---
events:
- name: Cam-French final celebration
links:
- "https://www.camfrench.co.uk/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/2613173408881074/"
start: "2025-06-22T14:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-22T22:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Cambridge
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Portmanteau
price: free
organisation: Cam-French
source: events/uk/camfrench.yaml
- 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: Summer Solstice Balfolk
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1044811257249019/"
start: "2025-06-22T17:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-22T19:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Glasgow
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: free
organisation: GlasBal
source: events/uk/glasbal.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 Castle
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: Waterloo Ceilidhs Contra
links:
- "https://wegottickets.com/event/658042"
- "https://waterlooceilidhs.co.uk/"
start: "2025-06-27T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-27T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Definitely Contraband
callers:
- Charlie Turner
price: £15-£25
organisation: Waterloo Ceilidhs
source: events/uk/london.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: Clandestine Mazurka
links:
- "https://balfolkcambridge.org/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1256744959129449/"
start: "2025-06-28T16:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-28T19:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Cambridge
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: free
organisation: Balfolk Cambridge
source: events/uk/cambridge.yaml
- name: Contrabridge
details: "Join us for our contra dance with Box of Frogs with calling from Louise Siddons.\r\n\r\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?\r\n\r\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/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1200479931872636/"
start: "2025-06-28T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-28T23:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Cambridge
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Box of Frogs
callers:
- Louise Siddons
price: £7-£15
organisation: Contrabridge
source: events/uk/contrabridge.yaml
- 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: Scratch Contra
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/23953178184308262/"
start: "2025-07-03T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-07-03T22:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Sheffield
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
price: £5
organisation: Sheffield Scratch Contra
source: events/uk/sheffield_scratch_contra.yaml
- name: On Bouge Pop-Up
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/720324744238025/"
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
- On Bouge Band
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: Rob, Fru, Judi\r\nMusicians: Ian Jones and Becky Hutchinson"
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
bands:
- Ian Jones and Becky Hutchinson
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: Bal Étoile at Jamboree
links:
- "https://londonbalfolk.org.uk/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/9847752211990740/"
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: 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 Castle
links:
- "https://londonbalfolk.org.uk/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1461679234967727/"
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: 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: 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://www.facebook.com/events/9847752211990740/"
- "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: 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: 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 Castle
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: 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://www.facebook.com/events/1424154171960394/"
- "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"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1388887425501759/"
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 Castle
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: 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: 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: Waterloo Ceilidh
links:
- "https://waterlooceilidhs.co.uk/events/"
start: "2025-09-27T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-09-27T22:30:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- e-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £15-£25
organisation: Waterloo Ceilidhs
source: events/uk/london.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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Waterloo Ceilidh
links:
- "https://waterlooceilidhs.co.uk/events/"
start: "2025-10-31T19:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-10-31T22:30:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- e-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £15-£25
organisation: Waterloo Ceilidhs
source: events/uk/london.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: 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: "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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-15-11-25-queens-gate-house/"
start: "2025-11-15T20:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-15T23:00:00+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: 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: 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: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-22-11-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-11-22T20:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-22T23:00:00+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 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: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-28-11-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-11-28T20:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-28T23:00:00+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: 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: 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: Waterloo Ceilidh
links:
- "https://waterlooceilidhs.co.uk/events/"
start: "2025-11-29T19:30:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-29T22:30:00+00:00"
country: UK
city: London
styles:
- e-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
price: £15-£25
organisation: Waterloo Ceilidhs
source: events/uk/london.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: 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: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-29-11-25-queens-gate-house/"
start: "2025-11-29T20:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-11-29T23:00:00+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: 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: Ceilidh Club
links:
- "https://ceilidhclub.com/event/london-ceilidh-club-5-12-25-cecil-sharp-house/"
start: "2025-12-05T20:00:00+00:00"
end: "2025-12-05T23:00:00+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: "2025-12-13T14:30:00+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: "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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Bristol Contra Dance
links:
- "https://bristolcontra.wordpress.com/"
start_date: 2026-03-27
end_date: 2026-03-27
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: "2026-04-18T19:30:00+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: 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: Lancaster Contra
details: "Behind the mic: Seth Tepfer\r\nMusicians: Stomping Ground"
links:
- "http://lancastercontra.org.uk/events/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/634886562916883/"
start: "2026-10-04T13:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-10-04T17:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Lancaster
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Stomping Ground
callers:
- Seth Tepfer
price: £10-£15
organisation: Lancaster Contra
source: events/uk/lancaster.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