uk/edinburgh_contra_dance.yaml
- name: DanseHerts
links:
- "http://www.danseherts.co.uk/Events.html"
- "http://www.danseherts.co.uk/DH_A4_Poster_JAN25-DEC25.pdf"
start: "2025-06-08T12:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-08T17:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Ickleford
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: £8
organisation: DanseHerts
source: events/uk/danseherts.yaml
- name: Black Mountain Balfolk
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/groups/670540084748885/posts/994104959059061/"
start: "2025-06-08T15:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-08T20:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Hay-on-Wye
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: £7
organisation: Black Mountain Balfolk
source: events/uk/hay_on_wye.yaml
- name: Englefield Green contra dance
links:
- "https://www.ashfordfolkdancers.org.uk/contra_dances/"
start: "2025-06-08T14:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-06-08T17:30:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Egham
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Linda Game Band
callers:
- Ivan Aitken
organisation: Ashford Folk Dancers
source: events/uk/ashford.yaml
- name: Bal Crewkerne
details: French + Breton dance and live music
links:
- "https://balcrew.wixsite.com/balcrewkerne"
start: "2025-06-08T18:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-08T22:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Crewkerne
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: £4
organisation: Bal Crewkerne
cancelled: true
source: events/uk/crewkerne.yaml
- name: Balfolk
links:
- "https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/jam-jar/sun-8-jun-topette-2025-tour-bristol-120092#e120092"
start: "2025-06-08T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-08T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Bristol
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Topette
price: £9.90-£19.80
organisation: Topette
source: events/uk/topette.yaml
- name: Bal Étoile at Jamboree
links:
- "https://londonbalfolk.org.uk/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1368001551290910/"
start: "2025-06-11T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-11T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: free
organisation: London Balfolk
source: events/uk/london_balfolk.yaml
- 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
- name: Welwyn Garden FDC 75th Anniversary
links:
- "https://wgcfolkdanceclub.weebly.com/special-dances.html"
start: "2025-06-12T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-12T22:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Welwyn Garden City
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Box of Frogs
callers:
- Mark Elvins
price: £5
organisation: Welwyn Garden City Folk Dance Club
source: events/uk/knebworth.yaml
- name: OFF Fundraiser
links:
- "https://www.tickettailor.com/events/oxfordfolkfestival/1705896"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/2128197400960964/"
start: "2025-06-13T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-13T22:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Oxford
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Sawney White Bird
price: £6+
organisation: Oxfolk
source: events/uk/oxfolk.yaml
- name: Alcester Contra
links:
- "https://davidfolk7.wixsite.com/alcestercontras"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/441843112110419/"
start: "2025-06-13T19:45:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-13T22:45:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Alcester
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Larry Unger & Elke Baker
callers:
- Mark Elvins
price: £4-£10
organisation: Alcester Contra
source: events/uk/alcester_contra.yaml
- name: Ceilidh
links:
- "https://www.ceilidhsoc.org/ceilidhs/"
start: "2025-06-13T19:45:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-13T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Sheffield
styles:
- e-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £3-£5
organisation: Sheffield CeilidhSoc
source: events/uk/sheffield_ceilidh.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/llondon-ceilidh-club-13-6-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-06-13T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-13T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Le Vendredi Danse
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1035775671909454&set=pb.100064310937147.-2207520000"
start: "2025-06-14T14:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-14T16:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Holmfirth
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: £5
organisation: Le Vendredi Danse
source: events/uk/le_vendredi_danse.yaml
- name: "d'Accord"
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/groups/149787688758876/posts/1813811482356480/"
start: "2025-06-14T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-14T22:45:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Exeter
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Eelgrinders
price: £10
organisation: "d'Accord"
source: events/uk/daccord.yaml
- name: London Barndance
links:
- "https://www.barndance.org/programme.html"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1993827621106842/"
start: "2025-06-14T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-14T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Larry Unger & Elke Baker
callers:
- Charlie Turner
price: £5-£15
organisation: London Barndance Company
source: events/uk/london_barndance.yaml
- name: Les Batons
links:
- "https://www.lesbatons.org/#dates"
start: "2025-06-15T13:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-15T17:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Hollingbourne
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Oscina
price: £7
organisation: Les Batons
source: events/uk/les_batons.yaml
- name: Bay Balfolk
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/610528041964304"
start: "2025-06-15T13:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-15T18:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Lancaster
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Helianthus
price: £5-£7
organisation: Lancaster Eurodance
source: events/uk/lancaster_eurodance.yaml
- name: New Forest Eurobal
details: A Eurobal Wessex event - bal with Confluence Duo
links:
- "https://buytickets.at/eurobalwessex/1658033"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1680524709231876/"
start: "2025-06-15T14:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-15T17:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Ringwood
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Confluence
price: £8-£12
organisation: EuroBal Wessex
source: events/uk/eurobal_wessex.yaml
- 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
- name: Lichfield Folk Festival
links:
- "https://www.lichfieldfolkfestival.co.uk/"
start: "2025-06-20T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-22T17:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Lichfield
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- 3D
- Jovial Crew
- Larry Unger & Elke Baker
- Warleggan Village Band
- WillPower
callers:
- Amy Burton
- Gene Murrow
- Geoff Cubitt
- Georgia Delve
- Hilary Herbert
- Lynne Render
- Mark Burton
- Maureen Knight
price: £100
organisation: Lichfield Folk Festival
source: events/uk/lichfield.yaml
- name: Bristol Contra Dance
details: "Bristol Contra Dance is a communal-style folk dance very similar to a Ceilidh. No partner or experience is necessary. A caller leads the dancers through a series of moves. All calling is gender free.\n\nLouise Siddons will be calling with music from Fiddlechicks.\n\nWe are in the Faith Space Chapel. It's nice and close to Temple Meads and comes with free parking. Check the new Bristol Clean Air Zone information carefully, as this may effect you.\n\nWe have cheese in the break, along with tea, coffee and cordial. You are welcome to bring your own things. Please don't bring alcohol, as this is the venue rule.\n\nBristol Contra is committed to not having the cost of a dance be a hindrance to anyone attending, and have a sliding pay scale.\n\nSuggested prices available on the door:\nUnwaged £6\nWaged £10\nSupporters Ticket £15.\nThe new supporters ticket is a fair representation of what the event costs to run, and supports fair fees for the Band and Caller. It is entirely voluntary.\n\nSo bring your smiles and your joy and come join us for amazing social dancing. Absolutely all welcome of any level of experience for great dancing to some amazing gender-free calling and brilliant music!"
links:
- "https://bristolcontra.wordpress.com/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/865675028962690/"
start: "2025-06-20T19:45:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-20T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Bristol
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Fiddlechicks
callers:
- Louise Siddons
price: £6-£15
organisation: Bristol Contra
source: events/uk/bristol_contra.yaml
- name: Knees Up Cecil Sharp
links:
- "http://www.kneesupcecilsharp.co.uk/programme.html"
start: "2025-06-20T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-20T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- e-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Panjandrum
callers:
- Pete Coe
price: £5-£15
organisation: Knees Up Cecil Sharp
source: events/uk/kucs.yaml
- name: Midsommar Clandestine Mazurka
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/2027734787715213/"
start: "2025-06-20T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-20T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Oxford
styles:
- balfolk
- scandi
workshop: false
social: true
price: free
organisation: Balfolk Oxford
source: events/uk/oxford.yaml
- 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
- 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
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-21-6-25-queens-gate-house/"
start: "2025-06-21T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-21T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- 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
- name: Black Mountain Balfolk
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/groups/670540084748885/posts/994104959059061/"
start: "2025-06-22T15:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-22T20:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Hay-on-Wye
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: £7
organisation: Black Mountain Balfolk
source: events/uk/hay_on_wye.yaml
- name: Le Bal-en-Rouge
links:
- "http://www.frenchdance.co.uk/dates.htm"
start: "2025-06-25T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-25T22:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Ockbrook
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: free
organisation: Ockbrook French Music and Dancing
source: events/uk/ockbrook.yaml
- name: Bal Étoile at the Gipsy Queen
links:
- "https://londonbalfolk.org.uk/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1093877625834952/"
start: "2025-06-25T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-25T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: free
organisation: London Balfolk
source: events/uk/london_balfolk.yaml
- 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
- name: Summer Barn Dance
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1160047731753958/"
- "https://www.tickettailor.com/events/weedonbarndance/1392955/r/fbe"
start: "2025-06-27T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-27T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Weedon Bec
styles:
- e-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
callers:
- Lisa Heywood
price: £12
organisation: Northampton Ceilidhs
source: events/uk/weedon_bec.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-27-6-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-06-27T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-27T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Hebden Bridge Panards
links:
- "https://hebdenbridgepanards.uk/"
start: "2025-06-28T13:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-28T17:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Hebden Bridge
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: false
price: £3-£7
organisation: Hebden Bridge Panards
source: events/uk/french_dance_leeds.yaml
- name: Contrabridge
details: "Join us for our contra dance with Box of Frogs with calling from Louise Siddons.\n\nTwo 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?\n\nLouise 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/"
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
- name: Exeter Ceilidh
links:
- "https://exeterceilidhs.net/"
start: "2025-06-28T20:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-06-28T23:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Exeter
styles:
- e-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Crowdy-Kit
price: £4-£15
organisation: Exeter Ceilidhs
source: events/uk/exeter_ceilidhs.yaml
- name: Sunday Afternoon Masterclass
links:
- "http://www.contrafusion.co.uk/Saturday.html#P"
start: "2025-06-29T14:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-29T16:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Maidstone
styles:
- e-ceilidh
workshop: true
social: false
callers:
- John Sweeney
price: £7
organisation: Contrafusion
source: events/uk/contrafusion.yaml
- name: Pied à Terre
links:
- "https://piedaterre.me.uk/events"
start: "2025-07-02T20:15:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-02T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Norwich
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Ben Hooke
organisation: Pied à Terre
source: events/uk/pat_norwich.yaml
- name: Stegastomp
links:
- "https://www.stegastomp.co.uk/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1697234160875967/"
start: "2025-07-04T18:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-06T16:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Harbury
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Contrasaurus
callers:
- Charlotte Rich-Griffin
- Louise Siddons
price: £50-£65
organisation: Contrasaurus
source: events/uk/harbury.yaml
- name: On Bouge Pop-Up
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/chris.shaw.969952/posts/pfbid02QXZ2QZ29dhGKgW8EjJeip7pbBuSHHq5be1t38CYuaX6gj8iAr8vJ5LrWSTcGNFR2l"
start: "2025-07-04T19:15:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-04T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Deux Sans Frontières
- Duo Mistral
price: £12
organisation: On Bouge
source: events/uk/on_bouge.yaml
- 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
- name: Lancaster Contra
details: "Behind the mic: TBC\nMusicians: TBC"
links:
- "http://lancastercontra.org.uk/events/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/323906443504326/"
start: "2025-07-05T13:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-05T16:45:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Lancaster
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
price: £10-£15
organisation: Lancaster Contra
source: events/uk/lancaster.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-5-7-25-queens-gate-house/"
start: "2025-07-05T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-05T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Social Country Dance Week
links:
- "https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/social-country-dancing/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/619816870700560/"
start: "2025-07-07T16:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-11T10:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Halsway
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- "Ali, Jane & Meg"
callers:
- Mark Elvins
price: £255-£460
organisation: Halsway Manor
source: events/uk/halsway.yaml
- name: Bal Étoile at Jamboree
links:
- "https://londonbalfolk.org.uk/"
start: "2025-07-09T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-09T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: free
organisation: London Balfolk
source: events/uk/london_balfolk.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-11-7-25-grand-junction-paddington/"
start: "2025-07-11T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-11T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Bastille Bal
links:
- "http://www.dansezfrancais.org.uk/"
start: "2025-07-12T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-12T22:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Brighton
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Dansez Français
source: events/uk/dansez_francais.yaml
- name: London Barndance
links:
- "https://www.barndance.org/programme.html"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1631837837471114/"
start: "2025-07-12T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-12T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- WillPower
callers:
- Louise Siddons
price: £5-£15
organisation: London Barndance Company
source: events/uk/london_barndance.yaml
- name: DanseHerts
links:
- "http://www.danseherts.co.uk/Events.html"
- "http://www.danseherts.co.uk/DH_A4_Poster_JAN25-DEC25.pdf"
start: "2025-07-13T12:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-13T17:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Ickleford
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: £8
organisation: DanseHerts
source: events/uk/danseherts.yaml
- name: Bal Miniscule
links:
- "https://balfolkoxford.mmm.page/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1718619838973025/"
start: "2025-07-13T14:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-13T19:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Oxford
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: free
organisation: Balfolk Oxford
source: events/uk/oxford.yaml
- name: Englefield Green contra dance
links:
- "https://www.ashfordfolkdancers.org.uk/contra_dances/"
start: "2025-07-13T14:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-07-13T17:30:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Egham
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Box of Frogs
callers:
- Barrie Bullimore
organisation: Ashford Folk Dancers
source: events/uk/ashford.yaml
- name: Mixed Dance - English & American
details: "Woodborough Village Hall, NG14 6DX"
links:
- "https://nfdg.org.uk/club_dances.php"
start: "2025-07-19T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-19T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Nottingham
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Shane & Julia Day
callers:
- Steve Moore
price: £12
organisation: Nottingham Folk Dance Group
source: events/uk/nfdg.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-19-7-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-07-19T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-19T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Le Bal-en-Rouge
links:
- "http://www.frenchdance.co.uk/dates.htm"
start: "2025-07-23T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-23T22:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Ockbrook
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: free
organisation: Ockbrook French Music and Dancing
source: events/uk/ockbrook.yaml
- name: Warwick Folk Festival
links:
- "https://www.warwickfolkfestival.co.uk/"
start: "2025-07-24T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-27T23:55:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Warwick
styles:
- e-ceilidh
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
price: £147-£155
organisation: Warwick Folk Festival
source: events/uk/warwick.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-25-7-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-07-25T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-25T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Hebden Bridge Panards
links:
- "https://hebdenbridgepanards.uk/"
start: "2025-07-26T13:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-26T17:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Hebden Bridge
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: false
price: £3-£7
organisation: Hebden Bridge Panards
source: events/uk/french_dance_leeds.yaml
- name: Bal Étoile at the Gipsy Queen
links:
- "https://londonbalfolk.org.uk/"
start: "2025-07-30T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-30T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: free
organisation: London Balfolk
source: events/uk/london_balfolk.yaml
- name: Sidmouth Folk Festival
links:
- "https://sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/"
start_date: 2025-08-01
end_date: 2025-08-08
country: UK
city: Sidmouth
styles:
- e-ceilidh
- contra
- ecd
- scd
- balfolk
- scandi
- irish-set
- ceili
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Alex Cumming & Audrey Jaber
- Box of Frogs
- Confluence
- Contrasaurus
- Paul Hutchinson & Matt Norman
- Oscina
- WillPower
callers:
- Brian Stanton
- Carol Monaghan
- Kevin Monaghan
- Louise Siddons
- Rachel Shapiro-Wallace
- Rhodri Davies
price: £320-£495
organisation: Sidmouth Folk Festival
source: events/uk/sidmouth.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-2-8-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-08-02T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-08-02T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Pied à Terre
links:
- "https://piedaterre.me.uk/events"
start: "2025-08-06T20:15:00+01:00"
end: "2025-08-06T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Norwich
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Michael Cade-Stewart
organisation: Pied à Terre
source: events/uk/pat_norwich.yaml
- name: Broadstairs Folk Week
links:
- "https://broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk/"
start_date: 2025-08-08
end_date: 2025-08-15
country: UK
city: Broadstairs
styles:
- e-ceilidh
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: £176-£357
organisation: Broadstairs Folk Week
source: events/uk/broadstairs.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-8-8-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-08-08T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-08-08T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Day of Dance
details: "Callers: Liam Binley & Bernie Culkin.\r\nMusicians: Audrey Jaber & Alex Cumming"
links:
- "https://friendsofenglishdance.org.uk/events/fed-day-of-dance/"
start: "2025-08-10T10:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-08-10T17:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Oakham
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Alex Cumming & Audrey Jaber
callers:
- Liam Binley
- Bernie Culkin
organisation: Friends of English dance
source: events/uk/oakham.yaml
- name: Bal Étoile at Jamboree
links:
- "https://londonbalfolk.org.uk/"
start: "2025-08-13T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-08-13T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: free
organisation: London Balfolk
source: events/uk/london_balfolk.yaml
- name: Whitby Folk Week
links:
- "https://www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/"
start: "2025-08-16T15:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-08-22T23:59:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Whitby
styles:
- e-ceilidh
- contra
- ecd
- irish-set
workshop: true
social: true
price: £280-£360
organisation: Whitby Folk Week
source: events/uk/whitby.yaml
- name: Bal Crewkerne
details: French + Breton dance and live music
links:
- "https://balcrew.wixsite.com/balcrewkerne"
start: "2025-08-17T18:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-08-17T21:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Crewkerne
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: £4
organisation: Bal Crewkerne
cancelled: true
source: events/uk/crewkerne.yaml
- name: Halsway Folk Dance Holiday
links:
- "https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/halsway-folk-dance-holiday-2025/"
start: "2025-08-18T16:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-08-25T10:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Halsway
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Richard Jones & Chris Jewell
callers:
- Ivan Aitken
price: £400-£640
organisation: Halsway Manor
source: events/uk/halsway.yaml
- name: Shrewsbury Folk Festival
links:
- "https://shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk/line-up/dance/"
start: "2025-08-22T14:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-08-25T18:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Shrewsbury
styles:
- balfolk
- contra
- e-ceilidh
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Demon Barbers
- Emily & The Simons
- Frog on a Bike
- GloryStrokes
- Hoik
- Lasair
- Naragonia Quartet
- National Youth Folk Ensemble
- Oysterband
- PolkaWorks
- Queer Folk
- Ross Grant & Hartwin Dhoore
price: £199.24-£246.85
organisation: Shrewsbury Folk Festival
source: events/uk/shrewsbury.yaml
- name: Found Festival
links:
- "https://www.foundfestival.uk/line-up/dance"
start: "2025-08-22T18:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-08-24T22:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Middle Claydon
styles:
- e-ceilidh
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Out of Hand
- Tautas Roks
- Banter
- Kettlehawk
price: £195-£215
organisation: Towersey Festival
source: events/uk/towersey.yaml
- name: Hebden Bridge Panards
links:
- "https://hebdenbridgepanards.uk/"
start: "2025-08-23T13:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-08-23T17:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Hebden Bridge
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: false
price: £3-£7
organisation: Hebden Bridge Panards
source: events/uk/french_dance_leeds.yaml
- name: Le Bal-en-Rouge
links:
- "http://www.frenchdance.co.uk/dates.htm"
start: "2025-08-27T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-08-27T22:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Ockbrook
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: free
organisation: Ockbrook French Music and Dancing
source: events/uk/ockbrook.yaml
- name: Bal Étoile at the Gipsy Queen
links:
- "https://londonbalfolk.org.uk/"
start: "2025-08-27T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-08-27T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: free
organisation: London Balfolk
source: events/uk/london_balfolk.yaml
- name: Halsway Regency Assembley
links:
- "https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/the-halsway-regency-assembly-2025/"
start: "2025-08-29T16:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-08-31T16:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Halsway
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Warleggan Village Band
callers:
- Georgia Delve
price: £200-£330
organisation: Halsway Manor
source: events/uk/halsway.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-29-8-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-08-29T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-08-29T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Pied à Terre
links:
- "https://piedaterre.me.uk/events"
start: "2025-09-03T20:15:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-03T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Norwich
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Pied à Terre
source: events/uk/pat_norwich.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-5-9-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-09-05T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-05T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-6-9-25-queens-gate-house/"
start: "2025-09-06T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-06T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Bal Étoile at Jamboree
links:
- "https://londonbalfolk.org.uk/"
start: "2025-09-10T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-10T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: free
organisation: London Balfolk
source: events/uk/london_balfolk.yaml
- name: Grand Bal
links:
- "https://fienta.com/grand-bal-with-naragonia"
start: "2025-09-12T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-12T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Naragonia
price: £13-£18
organisation: London Balfolk
source: events/uk/london_balfolk.yaml
- name: Alcester Contra
links:
- "https://davidfolk7.wixsite.com/alcestercontras"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1950151225396356/"
start: "2025-09-12T19:45:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-12T22:45:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Alcester
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- "Dave, Fran & Phil"
callers:
- Liam Binley
price: £4-£10
organisation: Alcester Contra
source: events/uk/alcester_contra.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-12-9-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-09-12T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-12T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Le Vendredi Danse
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1035775671909454&set=pb.100064310937147.-2207520000"
start: "2025-09-13T14:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-13T16:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Holmfirth
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: £5
organisation: Le Vendredi Danse
source: events/uk/le_vendredi_danse.yaml
- name: "d'Accord"
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/groups/149787688758876/posts/1813811482356480/"
start: "2025-09-13T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-13T22:45:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Exeter
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: £10
organisation: "d'Accord"
source: events/uk/daccord.yaml
- name: London Barndance
links:
- "https://www.barndance.org/programme.html"
start: "2025-09-13T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-13T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- King Kontra String Band
callers:
- Geoff Cubitt
price: £5-£15
organisation: London Barndance Company
source: events/uk/london_barndance.yaml
- name: DanseHerts
links:
- "http://www.danseherts.co.uk/Events.html"
- "http://www.danseherts.co.uk/DH_A4_Poster_JAN25-DEC25.pdf"
start: "2025-09-14T12:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-14T17:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Ickleford
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: £8
organisation: DanseHerts
source: events/uk/danseherts.yaml
- name: Bal Miniscule
links:
- "https://balfolkoxford.mmm.page/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/955050696437091/"
start: "2025-09-14T14:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-14T19:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Oxford
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: free
organisation: Balfolk Oxford
source: events/uk/oxford.yaml
- name: Englefield Green contra dance
links:
- "https://www.ashfordfolkdancers.org.uk/contra_dances/"
start: "2025-09-14T14:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-09-14T17:30:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Egham
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Box of Frogs
callers:
- Geoff Cubitt
organisation: Ashford Folk Dancers
source: events/uk/ashford.yaml
- name: ruffCeilidh
links:
- "https://ruffceilidhs.org/"
start: "2025-09-20T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-20T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Cardiff
styles:
- e-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- 3Sticks
callers:
- Chris Jewell
price: £5-£12
organisation: ruffCeilidhs
source: events/uk/cardiff.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-20-9-25-queens-gate-house/"
start: "2025-09-20T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-20T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Le Bal-en-Rouge
links:
- "http://www.frenchdance.co.uk/dates.htm"
start: "2025-09-24T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-24T22:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Ockbrook
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: free
organisation: Ockbrook French Music and Dancing
source: events/uk/ockbrook.yaml
- name: Bal Étoile at the Gipsy Queen
links:
- "https://londonbalfolk.org.uk/"
start: "2025-09-24T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-24T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: free
organisation: London Balfolk
source: events/uk/london_balfolk.yaml
- name: Bristol Contra Dance
links:
- "https://bristolcontra.wordpress.com/"
start_date: 2025-09-26
end_date: 2025-09-26
country: UK
city: Bristol
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Bristol Contra
source: events/uk/bristol_contra.yaml
- name: Halsway Harvest Weekend
links:
- "https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/halsway-harvest-weekend-2/"
start: "2025-09-26T16:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-28T16:00:00+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
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-26-9-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-09-26T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-26T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Hebden Bridge Panards
links:
- "https://hebdenbridgepanards.uk/"
start: "2025-09-27T13:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-27T17:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Hebden Bridge
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: false
price: £3-£7
organisation: Hebden Bridge Panards
source: events/uk/french_dance_leeds.yaml
- 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
- name: Contrabridge
details: "Join us for our contra dance with Bearded Dragons with calling from Sarah Trop.\n\nFrom 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.\n\nSarah 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
- name: Leeds Contra
links:
- "http://www.leedscontra.freeuk.com/specialevents.html"
start: "2025-09-27T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-27T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Leeds
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Contrary Faeries
callers:
- Charlie Turner
price: £12
organisation: Leeds Contra
source: events/uk/leeds_contra.yaml
- name: Dansez Français
links:
- "http://www.dansezfrancais.org.uk/"
start: "2025-09-27T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-27T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Brighton
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Sunset in Provence
price: £10
organisation: Dansez Français
source: events/uk/dansez_francais.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-27-9-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-09-27T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-27T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Pied à Terre
links:
- "https://piedaterre.me.uk/events"
start: "2025-10-01T20:15:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-01T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Norwich
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Kerry Fletcher
organisation: Pied à Terre
source: events/uk/pat_norwich.yaml
- name: Festival des Panards
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1737620977135950/"
- "https://frenchdanceleeds.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/25th-festival-des-panards/"
start: "2025-10-03T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-05T16:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Todmorden
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- War-sav
- Trio Roblin-Evain-Badeau
- Naragonia
- Oscina
price: £35-£69
organisation: Les Panards Dansants
source: events/uk/french_dance_leeds.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-3-10-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-10-03T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-03T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Autumn Contra Dance Week
links:
- "https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/autumn-contra-dance-week-2025/"
start: "2025-10-06T16:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-10T10:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Halsway
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Box of Frogs
callers:
- Cis Hinkle
price: £255-£460
organisation: Halsway Manor
source: events/uk/halsway.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
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-10-10-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-10-10T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-10T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Le Vendredi Danse
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1035775671909454&set=pb.100064310937147.-2207520000"
start: "2025-10-11T14:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-11T16:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Holmfirth
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: £5
organisation: Le Vendredi Danse
source: events/uk/le_vendredi_danse.yaml
- name: "d'Accord"
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/groups/149787688758876/posts/1813811482356480/"
start: "2025-10-11T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-11T22:45:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Exeter
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: £10
organisation: "d'Accord"
source: events/uk/daccord.yaml
- name: London Barndance
links:
- "https://www.barndance.org/programme.html"
start: "2025-10-11T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-11T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Linda Game Band
callers:
- Cis Hinkle
price: £5-£15
organisation: London Barndance Company
source: events/uk/london_barndance.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-11-10-25-queens-gate-house/"
start: "2025-10-11T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-11T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Weedon Balfolk
links:
- "https://www.weedonbalfolk.co.uk/"
start_date: 2025-10-12
end_date: 2025-10-12
country: UK
city: Weedon Bec
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: £5
organisation: Weedon Balfolk
source: events/uk/badby_bals.yaml
- name: DanseHerts
links:
- "http://www.danseherts.co.uk/Events.html"
- "http://www.danseherts.co.uk/DH_A4_Poster_JAN25-DEC25.pdf"
start: "2025-10-12T12:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-12T17:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Ickleford
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: £8
organisation: DanseHerts
source: events/uk/danseherts.yaml
- name: Englefield Green contra dance
links:
- "https://www.ashfordfolkdancers.org.uk/contra_dances/"
start: "2025-10-12T14:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-10-12T17:30:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Egham
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Linda Game Band
callers:
- Cis Hinkle
organisation: Ashford Folk Dancers
source: events/uk/ashford.yaml
- name: Bristol Contra Dance
links:
- "https://bristolcontra.wordpress.com/"
start_date: 2025-10-17
end_date: 2025-10-17
country: UK
city: Bristol
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Bristol Contra
source: events/uk/bristol_contra.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-17-10-25-grand-junction-paddington/"
start: "2025-10-17T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-17T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Harrogate Contra
links:
- "http://harrogatecontra.org.uk/events.html"
start: "2025-10-18T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-18T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Harrogate
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Linda & Philip
callers:
- Louise Siddons
price: £6-£10
organisation: Harrogate Contra
source: events/uk/harrogate_contra.yaml
- name: ruffContra
links:
- "https://ruffceilidhs.org/"
start: "2025-10-18T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-18T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Cardiff
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- WillPower
callers:
- Mic Spenceley
price: £5-£12
organisation: ruffCeilidhs
source: events/uk/cardiff.yaml
- name: Contrabridge
details: "Join us for our contra dance with Definitely Contraband with calling from Jack Kanutin.\n\nStorming 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!\n\nJack 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
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-18-10-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-10-18T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-18T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Balfolk
links:
- "https://balfolkoxford.mmm.page/"
start_date: 2025-10-19
end_date: 2025-10-19
country: UK
city: Oxford
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Helen Gentile & Lewis Wood
organisation: Balfolk Oxford
source: events/uk/oxford.yaml
- name: Bal Crewkerne
details: French + Breton dance and live music
links:
- "https://balcrew.wixsite.com/balcrewkerne"
start: "2025-10-19T18:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-19T21:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Crewkerne
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: £4
organisation: Bal Crewkerne
source: events/uk/crewkerne.yaml
- name: Le Bal-en-Rouge
links:
- "http://www.frenchdance.co.uk/dates.htm"
start: "2025-10-22T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-22T22:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Ockbrook
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: free
organisation: Ockbrook French Music and Dancing
source: events/uk/ockbrook.yaml
- name: Balfolk
links:
- "https://blowzabella.co.uk/event/6072048/719450654/blowzabella-corn-exchange-dorchester-arts-dorchester-dance"
- "https://www.dorchesterarts.org.uk/2025/05/13/thurs-23-oct-blowzabella/"
start: "2025-10-23T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-23T22:15:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Dorchester
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Blowzabella
price: £10-£22
organisation: Dorchester Arts
source: events/uk/dorchester.yaml
- name: Balfolk
links:
- "https://blowzabella.co.uk/event/6083049/720211946/blowzabella-the-newman-room-oxford-dance"
start: "2025-10-24T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-24T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Oxford
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Blowzabella
price: £10-£20
organisation: Oxfolk
source: events/uk/oxfolk.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-24-10-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-10-24T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-24T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Hebden Bridge Panards
links:
- "https://hebdenbridgepanards.uk/"
start: "2025-10-25T13:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-25T17:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Hebden Bridge
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: false
price: £3-£7
organisation: Hebden Bridge Panards
source: events/uk/french_dance_leeds.yaml
- name: Dansez Français
links:
- "http://www.dansezfrancais.org.uk/"
start: "2025-10-25T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-25T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Brighton
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- "Peut Qu'Manquer"
price: £10
organisation: Dansez Français
source: events/uk/dansez_francais.yaml
- name: On Bouge Pop-Up
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/chris.shaw.969952/posts/pfbid02QXZ2QZ29dhGKgW8EjJeip7pbBuSHHq5be1t38CYuaX6gj8iAr8vJ5LrWSTcGNFR2l"
start_date: 2025-11-01
end_date: 2025-11-01
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Duo Mistral
organisation: On Bouge
source: events/uk/on_bouge.yaml
- name: Lancaster Contra
details: "Behind the mic: Rhodri Davies\nMusicians: Ben Farmer, Chris Dixon, and Arthur Capelier-Mourguy"
links:
- "http://lancastercontra.org.uk/events/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/3356256961340365/"
start: "2025-11-01T13:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-01T16:45:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Lancaster
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- "Ben Farmer, Chris Dixon & Arthur Capelier-Mourguy"
callers:
- Rhodri Davies
price: £10-£15
organisation: Lancaster Contra
source: events/uk/lancaster.yaml
- name: Leeds Contra
links:
- "http://www.leedscontra.freeuk.com/specialevents.html"
start: "2025-11-01T19:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-01T23:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Leeds
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Box of Frogs
callers:
- Louise Siddons
price: £12
organisation: Leeds Contra
source: events/uk/leeds_contra.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-1-11-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-11-01T20:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-01T23:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Pied à Terre
links:
- "https://piedaterre.me.uk/events"
start: "2025-11-05T20:15:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-05T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Norwich
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Gallica
organisation: Pied à Terre
source: events/uk/pat_norwich.yaml
- name: Skint
links:
- "https://www.skintdance.org.uk/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1119730636555625/"
start: "2025-11-07T17:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-09T17:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Ashover
styles:
- balfolk
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: £23-£53
organisation: Skint
source: events/uk/skint.yaml
- name: Alcester Contra
links:
- "https://davidfolk7.wixsite.com/alcestercontras"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/972124688266966/"
start: "2025-11-07T19:45:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-07T22:45:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Alcester
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Box of Frogs
callers:
- Geoff Cubitt
price: £4-£10
organisation: Alcester Contra
source: events/uk/alcester_contra.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-7-11-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-11-07T20:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-07T23:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: Le Vendredi Danse
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1035775671909454&set=pb.100064310937147.-2207520000"
start: "2025-11-08T14:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-08T16:30:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Holmfirth
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: £5
organisation: Le Vendredi Danse
source: events/uk/le_vendredi_danse.yaml
- name: Nottingham Mixed Dance
links:
- "https://www.nfdg.org.uk/club_dances.php"
start: "2025-11-08T19:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-08T23:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Nottingham
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Chris & Julie Dewhurst
callers:
- Neil Stuart
organisation: Nottingham Folk Dance Group
source: events/uk/nfdg.yaml
- name: "d'Accord"
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/groups/149787688758876/posts/1813811482356480/"
start: "2025-11-08T19:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-08T22:45:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Exeter
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: £10
organisation: "d'Accord"
source: events/uk/daccord.yaml
- name: London Barndance
links:
- "https://www.barndance.org/programme.html"
start: "2025-11-08T20:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-08T23:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Fiddlechicks
callers:
- Lynne Render
price: £5-£15
organisation: London Barndance Company
source: events/uk/london_barndance.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-8-11-25-queens-gate-house/"
start: "2025-11-08T20:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-08T23:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: DanseHerts
links:
- "http://www.danseherts.co.uk/Events.html"
- "http://www.danseherts.co.uk/DH_A4_Poster_JAN25-DEC25.pdf"
start: "2025-11-09T12:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-09T17:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Ickleford
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: £8
organisation: DanseHerts
source: events/uk/danseherts.yaml
- name: Bal Miniscule
links:
- "https://balfolkoxford.mmm.page/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/2794042134106337/"
start: "2025-11-09T14:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-09T19:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Oxford
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: free
organisation: Balfolk Oxford
source: events/uk/oxford.yaml
- name: Englefield Green contra dance
links:
- "https://www.ashfordfolkdancers.org.uk/contra_dances/"
start: "2025-11-09T14:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-09T17:30:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Egham
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Box of Frogs
callers:
- Lynne Render
organisation: Ashford Folk Dancers
source: events/uk/ashford.yaml
- name: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-14-11-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-11-14T20:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-14T23:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £19-£25
organisation: London Ceilidh Club
source: events/uk/ceilidh_club.yaml
- name: ruffCeilidh
links:
- "https://ruffceilidhs.org/"
start: "2025-11-15T19:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-15T23:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Cardiff
styles:
- e-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- "Cat's Claw"
callers:
- Mic Spenceley
- Ned Clamp
price: £5-£12
organisation: ruffCeilidhs
source: events/uk/cardiff.yaml
- name: Balfolk
links:
- "https://blowzabella.co.uk/event/6079556/719993345/blowzabella-corn-hall-diss-norfolk-dance"
start: "2025-11-20T19:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-20T22:15:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Diss
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Blowzabella
organisation: Blowzabella
source: events/blowzabella.yaml
- name: Zesty Contra Weekend
links:
- "https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/zesty-contra-weekend-2025/"
start: "2025-11-21T16:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-23T16:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Halsway
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Ali & Mollie
callers:
- Rhodri Davies
- Mark Elvins
price: £200-£330
organisation: Halsway Manor
source: events/uk/halsway.yaml
- name: Blowzabella Workshop Festival
links:
- "https://blowzabella.co.uk/event/6070494/719340410/blowzabella-workshop-festival-2025-holmfirth-west-yorkshire-concert-workshops-dance"
- "https://wegottickets.com/f/13824/"
start: "2025-11-21T19:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-22T23:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Holmfirth
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Blowzabella
price: £22-£49.50
organisation: Blowzabella
source: events/blowzabella.yaml
- name: Friday Folk Saturday Special
links:
- "https://fridayfolk.org.uk/"
start: "2025-11-22T19:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-22T22:30:00+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
- name: Le Bal-en-Rouge
links:
- "http://www.frenchdance.co.uk/dates.htm"
start: "2025-11-26T19:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-26T22:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Ockbrook
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: free
organisation: Ockbrook French Music and Dancing
source: events/uk/ockbrook.yaml
- name: Bristol Contra Dance
links:
- "https://bristolcontra.wordpress.com/"
start_date: 2025-11-28
end_date: 2025-11-28
country: UK
city: Bristol
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Bristol Contra
source: events/uk/bristol_contra.yaml
- name: Hebden Bridge Panards
links:
- "https://hebdenbridgepanards.uk/"
start: "2025-11-29T13:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-29T17:30:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Hebden Bridge
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: false
price: £3-£7
organisation: Hebden Bridge Panards
source: events/uk/french_dance_leeds.yaml
- name: Contrabridge
details: "Join us for our contra dance with Trip Hazard with calling from Adam Hughes.\n\n[Trip Hazard](https://triphazardfolk.com/?utm_campaign=contrabridge23&utm_source=contrabridge-site) are Colm (misc hitty\nthings), James (misc squeezy things), Robin (misc blowy things) and Caro (misc things) — a new and exciting bunch of\nexperienced dance musicians with altogether too many instruments. They play tunes, but only the good ones.\n\nAdam 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
- name: Leeds Contra
links:
- "http://www.leedscontra.freeuk.com/specialevents.html"
start: "2025-11-29T19:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-29T23:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Leeds
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Portland Drive
callers:
- Geoff Cubitt
price: £12
organisation: Leeds Contra
source: events/uk/leeds_contra.yaml
- name: Dansez Français
links:
- "http://www.dansezfrancais.org.uk/"
start: "2025-11-29T20:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-29T22:30:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Brighton
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Ça Ribote
price: £10
organisation: Dansez Français
source: events/uk/dansez_francais.yaml
- name: Weedon Balfolk
links:
- "https://www.weedonbalfolk.co.uk/"
start_date: 2025-11-30
end_date: 2025-11-30
country: UK
city: Weedon Bec
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: £5
organisation: Weedon Balfolk
source: events/uk/badby_bals.yaml
- name: Pied à Terre
links:
- "https://piedaterre.me.uk/events"
start: "2025-12-03T20:15:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-03T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Norwich
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- BOF!
organisation: Pied à Terre
source: events/uk/pat_norwich.yaml
- name: Le Vendredi Danse
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1035775671909454&set=pb.100064310937147.-2207520000"
start: "2025-12-13T14:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-12-13T16:30:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Holmfirth
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: £5
organisation: Le Vendredi Danse
source: events/uk/le_vendredi_danse.yaml
- 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
- name: "d'Accord"
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/groups/149787688758876/posts/1813811482356480/"
start: "2025-12-13T19:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-12-13T22:45:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Exeter
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: £10
organisation: "d'Accord"
source: events/uk/daccord.yaml
- name: London Barndance
links:
- "https://www.barndance.org/programme.html"
start: "2025-12-13T20:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-12-13T23:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Contrasaurus
callers:
- Nicola Scott
price: £5-£15
organisation: London Barndance Company
source: events/uk/london_barndance.yaml
- name: DanseHerts
links:
- "http://www.danseherts.co.uk/Events.html"
- "http://www.danseherts.co.uk/DH_A4_Poster_JAN25-DEC25.pdf"
start: "2025-12-14T12:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-12-14T17:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Ickleford
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: £8
organisation: DanseHerts
source: events/uk/danseherts.yaml
- name: Englefield Green contra dance
links:
- "https://www.ashfordfolkdancers.org.uk/contra_dances/"
start: "2025-12-14T14:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-12-14T17:30:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Egham
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Linda Game Band
callers:
- Nicola Scott
organisation: Ashford Folk Dancers
source: events/uk/ashford.yaml
- name: Bal Crewkerne
details: French + Breton dance and live music
links:
- "https://balcrew.wixsite.com/balcrewkerne"
start: "2025-12-14T18:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-12-14T21:30:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Crewkerne
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: £4
organisation: Bal Crewkerne
source: events/uk/crewkerne.yaml
- name: Hebden Bridge Panards
links:
- "https://hebdenbridgepanards.uk/"
start: "2025-12-20T13:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-12-20T17:30:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Hebden Bridge
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: false
price: £3-£7
organisation: Hebden Bridge Panards
source: events/uk/french_dance_leeds.yaml
- name: Christmas House Party
links:
- "https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/christmas-house-party-4/"
start: "2025-12-23T16:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-12-27T10:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Halsway
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Will Pound & Linda Game
callers:
- Geoff Cubitt
price: £420-£645
organisation: Halsway Manor
source: events/uk/halsway.yaml
- name: Le Bal-en-Rouge
links:
- "http://www.frenchdance.co.uk/dates.htm"
start: "2025-12-27T19:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-12-27T22:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Ockbrook
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: free
organisation: Ockbrook French Music and Dancing
source: events/uk/ockbrook.yaml
- name: Bal de Noel
links:
- "http://www.dansezfrancais.org.uk/"
start: "2025-12-27T20:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-12-27T22:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Brighton
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Dansez Français
source: events/uk/dansez_francais.yaml
- name: Pied à Terre
links:
- "https://piedaterre.me.uk/events"
start: "2026-01-07T20:15:00+01:00"
end: "2026-01-07T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Norwich
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Pied à Terre
source: events/uk/pat_norwich.yaml
- name: Bal Miniscule
links:
- "https://balfolkoxford.mmm.page/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1665502607525331/1665502624191996/"
start: "2026-01-11T14:00:00+00:00"
end: "2026-01-11T19:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Oxford
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: free
organisation: Balfolk Oxford
source: events/uk/oxford.yaml
- name: ruffCeilidh
links:
- "https://ruffceilidhs.org/"
start: "2026-01-17T19:30:00+00:00"
end: "2026-01-17T23:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Cardiff
styles:
- e-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Oxford NAGS
callers:
- Aidan Hansell
price: £5-£12
organisation: ruffCeilidhs
source: events/uk/cardiff.yaml
- name: Winter Warmer
links:
- "https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/winter-warmer-2026/"
start: "2026-01-19T16:00:00+00:00"
end: "2026-01-23T10:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Halsway
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- "Dampier's Round"
callers:
- Madeleine Smith
- Jane Hunter
- Mark Hunter
price: £240-£460
organisation: Halsway Manor
source: events/uk/halsway.yaml
- name: Bristol Contra Dance
links:
- "https://bristolcontra.wordpress.com/"
start_date: 2026-01-23
end_date: 2026-01-23
country: UK
city: Bristol
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Bristol Contra
source: events/uk/bristol_contra.yaml
- name: Bristol Contra Dance
links:
- "https://bristolcontra.wordpress.com/"
start_date: 2026-02-20
end_date: 2026-02-20
country: UK
city: Bristol
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Bristol Contra
source: events/uk/bristol_contra.yaml
- name: ruffContra
links:
- "https://ruffceilidhs.org/"
start: "2026-02-21T19:30:00+00:00"
end: "2026-02-21T23:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Cardiff
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Bearded Dragons
callers:
- Charlie Turner
price: £5-£12
organisation: ruffCeilidhs
source: events/uk/cardiff.yaml
- name: Bal Miniscule
links:
- "https://balfolkoxford.mmm.page/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1665502607525331/1665502614191997/"
start: "2026-03-08T14:00:00+00:00"
end: "2026-03-08T19:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Oxford
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: free
organisation: Balfolk Oxford
source: events/uk/oxford.yaml
- name: Bristol Contra Dance
links:
- "https://bristolcontra.wordpress.com/"
start_date: 2026-03-20
end_date: 2026-03-20
country: UK
city: Bristol
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Bristol Contra
source: events/uk/bristol_contra.yaml
- name: ruffCeilidh
links:
- "https://ruffceilidhs.org/"
start: "2026-03-21T19:30:00+00:00"
end: "2026-03-21T23:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Cardiff
styles:
- e-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Green/Matthews
price: £5-£12
organisation: ruffCeilidhs
source: events/uk/cardiff.yaml
- name: ruffContra
links:
- "https://ruffceilidhs.org/"
start: "2026-04-18T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-04-18T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Cardiff
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
price: £5-£12
organisation: ruffCeilidhs
source: events/uk/cardiff.yaml
- name: Bristol Contra Dance
links:
- "https://bristolcontra.wordpress.com/"
start_date: 2026-04-24
end_date: 2026-04-24
country: UK
city: Bristol
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Bristol Contra
source: events/uk/bristol_contra.yaml
- name: Bal Miniscule
links:
- "https://balfolkoxford.mmm.page/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1665502607525331/1665502617525330/"
start: "2026-05-10T14:00:00+00:00"
end: "2026-05-10T19:00:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: Oxford
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: free
organisation: Balfolk Oxford
source: events/uk/oxford.yaml
- name: Bristol Contra Dance
links:
- "https://bristolcontra.wordpress.com/"
start_date: 2026-05-15
end_date: 2026-05-15
country: UK
city: Bristol
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Bristol Contra
source: events/uk/bristol_contra.yaml
- name: ruffCeilidh
links:
- "https://ruffceilidhs.org/"
start: "2026-05-16T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-05-16T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Cardiff
styles:
- e-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Diatonics
price: £5-£12
organisation: ruffCeilidhs
source: events/uk/cardiff.yaml
- name: Blowout Bal
details: "Part of the Blowout - The Bagpipe Society's annual festival"
links:
- "https://www.bagpipesociety.org.uk/blowout/"
start: "2026-05-30T21:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-05-31T00:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Tamworth
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: The Bagpipe Society
source: events/uk/tamworth.yaml
- name: Lichfield Folk Festival
links:
- "https://www.lichfieldfolkfestival.co.uk/"
start: "2026-06-19T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-06-21T17:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Lichfield
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Lichfield Folk Festival
source: events/uk/lichfield.yaml
- name: Bristol Contra Dance
links:
- "https://bristolcontra.wordpress.com/"
start_date: 2026-06-26
end_date: 2026-06-26
country: UK
city: Bristol
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Bristol Contra
source: events/uk/bristol_contra.yaml
- name: Electric Folk Dance Party
links:
- "https://electricfolkdance.party/"
start_date: 2026-10-09
end_date: 2026-10-11
country: UK
city: Hope
styles:
- balfolk
- contra
- e-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Apolkalypse
- Bearded Dragons
- Portmanteau
organisation: Electric Folk Dance Party
source: events/uk/hathersage.yaml
- name: Friday Folk Saturday Special
links:
- "https://fridayfolk.org.uk/"
start: "2026-11-25T19:30:00+00:00"
end: "2026-11-25T22:30:00+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