---
events:
- name: Ransätersstämman
links:
- "https://ransatersstamman.se/"
start: "2025-06-05T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-08T15:00:00+02:00"
country: Sweden
city: Karlstad
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Ransätersstämman
source: events/sweden/karlstad.yaml
- name: Dancing Fish
links:
- "https://dancingfish.dance/"
start_date: 2025-06-06
end_date: 2025-06-07
country: USA
state: FL
city: Melrose
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Potent Brew
callers:
- Seth Tepfer
organisation: Dancing Fish
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Gender-Free Dance Camp
links:
- "https://www.lcfd.org/spring-camp-2025.html"
start_date: 2025-06-06
end_date: 2025-06-08
country: USA
state: MA
city: Plymouth
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Calico
- Northwoods
callers:
- Mary Wesley
- Chris Ricciotti
price: $150-$400
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Taste of Haven
links:
- "https://www.contracorners.net/event-type/dance-weekend/"
start_date: 2025-06-06
end_date: 2025-06-08
country: USA
state: IN
city: Syracuse
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- The Dam Beavers
- Bobcat Opposum
callers:
- Gaye Fifer
- Dwayne Johnson
price: $90-$110
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Berkeley Contra Dance
details: "BACDS (Bay Area Country Dance Society) presents dances every Thursday night (except holidays) at \nChrist Church Berkeley, 2138 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA. \nContra dancing happens on the 1st, 3rd, & 5th Thursday of the month, from 8pm to 10:30pm. \nEnglish Country Dancing happens on the 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month, from 7:45pm to 10pm. \nBoth are are preceded by beginners’ lessons. \nIn addition, there is an experienced English dance on the 4th Saturday of the month from 7:30pm to 10pm at the same location. \nDetails at our website. \nWe also have Facebook groups: \n\nBerkeley Contra Dance\nBerkeley English Country Dance"
links:
- "https://bacds.org/series/contra/berkeley_wed/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/berkeley-ca-contra-and-english-dances/2025-06-05/"
start: "2025-06-05T20:00:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-05T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: CA
city: Berkeley
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $6-$25
organisation: Bay Area Country Dance Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Mit-Tanzen
details: "Mit-Tanzen.....ist, wenn die Schwerkraft Freizeit hat! Ob Geigenbögen oder Tanzschuhe, alles bewegt sich im Klang und wenn Augenpaare ihre Lachfalten zeigen, haben wir alles richtig gemacht.\r\n\r\nMusik\r\nEvelyn Fink-Mennel, Irma-Maria Troy, Matthias Härtel\r\nund alle, die ihr Instrument mitbringen\r\n\r\nTanzend voran Aleksandra Vohl, Arndt Rössler\r\n\r\nOrganisation Natalie Begle"
links:
- "https://bewegungsmelder.in/"
start: "2025-06-06T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-06T22:30:00+02:00"
country: Austria
city: Satteins
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- bewegungsmelder
price: donation
organisation: bewegungsmelder
source: events/austria/satteins.yaml
- name: "Les Trad'Yvresses"
links:
- "https://balayvre.wixsite.com/balayvre"
start: "2025-06-06T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-08T22:00:00+02:00"
country: France
city: Le Mans
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Adamada
source: events/france/france.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: Folkbal
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2752"
start: "2025-06-06T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-06T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Oostmalle
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Duo Clercx
organisation: ~
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: RenoFolk Festival
links:
- "https://www.renofolkfestival.it/en/rff-home-english/"
start: "2025-06-06T21:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-09T21:00:00+02:00"
country: Italy
city: Bologna
styles:
- balfolk
- italian
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Karamaus
- Ududu
- Le Mange Bal
- Jam.PT
- Matrioske
- Terroir Collapse
- Nasyikat
- "Musicanti d'la Bása"
- Tref
- Duo Vargoz
- Baìa Trio
- Ormuz
organisation: RenoFolk
source: events/italy/renofolk.yaml
- name: Flying Shoes Community Dance & Contra Dance
details: "Everyone is welcome at this two-part monthly dance series. From neophytes to lifelong participants, and so many other demographic variations, we all collaborate to make this community-building participatory arts program a joyful success. See you at the dance! \nSchedule:\n\n6:00 pm ~ Musicians Warmup ~ Tunes on the All Comers Band page\n6:30-7:30 pm ~ Community Dance ~ Lisa Newcomb & Chrissy Fowler calling with the All Comers Band, led by Benjamin Foss & Willy Clemetson ~ Community Dance admission is $1 kids, $2 adults\n8:00-11:00 pm ~ Contra Dance ~ We use the terms lark and robin to identify the dance roles. (More on roles here.) ~ Contra Dance Admission is $20 – $15 (a sliding scale lets us cover expenses and compensate performers; please pay as much as you can!)\n\nLocation: First Church in Belfast UCC, 8 Court St, Belfast (enter via Spring St) \nPolicies: See Community Care Policy and First Friday FAQ ~ BFS programs are chem free (please be sober) ~ Stay home if you don’t feel well \nSponsors: Artisan Builders, Belfast Community Co-op, Colburn Shoe Store, Daisychain Farm, First National Bank, Grace Chiropractic, The Green Store, Searsport Shores Oceanfront Camping, Thomas Fowler PE, Trillium Caterers, and Worth Real Estate"
links:
- "https://belfastflyingshoes.org/first-friday-dances/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/flying-shoes-first-friday-community-dance-contra-dance/2025-06-06/"
start: "2025-06-06T18:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-06T23:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: ME
city: Belfast
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- All Comers Band
- Here on the Hill
callers:
- Chrissy Fowler
- Lisa Newcomb
- Harris Lapiroff
price: $15-$25
organisation: Belfast Flying Shoes
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: English Country Dancing
details: "We invite you to dance with us on the first Friday of each month at Massanutten Presbyterian Church. It’s free and open to the public; most appropriate for people 10 years old and up; no experience needed; no partner needed. Wear casual clothes and comfortable shoes. \nTom Mack is the caller and we dance to recorded music enjoying dances from the 1700’s and 1800’s: lines, circles and squares. \nHealth issues: If you feel sick, stay home."
links:
- "https://sites.google.com/corp/site/svcwed/home-1/2025-practice-schedule"
- "https://cdss.org/event/english-country-dancing/2025-06-06/"
start: "2025-06-06T18:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-06T21:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: VA
city: Penn Laird
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
callers:
- Tom Mack
price: free
organisation: Shenandoah Valley Civil War Era Dancers
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: TECDA Friday Evening Dance
details: "Come and join us every Friday for an evening of dance with our talented callers: \nDave Berman, Cathy Campbell, Alan Rosenthal, Walter Zagorski. \nMasks are optional. Please bring your dancing shoes, water bottle and come and enjoy an evening of English Country Dancing. \nemail: info@tecda.ca"
links:
- "https://www.tecda.ca/weekly_dances.html"
- "https://cdss.org/event/tecda-friday-evening-dance/2025-06-06/"
start: "2025-06-06T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-06T21:00:00-04:00"
country: Canada
state: Ontario
city: Toronto
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
callers:
- Alan Rosenthal
- Cathy Campbell
- Dave Berman
- Walter Zagorski
price: $10
organisation: Toronto English Country Dance Assembly (TECDA)
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Orlando Contra Dance
details: "Welcome to the Orlando Contra Dance! We feature high-tempo, gender-neutral dancing. We are Florida’s only gender-neutral contra series. Dancing is open to everyone and free for students and returning beginners (2nd dance is free)! \nWe usually dance on the first and third Friday of the month. Holidays, semester breaks, and regional events happen, so check the schedule before going!"
links:
- "https://orlandocontra.org/dances-and-events/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/orlando-contra-dance-2-2/2025-06-06/"
start: "2025-06-06T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-06T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: FL
city: Winter Park
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
price: $15
organisation: Orlando Contra Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Quiet Corner Contra Dance
details: "Sponsored by Hartford Community Dance\nWe are first Fridays September to June!\nNote: This is the last dance of the 2024-2025 season! \n\nWhen: Dance 7:30–10:30pm [introduction 7:15–7:30 pm]\nWhat: A contra dance is a public and community shindig! Bring your family, friends or just bring yourself to our traditional public contra dance! No fancy footwork needed to attend, just come, enjoy the friendly camaraderie, dance to live fiddle music and see everyone’s smiling faces!\nWhy: In order to have a wicked good time!\nLive Music: Wry Bred. Wry Bred engages in joyful musical conversations with driving rhythms and exuberant harmonies – great music and good humor since 2009.\nCaller: Steve Holland. This month we welcome long-time favorite caller Steve Holland. Steve is a modern contra dance caller, calling dances for all levels from the novice to the expert with dances ranging from traditional reels, southern style squares to the most current contra dances!\nAdmission: $13.00 per person or students (with ID, please) are $6. And any donations are greatly appreciated and encouraged!\nClothing & Footwear: Just bring clean shoes to dance in to preserve the floor (no high heels please). Dress is comfortable and as you like.\nFood: Some snacks offered at the break. We welcome home made goodies and fruits!\nParking: Plenty of free parking right in front of the hall.\nRoles: Are traditional: Ladies & Gents but are just roles and you are welcome and encouraged to choose whichever role works for you and some do, so no worries!"
links:
- "http://www.hcdance.org/quiet-corner-contra/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/quiet-corner-contra-dance/"
start: "2025-06-06T19:15:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-06T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: CT
city: Coventry
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Wry Bred
callers:
- Steve Holland
price: $6-$13
organisation: Hartford Community Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: ContraATL Weekly Dance
details: "Atlanta’s weekly contra dance features a variety of local and regional talent. We dance every Friday night except rare blackout dates, generally last two Fridays in December and the first Friday in January."
links:
- "https://contradance.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/contra-atl-weekly-dance/2025-06-06/"
start: "2025-06-06T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-06T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: GA
city: Decatur
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $7-$15
organisation: ContraATL
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Lambertville Country Dancers
details: "English Country Dance called by Judi Rivkin. Music by A Joyful Noise (Barbara Greenberg, Daniel Beerbohm, and Kathy Talvitie)."
links:
- "https://lambertvillecountrydancers.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/lambertville-country-dancers-english-country-dance-in-newtown-pa-2/"
start: "2025-06-06T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-06T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: NJ
city: Newtown
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- A Joyful Noise
callers:
- Judi Rivkin
price: $5-$15
organisation: Lambertville Country Dancers
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Friday Night Contra at Glen Echo
details: "Join us in Glen Echo, Maryland, for a fun night of contras and an occasional square! There’s a free lesson at 7:30pm."
links:
- "https://www.fridaynightdance.com/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/friday-night-contra-at-glen-echo-maryland-2/2025-06-06/"
start: "2025-06-06T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-06T23:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MD
city: Glen Echo
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $15
organisation: Friday Night Dancers
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: "Moulin d'Andé Weekend"
details: "A contra dance weekend in Normandy with Kappy Laning & Janine Smith (callers) and Nozzy (musicians, from UK). Lodging and all meals provided in a beautiful and historic venue, the 13th century restored Moulin d’Andé. \nPrices in euros for those who haven’t yet attended a Paris Contra Dance: 520 in a single room, 420 euros in a double or triple room, 320 in a dormitory (6-8 in a room). 100 euros discount for previous attendees. \nTransportation via train (1:30) from Gare St Lazare in Paris and then (20 minutes) by bus or taxi from Gare Val de Reuil. \nIf you are interested or if you have questions, send me a message."
links:
- "https://sites.google.com/site/americancontradanceinparis/"
start_date: 2025-06-07
end_date: 2025-06-09
country: France
city: Val-de-Reuil
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Larry Unger & Karina Wilson
callers:
- Charlie Turner
- Jeremy Kuhn
organisation: Paris Contra Dance
source: events/france/paris_contra.yaml
- name: Dance Trance
details: "Dance Trance 2025 Contra Dance Weekend – June 6-8, 2025 – featuring Toss the Possum and callers Darlene Underwood and Terry Doyle. Come join us in June in Lexington, Kentucky in the beautiful bluegrass region. The weekend offers contra dances, English country dance, flatfooting, blues dance, musicians’ jam, and more!"
links:
- "https://www.dancetrance.ltda.us/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/dance-trance/"
start: "2025-06-06T20:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-08T15:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: KY
city: Lexington
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Toss the Possum
callers:
- Darlene Underwood
- Terry Doyle
price: $50-$105
organisation: Lexington Traditional Dance Association
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Friday Contra Dance
details: "All are welcome to come and dance! You don’t need to bring a partner. Contra dancing is easy to learn. We have beginners’ lessons for anyone who hasn’t done it before, or wants a reminder. \n$5 – $25, pay what you can."
links:
- "https://www.nashvillecountrydancers.org/contra-dances"
- "https://cdss.org/event/friday-contra-dance-nashville-tn/2025-06-06/"
start: "2025-06-06T19:30:00-05:00"
end: "2025-06-06T22:30:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: TN
city: Nashville
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $5-$25
organisation: Nashville Country Dancers
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: CFOOTMAD Community Contra Dance
details: "Community Contra Dance open to all ages. All dances taught. No experience necessary. Always live music. Lesson 7 p.m.; dance 7:30 to 10:30."
links:
- "https://boulderdance.org/event/colorado-friends-of-old-time-music-and-dance-dance-community-contra-dance/2025-06-06/"
start: "2025-06-06T19:00:00-06:00"
end: "2025-06-06T22:30:00-06:00"
country: USA
state: CO
city: Boulder
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Colorado Friends of Old Time Music and Dance
source: events/usa/boulder.yaml
- name: Friday Night English Dance
details: "For details about venue, callers, or musicians, please go to our website, or email ecd-chair@portlandcountrydance.org \nSliding scale: $7 – $20."
links:
- "https://portlandcountrydance.org/calendar/?mc_id=6103"
- "https://cdss.org/event/pcdc-friday-night-english-dance-2/2025-06-06/"
start: "2025-06-06T19:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-06T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: OR
city: Portland
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Fine Companions
price: $7-$20
organisation: Portland Country Dance Community
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Skandia First Friday LIVE
details: "HarryKhamis and Pat Pi will teach a slow, beautiful dance called Åtabakspolska. Itcomes from Föllinge, a small town in Jämtland, Sweden. This is one of the mostpopular dances at Skandia.<br> See <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOuwd0828hY\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com/watch?v=<wbr />DOuwd0828hY</a>. <br>Thedelightful Metrognomes will grace the stage for our First Friday dance in June.Armed with their miniature gnomes at the front of the stage, the group willhelp us join together in dancing with lively little and big feet. Get in themood for joy.<br><span><b> </b></span><br><span><b>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</b></span><br><br><br><u></u><br><u></u><u></u>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2025-06-06T19:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-06T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- MetroGnomes
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.yaml
- name: The Bridgerton* Ball
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1704520773478329/"
- "https://events.humanitix.com/the-bridgerton-ball"
start: "2025-06-07T18:30:00+08:00"
end: "2025-06-07T22:00:00+08:00"
country: Australia
state: WA
city: Perth
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: $32.41-$48.07
organisation: Bal Folk Perth
source: events/australia/chidlow.yaml
- name: Balfolk in Kleve
details: Workshop and bal
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/2212451522505800/"
start: "2025-06-07T14:15:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-07T17:30:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Kleve
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Duo Entre-Deux
price: donation
organisation: Thomas Brueckner
source: events/germany/kleve.yaml
- name: Sloterbal
details: "WAT KUN JE VERWACHTEN\n\nEen echte danslocatie, fijne houten vloeren en heerlijke muziek van Kelten zonder Grenzen en Wim te Groen. Alle ingrediënten zijn er voor een fijn bal. Kom zaterdag 7 juni genieten en dansen bij CanDance Studios, op loopafstand van Station Sloterdijk.\n\nWil je balfolk leren dansen? Vooraf is er een gratis dansinstructie voor beginners. Na deze workshop kan je de belangrijkste dansjes al gelijk meedoen tijdens het bal.\n\n \nDATUM\nZaterdag 7 juni 2025\nTICKETS\n- Voorverkoop vroege vogel € 19,50 (t/m 24-05-2025)\n- Voorverkoop regulier € 23,50\n- Aan de deur € 25,00\n\n<<Koop hier je tickets>>\n \nPROGRAMMA\n14:30 Deuren open\n15:00 Dansinstructie door Balfolk Amsterdam\n16:00 Bal met Kelten zonder Grenzen\n18:00 Picknick/Potluck\n19:00 Bal met Wim te Groen\n21:00 Einde\n\n(Geluidstechniek door Ton Tersteeg)\nLOCATIE\nCanDance Studios: Isolatorweg 28, 1014 AS Amsterdam\n\nJe parkeert gratis in de straten rondom de locatie. Het is makkelijk bereikbaar met het OV. Je loopt er vanaf Station Amsterdam Sloterdijk naartoe in +/-15 minuten. Of pakt de bus die iedere 10 minuten vanaf het station vertrekt.\nNIEUW IN BALFOLK?\nBalfolk is een social dance. Vergelijkbaar met Salsa, Tango of Lindyhop, maar dan op West-Europese volksmuziek. Bij balfolk geen shows of competitie, gewoon lekker dansen zoals ze dat vroeger op dorpsfeesten en bruiloften deden. Met familie en vrienden. Van jong tot oud. Iedereen danst mee. Je hebt geen vaste partner nodig. Je kunt iedereen ten dans vragen. Én je kunt door iedereen ten dans worden gevraagd. Of je stapt zelf in bij een van de groepsdansen.\n\nIn Balfolk is iedereen welkom om te komen dansen. Je hoeft geen danservaring te hebben om mee te kunnen doen. Je mag zijn we je bent en je hoeft geen speciale kleding of schoenen te hebben.\n\nWe willen graag dat iedereen zich bij ons vrij voelt om zichzelf te zijn en zich veilig voelt om aan te geven wat ze nodig hebben. Daarom vinden we het belangrijk dat iedereen die naar een Balfolk evenement komt op de hoogte is van een aantal dansrichtlijnen.\nhttps://www.balfolk.nl/informatie/dansrichtlijnen/"
links:
- "https://balfolkamsterdam.nl/sloterbal-met-kelten-zonder-grenzen-en-wim-te-groen"
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/sloterbal-2/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1358418748764757/"
start: "2025-06-07T15:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-07T21:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Amsterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Kelten zonder Grenzen
- Wim te Groen
price: €19.50-€25
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: "Folk In 't Kasteel"
details: Ball
links:
- "https://www.schoten.be/academie/agenda/folkbal-3"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2301"
start: "2025-06-07T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-07T22:45:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Antwerp
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Folkorkest Academie Schoten
- Griff Trio
organisation: Academie Schoten
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: York Region English Country Dancers
details: "English Country Dance in central York Region (Ontario, Canada)! Beginners welcome; all dances taught; you don’t need to bring a partner. Admission by donation; your first class is free. Join us on the first, third, and (when there is one) fifth Saturday of the month from 2:00 to 4:00. (Please check the website for possible last-minute changes.)"
links:
- "http://www.yrecd.ca/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/york-region-english-country-dancers/2025-06-07/"
start: "2025-06-07T14:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-07T16:00:00-04:00"
country: Canada
state: Ontario
city: Newmarket
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: donation
organisation: York Region English Country Dancers
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Scissortail English Country Dance
details: "Scissortail English Country Dance in Oklahoma City, first and third Saturdays. Check our Facebook or our website for more details!"
links:
- "https://scissortail.org/calendar/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/scissortail-english-country-dance-in-oklahoma-city/2025-06-07/"
start: "2025-06-07T13:30:00-05:00"
end: "2025-06-07T15:30:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: OK
city: Oklahoma City
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: $15
organisation: Scissortail Traditional Dance Society
source: events/usa/cdss.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: "Swingin' Tern Double Dance"
details: "Cecilia Vacanti—fiddle, Jess Newman—fiddle, Mark Price—guitar \n3:45 – 5:45 pm Afternoon Advanced Contras $15 adults/$5 students\n5:45 – 7:00 pm Dinner Break at the many walkable Chatham restaurants\n7:00 – 7:30 pm Beginners’ Workshop\n7:30 – 10:30 pm All-Level Evening Dance $15 adults/$5 students \nFull information and videos\nOur full calendar \nUseful Information:\n\nNewcomers are welcome to come at 7pm for an introductory lesson on the basics of contra dancing. No partner is necessary. All dances are taught with a “walk-through” by the caller.\nWe no longer require vaccination. Masks are optional.\nAll dances at Swingin’ Tern are called to the gender-neutral terms Larks & Robins. Dance whatever role you’re comfortable in.\nWe are air-conditioned. We have windows on three sides when we want to let the breeze come in.\nOur dance is two blocks from the Chatham station on the Morris/Essex line out of Penn Station, NYC.\nWe welcome contributions of home-baked [or not] goodies to share at the break.\nPlease bring your own water bottle. Water bottles may be filled at the kitchen sink.\nWear comfortable clothing. Contra dancing is aerobic. We prefer you carry in your shoes.\nWe are a friendly, inclusive group. Pack plenty of smiles!"
links:
- "https://folkproject.org/swingin-tern/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/swingin-tern-contra-dance-7-3/"
start: "2025-06-07T15:45:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-07T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: NJ
city: Chatham
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- The Star Charters
callers:
- Michael Karcher
price: $10-$30
organisation: "Swingin' Tern Dances"
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Edinburgh Contra Dance
links:
- "https://www.citizenticket.com/events/edinburgh-contra-dance/edinburgh-contra-dance-june-7th/"
- "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: Baton Rouge Contra Dance
details: Baton Rouge Contra Dance at St. Albans Chapel
links:
- "https://louisianacontrasandsquares.com/events.html"
- "https://cdss.org/event/baton-rouge-contra-dance/2025-06-07/"
start: "2025-06-07T15:45:00-05:00"
end: "2025-06-07T18:30:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: LA
city: Baton Rouge
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
callers:
- Charlene Heaton
price: $5-$7
organisation: Charlene Heaton & David Porter
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Port Ewen English Country Dance
details: "English Country Dance with visiting callers. Live local band. Air conditioned hall, so we dance all summer! \n7 PM skills class for beginners \nDance is 7:30 to 10:30. Entry is $15."
links:
- "https://www.hudsonvalleydance.org/english-country-1"
- "https://cdss.org/event/hudson-valley-country-dancers-port-ewen-english-country-dance/2025-06-07/"
start: "2025-06-07T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-07T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: NY
city: Port Ewen
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
price: $15
organisation: CDSS
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Knoxville Contra Dance
details: "Join us the first Saturday of every month (except February) for our monthly dance in the gymnasium of the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge as we dance mostly contras. Neither partner or experience is required. All dances are taught. We usually have live music from a local band, and always live calling from a local caller. A donation is requested, but no one turned away."
links:
- "https://www.knoxvillecontra.org/schedule"
- "https://cdss.org/event/monthly-american-folk-dance-and-contra-series-at-childrens-museum-of-oak-ridge/2025-06-07/"
start: "2025-06-07T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-07T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: TN
city: Oak Ridge
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
price: $5-$10
organisation: Knoxville Contra Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
details: "Wild Asparagus with George Marshall, David Cantieni, Becky Tracy, Ann Percival and guests. Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30-8:00 beginners’ workshop, 8:00-11:00 contra dance \nCost: $12 – $20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
links:
- "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
- "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-06-07/"
start: "2025-06-07T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-07T23:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MA
city: Greenfield
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Wild Asparagus
callers:
- George Marshall
price: $12-$20
organisation: George Marshall
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: First Saturday Contra Dance
details: "The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the Peterborough, NH First Saturday Contra Dance on the first Saturday with different musicians and callers every month. \nThe dancing begins at 8:00 PM, with an introductory workshop beginning at 7:30. Sliding scale admission is $12 – 20. \nWe also host an open jam session for beginning and intermediate musicians from 6:45 – 7:30 PM. \nThe Monadnock Folklore Society has presented contra dances and concerts of traditional music since 1982."
links:
- "https://www.monadnockfolk.org/event/peterborough-first-saturday-contra-dance-4-7/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-dance-in-peterborough-nh/2025-06-07/"
start: "2025-06-07T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-07T23:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: NH
city: Peterborough
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Thunderwing
callers:
- Annie Kidwell
price: $12-$20
organisation: Monadnock Folklore Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Montpelier Contra Dance
details: "Montpelier Contra Dance with callers and bands that perform regionally and nationally—see website or Facebook events\nBeginners, singles, and all ages are welcome; all dances are taught.\nGender-neutral role terms (Larks and Robins)\nNewcomers lesson 7:40 pm. Dancing 8-11pm.\nPlease bring clean soft-soled shoes.\nMasks optional / Excellent ventilation with open windows and ceiling exhaust fan (bring a sweater in cooler months)\nMore info at our website. \n$12 adults, $5 kids/low-income, $20 dance supporters.\nQuestions? 802-225-8921 or cdu.tim@gmail.com\nDancing 1st, 3rd, and 5th Saturdays year round"
links:
- "https://capitalcitygrange.org/dancing/contradancing/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/montpelier-contra-dance/2025-06-07/"
start: "2025-06-07T19:40:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-07T23:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: VT
city: Berlin
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $5-$20
organisation: Montpelier Contra Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Scissortail Contra Dance
details: "Scissortail Contra Dance in Tulsa, first Saturdays. Check our Facebook or our website for more details!"
links:
- "https://scissortail.org/calendar/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/scissortail-contra-dance-in-tulsa-ok/2025-06-07/"
start: "2025-06-07T19:00:00-05:00"
end: "2025-06-07T22:00:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: OK
city: Tulsa
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
price: $5-$25
organisation: Scissortail Traditional Dance Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Contra Dance at Tapestry Folkdance Center
details: "Every Saturday\nLARGE STUDIO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7:30 – 8:00 pm Lesson\n8:00 – 11:00 pm Dance\n \nCost:\nLive Music: $15 General Admission | $12 Tapestry Member | $8 Young Adult (Ages 18-30) | $4 Youth (Ages 10-17) | Under 10 – Free \n“Pay What You Choose” first seven days of every month (1st through the 7th)\nRecorded Music: $12 General | $10 Members | $7 Young Adult & Youth (Ages 10 -21) \nWhat is Contra Dance?\nIn a Contra dance, a leader, known as a caller, teaches basic dance steps during an introductory “walk-through” of the dance. Dancers learn by walking through the steps and formations, following the caller’s instructions. The dance figures are similar to those of old-time square dancing except the figures are usually danced in a line, with leaders and followers facing each other. \nThese dances are lively, social, easy to learn, and aerobic. Although you will dance with a partner, it isn’t necessary to come with one. All dances are taught and are usually done in “long-ways sets” (partners facing in long lines down the hall). Many of the regular Tapestry Folkdance Center Contra bands play old-time music (similar to bluegrass), but the music at any given Saturday night Contra may reflect a range of music traditions, such as New England, French Canadian, Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton and modern compositions. \nHow does Contra Dance Work?\n“A contra dance can be thought of as a triangle of energy with the three vertices being the musicians, the dancers and the caller. Magical evenings occur when all three come together, feeding off of each others’ energy to raise and sustain an atmosphere of fun and joy. The caller’s role in this is paramount. Good music and dancers without a good caller may not be magical. Poor teaching, lack of rapport or inappropriately selected dances can lead to frustration. But a good caller can make even new dancers feel like they are good, and by working with the musicians to match music to dances, set the right tempo, and feed off the energy of everyone in the hall, the caller can help make magic.”\nby Beau Farmer, Tapestry Folkdance Center Contra Caller"
links:
- "https://www.tapestryfolkdance.org/contra"
- "https://cdss.org/event/contra-dance-at-tapestry-folkdance-center/2025-06-07/"
start: "2025-06-07T19:30:00-05:00"
end: "2025-06-07T23:00:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: MN
city: Minneapolis
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Contratopia
callers:
- Robin Nelson
price: $4-$15
organisation: Tapestry Folkdance Center
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Friends of Traditional Dance Contra
details: "Contra Dance every 1st and 3rd Saturday \nWe dance at the fabulous Masonic Ballroom, with its gorgeous sprung wood dance floor."
links:
- "https://fotd.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/friends-of-traditional-dance-contra/2025-06-07/"
start: "2025-06-07T19:00:00-06:00"
end: "2025-06-07T22:00:00-06:00"
country: USA
state: CO
city: Fort Collins
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
price: $5-$20
organisation: Friends of Traditional Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Tucson Contra Dance
details: "Join us for our first and third Saturday contra dance! Doors open at 6:00 pm. Intro lesson at 6:30 pm. Dance from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Check our website for more details."
links:
- "https://tucsoncontradancers.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/tucson-contra-dance-2/2025-06-07/"
start: "2025-06-07T18:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-07T22:00:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: AZ
city: Tucson
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $5-$10
organisation: Tucson Friends of Traditional Music%2C Inc.
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Circle Left
details: Circle Left is a gender-neutral contra dance in Oakland on the first Saturday of the month.
links:
- "https://www.queercontradance.org/circleleft.html"
- "https://cdss.org/event/circle-left/2025-06-07/"
start: "2025-06-07T18:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-07T22:00:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: CA
city: Oakland
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $5-$20
organisation: CDSS
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Fantasy Court
details: "Gratis Balfolk Workshop & Live Muziek\nKom en geniet van een dag vol dans en muziek tijdens het fantasy court festival bij de Technische Universiteit Eindhoven! We hebben een gratis workshop balfolk rond 13.00 waar iedereen welkom is om mee te doen. Wouter zal de workshop begeleiden met zijn accordion en later op de dag nogmaals optreden. Er zal o.a. de jig , Scottish, en gavotte d'laven gedanst én uitgelegd worden.\nDatum: 8 juni 2025\nTijd: 11:00 – 18:00\nLocatie: Koeveld, TU/e Campus, Eindhoven\nDe hele dag is er ruimte voor dansen en zal er live muziek gespeeld worden. Mis deze kans niet om te genieten van een geweldige sfeer en prachtige muziek!"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-tijdens-fantasy-court-festival-eindhoven/"
- "https://fantasycourt.nl/"
start: "2025-06-08T13:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-08T18:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Eindhoven
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Wouter Kuyper
price: free
organisation: Knights of the Kitchen Talbe
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Baleynbal
details: Ball
links:
- "https://tey.be/programma/2025/06/08/limbrant"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2789"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/9183521388369563/"
start: "2025-06-08T16:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-08T21:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Belsele
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Limbrant
price: free
organisation: "Muziekclub 't Ey"
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1077896510960227/"
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: Zomerbal
details: "Op zondag 8 juni kunnen we weer de dansvloer op in Leiden, in de Q-Bus, onze vaste stek voor fijne balfolkavonden. Dit zomerbal komen Duo E=m(T2) en Duo Clercx voor ons optreden. \n\nDuo Clercx\n\nDe eerste band van de avond is het vlaamse Duo Clercx. Dit is een balfolk groep opgericht door de broers Clercx. Met een arsenaal aan instrumenten brengen Hendrik (diatonische accordeon en viool) en Gert-Jan (viool, tin whistles, doedelzak en bratch) een unieke mix aan balfolk muziek. Sinds hun oprichting in de zomer van 2022 hebben ze snel naam gemaakt in de balfolk scene. Hun zelfgeschreven nummers zijn perfect voor een avond vol energie en plezier op de dansvloer. Naast muzikanten zijn ze zelf ook dansers dus weten ze wat dansers nodig hebben. Ze brengen folk met sensuele mazurka's, spicy tovercirkels, stevige bourrees. Met hun enthousiasme en rijke achtergrond aan diverse folk stijlen zetten ze je direct aan tot dansen!\n\nDuo E=m(T2)\n\nHet andere duo van de avond is Duo E=m(T2). Deze band bestaat uit Niek van Uden-Luteijn en Sander van der Schaaf. Niek is de laatste jaren onderdeel van Two Catch a Raindrop, maar daarvoor was hij een van de leden van de legendarische band Té, net als Sander. Zij tweeën hebben elkaar weer gevonden in dit toffe nieuwe duo. \n\nProgramma\n\nHet programma van de avond is als volgt: \n\n17.30: Deuren open\n18.00 - 19.00: : Dansuitleg\n19.00 - 20.30: Duo Clercx\n21.00 - 22.30: E=m(T2)\n23.00: Deuren sluiten\n\nEn ja: het is een bal op zondag, maar maandag is het Tweede Pinksterdag en dan kunnen de meeste mensen toch nog even uitslapen en bijkomen van dit feestje. \n\nDansuitleg\nTevoren zal er uiteraard weer een dansuitleg zijn voor degenen die nog niet eerder balfolk hebben gedanst of toch graag nog even een opfrisser willen. Deze zal een uurtje duren, waarbij de meest voorkomende balfolk dansen aan bod komen.\n\nToegang\nToegang tot het bal kost 25 euro per persoon. Dit kan alleen cash aan de deur worden betaald of met behulp van een QR-code. Er kan niet van tevoren worden betaald. \n\nLocatie\nQ-Bus is gevestigd in Leiden. Vlakbij kan geparkeerd worden in een parkeergarage. Check voor de routes met OV en met auto je favoriete routeplanner."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/midzomerbal-2025-in-leiden/"
start: "2025-06-08T17:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-08T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Leiden
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Duo Clercx
- e = m(T²)
price: €25
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Bal Folk
details: "Skavidra Bratsche Supertalent trifft Akkordeon Altmeister Martin Coudroys feine klare zurückhaltende und gleichzeitig originelle, perfekte, abwechslungsreiche und unglaublich tänzerische Art Akkordeon zu spielen, ist unübertroffen. Und Coline Genet ist ein Supertalent an der Bratsche – von klassisch bis bretonisch – von knackig rhythmisch bis zartschmelzend ist in ihrem einfühlsamen Spiel alles drin. Dass das Duo noch ganz frisch ist, merkt man an der Konzentration, dem Zuhören, der Spielfreude der beiden. Nicht nur die Tanzenden haben Freude an dem, was da gerade passiert!"
links:
- "https://folkclub-marburg.de"
start: "2025-06-08T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-08T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Marburg
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Duo Coudroy Genet
- Skavidra
organisation: Folkclub Marburg
source: events/germany/marburg.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: Richmond 2nd Sunday Afternoon Contra Dance
details: "Join us in Richmond, VA for a Sunday afternoon contra dance, hosted by TADAMS, at the beautiful historic Ginter Hall. Beginner lesson at 1:45pm, dance from 2:30-5:30pm. Please see our full website calendar for band and caller details. Admission is $15 non-members, $10 members & students, children under 13 are free."
links:
- "https://tadamsva.org/dances/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/richmond-va-2nd-sunday-afternoon-contra-dance/2025-06-08/"
start: "2025-06-08T13:45:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-08T17:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: VA
city: Richmond
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: TADAMS (Traditional American Dance and Music Society)
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: English Country Dance Atlanta
details: "2nd, 4th, and 5th Sunday afternoons \n$9, cash or check"
links:
- "https://ecdatlanta.org/schedule.htm"
- "https://cdss.org/event/english-country-dance-atlanta-2nd-4th-and-5th-sunday-afternoons/2025-06-08/"
start: "2025-06-08T15:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-08T17:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: GA
city: Atlanta
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: $9
organisation: CDSS
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Louisville English Country Dance
details: Louisville English Country Dance meets on the 2nd and last Sundays of most months. Please check our website for details.
links:
- "https://www.louisvilleecd.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/louisville-english-country-dance/2025-06-08/"
start: "2025-06-08T15:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-08T17:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: KY
city: Louisville
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: $5
organisation: Louisville English Country Dancers
source: events/usa/cdss.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: English Country Dance
details: "All are welcome to join us for another very fine afternoon of English Country Dance. Spread the word and bring all your friends, family and neighbors! \n\n3:30pm-4:00pm, Newcomers’ Session\n4:00pm-6:15-ish pm, Dance\nLeader: TBA\nLive Music: TBA\nBring a snack to share during the break-out in the parlor.\nWear comfortable clothes and non-marking shoes.\n\nWe are deeply grateful to be a part of our community dance organization, The Old Farmers Ball, and for their promotion and support of area traditional dance and music. \nFree of charge. \nFor schedule updates, visit the Old Farmers Ball website."
links:
- "https://oldfarmersball.com/english-country-dance/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/asheville-sunday-afternoon-english-country-dance-2/2025-06-08/"
start: "2025-06-08T15:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-08T18:15:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: NC
city: Asheville
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
price: free
organisation: CDSS
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: English Country Dance
details: "Twice-monthly English Country Dance session in Colorado Springs, CO. Each dance will be taught and then practiced. Great social atmosphere and fun!"
links:
- "https://www.meetup.com/english-county-dance-colorado-springs/events/307922073/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/english-country-dance/2025-06-08/"
start: "2025-06-08T13:45:00-06:00"
end: "2025-06-08T15:45:00-06:00"
country: USA
state: CO
city: Colorado Springs
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: CDSS
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Culver City ECD
details: "English Country Dance with live musicians in the afternoon on the Westside of Los Angeles. No partner required. Masks optional. Preregistration requested. \n$20 (sliding scale)"
links:
- "https://culvercityecd.com/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/culver-city-ecd/2025-06-08/"
start: "2025-06-08T14:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-08T17:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: CA
city: Culver City
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: $20
organisation: Culver City English Country Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Contra for a Cause
details: "Hosted by Arlington Knights of Columbus #109 \n\nWhat: For a great cause: Coats for Kids, The Campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities OR EVkids (After covering the cost of holding the dance) & to celebrate the traditions of community dancing! AND you do not even need to know how!\nWho: It is a public and community shindig! All are welcome AND bring a partner as we partner up there and you will find a partner!\nWhy? To have one heck of a good time and support local charities!\nCaller: Tod Whittemore! He has been calling dances for forty years, having been lucky enough to begin his career at the time when famous callers Ralph Page and Duke Miller were still active in the Monadnock Region. Tod has called dances all over the world, and is known for his humor, energy, and infectious love of dancing. Whether calling a classic square or a modern contra dance, Tod’s goal is to create joy and connection through movement and music.\nLive Music by: Cammy Kaynor & John Hicks! Come and find out how much fun this live music shindig is!!\nAdmission: $15 suggested donation per person, or $10 for students per person!\nParking: plenty of well-lighted parking.\nClothing & Footwear: Just bring, clean shoes to dance in to preserve the floor (no high heels please). Dress is comfortable and as you like.\nRole Terms are: “Ladies & Gents” or “Women & Men” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works for them. Some do with no worries."
links:
- "https://www.kofc109.com/contra"
- "https://cdss.org/event/contra-dance-for-a-cause/"
start: "2025-06-08T18:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-08T21:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: RI
city: Arlington
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Cammy Kaynor & John Hicks
callers:
- Tod Whittemore
price: $10-$15
organisation: "Knights of Columbus #109"
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Hayward Contra Dance
details: "We typically dance on the 2nd & 4th Sunday of each month. \nFor years, the Hayward Contra has drawn dancers from all over the Bay Area and beyond. \nSome of the unique features that have drawn a loyal following are: \nHayward is centrally located and the venue, The Hill and Valley Club, 1808 ‘B’ Street, Hayward, CA, is easy to reach by BART or car. \nAs a weekend dance, we have attracted dancers with busy work schedules. \nMeeting in the afternoon from 4-7pm, dancers coming from greater distances were able to manage the travel time both before and after the dances. \nOur venue, the Hill and Valley Club, is one of the airiest dance halls in the bay area. \nThese features have allowed us to attract a very diverse multigenerational crowd that is comfortable with our gender-neutral atmosphere. \nDetails at our website. \nWe also have a Facebook group."
links:
- "https://sfbaycontra.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/hayward-ca-contra-dance/2025-06-08/"
start: "2025-06-08T16:00:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-08T19:00:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: CA
city: Hayward
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
price: $15-$20
organisation: CDSS
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Common Floor Contra Dance
details: "Contra dancing in Portland, ME every second Sunday. For details, visit our website. \n$15 suggested donation."
links:
- "https://www.commonfloorcontra.dance/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/common-floor-contra-dance/2025-06-08/"
start: "2025-06-08T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-08T22:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: ME
city: Portland
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
price: $15
organisation: Common Floor Contra Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: English Country Dance at Tapestry Folkdance Center
details: "Every Sunday \nSmall Studio\n7:00 – 9:00 pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2nd Sunday of the Month\nLive Music with Anytime English Players | 6:30 – 9:00 pm \nCost:\nRecorded Music: $12 General Admission | $9 Tapestry Member | $8 Young Adult (Ages 18-30) | $4 Youth (Ages 10-17) | Under 10 – Free\nLive Music: $15 General Admission | $12 Tapestry Member | $8 Young Adult (Ages 18-30) | $4 Youth (Ages 10-17) | Under 10 – Free\n\n“Pay What You Choose” first seven days of every month (1st through the 7th) – Newcomers especially encouraged to attend! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnglish country dancing is an accessible social dance form with a history going back several centuries. This is the dancing of Queen Elizabeth I, of Jane Austen, and a living tradition that inspires musical compositions and choreographies today. The music can be stately or spritely, traditional or modern, recorded or live. It is danced with simple walking or skipping steps in time to the music. All dances are taught and are usually done in “long-ways sets” with partners facing in lines down the hall. After a walk-through, the easy-to-learn figures are called throughout the dance as you interact with other couples in your set and then move on to the next and repeat.\n\nYou can come by yourself and be assured of dancing throughout the evening, since our tradition is to welcome and teach beginners and change partners for each dance. Anyone can invite anyone else to dance, regardless of gender or experience. English country dance will satisfy your wish for pleasurable exercise, a warm social community, mental stimulation, or even transcendent aesthetic experiences. We invite you to join us!"
links:
- "https://www.tapestryfolkdance.org/english-country-dance"
- "https://cdss.org/event/english-country-dance-at-tapestry-folkdance-center/2025-06-08/"
start: "2025-06-08T18:30:00-05:00"
end: "2025-06-08T21:00:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: MN
city: Minneapolis
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Anytime English Players
price: $4-$15
organisation: Tapestry Folkdance Center
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Contra Dance in St Louis
details: Weekly contra dance in St Louis area (actually Webster Groves MO). Always great live music. First dance each month features open calling.
links:
- "https://www.childgrove.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/contra-dance-in-st-louis/2025-06-08/"
start: "2025-06-08T18:30:00-05:00"
end: "2025-06-08T21:30:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: MO
city: Webster Groves
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Sadie Hawkins Day
callers:
- Keith Tuxhorn
price: $10
organisation: Childgrove Country Dancers
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Novio Magica
details: "Novio Magica is een fantasy festival in Nijmegen. Op verschillende locaties in Nijmegen worden activiteiten georganiseerd (literatuur, spellen, films, cosplay, muziek) allemaal met een magisch tintje. En wat is er nu magischer dan dansen op balfolk? Het bal vind plaats op het Mariënburgplein, tegenover het terras van de Lux. Niet alleen deelnemers aan het festival, maar alle voorbijgangers kunnen aanhaken. Daarom bieden we 2x een dansuitleg aan, dus neem iedereen mee die balfolk nog niet kent.\n\nDe planning is:\n13:00 -13:45 dansuitleg met begeleiding\n13:45 - 14:30 bal met Naragonia\n14:30 - 15:00 pauze\n15:00 - 15:45 dansuitleg met begeleiding\n15:45 - 17:00 bal met Naragonia\n(tijden onder voorbehoud)"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/novio-magica-met-naragonia/"
start: "2025-06-09T13:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-09T17:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Nijmegen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Naragonia
price: free
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: "Monday Dancing: schau ma mal"
details: "20:00 Workshop für Fortgeschrittene\n21:00 Tanz für Alle"
links:
- "https://7schritt.de/kalender/monstagstanzen-fortgeschrittene-6/"
start: "2025-06-09T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-09T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Freiburg i. Br
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: donation
organisation: Siebenschritt e.V.
source: events/germany/freiburg_i_br.yaml
- name: Gainesville English Country Dance
details: "We dance to live music by Hoggetowne Fancy every Monday at United Church of Gainesville, 1624 NW 5th Avenue. Cost is $5 for the hall plus a similar amount for the band. This dance is open to all. All dances are taught, walked through and called. There is a lesson at 6:10."
links:
- "https://cdss.org/event/gainesville-florida-english-country-dance/2025-06-09/"
start: "2025-06-09T18:10:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-09T20:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: FL
city: Gainesville
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Hoggetowne Fancy
price: $10
organisation: Gainesville English Country Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Verona Monday Night Contra Dance
details: "Join Shenandoah Valley Contra Dance at the Verona Community Center for our monthly Monday Night Contra. No experience necessary – we’ll teach you everything you need to know – and you don’t need to bring a partner (but if you want to bring a crew of people – the more the merrier!). \nA brief beginner workshop will be held at 6:45 pm and then we’ll dance from 7 pm to 9 pm. Please check our website and/or Facebook for more details about each month’s dance. \nTo protect the floor at VCC, please wear soft-soled, clean, and comfortable shoes. \nAdmission: Pay-what-you-will (we recommend ~$10 to help pay for the room rental and to compensate our band and caller for their time and skill) \nThis is a mask-optional event. There are no vaccination requirements. As always, for the health and safety of the community, please stay home if you are displaying any symptoms of illness or have been recently exposed to someone who tested positive for an infectious disease."
links:
- "https://shenandoahvalleycontradance.weebly.com/monday-night-contra.html"
start: "2025-06-09T18:45:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-09T21:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: VA
city: Verona
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10
organisation: Shenandoah Valley Contra Dance
cancelled: true
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Mini-bal
links:
- "https://www.balfolktoronto.com/events"
start: "2025-06-09T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-09T22:00:00-04:00"
country: Canada
state: Ontario
city: Toronto
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: $10-$20
organisation: Balfolk Toronto
source: events/canada/toronto.yaml
- name: Asheville Monday Night Contra Dance
details: "New Location, Times, & Admission \nThe Ivy Building at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College\n9 Genevieve Circle, Asheville, NC 28801\n(On GPS, type the address, not the building name! The building looks like an old church and is across from the Ferguson Medical Building at 10 Genevieve Circle.) \n\nLesson: 7:00pm – 7:30pm\nDance: 7:30pm – 10:00pm\n$0 – $50 Sliding Scale; $12 Suggested\nCheck our Facebook page for caller and musician info\n\nThe Asheville Monday Night Contra Dance, every Monday. Dancing to a live band and caller! Contra dancing is fun and energetic. The welcoming atmosphere makes it a perfect evening for beginners as well as seasoned contra dancers. \nBeginners are welcome, lesson 7:00pm–7:30pm. Contra dancing from 7:30pm–10:00pm. A waltz ends the night! \nSafe dance for all! Families welcome. All ages, races & ethnicities, LGBTQIA+ welcome. No discrimination or bullying of any kind will be tolerated. Volunteers earn a free dance. \nBring a water bottle. Bring comfortable, smooth soled shoes to dance in. No partner required. No experience needed for the beginners’ lesson."
links:
- "https://themondaynightdance.wixsite.com/home/about"
- "https://cdss.org/event/the-asheville-monday-night-contra-dance/2025-06-09/"
start: "2025-06-09T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-09T22:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: NC
city: Asheville
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $0-$50
organisation: Meredith RosemanYager
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Knoxville Monday Night Contra
details: "Contra dancing to live music every Monday evening in Knoxville, TN. The dance begins at 7:30 with a lesson for new folks starting at 7:00. Everyone welcome."
links:
- "https://www.knoxvillecontra.org/schedule"
- "https://cdss.org/event/knoxville-monday-night-contra/2025-06-09/"
start: "2025-06-09T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-09T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: TN
city: Knoxville
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $5-$10
organisation: Knoxville Contra Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Monday Cincinnati Contra Dance
details: "Weekly Contra Dance at Wyoming Fine Arts Center, including waltz and maybe squares. Live music from many rotating bands. Many rotating callers using gendered or gender-free prompts. Teaching at 7 pm. Dance from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm."
links:
- "https://www.cincinnaticontradance.org/schedule.htm"
- "https://cdss.org/event/monday-cincinnati-contra-dance/2025-06-09/"
start: "2025-06-09T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-09T21:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: OH
city: Wyoming
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $2-$5
organisation: Cincinnati Contra Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Monday Contra Dance
details: "What better way to start the week? Only $5! It’s Monday, and we (almost) always dance on Monday."
links:
- "https://www.monadnockfolk.org/contra-dances/the-nelson-monday-night-dance/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/monday-contra-dance-in-nelson-nh/2025-06-09/"
start: "2025-06-09T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-09T22:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: NH
city: Nelson
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
price: $5
organisation: Monadnock Folklore Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Monday Night Contra & Square Dance
details: "The Chicago Barn Dance Company sponsors and supports contra dance, traditional square dance and old-time music in the Chicago area. Our dances are open to the public, with no costume, partner or experience necessary. Beginners are welcome and should arrive early in the evening, when the dances are usually easier and taught more completely. Lesson is at 6:30. \nWe usually dance in the 4th floor ballroom. \nVaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing."
links:
- "https://www.chicagobarndance.org/calendar/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/monday-night-contra-square-dance/2025-06-09/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/chicago-contra-dance/2025-06-09/"
start: "2025-06-09T18:30:00-05:00"
end: "2025-06-09T21:30:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: IL
city: Chicago
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $5-$10
organisation: Chicago Barn Dance Company
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Louisville Contra Dance
details: "Louisville, Kentucky’s weekly Monday night contra dance, always featuring live music from the Monday Night All Stars open band! Dancing is 8:00-10:30pm with a beginner’s lesson at 7:30pm. Waltzing and snacks available at the break. Check out our website for details on the caller and special performances. Open calling on 5th Mondays!"
links:
- "https://www.louisvillecountrydancers.org/dance-with-us-1"
- "https://cdss.org/event/louisville-contra-dance/2025-06-09/"
start: "2025-06-09T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-09T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: KY
city: Louisville
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Monday Night All Stars
price: $5-$10
organisation: Louisville Country Dancers
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Monday Evening English Country Dance
details: "All are welcome to join us for an evening of English country dance with live music. All dances talked and walked through. Easy parking, air conditioning, and fans. Snacks are encouraged for the break! Please register online at our website."
links:
- "https://www.bfms.org/mondayDance.php"
- "https://cdss.org/event/monday-evening-english-country-dance-in-baltimore/2025-06-09/"
start: "2025-06-09T20:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-09T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MD
city: Baltimore
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: CDSS
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Ashland Country Dancers
details: "The Ashland Branch of the Heather and the Rose Country Dancers hosts a weekly English dance (with some Scottish). Since formation in 1980, all dances are taught with positional/global language. We use recorded music most evenings."
links:
- "http://www.heatherandrose.org/activities/ongoing.shtml"
- "https://cdss.org/event/ashland-country-dancers-english-country-dance/2025-06-09/"
start: "2025-06-09T19:00:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-09T21:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: OR
city: Ashland
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: $5
organisation: The Heather and the Rose Country Dancers
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Balfolk at Vyšehrad
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/943562807731370/943562834398034/"
start: "2025-06-10T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-10T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.yaml
- name: "Gugelhupf: Sommertanzen"
links:
- "https://www.gugelhupf-dresden.de/tanz-am-dienstag/"
start: "2025-06-10T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-10T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Dresden
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Folktanz Dresden e.V.
source: events/germany/dresden.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-06-10/"
start: "2025-06-10T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-10T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Practica at the Pianofabriek
details: Ball
links:
- "https://frissefolk.be/en/event-en/practica-at-de-pianofabriek/1201/"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2712"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1488971458394126/1626629121295025/"
start: "2025-06-10T20:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-10T22:30:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Brussels
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: donation
organisation: Frisse Folk Vzw/asbl
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Tuesday English Country Dance
details: "We dance to live music from our wonderful local musicians. All dances taught and prompted. Wear comfortable clothes and bring flat, non-slippy shoes to change into. Pay what you can; $8 donation helps cover the hall, band, and callers. Masks are welcome at the dance."
links:
- "https://aactmad.org/english-country"
- "https://cdss.org/event/ann-arbor-tuesday-english-country-dance/2025-06-10/"
start: "2025-06-10T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-10T21:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MI
city: Ann Arbor
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: $8
organisation: AACTMAD
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Park Avenue Contra
details: Joyful community contra dancing on 2nd & 4th Tuesdays. Sit-in musicians welcome on 2nd Tuesdays for our By-Ear Open Band (tunes + other details on our website).
links:
- "https://parkavenuecontra.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/park-avenue-contra-swarthmore-pa/2025-06-10/"
start: "2025-06-10T19:15:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-10T21:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: PA
city: Swarthmore
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
callers:
- Donna Hunt
- Liesl Jandrey
price: $10-$15
organisation: Jenny Beer
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Saint Louis Queer Contra
details: "Come on out to Saint Louis Queer Contra \nSecond Tuesdays 7-9 pm (Lesson 6:45) at Focal Point – 2720 Sutton, Maplewood, MO\nOne of the most wholesome, friendly, and affirming things to do in St. Louis! \nAll dances taught, non-gendered calling, live music – no partner or experience needed."
links:
- "https://www.shedances.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/saint-louis-queer-contra/2025-06-10/"
start: "2025-06-10T18:45:00-05:00"
end: "2025-06-10T21:00:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: MO
city: Maplewood
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10
organisation: SheDances
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Williamsburg Tuesday Night English Dance
details: "Come join us for English Country Dancing on Tuesdays from 8-10 pm in Williamsburg, VA. All are welcome! No partner, previous dance experience, or registration is required. We start with easier dances and work up to more complicated material, so if it’s your first time attending, we recommend arriving by 8 pm. Come dance with us!"
links:
- "https://williamsburgheritagedancers.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/williamsburg-va-tuesday-night-english-dance/2025-06-10/"
start: "2025-06-10T20:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-10T22:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: VA
city: Williamsburg
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Williamsburg Heritage Dancers
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Balfolk at YMCA
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1335943224260784/1335943264260780"
start: "2025-06-11T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-11T20:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Brno
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Ton Simple
source: events/czechia/brno.yaml
- name: Discoavond
details: "WAT KUN JE VERWACHTEN\n\n\nDe discoavonden van Balfolk Amsterdam zijn de ideale manier om op een laagdrempelige en ontspannen manier Balfolk te oefenen. Het is altijd super gezellig, dus kom ook langs!\n\n\nDATUM\nWoensdag 11 juni\nTICKETS\nEen losse discoavond kost 7,50 euro. Betalen kan online of via een QR-code aan de deur.\n\n<<Koop hier je tickets>>\n \nTIJDEN\n19:00 Deur open\n22:00 Einde\nLOCATIE\nAVC-Terpsichoré, Ellermanstraat 16Q 1114 AK Amsterdam\n\nDe zaal van de volksdansvereniging AVC Terpsichoré heeft een gezellige bar waar onze leerlingen voor en na de lessen graag nog iets drinken.\n\nIn de zaal mogen geen straatschoenen. Makkelijke zachte schoenen uitsluitend voor binnengebruik worden aanbevolen. Veel mensen dansen op sokken of blote voeten.\n\nWe zijn makkelijk bereikbaar via metrostation van der Madeweg. Gratis parkeren ‘s avonds."
links:
- "https://balfolkamsterdam.nl/disco-avond-11-6-2025"
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/discoavond-woensdag-11-juni/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1193005768898351/"
start: "2025-06-11T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-11T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Amsterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: €7.50
organisation: Balfolk Amsterdam
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Bal
links:
- "https://www.folktanz-halle.de/tanzhal/termine.html"
start: "2025-06-11T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-11T22:30:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Halle
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- JB
organisation: Folktanz Halle
source: events/germany/halle.yaml
- name: Folkbal Wilhelmina
details: "Italiaanse balfolk in Eindhoven: Le Dríadi komt spelen!"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/folkbal-wilhelmina-le-driadi-it/"
start: "2025-06-11T20:15:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-11T23:30:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Eindhoven
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Le Driadi
price: €10
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Folkjam Mechelen
details: Ball
links:
- "https://frissefolk.be/en/event-en/folk-jam-mechelen/1150/"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2545"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1460800437852073/1528559131076203/"
start: "2025-06-11T20:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-11T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Mechelen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: donation
organisation: Frisse Folk Vzw/asbl
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: English Country Dance
details: "English Country Dance. All levels welcome, newcomers through advanced dancers. Skills session at 6:40 pm. Occasional live music. Please bring clean, soft-soled shoes and a sunny disposition. All dances taught using mostly positional language."
links:
- "https://oldfarmersball.com/english-country-dance/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/english-country-dance-asheville-nc-3/2025-06-11/"
start: "2025-06-11T18:40:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-11T21:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: NC
city: Asheville
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Luanne Stiles
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers.
\nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
links:
- "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
- "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-06-11/"
start: "2025-06-11T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-11T21:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MA
city: Greenfield
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: $10-$20
organisation: Graham Christian
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Bloomington Contra Dance
details: "Please see our home page for the latest information. \nEntrance fee: by sliding scale donation, with a suggested range from $3 to $20. \nStriving Toward Safe Space Policy: We hope to create a dance in which everyone feels safe and welcome. Please take a moment to review our policy on respect and consent. \nMembership: Membership is optional. Both members and non-members pay a sliding scale entrance fee; see above. \nVolunteers are always welcome! Sign up with a dance coordinator for set-up or clean-up if you’d like! Many of us also go out for drinks and munchies after each Wednesday night dance."
links:
- "https://bloomingtoncontra.org/wednesday-dances/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/bloomington-contra-dance/2025-06-11/"
start: "2025-06-11T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-11T21:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: IN
city: Bloomington
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
price: $3-$20
organisation: Bloomington Old Time Music and Dance Group
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Richmond English Country Dance
details: "Please join us for our weekly English Country Dancing Wednesday night social at 7:30 p.m. All dances are taught, walked through, and called. No experience or partner are required, just a pair of comfortable shoes. New dancers are asked to please come at at least 10 minutes before the start of the session. The first night is free; after that $2 per evening."
links:
- "https://colonialdanceclubofrichmond.com/english-dance-calendar"
- "https://cdss.org/event/richmond-va-english-country-dance-2/2025-06-11/"
start: "2025-06-11T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-11T21:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: VA
city: Richmond
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: $2
organisation: Colonial Dance Club of Richmond
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: FSGW English Country Dance
details: "In-person dancing at Glen Echo Town Hall. \nWith live music! \nYou may register in advance (preferred) or at the door. Attendance will be limited to 50 dancers and spectators, so if you are planning on registering at the door, please check the event page beforehand to see how many spaces are left. \nIf you have not previously attended a Wednesday night English country dance at Glen Echo, you may select “first time free” when registering. New dancers are welcome. If you have no previous English country dance experience or would like a refresher, please arrive at around 7:30 for a lesson. \nCOVID info: masks and vaccinations encouraged but not required. More info \nThe dance is held in the upstairs room of the Glen Echo Town Hall. \nIf you’d like to get weekly reminders and other email of interest to our local dancers, please send an email to ecd.registrar@fsgw.org to be added to the list. \nGeneral information on our English Country Dance web page \nMember (FSGW, BFMS, CDSS, ATDS) – $15.00 \nNon-member – $17.00 \nStudents and Limited income – $8.00"
links:
- "https://fsgw.org/event-6187693"
- "https://cdss.org/event/fsgw-english-country-dance/2025-06-11/"
start: "2025-06-11T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-11T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MD
city: Glen Echo
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
callers:
- April Blum
price: $8-$17
organisation: Folklore Society of Greater Washington
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Princeton Country Dancers’ Contra Dance
details: "Weekly contra dance on Wednesday nights, 8:00-10:30."
links:
- "https://www.princetoncountrydancers.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/princeton-country-dancers-contra-dance/2025-06-11/"
start: "2025-06-11T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-11T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: NJ
city: Princeton
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $15
organisation: CDSS
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: San Francisco Contra Dance
details: "2nd & 4th Wednesday in San Francisco! \nRole names: The role names usually used at this series are “Larks” and “Robins.” \nBeginner lesson at 7:30, dance 8:00-10:30 \nCheck our website for details. \n$25 supporters; $20 non-members; $15 members; $6 students or low-income; or pay what you can."
links:
- "https://bacds.org/series/contra/san_francisco_wed/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/san-francisco-contra-dance/2025-06-11/"
start: "2025-06-11T19:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-11T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: CA
city: San Francisco
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $6-$25
organisation: Bay Area Country Dance Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: "Socialles 341 — Nederlandse dansen (ijswals, bravade)"
details: "Deze donderdag 12 juni is het socialles nr 341. We gaan onder leiding van Wim en Leora bezig met Nederlandse dansen zoals de ijswals en de bravade.\n\nProgramma\n18.30 Gezamenlijk koken en eten\n19.30: Start socialles\n20.30: Einde socialles, begin vrij dansen\n21.30: Einde\n\nSocialles\nHet concept van een socialles is dat er het eerste uur een les of workshop wordt gegeven door een enthousiaste danser of docent over een specifieke dans of thema en dat in de 1,5 uur daarna de tijd is om vrij te dansen op cdmuziek. Uiteraard is er ook volop gelegenheid om te socialisen tijdens het deel vrij dansen.\n\nGezamenlijk eten\nVooraf mee-eten is ook mogelijk. Vanaf 18.30 uur ben je welkom in de keuken van De Banier, waarop er een warme maaltijd gekookt en gegeten wordt tot om 19.30 uur de socialles begint. Meehelpen met koken mag en kan natuurlijk. Mee-eten kost 3 euro per persoon, per keer, cash te betalen. Vooraf doorgeven dat je mee-eet is wel handig, dat kan het beste via balfolkzuidholland@gmail.com, tot uiterlijk woensdag 17.00 uur. Geef dan ook direct allergieën of intoleranties door, dan houden we daar rekening mee.\n\nLocatie\nJe kunt ons vinden bij De Banier, gevestigd op Banierstraat 1, in Rotterdam. Deze locatie is op ongeveer tien minuten lopen vanaf Centraal Station Rotterdam. Als de deur gesloten is, bel dan gewoon aan.\n\nParkeren in de directe omgeving is betaald tot 23.00 uur ‘s avonds. Verderop in de wijk is ook betaald, wel iets goedkoper maar je moet dan meestal een flink stuk lopen. Check prettigparkeren.nl voor de mogelijkheden.\n\nPrijs\nDe sociallessen kosten 6 euro per persoon. Dit kan cash betaald worden aan de deur. Er is eveneens de mogelijkheid om een strippenkaart aan te schaffen: dat zijn 5 strippen voor 30 euro, op elke socialles te besteden. Dat scheelt je wekelijks geld meenemen. Pinnen is niet mogelijk."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/socialles-341-rotterdam/"
start: "2025-06-12T18:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-12T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Rotterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €6
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balhalla
details: Ball
links:
- "https://www.balhalla.be/nl/evenement/bal-met-trio-baftig"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2490"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1095601771769374/"
start: "2025-06-12T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-12T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Gent
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Trio Baftig
price: €10-€16
organisation: Balhalla
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Balfolk and Trad Dance
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/970823008244972/970823011578305/"
start: "2025-06-12T20:30:00+03:00"
end: "2025-06-12T23:30:00+03:00"
country: Lithuania
city: Vilnius
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €12
organisation: Rhythmic Connections
cancelled: true
source: events/lithuania/vilnius.yaml
- name: Cleveland Thursday English Country Dance
details: "Come join us every Thursday afternoon for English Country Dancing. \nCombination of live and recorded music, in an air-conditioned hall."
links:
- "https://englishcountryorg.wordpress.com/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/cleveland-thursday-english-country-dance/2025-06-12/"
start: "2025-06-12T13:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-12T15:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: OH
city: Cleveland Heights
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: $3
organisation: Cleveland English Dance Community
source: events/usa/cdss.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: Rochester Thursday Night Contras
details: "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links:
- "https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-255/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2025-06-12/"
start: "2025-06-12T18:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-12T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: NY
city: Rochester
styles:
- balfolk
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Ostara
callers:
- David Smukler
price: $10-$12
organisation: Country Dancers of Rochester
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Lake City Contra Dance
details: "Thursday nights; doors open at 7 pm \nDances: intro/refresher workshop 7:15 pm, dancing 7:30 till 10:00 pm \nAdmission on a sliding scale $10 – 20 – pay what you can \nThe hall is well-ventilated and air-conditioned! \nFor more information call 206-525-0932, or send us email."
links:
- "https://seattledance.org/contra/lakecity/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/lake-city-contra-dance/2025-06-12/"
start: "2025-06-12T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-12T22:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Seattle
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$20
organisation: Lake City Contra Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Thursday Contra Dance
details: "Weekly Contra Dance – See our website for this week’s band and caller(s).\nMostly contras with occasional squares, mixers, four facing fours, and more. \n\n7:30pm New Dancer Lesson; 8:00pm to 10:30pm dancing\nMasks are no longer required but are welcomed.\nOur sliding scale is $10-$15-$20.\nOur role terms are Larks and Robins."
links:
- "https://thursdaycontra.com/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/thursday-contra-dance-in-philadelphia/2025-06-12/"
start: "2025-06-12T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-12T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: PA
city: Philadelphia
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$20
organisation: PATMAD
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Summer Soiree
links:
- "https://www.ashevillecontra.com/"
start_date: 2025-06-13
end_date: 2025-06-15
country: USA
state: NC
city: Asheville
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- The Mean Lids
- Kingfisher
callers:
- Steve Zakon-Anderson
- Adina Gordon
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Flamingo Fling
details: Flamingo Fling is Oklahoma City’s annual Contra Dance weekend! This year will feature Alex Deis-Lauby calling and music from River Road!
links:
- "https://scissortail.org/special-events/flamingo-fling/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/flamingo-fling-contra-weekend-in-oklahoma-city/"
start_date: 2025-06-13
end_date: 2025-06-15
country: USA
state: OK
city: Oklahoma City
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- River Road
callers:
- Alex Deis-Lauby
price: $150
organisation: Scissortail Traditional Dance Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Berkeley English Dance
details: "BACDS (Bay Area Country Dance Society) presents dances every Thursday night (except holidays) at \nChrist Church Berkeley, 2138 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA. \nContra dancing happens on the 1st, 3rd, & 5th Thursday of the month, from 8pm to 10:30pm. \nEnglish Country Dancing happens on the 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month, from 7:45pm to 10pm. \nBoth are are preceded by beginners’ lessons. \nIn addition, there is an experienced English dance on the 4th Saturday of the month from 7:30pm to 10pm at the same location. \nDetails at our website. \nWe also have Facebook groups: \n\nBerkeley Contra Dance\nBerkeley English Country Dance"
links:
- "https://www.bacds.org/series/english/berkeley_wed/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/berkeley-ca-contra-and-english-dances/2025-06-12/"
start: "2025-06-12T19:15:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-12T22:00:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: CA
city: Berkeley
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
price: $6-$25
organisation: Bay Area Country Dance Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Klandestina
details: "Am Freitag, den 13.6. 15 Uhr spielen am Südstern Michael Grabski (Drehleier) und Hermann Waldner (Akkordeon) zum Tanz im Freien zum 10-jährigen Jubiläum der dortigen Bürgerinitiative."
links:
- "https://spreefolk.de/events/klandestina"
start: "2025-06-13T15:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-13T16:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Berlin
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Spreefolk e.V.
source: events/germany/spreefolk.yaml
- name: Contra Dance + Potluck
links:
- "https://contradance.at/"
start: "2025-06-13T17:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-13T21:30:00+02:00"
country: Austria
city: Graz
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Woodcut
callers:
- Brian Roberts
organisation: Contra Dance in Graz
source: events/austria/graz-contra.yaml
- name: TANZhaus WABE
details: "19:00 Uhr – Tanzeinführungsworkshop mit Valentin (auf Englisch)\n20:00 Uhr – BalFolk (1. Duo Cardamon, 2. Duo l’Hêtre Heureux)\nEintritt: 22 Euro regulär, 14 Euro ermäßigt *\nDuo l’Hêtre Heureux\nDuo l’Hêtre Heureux – Foto: Christophe Stagnetto\nL’Hêtre Heureux (Olivier Valence et Léo Proulx), ein glühender Verfechter des Neotrad.\nIhr musikalisches Universum harmonisiert die beruhigende, ungezügelte Folkgitarre und die sanfte, verrückte Klarinette in Instrumentalstücken und Liedern mit Texten.\nMit ihren Kompositionen entwickeln sie ein heiteres und poetisches Universum, das sowohl Anfänger:innen als auch erfahrene Tänzer:innen auf dem Parkett zusammenbringt.\nVideo\nWebsite\n \nDuo Cardamon\nDuo Cardamon – Foto: Ivan Pome\nDas Duo Cardamon (Olga Kuldina, Pavel Galushko) spielt traditionelle und immer neue Melodien aus Zentralfrankreich, Skandinavien und darüber hinaus. Ein vielle-cornemuse-Duo, mit gelegentlicher Violine oder anderen Gastinstrumenten. Ein akustisches Summen und Dröhnen für Bourree-Liebhabende und Walzer-Drehende.\nFacebooklink\n—\n*Ermäßigung mit Nachweis: SchülerInnen, StudentInnen, Auszubildende, Bürgergeldempfänger:innen, Schwerbeschädigte ab 50 %\nIm Vorverkauf haben wir ein erweitertes Preiskonzept, bitte schaut Euch das gerne mal an. Einige Preisstufen sind nur im Vorverkauf verfügbar."
links:
- "https://spreefolk.de/events/wabe2025-06"
start: "2025-06-13T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-13T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Berlin
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Duo Cardamon
- "Duo l'Hêtre Heureux"
price: €14-€22
organisation: Spreefolk e.V.
source: events/germany/spreefolk.yaml
- name: Folkbal
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2829"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/2137670780019125/"
start: "2025-06-13T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-13T23:30:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Herk-de-Stad
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Academies Van Genk En Tienen
- Naragonia Quartet
price: €12-€18
organisation: Folk In Limburg
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Scottish Ceilidh Tanzabend für Alle
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/henriettekultur/photos/dance-with-us-1x-im-monat-laden-julia-marianne-zum-scottish-ceilidh1930-22-uhrfr/1086408606617512/"
start: "2025-06-13T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-13T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Austria
city: Vienna
styles:
- s-ceilidh
workshop: false
social: true
callers:
- Julia Sayer
- Marianne Sayer
price: donation
organisation: Kulturcafé Henriette
source: events/austria/vienna-henriette.yaml
- name: Bal Folk RZF
details: Ball
links:
- "https://www.rzf.be/en_US/event/bal-folk-2025-06-13-73/register"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2507"
start: "2025-06-13T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-14T01:30:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Alleur
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Bargainatt
price: €7-€15
organisation: "Rif Zans L'Fiesse"
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: CaBal
details: Ball
links:
- "https://www.cabalfolk.be/"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2747"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/9095403777243202/"
start: "2025-06-13T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-14T00:15:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Kortrijk
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Le Driadi Duo
- Loogaroo Quartet
price: €20-€25
organisation: CaBal
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: Balfolk in the Berkshires
links:
- "https://sites.google.com/view/berkshirefolkarts/home"
start: "2025-06-13T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-15T11:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MA
city: North Adams
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Berkshire Folk Arts
source: events/usa/north_adams.yaml
- name: TECDA Friday Evening Dance
details: "Come and join us every Friday for an evening of dance with our talented callers: \nDave Berman, Cathy Campbell, Alan Rosenthal, Walter Zagorski. \nMasks are optional. Please bring your dancing shoes, water bottle and come and enjoy an evening of English Country Dancing. \nemail: info@tecda.ca"
links:
- "https://www.tecda.ca/weekly_dances.html"
- "https://cdss.org/event/tecda-friday-evening-dance/2025-06-13/"
start: "2025-06-13T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-13T21:00:00-04:00"
country: Canada
state: Ontario
city: Toronto
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
callers:
- Alan Rosenthal
- Cathy Campbell
- Dave Berman
- Walter Zagorski
price: $10
organisation: Toronto English Country Dance Assembly (TECDA)
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Cabot Community Contra Dance
details: "The Cabot Community Contra Dance is a distinctly beginner-friendly and family-friendly dance held every 2nd Friday, September–June. Our rotating Vermont callers use gender-free terminology, with music provided by The Usual Suspects, a great group of local musicians, and sit-ins are welcome! We have a lovely wooden-floored space in the Cabot Town Hall. \nAdmission is on a sliding scale, $5-10 suggested, but nobody is turned away for lack of funds. Masks are welcomed but not required, and we ask that you bring some clean, dry shoes to change into, if it’s snowy or wet out."
links:
- "https://cdss.org/event/cabot-community-contra-dance/2025-06-13/"
start: "2025-06-13T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-13T21:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: VT
city: Cabot
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- The Usual Suspects
price: $5-$10
organisation: Cabot Community Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Tallahassee Contra Dance
details: "Join us for a fun community contra dance on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of most months! See tallydancer.com or our Facebook page for band and caller details. No dance experience is needed and no need to bring a partner. An intro lesson starts at 7:15 for beginners and anyone wanting to refresh their skills. \nAdmission cost: $10 for adults, $9 seniors over 50, $6 for students, free for kids under 12. Admission is payable by cash, check, or card at the door. Newcomers get in to their 2nd dance free!"
links:
- "http://www.tallydancer.com/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/tallahassee-contra-dance-2/2025-06-13/"
start: "2025-06-13T19:15:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-13T22:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: FL
city: Tallahassee
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $6-$10
organisation: Tallahassee Community Friends of Old Time Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: ContraATL Weekly Dance
details: "Atlanta’s weekly contra dance features a variety of local and regional talent. We dance every Friday night except rare blackout dates, generally last two Fridays in December and the first Friday in January."
links:
- "https://contradance.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/contra-atl-weekly-dance/2025-06-13/"
start: "2025-06-13T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-13T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: GA
city: Decatur
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $7-$15
organisation: ContraATL
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Dover New England Traditional Dance
details: "A mix of contras, couple dances, triplets and square dances to live music. At least one “chestnut” is done each month. \nNo experience nor partner necessary. Dances are taught before the music and prompted while dancing. The experienced dancers are happy to help the new dancers because they are the future. \nAlthough you may choose your role, the traditional terms ladies and gents will be used. Updated vaccinations are strongly encouraged; masks are welcome but not required. \n$10; students $5"
links:
- "https://manylives-oneworld.com/dave-bateman/dover-dance/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/dover-nh-2nd-friday-new-england-traditional-dance/2025-06-13/"
start: "2025-06-13T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-13T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: NH
city: Dover
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
price: $5-$10
organisation: Dave Bateman
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Cleveland Second Friday English Country Dance
details: "Come join us at our monthly Second Friday English Country Dance. \nLive music by Toad in the Hole. Callers: Carol Kopp, Steve Otlowski, & Elizabeth Estep \nWood Floor. \nSuggested Donation $10 (Pay what you can)"
links:
- "https://englishcountryorg.wordpress.com/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/cleveland-second-friday-english-country-dance/2025-06-13/"
start: "2025-06-13T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-13T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: OH
city: Cleveland
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Toad in the Hole
callers:
- Carol Kopp
- Elizabeth Estep
- Steve Otlowski
price: $10
organisation: English Country Dance Cleveland
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Friday Night Contra at Glen Echo
details: "Join us in Glen Echo, Maryland, for a fun night of contras and an occasional square! There’s a free lesson at 7:30pm."
links:
- "https://www.fridaynightdance.com/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/friday-night-contra-at-glen-echo-maryland-2/2025-06-13/"
start: "2025-06-13T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-13T23:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MD
city: Glen Echo
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $15
organisation: Friday Night Dancers
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Across the Lake
details: "Joseph Pimentel calls to music by Bare Necessities (Kate Barnes, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea, Jacqueline Schwab). Friday night welcome dance, Saturday afternoon workshops (likely to include a challenging/advanced session for experienced dancers plus a review session for all for the evening gala), and Saturday night dress-up gala. Pre-registration required; registration opens mid-February 2025. You can register to pay for the entire weekend or for individual sessions."
links:
- "http://burlingtoncountrydancers.org/across-the-lake/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/across-the-lake-english-country-dance-weekend/"
start: "2025-06-13T20:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-14T23:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: VT
city: Colchester
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Bare Necessities
callers:
- Joseph Pimentel
organisation: Burlington Country Dancers
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Dance to honor Pat McMonagle
details: "Pleasecome and dance Patrick's favorite dances, including zweifacher, French bourée,Danish mixers, Rørospols, hambo, and many others. The bands will be Allspice,Chris Wright and friends, and Skandia Kapell. The dance is free. Bring tips forthe bands and a donation for the Swedish Club, if you like. You are welcome tobring snacks (commercially prepared are preferred) to make it more festive. Thebar at the Swedish Club will be open until 10 p.m. You do not need to be amember of Skandia nor the Swedish Club to attend this event, which isco-sponsored by Skandia Folkdance Society and the Swedish Club."
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2025-06-13T19:00:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-13T22:00:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Seattle
styles:
- scandi
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Allspice
- Chris Wright & Friends
- Skandia Kapell
price: donation
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.yaml
- name: Monrovia English Country Dance
details: "Please join us for English Country Dancing on the 2nd and 4th Friday of every month from 7:30-10pm in the Guildhall of St Luke’s Episcopal Church. $5 admission (cash only). Beginners welcome! All dances are taught, walked through and called. No partner or costume required; just bring comfortable closed-toed shoes and a water bottle. We’re friendly, laid-back, and welcoming!"
links:
- "https://monroviaecd.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/monrovia-english-country-dance/2025-06-13/"
start: "2025-06-13T19:15:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-13T22:00:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: CA
city: Monrovia
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: $5
organisation: Monrovia English Country Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Friday Night English Dance
details: "For details about venue, callers, or musicians, please go to our website, or email ecd-chair@portlandcountrydance.org \nSliding scale: $7 – $20."
links:
- "https://portlandcountrydance.org/calendar/?mc_id=6104"
- "https://cdss.org/event/pcdc-friday-night-english-dance-2/2025-06-13/"
start: "2025-06-13T19:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-13T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: OR
city: Portland
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
callers:
- Andrea Nettleton
price: $7-$20
organisation: Portland Country Dance Community
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Irish set dance
details: Irischer Tanznachmittag
links:
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/947756618"
start: "2025-06-14T15:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-14T19:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Frickingen
styles:
- irish-set
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Sönke
source: events/germany/kalender.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: Balfolk Bonn
links:
- "https://balfolk-bonn.de/balfolk/Aktuell.html"
start: "2025-06-14T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-14T21:30:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Bonn
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Folk My Life!
price: €18-€20
organisation: Balfolk Bonn e.V.
source: events/germany/bonn.yaml
- name: Barn dance
links:
- "https://www.folkdancedietlikon.ch/en/barndance/barndancetermin.html"
start: "2025-06-14T18:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-14T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Switzerland
city: Zurich
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Over The Isles
callers:
- Katja Hunn
price: 15-20 CHF
organisation: Folk Dance Dietlikon
source: events/switzerland/dietlikon.yaml
- name: English Country Dance
details: Second Saturdays English Dance in Pittsburgh. (3rd Saturday this March.)
links:
- "https://cdssp.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/english-country-dance-in-pittsburgh/2025-06-14/"
start: "2025-06-14T12:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-14T15:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: PA
city: Pittsburgh
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: CDSSP
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Drakenbal
details: "DRAKENBAL DEN BOSCH \n\nDe draak van Den Bosch laaft zich tijdens dit bijna-zomerbal aan de zalige betoverende klanken van de Italiaanse band Le Driadi! Hoewel het bal in de kelder van Station Zuid zal zijn, brengen zij de zuidelijke zomerzon met zich mee. Er wacht je een avondvullend programma vol muziek, dans en gezelligheid!\n\nAVONDPROGRAMMA\n\n \t19:00 Welkom\n \t19:30-20:30 Dansworkshop\n \t20:30-20:45 Kwartier van Plezier: nog vrij!\n \t20:45-22:45 Bal met Le Driadi\n \t22:45-1:00 Sessie o.l.v. David Cornelissen\n\nENTREE: 15/20/+ naar ondersteuningsmogelijkheid. Geef gul want alles gaat naar de muzikanten!\nRegular €15\nFair €20\nSupport >€20\n\nDANSWORKSHOP 19:30-20:30\n\nBo en Paul van Balfolksync verzorgen met veel passie, plezier en humor de dansworkshop deze avond. Ze zullen meerdere dansen uitleggen, dus heb je nog nooit eerder balfolk gedanst of ben je juist al ervaren? Iedereen is welkom en het is altijd leuk en leerzaam om mee te doen.\n\nKWARTIER VAN PLEZIER 20:30-20:45\n\nWil je een paar deuntjes spelen? Je bent van harte welkom! Stuur een berichtje naar drakenbaldenbosch@gmail.com.\n\nBAL MET LE DRIADI 21:00-23:00\n\n‘Le Driadi’ is een Italiaanse band die eind 2023 werd opgericht en die, net als bosnimfen, ongekende volksmuziek verweeft met Italiaanse songwriting-invloeden. Balfolk in neo-trad-stijl vormt de kern van het project, met Franse dansen van romantische mazurka’s tot energieke Bretonse ketens. Samen creëren ze een klankbos waarin elke noot een betovering is, waardoor luisteraars worden uitgenodigd om zich te verliezen in een wereld waar muziek, dans en magie met elkaar verweven zijn.\n\nWebsite: https://ledriadi.bandcamp.com/album/dentro-lo-specchio\n\nJAMSESSIE 23:00- uiterlijk 1:00\n\nNa het optreden is er gelegenheid voor muzikanten om samen te spelen in een sessie onder leiding van David Cornelissen. De dansers kunnen dan nog lekker door blijven dansen. We dragen de folkmuziek een warm hart toe en het is onze wens dat de muziekscene in Den Bosch steeds groter en actiever wordt. Schroom dus niet om je instrument te pakken en mee te spelen, iedereen is welkom! Ook als je niet bij het dansen bent geweest, ben je gratis welkom voor de sessie!\n\nVERSNAPERINGEN\n\nIn de bar kun je alles bestellen wat je wilt, probeer zeker eens een Boschgebrouwen Draken speciaalbiertje! Maar er staan ook gratis gezonde snacks.\n\nLOCATIE\nCafé Station Zuid - in kelder\nErasmusstraat 9 ‘s-Hertogenbosch\n\nROUTE\n\nOpenbaar vervoer:\n\nHet Bal is te bereiken met OV, hiervoor kun je naar ’s-Hertogenbosch Centraal of ‘s-Hertogenbosch Oost komen. Vanaf beide stations is het ongeveer 30 minuten lopen naar de locatie. Je kunt ook de bus nemen die vlak bij Café Station Zuid stopt. Dit is buslijn 1 (en 306).\n\nAuto:\n\nLet op het is betaald parkeren in de wijk. De 1e twee uur parkeer je gratis!\nJe kan vrij parkeren op de parkeerplaats van de Lucaskerk na 18u (240m), aan de Hildebrandstraat voor de winkels (400m), op de gelijknamige parallelweg van de Gestelseweg (450m), inrit bij kruising Pieter Langendijksingel. Er kan ook vrij geparkeerd worden op de Jacob van Mearlantstraat vanaf nummer 191 en oplopend (de andere kant op niet!). Aan de overkant bij de bedrijven mag vanaf 19u ook geparkeerd worden, mits er ruimte is. Vanaf hier is het 2 minuten lopen.\n\nCarpoolen: zie de Folkpool discordgroep: https://discord.com/invite/WWRBahjhJm"
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/389837704215705/"
start: "2025-06-14T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-15T01:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: "'s-Hertogenbosch"
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- David Cornelissen
- Viadeyra
price: €15-€20
organisation: balfolk.nl
cancelled: true
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Bal
details: "Het eindbal van de lessenreeks. Voor iedereen toegankelijk! Kom lekker gezamenlijk dansen op de fijne houten vloer van theater De Bres met de mooie muziek van Paracetamol!\n\nVoor meer info en het kopen van een kaartje klik je op de Meer info link hierboven."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/bal-met-paracetamol/"
- "https://www.plug.events/event/bal-met-paracetamol"
start: "2025-06-14T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-14T22:30:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Leeuwarden
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Paracetamol
price: €12.50-€15
organisation: Balfolk Fryslân
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Bal de La Réveilleuse
links:
- "https://www.helloasso.com/associations/la-flume-production/evenements/bal-de-la-reveilleuse-4"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/629461836400640/"
start: "2025-06-14T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-14T23:00:00+02:00"
country: France
city: Rennes
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- La Réveilleuse
- Duo Gédouin-Leclere
price: €10
organisation: La Flume Production
source: events/france/france.yaml
- name: Folkpractica
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2724"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/560872577031336/"
start: "2025-06-14T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-14T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Bouwel
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Valentin Barray
organisation: Netefolk
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: "Dance, Music & Spice"
details: "Immerse yourself in a week of inspiration and connection at Camp Cavell on the beautiful shores of Lake Huron! Dance, Music & Spice is an intentionally curated gathering designed for anyone who loves dancing, music, singing, art, and nature—all led by incredible instructors. Whether you come to the week to refine your skills, discover new ones, or simply soak in the magic of a shared passion, this experience offers something unforgettable for everyone. \nFrom serene sunrise moments to late-night campfires, every day is designed to create joy, creativity, and connection. Expect to be inspired by the talent and kindness of both staff and fellow campers, who together create a welcoming space for all. \nThis year, our theme is Parallel Play: building joy and connections through shared discovery and community. It will be a celebration of fun while learning in a shared space. Dive into English and contra dance programming, engage in heartfelt singing, and explore a variety of other music, crafts, and types of dancing. Our community-focused camp invites you to expand your horizons, deepen friendships, and create new ones in a setting that balances reflection and growth."
links:
- "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/dance-music-spice-at-cavell/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/dance-music-spice-at-camp-cavell/"
start: "2025-06-14T16:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-21T12:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MI
city: Lexington
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Countercurrent
callers:
- Lindsey Dono
- Susan Kevra
price: $850-$1500
organisation: Country Dance & Song Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Dover Monthly English Country Dance
details: "Monthly English country dance with live music. Newcomers are always welcome, and each dance is taught with a walk-through before it is danced. \nDress is casual (“regular” clothes) except for special events (Spring and Holiday dances), when attendees may dress in formal/cocktail or 18th century attire. \nAnnual membership for the January – December season is $10. Membership admission for regular monthly dances is $7. \nRegular monthly dance admission for non-members is $10. \nAdmission price may change for special dances. \nTimes and locations may be subject to change. \nLocation: Ehinger Hall, Dover DE\nEhinger Hall (#14 Kings Highway) is located directly at the intersection of Kent Avenue and Division Street / Route 8 For those using GPS, the intersection of Kent Avenue and Division Street works best. Best parking will likely be found on Kent Avenue."
links:
- "http://www.doverdancers.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/dover-english-country-dancers-monthly-dance/2025-06-14/"
start: "2025-06-14T18:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-14T21:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: DE
city: Dover
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
price: $7-$10
organisation: Dover Dancers
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Lawrence Contra Dance
details: "Join us for a Contra Dance at New York Elementary School in Lawrence, Kansas. \nDoors 6:30\nLesson 7:00\nDance begins 7:30 \n\nOpen to both beginners and newcomers without experience. Those new to contra should be lining up for the free lesson at 6:50.\nAll ages welcome!\nOur dances are social, inclusive, fun, and beginner friendly. No experience? No partner? No problem!\nAll dances are taught and prompted, and feature live music.\nYou’ll hear our callers use gender free terms like Larks and Robins. Larks dance on the left side of a pair of dancers; Robins dance on the right side.\nContra dancing is fun and vigorous! Wear comfortable clothes and clean shoes. No black heels and no dance powder allowed on the floor.\n\nFlexible admission rates for in-person dances: \n\nAdult admission: pay what you can between $8 to $15+ to help support our dances.\nAdults just listening (not dancing): $5\nStudents: $5\nChildren under 16: free\n\nDon’t miss another dance opportunity! Sign up on our email list to get twice-a-month reminders of all upcoming events. \nBand: The Tater Bugs\nThe trio delivers tight, rhythmic interplay and joyful melodies based on Appalachian and Ozark fiddle roots, featuring Lindsey Hogan Lasswell on fiddle, Joe Pickett on mandolin/guitar, and Chris DeVictor on bass. Whether you’re an experienced dancer or stepping onto the floor for the first time, The Tater Bugs will deliver an energizing night of music and motion. \nCaller: Lisa Harris-Frydman\nLisa is from Lawrence, KS, and has been calling contra and square dances for over 30 years, primarily in Kansas and Missouri. She has called dances and taught workshops in several other cities across the U.S. She calls regularly at the Walnut Valley Festival at Winfield, KS, and the Prairie Festival at the Land Institute in Salina, KS. \nLisa is known for easy-to-learn, zesty dances and her melodious calling. She especially likes to call dances that are fun for both experienced dancers and newcomers. \nLisa was active in organizing dances and dance weekends as a board member of the Lawrence Barndance Association and the Uptown Hoedown dance series in Lawrence. She has taught calling workshops in Austin, TX, Newton, KS, and Springfield, MO. \nLisa plays guitar and banjo and is currently learning fiddle. Her love of music is evident in her calling. \nPhotography\nOur photographer, of Denis Nicholson Photography, may be on site at this dance. He will post photos after the event and will have prints available through his website. These are fun reminders of a magical evening and make great gifts and holiday surprises for the dancer in your life!"
links:
- "https://lawrencecontra.wordpress.com/calendar/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/lawrence-contra-dance-with-the-tater-bugs/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/2045883159255000/"
start: "2025-06-14T18:50:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-14T22:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: KS
city: Lawrence
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- The Tater Bugs
callers:
- Lisa Harris-Frydman
price: $5-$15
organisation: Lawrence Barn Dance Association
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: CDK Contra & Square Dance
details: "Contra & Square Dance – Beginning Workshop 7pm, Dancing 7:30-10:30pm \nSuggested donation $5-$20"
links:
- "https://www.countrydancinginkalamazoo.com/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/cdk-contra-square-dance-2/2025-06-14/"
start: "2025-06-14T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-14T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MI
city: Kalamazoo
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $5-$20
organisation: CDSS
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Valley Contra Dance
details: "We dance twice a month, 2nd and 4th Saturdays.\nDance instruction at 7:00 PM\nNo partner or experience needed!\nThe moves in the dances are called by a caller, and the music is always live.\nParking is available right next to the church or on the street. Please enter on Prospect St.\nPlease carry in clean soft-soled shoes for dancing, to protect the floor (and our reputation). Sneakers are usually fine. FREE large socks with treads are provided to cover your street shoes if necessary.\nSliding scale—pay what you wish. Suggested: $8 (student), $15 (friend of VCDS), $20+ (supporter). Children 12 and under accompanied by a paying adult FREE.\nSpecial Pricing for Double Dances"
links:
- "https://valleycontradance.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/valley-contra-dance/2025-06-14/"
start: "2025-06-14T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-14T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: PA
city: Bethlehem
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $8-$20
organisation: Valley Contra Dance Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Space Coast Contra Dance
details: "Our second Saturday contra dance on the Space Coast of FL featuring live bands, awesome callers, and a friendly crowd. All are welcome. No partner needed. For more information, visit our website. We’d love to have you join us! \n$15; $5 for 25 and under."
links:
- "https://spacecoastcontra.org/calendar-upcoming-contra-dances/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/space-coast-contra-dance/2025-06-14/"
start: "2025-06-14T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-14T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: FL
city: Cocoa
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- In Cahoots
callers:
- Vicki Morrison
price: $5-$15
organisation: Space Coast Contra Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Princeton English Country Dance
details: "English Country Dance every 2nd Saturday (except November and December), 7:30-10:30."
links:
- "https://www.princetoncountrydancers.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/princeton-country-dancers-english-country-dance/2025-06-14/"
start: "2025-06-14T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-14T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: NJ
city: Princeton
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
price: $15
organisation: CDSS
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: NACDS Contra Dance
details: "Every 2nd & 4th Saturday starting 2024.\nContra Dance in the gym at Faith Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, AL.\nNewcomers at 6:30pm; dance 7 pm Central time.\nCheck Facebook for updated info under North Alabama Country Dance Society.\nWear soft-soled shoes and bring your own resealable water container.\nMembers $10; non-members $15."
links:
- "https://cdss.org/event/north-alabama-country-dance-society-contra-dance/2025-06-14/"
start: "2025-06-14T18:30:00-05:00"
end: "2025-06-14T23:00:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: AL
city: Huntsville
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: CDSS
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: TopHill Music Contradance Party
details: "Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: There will be a newcomers workshop at 7:45pm. Please come early to help our new dancing friends! All are welcome! \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale \n\nHigh-level masks are mandated for this dance.\nPlease bring your own water bottle.\nUp-to-date vaccinations are encouraged but not required.\nIf you are not feeling well, please do not attend, but rather care for yourself and others and join us next time!\n\nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
links:
- "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
- "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-tophill-music-contradance-party-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-06-14/"
start: "2025-06-14T19:45:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-14T23:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MA
city: Greenfield
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $12-$20
organisation: Alice Kenney
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Scissortail Contra Dance
details: "Scissortail Contra Dance in Oklahoma City, second and fourth Saturdays. Check our Facebook or our website for more details!"
links:
- "https://scissortail.org/calendar/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/scissortail-contra-dance-in-oklahoma-city/2025-06-14/"
start: "2025-06-14T19:00:00-05:00"
end: "2025-06-14T22:00:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: OK
city: Oklahoma City
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
price: $15
organisation: Scissortail Traditional Dance Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: English Country Dance
details: English Country Dance with live music every 2nd Saturday.
links:
- "https://www.nttds.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/2nd-saturday-english-country-dance/2025-06-14/"
start: "2025-06-14T19:30:00-05:00"
end: "2025-06-14T22:30:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: TX
city: Dallas
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: $10
organisation: North Texas Traditional Dance Society (NTTDS)
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Contra Dance
details: "HATDS hosts contra dances on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of most months. We dance to live music. All skill levels are welcome and all dances are called. Bring water and clean shoes! \nThe admission price for contra dances is $10 for members, $15 for non-members. Cash, checks, credit cards, and digital wallets are currently accepted at the door. If paying cash, please bring correct change. No large bills accepted."
links:
- "https://hatds.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/contra-dancing-in-houston-tx/2025-06-14/"
start: "2025-06-14T19:30:00-05:00"
end: "2025-06-14T22:30:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: TX
city: Houston
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Houston Area Traditional Dance Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Contra Dance at Tapestry Folkdance Center
details: "Every Saturday\nLARGE STUDIO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7:30 – 8:00 pm Lesson\n8:00 – 11:00 pm Dance\n \nCost:\nLive Music: $15 General Admission | $12 Tapestry Member | $8 Young Adult (Ages 18-30) | $4 Youth (Ages 10-17) | Under 10 – Free \n“Pay What You Choose” first seven days of every month (1st through the 7th)\nRecorded Music: $12 General | $10 Members | $7 Young Adult & Youth (Ages 10 -21) \nWhat is Contra Dance?\nIn a Contra dance, a leader, known as a caller, teaches basic dance steps during an introductory “walk-through” of the dance. Dancers learn by walking through the steps and formations, following the caller’s instructions. The dance figures are similar to those of old-time square dancing except the figures are usually danced in a line, with leaders and followers facing each other. \nThese dances are lively, social, easy to learn, and aerobic. Although you will dance with a partner, it isn’t necessary to come with one. All dances are taught and are usually done in “long-ways sets” (partners facing in long lines down the hall). Many of the regular Tapestry Folkdance Center Contra bands play old-time music (similar to bluegrass), but the music at any given Saturday night Contra may reflect a range of music traditions, such as New England, French Canadian, Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton and modern compositions. \nHow does Contra Dance Work?\n“A contra dance can be thought of as a triangle of energy with the three vertices being the musicians, the dancers and the caller. Magical evenings occur when all three come together, feeding off of each others’ energy to raise and sustain an atmosphere of fun and joy. The caller’s role in this is paramount. Good music and dancers without a good caller may not be magical. Poor teaching, lack of rapport or inappropriately selected dances can lead to frustration. But a good caller can make even new dancers feel like they are good, and by working with the musicians to match music to dances, set the right tempo, and feed off the energy of everyone in the hall, the caller can help make magic.”\nby Beau Farmer, Tapestry Folkdance Center Contra Caller"
links:
- "https://www.tapestryfolkdance.org/contra"
- "https://cdss.org/event/contra-dance-at-tapestry-folkdance-center/2025-06-14/"
start: "2025-06-14T19:30:00-05:00"
end: "2025-06-14T23:00:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: MN
city: Minneapolis
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Speed Dial
callers:
- Amy Letson
price: $4-$15
organisation: Tapestry Folkdance Center
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: CFOOTMAD Zesty Contra Dance
details: "Colorado Friends of Old Time Music and Dance (CFOOTMAD) present a Zesty Contra dance the\n2nd Saturday of each month. 7:00 p.m.- 10:00p.m. $15 for non-members; $12 for members; always live music. The Zesty contra dance series is for dancers with some experience with contra dance. There is no lesson before the dance, and walk-throughs may be abbreviated, or for simpler dances, eliminated entirely."
links:
- "https://boulderdance.org/event/cfootmad-zesty-contra-dance/2025-06-14/"
start: "2025-06-14T19:00:00-06:00"
end: "2025-06-14T22:00:00-06:00"
country: USA
state: CO
city: Boulder
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
price: $12-$15
organisation: Colorado Friends of Old Time Music and Dance
source: events/usa/boulder.yaml
- name: Palo Alto Contra Dance
links:
- "https://paloaltocontradance.org/calendar/"
start: "2025-06-14T18:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-14T22:00:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: CA
city: Palo Alto
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $20
organisation: Palo Alto Contra Dance
source: events/usa/palo_alto.yaml
- name: San Luis Obispo Monthly Contra Dance
details: "Live music and gender-neutral calling at the monthly contra dance in San Luis Obispo, CA. Dances are monthly on the 2nd Saturday. 6:30 lesson, dancing until 9:30."
links:
- "https://www.cccds.org/schedule/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/san-luis-obispo-monthly-contra-dance/2025-06-14/"
start: "2025-06-14T18:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-14T21:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: CA
city: San Luis Obispo
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10
organisation: Central Coast Country Dance Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Second Saturday Contra
details: "Join us for our Second Saturday contra dance! Doors open at 6:00 pm. Intro lesson at 6:30 pm. Dance from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Check our website for changes in dance schedule or location. \n$10 General • $5 for 25 years & younger"
links:
- "https://phxtmd.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-contra/2025-06-14/"
start: "2025-06-14T18:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-14T22:00:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: AZ
city: Mesa
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $5-$10
organisation: Phoenix Traditional Music & Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Sacramento Contra Dance
details: "Contra Dancing in Sacramento! Every 2nd and 4th Saturday, 7-10PM, at 4623 T St., Sacramento. Check our website for details. \nCost: $12 for adults; $8 for college students with ID; $5 for dancers under 18; $25 maximum for families (cash or check). If cost is the only thing preventing you being being there, please talk to the greeters at the door."
links:
- "https://sactocds.wordpress.com/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/sacramento-ca-contra-dance-2nd-and-4th-saturdays/2025-06-14/"
start: "2025-06-14T18:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-14T22:00:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: CA
city: Sacramento
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $5-$25
organisation: Sacramento Country Dance Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: 2nd Saturdays Contra Dance
details: "7:00 pm newcomer/refresher lesson\n7:30 pm dancing starts\n10:30 dancing ends\n\nSliding scale $6-$20. \nSome dancers head to a pub for “afters”—all are welcome! \nFor more current information and last-minute changes, see the PCDC calendar."
links:
- "https://portlandcountrydance.org/upcoming/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/portland-country-dance-community-2nd-saturdays-contra-dance/2025-06-14/"
start: "2025-06-14T19:00:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-14T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: OR
city: Portland
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $6-$20
organisation: Portland Country Dance Community
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Vitosha Balfolk Experience
details: "EN\r\n🌿 Balfolkariya Invites You to a Music & Dance Afternoon in Nature for our very first VITOSHA BALFOLK EXPERIENCE! 🎶\r\nJoin us for a joyful Sunday at the charming Chalet \"Red Riding Hood\" on our beloved Vitosha Mountain, where music and dance will fill the fresh air! 🏔️✨\r\n💃 What’s in store?\r\nA small introduction workshop to guide you through the dances\r\nA live performance by Balfolkariya’s house band\r\nA free jam session featuring tunes from across Europe—musicians, bring your instruments! 🎻🥁🎼\r\n💰 Donation-Based Event You’ll find a donation box where you can contribute any amount you feel comfortable with. The suggested donation is 20 BGN, but your presence is what truly matters! ❤️\r\n🍽️ Support the Chalet The wonderful team at Chalet \"Red Riding Hood\" welcomes us with open arms, so let’s show our appreciation! Kindly enjoy their delicious food and drinks—refraining from bringing your own is highly appreciated. 🍷🥘\r\n📅 Save the date and stay tuned for more details soon! Let’s dance, connect, and celebrate the magic of folk traditions together. See you there! 🎵💛"
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/514192661776024/"
start: "2025-06-15T14:00:00+03:00"
end: "2025-06-15T19:00:00+03:00"
country: Bulgaria
city: Sofia
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Balfolkariya House Band
price: 20 BGN
organisation: Balfolkariya
source: events/bulgaria/sofia.yaml
- name: Gratis Folkdansinitiatie & Mini-bal
details: Ball
links:
- "https://frissefolk.be/en/event-en/free-folk-dance-initiation-&-bal-with-viorel/1229/"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2823"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1010408057738988"
start: "2025-06-15T14:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-15T15:15:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Mechelen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Viorel
organisation: Frisse Folk Vzw/asbl
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: Sunday Scratch Dance
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/653388264412640/"
start: "2025-06-15T14:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-06-15T17:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Sheffield
styles:
- balfolk
- contra
- e-ceilidh
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: £3-£5
organisation: Sheffield Sunday Scratch Dancing
source: events/uk/sheffield.yaml
- name: Balfolk Social
details: "Balfolk op zondag\nDe Mezrab host iedere derde zondag van de maand het leukste Balfolkfeestje van Amsterdam. Bestel hier alvast een ticket en kom dansen op de livemuziek van Le Driadi Trio en Duo Baftig.\n\nTicket\n- Voorverkoop: 16 euro\n- Aan de deur: 18 euro\nTickets >>>\n\nProgramma\n16:15 Deuren open16:30 Dansworkshop voor beginners, begeleid door Duo Baftig\n17:30 Bal met Duo Baftig\n18:00 Pauze (soep en desserttafel)\n19:00 Bal met Le Driadi Trio21:00 Sessie\n\nEten en drinken\nWe organiseren een desserttafel. Het is een potluck zoals je gewend bent, maar enkel met zoetigheden Voor de hartige maaltijd kan je nog steeds terecht aan de bar van de Mezrab. Ze hebben een heerlijke Iraanse linzensoep. Ook drankjes bestel je aan de bar. Water is gratis verkrijgbaar. Als service aan de dansers zet het personeel kannen water klaar.\nBands\n\n \tLe Driadi Trio\n\n\n\nLe Driadi is een Italiaanse band die eind 2023 werd opgericht en die, net als bosnimfen, ongekende volksmuziek verweeft met Italiaanse songwriting-invloeden. Balfolk in neo-trad-stijl vormt de kern van het project, met Franse dansen van romantische mazurka’s tot energieke Bretonse ketens. Samen creëren ze een klankbos waarin elke noot een betovering is, waardoor luisteraars worden uitgenodigd om zich te verliezen in een wereld waar muziek, dans en magie met elkaar verweven zijn.\n\n\n\n \tDuo Baftig\n\nWat begon als een muzikaal experiment in de zomer van 2022 is nu officieel tot een balfolk muzikanten duo uitgegroeid.\n\nDuo Baftig speelt zeer dansbare tunes op akkoestische gitaar en viool. Manon en Robin delen een passie voor balfolk dans en folk muziek en besloten van hieruit hun krachten te bundelen. Het duo speelt verassende mix tussen Ierse/Scandinavische tunes, maar ook eigen explosieve composities. Van melancholisch tot krachtig, voor alles geldt: zolang het maar Baftig is!\n\nLocatie\nMezrab draagt Balfolk een warm hart toe en nodigt ons iedere maand uit te komen dansen. Je kunt in de Mezrab op andere dagen vooral terecht voor storytelling. Het café dient als inspiratiebron voor vele theaters, centra, musea en festivals om ook storytelling te programmeren. Mezrab programmeert meerdere keren per week regelmatig vertelavonden. Op de andere avonden wordt storytelling gecombineerd met andere kunstdisciplines (dans, beeldende kunst, poëzie, etc.) en een wereldmuziekprogramma.\n\nEr is plek voor zo'n 100 dansers.\n\nAdres:\nMezrab\nVeemkade 576\n1019 BL Amsterdam\n\nFotocredit\nBalfolk Amsterdam"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-social-met-le-driadi-trio-en-duo-baftig/"
- "https://www.plug.events/event/balfolk-social-met-le-driadi-trio-en-duo-baftig"
start: "2025-06-15T16:15:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-15T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Amsterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Duo Baftig
- Le Driadi
price: €16-€18
organisation: Balfolk Amsterdam
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Folk & Dance at Lietzensee
links:
- "https://spreefolk.de/events/2506-lietzensee"
start: "2025-06-15T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-15T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Berlin
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Jormsons Kapell
price: donation
organisation: Spreefolk e.V.
source: events/germany/spreefolk.yaml
- name: 3rd Sunday English Country Dance
details: "HATDS ECD meets most 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays. All levels are welcomed at the 1st and 3rd Sundays. 5th Sunday dances are usually, but not always, for experienced dancers. The schedule sometimes changes, so check our event calendar before coming."
links:
- "https://hatds.org/ecd#hatds"
- "https://cdss.org/event/houston-area-traditional-dance-society-3rd-sunday-english-country-dance/2025-06-15/"
start: "2025-06-15T14:45:00-05:00"
end: "2025-06-15T17:20:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: TX
city: Houston
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: $10
organisation: Houston Area Traditional Dance Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: "Brattleboro Bal Folk: Jam & Dance"
details: "Come dance and hang out with us in this beautiful pavilion just a few minutes outside of Brattleboro, VT! \n4:30-5:45 Jam Session\n5:45-6:30 Bring your own picnic\n6:30-9 Dance Party \nwith Eloise & Co.\nBecky Tracy, fiddle & Rachel Bell, accordion \nFun, easy dances from France. Live music. Family-friendly. \nAll dances taught. No experience necessary \nWant a glimpse? Bottle This Stuff"
links:
- "https://cdss.org/event/brattleboro-bal-folk-jam-dance-at-the-guilford-park-pavilion/"
- "https://www.rachelbellmusic.com/calendar"
- "https://www.bandsintown.com/e/106214437"
start: "2025-06-15T16:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-15T21:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: VT
city: Guilford
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Eloise & Co.
price: $12-$25
organisation: Brattleboro Bal Folk
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Sacramento English Country Dance
details: "English Country Dance at the Young Ladies’ Institute, 1400 27th St., Sacramento! Check our website for the most current information."
links:
- "https://sactocds.wordpress.com/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/sacramento-english-country-dance-third-sunday/2025-06-15/"
start: "2025-06-15T13:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-15T17:00:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: CA
city: Sacramento
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
price: $5-$12
organisation: Sacramento Country Dance Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Sebastopol 1st and 3rd Sunday English Dance
details: "English country dancing runs the gamut from sublime to silly, from elegant to energetic, and the dance repertoire draws from over 350 years of material. Our series offers delectable live music and skilled callers from the Bay Area and beyond. You can come by yourself or with friends, since we change partners after each dance. If you’ve ever done contra or square dancing, much of our dance vocabulary will be familiar to you since both of those styles evolved from English country dancing. \nThe dance is held the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month, 2-4:30 pm, to live music, all levels of experience welcome; and occasional 5th Sundays for Advanced dancers. Admission is $15 for members of NBCDS and its affiliates, $8 for young adults ages 19-30, and $3 for youth ages 6-18. Call 707-829-3478 for more information or contact kalia@nbcds.org \nNote: We sometimes need to make a venue or time change to accommodate special events. Please check the NBCDS calendar to confirm."
links:
- "https://nbcds.org/english-country-dance/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/sebastopol-1st-and-3rd-sunday-english-dance/2025-06-15/"
start: "2025-06-15T14:00:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-15T16:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: CA
city: Sebastopol
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
callers:
- Gary Thomas
price: $5-$15
organisation: North Bay Country Dance Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Pavilion Bal Folk
links:
- "https://www.rachelbellmusic.com/calendar"
start: "2025-06-15T17:00:00-05:00"
end: "2025-06-15T20:00:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: VT
city: Guildford
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Eloise & Co.
price: $12-$25
organisation: Brattleboro Bal Folk
source: events/usa/guilford.yaml
- name: BACDS Hey Days
details: "Hey Days is the annual BACDS English Country Dance and Music Week. \nWe offer classes in English country dance, ritual/display dance, song, and a music track. We promise a program that will challenge and delight both new and experienced participants, complete with campers’ night, parties, and a daily gathering for campers and staff to share hidden talents. \nStaff includes Joanna Reiner Wilkinson, Andrew Swaine, Rachel Pusey, Jan Elliot, Daisy Black, and Chris Bracken. Music by Shira Kammen, Lisa Scott, Chip Prince, McKinley James, Michelle Masek, Jim Oakden, and Rebecca King."
links:
- "https://www.bacds.org/camps/eweek2025/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/bacds-hey-days-english-dance-and-music-week/"
start: "2025-06-15T15:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-22T10:00:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: CA
city: Los Garos
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
callers:
- Andrew Swaine
- Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
- Rachel Pusey
price: $475-$1380
organisation: Bay Area Country Dance Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Contra Dance in St Louis
details: Weekly contra dance in St Louis area (actually Webster Groves MO). Always great live music. First dance each month features open calling.
links:
- "https://www.childgrove.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/contra-dance-in-st-louis/2025-06-15/"
start: "2025-06-15T18:30:00-05:00"
end: "2025-06-15T21:30:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: MO
city: Webster Groves
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10
organisation: Childgrove Country Dancers
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: English Country Dance at Tapestry Folkdance Center
details: "Every Sunday \nSmall Studio\n7:00 – 9:00 pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2nd Sunday of the Month\nLive Music with Anytime English Players | 6:30 – 9:00 pm \nCost:\nRecorded Music: $12 General Admission | $9 Tapestry Member | $8 Young Adult (Ages 18-30) | $4 Youth (Ages 10-17) | Under 10 – Free\nLive Music: $15 General Admission | $12 Tapestry Member | $8 Young Adult (Ages 18-30) | $4 Youth (Ages 10-17) | Under 10 – Free\n\n“Pay What You Choose” first seven days of every month (1st through the 7th) – Newcomers especially encouraged to attend! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnglish country dancing is an accessible social dance form with a history going back several centuries. This is the dancing of Queen Elizabeth I, of Jane Austen, and a living tradition that inspires musical compositions and choreographies today. The music can be stately or spritely, traditional or modern, recorded or live. It is danced with simple walking or skipping steps in time to the music. All dances are taught and are usually done in “long-ways sets” with partners facing in lines down the hall. After a walk-through, the easy-to-learn figures are called throughout the dance as you interact with other couples in your set and then move on to the next and repeat.\n\nYou can come by yourself and be assured of dancing throughout the evening, since our tradition is to welcome and teach beginners and change partners for each dance. Anyone can invite anyone else to dance, regardless of gender or experience. English country dance will satisfy your wish for pleasurable exercise, a warm social community, mental stimulation, or even transcendent aesthetic experiences. We invite you to join us!"
links:
- "https://www.tapestryfolkdance.org/english-country-dance"
- "https://cdss.org/event/english-country-dance-at-tapestry-folkdance-center-3/2025-06-15/"
start: "2025-06-15T19:00:00-05:00"
end: "2025-06-15T21:00:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: MN
city: Minneapolis
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: $4-$12
organisation: Tapestry Folkdance Center
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: "Monday Dancing: Beginners"
details: "20:00 Workshop für Anfänger\n21:00 Tanz für Alle"
links:
- "https://7schritt.de/kalender/montagstanz-anfaenger/"
start: "2025-06-16T08:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-16T17:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Freiburg i. Br
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: donation
organisation: Siebenschritt e.V.
source: events/germany/freiburg_i_br.yaml
- name: TasContra
links:
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/hobartdances/"
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/monday-night-folk-dances-tascontra/"
- "https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/432472"
start: "2025-06-16T19:15:00+10:00"
end: "2025-06-16T21:30:00+10:00"
country: Australia
state: TAS
city: New Town
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Ross Smithard & Up Jumped Trouble
price: $7-$15
organisation: Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc
source: events/australia/new_town.yaml
- name: "Jen Tak #si_zatancovat"
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1237202794649414/"
start: "2025-06-16T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-16T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- "Duo l'Hêtre Heureux"
price: 250 CZK
organisation: balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.yaml
- name: Gainesville English Country Dance
details: "We dance to live music by Hoggetowne Fancy every Monday at United Church of Gainesville, 1624 NW 5th Avenue. Cost is $5 for the hall plus a similar amount for the band. This dance is open to all. All dances are taught, walked through and called. There is a lesson at 6:10."
links:
- "https://cdss.org/event/gainesville-florida-english-country-dance/2025-06-16/"
start: "2025-06-16T18:10:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-16T20:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: FL
city: Gainesville
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Hoggetowne Fancy
price: $10
organisation: Gainesville English Country Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Mini-bal
links:
- "https://www.balfolktoronto.com/events"
start: "2025-06-16T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-16T22:00:00-04:00"
country: Canada
state: Ontario
city: Toronto
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: $10-$20
organisation: Balfolk Toronto
source: events/canada/toronto.yaml
- name: Asheville Monday Night Contra Dance
details: "New Location, Times, & Admission \nThe Ivy Building at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College\n9 Genevieve Circle, Asheville, NC 28801\n(On GPS, type the address, not the building name! The building looks like an old church and is across from the Ferguson Medical Building at 10 Genevieve Circle.) \n\nLesson: 7:00pm – 7:30pm\nDance: 7:30pm – 10:00pm\n$0 – $50 Sliding Scale; $12 Suggested\nCheck our Facebook page for caller and musician info\n\nThe Asheville Monday Night Contra Dance, every Monday. Dancing to a live band and caller! Contra dancing is fun and energetic. The welcoming atmosphere makes it a perfect evening for beginners as well as seasoned contra dancers. \nBeginners are welcome, lesson 7:00pm–7:30pm. Contra dancing from 7:30pm–10:00pm. A waltz ends the night! \nSafe dance for all! Families welcome. All ages, races & ethnicities, LGBTQIA+ welcome. No discrimination or bullying of any kind will be tolerated. Volunteers earn a free dance. \nBring a water bottle. Bring comfortable, smooth soled shoes to dance in. No partner required. No experience needed for the beginners’ lesson."
links:
- "https://themondaynightdance.wixsite.com/home/about"
- "https://cdss.org/event/the-asheville-monday-night-contra-dance/2025-06-16/"
start: "2025-06-16T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-16T22:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: NC
city: Asheville
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $0-$50
organisation: Meredith RosemanYager
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Knoxville Monday Night Contra
details: "Contra dancing to live music every Monday evening in Knoxville, TN. The dance begins at 7:30 with a lesson for new folks starting at 7:00. Everyone welcome."
links:
- "https://www.knoxvillecontra.org/schedule"
- "https://cdss.org/event/knoxville-monday-night-contra/2025-06-16/"
start: "2025-06-16T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-16T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: TN
city: Knoxville
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $5-$10
organisation: Knoxville Contra Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Monday Cincinnati Contra Dance
details: "Weekly Contra Dance at Wyoming Fine Arts Center, including waltz and maybe squares. Live music from many rotating bands. Many rotating callers using gendered or gender-free prompts. Teaching at 7 pm. Dance from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm."
links:
- "https://www.cincinnaticontradance.org/schedule.htm"
- "https://cdss.org/event/monday-cincinnati-contra-dance/2025-06-16/"
start: "2025-06-16T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-16T21:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: OH
city: Wyoming
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $2-$5
organisation: Cincinnati Contra Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Monday Contra Dance
details: "What better way to start the week? Only $5! It’s Monday, and we (almost) always dance on Monday."
links:
- "https://www.monadnockfolk.org/contra-dances/the-nelson-monday-night-dance/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/monday-contra-dance-in-nelson-nh/2025-06-16/"
start: "2025-06-16T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-16T22:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: NH
city: Nelson
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
price: $5
organisation: Monadnock Folklore Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Monday Night Contra & Square Dance
details: "The Chicago Barn Dance Company sponsors and supports contra dance, traditional square dance and old-time music in the Chicago area. Our dances are open to the public, with no costume, partner or experience necessary. Beginners are welcome and should arrive early in the evening, when the dances are usually easier and taught more completely. Lesson is at 6:30. \nWe usually dance in the 4th floor ballroom. \nVaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing."
links:
- "https://www.chicagobarndance.org/calendar/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/monday-night-contra-square-dance/2025-06-16/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/chicago-contra-dance/2025-06-16/"
start: "2025-06-16T18:30:00-05:00"
end: "2025-06-16T21:30:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: IL
city: Chicago
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $5-$10
organisation: Chicago Barn Dance Company
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Louisville Contra Dance
details: "Louisville, Kentucky’s weekly Monday night contra dance, always featuring live music from the Monday Night All Stars open band! Dancing is 8:00-10:30pm with a beginner’s lesson at 7:30pm. Waltzing and snacks available at the break. Check out our website for details on the caller and special performances. Open calling on 5th Mondays!"
links:
- "https://www.louisvillecountrydancers.org/dance-with-us-1"
- "https://cdss.org/event/louisville-contra-dance/2025-06-16/"
start: "2025-06-16T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-16T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: KY
city: Louisville
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Monday Night All Stars
price: $5-$10
organisation: Louisville Country Dancers
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Monday Evening English Country Dance
details: "All are welcome to join us for an evening of English country dance with live music. All dances talked and walked through. Easy parking, air conditioning, and fans. Snacks are encouraged for the break! Please register online at our website."
links:
- "https://www.bfms.org/mondayDance.php"
- "https://cdss.org/event/monday-evening-english-country-dance-in-baltimore/2025-06-16/"
start: "2025-06-16T20:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-16T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MD
city: Baltimore
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: CDSS
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Ashland Country Dancers
details: "The Ashland Branch of the Heather and the Rose Country Dancers hosts a weekly English dance (with some Scottish). Since formation in 1980, all dances are taught with positional/global language. We use recorded music most evenings."
links:
- "http://www.heatherandrose.org/activities/ongoing.shtml"
- "https://cdss.org/event/ashland-country-dancers-english-country-dance/2025-06-16/"
start: "2025-06-16T19:00:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-16T21:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: OR
city: Ashland
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: $5
organisation: The Heather and the Rose Country Dancers
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Balfolk at Vyšehrad
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/943562807731370/943562811064703/"
start: "2025-06-17T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-17T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.yaml
- name: "Gugelhupf: Sommertanzen"
links:
- "https://www.gugelhupf-dresden.de/tanz-am-dienstag/"
start: "2025-06-17T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-17T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Dresden
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Folktanz Dresden e.V.
source: events/germany/dresden.yaml
- name: Borculo Closing Ball
details: "Balfolk dansen is springlevend. En je wordt er zo vrolijk van. Het is een heel sociale dansvorm. Je danst samen met alle mensen op het bal op \"Folk-muziek\". Dans met ons mee, kom balfolkdansen :)\n\nGeen danspartner? Geen probleem, die zijn er al. Alsook Bon Voyage die de live muziek zal verzorgen!\n\n \n\nEntree is op basis van vrije gift.\n\n \n\nHet bal wordt georganiseerd als afsluiting van de korte cursus Balfolk dansen: https://www.plug.events/event/korte-cursus-balfok-in-borculo-254"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/openbaar-afsluitend-bal-borculo/"
- "https://www.plug.events/event/openbaar-afsluitend-bal-borculo2"
start: "2025-06-17T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-17T21:30:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Borculo
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: donation
organisation: FitArt
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-06-17/"
start: "2025-06-17T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-17T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Tuesday English Country Dance
details: "We dance to live music from our wonderful local musicians. All dances taught and prompted. Wear comfortable clothes and bring flat, non-slippy shoes to change into. Pay what you can; $8 donation helps cover the hall, band, and callers. Masks are welcome at the dance."
links:
- "https://aactmad.org/english-country"
- "https://cdss.org/event/ann-arbor-tuesday-english-country-dance/2025-06-17/"
start: "2025-06-17T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-17T21:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MI
city: Ann Arbor
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: $8
organisation: AACTMAD
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Williamsburg Tuesday Night English Dance
details: "Come join us for English Country Dancing on Tuesdays from 8-10 pm in Williamsburg, VA. All are welcome! No partner, previous dance experience, or registration is required. We start with easier dances and work up to more complicated material, so if it’s your first time attending, we recommend arriving by 8 pm. Come dance with us!"
links:
- "https://williamsburgheritagedancers.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/williamsburg-va-tuesday-night-english-dance/2025-06-17/"
start: "2025-06-17T20:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-17T22:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: VA
city: Williamsburg
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Williamsburg Heritage Dancers
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Folk Weekend Mattstedt
details: "Festival outside, small village and mill, camping, dormitory, swimming"
links:
- "https://www.muehlenhofmattstedt.de/folk"
start: "2025-06-18T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-22T16:30:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Apolda
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Mühlenhof Mattstedt
source: events/germany/mattstedt.yaml
- name: Balfolk
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/616846600826954/616846607493620/"
start: "2025-06-18T19:30:00+03:00"
end: "2025-06-18T21:00:00+03:00"
country: Bulgaria
city: Sofia
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: donation
organisation: Balfolkariya
source: events/bulgaria/sofia.yaml
- name: Discoavond
details: "WAT KUN JE VERWACHTEN\n\n\nDe discoavonden van Balfolk Amsterdam zijn de ideale manier om op een laagdrempelige en ontspannen manier Balfolk te oefenen. Het is altijd super gezellig, dus kom ook langs!\n\n\nDATUM\nWoensdag 18 juni\nTICKETS\nEen losse discoavond kost 7,50 euro. Betalen kan online of via een QR-code aan de deur.\n\n<<Koop hier je tickets>>\n \nTIJDEN\n19:00 Deur open\n22:00 Einde\nLOCATIE\nAVC-Terpsichoré, Ellermanstraat 16Q 1114 AK Amsterdam\n\nDe zaal van de volksdansvereniging AVC Terpsichoré heeft een gezellige bar waar onze leerlingen voor en na de lessen graag nog iets drinken.\n\nIn de zaal mogen geen straatschoenen. Makkelijke zachte schoenen uitsluitend voor binnengebruik worden aanbevolen. Veel mensen dansen op sokken of blote voeten.\n\nWe zijn makkelijk bereikbaar via metrostation van der Madeweg. Gratis parkeren ‘s avonds."
links:
- "https://balfolkamsterdam.nl/disco-avond-18-6-2025"
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/discoavond-woensdag-18-juni/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1188965259386372/"
start: "2025-06-18T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-18T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Amsterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: €7.50
organisation: Balfolk Amsterdam
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: English Country Dance
details: "English Country Dance. All levels welcome, newcomers through advanced dancers. Skills session at 6:40 pm. Occasional live music. Please bring clean, soft-soled shoes and a sunny disposition. All dances taught using mostly positional language."
links:
- "https://oldfarmersball.com/english-country-dance/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/english-country-dance-asheville-nc-3/2025-06-18/"
start: "2025-06-18T18:40:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-18T21:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: NC
city: Asheville
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Luanne Stiles
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Bloomington Contra Dance
details: "Please see our home page for the latest information. \nEntrance fee: by sliding scale donation, with a suggested range from $3 to $20. \nStriving Toward Safe Space Policy: We hope to create a dance in which everyone feels safe and welcome. Please take a moment to review our policy on respect and consent. \nMembership: Membership is optional. Both members and non-members pay a sliding scale entrance fee; see above. \nVolunteers are always welcome! Sign up with a dance coordinator for set-up or clean-up if you’d like! Many of us also go out for drinks and munchies after each Wednesday night dance."
links:
- "https://bloomingtoncontra.org/wednesday-dances/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/bloomington-contra-dance/2025-06-18/"
start: "2025-06-18T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-18T21:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: IN
city: Bloomington
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
price: $3-$20
organisation: Bloomington Old Time Music and Dance Group
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Richmond English Country Dance
details: "Please join us for our weekly English Country Dancing Wednesday night social at 7:30 p.m. All dances are taught, walked through, and called. No experience or partner are required, just a pair of comfortable shoes. New dancers are asked to please come at at least 10 minutes before the start of the session. The first night is free; after that $2 per evening."
links:
- "https://colonialdanceclubofrichmond.com/english-dance-calendar"
- "https://cdss.org/event/richmond-va-english-country-dance-2/2025-06-18/"
start: "2025-06-18T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-18T21:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: VA
city: Richmond
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
price: $2
organisation: Colonial Dance Club of Richmond
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: "Numinosum Festival: Midsummer Night"
details: "Marzysz o Nocy Świętojańskiej na średniowiecznym zamku? O tańcu w rzece w ciepłą czerwcową noc? Chcesz zatańczyć na trawie do muzyki na żywo w blasku pochodni, skoczyć przez ogień, a potem na zamkowej baszcie doświadczyć tańca w całkowitej ciemności? Posłuchać opowieści o magii, która ogarnia świat w najkrótszą noc w roku, poszukać kwiatu paproci? Pragniesz spędzić 4 dni wakacji pełnych najlepszej tanecznej muzyki balfolkowej? To wszystko znajdziesz na Numinosum Festival 2025"
links:
- "https://festival.numinosum.pl/en"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1559522284765327/"
- "https://www.plug.events/event/numinosum-festival-2025-midsummer-night"
start: "2025-06-19T12:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-22T23:45:00+02:00"
country: Poland
city: Liw
styles:
- balfolk
- polish
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Numinosum
source: events/poland/plug_balfolk.yaml
- name: Socialles 342 — Fijner samen dansen
details: "Deze donderdag 19 juni is het socialles nr 342.\n\nFijner samen dansen.\n\nWow, wat is dansen toch heerlijk! En de pasjes ken je inmiddels wel van buiten … Toch is het niet altijd makkelijk om een jig door te komen zonder bijna een elleboog in je gezicht te krijgen. Wat kun je doen om je beweging mooi vloeiend te maken? En waarom danst het eigenlijk met de één wel makkelijk en met de ander niet?\nIn deze les delen we kleine tips om fijner samen te dansen en oefenen we samen om te merken wat het verschil is. Minder botsingen, minder vermoeidheid - meer plezier!\nEline danst met veel plezier balfolk sinds 2012 en geeft nu voor het eerst dansinstructie. Ze wordt geassisteerd door Henri Karrenbeld.\n\nProgramma\n18.30 Gezamenlijk koken en eten\n19.30: Start socialles\n20.30: Einde socialles, begin vrij dansen\n21.30: Einde\n\nSocialles\nHet concept van een socialles is dat er het eerste uur een les of workshop wordt gegeven door een enthousiaste danser of docent over een specifieke dans of thema en dat in de 1,5 uur daarna de tijd is om vrij te dansen op cdmuziek. Uiteraard is er ook volop gelegenheid om te socialisen tijdens het deel vrij dansen.\n\nGezamenlijk eten\nVooraf mee-eten is ook mogelijk. Vanaf 18.30 uur ben je welkom in de keuken van De Banier, waarop er een warme maaltijd gekookt en gegeten wordt tot om 19.30 uur de socialles begint. Meehelpen met koken mag en kan natuurlijk. Mee-eten kost 3 euro per persoon, per keer, cash te betalen. Vooraf doorgeven dat je mee-eet is wel handig, dat kan het beste via balfolkzuidholland@gmail.com, tot uiterlijk woensdag 17.00 uur. Geef dan ook direct allergieën of intoleranties door, dan houden we daar rekening mee.\n\nLocatie\nJe kunt ons vinden bij De Banier, gevestigd op Banierstraat 1, in Rotterdam. Deze locatie is op ongeveer tien minuten lopen vanaf Centraal Station Rotterdam. Als de deur gesloten is, bel dan gewoon aan.\n\nParkeren in de directe omgeving is betaald tot 23.00 uur ‘s avonds. Verderop in de wijk is ook betaald, wel iets goedkoper maar je moet dan meestal een flink stuk lopen. Check prettigparkeren.nl voor de mogelijkheden.\n\nPrijs\nDe sociallessen kosten 6 euro per persoon. Dit kan cash betaald worden aan de deur. Er is eveneens de mogelijkheid om een strippenkaart aan te schaffen: dat zijn 5 strippen voor 30 euro, op elke socialles te besteden. Dat scheelt je wekelijks geld meenemen. Pinnen is niet mogelijk."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/socialles-342-rotterdam/"
start: "2025-06-19T18:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-19T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Rotterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €6
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Aarschots Folk & Bluegrass Festival
details: Ball
links:
- "https://www.hetgasthuis.be/voorstelling/4261/rootstown-cc-het-gasthuis"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2799"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1664083141152163"
start: "2025-06-20T13:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-21T00:30:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Aarschot
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Sagas
- Hamareel
- Snaarmaarwaar
price: €10
organisation: Rootstown
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Balfolkcafe Groningen
details: "Elke maand een bal in de kapel van het oude RKZ! (Emmastraat 15, Groningen)\nHet eerstvolgende bal is:\nWouter en de draak bij Balfolk Groningen op vrijdag 20 juni 2025\nAanvang: 19:30Entree: Vrijwillige bijdrage, geef gul voor de band! Bijvoorbeeld €15 per persoonLocatie: Theater De Kapel in het Oude Rooms Katholiek Ziekenhuis (ORKZ),Emmastraat 15, 9722 EW GroningenInstructies: Ja, om 19.30 uur\n\nBalfolk Groningen is dansen op live folkmuziek en natuurlijk sessie na afloop: dus neem ook je instrumenten mee!Entree: vrijwillige donatie, zoals bijvoorbeeld € 15,- Geef ruim, want alles gaat 100% naar muzikanten.\n\nGlobaal tijdschema:19:30 dansworkshop20:30 Bal22:30 sessie23:00 einde programma(Tijden onder voorbehoud)\n\nDansuitlegIn deze dansuitleg komen de basisprincipes van balfolk aan bod zodat iedereen mee kan doen. In de tweede helft van de dansuitleg gaan ze dieper op één dans in.\nWouter en de draakEen nieuw duo van Wouter Kuyper en Joris Alblas. Balfolk, met een grotere rol voor de gitaar, een tintje Iers en een voorliefde voor Bretons. Luister naar ze op soundcloud: https://www.facebook.com/.../a.14933.../1493372584242823/...\nWebsite: https://www.facebook.com/WouterendeDraak\n\nWat is Balfolk?Balfolk is misschien een beetje te vergelijken met een tango- of salsa-avond, maar dan met de muziek en dansen van hier: de dansen en muziek die traditioneel in West-Europa voorkomen. En er is altijd live muziek! En we starten altijd met een dansuitleg. Iedereen kan meedoen.\nDe KapelDe kapel is te vinden als je naar het Oude RKZ (ORKZ) komt in de Emmastraat 15 in Groningen. Wanneer je binnenkomt loop je naar de bar, en rechts van de bar bevindt zich de deur naar de kapel."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolkcafe-groningen-met-wouter-en-de-draak/"
start: "2025-06-20T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-20T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Groningen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Wouter en de Draak
price: €15
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Practica Met Initiatie & Gastmuzikanten Hombeek
details: Ball
links:
- "https://frissefolk.be/en/event-en/practica-with-initiation-&-guest-musicians-hombeek/1164/"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2596"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1306640440462223/1306640447128889/"
start: "2025-06-20T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-20T23:30:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Mechelen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: donation
organisation: Frisse Folk Vzw/asbl
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: Midzomer Fair
details: "Zoals we ieder jaar de Midwinter Fair organiseren met meerdere bands, waaronder ook altijd meerdere Balfolk bands en workshops, zullen we dit jaar ook een Midzomer Fair organiseren. Dit zal plaatsvinden op 21 en 22 juni. Meer informatie over bands zal nog volgen!"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/midzomer-fair/"
start_date: 2025-06-21
end_date: 2025-06-22
country: Netherlands
city: Alphen aan den Rijn
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: CFOOTMAD Community Contra Dance
details: "Community Contra Dance open to all ages. All dances taught. No experience necessary. Always live music. Lesson 7 p.m.; dance 7:30 to 10:30."
links:
- "https://boulderdance.org/event/colorado-friends-of-old-time-music-and-dance-dance-community-contra-dance-7/2025-06-20/"
start: "2025-06-20T19:00:00-06:00"
end: "2025-06-20T22:30:00-06:00"
country: USA
state: CO
city: Boulder
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Colorado Friends of Old Time Music and Dance
source: events/usa/boulder.yaml
- name: Skandia Third Friday dance LIVE
details: "<u></u>LisaBrooks and Elaine Mathies will teach all things even! What can you do to evenmusic, with a rhythm that goes 1-2, 1-2? They will teach polka and Busserull,which is similar to Rørospols but in 2/4 time. See Busserull: <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRjVMgAEQLE\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com/watch?v=<wbr />yRjVMgAEQLE</a>and polka: <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MLw7iprQQk\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com/watch?v=_<wbr />MLw7iprQQk</a>. <br> <br>Led by Kris Johansson and always a favorite, Skandia Kapell will keep the hallfilled with their captivating sound and great tunes. No one can sit on thesidelines when Skandia Kapell plays for the evening. Join in!<br><br><span><b>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</b></span>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2025-06-20T19:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-20T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Skandia Kapell
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.yaml
- name: Bal in de Wildernis
links:
- "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePob7XrlXbt9LHxfhQWr4QGObtnqg1C948otwKspGB-Zi_Fw/viewform"
- "https://comsibal.be/en/"
start: "2025-06-21T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-21T23:30:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Westerlo
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Hilde van Belle
- Léo Proulx & Quentin Pancher
price: donation
organisation: ComSiBal
source: events/belgium/comsibal.yaml
- name: Balfolk Practice
links:
- "https://tanzhaus-innsbruck.jimdofree.com/"
start: "2025-06-21T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-21T22:30:00+02:00"
country: Austria
city: Innsbruck
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: free
organisation: Tanzhaus Innsbruck
source: events/austria/innsbruck.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: Folk & Dance at Schäfersee
links:
- "https://spreefolk.de/events/2506-tanz-m5"
start: "2025-06-22T15:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-22T17:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Berlin
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Bourrée Party Crackers
price: donation
organisation: NaturFreunde Berlin
source: events/germany/spreefolk.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: Balfolk Köln
links:
- "https://www.lutherkirche-suedstadt.de/veranstaltungen/bal-folk-mitmachtanz-28/"
- "https://www.balfolk-koeln.de/veranstaltungen/balfolk-lutherkirche-2"
start: "2025-06-22T16:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-22T20:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Cologne
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- DiaTon
price: €12-€17
organisation: Balfolk Köln
source: events/germany/cologne.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: Bal De La Cabane Du Bout Du Monde
details: Ball
links:
- "http://chti-folkeux.chez-alice.fr/indexB.htm"
- "https://ultratagada.com/"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2617"
start: "2025-06-22T16:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-22T21:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Watermaal-Bosvoorde
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Ultra Tagada
price: €7-€12
organisation: ~
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance
details: "A week-long summer festival of classes, workshops and concerts in Bar Harbor, ME, celebrating Celtic-influenced traditional music and dance."
links:
- "https://acadiatradfestival.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/acadia-festival-of-traditional-music-dance/"
start: "2025-06-22T14:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-28T09:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: ME
city: Bar Harbor
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: CDSS
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Lady of the Lake June Week
details: "On the shores of Coeur d’Alene Lake, fifty miles from Spokane, WA, is a week long adventure full of dance, music, and song shared with a welcoming community from all over the West and beyond. There’s time to hike, canoe and just hang out on the beach or porches. \nA unique blend of contras and English country featuring three daily contra dance workshops, two daily English country dance workshops, two callers workshops (contras and English), three different band workshops (including English) and two different singing workshops. Plus evening dances that include contra and English dances run concurrently. \nStaff include three callers: Gaye Fifer, Lindsey Dono, and Luke Donforth and three bands: Dam Beavers (Ben Schreiber & Scotty Leach), Fiddle Hellions (Betsy Branch, George Penk, & Sue Songer) and Root System (Audrey Jaber, Anna Patton & Amy Englesberg). Wonderful food with four different choices (gluten free, vegan, vegetarian, dairy free). Cedar cabins and nearby meadows for camping. And a sliding scale of fees starting at $750 with breakeven at $850. Transportation to and from the Spokane Airport to camp is available."
links:
- "http://www.ladyofthelake.org/june-week/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/lady-of-the-lake-music-and-dance-week/"
start: "2025-06-22T15:00:00-07:00"
end: "2025-06-28T11:00:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: ID
city: Harrison
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- The Dam Beavers
- Fiddle Hellions
- Root System
callers:
- Gaye Fifer
- Lindsey Dono
- Luke Donforth
price: $750-$1050
organisation: CDSS
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: "Monday Dancing: Advanced"
details: "20:00 Workshop für Fortgeschrittene\n21:00 Tanz für Alle"
links:
- "https://7schritt.de/kalender/monstagstanzen-fortgeschrittene-5/"
start: "2025-06-23T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-23T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Freiburg i. Br
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: donation
organisation: Siebenschritt e.V.
source: events/germany/freiburg_i_br.yaml
- name: Mini-bal
links:
- "https://www.balfolktoronto.com/events"
start: "2025-06-23T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-23T22:00:00-04:00"
country: Canada
state: Ontario
city: Toronto
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: $10-$20
organisation: Balfolk Toronto
source: events/canada/toronto.yaml
- name: 74th National Square Dance Convention
details: "At the National Square Dance Convention each year, you can enjoy 3 days of contra dancing in addition to modern western square dancing, round dancing, and clogging. This year’s convention is in Shreveport, LA June 25-28, 2025. \nThe Contra Hall will feature hours of contra dancing, special workshops, and evenings with live music. As of May 1, 2025, the rates for the entire convention will be $85 per adult, $42.50 for youth. Contra schedule will be posted on the Contralab Facebook page."
links:
- "https://www.74nsdc.com/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/contra-hall-at-the-74th-national-square-dance-convention/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0SwUKGDAEvaTpJ6u4sRcYDc3yFFS7ZCiWBTfqgJgrcwGuTewCHHPD8sVGTJvt45Yal&id=61571314815350"
start_date: 2025-06-24
end_date: 2025-06-28
country: USA
state: LA
city: Shreveport
styles:
- contra
- ecd
- scd
workshop: true
social: true
price: $42.50-$85
organisation: Contralab
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Balfolk at Vyšehrad
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/943562807731370/943562814398036/"
start: "2025-06-24T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-24T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.yaml
- name: Bal Tropical
details: Ball
links:
- "https://frissefolk.be/en/event-en/bal-tropical/1230/"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2824"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/711797024765380/"
start: "2025-06-24T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-24T22:30:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Brussels
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- "L'évidence Des Nuages"
- Ensemble Folk De Muziekpublique
- Emily & The Simons
price: €10-€19
organisation: Frisse Folk Vzw/asbl
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: "Gugelhupf: Sommertanzen"
links:
- "https://www.gugelhupf-dresden.de/tanz-am-dienstag/"
start: "2025-06-24T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-24T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Dresden
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Folktanz Dresden e.V.
source: events/germany/dresden.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-06-24/"
start: "2025-06-24T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-24T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk Express Closing Bal
details: "Eindbal met Duo Thézéa\nOp dinsdag 24 juni sluit Balfolk Express het seizoen af met een feestelijk eindbal! Kom meedansen met onze kersvers afgestudeerde leerlingen en maak er samen met ons een geweldige avond van. Dit keer worden we muzikaal vergezeld door Duo Thézéa.\n\nKoop direct je ticket >>\nOver de artiest\nDuo Thézéa is een levendig Frans folkduo met Théo op accordeon en Lizéa op fluit en zang. In hun geëngageerde en originele composities spelen thema’s zoals consent, genderidentiteit en rouw een belangrijke rol. Hun inclusieve en betekenisvolle muziek nodigt daarmee uit tot reflectie, maar ook tot gezamenlijke viering. Met de unieke energie van twee muzikanten uit genderminderheden brengen ze een frisse kijk op de traditionele balfolkscene, waarbij ze invloeden uit de Franse traditionele balfolk en moderne muziek – zoals techno – combineren met een vleugje vocale improvisatie. Ze bieden ook fusiondansworkshops aan voor balfolk, waarbij ze expressie, creativiteit uit verschillende koppeldansen en rolfluïditeit verkennen.\n\nAlvast een voorproefje? Luister hun muziek op hun website en YouTube.\nPraktische informatie\nTickets\nKoop je ticket hier om zeker te zijn van een plek.\nPrijs: €12,50\nKun je geen kaartje krijgen of heb je vragen? Mail naar lessen@balfolkexpress.nl.\n\nTijden\nDeuren open - 20:15\nStart band - 20:30\nEinde/sluiten zaal - 22:45\n\nAdres\nCafé Tropical\nVerlengde Hooggravenseweg 203, Utrecht\n\nBereikbaarheid\nEr zijn een aantal parkeerplekken vrij op het terrein voor auto’s. Is het vol, dan kan je buiten het terrein ook parkeren. De locatie is goed bereikbaar met het ov of met de fiets.\nOver Balfolk Express\nBalfolk Express organiseert danslessen, workshops en bals in Utrecht. Met onze lessen willen we jou een toolbox geven die je op de dansvloer kunt gebruiken. Zodat je dans meer diepgang krijgt, je kunt blijven doorgroeien en steeds meer plezier beleeft aan het dansen. In september, na het eindbal en de zomerstop, gaat ons nieuwe seizoen van start voor zowel beginners als (half)gevorderden. Meer informatie op onze website!"
links:
- "https://balfolkexpress.nl/afsluitend-bal"
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/afsluitend-bal-bij-balfolk-express-met-duo-thezea/"
start: "2025-06-24T20:15:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-24T22:45:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Utrecht
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Duo Thézéa
price: €12.50
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk at YMCA
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1335943224260784/1335943267594113"
start: "2025-06-25T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-25T20:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Brno
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Ton Simple
source: events/czechia/brno.yaml
- name: Bal Van Morgen
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2820"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/4211245605814754"
start: "2025-06-25T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-25T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Leuven
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Hilde & Yas
price: donation
organisation: Stanistil
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Balfolk café Nijmegen
details: "Balfolk Cafe is livemuziek, tussendoor fijne balfolkhitjes en natuurlijk sessie: dus neem ook je instrumenten mee!\n\n\nEntree: € 15,- (of € 10,- voor mensen die kortingstarief nodig hebben)\nGeef ruim, alles gaat 100% naar de muzikanten.\n\n20:00 dans uitleg\n21:00 Livemuziek (2 sets)\n23:00 Sessie!\n(Tijden onder voorbehoud)"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-cafe-nijmegen-47/"
start: "2025-06-25T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-25T23:59:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Nijmegen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- EmBRUN
price: €10-€15
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Practica Mechelen
details: Ball
links:
- "https://frissefolk.be/en/event-en/practica-mechelen/1157/"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2550"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1120858039382966/1120858062716297/"
start: "2025-06-25T20:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-25T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Mechelen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: donation
organisation: Frisse Folk Vzw/asbl
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: July Fourth
links:
- "https://cds-boston-j4weekend.weebly.com/"
start_date: 2025-06-26
end_date: 2025-06-30
country: USA
state: MA
city: Plymouth
styles:
- contra
- ecd
- irish-set
workshop: true
social: true
callers:
- Mary Wesley
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Socialles 343 — Bouwdoos
details: "Deze donderdag 26 juni is het socialles nr 343.\n\nBouwdoos\n\nHeb je wel eens dat je folkmuziek hoort, en denkt: \"Oh! Daar wil ik wel op dansen!\" en je probeert een scottish en dan blijkt het nummer niet in 8 tellen maar in 10 tellen te zijn?\nWe gaan proberen, door 1 of 2 zeer bekende dansen te ontleden in blokjes, een verzameling van danselementen te maken die we dan kunnen samenstellen in een geheel nieuwe dans die past bij de muziek, zowel qua telling maar ook qua sfeer.\nHenri danst (fanatiek) balfolk sinds 2012 en heeft in 2016 en 2017 al een aantal avonden voor beginners en begonners begeleid bij Balfolk Zuid-Holland. Deze keer heeft hij de stoute dansschoenen aangetrokken en gaat proberen een meer gevorderd concept te behandelen. Hij zal worden geassisteerd door Eline Boon.\n\nProgramma\n18.30 Gezamenlijk koken en eten\n19.30: Start socialles\n20.30: Einde socialles, begin vrij dansen\n21.30: Einde\n\nSocialles\nHet concept van een socialles is dat er het eerste uur een les of workshop wordt gegeven door een enthousiaste danser of docent over een specifieke dans of thema en dat in de 1,5 uur daarna de tijd is om vrij te dansen op cdmuziek. Uiteraard is er ook volop gelegenheid om te socialisen tijdens het deel vrij dansen.\n\nGezamenlijk eten\nVooraf mee-eten is ook mogelijk. Vanaf 18.30 uur ben je welkom in de keuken van De Banier, waarop er een warme maaltijd gekookt en gegeten wordt tot om 19.30 uur de socialles begint. Meehelpen met koken mag en kan natuurlijk. Mee-eten kost 3 euro per persoon, per keer, cash te betalen. Vooraf doorgeven dat je mee-eet is wel handig, dat kan het beste via balfolkzuidholland@gmail.com, tot uiterlijk woensdag 17.00 uur. Geef dan ook direct allergieën of intoleranties door, dan houden we daar rekening mee.\n\nLocatie\nJe kunt ons vinden bij De Banier, gevestigd op Banierstraat 1, in Rotterdam. Deze locatie is op ongeveer tien minuten lopen vanaf Centraal Station Rotterdam. Als de deur gesloten is, bel dan gewoon aan.\n\nParkeren in de directe omgeving is betaald tot 23.00 uur ‘s avonds. Verderop in de wijk is ook betaald, wel iets goedkoper maar je moet dan meestal een flink stuk lopen. Check prettigparkeren.nl voor de mogelijkheden.\n\nPrijs\nDe sociallessen kosten 6 euro per persoon. Dit kan cash betaald worden aan de deur. Er is eveneens de mogelijkheid om een strippenkaart aan te schaffen: dat zijn 5 strippen voor 30 euro, op elke socialles te besteden. Dat scheelt je wekelijks geld meenemen. Pinnen is niet mogelijk."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/socialles-343-rotterdam/"
start: "2025-06-26T18:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-26T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Rotterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €6
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Stämmoveckan
links:
- "https://stammoveckan.se/"
start_date: 2025-06-27
end_date: 2025-07-06
country: Sweden
city: Rättvik
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Stämmoveckan
source: events/sweden/rattvik.yaml
- name: Dañserlà
links:
- "https://eveeno.com/danserla2025?lang=en"
start: "2025-06-27T16:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-30T16:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Erlangen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Kulturverein Erlangen
source: events/germany/erlangen.yaml
- name: Wiesentanz Ballkanesen
links:
- "https://ballkanesen.webador.de/unsere-termine"
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/1139310979"
start: "2025-06-27T18:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-27T21:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Tübingen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Ballkanesen
organisation: Anja von Richthofen
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Balfolk
details: "Balfolk met Wouter en de Draak\ndans met live muziek in Lewinsky.\n\nZet deze avond in je agenda en dans mee!\n\nProgramma:\n19u30 Dansinitiatie door Sietske van der Sluis\n20u15 Bal met Wouter en de Draak\n21u15 pauze\n21u30 tweede set met Wouter en de Draak\n22u15 einde bal\n\nReserveer je toegang op Lewinski, die je verwijst naar: \nde betaalpagina van Lewinski"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-met-wouter-en-de-draak-in-sneek/"
- "https://lewinski.stager.co/web/tickets/111494435"
start: "2025-06-27T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-27T22:30:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Sneek
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Wouter en de Draak
price: €17.50
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Bals et Roses
links:
- "https://www.festivalbalsetroses.be/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1351353665707748/"
start: "2025-06-27T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-29T20:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Florenville
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Hartwin Dhoore Trio
- The Crew
- Oraj
- Solia
- Stoemp
- La Voivrelle
- La Vielha
- Topette
- Boulas Rio Quartet
- Emily & The Simons
- Noiranomis
- Threo
- Duo Niepold-Cutting
price: €50-€70
organisation: Bals et Roses
source: events/belgium/bals_et_roses.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: DenneFeest
details: "Een super tof balfolk feestje in het bos!\n\nDe kaartverkoop is begonnen.\n\nHet workshop programma:\n\nWil je tips en tricks leren hoe je in de koppeldansen scottish en mazurka goed kunt improviseren met draaien?\nDan is deze workshop voor jou!\nLouise gaat je in 1,5 uur meenemen hoe je jouw koppeldansen nog leuker kunt maken.\nOm mee te doen verwachten we dat je de basis van de scottish en mazurka goed onder de knie hebt.\n\n\nhttps://hoessenbosch.stager.co/web/tickets"
links:
- "https://www.hoessenbosch.nl/programma/~235_dennefeest/"
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dennefeest-6/"
- "https://www.plug.events/event/dennefeest95"
start: "2025-06-28T11:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-28T23:59:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Berghem
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Swinco
- e = m(T²)
- Duo De Schepper-Sanczuk
- Bamako Express
- Warmoes
- Vandiekomsa
price: €38.50-€58.50
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Celtival
details: Ball
links:
- "http://chti-folkeux.chez-alice.fr/indexB.htm"
- "http://www.archeosite.be/celtival-daubechies/"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2790"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2791"
start: "2025-06-28T16:15:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-29T20:30:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Aubechies
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Balbelutte
- Alkatrad
- Glen Road
- Les Pestelleux
- The Mushrooms
- Duo Macke-Bornauw
price: €28-€35
organisation: ~
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Balfolk im Städtli
links:
- "https://balsoleil.ch/balfolk-in-lichtensteig/"
start: "2025-06-28T17:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-28T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Switzerland
city: Lichtensteig
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Edentia
- Matthieu
price: 35 CHF
organisation: BalSoleil
source: events/switzerland/lichtensteig.yaml
- name: Balfolk Stuttgart
details: Balfolk Stuttgart im Alten Feuerwehrhaus Süd
links:
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/585162471"
start: "2025-06-28T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-28T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Stuttgart
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Le Driadi
- Rokkende Vrouwen
organisation: Holger & Moritz & Vera
source: events/germany/kalender.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: AmWeek
links:
- "https://amweek.camp/"
start_date: 2025-06-29
end_date: 2025-07-04
country: USA
state: CA
city: Ben Lomond
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Lissa & Friends
- The Syncopaths
callers:
- Cis Hinkle
- Jacqui Grennan
organisation: TryContra
cancelled: true
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Cumberland Dance Week
links:
- "https://camp.cumberlanddanceweek.org/"
start_date: 2025-06-29
end_date: 2025-07-04
country: USA
state: TN
city: Pleasantville
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- The Cosmic Otters
callers:
- Wendy Graham
- Seth Tepfer
price: $675-$1075
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: MiniBal at Toitū
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.co.nz/dunedin"
start: "2025-06-29T14:00:00+12:00"
end: "2025-06-29T15:30:00+12:00"
country: New Zealand
city: Dunedin
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: free
organisation: Balfolk Dunedin
source: events/new_zealand/dunedin.yaml
- name: Pinewoods English-Scottish-Contra
links:
- "https://rscdsboston.org/pinewoods-esc.html"
start_date: 2025-06-30
end_date: 2025-07-04
country: USA
state: MA
city: Plymouth
styles:
- contra
- ecd
- scd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Frost and Fire
callers:
- Anna Rain
- Ben Sachs-Hamilton
- Kat Dutton
price: $345-$467
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: "Monday Dancing: Beginners"
details: "20:00 Workshop für Anfänger\n21:00 Tanz für Alle"
links:
- "https://7schritt.de/kalender/montagstanz-anfaenger-2/"
start: "2025-06-30T08:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-06-30T17:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Freiburg i. Br
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: donation
organisation: Siebenschritt e.V.
source: events/germany/freiburg_i_br.yaml
- name: Mini-bal
links:
- "https://www.balfolktoronto.com/events"
start: "2025-06-30T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-06-30T22:00:00-04:00"
country: Canada
state: Ontario
city: Toronto
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: $10-$20
organisation: Balfolk Toronto
source: events/canada/toronto.yaml
- name: Balfolk at Vyšehrad
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/943562807731370/943562817731369/"
start: "2025-07-01T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-01T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.yaml
- name: "Gugelhupf: Sommertanzen"
links:
- "https://www.gugelhupf-dresden.de/tanz-am-dienstag/"
start: "2025-07-01T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-01T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Dresden
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Folktanz Dresden e.V.
source: events/germany/dresden.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-07-01/"
start: "2025-07-01T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-01T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk-Tanzabend
details: Eintritt frei - <b>Unkostenbeitrag erbeten</b>
links:
- "https://www.balfolk-burghausen.de"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/538236682628895/538236712628892/"
start: "2025-07-02T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-02T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Burghausen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: donation
organisation: Balfolk Burghausen
source: events/germany/burghausen.yaml
- name: Balfolk
details: "Kom gezellig dansen op live muziek door de Limburgse folkband Musac.\nMusac organiseert maandelijks (meestal op de eerste woensdag van de maand) een eigen dansavond in Zuid-Limburg. \nMusac bestaat ruim 30 jaar en speelt op accordeon, doedelzak, draailier, nickelharpa en fluiten. Dansen zijn o.a. bourrée, scottish, jigue, andro, tovercirkel, wals, dubbele klappolka en nog veel meer.\nDe dansavonden zijn bedoeld voor zowel beginners als gevorderden. Er wordt tussen de dansen door korte dans-instructie verzorgd. De sfeer is ontspannen en samen plezier hebben staat voorop.\nDe kosten zijn € 5,= per avond, ter plaatse in de pauze te voldoen.\n't Volkshoes heeft een zaal met goede houten vloer en koelkast met drankjes (muntautomaat in de gang).\nSchuin ertegenover ligt een ruime gratis parkeerplaats.\nVoorafgaand aan de maandelijkse dansavond is er vanaf 19 uur een klein uurtje samen musiceren voor de liefhebbers. Alle instrumenten zijn welkom. Evt. bladmuziek vooraf opvragen. \nJe mag ook gewoon komen luisteren en van de muziek genieten."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-met-musac-23/"
- "https://www.plug.events/event/balfolk-met-musac4"
start: "2025-07-02T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-02T22:15:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Geleen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Musac
price: €5
organisation: Musac
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Roanoke Railroader
links:
- "http://www.roanokerailroader.com/"
start_date: 2025-07-03
end_date: 2025-07-06
country: USA
state: VA
city: Salem
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Toss the Possum
- The Latter Day Lizards
- Rushfest
callers:
- Will Mentor
- Gaye Fifer
price: $95-$160
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: "Socialles 344 — Bretonse dansen (Tour, Rond de Loudéac)"
details: "Deze donderdag 3 juli is het socialles nr 344. Het onderwerp van de workshop is Bretonse dansen. Dit keer gaan we bezig met de Tour en de Rond de Loudéac. Deze workshop wordt gegeven door Leon.\n\nProgramma\n18.30 Gezamenlijk koken en eten\n19.30: Start socialles\n20.30: Einde socialles, begin vrij dansen\n21.30: Einde\n\nSocialles\nHet concept van een socialles is dat er het eerste uur een les of workshop wordt gegeven door een enthousiaste danser of docent over een specifieke dans of thema en dat in de 1,5 uur daarna de tijd is om vrij te dansen op cdmuziek. Uiteraard is er ook volop gelegenheid om te socialisen tijdens het deel vrij dansen.\n\nGezamenlijk eten\nVooraf mee-eten is ook mogelijk. Vanaf 18.30 uur ben je welkom in de keuken van De Banier, waarop er een warme maaltijd gekookt en gegeten wordt tot om 19.30 uur de socialles begint. Meehelpen met koken mag en kan natuurlijk. Mee-eten kost 3 euro per persoon, per keer, cash te betalen. Vooraf doorgeven dat je mee-eet is wel handig, dat kan het beste via balfolkzuidholland@gmail.com, tot uiterlijk woensdag 17.00 uur. Geef dan ook direct allergieën of intoleranties door, dan houden we daar rekening mee.\n\nLocatie\nJe kunt ons vinden bij De Banier, gevestigd op Banierstraat 1, in Rotterdam. Deze locatie is op ongeveer tien minuten lopen vanaf Centraal Station Rotterdam. Als de deur gesloten is, bel dan gewoon aan.\n\nParkeren in de directe omgeving is betaald tot 23.00 uur ‘s avonds. Verderop in de wijk is ook betaald, wel iets goedkoper maar je moet dan meestal een flink stuk lopen. Check prettigparkeren.nl voor de mogelijkheden.\n\nPrijs\nDe sociallessen kosten 6 euro per persoon. Dit kan cash betaald worden aan de deur. Er is eveneens de mogelijkheid om een strippenkaart aan te schaffen: dat zijn 5 strippen voor 30 euro, op elke socialles te besteden. Dat scheelt je wekelijks geld meenemen. Pinnen is niet mogelijk."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/socialles-344-rotterdam/"
start: "2025-07-03T18:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-03T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Rotterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €6
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Gooikoorts
details: Ball
links:
- "http://www.gooikoorts.be"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2572"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2719"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2720"
start_date: 2025-07-04
end_date: 2025-07-06
country: Belgium
city: Gooik
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Embrun
- Warmoes
- Sons Of Sirius
organisation: Gooikoorts Folkfestival
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Contra Dance + Potluck + 4th of July celebration
links:
- "https://contradance.at/"
start: "2025-07-04T17:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-04T21:30:00+02:00"
country: Austria
city: Graz
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Woodcut
callers:
- Brian Roberts
organisation: Contra Dance in Graz
source: events/austria/graz-contra.yaml
- name: Balfolk Bonn
links:
- "http://balfolk-bonn.de/balfolk/Tanzaktivitaten.html"
start: "2025-07-04T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-04T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Bonn
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Manäcken
price: €15-€20
organisation: Balfolk Bonn e.V.
source: events/germany/bonn.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: Big Bang Folk Festival
links:
- "https://www.lafolkeriavarese.it/bbff-2025/info-prog-ing/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1012647200679702/"
- "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/registrazione-big-bang-folk-festival-2025-1330306966949"
start: "2025-07-04T21:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-06T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Italy
city: Ternate
styles:
- balfolk
- italian
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Bal des Bestioles
- Loogaroo
- Imnari
- La Machine
- TriOblique
- Aérokorda
- Duo Brotto-Milleret
price: €86-€100
organisation: La Folkeria ARCI APS
source: events/italy/ternate.yaml
- name: Dancing Fish
links:
- "https://dancingfish.dance/event/july-4th-weekend-kingfisher/"
start: "2025-07-04T18:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-07-06T15:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: FL
city: Melrose
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Kingfisher
- Crossover
callers:
- Luke Donforth
- Bob Isaacs
price: $15-$30
organisation: Dancing Fish
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Skandia First Friday LIVE
details: "<html-blob><u></u><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br><br>Teaching: 7:30-8:30 p.m. No partner is required. </html-blob><br><html-blob><br><u></u></html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2025-07-04T19:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-07-04T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.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: Gran Bal Trad (Vialfre)
links:
- "https://www.granbaltrad.it/wp/?lang=en"
start_date: 2025-07-07
end_date: 2205-07-12
country: Italy
city: Vialfre
styles:
- balfolk
- irish-set
- italian
- ecd
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Associazione Culturale GBT
source: events/italy/vialfre.yaml
- name: TasContra
links:
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/hobartdances/"
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/monday-night-folk-dances-tascontra/"
- "https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/432472"
start: "2025-07-07T19:15:00+10:00"
end: "2025-07-07T21:30:00+10:00"
country: Australia
state: TAS
city: New Town
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Ross Smithard & Up Jumped Trouble
price: $7-$15
organisation: Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc
source: events/australia/new_town.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: Dance on the Kanonenplatz
details: "am Montag dem 7.7. wollen wir auf dem Kanonenplatz tanzen!Beginn ist idealerweise 19:30 Uhr, auf jeden Fall aber ab dem Eintreffen (und Loslegen) der ersten Musikis.Es ist offene Bühne: Wer spielen will, arrangiert sich und spielt.\n\n\n\nDie passende Straßenbahnhaltestelle ist Oberlinden.Bringt unbedingt eine gut gefüllte Trinkflasche mit!Und Schuhe, die kleine, spitze Steinchen und Staub vertragen.Und Instrumente, wenn ihr spielen wollt!"
links:
- "https://7schritt.de/kalender/kanonenplatz/"
start: "2025-07-07T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-08T00:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Freiburg i. Br
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: free
organisation: Siebenschritt e.V.
source: events/germany/freiburg_i_br.yaml
- name: Mini-bal
links:
- "https://www.balfolktoronto.com/events"
start: "2025-07-07T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-07-07T22:00:00-04:00"
country: Canada
state: Ontario
city: Toronto
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: $10-$20
organisation: Balfolk Toronto
source: events/canada/toronto.yaml
- name: Balfolk at Vyšehrad
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/943562807731370/943562837731367/"
start: "2025-07-08T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-08T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.yaml
- name: "Gugelhupf: Sommertanzen"
links:
- "https://www.gugelhupf-dresden.de/tanz-am-dienstag/"
start: "2025-07-08T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-08T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Dresden
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Folktanz Dresden e.V.
source: events/germany/dresden.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-07-08/"
start: "2025-07-08T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-08T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Socialles 345 — grabbelles
details: "Deze donderdag 10 juli is het socialles nr 345. Dit is een grabbelles: kies jij maar!\n\nProgramma\n18.30 Gezamenlijk koken en eten\n19.30: Start socialles\n20.30: Einde socialles, begin vrij dansen\n21.30: Einde\n\nSocialles\nHet concept van een socialles is dat er het eerste uur een les of workshop wordt gegeven door een enthousiaste danser of docent over een specifieke dans of thema en dat in de 1,5 uur daarna de tijd is om vrij te dansen op cdmuziek. Uiteraard is er ook volop gelegenheid om te socialisen tijdens het deel vrij dansen.\n\nGezamenlijk eten\nVooraf mee-eten is ook mogelijk. Vanaf 18.30 uur ben je welkom in de keuken van De Banier, waarop er een warme maaltijd gekookt en gegeten wordt tot om 19.30 uur de socialles begint. Meehelpen met koken mag en kan natuurlijk. Mee-eten kost 3 euro per persoon, per keer, cash te betalen. Vooraf doorgeven dat je mee-eet is wel handig, dat kan het beste via balfolkzuidholland@gmail.com, tot uiterlijk woensdag 17.00 uur. Geef dan ook direct allergieën of intoleranties door, dan houden we daar rekening mee.\n\nLocatie\nJe kunt ons vinden bij De Banier, gevestigd op Banierstraat 1, in Rotterdam. Deze locatie is op ongeveer tien minuten lopen vanaf Centraal Station Rotterdam. Als de deur gesloten is, bel dan gewoon aan.\n\nParkeren in de directe omgeving is betaald tot 23.00 uur ‘s avonds. Verderop in de wijk is ook betaald, wel iets goedkoper maar je moet dan meestal een flink stuk lopen. Check prettigparkeren.nl voor de mogelijkheden.\n\nPrijs\nDe sociallessen kosten 6 euro per persoon. Dit kan cash betaald worden aan de deur. Er is eveneens de mogelijkheid om een strippenkaart aan te schaffen: dat zijn 5 strippen voor 30 euro, op elke socialles te besteden. Dat scheelt je wekelijks geld meenemen. Pinnen is niet mogelijk."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/socialles-345-rotterdam/"
start: "2025-07-10T18:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-10T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Rotterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €6
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Teyrrasfolk
details: Ball
links:
- "https://tey.be/programma/2025/07/10/shillelagh"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2801"
start: "2025-07-10T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-10T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Sint-Niklaas
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Shillelagh
price: free
organisation: "Muziekclub 't Ey"
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: Balfolk at Zaanfolk Festival
details: "Chillen in het park, fijne muziek, drankje erbij en dansen. Dat is balfolk op Zaanfolk Festival! Geniet van dit leuke festival en kom dansen op live muziek.\n\nWil je balfolk leren dansen? Er zijn gratis dansworkshops. Na deze workshops kan je direct meedoen. Je hebt geen eigen danspartner nodig. In de workshops wisselen we door.\n\nENTREE\nDe toegang tot Zaanfolk is gratis.\n\nPROGRAMMA\n13:00 Workshop balfolk door Balfolk Amsterdam, begeleid door PFM!\n13:45 PFM! speelt\n15:15 Pauze\n15:45 Workshop balfolk door Balfolk Amsterdam, begeleid door Trio Baftig\n16:30 Trio Baftig speelt\n18:00 Einde\n\nMEER INFROMATIE\nDe workshops zijn geschikt voor beginners. Er zijn twee verschillende workshops, als je de eerste volgt, kan je gerust ook de tweede volgen. Het is niet nodig om de eerste workshop te volgen als je de tweede wilt volgen.\n\nBeide workshops zijn met live begeleiding van de bands.\n\nhttps://www.zaanfolk.nl\n\nFotocredit: Zaanfolk"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-op-zaanfolk-festival-2025/"
- "https://www.plug.events/event/balfolk-op-zaanfolk-festival-20256"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/668846652587651/"
start: "2025-07-12T13:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-12T18:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Wormerveer
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- PFM!
- Trio Baftig
price: free
organisation: Balfolk Amsterdam
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Season Closing with Open Stage
details: "We sluiten het seizoen in Rotterdam af met de seizoenssluiting, mét workshop, duo Celtic Connection, open podium en sessie voor muzikanten.\n\nBand\nduo Celtic Connection is een nieuw duo. Meer informatie volgt nog.\n\nWorkshop\nvooraf is er een workshop van 14 tot 17 uur, door Balfolk Sync (Bo Caubo en Paul de Man) ; we gaan diepgaand aan de slag met techniek om uiteindelijk onder andere Polka prettig te kunnen dansen. Meer informatie volgt nog.\n\n15 minutes of fame\nDeze editie is er ook het open podium, dus pak jouw eigen 15 minutes of fame! Voor en na\nhet optreden van de band deze avond is het podium voor andere muzikanten. Speel jouw\n(balfolk)muziek voor de dansers en andere muzikanten op de dansvloer.\nDus, ben jij muzikant? Wil je graag jouw muziek aan anderen laten horen, wil je oefenen met\nspelen voor (dansend) publiek of wil je misschien wel eens samenspelen met een andere\nmuzikant? Het kan allemaal! Aanmelden is handig, dan kan er een planning worden\ngemaakt. Dat kan door een mailtje te sturen naar balfolkzuidholland@gmail.com met jouw\nnaam en welk muziekinstrument jij en je eventuele mede-muzikant(en)spelen.\n\nSessie\nLiever niet op het open podium, maar wil je wel graag spelen? Dat kan ook gewoon tijdens\nde sessie achteraf, dus neem je (muzikanten)vrienden en muziekinstrumenten mee.\n\nToegangsprijs\nToegang tot de seizoenssluiting zonder workshop is 10 euro. Toegang tot de workshop ervoor is 15 Euro. Beide samen is 25 Euro. Dat is alleen cash te betalen, aan de deur. Reserveren\nwordt gewaardeerd, dan weten wij hoe gezellig het wordt."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/seizoenssluiting-2025-rotterdam/"
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/seizoenssluiting-zomer-2025-rotterdam/"
start: "2025-07-12T14:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-12T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Rotterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Celtic Connection
price: €10-€25
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Irish set dance
details: Irischer Tanznachmittag
links:
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/947756650"
start: "2025-07-12T15:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-12T19:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Frickingen
styles:
- irish-set
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Sönke
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Family Week at Pinewoods
details: "Community. Song. Dance. Laughter. \nJoin us among the pines for a week full of magic and joy, music and dance, for young, old, and everyone in between. Family Week at Pinewoods is a rejuvenating and inspiring way to spend time with your children, your grandchildren, your nieces and nephews, or other children dear to you. Together, we participate in the rich traditional music, dance, and song program offered by our skilled staff. \nMorning classes are enjoyed by age groupings, with younger participants delighting in traditional song, dance, stories, and crafts, facilitated by expert children’s educators. Meanwhile, teens and adults choose from an array of energizing community dance classes. Teens are welcome to join in adult activities throughout the day but also have a daily class of their own that will weave together music and dance with dynamic instructors. \nEach day there are two all-community gatherings (morning and evening) where staff and campers alike share stories, songs, and talents. There is also time in the afternoon for campers to offer one-off classes, so bring your talents to share! \nNestled between two pristine New England ponds offering daily idyllic swimming and canoeing, both natural beauty and community spirit are ever-present. Together, we celebrate the charm of living in woodland cabins, eating delicious home-cooked meals, and participating in the rich traditional music, dance, and song program offered by our skilled staff."
links:
- "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/family-week-at-pinewoods/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/family-week-at-pinewoods-camp/"
start: "2025-07-12T15:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-07-19T10:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MA
city: Plymouth
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
price: $75-$1500
organisation: Country Dance & Song Society
source: events/usa/cdss.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: Bunter Balfolk
links:
- "https://www.lutherkirche-suedstadt.de/veranstaltungen/bal-folk-mitmachtanz-29/"
- "https://www.balfolk-koeln.de/veranstaltungen/balfolk-lutherkirche-15"
start: "2025-07-13T16:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-13T20:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Cologne
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €12-€17
organisation: Balfolk Köln
source: events/germany/cologne.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: Bunter Balfolk
links:
- "http://balfolk-bonn.de/balfolk/Tanzaktivitaten.html"
start: "2025-07-13T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-13T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Bonn
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Local Heroes
price: €15-€20
organisation: Balfolk Bonn e.V.
source: events/germany/bonn.yaml
- name: Ashokan Northern Week
links:
- "https://ashokancenter.org/product/northern-week-2025/"
start: "2025-07-13T13:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-07-19T14:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: NY
city: Olivebridge
styles:
- contra
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Lighthouse
callers:
- Will Mentor
- Susan Kevra
- John Krumm
price: $585-$1035
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Monstagstanzen im Stadtgarten
details: Bis einschließlich 18. August tanzen wir jeden Montag ab 20 Uhr im Stadtgarten.
links:
- "https://7schritt.de/kalender/monstagstanzen-fortgeschrittene-10/"
start: "2025-07-14T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-14T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Freiburg i. Br
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Siebenschritt e.V.
source: events/germany/freiburg_i_br.yaml
- name: Mini-bal
links:
- "https://www.balfolktoronto.com/events"
start: "2025-07-14T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-07-14T22:00:00-04:00"
country: Canada
state: Ontario
city: Toronto
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: $10-$20
organisation: Balfolk Toronto
source: events/canada/toronto.yaml
- name: Balfolk at Vyšehrad
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/943562807731370/943562854398032/"
start: "2025-07-15T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-15T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.yaml
- name: "Gugelhupf: Sommertanzen"
links:
- "https://www.gugelhupf-dresden.de/tanz-am-dienstag/"
start: "2025-07-15T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-15T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Dresden
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Folktanz Dresden e.V.
source: events/germany/dresden.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-07-15/"
start: "2025-07-15T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-15T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: "Vertanzt Festival - \"Fusion\"-Edition"
details: Festival zum Mittanzen - Festival pour danser
links:
- "https://www.vertanzt.ch/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/Vertanzt"
start: "2025-07-17T09:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-20T23:59:00+02:00"
country: Switzerland
state: Bern
city: Röthenbach im Emmental
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: 205-250 CHF
organisation: Verein Vertanzt
source: events/switzerland/rthenbach_im_emmental.yaml
- name: American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
details: "Does an incomparable week in the woods full of transcendent contras, delightful squares, and swingin’ songs sound appealing to you? \nIf so, then American Week will be a week full of what you love plus the joy of discovering some new things, too. Young or old, new or experienced, come relax amidst our participatory, welcoming vibe and the pressure-relieving radiance of Pinewoods Camp. \n2025 highlights: In addition to the dancing you might expect, some highlights this year include classes on calling, musicianship, singing, flatfooting, tai chi, and fusion dancing. \nAnd of course, we have our contras and squares. We have calling from Cis Hinkle, Janine Smith, and Michael Karcher. Meanwhile, this year’s music revolves around soaring New England melodies from the Stringrays (five piece version!) and deep doses of hot-hot-hot old-time from Jet Bridge. The staff is a unique dream-team of superlatively supportive, talented, world-class teacher-performers."
links:
- "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/american-dance-music-week-at-pinewoods/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/american-dance-music-week-at-pinewoods-camp/"
start_date: 2025-07-19
end_date: 2025-07-26
country: USA
state: MA
city: Plymouth
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Jet Bridge
- Stringrays
callers:
- Cis Hinkle
- Janine Smith
- Michael Karcher
organisation: Country Dance & Song Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Skandia Third Friday dance LIVE
details: "<html-blob><br><br>Teaching: 8:10-8:25 p.m. <br><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br>Music TBA</html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2025-07-18T19:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-07-18T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.yaml
- name: Wiesentanz Ballkanesen
links:
- "https://ballkanesen.webador.de/unsere-termine"
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/1139311018"
start: "2025-07-19T18:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-19T21:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Tübingen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Ballkanesen
organisation: Anja von Richthofen
source: events/germany/kalender.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: American Dance & Music Week
links:
- "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/american-dance-music-week/"
start: "2025-07-19T15:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-07-26T10:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MA
city: Plymouth
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Stringrays
- Jet Bridge
callers:
- Janine Smith
- Michael Karcher
- Lisa Greenleaf
price: $850-$1500
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.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: Folkbal
details: Ball
links:
- "http://chti-folkeux.chez-alice.fr/indexB.htm"
- "http://www.pasdlayau.be"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2685"
start_date: 2025-07-20
end_date: 2025-07-20
country: Belgium
city: Hollain
styles:
- balfolk
- italian
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Galyme
organisation: "Pas d'La Yau"
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: TasContra
links:
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/hobartdances/"
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/monday-night-folk-dances-tascontra/"
- "https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/432472"
start: "2025-07-21T19:15:00+10:00"
end: "2025-07-21T21:30:00+10:00"
country: Australia
state: TAS
city: New Town
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Ross Smithard & Up Jumped Trouble
price: $7-$15
organisation: Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc
source: events/australia/new_town.yaml
- name: Boombal Gentse Feesten
details: Ball
links:
- "https://www.boombal.be/"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2715"
start: "2025-07-21T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-22T00:30:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Gent
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Le Driadi
- Le Mange Bal
price: free
organisation: Boombal
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Mini-bal
links:
- "https://www.balfolktoronto.com/events"
start: "2025-07-21T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-07-21T22:00:00-04:00"
country: Canada
state: Ontario
city: Toronto
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: $10-$20
organisation: Balfolk Toronto
source: events/canada/toronto.yaml
- name: Balfolk at Vyšehrad
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/943562807731370/943562857731365/"
start: "2025-07-22T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-22T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.yaml
- name: Boombal Gentse Feesten
details: "19:00 dansinitiatie\r\n20:00 bal"
links:
- "https://www.boombal.be/"
start: "2025-07-22T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-22T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Gent
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Sanseveria
price: free
organisation: Boombal
source: events/belgium/gent.yaml
- name: "Gugelhupf: Sommertanzen"
links:
- "https://www.gugelhupf-dresden.de/tanz-am-dienstag/"
start: "2025-07-22T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-22T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Dresden
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Folktanz Dresden e.V.
source: events/germany/dresden.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-07-22/"
start: "2025-07-22T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-22T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Korröfestivalen
links:
- "https://www.korrofestivalen.se/"
start_date: 2025-07-24
end_date: 2025-07-27
country: Sweden
city: Korrö
styles:
- scandi
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Föreningen Korröfestivalen
source: events/sweden/korro.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: Southern Aire
links:
- "https://joyboundliving.com/dawn-dance"
start_date: 2025-07-25
end_date: 2025-07-27
country: USA
state: TN
city: Mountain City
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
callers:
- Bob Isaacs
- Terry Doyle
- Sue Gola
- Kenny Greer
- Amanda Setili
- Rob Setili
- Stephanie Marie
- Elijah Jaime
- Katie Zanders
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
details: A Three Day Community of Folk Music and Dance in the Litchfield Hills of CT.
links:
- "http://falconridgefolk.com/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/falcon-ridge-folk-festival/"
start: "2025-07-25T09:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-07-27T17:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: CT
city: Goshen
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- The Gaslight Tinkers
organisation: Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
source: events/usa/cdss.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: Bal
details: Ball
links:
- "http://chti-folkeux.chez-alice.fr/indexB.htm"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2618"
start_date: 2025-07-26
end_date: 2025-07-26
country: Belgium
city: Nivelles
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Balbelutte
organisation: ~
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Harmony of Song & Dance at Pinewoods
details: "Join us for a week of singing, dancing, and more! At Harmony of Song & Dance, we’ll enjoy learning and sharing in a variety of song and dance traditions. This year, the week is loosely focused on percussive dance and the musical conversations between and among dancers, vocalists, and instrument-players. If you love to sing, dance, jam, or do all of those at the same time, this is the week for you! Though there will also be plenty of opportunities to do them just one at a time as well. \nEach day’s schedule includes an all-camp singing session, an all-camp dance session (where both newcomer and experienced dancers will find a lesson for their skill level), and many types of singing, dancing, and instrumental workshops, including some that invite collaboration between and among dancers, musicians, and singers. \nEvery evening, we will enjoy mini-concerts by our brilliant staff, followed by a dance featuring contra and English country dancing, plus some late-night festivities. Within each jam-packed day, there is also time built into the schedule for jamming, snoozing, swimming, chatting, or taking some solo time if you need it. Pinewoods offers a beautiful venue for a glorious week of song, dance, learning, connection, revelry, and rejuvenation. I look forward to singing and dancing with you there!"
links:
- "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/harmony-of-song-dance-at-pinewoods/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/harmony-of-song-dance-at-pinewoods-camp/"
start: "2025-07-26T15:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-08-02T10:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MA
city: Plymouth
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Countercurrent
callers:
- Gaye Fifer
- Adina Gordon
price: $850-$1500
organisation: Country Dance & Song Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Tallahassee Pop/Techno Contra Dance
details: "Join us Saturday, July 26 for a fun, one-of-a-kind contra dance featuring caller Drew Thomas and special lighting and pop/techno music mixing by DJ RXN. This dance is part of a double-header weekend featuring a traditional dance on July 25 and a pop/techno contra dance on July 26. \nSee tallydancer.com or our Facebook page for additional details. No dance experience is needed and no need to bring a partner. An intro lesson starts at 7:30 for beginners and anyone wanting to refresh their skills. \nAdmission: $10 payable by cash, check, or card at the door. Newcomers get in to their 2nd dance free!"
links:
- "http://www.tallydancer.com/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/tallahassee-pop-techno-contra-dance/"
start: "2025-07-26T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-07-26T22:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: FL
city: Tallahassee
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
callers:
- Drew Thomas
price: $10
organisation: Tallahassee Community Friends of Old Time Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: MiniBal at Toitū
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.co.nz/dunedin"
start: "2025-07-27T14:00:00+12:00"
end: "2025-07-27T15:30:00+12:00"
country: New Zealand
city: Dunedin
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: free
organisation: Balfolk Dunedin
source: events/new_zealand/dunedin.yaml
- name: Mini-bal
links:
- "https://www.balfolktoronto.com/events"
start: "2025-07-28T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-07-28T22:00:00-04:00"
country: Canada
state: Ontario
city: Toronto
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: $10-$20
organisation: Balfolk Toronto
source: events/canada/toronto.yaml
- name: Balfolk at Vyšehrad
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/943562807731370/943562841064700/"
start: "2025-07-29T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-29T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.yaml
- name: "Gugelhupf: Sommertanzen"
links:
- "https://www.gugelhupf-dresden.de/tanz-am-dienstag/"
start: "2025-07-29T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-29T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Dresden
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Folktanz Dresden e.V.
source: events/germany/dresden.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-07-29/"
start: "2025-07-29T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-29T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Teyrrasfolk
details: Ball
links:
- "https://tey.be/programma/2025/07/31/cecilia-mda-trio"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2805"
start: "2025-07-31T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-07-31T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Sint-Niklaas
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Cecilia
- MD&A Trio
price: free
organisation: "Muziekclub 't Ey"
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Lark Camp
details: "Music, Song & Dance Workshops in the beautiful Mendocino Woodlands of California \nFamily Friendly • Dances, Jams & Sessions • Great Food • Camping \nFull Camp for 8 Days, or Half Camp for 4 Days; Learn music, song, and dance traditions from Ireland, British Isles, Greece, Eastern Europe, Sweden, Latin America, North America, Spain, France, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa"
links:
- "https://www.larkcamp.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/lark-camp/"
start_date: 2025-08-01
end_date: 2025-08-09
country: USA
state: CA
city: Fort Bragg
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Lark Traditional Arts
source: events/usa/cdss.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: Contra Dance + Potluck
links:
- "https://contradance.at/"
start: "2025-08-01T17:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-01T21:30:00+02:00"
country: Austria
city: Graz
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Woodcut
callers:
- Brian Roberts
organisation: Contra Dance in Graz
source: events/austria/graz-contra.yaml
- name: Festival Dranouter
details: "Van 1 tot 3 augustus wordt Dranouter opnieuw het decor voor een sfeervol muziekfestival voor alle leeftijden, met dit jaar extra aandacht voor de Catalaanse folktraditie onder het thema ‘Focus Catalonië’. Elke festivaldag eindigt feestelijk op folkpodium De Koer, waar Muziekcentrum Dranouter uitpakt met een bal op live muziek van balfolkbands Bargainatt, Marie Paulette en Bamako Express. Festival Dranouter belooft een zomerse mix van muziek, sfeer, foodtrucks!"
links:
- "https://www.festivaldranouter.be/nl"
- "https://www.plug.events/event/bamako-express-marie-paulette-en-bargainatt-op-fes"
start: "2025-08-01T21:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-03T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Dranouter
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Bamako Express
- Bargainatt
- Marie Paulette
organisation: Festival Dranouter
source: events/belgium/plug_balfolk.yaml
- name: Skandia First Friday LIVE
details: "<html-blob><u></u><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br><br>Teaching: 7:30-8:30 p.m. No partner is required. </html-blob><br><html-blob><br><u></u></html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2025-08-01T19:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-08-01T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.yaml
- name: English Dance Week at Pinewoods
details: "A Feast of Tradition and Innovation \nSavor glorious historic dances, accompanied by the latest sparkling choreographies. Add a dash of morris, a slice of sword, and scorching hot clogs. Season with spectacular music and singing, for the most delectable feast imaginable! \nPicture yourself in the beautiful natural setting of Pinewoods Camp, immersed in glorious English dance, music, and song for a full week of fabulous fun! English Dance Week welcomes all to a warm and enthusiastic community, sharing our delight and encouraging all to participate. \nThe biggest problem at English Dance Week? Wishing you could be in two (or three) places at once! You’ll choose among seven daily sessions of country dancing, several display dance styles (longsword, morris, and clog), and multiple music workshops. You’ll also be tempted by singing, a seminar for leaders, and an ever-changing array of one-shot sessions each afternoon. \nEven if there were no classes, just spending a week with our amazing staff would leave you exhilarated. Be sure to leave space for extra-curricular activities including chocolate tasting, ceilidh dancing, afternoon parties, and late-night shenanigans."
links:
- "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/english-dance-week/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/english-dance-week-at-pinewoods-camp/"
start: "2025-08-02T15:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-08-09T10:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MA
city: Plymouth
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
callers:
- Anna Rain
- Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
- Margaret Bary
price: $850-$1500
organisation: Country Dance & Song Society
source: events/usa/cdss.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: TasContra
links:
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/hobartdances/"
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/monday-night-folk-dances-tascontra/"
- "https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/432472"
start: "2025-08-04T19:15:00+10:00"
end: "2025-08-04T21:30:00+10:00"
country: Australia
state: TAS
city: New Town
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Ross Smithard & Up Jumped Trouble
price: $7-$15
organisation: Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc
source: events/australia/new_town.yaml
- name: Mini-bal
links:
- "https://www.balfolktoronto.com/events"
start: "2025-08-04T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-08-04T22:00:00-04:00"
country: Canada
state: Ontario
city: Toronto
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: $10-$20
organisation: Balfolk Toronto
source: events/canada/toronto.yaml
- name: Balfolk at Vyšehrad
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/943562807731370/943562844398033/"
start: "2025-08-05T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-05T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.yaml
- name: "Gugelhupf: Sommertanzen"
links:
- "https://www.gugelhupf-dresden.de/tanz-am-dienstag/"
start: "2025-08-05T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-05T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Dresden
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Folktanz Dresden e.V.
source: events/germany/dresden.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-08-05/"
start: "2025-08-05T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-05T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk-Tanzabend
details: Eintritt frei - <b>Unkostenbeitrag erbeten</b>
links:
- "https://www.balfolk-burghausen.de"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/538236682628895/538236705962226/"
start: "2025-08-06T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-06T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Burghausen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: donation
organisation: Balfolk Burghausen
source: events/germany/burghausen.yaml
- name: Balfolk
details: "Kom gezellig dansen op live muziek door de Limburgse folkband Musac.\nMusac organiseert maandelijks (meestal op de eerste woensdag van de maand) een eigen dansavond in Zuid-Limburg. \nMusac bestaat ruim 30 jaar en speelt op accordeon, doedelzak, draailier, nickelharpa en fluiten. Dansen zijn o.a. bourrée, scottish, jigue, andro, tovercirkel, wals, dubbele klappolka en nog veel meer.\nDe dansavonden zijn bedoeld voor zowel beginners als gevorderden. Er wordt tussen de dansen door korte dans-instructie verzorgd. De sfeer is ontspannen en samen plezier hebben staat voorop.\nDe kosten zijn € 5,= per avond, ter plaatse in de pauze te voldoen.\n't Volkshoes heeft een zaal met goede houten vloer en koelkast met drankjes (muntautomaat in de gang).\nSchuin ertegenover ligt een ruime gratis parkeerplaats.\nVoorafgaand aan de maandelijkse dansavond is er vanaf 19 uur een klein uurtje samen musiceren voor de liefhebbers. Alle instrumenten zijn welkom. Evt. bladmuziek vooraf opvragen. \nJe mag ook gewoon komen luisteren en van de muziek genieten."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-met-musac-24/"
start: "2025-08-06T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-06T22:15:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Geleen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Musac
price: €5
organisation: Musac
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Teyrrasfolk
details: Ball
links:
- "https://tey.be/programma/2025/08/07/laouen"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2807"
start: "2025-08-07T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-07T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Belsele
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Laouen
price: free
organisation: "Muziekclub 't Ey"
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Folkbal
details: Ball
links:
- "http://chti-folkeux.chez-alice.fr/indexB.htm"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2821"
start: "2025-08-07T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-07T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Antwerp
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Mizu Mizi
organisation: ~
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: Benenwerk
details: Ball
links:
- "https://www.benenwerk.be/2025/folkbal_stage_nl.php"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2672"
start: "2025-08-09T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-10T01:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Bruges
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Airboxes
- Sanseveria Sextet
- Triple-X
price: free
organisation: ~
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Early Music Week at Pinewoods
details: "Are you passionate about medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music, especially as revived and played on period instruments? Do you also love nature and being in community with others? If so, this is the week for you! \nEarly Music Week offers joyful opportunities and challenges to players, singers, dancers, and listeners at every level, from novice to highly experienced. As classes unfold through the week, we explore and discover the connections that lie behind some of the world’s most vibrant and compelling early music. We dance together every day, connecting with dancers and musicians in a unique and spontaneous way, so different from a class or a concert hall—in the pavilions under the pine trees."
links:
- "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/early-music-week-at-pinewoods/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/early-music-week-at-pinewoods-camp/"
start: "2025-08-09T15:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-08-16T10:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MA
city: Plymouth
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
price: $850-$1500
organisation: Country Dance & Song Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Mazurka Klandestina
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/951715423565579/"
start: "2025-08-09T21:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-10T05:44:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: free
organisation: Gianmarco Armellin
source: events/czechia/prague.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: Family Week
details: "This Living Tradition\nOnce is a novelty, twice is a coincidence, third time is a tradition! It’s our third year of the Family Week community making Agassiz feel like home away from home, and we’re inviting you to come dance, sing, and play in the woods of Maine. \nKids and adults take separate classes in the morning, focusing on age-appropriate skill development and bonding with peers. Afternoons are all-comers sessions, where we build community and intergenerational connection. And all-camp gatherings are a chance for campers and staff to perform music, tell jokes and stories, and highlight what they’ve learned and built during camp. \nIn addition to music, ECD, morris, singing, contra, bal folk, longsword, waltz, stories, mummers’ play, and crafts, you’ll also have a chance to swim, hike, nap, jam, socialize, and after-party. We dance together as a community, then sing sequential waves of children off to bed, giving adults a chance to dance while monitors keep track of the dreamers. \nCome recharge, reconnect, relax, and renew as we gather together to share joy and reinvigorate traditions and invent new ones. We’d love to see you there!"
links:
- "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/family-week-at-agassiz-village-2/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/family-week-at-agassiz-village/"
start_date: 2025-08-11
end_date: 2025-08-17
country: USA
state: ME
city: Poland
styles:
- balfolk
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
price: $850-$1500
organisation: Country Dance & Song Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Cascade of Music & Dance
links:
- "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/cascade-of-music-dance-at-louise/"
start: "2025-08-11T16:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-08-17T10:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MD
city: Cascade
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
price: $750-$1400
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Cascade of Music & Dance at Camp Kweebec
details: "Cascade of Music & Dance at Camp Kweebec, just northwest of Philadelphia, is a full week of music, art, and community celebrating the living traditions of song and dance. \nThis week brings the whole singing Amidon family together on staff: singing leaders and music educators Peter and Mary Alice, who met at a CDSS camp in the 1970s; master musician Sam Amidon, who has taken his community-oriented folk music roots out into the world of performance art; and Stefan Amidon, who has followed in his parents’ footsteps as music educator for the young and singing leader for all. \nAdd to this seasoned players who have inspired generations of musicians (Danny Noveck and Karen Axelrod), musicians and teachers who grew up in musical families (Sophie Wellington, Anna Patton, Elvie Miller, Elizabeth LaPrelle, Sally Jablonsky), some great callers with a wealth of knowledge about the craft (Joanna Reiner Wilkinson and Mary Wesley) plus ethnomusicologist/instrumentalist/singing leader/songwriter Brian Dolphin and lyrical fiddler and tunesmith Ben Schreiber and you’ve got the makings for a very special week! \nChildren attend classes with their age group in the morning, where they sing, craft, dance, and play, while the older campers attend their choice of dances, harmony singing workshops, step-dance instruction, and a class for budding callers. Twice a day, the whole camp comes together for a community dance and a gathering for games, stories, participatory songs, and staff and camper performances. After the kids are paraded to bed by the pied piper, watched over by roving monitors, more dancing and late night activities commence. \nIf you are looking to dance the week away to phenomenal music, or to build your repertoire or deepen your knowledge of traditional music, or wish you had more time to make art and sing, or if you are simply looking to make some connections with a fantastic group of people in this fractured world, then make your way to Cascade!"
links:
- "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/cascade-of-music-dance-at-kweebec/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/cascade-of-music-dance-at-camp-kweebec/"
start: "2025-08-11T16:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-08-17T10:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: PA
city: Schwenksville
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
callers:
- Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
- Mary Wesley
price: $750-$1400
organisation: Country Dance & Song Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Mini-bal
links:
- "https://www.balfolktoronto.com/events"
start: "2025-08-11T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-08-11T22:00:00-04:00"
country: Canada
state: Ontario
city: Toronto
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: $10-$20
organisation: Balfolk Toronto
source: events/canada/toronto.yaml
- name: Balfolk at Vyšehrad
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/943562807731370/943562847731366/"
start: "2025-08-12T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-12T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.yaml
- name: "Gugelhupf: Sommertanzen"
links:
- "https://www.gugelhupf-dresden.de/tanz-am-dienstag/"
start: "2025-08-12T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-12T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Dresden
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Folktanz Dresden e.V.
source: events/germany/dresden.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-08-12/"
start: "2025-08-12T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-12T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Bal Focus
links:
- "https://balfolk.cz/en/bal-focus/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/698267269324283/"
start: "2025-08-13T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-17T14:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Šumperk
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: 2900-3700 CZK
organisation: Balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.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: "FESTI'FOLK"
links:
- "https://openagenda.com/en/cofals/events/festifolk-6251195"
start: "2025-08-14T16:35:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-16T23:59:00+02:00"
country: France
city: Lambesc
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Coriandre
- La Talvera
- Castanha e Vinovel
- Tchachao
- Folk You
- Bodegam bal
- "Sors le mains d'tes poches"
price: free
organisation: COFALS
source: events/france/lambesc_13410_france.yaml
- name: Teyrrasfolk Baleynbalt
details: Ball
links:
- "https://tey.be/programma/2025/08/14/bansk-baleynbalt"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2809"
start: "2025-08-14T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-14T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Belsele
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Bansk
price: free
organisation: "Muziekclub 't Ey"
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Mentone
links:
- "http://www.footmadbirmingham.org/mentone.html"
start_date: 2025-08-15
end_date: 2025-08-17
country: USA
state: AL
city: Mentone
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Turnip the Beet
- The Yellow Dandies
callers:
- Cis Hinkle
- Chet Gray
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Good Life Gallop
links:
- "https://www.thegoodlifegallop.org/"
start: "2025-08-15T19:00:00-05:00"
end: "2025-08-17T16:00:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: NE
city: Omaha
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $30-$75
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Balance the Bay
details: "Hot dancing in the cool summer ocean breeze! Featuring The Latter Day Lizards and River Road, with gender-neutral calling by Will Mentor and Alex Deis-Lauby. Registration opens May 11. \nFor more information, email balancethebay@gmail.com."
links:
- "https://bacds.org/camps/btb2025/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/balance-the-bay-san-francisco/"
start: "2025-08-15T19:00:00-07:00"
end: "2025-08-17T18:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: CA
city: San Francisco
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- River Road
- The Latter Day Lizards
callers:
- Alex Deis-Lauby
- Will Mentor
organisation: Bay Area Country Dance Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Skandia Third Friday dance LIVE
details: "<html-blob><br><br>Teaching: 8:10-8:25 p.m. <br><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br>Music TBA</html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2025-08-15T19:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-08-15T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.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: Campers’ Week at Pinewoods
details: "It’s right there in the name! Campers’ Week is a week like no other—not just for campers, but by campers, who join a small-but-mighty staff in offering classes, leading dances, playing in the band, performing at gatherings, teaching crafts, decorating for the ball, hosting parties, and sharing whatever talent they’d like. If you love helping to make the magic happen, and you’re between the ages of 0 and 187, this is the session for you! Bring your parents, your best friend, your neighbor, your siblings, your kids, your cousins, your spouse, your fiancé, your grandkids, or just yourself (if you’re over 18) for a week of multi-generational, camper-enhanced family fun. \nWhat do we love? At morning and evening gatherings, people of all ages share a tune, tell a story, showcase a skill, sing, laugh, and dance together. During the day, kids under 13 gather twice with their peers—who may well become lifelong friends—to learn new dances, sing, craft, or what have you. Teens have their own class session (don’t worry, it’s not first thing in the morning) and all campers age 13+ can join in daily staff-led contra and English dance classes. There’s also ritual dance instruction, a community band, callers’ workshop, plus whatever delights campers offer. When it’s time to give those dancing feet a rest, you can swim, sun, or canoe in a pond, or find a chair on one of the many porches to craft, sing, jam, or just relax and chat with friends new and old. \nFestivities continue after dinner with a musical procession through the woods to the all-ages dance, which kicks off evening gathering. After the youngest campers head to bed, talented staff lead a vibrant mix of English, contras, squares, and a few surprises, with the help of the camper band—a delightful mélange of professional musicians, talented dabblers, and enthusiastic neophytes—and guest callers. (Want to call a dance? Let us know.) \nAfterwards, the party moves to the Camp House, where a pub sing, auction, skit night, jams, or impromptu low-key gatherings continue into the night… including whatever merriment intrepid campers incite. (Will Kerry sets return this year? Late night English favorites? Nonstop Rory O’More? If you want it, make it happen!) \nWhether you grew up here and never left, or are joining for the very first time, Campers’ Week welcomes all ages, all skill levels, all talents, all everything. So pack your instrument (even your ukulele!), your voice, your dance shoes, your ball costume, your crafting supplies, your joy, and your sense of adventure. We hope to see you there."
links:
- "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/campers-week-at-pinewoods/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/campers-week-at-pinewoods-camp/"
start: "2025-08-16T15:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-08-23T10:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MA
city: Plymouth
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
price: $750-$1400
organisation: Country Dance & Song Society
source: events/usa/cdss.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: TasContra
links:
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/hobartdances/"
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/monday-night-folk-dances-tascontra/"
- "https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/432472"
start: "2025-08-18T19:15:00+10:00"
end: "2025-08-18T21:30:00+10:00"
country: Australia
state: TAS
city: New Town
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Ross Smithard & Up Jumped Trouble
price: $7-$15
organisation: Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc
source: events/australia/new_town.yaml
- name: Halsway Folk Dance Holiday
links:
- "https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/halsway-folk-dance-holiday-2025/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/9364471580279672/"
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: Mini-bal
links:
- "https://www.balfolktoronto.com/events"
start: "2025-08-18T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-08-18T22:00:00-04:00"
country: Canada
state: Ontario
city: Toronto
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: $10-$20
organisation: Balfolk Toronto
source: events/canada/toronto.yaml
- name: Balfolk at Vyšehrad
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/943562807731370/943562851064699/"
start: "2025-08-19T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-19T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.yaml
- name: "Gugelhupf: Sommertanzen"
links:
- "https://www.gugelhupf-dresden.de/tanz-am-dienstag/"
start: "2025-08-19T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-19T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Dresden
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Folktanz Dresden e.V.
source: events/germany/dresden.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-08-19/"
start: "2025-08-19T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-19T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Folk On Stage
details: Ball
links:
- "https://stagegooik.be/folkonstage/"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2832"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2833"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2834"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2836"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2839"
start: "2025-08-19T22:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-24T00:30:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Gooik
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Cam&Léon
- Entre Deux
- The Silly Endings
- Duo Gambetta-Sanczuk
organisation: Muziekmozaïek
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Les Ptibals
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1311203883411726/"
- "https://ptibals.wixsite.com/lesptibals"
- "https://www.helloasso.com/associations/association-bol-d-air-11220/evenements/les-ptibals-festival-folk-lagrasse"
start: "2025-08-20T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2205-08-24T15:00:00+01:00"
country: France
city: Lagrasse
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- La Soubirane
- Diatocello
- Saraï
- Cosmos Chocolat
- Lyr Trio
- Ciac Boum
- "Bal O'Gadjo"
- Trio Loubelya
- Tralala Lovers
- 3 Pas d’Ici
- Petit Piment
- Lucas Thébaut
- Petits Crins Sauvages
price: €58-€62
organisation: "Bol d'Air"
source: events/france/lagrasse.yaml
- name: Boombalfestival
links:
- "https://www.boombalfestival.be/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1201113417822360/"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2745"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2835"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2837"
start: "2025-08-20T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-25T00:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Lovendegem
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Airboxes XXL
- "Bal O'Gadjo"
- Bamako Express
- Cam&Léon
- Cardboard Cabin
- Duo Clercx
- Duo Niepold-Cutting
- Fleuves
- Fyndus
- Groove Factory
- Les Kickeuses
- Loogaroo
- Marasc
- Marie Paulette
- Naragonia
- Topette
price: €168
organisation: Boombal
source: events/belgium/boombal.yaml
- name: Teyrrasfolk
details: Ball
links:
- "https://tey.be/programma/2025/08/21/the-silly-endings"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2811"
start: "2025-08-21T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-21T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Belsele
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- The Silly Endings
price: free
organisation: "Muziekclub 't Ey"
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Sugar Hill Dance Weekend
links:
- "http://bloomingtoncontra.org/sugar-hill/"
start_date: 2025-08-22
end_date: 2025-08-24
country: USA
state: IN
city: Bloomington
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.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: TradMaD
links:
- "http://minstrelrecords.com/tradmad/"
start_date: 2025-08-23
end_date: 2025-08-29
country: USA
state: MA
city: Plymouth
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Mini-bal
links:
- "https://www.balfolktoronto.com/events"
start: "2025-08-25T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-08-25T22:00:00-04:00"
country: Canada
state: Ontario
city: Toronto
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: $10-$20
organisation: Balfolk Toronto
source: events/canada/toronto.yaml
- name: Balfolk at Vyšehrad
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/943562807731370/943562864398031/"
start: "2025-08-26T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-26T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.yaml
- name: "Gugelhupf: Sommertanzen"
links:
- "https://www.gugelhupf-dresden.de/tanz-am-dienstag/"
start: "2025-08-26T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-26T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Dresden
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Folktanz Dresden e.V.
source: events/germany/dresden.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-08-26/"
start: "2025-08-26T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-26T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Teyrrasfolk
details: Ball
links:
- "https://tey.be/programma/2025/08/28/mandolinman"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2813"
start: "2025-08-28T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-28T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Belsele
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: free
organisation: "Muziekclub 't Ey"
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Pinewoods Labor Day Weekend
links:
- "https://facone.org/labor-day-weekend/labor-day-weekend.html"
start_date: 2025-08-29
end_date: 2025-09-02
country: USA
state: MA
city: Plymouth
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Dance Camp North
details: "The Dam Beavers with caller Jeremy Korr \nDance Camp North is the signature weekend event of the Contra Borealis Dancers. It takes place on Labor Day weekend each year. There is a dance in Fairbanks Friday evening followed by a dance weekend at the Lost Lake Boy Scout Camp about 60 minutes south of Fairbanks. \nExcellent food, cabins or tent accommodations and bathrooms provided, but you bring your own bedding, up to 110 people enjoy the rural settings with a dance hall, workshop rooms, swimming or boating on Lost Lake, and nice fall hiking with great views of the Tanana River basin. Aurora viewing is a definite possibility."
links:
- "https://contraborealis.org/dance-camp-north/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/dance-camp-north-2025/"
start_date: 2025-08-29
end_date: 2025-09-01
country: USA
state: AK
city: Fairbanks
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- The Dam Beavers
callers:
- Jeremy Korr
organisation: Contra Borealis Dancers
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Halsway Regency Assembley
links:
- "https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/the-halsway-regency-assembly-2025/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/975864893986459/"
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: Dancing Fish
links:
- "https://dancingfish.dance/event/labor-day-weekend-with-howe-company/"
start: "2025-08-29T18:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-08-31T15:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: FL
city: Melrose
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Howe And Company
callers:
- Kenny Greer
price: $15-$30
organisation: Dancing Fish
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Northwest Passage
details: "English Country Dance for experienced dancers, featuring two fabulous bands and callers, great workshop leaders, camper-led activities, and more! \nCallers: Brooke Friendly and Jenny Beer \nBands: \n\nRoguery (Anita Anderson, Dave Bartley, Shira Kammen, Jim Oakden)\nIdlewild (Clara Byom, Jacob Chen, Mirinisa Stewart-Tengco)"
links:
- "https://nwpdancecamp.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/northwest-passage-dance-camp/"
start: "2025-08-29T16:00:00-07:00"
end: "2025-09-01T13:00:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: OR
city: Rhododendron
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Idlewild
- Roguery
callers:
- Brooke Friendly
- Jenny Beer
organisation: Northwest Passage Dance Camp (Portland Country Dance Community)
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: End of Summer Bal
links:
- "https://comsibal.be/en/"
start_date: 2025-08-30
end_date: 2025-08-30
country: Belgium
city: Boutersem
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: ComSiBal
source: events/belgium/comsibal.yaml
- name: Rocky Mountain Rendezvous
links:
- "https://cfootmad.org/rendezvous"
start: "2025-08-29T18:00:00-06:00"
end: "2025-09-01T13:30:00-06:00"
country: USA
state: CO
city: Boulder
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Stove Dragon
- Spintuition
callers:
- Will Mentor
- Alex Deis-Lauby
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: MiniBal at Toitū
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.co.nz/dunedin"
start: "2025-08-31T14:00:00+12:00"
end: "2025-08-31T15:30:00+12:00"
country: New Zealand
city: Dunedin
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: free
organisation: Balfolk Dunedin
source: events/new_zealand/dunedin.yaml
- name: VAN HIER Festival
details: "De tweede editie van het VAN HIER Festival in Westelbeers kent weer een dansvloer en meerdere balfolkoptredens. Dit kleinschalige evenement in de \"achtertuin\" van de Cultuurboerderij in Westelbeers heeft in totaal drie podia waarvan er één met enkel balfolk. De volgende bands zullen daar elk een set gaan spelen:\n\n \tKabál (BE/NL)\n \tParacetamol (NL)\n \tMomiro (NL)\n \tFolie du Nord (NL/BE)\n\nEntree:\n\n \t€20 voorverkoop\n \t€25 aan de kassa"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/van-hier-festival-2025/"
start: "2025-08-31T11:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-08-31T22:30:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Westelbeers
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Folie du Nord
- Kabál
- Momiro
- Paracetamol
price: €20-€25
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: TasContra
links:
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/hobartdances/"
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/monday-night-folk-dances-tascontra/"
- "https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/432472"
start: "2025-09-01T19:15:00+10:00"
end: "2025-09-01T21:30:00+10:00"
country: Australia
state: TAS
city: New Town
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Ross Smithard & Up Jumped Trouble
price: $7-$15
organisation: Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc
source: events/australia/new_town.yaml
- name: Balfolk at Vyšehrad
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/943562807731370/943562861064698/"
start: "2025-09-02T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-02T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-09-02/"
start: "2025-09-02T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-02T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk-Tanzabend
details: Eintritt frei - <b>Unkostenbeitrag erbeten</b>
links:
- "https://www.balfolk-burghausen.de"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/538236682628895/538236695962227/"
start: "2025-09-03T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-03T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Burghausen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: donation
organisation: Balfolk Burghausen
source: events/germany/burghausen.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: Simmelfolk
links:
- "https://dckn.de/simmelfolk-festival/"
start: "2025-09-04T16:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-07T02:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Simmelsdorf
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Akleja
- CLARABAL
- Gribouille
- Indigo
- "Duo l'Hêtre Heureux"
- Le Driadi Duo
- Muckenpensel
- No&Mi
- Viadeyra
price: €99-€150
organisation: Das co-kreative Netzwerk
source: events/germany/simmelfolk.yaml
- name: South Folk Festival
details: Balfolk Freitag und Samstagabend
links:
- "https://bordun.de/kurse/south-folk-festival/"
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/924464593"
start_date: 2025-09-05
end_date: 2025-09-07
country: Germany
city: Balingen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Bordun e.V.
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Bear Hug Dance Camp
links:
- "https://www.missoulafolk.org/bearhug"
start_date: 2025-09-05
end_date: 2025-09-07
country: USA
state: MT
city: Rollins
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Countercurrent
- Banna Damhsa
callers:
- Michael Karcher
- Emily Faulkner
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Bear Hug Contra Dance Weekend
details: "Get ready to contra dance, sing, swim, canoe, and play music at the 2025 Bear Hug Mountain Festival weekend on the shores of Montana’s Flathead Lake! The bands, Countercurrent and Banna Damhsa, will be providing music to the calling of Michael Karcher and Emily Faulkner. \nSingles, couples, families, and all ages are welcome! Entertainment, meals, and lodging (shared cabins, or tent and RV camping) are included. Registration fees are on a sliding scale from $250-$305, all-inclusive for the weekend. We also offer a Student rate."
links:
- "https://cdss.org/event/bear-hug-contra-dance-weekend/"
start_date: 2025-09-05
end_date: 2025-09-07
country: USA
state: MT
city: Rollins
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Banna Damhsa
- Countercurrent
callers:
- Emily Faulkner
- Michael Karcher
price: $250-$305
organisation: Missoula Folklore Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Contra Dance + Potluck
links:
- "https://contradance.at/"
start: "2025-09-05T17:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-05T21:30:00+02:00"
country: Austria
city: Graz
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Woodcut
callers:
- Brian Roberts
organisation: Contra Dance in Graz
source: events/austria/graz-contra.yaml
- name: Balfolk Bonn
links:
- "http://balfolk-bonn.de/balfolk/Tanzaktivitaten.html"
start: "2025-09-05T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-05T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Bonn
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- RÜ
price: €15-€20
organisation: Balfolk Bonn e.V.
source: events/germany/bonn.yaml
- name: Mit-Tanzen
details: "Mit-Tanzen.....ist, wenn die Schwerkraft Freizeit hat! Ob Geigenbögen oder Tanzschuhe, alles bewegt sich im Klang und wenn Augenpaare ihre Lachfalten zeigen, haben wir alles richtig gemacht.\r\n\r\nMusik\r\nEvelyn Fink-Mennel, Irma-Maria Troy, Matthias Härtel\r\nund alle, die ihr Instrument mitbringen\r\n\r\nTanzend voran Aleksandra Vohl, Arndt Rössler\r\n\r\nOrganisation Natalie Begle"
links:
- "https://bewegungsmelder.in/"
start: "2025-09-05T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-05T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Austria
city: Dornbirn
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- bewegungsmelder
price: donation
organisation: bewegungsmelder
source: events/austria/dornbirn.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: Big Branch Festival
links:
- "https://www.balfolktoronto.com/bigbranch"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/2831034740401608/"
- "https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/big-branch-balfolk-gathering--2025"
start: "2025-09-05T16:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-09-07T16:00:00-04:00"
country: Canada
state: Ontario
city: Bancroft
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Corentin Boizot-Blaise
- Dixit
- Hypnosis Negative
- Naragonia
- Tangi Lion
price: $250-$350
organisation: Balfolk Toronto
source: events/canada/toronto.yaml
- name: Skandia First Friday LIVE
details: "<html-blob><u></u><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br><br>Teaching: 7:30-8:30 p.m. No partner is required. </html-blob><br><html-blob><br><u></u></html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2025-09-05T19:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-09-05T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.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: ContraStock
links:
- "https://fsgw.org/contrastock"
start: "2025-09-07T13:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-09-07T22:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: MD
city: Glen Echo
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Good Company
- The Gigmeisters
- Alex Cumming & Audrey Jaber
callers:
- Alex Deis-Lauby
- Will Mentor
- Rick Mohr
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Balfolk at Vyšehrad
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/943562807731370/943562867731364/"
start: "2025-09-09T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-09T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-09-09/"
start: "2025-09-09T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-09T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Folkbal Wilhelmina
details: "Folkbal Wilhelmina - A cat's Tale (BE), De Belgische formatie A cat's Tale speelt ten bal op het eerste folkbalavond na de zomer. Met natuurlijk dansuitleg door Bo en Paul vooraf."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/folkbal-wilhelmina-a-cats-tale-be/"
start: "2025-09-10T20:15:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-10T23:30:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Eindhoven
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- "A Cat's Tale"
price: €10
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Echo Summit
links:
- "https://sactocds.wordpress.com/special-events/echo-summit-dance-camp-2025"
start_date: 2025-09-12
end_date: 2025-09-14
country: USA
state: CA
city: Sacremento
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Countercurrent
- Thunderwing
callers:
- Lindsey Dono
- Michael Karcher
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Cleveland Butterfly Twirl
details: "An exciting weekend dance, in Cleveland, with two wonderful bands: George Paul and Playing with Fire, & Tom Cunningham and Hot Coffee Breakdown. Two wonderful callers: Gaye Fifer and Darlene Underwood. Sound by Hanno. We’d love you and your friends to join us for a dance weekend of smiling faces, joyous laughter, wonderful music, hands four, friendship and community."
links:
- "https://www.clevelandbutterflytwirl.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/cleveland-butterfly-twirl/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1279189076745356/"
start_date: 2025-09-12
end_date: 2025-09-14
country: USA
state: OH
city: Chagrin Falls
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Hot Coffee Breakdown
- Playing with Fyre
callers:
- Carol Kopp
- Darlene Underwood
- Gaye Fifer
- Michael Hamilton
price: $130
organisation: CDSS
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: 32e Folk Festival Marsinne
links:
- "https://www.folkfestivalmarsinne.be/en_GB"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/459129973798620/"
start: "2025-09-12T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-14T23:45:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Marsinne
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Musiques et Traditions
source: events/belgium/marsinne.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: Balfolk im Städtli
links:
- "https://balsoleil.ch/balfolk-in-lichtensteig/"
start: "2025-09-13T17:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-13T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Switzerland
city: Lichtensteig
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Verspielt
price: 35 CHF
organisation: BalSoleil
source: events/switzerland/lichtensteig.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: Balfolk Köln
links:
- "https://www.lutherkirche-suedstadt.de/veranstaltungen/bal-folk-mitmachtanz-30/"
- "https://www.balfolk-koeln.de/"
- "https://www.balfolk-koeln.de/veranstaltungen/balfolk-lutherkirche-11"
start: "2025-09-14T16:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-14T20:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Cologne
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Viernheim Jam
price: €12-€17
organisation: Balfolk Köln
source: events/germany/cologne.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: TasContra
links:
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/hobartdances/"
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/monday-night-folk-dances-tascontra/"
- "https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/432472"
start: "2025-09-15T19:15:00+10:00"
end: "2025-09-15T21:30:00+10:00"
country: Australia
state: TAS
city: New Town
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Ross Smithard & Up Jumped Trouble
price: $7-$15
organisation: Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc
source: events/australia/new_town.yaml
- name: Balfolk at Vyšehrad
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/943562807731370/943562874398030/"
start: "2025-09-16T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-16T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-09-16/"
start: "2025-09-16T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-16T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Bal
details: Ball
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/cabalfolk/posts/pfbid02D2wd2wGjpKQ4ivouoj9UWgeGVdmWjorePSGDBjo4MsbcaGiteuVrPauoA9oY9q4vl"
- "https://www.cabalfolk.be/"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2748"
start_date: 2025-09-19
end_date: 2025-09-19
country: Belgium
city: Kortrijk
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Kabál
- Duo Gambetta-Sanczuk
organisation: CaBal
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Feet Retreat
links:
- "https://www.feetretreat.com/feet-retreat-2025/"
start_date: 2025-09-19
end_date: 2025-09-21
country: USA
state: NC
city: Ellerbe
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Supertrad
- River Road
callers:
- Will Mentor
- Cis Hinkle
- Emily Rush
- Gaye Fifer
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Squirrel Moon Contra Dance weekend
links:
- "http://www.squirrelmoon.org/"
start_date: 2025-09-19
end_date: 2025-09-21
country: USA
state: WI
city: Dodgeville
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Lift Ticket
callers:
- Lisa Greenleaf
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Wasatch Wiggle
links:
- "https://wasatchcontras.org/ww/"
start_date: 2025-09-19
end_date: 2025-09-21
country: USA
state: UT
city: Salt Lake City
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Countercurrent
callers:
- Alex Deis-Lauby
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: 5ème Festival des Bals Combiers
links:
- "https://www.lesbalscombiers.ch"
start: "2025-09-19T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-21T18:00:00+02:00"
country: Switzerland
city: Lausanne
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Les Bals Combiers
source: events/switzerland/lesbalscombiers.yaml
- name: Fandango! 2025
details: "English Country Dance weekend with Susan Kevra and Alchemy (Eric Martin, violin; Rachel Bell, accordion; Karen Axelrod, piano)"
links:
- "https://ecdatlanta.org/fandango/2025/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/fandango-2025/"
start: "2025-09-19T18:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-09-21T13:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: GA
city: Decatur
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Alchemy
callers:
- Susan Kevra
price: $65-$165
organisation: CDSS
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Chehalis Contra Dance Camp
details: "Join us at Hatzic Lake for the Chehalis contra dance camp. We feed you and give you a bed; all you have to do is dance, play music, and visit with friends. This year we have callers Jeremy Korr and Koren Wake; and bands Joyride and The Free Raisins."
links:
- "https://chehalisdancecamp.com/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/chehalis-contra-dance-camp/"
start: "2025-09-19T18:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-09-21T15:00:00-07:00"
country: Canada
state: BC
city: Vancouver
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Joyride
- The Free Raisins
callers:
- Jeremy Korr
- Koren Wake
price: $300-$450
organisation: Chehalis Contra Dance Camp (Vancouver Contra Dance)
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Skandia Third Friday dance LIVE
details: "<html-blob><br><br>Teaching: 8:10-8:25 p.m. <br><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br>Music TBA</html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2025-09-19T19:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-09-19T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.yaml
- name: Spanish Dance Workshop and Bal Hoorn
details: "Start 12:15\nEind 15:15\nThema: Fandango, Arin Arin en andere spaanse dansen\n\n15:30 - 16:30 - Dance instructie\n16:45 - 18:45 - Band 1\n18:45 - 19:45 - Potluck picnic\n20:00 - 22:00 - Band 2\n22:00 - 23:30 - Sessie / Afterparty\n\nMeer info volgt"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/workshop-spaanse-dansen/"
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/bal-hoorn/"
start: "2025-09-20T12:15:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-20T23:30:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Hoorn
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: BAL Des 40 Ans De RZF
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2508"
start: "2025-09-20T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-21T00:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Alleur
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Balbuzar
- Tref
organisation: "Rif Zans L'Fiesse"
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: "Le P'tit Bal du Harby"
details: Ball
links:
- "https://pasdlayau.be/"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2465"
- "https://lolfolk.e-monsite.com/agenda/assemblees-generales/bal-folk-a-quevaucamps-belg.html"
start: "2025-09-20T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-20T23:59:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Quevaucamps
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Lol Folk
price: €10
organisation: "Pas d'La Yau"
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: Tanztag Tübingen (Salzstadel)
details: Anja von Richthofen
links:
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/1026324454"
start: "2025-09-21T14:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-21T18:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Tübingen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Balfolk-Orga-Kalender
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Balfolk Social
details: "Balfolk op zondag\nDe Mezrab host iedere derde zondag van de maand het leukste Balfolkfeestje van Amsterdam. Bestel hier alvast een ticket en kom dansen op de livemuziek van ... en ....\n\nTicket\n- Voorverkoop: 16 euro\n- Aan de deur: 18 euro\nTickets >>>\n\nProgramma\n16:15 Deuren open16:30 Dansworkshop voor beginners\n17:30 Bal met ...\n18:00 Pauze (soep en desserttafel)\n19:00 Bal met ...21:00 Sessie\n\nEten en drinken\nWe organiseren een desserttafel. Het is een potluck zoals je gewend bent, maar enkel met zoetigheden Voor de hartige maaltijd kan je nog steeds terecht aan de bar van de Mezrab. Ze hebben een heerlijke Iraanse linzensoep. Ook drankjes bestel je aan de bar. Water is gratis verkrijgbaar. Als service aan de dansers zet het personeel kannen water klaar.\nBands\n\n \t...\n\n\n\nBeschrijving volgt\n\n\n\n \t...\n\nBeschrijving volgt\n\nLocatie\nMezrab draagt Balfolk een warm hart toe en nodigt ons iedere maand uit te komen dansen. Je kunt in de Mezrab op andere dagen vooral terecht voor storytelling. Het café dient als inspiratiebron voor vele theaters, centra, musea en festivals om ook storytelling te programmeren. Mezrab programmeert meerdere keren per week regelmatig vertelavonden. Op de andere avonden wordt storytelling gecombineerd met andere kunstdisciplines (dans, beeldende kunst, poëzie, etc.) en een wereldmuziekprogramma.\n\nEr is plek voor zo'n 100 dansers.\n\nAdres:\nMezrab\nVeemkade 576\n1019 BL Amsterdam\n\nFotocredit\nBalfolk Amsterdam"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-op-zondag-september-2025/"
start: "2025-09-21T16:15:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-21T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Amsterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €16-€18
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Bal Folk
details: "Emily and the Simons Ausdrucksstark und improvisatorisch, voller Leidenschaft, Zärtlichkeit und Verspieltheit. Das anglo-belgisches Balfolk-Trio spielt mit Konzertgitarre, Akkordeon und Geige nicht nur in einer für Bal Folk einmaligen Besetzung. Es ist vielmehr so, als hätten die Instrumente ein Eigenleben: Die verschiedenen Stimmen und Klangfarben umwerben und nähern sich vorsichtig, immer darauf achtend sich zu unterstützen und Raum zu geben. Und manchmal treffen sie sich zu einer großen Party. Ihr Stil ist ausdrucksstark und improvisatorisch, voller Leidenschaft, Zartheit und Verspieltheit. Oft geben Emilys Kompositionen die Themen vor, inspiriert von Begegnungen des Lebens und der Energie des Tanzbodens. Daraus ergibt sich ein weitreichendes Repertoire – von exquisiten, sinnlichen Mazurkas bis hin zu fröhlichen, treibenden Bourrées. Emily Bowden: Geige Simon Dumpleton: chromatisches Akkordeon Simon Laffineur: Konzertgitarre Zum Nachhören: https://emilyandthesimons.bandcamp.com/album/firelight Webseite: http://emilyandthesimons.com"
links:
- "https://folkclub-marburg.de"
start: "2025-09-21T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-21T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Marburg
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Emily & The Simons
organisation: Folkclub Marburg
source: events/germany/marburg.yaml
- name: Discoavond
details: "De discoavonden van Balfolk Amsterdam zijn de ideale manier om op een laagdrempelige en ontspannen manier Balfolk te oefenen. Het is altijd super gezellig, dus kom ook langs!"
links:
- "https://balfolkamsterdam.nl/discoavond-najaar-2025"
- "https://www.plug.events/event/discoavond1"
start: "2025-09-22T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-22T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Amsterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: €7.50
organisation: Balfolk Amsterdam
source: events/netherlands/plug_balfolk.yaml
- name: Balfolk at Vyšehrad
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/943562807731370/943562877731363/"
start: "2025-09-23T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-23T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-09-23/"
start: "2025-09-23T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-23T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Bal
links:
- "https://www.folktanz-halle.de/tanzhal/termine.html"
start: "2025-09-24T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-24T22:30:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Halle
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Emily & The Simons
organisation: Folktanz Halle
source: events/germany/halle.yaml
- name: Balfolk Café Nijmegen
details: "Balfolk Cafe is livemuziek, tussendoor fijne balfolkhitjes en natuurlijk sessie: dus neem ook je instrumenten mee!\n\n\nEntree: € 15,- (of € 10,- voor mensen die kortingstarief nodig hebben)\nGeef ruim, alles gaat 100% naar de muzikanten.\n\n20:00 dans uitleg\n21:00 Livemuziek (2 sets)\n(Tijden onder voorbehoud)"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-cafe-nijmegen-in-september/"
start: "2025-09-24T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-24T23:59:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Nijmegen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €10-€15
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Balhalla
details: Ball
links:
- "https://www.balhalla.be/en/event/bal-with-duo-gestrikt"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2843"
start: "2025-09-25T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-25T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Gent
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Duo Gestrikt
price: €10-€18
organisation: Balhalla
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Cascade Contras
links:
- "https://eugenefolklore.org/cascade-contras-on-the-river/"
start_date: 2025-09-26
end_date: 2025-09-28
country: USA
state: OR
city: Springfield
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Anadama
- Countercurrent
callers:
- Isaac Banner
- Adina Gordon
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Adirondack Dance Weekend
details: "A weekend of Contra, English Country and Balfolk dancing, tucked into the Adirondack Mountains on the shores of Lake George. Featuring Will Mentor, River Road, Gaye Fifer and more to be announced. Dance, sing, jam, hike, swim, kayak and more."
links:
- "https://www.danceflurry.org/adirondack-dance-weekend/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/adirondack-dance-weekend/"
start_date: 2025-09-26
end_date: 2025-09-28
country: USA
state: NY
city: Silver Bay
styles:
- balfolk
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- River Road
- Lighthouse
- Eloise & Co.
callers:
- Gaye Fifer
- Will Mentor
organisation: DanceFlurry
source: events/usa/cdss.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: Infinitumbal
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/2357412704635133/"
- "https://tickets.paysera.com/en/event/infinitumball-2025"
start: "2025-09-26T12:00:00+03:00"
end: "2025-09-28T23:55:00+03:00"
country: Lithuania
city: Vilnius
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Naragonia
- Rahu the Fool
- Monsieur Fruits
- "Duo l'Hêtre Heureux"
- Kola Camoma
- Gediminas Plėšnys
- Mikas Dominas
- SuLa
price: €100-€140
organisation: "Šok, mėgaukis ir dalinkis"
source: events/lithuania/vilnius.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: TANZhaus WABE
details: Weitere Informationen folgen…
links:
- "https://spreefolk.de/events/wabe2025-09"
start: "2025-09-26T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-26T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Berlin
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Emily & The Simons
- Duo Wolff-Moschcau
organisation: Spreefolk e.V.
source: events/germany/spreefolk.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: Bal Unique
details: 1 day balfolk festival in Switzerland.
links:
- "https://balunique.ch/"
start: "2025-09-27T10:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-28T03:00:00+02:00"
country: Switzerland
city: Vevey
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- No&Mi
- Snaarmaarwaar
- Le Mange Bal
price: 28-65 CHF
organisation: Les Grands bals de Lausanne
source: events/switzerland/vevey.yaml
- name: Balfolk
details: LAG Tanz BW
links:
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/923211553"
start: "2025-09-27T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-27T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Kirchheim
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Ballkanesen
organisation: Anja von Richthofen
source: events/germany/kalender.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: MiniBal at Toitū
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.co.nz/dunedin"
start: "2025-09-28T14:00:00+13:00"
end: "2025-09-28T15:30:00+13:00"
country: New Zealand
city: Dunedin
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: free
organisation: Balfolk Dunedin
source: events/new_zealand/dunedin.yaml
- name: Tanztag balfolk in Lautenbach
details: "Ultra Tagada, La bonne suope"
links:
- "https://danseinfo.ch/agenda/7800/balfolk-am-bodensee?jour=28-09-2025"
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/859391792"
start: "2025-09-28T11:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-28T21:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Großschönach
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- La Bonne Soupe
- Ultra Tagada
organisation: Sönke
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Balfolk at Vyšehrad
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/943562807731370/943562871064697/"
start: "2025-09-30T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-30T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-09-30/"
start: "2025-09-30T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-09-30T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk-Tanzabend
details: Eintritt frei - <b>Unkostenbeitrag erbeten</b>
links:
- "https://www.balfolk-burghausen.de"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/538236682628895/538236692628894/"
start: "2025-10-01T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-01T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Burghausen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: donation
organisation: Balfolk Burghausen
source: events/germany/burghausen.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: Annabergfest
links:
- "http://balfolk-bonn.de/balfolk/Tanzaktivitaten.html"
start_date: 2025-10-02
end_date: 2025-10-05
country: Germany
city: Bonn
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Bouton
- Noiranomis
- DiaTon
- Emily & The Simons
- Havok
- NoLa
- Out of the Box
organisation: Balfolk Bonn e.V.
source: events/germany/bonn.yaml
- name: Moondance Dance Weekend
links:
- "https://moondancesc.weebly.com/"
start_date: 2025-10-03
end_date: 2025-10-05
country: USA
state: SC
city: Pickens
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Lagomorph Quartet
- Good & Plenty
callers:
- Bob Isaacs
- Diane Silver
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Lady of the Lake Fall Camp
links:
- "http://www.ladyofthelake.org/fallwend/"
start_date: 2025-10-03
end_date: 2025-10-05
country: USA
state: ID
city: Harrison
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Stringrays
- Dog Paw
callers:
- Susan Petrick
- William Watson
price: $235-$395
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Contra Dance + Potluck
links:
- "https://contradance.at/"
start: "2025-10-03T17:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-03T21:30:00+02:00"
country: Austria
city: Graz
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Woodcut
callers:
- Brian Roberts
organisation: Contra Dance in Graz
source: events/austria/graz-contra.yaml
- name: XVIII Bailando Entre Montañas
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1407479210247988/"
start: "2025-10-03T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-05T17:00:00+02:00"
country: Spain
city: Cercedilla
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Folqué Madrid
source: events/spain/folquemadrid.yaml
- name: Mit-Tanzen
details: "Mit-Tanzen.....ist, wenn die Schwerkraft Freizeit hat! Ob Geigenbögen oder Tanzschuhe, alles bewegt sich im Klang und wenn Augenpaare ihre Lachfalten zeigen, haben wir alles richtig gemacht.\r\nMit-Tanzen findet im Rahmen \"Pforte für Alle!\" statt in Kooperation mit der Stella Musikhochschule\r\n\r\nMusik\r\nEvelyn Fink-Mennel, Irma-Maria Troy, Matthias Härtel\r\nund alle, die ihr Instrument mitbringen\r\n\r\nTanzend voran Aleksandra Vohl, Arndt Rössler\r\n\r\nOrganisation Natalie Begle"
links:
- "https://bewegungsmelder.in/"
start: "2025-10-03T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-03T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Austria
city: Feldkirch
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- bewegungsmelder
price: donation
organisation: bewegungsmelder
source: events/austria/feldkirch.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: Dancing Fish
links:
- "https://dancingfish.dance/event/alexandra-deis-lauby-and-free-raisins/"
start: "2025-10-03T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-10-04T21:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: FL
city: Melrose
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- The Free Raisins
callers:
- Alex Deis-Lauby
price: $15-$30
organisation: Dancing Fish
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Skandia First Friday LIVE
details: "<html-blob><u></u><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br><br>Teaching: 7:30-8:30 p.m. No partner is required. </html-blob><br><html-blob><br><u></u></html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2025-10-03T19:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-10-03T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.yaml
- name: Festibal — een balfolk happening
details: "WAT KUN JE VERWACHTEN\nDe sfeer van een meerdaags festival, maar dan in één dag. Dat is festibal. Het is een echte balfolk happening. CanDance Studios heeft een prachtige Grand Ballroom voor 400 dansers en een fijne houten dansvloer, een bar en aparte workshopruimtes.\n\nKom dansen en geniet van heerlijke muziek, toffe workshops en leuke extra’s.\n\n★ Geen vaste danspartner nodig\n★ Je hoeft geen danservaring of speciale kleding te hebben om mee te doen\n★ Makkelijk te bereiken en fijne danslocatie\n★ Live muziek van de beste Balfolk muzikanten\n★ Een muzikale reis met rustige, soms romantische muziek afgewisseld met energieke nummers\n★ Overwegend de acht eenvoudig te leren basisdansen: Jig (mixer), Scottish (partnerdans), Mazurka (partnerdans), Tovercirkel (mixer), Andro (groepsdans), Hanterdro (groepsdans), Wals (partnerdans) en Bourrée (rij van paren)\nDATUM\nZondag 5 oktober 2025\nTICKETS\nInfo volgt\nPROGRAMMA\nInfo volgt\n\n(Geluidstechniek door ....)\nWORKSHOPS\n★ Beginners workshop \n\nInfo volgt\n\n★ Betaalde workshop\n\nInfo volgt\nLOCATIE\nCanDance Studios: Isolatorweg 28, 1014 AS Amsterdam\n\nJe parkeert gratis in de straten rondom de locatie. Het is makkelijk bereikbaar met het OV. Je loopt er vanaf Station Amsterdam Sloterdijk naartoe in +/-15 minuten. Of pakt de bus die iedere 10 minuten vanaf het station vertrekt.\nNIEUW IN BALFOLK?\nBalfolk is een social dance. Vergelijkbaar met Salsa, Tango of Lindyhop, maar dan op West-Europese volksmuziek. Bij balfolk geen shows of competitie, gewoon lekker dansen zoals ze dat vroeger op dorpsfeesten en bruiloften deden. Met familie en vrienden. Van jong tot oud. Iedereen danst mee. Je hebt geen vaste partner nodig. Je kunt iedereen ten dans vragen. Én je kunt door iedereen ten dans worden gevraagd. Of je stapt zelf in bij een van de groepsdansen.\n\nIn Balfolk is iedereen welkom om te komen dansen. Je hoeft geen danservaring te hebben om mee te kunnen doen. Je mag zijn we je bent en je hoeft geen speciale kleding of schoenen te hebben.\n\nWe willen graag dat iedereen zich bij ons vrij voelt om zichzelf te zijn en zich veilig voelt om aan te geven wat ze nodig hebben. Daarom vinden we het belangrijk dat iedereen die naar een Balfolk evenement komt op de hoogte is van een aantal dansrichtlijnen.\nhttps://www.balfolk.nl/informatie/dansrichtlijnen/"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/festibal-een-balfolk-happening-3/"
start: "2025-10-05T13:15:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-05T22:30:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Amsterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: TasContra
links:
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/hobartdances/"
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/monday-night-folk-dances-tascontra/"
- "https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/432472"
start: "2025-10-06T19:15:00+11:00"
end: "2025-10-06T21:30:00+11:00"
country: Australia
state: TAS
city: New Town
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Ross Smithard & Up Jumped Trouble
price: $7-$15
organisation: Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc
source: events/australia/new_town.yaml
- name: Autumn Contra Dance Week
links:
- "https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/autumn-contra-dance-week-2025/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1276963677404752/"
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: Discoavond
details: "De discoavonden van Balfolk Amsterdam zijn de ideale manier om op een laagdrempelige en ontspannen manier Balfolk te oefenen. Het is altijd super gezellig, dus kom ook langs!"
links:
- "https://balfolkamsterdam.nl/discoavond-najaar-2025-06-10-2025"
- "https://www.plug.events/event/discoavond1"
start: "2025-10-06T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-06T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Amsterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: €7.50
organisation: Balfolk Amsterdam
source: events/netherlands/plug_balfolk.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-10-07/"
start: "2025-10-07T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-07T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Folkbal Wilhelmina
details: "Na de vuurdoop op het VAN HIER Festival deze zomer komt de band Kabál ook in ons eigen Wilhelmina spelen!\n\nVooraf dansuitleg door Bo en Paul."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/folkbal-wilhelmina-kabal-be-nl/"
start: "2025-10-08T20:15:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-08T23:30:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Eindhoven
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Kabál
price: €10
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: John C Campbell Fall Dance Weekend
links:
- "https://folkschool.configio.com/pd/3332/fall-dance-weekend-long-weekend"
start_date: 2025-10-09
end_date: 2025-10-12
country: USA
state: NC
city: Brasstown
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Supertrad
callers:
- Wendy Graham
- Carol Sersland
price: $235
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Harvest Moon
links:
- "https://www.sbcds.org/hm/"
start_date: 2025-10-10
end_date: 2025-10-12
country: USA
state: CA
city: Santa Barbara
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- The Gaslight Tinkers
- Topspin
callers:
- Rick Mohr
- Anna Rain
price: $95-$195
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Mountain Madness
links:
- "https://historicjonesboroughdancesociety.net"
start_date: 2025-10-10
end_date: 2025-10-12
country: USA
state: TN
city: Jonesborough
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: NAIF Balfolk Festival
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1358828715118214/"
- "https://www.neapolisbalfolk.it/"
start: "2025-10-10T16:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-12T19:30:00+02:00"
country: Italy
city: Sorrento
styles:
- balfolk
- italian
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Neapolis Balfolk
source: events/italy/naples.yaml
- name: Folkfest Hohnstein
details: Tanzfest auf Burg Hohnstein in der Sächsischen Schweiz
links:
- "https://www.folkfest-hohnstein.de/"
start: "2025-10-10T17:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-12T13:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Hohnstein
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Folktanz Dresden e.V.
source: events/germany/dresden.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: Workshop Swedish und Bal Folk in der TanzEtage
details: "20:30 Bal mit YanYana und Sigmar Gothe,Lucas und Elke Workshop 16:00-20:00 Swedish mit Sture Göranson, Susanne und Sigmar Gothe"
links:
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/912322855"
start: "2025-10-11T16:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-11T23:30:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Gomaringen
styles:
- balfolk
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Sigmar Gothe
- YanYana
organisation: Silvia Fuchs
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Bal Folk RZF
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2509"
start: "2025-10-11T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-12T00:30:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Alleur
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Manäcken
- Fublène
organisation: "Rif Zans L'Fiesse"
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: Balfolk Wilde Wereld Wageningen
details: "Kom dansen op ons najaars-zondagbal!\nIn ieder geval komen de huisbands Madlot en de Houtzagerij ten dans spelen.\nWe nodigen ook elke keer een gastgroep uit. Meer informatie hierover volgt nog.\n\nEn: we hebben een open podium. Dus wil je graag eens een kort setje ten dans spelen, dan ben je welkom! Graag even van te voren melden, zodat we een mooi programma kunnen maken.\n\nOmdat het een bal op zondag is, hebben we halverwege het bal een potluck. Leuk als je iets te eten meeneemt om samen met anderen te delen."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-wilde-wereld-wageningen-6/"
start: "2025-10-12T15:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-12T21:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Wageningen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- De Houtzagerij
- Madlot
price: €7.50
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk Köln
links:
- "https://www.balfolk-koeln.de/"
- "https://www.balfolk-koeln.de/veranstaltungen/balfolk-lutherkirche-12"
start: "2025-10-12T16:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-12T20:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Cologne
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- SkALD
price: €12-€17
organisation: Balfolk Köln
source: events/germany/cologne.yaml
- name: Bal De La Cabane Du Bout Du Monde
details: Ball
links:
- "http://chti-folkeux.chez-alice.fr/indexB.htm"
- "https://www.facebook.com/viorelband/"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2619"
start: "2025-10-12T16:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-12T21:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Watermaal-Bosvoorde
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Viorel
price: €7-€12
organisation: ~
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: Minibal
details: "Minibal mit Airboxes \n \n \nAirboxes is atmospheric dance music brought to you by Bert Leemans and Guus Herremans on chromatic and diatonic accordion. \nBert (chromatic) and Guus (diatonic) are a perfect match, the different sounds of their instruments blend together in everything they play and take you on a journey to a magical world. \nAirboxes solely play their own compositions. The variation in intimate solos and colourful interplay makes for an all-encompassing totality. \nAirboxes are two men, two accordions, one story."
links:
- "https://7schritt.de/kalender/minibal-mit-airboxes/"
start: "2025-10-13T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-13T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Freiburg i. Br
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Airboxes
price: donation
organisation: Siebenschritt e.V.
source: events/germany/freiburg_i_br.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-10-14/"
start: "2025-10-14T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-14T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balhalla
details: Ball
links:
- "https://www.balhalla.be/en/event/bal-with-ragaeri"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2844"
start: "2025-10-16T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-16T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Gent
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Ragaeri
price: €10-€18
organisation: Balhalla
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Columbus English Country Dance Weekend
details: "English country dance weekend in Columbus, Ohio with music by Jacqueline Schwab, Mary Lea, Earl Gaddis, and Dan Beerbohm and calling by Beverly Francis and Dan Blim. (More details coming.)"
links:
- "https://cdss.org/event/columbus-english-country-dance-weekend/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/507713561953486/"
start_date: 2025-10-17
end_date: 2025-10-19
country: USA
state: OH
city: Colombus
styles:
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
callers:
- Beverly Francis
- Dan Blim
organisation: English Country Dancers of Columbus
source: events/usa/cdss.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: Folkirrika Festival
details: Balfolk & Basque dances festival in the Basque Country
links:
- "https://folkirrika.eus/"
start: "2025-10-17T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-19T20:00:00+02:00"
country: Spain
city: Kuartango
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Folkirrika
source: events/spain/kuartango.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: Pittsburgh Fall Dance Weekend
details: "Mark your calendars now to join us once again in the heart of Pittsburgh for our annual Fall Dance Weekend, happening Oct 17–19, 2025 at the Wightman School community building in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood! Dance all weekend long to music by \n\nThe Dam Beavers (Ben Schreiber, Scotty Leach, Ness Smith-Savedoff)\nTopspin (Anna Patton, Owen Morrison, Emily Troll, Stefan Amidon)\n\nwith calling by \n\nGaye Fifer and\n\nWill Mentor\n\nWatch this space for more details as they become known. Registration is expected to open by summer. \n$120 early admission, $75 for dancers under 25. After September 30 or at the door: add $20; $75 for financial need."
links:
- "https://pittsburghcontra.org/fdw/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/pittsburgh-fall-dance-weekend/"
start: "2025-10-17T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-10-19T15:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: PA
city: Pittsburgh
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- The Dam Beavers
- Topspin
callers:
- Gaye Fifer
- Will Mentor
price: $75-$140
organisation: Pittsburgh Contra Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Skandia Third Friday dance LIVE
details: "<html-blob><br><br>Teaching: 8:10-8:25 p.m. <br><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br>Music TBA</html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2025-10-17T19:30:00-07:00"
end: "2025-10-17T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.yaml
- name: Herbstball
details: "Tanzkurs mit Koen Dhont: Schottisch und Mazurka für Fortgeschrittene. \nKursbegleitung Accords Perdus. \nBall mit Accords Perdus und …??? \n \nWeitere Details und Anmeldung folgen in Kürze!"
links:
- "https://7schritt.de/kalender/herbstball/"
start: "2025-10-18T14:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-19T14:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Freiburg i. Br
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Accords Perdus
organisation: Siebenschritt e.V.
source: events/germany/freiburg_i_br.yaml
- name: Groot Bal Antwerpen
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2758"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1845286526222851/"
start: "2025-10-18T15:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-18T22:30:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Antwerp
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: BalAFolk
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Tanzhaus Tübingen
details: Balkan-Balfolk mit den Ballkanesen (Anja von Richthofen)
links:
- "https://ballkanesen.webador.de/unsere-termine"
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/1026321271"
start: "2025-10-18T17:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-18T23:30:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Tübingen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Ballkanesen
price: donation
organisation: Balfolk-Orga-Kalender
source: events/germany/kalender.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: MiniBal at Toitū
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.co.nz/dunedin"
start: "2025-10-19T14:00:00+13:00"
end: "2025-10-19T15:30:00+13:00"
country: New Zealand
city: Dunedin
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: free
organisation: Balfolk Dunedin
source: events/new_zealand/dunedin.yaml
- name: Tanztag in Lautenbach
details: "Naragonia und Duo L'Hetre hereux"
links:
- "https://danseinfo.ch/agenda/7801/balfolk-am-bodensee?jour=19-10-2025"
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/859394453"
start: "2025-10-19T11:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-19T21:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Großschönach
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Naragonia
- "Duo l'Hêtre Heureux"
organisation: Sönke
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Balfolk Social
details: "Balfolk op zondag\nDe Mezrab host iedere derde zondag van de maand het leukste Balfolkfeestje van Amsterdam. Bestel hier alvast een ticket en kom dansen op de livemuziek van ... en ....\n\nTicket\n- Voorverkoop: 16 euro\n- Aan de deur: 18 euro\nTickets >>>\n\nProgramma\n16:15 Deuren open16:30 Dansworkshop voor beginners\n17:30 Bal met ...\n18:00 Pauze (soep en desserttafel)\n19:00 Bal met ...21:00 Sessie\n\nEten en drinken\nWe organiseren een desserttafel. Het is een potluck zoals je gewend bent, maar enkel met zoetigheden Voor de hartige maaltijd kan je nog steeds terecht aan de bar van de Mezrab. Ze hebben een heerlijke Iraanse linzensoep. Ook drankjes bestel je aan de bar. Water is gratis verkrijgbaar. Als service aan de dansers zet het personeel kannen water klaar.\nBands\n\n \t...\n\n\n\nBeschrijving volgt\n\n\n\n \t...\n\nBeschrijving volgt\n\nLocatie\nMezrab draagt Balfolk een warm hart toe en nodigt ons iedere maand uit te komen dansen. Je kunt in de Mezrab op andere dagen vooral terecht voor storytelling. Het café dient als inspiratiebron voor vele theaters, centra, musea en festivals om ook storytelling te programmeren. Mezrab programmeert meerdere keren per week regelmatig vertelavonden. Op de andere avonden wordt storytelling gecombineerd met andere kunstdisciplines (dans, beeldende kunst, poëzie, etc.) en een wereldmuziekprogramma.\n\nEr is plek voor zo'n 100 dansers.\n\nAdres:\nMezrab\nVeemkade 576\n1019 BL Amsterdam\n\nFotocredit\nBalfolk Amsterdam"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-op-zondag-oktober-2025/"
start: "2025-10-19T16:15:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-19T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Amsterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €16-€18
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: TasContra
links:
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/hobartdances/"
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/monday-night-folk-dances-tascontra/"
- "https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/432472"
start: "2025-10-20T19:15:00+11:00"
end: "2025-10-20T21:30:00+11:00"
country: Australia
state: TAS
city: New Town
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Ross Smithard & Up Jumped Trouble
price: $7-$15
organisation: Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc
source: events/australia/new_town.yaml
- name: Discoavond
details: "De discoavonden van Balfolk Amsterdam zijn de ideale manier om op een laagdrempelige en ontspannen manier Balfolk te oefenen. Het is altijd super gezellig, dus kom ook langs!"
links:
- "https://balfolkamsterdam.nl/discoavond-najaar-2025-20-10-2025"
- "https://www.plug.events/event/discoavond1"
start: "2025-10-20T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-20T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Amsterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: €7.50
organisation: Balfolk Amsterdam
source: events/netherlands/plug_balfolk.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-10-21/"
start: "2025-10-21T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-21T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk Café Nijmegen
details: "Balfolk Cafe is livemuziek, tussendoor fijne balfolkhitjes en natuurlijk sessie: dus neem ook je instrumenten mee!\n\n\nEntree: € 15,- (of € 10,- voor mensen die kortingstarief nodig hebben)\nGeef ruim, alles gaat 100% naar de muzikanten.\n\n20:00 dans uitleg\n21:00 Livemuziek (2 sets)\n(Tijden onder voorbehoud)"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-cafe-nijmegen-in-oktober/"
start: "2025-10-22T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-22T23:59:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Nijmegen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €10-€15
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: CaDansa
links:
- "https://www.cadansa.nl/"
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/cadansa-balfolkfestival-2025/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1548949209828868/"
start: "2025-10-23T18:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-26T19:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Steenwijk
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: CaDansa
source: events/netherlands/cadansa.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: Music City Masquerade
links:
- "http://nashvillecountrydancers.org/music-city-masquerade/"
start_date: 2025-10-24
end_date: 2025-10-26
country: USA
state: TN
city: Nashville
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Engine Room
callers:
- Darlene Underwood
price: $65-$165
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.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: Contra NYC
links:
- "https://www.contradance.nyc/"
start: "2025-10-24T19:30:00-04:00"
end: "2025-10-26T17:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: NY
city: New York
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Red Case Band
- Kingfisher
- Some Assembly Required
callers:
- Will Mentor
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: BalFolk Rechberghausen
details: "mit L‘Equipe, Workshop 16-18 Uhr"
links:
- "https://gmuendfolk.de/termine.html"
- "https://www.balhaus.de/251025_BalFolk_Rechberghausen.pdf"
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/841368028"
start: "2025-10-25T16:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-26T00:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Göppingen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- "L'Équipe"
organisation: Marilou und Johann
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Balfolk Bonn
links:
- "http://balfolk-bonn.de/balfolk/Tanzaktivitaten.html"
start: "2025-10-25T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-25T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Bonn
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Duo Nello
price: €15-€20
organisation: Balfolk Bonn e.V.
source: events/germany/bonn.yaml
- name: Peterbough Fall Ball
links:
- "https://www.monadnockfolk.org/event/%E2%98%BC-%E2%98%BC-%E2%98%BC-peterborough-fall-ball-saturday-october-25-2025/"
start: "2025-10-25T12:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-10-25T23:30:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: NH
city: Peterborough
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Barn dance
links:
- "https://www.folkdancedietlikon.ch/en/barndance/barndancetermin.html"
start: "2025-10-25T18:30:00+02:00"
end: "2025-10-25T22:00:00+02:00"
country: Switzerland
city: Zurich
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Over The Isles
callers:
- Katja Hunn
price: 15-20 CHF
organisation: Folk Dance Dietlikon
source: events/switzerland/dietlikon.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: Bal Folk
details: "Sehr besonders. https://gabrielchiapello.fr/en/duo-nello1"
links:
- "https://folkclub-marburg.de"
start: "2025-10-26T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-26T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Marburg
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Duo Nello
organisation: Folkclub Marburg
source: events/germany/marburg.yaml
- name: Minibal
details: "Zwei Musiker, von Folktanzbands wie Viernheim Jam, Aller Hopp und AOK! bestens bekannt, spielen auch zu zweit in ihrem ganz eigenen Stil. Traditionelle Melodien und viele Eigenkompositionen fließen dabei harmonisch ineinander. Das Flair, der Swing und der besondere Klang des Duos erfasst nicht nur Tanzbegeisterte … \n \n\nMarcus Krimmer: Holzsaxophon, Saxophon, Flöten, Gesang\nAndreas Neumann: Diatonisches Akkordeon, Gesang"
links:
- "https://7schritt.de/kalender/minibal-mit-marcus-krimmer-und-andreas-neumann/"
start: "2025-10-27T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-27T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Freiburg i. Br
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Andreas Neumann & Marcus Krimmer
price: donation
organisation: Siebenschritt e.V.
source: events/germany/freiburg_i_br.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-10-28/"
start: "2025-10-28T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-28T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dancing Fish
links:
- "https://dancingfish.dance/"
start_date: 2025-10-31
end_date: 2025-11-01
country: USA
state: FL
city: Melrose
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Playing with Fyre
callers:
- Terry Doyle
organisation: Dancing Fish
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Foggy Moon Dance Weekend
links:
- "http://montereycontradance.org/foggy-moon.html"
start_date: 2025-10-31
end_date: 2025-11-02
country: USA
state: CA
city: Monterey
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Countercurrent
- Stringrays
callers:
- Alex Deis-Lauby
- Lisa Greenleaf
organisation: Monterey Country Dance Community
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Contra Dance + Potluck + Halloween celebration
links:
- "https://contradance.at/"
start: "2025-10-31T17:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-31T21:30:00+01:00"
country: Austria
city: Graz
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Woodcut
callers:
- Brian Roberts
organisation: Contra Dance in Graz
source: events/austria/graz-contra.yaml
- name: TANZhaus WABE
details: Weitere Informationen folgen…
links:
- "https://spreefolk.de/events/wabe2025-10"
start: "2025-10-31T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-10-31T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Berlin
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Spreefolk e.V.
source: events/germany/spreefolk.yaml
- name: Hey Fever
links:
- "http://www.ottawacontra.ca/heyFever/"
start: "2025-10-31T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2025-11-02T15:00:00-05:00"
country: Canada
state: Ontario
city: Ottawa
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Good Company
- River Road
callers:
- Mary Wesley
- Will Mentor
organisation: Ottawa Contra Dance
source: events/usa/trycontra.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: Hands Across Contra
details: "Lesson at 7; Dance at 7:30. Sliding admission $5 to $15."
links:
- "https://boulderdance.org/event/hands-across-contra-10/"
start: "2025-10-31T19:00:00-06:00"
end: "2025-10-31T22:30:00-06:00"
country: USA
state: CO
city: Boulder
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $5-$15
organisation: Colorado Friends of Old Time Music and Dance
source: events/usa/boulder.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: Bal Folk RZF
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2510"
start: "2025-11-01T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-02T00:00:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Alleur
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Eä
- Duo Pilartz-Gielen
organisation: "Rif Zans L'Fiesse"
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: TasContra
links:
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/hobartdances/"
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/monday-night-folk-dances-tascontra/"
- "https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/432472"
start: "2025-11-03T19:15:00+11:00"
end: "2025-11-03T21:30:00+11:00"
country: Australia
state: TAS
city: New Town
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Ross Smithard & Up Jumped Trouble
price: $7-$15
organisation: Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc
source: events/australia/new_town.yaml
- name: Discoavond
details: "De discoavonden van Balfolk Amsterdam zijn de ideale manier om op een laagdrempelige en ontspannen manier Balfolk te oefenen. Het is altijd super gezellig, dus kom ook langs!"
links:
- "https://balfolkamsterdam.nl/discoavond-najaar-2025-03-11-2025"
- "https://www.plug.events/event/discoavond1"
start: "2025-11-03T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-03T22:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Amsterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: €7.50
organisation: Balfolk Amsterdam
source: events/netherlands/plug_balfolk.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-11-04/"
start: "2025-11-04T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-04T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk-Tanzabend
details: Eintritt frei - <b>Unkostenbeitrag erbeten</b>
links:
- "https://www.balfolk-burghausen.de"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/538236682628895/538236685962228/"
start: "2025-11-05T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-05T22:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Burghausen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: donation
organisation: Balfolk Burghausen
source: events/germany/burghausen.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: Atlanta Dance Weekend
links:
- "https://adw.contradance.org/"
start_date: 2025-11-07
end_date: 2025-11-09
country: USA
state: GA
city: Atlanta
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- River Road
- The Dam Beavers
callers:
- Alex Deis-Lauby
- Cis Hinkle
organisation: ContraATL
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: "Atlanta Dance Weekend: Contra Fantasia"
details: "Calling all Dancing Pirates, Magicians, Mermaids, Vampires, Elves, Ogres, Fairy Princesses, and Sorcerer’s Apprentices… Step into a world of rhythm and revelry November 7–9, 2025 starring the Dam Beavers and River Road, with Alex Deis Lauby and Cis Hinkle. Fanciful costumes on Saturday night encouraged; joy all weekend guaranteed!"
links:
- "https://adw.contradance.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/atlanta-dance-weekend-2025-contra-fantasia/"
start_date: 2025-11-07
end_date: 2025-11-09
country: USA
state: GA
city: Atlanta
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- River Road
- The Dam Beavers
callers:
- Alex Deis-Lauby
- Cis Hinkle
organisation: ContraATL
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Head for the Hills
details: "A getaway weekend of dance, music and song at Camp Harlam near Kresgeville, PA in the Poconos, with many of your favorite musicians, callers, and workshop leaders. Sponsored by Princeton Country Dancers."
links:
- "http://www.princetoncountrydancers.org/about-hfth"
- "https://cdss.org/event/head-for-the-hills/"
start_date: 2025-11-07
end_date: 2025-11-09
country: USA
state: PA
city: Kunkletown
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
price: $140-$240
organisation: CDSS
source: events/usa/cdss.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: "11e Nuit Trad'Actuelle"
links:
- "https://folkafon.com/nos-evenements/11e-nuit-tradactuelle-carte-blanche-tiennet-simonnin"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/8778999902217391/"
start: "2025-11-07T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-09T17:30:00+01:00"
country: France
city: Troyes
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Folkafon
source: events/france/troyes.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: Dance in the Desert
details: "A weekend of contra dancing with lots of jamming, featuring music by The Faux Paws and The Free Raisins. Callers are Koren Wake and Steve Zakon-Anderson."
links:
- "https://tucsoncontradancers.org/tucson-contra-dancers/dance-in-the-desert-2025/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/dance-in-the-desert/"
start: "2025-11-07T15:00:00-07:00"
end: "2025-11-09T15:00:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: AZ
city: Oracle
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- The Faux Paws
- The Free Raisins
callers:
- Koren Wake
- Steve Zakon-Anderson
organisation: Tucson Friends of Traditional Music%2C Inc.
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Skandia First Friday LIVE
details: "<html-blob><u></u><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br><br>Teaching: 7:30-8:30 p.m. No partner is required. </html-blob><br><html-blob><br><u></u></html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2025-11-07T19:30:00-08:00"
end: "2025-11-07T22:30:00-08:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.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: Balfolk Bonn
links:
- "http://balfolk-bonn.de/balfolk/Tanzaktivitaten.html"
start: "2025-11-08T18:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-08T22:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Bonn
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- AOK!
price: €15-€20
organisation: Balfolk Bonn e.V.
source: events/germany/bonn.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: CFOOTMAD Zesty Contra Dance
details: "Colorado Friends of Old Time Music and Dance (CFOOTMAD) present a Zesty Contra dance the\n2nd Saturday of each month. 7:00 p.m.- 10:00p.m. $15 for non-members; $12 for members; always live music. The Zesty contra dance series is for dancers with some experience with contra dance. There is no lesson before the dance, and walk-throughs may be abbreviated, or for simpler dances, eliminated entirely."
links:
- "https://boulderdance.org/event/cfootmad-zesty-contra-dance-2025-11-08/"
start: "2025-11-08T19:00:00-07:00"
end: "2025-11-08T22:00:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: CO
city: Boulder
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
price: $12-$15
organisation: Colorado Friends of Old Time Music and Dance
source: events/usa/boulder.yaml
- name: Bal Macabre
details: Ball
links:
- "https://stanistil.be/"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2841"
start: "2025-11-09T13:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-09T18:00:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Leuven
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Zéphyr Combo
- Cardboard Cabin
price: €13-€26
organisation: Stanistil
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: ComSiBal
links:
- "https://comsibal.be/en/"
start_date: 2025-11-11
end_date: 2025-11-11
country: Belgium
city: Boutersem
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: ComSiBal
source: events/belgium/comsibal.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-11-11/"
start: "2025-11-11T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-11T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Folkbal Wilhelmina
details: "Deze maand speelt een internationaal duo in ons café: Diaton bestaat uit Simon Gielen en Johannes Uhlmann. Beiden meesters op de diatonische accordeon."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/folkbal-wilhelmina-diaton-b-de/"
start: "2025-11-12T20:15:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-12T23:30:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Eindhoven
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- DiaTon
price: €10
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balhalla
details: Ball
links:
- "https://www.balhalla.be/en/event/bal-with-thalas"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2845"
start: "2025-11-13T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-13T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Gent
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Thalas
price: €10-€18
organisation: Balhalla
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Catalina Dance Weekend
links:
- "https://www.catalinadanceweekend.com/"
start_date: 2025-11-14
end_date: 2025-11-16
country: USA
state: CA
city: Catalina Island
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Fleur de Lis Fling
details: "Dance weekend featuring music from Kingfisher & Meadowhawk, calling from Alex Deis-Lauby & Seth Tepher, sound from Ed Howe. Workshops will be held on Saturday and Sunday. \n$80-165 sliding scale"
links:
- "https://register.louisvillecountrydancers.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/fleur-de-lis-fling/"
start_date: 2025-11-14
end_date: 2025-11-16
country: USA
state: KY
city: Louisville
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Kingfisher
- Meadowhawk
callers:
- Alex Deis-Lauby
- Seth Tepfer
price: $80-$165
organisation: Louisville Country Dancers
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Fire Ant Frolic
details: "Join us for a lovely weekend of music, friendship and dancing! Steve Zakon-Anderson will be calling to the music of Northwoods. Featuring Casey Murray, Molly Tucker and Sam Zakon-Anderson. We’ll have workshops, dance parties, Sunday potluck brunch, more! Convenient location, lots of parking and nearby restaurants. For more information, visit fireantfrolic.org"
links:
- "http://www.fireantfrolic.org/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/fire-ant-frolic-contra-dance-weekend/"
start_date: 2025-11-14
end_date: 2025-11-16
country: USA
state: TX
city: Austin
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Northwoods
callers:
- Steve Zakon-Anderson
organisation: CDSS
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Bal Folk Ehningen
details: "Airboxes und Thalas, Bal Folk ab 18:00, Workshop für Einsteiger 16:00-17:30"
links:
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/908493880"
start: "2025-11-14T16:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-14T22:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Ehningen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Airboxes
- Thalas
organisation: Danzamol
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: CaBal
details: Ball
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/cabalfolk/posts/pfbid02D2wd2wGjpKQ4ivouoj9UWgeGVdmWjorePSGDBjo4MsbcaGiteuVrPauoA9oY9q4vl"
- "https://www.cabalfolk.be/"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2749"
start: "2025-11-14T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-15T00:00:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Kortrijk
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Viorel
- Emily & The Simons
price: €20-€25
organisation: CaBal
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: Balfolk in der Neuen Schmiede
links:
- "https://www.neue-schmiede.de/unsere-angebote/kultur/kultur-am-abend"
start_date: 2025-11-15
end_date: 2025-11-15
country: Germany
city: Bielefeld
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: "Freizeit- und Kulturzentrum Neue Schmiede, Bielefeld"
source: events/germany/bielefeld.yaml
- name: Fall Frolick
details: "Join us for two days and nights of English dancing, music making, and workshops aplenty, now beginning with dinner on Friday night."
links:
- "https://bacds.org/camps/fallwk2025/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/fall-frolick-2025/"
start: "2025-11-14T16:00:00-08:00"
end: "2025-11-16T17:00:00-08:00"
country: USA
state: CA
city: Healdsburg
styles:
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Bay Area Country Dance Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Tanztag balfolk in Lautenbach
details: "Airboxes Trio, Thalas und Folkschwestern Biese"
links:
- "https://danseinfo.ch/agenda/7802/bafolk-am-bodensee?jour=15-11-2025"
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/721227433"
start: "2025-11-15T11:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-15T21:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Großschönach
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Airboxes
- Folkschwestern Biese
- Thalas
organisation: Sönke
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: BalNoz im Fichtehaus Tübingen
details: mit Markus Krimmer und Andreas Neumann (Anja von Richthofen)
links:
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/1026323860"
start: "2025-11-15T16:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-15T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Tübingen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Markus Krimmer & Andreas Neumann
organisation: Balfolk-Orga-Kalender
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Barn dance
links:
- "https://www.folkdancedietlikon.ch/en/barndance/barndancetermin.html"
start: "2025-11-15T18:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-15T22:00:00+01:00"
country: Switzerland
city: Zurich
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Over The Isles
callers:
- Katja Hunn
price: 15-20 CHF
organisation: Folk Dance Dietlikon
source: events/switzerland/dietlikon.yaml
- name: FolkArena
details: BalFolk-Tanzabend
links:
- "https://folkarena.wordpress.com/termine/"
start: "2025-11-15T18:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-15T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Jena
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Budweis
organisation: FolkArena
source: events/germany/jena.yaml
- name: Cenizas Residency
links:
- "https://folquemadrid.wixsite.com/cenizas/the-residency"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1933457220788830/"
start: "2025-11-15T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-21T19:00:00+01:00"
country: Spain
city: Cercedilla
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €260-€550
organisation: Folqué Madrid
source: events/spain/folquemadrid.yaml
- name: Boombal
details: Ball
links:
- "https://boombal.be"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2733"
start: "2025-11-15T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-15T22:45:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Gent
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Boombal
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: Tanztag Salzstadel Tübingen
details: Anja von Richthofen
links:
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/1026324471"
start: "2025-11-16T14:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-16T18:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Tübingen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Balfolk-Orga-Kalender
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Balfolk Köln
links:
- "https://www.balfolk-koeln.de/"
- "https://www.balfolk-koeln.de/veranstaltungen/balfolk-lutherkirche-13"
start: "2025-11-16T16:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-16T20:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Cologne
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Accords Perdus
price: €12-€17
organisation: Balfolk Köln
source: events/germany/cologne.yaml
- name: Balfolk Social
details: "Balfolk op zondag\nDe Mezrab host iedere derde zondag van de maand het leukste Balfolkfeestje van Amsterdam. Bestel hier alvast een ticket en kom dansen op de livemuziek van ... en ....\n\nTicket\n- Voorverkoop: 16 euro\n- Aan de deur: 18 euro\nTickets >>>\n\nProgramma\n16:15 Deuren open16:30 Dansworkshop voor beginners\n17:30 Bal met ...\n18:00 Pauze (soep en desserttafel)\n19:00 Bal met ...21:00 Sessie\n\nEten en drinken\nWe organiseren een desserttafel. Het is een potluck zoals je gewend bent, maar enkel met zoetigheden Voor de hartige maaltijd kan je nog steeds terecht aan de bar van de Mezrab. Ze hebben een heerlijke Iraanse linzensoep. Ook drankjes bestel je aan de bar. Water is gratis verkrijgbaar. Als service aan de dansers zet het personeel kannen water klaar.\nBands\n\n \t...\n\n\n\nBeschrijving volgt\n\n\n\n \t...\n\nBeschrijving volgt\n\nLocatie\nMezrab draagt Balfolk een warm hart toe en nodigt ons iedere maand uit te komen dansen. Je kunt in de Mezrab op andere dagen vooral terecht voor storytelling. Het café dient als inspiratiebron voor vele theaters, centra, musea en festivals om ook storytelling te programmeren. Mezrab programmeert meerdere keren per week regelmatig vertelavonden. Op de andere avonden wordt storytelling gecombineerd met andere kunstdisciplines (dans, beeldende kunst, poëzie, etc.) en een wereldmuziekprogramma.\n\nEr is plek voor zo'n 100 dansers.\n\nAdres:\nMezrab\nVeemkade 576\n1019 BL Amsterdam\n\nFotocredit\nBalfolk Amsterdam"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-op-zondag-november-2025/"
start: "2025-11-16T16:15:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-16T22:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Amsterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €16-€18
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Bal De La Cabane Du Bout Du Monde
details: Ball
links:
- "http://chti-folkeux.chez-alice.fr/indexB.htm"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2620"
start: "2025-11-16T16:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-16T21:00:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Watermaal-Bosvoorde
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Plume Duo
price: €7-€12
organisation: ~
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: TasContra
links:
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/hobartdances/"
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/monday-night-folk-dances-tascontra/"
- "https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/432472"
start: "2025-11-17T19:15:00+11:00"
end: "2025-11-17T21:30:00+11:00"
country: Australia
state: TAS
city: New Town
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Ross Smithard & Up Jumped Trouble
price: $7-$15
organisation: Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc
source: events/australia/new_town.yaml
- name: Discoavond
details: "De discoavonden van Balfolk Amsterdam zijn de ideale manier om op een laagdrempelige en ontspannen manier Balfolk te oefenen. Het is altijd super gezellig, dus kom ook langs!"
links:
- "https://balfolkamsterdam.nl/discoavond-najaar-2025-17-11-2025"
- "https://www.plug.events/event/discoavond1"
start: "2025-11-17T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-17T22:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Amsterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: €7.50
organisation: Balfolk Amsterdam
source: events/netherlands/plug_balfolk.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-11-18/"
start: "2025-11-18T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-18T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Winterdans Folkbal
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2501"
start: "2025-11-20T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-20T23:30:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Bornem
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Feather and Fox
- Nisia Trio
organisation: "Kasteel D'Ursel"
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Zesty Contra Weekend
links:
- "https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/zesty-contra-weekend-2025/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1208838240687327/"
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: Fénix Festival
links:
- "https://folquemadrid.wixsite.com/fenixfest"
start: "2025-11-21T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-23T16:00:00+01:00"
country: Spain
city: Cercedilla
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Rhizottome
price: €150
organisation: Folqué Madrid
source: events/spain/folquemadrid.yaml
- name: Drakenbal
details: "DRAKENBAL DEN BOSCH\nWat zijn we blij dat ze er weer zijn! 1,5 jaar geleden verwelkomden we ze deze geweldige muzikanten als Guus en Ward, nu zijn ze Thalas! Ze spelen boven in het café van Station Zuid dus extra veel plek om te dansen!AVONDPROGRAMMA\n\n\n\n\n19:30 Deuren open: welkom!\n20:00-21:00 Dansworkshop\n21:00-21:15 Kwartier van Plezier (nog vrij)\n21:20-23:00 Bal met Thalas\n23:00-1:00 Samenspeelsessie\n\n\nDANSWORKSHOP 20:00-21:00\nMeer info volgt.\n\nKWARTIER VAN PLEZIER 21:00-21:15\nWil je ook op Drakenbal spelen? Stuur een mailtje naar drakenbaldenbosch@gmail.com.\n\nBAL met THALAS 21:20-23:00\nJarenlang hebben Guus Herremans en Ward Dhoore zo nu en dan samen gespeeld, soms als een duo en soms in projecten van elkaars bands. Elke keer voelden ze dan een grote energie en die hun vriendschap meer voedde. Dus hebben ze besloten om hun eigen duo te starten met eigen composities en verhalen.\nWebsite: https://www.facebook.com/thalasmusic\n\n\n SESSIE 23:00- uiterlijk 1:00\nNa het optreden is er gelegenheid voor muzikanten om samen te spelen in een sessie; de dansers kunnen dan nog lekker door blijven dansen. Iedereen met elk niveau van ervaring is welkom dus pak je instrument en speel mee! We delen van tevoren bladmuziek van liedjes die sowieso langskomen. Heb je een wens of voorstel? Laat het ons weten. Verder komt wat komt! Ook als je niet bij het dansen bent geweest, ben je welkom voor de sessie!\n\nENTREE\nNaar ondersteuningsmogelijkheid. Geef wat je kunt missen, alles gaat naar de muzikanten!* Regular €15* Fair €20* Support >€20\n\n\nVERSNAPERINGEN\nIn de bar kun je alles bestellen wat je wilt, probeer zeker eens een Boschgebrouwen Draken speciaalbiertje! Maar er staan ook gratis gezonde snacks klaar.\n\n\nLOCATIE Café Station Zuid – CAFÉ (boven!)Erasmusstraat 9 ‘s-Hertogenbosch\n\n\nROUTE\nOpenbaar vervoer:\nDrakenbal is te bereiken met OV, hiervoor kun je naar ’s-Hertogenbosch Centraal of ‘s-Hertogenbosch Oost komen. Vanaf beide stations is het ongeveer 30 minuten lopen naar de locatie. Je kunt ook de bus nemen die vlak bij Café Station Zuid stopt. Dit is buslijn 1 of 306.\nAuto:\nLet op het is betaald parkeren in de wijk. Met parkapp: De 1e 2 uur gratis parkeren!Je kan wel vrij parkeren aan de Hildebrandstraat voor de winkels (400m), op de gelijknamige parallelweg van de Gestelseweg (450m), inrit bij kruising Pieter Langendijksingel.\nCarpoolen: check de Folkpool discord groep:https://discord.com/invite/WWRBahjhJm"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/drakenbal-met-thalas/"
start: "2025-11-21T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-22T01:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: "'s-Hertogenbosch"
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Thalas
price: €15-€20
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: TANZhaus WABE
details: Weitere Informationen folgen…
links:
- "https://spreefolk.de/events/wabe2025-11"
start: "2025-11-21T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-21T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Berlin
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Spreefolk e.V.
source: events/germany/spreefolk.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: Herbstfest
links:
- "https://www.folktanz-halle.de/tanzhal/termine.html"
start_date: 2025-11-22
end_date: 2025-11-22
country: Germany
city: Halle
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Mara & Fine
organisation: Folktanz Halle
source: events/germany/halle.yaml
- name: Skandia Third Friday dance LIVE
details: "<html-blob><br><br>Teaching: 8:10-8:25 p.m. <br><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br>Music TBA</html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2025-11-21T19:30:00-08:00"
end: "2025-11-21T22:30:00-08:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.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: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-11-25/"
start: "2025-11-25T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-25T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk Café Nijmegen
details: "Balfolk Cafe is livemuziek, tussendoor fijne balfolkhitjes en natuurlijk sessie: dus neem ook je instrumenten mee!\n\n\nEntree: € 15,- (of € 10,- voor mensen die kortingstarief nodig hebben)\nGeef ruim, alles gaat 100% naar de muzikanten.\n\n20:00 dans uitleg\n21:00 Livemuziek (2 sets)\n(Tijden onder voorbehoud)"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-cafe-nijmegen-in-november/"
start: "2025-11-26T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-26T23:59:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Nijmegen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €10-€15
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Winterdans Folkbal
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2502"
start: "2025-11-27T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-27T23:30:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Bornem
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Accords Perdus
- Bamako Express
organisation: ~
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: ContraCopia
links:
- "http://www.thursdaycontra.com/contracopia/"
start_date: 2025-11-28
end_date: 2025-11-30
country: USA
state: PA
city: Philadelphia
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- River Road
- Northwoods
- Midnight on the Water
callers:
- Janine Smith
- Qwill Duvall
- Michael Karcher
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.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: 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: MiniBal at Toitū
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.co.nz/dunedin"
start: "2025-11-30T14:00:00+13:00"
end: "2025-11-30T15:30:00+13:00"
country: New Zealand
city: Dunedin
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: free
organisation: Balfolk Dunedin
source: events/new_zealand/dunedin.yaml
- name: Wageningen Junushoff
details: "Welkom terug! Laat je verwarmen door een nieuw Junushoff bal en kom gezellig dansen!\nBen je een nieuwe danser? Om 15:00 beginnen wij met een uurtje dansuitleg!\nEntree: Regulier €20, korting €15. Betalen kan contant of via een QR-code. Reserveren is niet nodig, er zijn altijd genoeg kaartjes beschikbaar.\n\n\n\n\n\nTijdens het bal is er een picknick. Neem hiervoor vooral wat lekkers mee, dan delen we dat met z'n allen. Vergeet je bordje, bestek en opscheplepels niet. Een waterflesje om de dorst te lessen tijdens het bal is ook aangeraden. Neem zelf geen andere dingen mee, de bar verkoopt genoeg lekkere drankjes!\nPlanning:\n15:00 Dansinitiatie\n16:00 TBA\n18:00 Potluck diner\n19:00 TBA\n21:00 Einde"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/wageningen-junushoff-19/"
start: "2025-11-30T15:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-30T22:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Wageningen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €15-€20
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Bal Folk
details: "Fetter BalFolk Sound aus Belgien EmBrun EmBrun steht für modernen fetten BalFolk-Sound. Sie können blowzabellalike den Saal zum Kochen bringen und danach mit einer romantischen leisen Mazurka fast zärtlich die Gemüter in innige fast zeitlupenartige Bewegungen versezten. Ihre Kompositionen klingen neu und erfrischend – sind jedoch auch so tanzbar, als ob sie 100 Jahre in einem verstecken französischen Dörflein gereift wären. EmBrun ist eine der bekanntesten Bands der Szene, dynamisch und abwechslungsreich. Bert Leemans (Akkordeon) Ludo Stichelmeyer (Percussion/Schlagzeug) Jonas Scheys (Bass) Harald Baeweraerts (Drehleier) Pieterjan Van Kerckhoven (Dudelsack) Abendkasse: 17,-; ermäßigt 11,- Tanzworkshop 19:00 Uhr: Wir zeigen kurz die wichtigsten Tänze und Überlebenstricks für die Tanzfläche. Mit Live-Musik. Es geht auch gut ohne – aber mit Workshop macht es noch mehr Spaß! s.a: http://www.embrun.be/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zmePAhuh7Q"
links:
- "https://folkclub-marburg.de"
start: "2025-11-30T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-11-30T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Marburg
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- EmBRUN
price: €11-€17
organisation: Folkclub Marburg
source: events/germany/marburg.yaml
- name: TasContra
links:
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/hobartdances/"
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/monday-night-folk-dances-tascontra/"
- "https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/432472"
start: "2025-12-01T19:15:00+11:00"
end: "2025-12-01T21:30:00+11:00"
country: Australia
state: TAS
city: New Town
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Ross Smithard & Up Jumped Trouble
price: $7-$15
organisation: Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc
source: events/australia/new_town.yaml
- name: Discoavond
details: "De discoavonden van Balfolk Amsterdam zijn de ideale manier om op een laagdrempelige en ontspannen manier Balfolk te oefenen. Het is altijd super gezellig, dus kom ook langs!"
links:
- "https://balfolkamsterdam.nl/discoavond-najaar-2025-01-12-2025"
- "https://www.plug.events/event/discoavond1"
start: "2025-12-01T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-01T22:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Amsterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: €7.50
organisation: Balfolk Amsterdam
source: events/netherlands/plug_balfolk.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-12-02/"
start: "2025-12-02T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-02T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk-Tanzabend
details: Eintritt frei - <b>Unkostenbeitrag erbeten</b>
links:
- "https://www.balfolk-burghausen.de"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/538236682628895/538236689295561/"
start: "2025-12-03T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-03T22:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Burghausen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: donation
organisation: Balfolk Burghausen
source: events/germany/burghausen.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: Contra Dance + Potluck
links:
- "https://contradance.at/"
start: "2025-12-05T17:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-05T21:30:00+01:00"
country: Austria
city: Graz
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Woodcut
callers:
- Brian Roberts
organisation: Contra Dance in Graz
source: events/austria/graz-contra.yaml
- name: Mit-Tanzen
details: "Mit-Tanzen.....ist, wenn die Schwerkraft Freizeit hat! Ob Geigenbögen oder Tanzschuhe, alles bewegt sich im Klang und wenn Augenpaare ihre Lachfalten zeigen, haben wir alles richtig gemacht.\r\n\r\nMusik\r\nEvelyn Fink-Mennel, Irma-Maria Troy, Matthias Härtel\r\nund alle, die ihr Instrument mitbringen\r\n\r\nTanzend voran Aleksandra Vohl, Arndt Rössler\r\n\r\nOrganisation Natalie Begle"
links:
- "https://bewegungsmelder.in/"
start: "2025-12-05T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-05T22:00:00+01:00"
country: Austria
city: Au
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- bewegungsmelder
price: donation
organisation: bewegungsmelder
source: events/austria/au.yaml
- name: Midwinter Fair
details: "Nog geen bands bekend, maar er zullen weer genoeg balfolk bands en workshops worden georganiseerd."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/midwinter-fair-2/"
- "https://www.plug.events/event/midwinter-fair3"
start_date: 2025-12-06
end_date: 2025-12-07
country: Netherlands
city: Alphen aan den Rijn
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Archeon
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dancing Fish
links:
- "https://dancingfish.dance/event/thunderwing-derick-kalish/"
start: "2025-12-05T19:00:00-05:00"
end: "2025-12-06T21:00:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: FL
city: Melrose
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Thunderwing
- Frenzy
callers:
- Dereck Kalish
- Janine Smith
price: $15-$30
organisation: Dancing Fish
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Winter WarmUp
details: "Toss the Possum: Rob and Laura Lizette\nDam Beavers: Ben Schreiber, Scotty Leach, Ness Smith-Savedoff\nCallers: Terry Doyle, Frank Buschelmann\nSound: Jamie Platt\n\nDetails & registration at Big Scioty Contra Dance"
links:
- "https://bigscioty.com/winterwarmup/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/winter-warmup-columbus-oh/"
start: "2025-12-05T20:00:00-05:00"
end: "2025-12-07T15:00:00-05:00"
country: USA
state: OH
city: Worthington
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- The Dam Beavers
- Toss the Possum
callers:
- Frank Buschelmann
- Terry Doyle
organisation: Big Scioty Contra Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Skandia First Friday LIVE
details: "<html-blob><u></u><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br><br>Teaching: 7:30-8:30 p.m. No partner is required. </html-blob><br><html-blob><br><u></u></html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2025-12-05T19:30:00-08:00"
end: "2025-12-05T22:30:00-08:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.yaml
- name: Balfolk im Städtli
links:
- "https://balsoleil.ch/balfolk-in-lichtensteig/"
start: "2025-12-06T17:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-06T22:00:00+01:00"
country: Switzerland
city: Lichtensteig
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Biskaya
- Sol Do
price: 35 CHF
organisation: BalSoleil
source: events/switzerland/lichtensteig.yaml
- name: Folkbal
details: "Our annual end-of-season folk ball gets a double energy boost!\r\n\r\nTHREO (20:30) brings powerful, contemporary balfolk rooted in European dance traditions — blending bold melodies, rich harmonies, and driving rhythms. Nominated for the 2025 Flanders Folk Awards (Horizon category).\r\n\r\nAérokorda (22:00) delivers neofolk with Celtic, Slavic & classical influences — a richly textured sound shaped by award-winning compositions and international flair."
links:
- "https://www.muziekcentrumdranouter.be/en/node/1638"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2838"
- "https://www.plug.events/event/folkbal-threo-aerokorda"
start: "2025-12-06T20:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-06T23:30:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Heuvelland
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Threo
- Aérokorda
price: €16-€18
organisation: Muziekcentrum Dranouter
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-12-09/"
start: "2025-12-09T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-09T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Folkbal Wilhelmina
details: "Met de verhuizing van Tim naar Zweden was het voor Andoorn moeilijk om als groep op de been te blijven. De mannen Kris, Wouter en Jasper bleven achter EN samen muziek maken, onder de naam Momiro. Oftewel: doedels en snaren!"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/folkbal-wilhelmina-momiro-nl/"
start: "2025-12-10T20:15:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-10T23:30:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Eindhoven
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Momiro
price: €10
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Bal Folk RZF
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2511"
start: "2025-12-12T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-13T00:30:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Alleur
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Naragonia
- Clume
organisation: "Rif Zans L'Fiesse"
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: TANZhaus WABE
details: Weitere Informationen folgen…
links:
- "https://spreefolk.de/events/wabe2025-12"
start: "2025-12-12T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-12T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Berlin
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Spreefolk e.V.
source: events/germany/spreefolk.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: Barn dance
links:
- "https://www.folkdancedietlikon.ch/en/barndance/barndancetermin.html"
start: "2025-12-13T18:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-13T22:00:00+01:00"
country: Switzerland
city: Zurich
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Over The Isles
callers:
- Katja Hunn
price: 15-20 CHF
organisation: Folk Dance Dietlikon
source: events/switzerland/dietlikon.yaml
- name: CaBal
details: Ball
links:
- "https://www.facebook.com/cabalfolk/posts/pfbid02D2wd2wGjpKQ4ivouoj9UWgeGVdmWjorePSGDBjo4MsbcaGiteuVrPauoA9oY9q4vl"
- "https://www.cabalfolk.be/"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2750"
- "https://www.facebook.com/cabalfolk"
start: "2025-12-13T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-14T00:00:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Kortrijk
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Cardboard Cabin
- Ciac Boum
price: €22-€25
organisation: CaBal
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Bal Mechelen
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2818"
start: "2025-12-13T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-13T21:30:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Mechelen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Frisse Folk Vzw-asbl
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: Balfolk Köln
links:
- "https://www.balfolk-koeln.de/veranstaltungen/balfolk-lutherkirche-14"
start: "2025-12-14T16:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-14T20:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Cologne
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €12-€17
organisation: Balfolk Köln
source: events/germany/cologne.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: TasContra
links:
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/hobartdances/"
- "https://folktas.org/dancing/monday-night-folk-dances-tascontra/"
- "https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/432472"
start: "2025-12-15T19:15:00+11:00"
end: "2025-12-15T21:30:00+11:00"
country: Australia
state: TAS
city: New Town
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Ross Smithard & Up Jumped Trouble
price: $7-$15
organisation: Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc
source: events/australia/new_town.yaml
- name: Discoavond
details: "De discoavonden van Balfolk Amsterdam zijn de ideale manier om op een laagdrempelige en ontspannen manier Balfolk te oefenen. Het is altijd super gezellig, dus kom ook langs!"
links:
- "https://balfolkamsterdam.nl/discoavond-najaar-2025-15-12-2025"
- "https://www.plug.events/event/discoavond1"
start: "2025-12-15T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-15T22:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Amsterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: €7.50
organisation: Balfolk Amsterdam
source: events/netherlands/plug_balfolk.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-12-16/"
start: "2025-12-16T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-16T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Weekbal Antwerpen
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2759"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/681371704264138/"
start: "2025-12-17T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-17T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Antwerp
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: BalAFolk
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Skandia Third Friday dance LIVE
details: "<html-blob><br><br>Teaching: 8:10-8:25 p.m. <br><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br>Music TBA</html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2025-12-19T19:30:00-08:00"
end: "2025-12-19T22:30:00-08:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.yaml
- name: "Gugelhupf: Weihnachtliches Tanzen"
details: mit No&Mi und Duo Anna&Frank
links:
- "https://www.gugelhupf-dresden.de/tanz-in-dresden/"
start: "2025-12-20T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-20T23:59:59+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Dresden
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- No&Mi
- Anna & Frank
organisation: Folktanz Dresden e.V.
source: events/germany/dresden.yaml
- name: Christmas Special
details: "Balfolk op zondag\nDe Mezrab host iedere derde zondag van de maand het leukste Balfolkfeestje van Amsterdam. Bestel hier alvast een ticket en kom dansen op de livemuziek van ... en ....\n\nTicket\n- Voorverkoop: 16 euro\n- Aan de deur: 18 euro\nTickets >>>\n\nProgramma\n16:15 Deuren open16:30 Dansworkshop voor beginners\n17:30 Bal met ...\n18:00 Pauze (soep en desserttafel)\n19:00 Bal met ...21:00 Sessie\n\nEten en drinken\nWe organiseren een desserttafel. Het is een potluck zoals je gewend bent, maar enkel met zoetigheden Voor de hartige maaltijd kan je nog steeds terecht aan de bar van de Mezrab. Ze hebben een heerlijke Iraanse linzensoep. Ook drankjes bestel je aan de bar. Water is gratis verkrijgbaar. Als service aan de dansers zet het personeel kannen water klaar.\nBands\n\n \t...\n\n\n\nBeschrijving volgt\n\n\n\n \t...\n\nBeschrijving volgt\n\nLocatie\nMezrab draagt Balfolk een warm hart toe en nodigt ons iedere maand uit te komen dansen. Je kunt in de Mezrab op andere dagen vooral terecht voor storytelling. Het café dient als inspiratiebron voor vele theaters, centra, musea en festivals om ook storytelling te programmeren. Mezrab programmeert meerdere keren per week regelmatig vertelavonden. Op de andere avonden wordt storytelling gecombineerd met andere kunstdisciplines (dans, beeldende kunst, poëzie, etc.) en een wereldmuziekprogramma.\n\nEr is plek voor zo'n 100 dansers.\n\nAdres:\nMezrab\nVeemkade 576\n1019 BL Amsterdam\n\nFotocredit\nBalfolk Amsterdam"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/kerstspecial-december-2025/"
start: "2025-12-21T16:15:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-21T22:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Amsterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €16-€18
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Bal De La Cabane Du Bout Du Monde
details: Ball
links:
- "http://chti-folkeux.chez-alice.fr/indexB.htm"
- "https://www.remigeffroy.com/"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2621"
start: "2025-12-21T16:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-21T21:00:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Watermaal-Bosvoorde
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Rémi Geffroy
price: €7-€12
organisation: ~
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Bal Folk
details: Welche Band? HavoK. Und mehr. Wir werden sehen.
links:
- "https://folkclub-marburg.de"
start: "2025-12-21T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-21T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Marburg
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Havok
organisation: Folkclub Marburg
source: events/germany/marburg.yaml
- name: Balhalla
details: Ball
links:
- "https://www.balhalla.be/en/event/bal-with-shillelagh"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2846"
start: "2025-12-22T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-22T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Gent
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Shillelagh
price: €10-€18
organisation: Balhalla
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-12-23/"
start: "2025-12-23T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-23T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Contradancers Delight Holiday
links:
- "http://www.contradancersdelight.com/"
start_date: 2025-12-26
end_date: 2025-12-31
country: USA
state: WV
city: Morgantown
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Toss the Possum
- Spintuition
- Buzz Band
- George Paul
callers:
- Terry Doyle
- Bob Isaacs
- Devin Pohly
- Warren Doyle
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Boombal
details: Ball
links:
- "https://boombal.be"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2734"
start: "2025-12-26T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-27T01:30:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Gent
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Boombal
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: Discoavond
details: "De discoavonden van Balfolk Amsterdam zijn de ideale manier om op een laagdrempelige en ontspannen manier Balfolk te oefenen. Het is altijd super gezellig, dus kom ook langs!"
links:
- "https://balfolkamsterdam.nl/discoavond-najaar-2025-29-12-2025"
- "https://www.plug.events/event/discoavond1"
start: "2025-12-29T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-29T22:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Amsterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: €7.50
organisation: Balfolk Amsterdam
source: events/netherlands/plug_balfolk.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2025-12-30/"
start: "2025-12-30T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-30T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Festibal — een balfolk happening
details: "WAT KUN JE VERWACHTEN\nDe sfeer van een meerdaags festival, maar dan in één dag. Dat is festibal. Het is een echte balfolk happening. CanDance Studios heeft een prachtige Grand Ballroom voor 400 dansers en een fijne houten dansvloer, een bar en aparte workshopruimtes.\n\nKom dansen en geniet van heerlijke muziek, toffe workshops en leuke extra’s.\n\n★ Geen vaste danspartner nodig\n★ Je hoeft geen danservaring of speciale kleding te hebben om mee te doen\n★ Makkelijk te bereiken en fijne danslocatie\n★ Live muziek van de beste Balfolk muzikanten\n★ Een muzikale reis met rustige, soms romantische muziek afgewisseld met energieke nummers\n★ Overwegend de acht eenvoudig te leren basisdansen: Jig (mixer), Scottish (partnerdans), Mazurka (partnerdans), Tovercirkel (mixer), Andro (groepsdans), Hanterdro (groepsdans), Wals (partnerdans) en Bourrée (rij van paren)\nDATUM\nZondag 31 december 2025\nTICKETS\nInfo volgt\nPROGRAMMA\nInfo volgt\n\n(Geluidstechniek door ....)\nWORKSHOPS\n★ Beginners workshop \n\nInfo volgt\n\n★ Betaalde workshop\n\nInfo volgt\nLOCATIE\nCanDance Studios: Isolatorweg 28, 1014 AS Amsterdam\n\nJe parkeert gratis in de straten rondom de locatie. Het is makkelijk bereikbaar met het OV. Je loopt er vanaf Station Amsterdam Sloterdijk naartoe in +/-15 minuten. Of pakt de bus die iedere 10 minuten vanaf het station vertrekt.\nNIEUW IN BALFOLK?\nBalfolk is een social dance. Vergelijkbaar met Salsa, Tango of Lindyhop, maar dan op West-Europese volksmuziek. Bij balfolk geen shows of competitie, gewoon lekker dansen zoals ze dat vroeger op dorpsfeesten en bruiloften deden. Met familie en vrienden. Van jong tot oud. Iedereen danst mee. Je hebt geen vaste partner nodig. Je kunt iedereen ten dans vragen. Én je kunt door iedereen ten dans worden gevraagd. Of je stapt zelf in bij een van de groepsdansen.\n\nIn Balfolk is iedereen welkom om te komen dansen. Je hoeft geen danservaring te hebben om mee te kunnen doen. Je mag zijn we je bent en je hoeft geen speciale kleding of schoenen te hebben.\n\nWe willen graag dat iedereen zich bij ons vrij voelt om zichzelf te zijn en zich veilig voelt om aan te geven wat ze nodig hebben. Daarom vinden we het belangrijk dat iedereen die naar een Balfolk evenement komt op de hoogte is van een aantal dansrichtlijnen.\nhttps://www.balfolk.nl/informatie/dansrichtlijnen/"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/festibal-een-balfolk-happening-4/"
start: "2025-12-31T13:15:00+01:00"
end: "2025-12-31T22:30:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Amsterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Boombal
details: Ball
links:
- "https://boombal.be"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2735"
start: "2025-12-31T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-01-01T03:00:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Gent
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Boombal
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: "New Year's Eve Contra Dance"
links:
- "https://paloaltocontradance.org/calendar/"
start: "2025-12-31T19:30:00-08:00"
end: "2026-01-01T00:15:00-08:00"
country: USA
state: CA
city: Palo Alto
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Corwin Zekley & Grace Fellows
callers:
- Susan Petrick
price: $25
organisation: Palo Alto Contra Dance
source: events/usa/palo_alto.yaml
- name: Skandia First Friday LIVE
details: "<html-blob><u></u><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br><br>Teaching: 7:30-8:30 p.m. No partner is required. </html-blob><br><html-blob><br><u></u></html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2026-01-02T19:30:00-08:00"
end: "2026-01-02T22:30:00-08:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-01-06/"
start: "2026-01-06T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-01-06T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: What the Trad?! - Weekender
details: "Folk music for Balfolk dancers and musicians. A weekend full of musicality!\r\n\r\nThis weekend wil be organiserd as part of the 'Beyond the steps' series. by Dancing Bodies. More info will follow; would you like to keep posted and give some input? Fill the form down below."
links:
- "https://www.plug.events/event/what-the-trad-weekend"
start: "2026-01-09T16:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-01-12T10:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Nijmegen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: BalVolk
source: events/netherlands/plug_balfolk.yaml
- name: Winter Frolic
details: "A mini-weekend of contradance featuring Susan Petrick calling to the Dam Beavers, plus English Country Dance and other attractions."
links:
- "https://phxtmd.org/winter-frolic-2026"
- "https://cdss.org/event/2026-winter-frolic-near-phoenix/2026-01-09/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/2026-winter-frolic-near-phoenix/2026-01-10/"
start: "2026-01-09T19:30:00-07:00"
end: "2026-01-10T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: AZ
city: Chandler
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- The Dam Beavers
callers:
- Susan Petrick
organisation: Phoenix Traditional Music & Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Balfolk
details: "Bal Folk ab 18 Uhr \nTanzkurse für Einsteiger ab 13 Uhr, für Fortgeschrittene ab 15:30 Uhr.\n\nMitbringbuffet.\nGetränke gibt es günstig vor Ort.\n\nEintritt siehe Homepage"
links:
- "http://www.danzamol.de/balfolkstanzfest"
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/968967151"
start: "2026-01-11T13:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-01-11T21:30:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Ehningen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Parasol
organisation: Danzamol e.v.
source: events/germany/kalender.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: Discoavond
details: "De discoavonden van Balfolk Amsterdam zijn de ideale manier om op een laagdrempelige en ontspannen manier Balfolk te oefenen. Het is altijd super gezellig, dus kom ook langs!"
links:
- "https://balfolkamsterdam.nl/discoavond-najaar-2025-12-01-2026"
- "https://www.plug.events/event/discoavond1"
start: "2026-01-12T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-01-12T22:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Amsterdam
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: €7.50
organisation: Balfolk Amsterdam
source: events/netherlands/plug_balfolk.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-01-13/"
start: "2026-01-13T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-01-13T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Contra Carnivale
links:
- "https://contracarnivale.org/"
start_date: 2026-01-16
end_date: 2026-01-18
country: USA
state: CA
city: San Luis Obispo
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Red Case Band
- Topspin
- The Dam Beavers
callers:
- Jacqui Grennan
- Jean Gorrindo
- Michael Karcher
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Stellar Days & Nights
details: "You’re invited to the 17th “Annual” Stellar Days & Nights. \nA 4-day, 3-night winter music and dance event in the Rocky Mountains – Buena Vista, CO. Contra, English Country, and Couples Dancing, plus workshops and music jams. Cozy accommodations. Amazing scenery. Yummy food. \nNational Bands and National Callers – To Be Announced for 2026 \nCheck out the website for information. \nOrganized by: Arkansas Valley Music and Dance. \nPut this on your calendar now and plan to attend! Join our email list HERE or email us at Info@RockyMountainRanchDance.com to be added."
links:
- "https://rockymountainranchdance.com"
- "https://cdss.org/event/stellar-days-nights/"
start: "2026-01-16T15:00:00-07:00"
end: "2026-01-19T13:00:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: CO
city: Buena Vista
styles:
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Arkansas Valley Music and Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: ComSiBal
links:
- "https://comsibal.be/en/"
start_date: 2026-01-17
end_date: 2026-01-17
country: Belgium
city: Boutersem
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: ComSiBal
source: events/belgium/comsibal.yaml
- name: Skandia Third Friday dance LIVE
details: "<html-blob><br><br>Teaching: 8:10-8:25 p.m. <br><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br>Music TBA</html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2026-01-16T19:30:00-08:00"
end: "2026-01-16T22:30:00-08:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.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: Wageningen Junushoff
details: "Vier het begin van een nieuw jaar met een geweldig bal en kom dansen in de Junushoff!\nBen je een nieuwe danser? Om 15:00 beginnen wij met een uurtje dansuitleg!\nEntree: Regulier €20, korting €15. Betalen kan contant of via een QR-code. Reserveren is niet nodig, er zijn altijd genoeg kaartjes beschikbaar.\n\n\n\n\n\nTijdens het bal is er een picknick. Neem hiervoor vooral wat lekkers mee, dan delen we dat met z'n allen. Vergeet je bordje, bestek en opscheplepels niet. Een waterflesje om de dorst te lessen tijdens het bal is ook aangeraden. Neem zelf geen andere dingen mee, de bar verkoopt genoeg lekkere drankjes!\nPlanning:\n15:00 Dansinitiatie\n16:00 TBA\n18:00 Potluck diner\n19:00 TBA\n21:00 Einde"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/wageningen-junushoff-20/"
start: "2026-01-18T15:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-01-18T22:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Wageningen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €15-€20
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-01-20/"
start: "2026-01-20T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-01-20T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balhalla
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2847"
start: "2026-01-22T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-01-22T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Gent
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €10-€18
organisation: Balhalla
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Florida Snow Ball
links:
- "http://floridasnowball.tampabaycontra.com/"
start_date: 2026-01-23
end_date: 2026-01-25
country: USA
state: FL
city: Gulfport
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Turnip the Beet
- Red Case Band
callers:
- Michael Karcher
- Lisa Greenleaf
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.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: Wintergreen
details: "Music by Wake Up Robin and Hypergolic, calling by Lindsey Dono and Christa Torrens. Great food, friendly dancers. Workshops for dancers, callers, and musicians. Homestays and workshares available. \nSliding scale"
links:
- "https://bozemanfolklore.org/wintergreen-2026/"
- "https://cdss.org/event/wintergreen-contra-dance-weekend/"
start: "2026-01-23T18:00:00-07:00"
end: "2026-01-25T13:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: MT
city: Bozeman
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Hypergolic
- Wake Up Robin
callers:
- Christa Torrens
- Lindsey Dono
price: $145-$185
organisation: Bozeman Folklore Society
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-01-27/"
start: "2026-01-27T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-01-27T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk Café Nijmegen
details: "Balfolk Cafe is livemuziek, tussendoor fijne balfolkhitjes en natuurlijk sessie: dus neem ook je instrumenten mee!\n\n\nEntree: € 15,- (of € 10,- voor mensen die kortingstarief nodig hebben)\nGeef ruim, alles gaat 100% naar de muzikanten.\n\n20:00 dans uitleg\n21:00 Livemuziek (2 sets)\n(Tijden onder voorbehoud)"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-cafe-nijmegen-in-december/"
start: "2026-01-28T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-01-28T23:59:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Nijmegen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €10-€15
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Prague Balfolk Weekend
links:
- "https://prague-balfolk-weekend.cz/en/"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1235669361448752/"
start: "2026-01-30T16:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-02-01T16:00:00+01:00"
country: Czechia
city: Prague
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Balfolk.cz
source: events/czechia/prague.yaml
- name: Hands Across Contra
details: "Lesson at 7; Dance at 7:30. Sliding admission $5 to $15."
links:
- "https://boulderdance.org/event/hands-across-contra/"
start: "2026-01-30T19:00:00-07:00"
end: "2026-01-30T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: CO
city: Boulder
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $5-$15
organisation: Colorado Friends of Old Time Music and Dance
source: events/usa/boulder.yaml
- name: Balfolk Stuttgart
details: Altes Feuerwehrhaus Süd
links:
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/1009088734"
start: "2026-01-31T18:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-01-31T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Stuttgart
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Holger & Moritz & Vera
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Boombal
details: Ball
links:
- "https://boombal.be"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2736"
start: "2026-01-31T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-01-31T22:45:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Gent
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Boombal
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-02-03/"
start: "2026-02-03T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-02-03T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Supersonic
links:
- "https://www.supersoniccontra.com/"
start_date: 2026-02-06
end_date: 2026-02-07
country: USA
state: WA
city: Seattle
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Root System
- The Faux Paws
callers:
- Seth Tepfer
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Skandia First Friday LIVE
details: "<html-blob><u></u><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br><br>Teaching: 7:30-8:30 p.m. No partner is required. </html-blob><br><html-blob><br><u></u></html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2026-02-06T19:30:00-08:00"
end: "2026-02-06T22:30:00-08:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.yaml
- name: Groot Bal Antwerpen
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2760"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1471834534190503/"
start: "2026-02-07T15:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-02-07T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Antwerp
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: BalAFolk
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-02-10/"
start: "2026-02-10T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-02-10T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Cabin Fever
details: "Three days of music, dance, and hanging out with couple hundred of your best friends. In 2026 we are featuring Chris Page calling to the music of Contraforce and Starling. Registration is limited to 200."
links:
- "https://www.knoxvillecontra.org/cfschedule"
- "https://cdss.org/event/cabin-fever-2026/"
start_date: 2026-02-13
end_date: 2026-02-15
country: USA
state: TN
city: Oak Ridge
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- ContraForce
- Starling
callers:
- Chris Page
organisation: Knoxville Contra Dance
source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-02-17/"
start: "2026-02-17T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-02-17T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: KA-Balfolk
details: "Mit L'air inconnu und Grand Balthazar ab 17:30h Workshop"
links:
- "https://ka-balfolk.de/termine-elementor/"
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/1008282698"
start: "2026-02-20T17:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-02-20T23:55:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Karlsruhe
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Grand Balthazar
- "L'air Inconnu"
organisation: KA-BALFOLK
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Skandia Third Friday dance LIVE
details: "<html-blob><br><br>Teaching: 8:10-8:25 p.m. <br><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br>Music TBA</html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2026-02-20T19:30:00-08:00"
end: "2026-02-20T22:30:00-08:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.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: Tanz und Begegnung
details: "Balfolk mit L'air inconnu und Grand Balthasar"
links:
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/1008165645"
start: "2026-02-22T12:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-02-22T21:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Großschönach
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Grand Balthazar
- "L'air Inconnu"
organisation: Sönke
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-02-24/"
start: "2026-02-24T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-02-24T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Fiddling Frog Dance Festival
links:
- "https://www.sccdc.org/special-events/fiddling-frog/"
start_date: 2026-02-27
end_date: 2026-03-01
country: USA
state: CA
city: Pasadena
styles:
- contra
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Playing with Fyre
- Eloise & Co.
callers:
- Frannie Marr
- Cis Hinkle
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Lava Meltdown
links:
- "http://www.lavameltdown2025.com/"
start_date: 2026-02-27
end_date: 2026-03-01
country: USA
state: ID
city: Lava Hot Springs
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Palmetto Bug Stomp
links:
- "http://charlestonfolk.weebly.com/palmetto-bug-stomp.html"
start_date: 2026-02-27
end_date: 2026-03-01
country: USA
state: SC
city: Charleston
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Notorious
- Contraforce
callers:
- Seth Tepfer
- JJ Luxe
organisation: Charleston Folk
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Balhalla Festival
links:
- "https://www.balhallafestival.be/en"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/2082785725544099/"
start: "2026-02-27T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-03-01T19:30:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Gent
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: Balhalla
source: events/belgium/balhalla.yaml
- name: Balfolk Café Nijmegen
details: "Balfolk Cafe is livemuziek, tussendoor fijne balfolkhitjes en natuurlijk sessie: dus neem ook je instrumenten mee!\n\n\nEntree: € 15,- (of € 10,- voor mensen die kortingstarief nodig hebben)\nGeef ruim, alles gaat 100% naar de muzikanten.\n\n20:00 dans uitleg\n21:00 Livemuziek (2 sets)\n(Tijden onder voorbehoud)"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-cafe-nijmegen-in-februari-2026/"
start: "2026-02-28T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-02-28T23:59:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Nijmegen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €10-€15
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-03-03/"
start: "2026-03-03T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-03-03T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Skandia First Friday LIVE
details: "<html-blob><u></u><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br><br>Teaching: 7:30-8:30 p.m. No partner is required. </html-blob><br><html-blob><br><u></u></html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2026-03-06T19:30:00-08:00"
end: "2026-03-06T22:30:00-08:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.yaml
- name: Bal Folk in der TanzEtage
details: "Bal Folk mit Danzvogel, Tübingerstraße 58, 72810 Gomaringen"
links:
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/1113785053"
start: "2026-03-07T20:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-03-07T23:30:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Gomaringen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Danzvogel
organisation: Silvia Fuchs
source: events/germany/kalender.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: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-03-10/"
start: "2026-03-10T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-03-10T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk Wilde Wereld
details: "Ons voorjaarsbal in de Wilde Wereld in Wageningen.\n\nIn ieder geval komen de huisbands Madlot en de Houtzagerij ten dans spelen.\nWe nodigen ook elke keer een gastgroep uit. Meer informatie hierover volgt nog.\n\nEn: we hebben een open podium. Dus wil je graag eens een kort setje ten dans spelen, dan ben je welkom! Graag even van te voren melden, zodat we een mooi programma kunnen maken."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-wilde-wereld/"
start: "2026-03-14T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-03-14T23:45:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Wageningen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- De Houtzagerij
- Madlot
price: €7.50
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-03-17/"
start: "2026-03-17T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-03-17T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Carolina Meltdown
details: "Contra Dance Weekend sponsored by Charlotte Contra Dancers. Held at Camp Thunderbird, Lake Wylie, SC"
links:
- "https://www.charlottecontradance.org/carolina-meltdown"
start: "2026-03-20T19:00:00-04:00"
end: "2026-03-22T16:00:00-04:00"
country: USA
state: SC
city: Lake Wylie
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- The Dam Beavers
- Engine Room
callers:
- Lisa Greenleaf
- Cis Hinkle
organisation: Charlotte Contra Dancers
source: events/usa/charlotte.yaml
- name: Skandia Third Friday dance LIVE
details: "<html-blob><br><br>Teaching: 8:10-8:25 p.m. <br><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br>Music TBA</html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2026-03-20T19:30:00-07:00"
end: "2026-03-20T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.yaml
- name: Groot Bal Antwerpen
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2761"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/648374848193137/"
start: "2026-03-21T15:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-03-21T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Antwerp
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: BalAFolk
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: Tanztag am Bodensee
details: Remi Geffreoy und???
links:
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/1044672758"
start: "2026-03-22T11:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-03-22T21:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Großschönach
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Rémi Geffroy
organisation: Sönke
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-03-24/"
start: "2026-03-24T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-03-24T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk Café Nijmegen
details: "Balfolk Cafe is livemuziek, tussendoor fijne balfolkhitjes en natuurlijk sessie: dus neem ook je instrumenten mee!\n\n\nEntree: € 15,- (of € 10,- voor mensen die kortingstarief nodig hebben)\nGeef ruim, alles gaat 100% naar de muzikanten.\n\n20:00 dans uitleg\n21:00 Livemuziek (2 sets)\n(Tijden onder voorbehoud)"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-cafe-nijmegen-in-maart-2026/"
start: "2026-03-25T20:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-03-25T23:59:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Nijmegen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €10-€15
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balhalla
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2848"
start: "2026-03-26T19:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-03-26T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Belgium
city: Gent
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €10-€18
organisation: Balhalla
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Pigtown Fling
links:
- "https://www.pigtownfling.com/"
start_date: 2026-03-27
end_date: 2026-03-29
country: USA
state: OH
city: Cincinatti
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Kingfisher
- The Dam Beavers
callers:
- Wendy Graham
- Will Mentor
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Epicenter
links:
- "https://nbcds.org/epicenter-2025/"
start_date: 2026-03-27
end_date: 2026-03-29
country: USA
state: CA
city: Mill Valley
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Notorious
- The Syncopaths
callers:
- Gaye Fifer
- Liz Nelson
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.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: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-03-31/"
start: "2026-03-31T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-03-31T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Skandia First Friday LIVE
details: "<html-blob><u></u><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br><br>Teaching: 7:30-8:30 p.m. No partner is required. </html-blob><br><html-blob><br><u></u></html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2026-04-03T19:30:00-07:00"
end: "2026-04-03T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-04-07/"
start: "2026-04-07T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-04-07T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Contra Camp
links:
- "https://www.halswaymanor.org.uk/event/contra-camp-2026"
start: "2026-04-10T06:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-04-12T16:00:00+01:00"
country: UK
city: Halsway
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- WillPower
- Linda Game
callers:
- Louise Siddons
price: £100-£330
organisation: Halsway Manor
source: events/uk/halsway.yaml
- name: Irish set dance
details: Irisches Wochenende
links:
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/1044673201"
start: "2026-04-10T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2026-04-12T16:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Balingen
styles:
- irish-set
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Sönke
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-04-14/"
start: "2026-04-14T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-04-14T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk Café Nijmegen
details: "Balfolk Cafe is livemuziek, tussendoor fijne balfolkhitjes en natuurlijk sessie: dus neem ook je instrumenten mee!\n\n\nEntree: € 15,- (of € 10,- voor mensen die kortingstarief nodig hebben)\nGeef ruim, alles gaat 100% naar de muzikanten.\n\n20:00 dans uitleg\n21:00 Livemuziek (2 sets)\n(Tijden onder voorbehoud)"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-cafe-nijmegen-in-april-2026/"
start: "2026-04-15T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2026-04-15T23:59:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Nijmegen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €10-€15
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Avondbal bij de Muziekstage
details: "Jaarlijks is er in Sint-Michielsgestel een interessant muziekweekend met workshops over balfolk en dansmuziek. Overdag zijn er cursussen, vanaf 19:30 begint het avondprogramma met concerten, bal en sessie.\nProgramma\nWaarschijnlijk wordt het tijdschema als volgt, wijzigingen onder voorbehoud\n\n19:30 aanvang\n19:50 concert\n21:00 Bal\n23:30 Jam-bal : neem je instrument mee, en speel of dans mee\nFoto's van het workshopweekend:\n• Foto's van de Workshops 2023\n• Foto's van de Avonden 2022\n• video's van het weekend"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/avondbal-muziekstage2026-vrijdag/"
start: "2026-04-17T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-04-17T23:59:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: St.Michielsgestel
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: donation
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Boombal
details: Ball
links:
- "https://boombal.be"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2737"
start: "2026-04-17T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2026-04-17T22:45:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Gent
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Boombal
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Skandia Third Friday dance LIVE
details: "<html-blob><br><br>Teaching: 8:10-8:25 p.m. <br><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br>Music TBA</html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2026-04-17T19:30:00-07:00"
end: "2026-04-17T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.yaml
- name: KA-Balfolk
details: "Mit N.N. und Workshop ab 17:30h"
links:
- "https://ka-balfolk.de/termine-elementor/"
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/1008283024"
start: "2026-04-18T17:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-04-18T23:55:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Karlsruhe
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: KA-BALFOLK
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Avondbal bij de Muziekstage
details: "Jaarlijks is er in Sint-Michielsgestel een interessant muziekweekend met workshops over balfolk en dansmuziek. Overdag zijn er cursussen, vanaf 19:30 begint het avondprogramma met concerten, bal en sessie.\nProgramma\nWaarschijnlijk wordt het tijdschema als volgt, wijzigingen onder voorbehoud\n\n19:30 aanvang\n19:50 concert\n21:00 Bal\n23:30 Jam-bal : neem je instrument mee, en speel of dans mee\nFoto's van het workshopweekend:\n• Foto's van de Workshops 2023\n• Foto's van de Avonden 2022\n• video's van het weekend"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/avondbal-muziekstage2026-zaterdag/"
start: "2026-04-18T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-04-18T23:59:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: St.Michielsgestel
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: donation
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-04-21/"
start: "2026-04-21T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-04-21T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-04-28/"
start: "2026-04-28T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-04-28T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: ComSiBal Festival
links:
- "https://comsibal.be/en/"
start: "2026-04-30T18:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-05-04T02:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Boutersem
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: ComSiBal
source: events/belgium/comsibal.yaml
- name: Skandia First Friday LIVE
details: "<html-blob><u></u><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br><br>Teaching: 7:30-8:30 p.m. No partner is required. </html-blob><br><html-blob><br><u></u></html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2026-05-01T19:30:00-07:00"
end: "2026-05-01T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.yaml
- name: Sofia (bal)Folk Weekend
details: "After the first succesful Sofia balFOLK WEEKEND in the spring of 2025, we’re looking into organizing Sofia's second Folk Weekend - an extended weekend which focuses on traditional Bulgarian music and Balfolk.\r\nWe'd like to connect local musicians with musicians abroad, who love Bulgarian music, and offer you the opportunity to learn directly from the source. And of course, have lots of fun playing, singing and dancing together in Bulgaria's vibrant capital city!\r\nWe've chosen those dates since 1st of May is a non-working day in most of Europe, so hopefully it's possible to bridge it with the weekend.\r\nWe would like to get your feedback, opinions, ideas and suggestions - we've prepared this survey and would be grateful if you'd fill it out.\r\nThank you!\r\nYours, in music and dance,\r\nVeli and Didi"
links:
- "https://form.jotform.com/250206228867055"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/1254449346100620/"
start: "2026-05-03T12:00:00+02:00"
end: "2026-05-03T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Bulgaria
city: Sofia
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Balfolkariya House Band
price: €90-€200
organisation: Balfolkariya
source: events/bulgaria/sofia.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-05-05/"
start: "2026-05-05T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-05-05T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Adirondack Dance Weekend
links:
- "https://www.danceflurry.org/adirondack-dance-weekend/"
start_date: 2026-05-08
end_date: 2026-05-10
country: USA
state: NY
city: Silver Bay
styles:
- balfolk
- contra
- ecd
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: DanceFlurry
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Folkbal Academie Bornem
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2831"
start: "2026-05-08T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2026-05-08T22:30:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Bornem
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Academie Bornem
- Naragonia
organisation: ~
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-05-12/"
start: "2026-05-12T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-05-12T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Skandia Third Friday dance LIVE
details: "<html-blob><br><br>Teaching: 8:10-8:25 p.m. <br><span><strong>Skandia members, $10; nonmembers, $15; kids, free The price of admission includes a free dance class.</strong></span><br>Music TBA</html-blob>"
links:
- "https://skandia-folkdance.org/"
start: "2026-05-15T19:30:00-07:00"
end: "2026-05-15T22:30:00-07:00"
country: USA
state: WA
city: Lynnwood
styles:
- scandi
workshop: true
social: true
price: $10-$15
organisation: Skandia Folkdance Society
source: events/usa/skandia.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: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-05-19/"
start: "2026-05-19T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-05-19T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balhalla Potluckbal
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2850"
start: "2026-05-25T15:00:00+02:00"
end: "2026-05-25T21:30:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Gent
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €11-€17
organisation: Balhalla
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-05-26/"
start: "2026-05-26T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-05-26T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk Café Nijmegen
details: "Balfolk Cafe is livemuziek, tussendoor fijne balfolkhitjes en natuurlijk sessie: dus neem ook je instrumenten mee!\n\n\nEntree: € 15,- (of € 10,- voor mensen die kortingstarief nodig hebben)\nGeef ruim, alles gaat 100% naar de muzikanten.\n\n20:00 dans uitleg\n21:00 Livemuziek (2 sets)\n(Tijden onder voorbehoud)"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-cafe-nijmegen-in-mei-2026/"
start: "2026-05-27T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2026-05-27T23:59:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Nijmegen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €10-€15
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Hands Across Contra
details: "Lesson at 7; Dance at 7:30. Sliding admission $5 to $15."
links:
- "https://boulderdance.org/event/hands-across-contra-11/"
start: "2026-05-29T19:00:00-06:00"
end: "2026-05-29T22:30:00-06:00"
country: USA
state: CO
city: Boulder
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $5-$15
organisation: Colorado Friends of Old Time Music and Dance
source: events/usa/boulder.yaml
- name: Boombal
details: Ball
links:
- "https://boombal.be"
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2738"
start: "2026-05-30T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2026-05-30T22:45:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Gent
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Boombal
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-06-02/"
start: "2026-06-02T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-06-02T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Weekbal Antwerpen
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2762"
- "https://www.facebook.com/events/982257914067087/"
start: "2026-06-03T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2026-06-03T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Antwerp
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: BalAFolk
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-06-09/"
start: "2026-06-09T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-06-09T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk Stuttgart
details: Altes Feuerwehrhaus Süd
links:
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/1008238796"
start: "2026-06-13T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2026-06-13T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Stuttgart
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Holger & Moritz & Vera
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-06-16/"
start: "2026-06-16T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-06-16T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-06-23/"
start: "2026-06-23T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-06-23T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk Café Nijmegen
details: "Balfolk Cafe is livemuziek, tussendoor fijne balfolkhitjes en natuurlijk sessie: dus neem ook je instrumenten mee!\n\n\nEntree: € 15,- (of € 10,- voor mensen die kortingstarief nodig hebben)\nGeef ruim, alles gaat 100% naar de muzikanten.\n\n20:00 dans uitleg\n21:00 Livemuziek (2 sets)\n(Tijden onder voorbehoud)"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/balfolk-cafe-nijmegen-in-juni-2026/"
start: "2026-06-24T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2026-06-24T23:59:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Nijmegen
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €10-€15
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balhalla
details: Ball
links:
- "https://folkbalbende.be/event/2849"
start: "2026-06-25T19:00:00+02:00"
end: "2026-06-25T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Belgium
city: Gent
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €10-€18
organisation: Balhalla
source: events/belgium/folkbalbende.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: AmWeek
links:
- "https://amweek.camp/"
start_date: 2026-06-28
end_date: 2026-07-03
country: USA
state: CA
city: Ben Lomond
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
organisation: TryContra
source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-06-30/"
start: "2026-06-30T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-06-30T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-07-07/"
start: "2026-07-07T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-07-07T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-07-14/"
start: "2026-07-14T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-07-14T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-07-21/"
start: "2026-07-21T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-07-21T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-07-28/"
start: "2026-07-28T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-07-28T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Hands Across Contra
details: "Lesson at 7; Dance at 7:30. Sliding admission $5 to $15."
links:
- "https://boulderdance.org/event/hands-across-contra-12/"
start: "2026-07-31T19:00:00-06:00"
end: "2026-07-31T22:30:00-06:00"
country: USA
state: CO
city: Boulder
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $5-$15
organisation: Colorado Friends of Old Time Music and Dance
source: events/usa/boulder.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-08-04/"
start: "2026-08-04T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-08-04T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-08-11/"
start: "2026-08-11T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-08-11T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-08-18/"
start: "2026-08-18T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-08-18T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-08-25/"
start: "2026-08-25T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-08-25T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-09-01/"
start: "2026-09-01T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-09-01T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-09-08/"
start: "2026-09-08T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-09-08T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-09-15/"
start: "2026-09-15T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-09-15T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-09-22/"
start: "2026-09-22T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-09-22T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: KA-Balfolk
details: "Mit Hartwin Dhoore Trio und Workshop ab 17:30h"
links:
- "https://ka-balfolk.de/termine-elementor/"
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/1008283069"
start: "2026-09-26T17:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-09-26T23:55:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Karlsruhe
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
bands:
- Hartwin Dhoore Trio
organisation: KA-BALFOLK
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-09-29/"
start: "2026-09-29T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-09-29T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-10-06/"
start: "2026-10-06T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-10-06T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-10-13/"
start: "2026-10-13T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-10-13T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk Stuttgart
details: Altes Feuerwehrhaus Süd
links:
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/1008238843"
start: "2026-10-17T18:00:00+02:00"
end: "2026-10-17T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Stuttgart
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Holger & Moritz & Vera
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-10-20/"
start: "2026-10-20T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2026-10-20T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Gmünd Folk Tanzt
details: "Großer BalFolk im Neuen Augustinus, Schwäbisch Gmünd"
links:
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/1116202222"
start: "2026-10-23T20:00:00+02:00"
end: "2026-10-23T23:00:00+02:00"
country: Germany
city: Schwäbisch Gmünd
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: Gmünd Folk e.V.
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-10-27/"
start: "2026-10-27T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-10-27T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Hands Across Contra
details: "Lesson at 7; Dance at 7:30. Sliding admission $5 to $15."
links:
- "https://boulderdance.org/event/hands-across-contra-13/"
start: "2026-10-30T19:00:00-06:00"
end: "2026-10-30T22:30:00-06:00"
country: USA
state: CO
city: Boulder
styles:
- contra
workshop: true
social: true
price: $5-$15
organisation: Colorado Friends of Old Time Music and Dance
source: events/usa/boulder.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-11-03/"
start: "2026-11-03T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-11-03T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-11-10/"
start: "2026-11-10T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-11-10T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Balfolk trifft Balkan
details: "Tanztag am Bodensee, mit den Ballkanesen aus Tübingen und??"
links:
- "https://ballkanesen.webador.de/unsere-termine"
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/1044673315"
start: "2026-11-14T11:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-11-14T21:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Großschönach
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
bands:
- Ballkanesen
organisation: Sönke
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-11-17/"
start: "2026-11-17T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-11-17T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: KA-Balfolk
details: Mit N.N.
links:
- "https://ka-balfolk.de/termine-elementor/"
- "https://kalender.digital/574d155c91900caea879/event/1008285137"
start: "2026-11-22T18:00:00+01:00"
end: "2026-11-22T21:00:00+01:00"
country: Germany
city: Karlsruhe
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
organisation: KA-BALFOLK
source: events/germany/kalender.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-11-24/"
start: "2026-11-24T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-11-24T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.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
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-12-01/"
start: "2026-12-01T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-12-01T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-12-08/"
start: "2026-12-08T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-12-08T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-12-15/"
start: "2026-12-15T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-12-15T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-12-22/"
start: "2026-12-22T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-12-22T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Dansavond
details: "Elke dinsdag gaan we gezellig dansen. Met een verzameling van meer dan 2000 nummers en handige software waardoor iedereen gemakkelijk een dans naar keuze kan kiezen is elke avond anders maar altijd gezellig.\n\nKoffie en thee zijn gratis en iedereen is welkom om iets lekkers uit te delen. Alcohol is niet toegestaan.\n\nTussen 19:30 en 20:00 nemen we de tijd om beginners wat basispassen te leren of technische vragen over dansen te beantwoorden.\n\nPraat ook mee op onze discord https://discord.gg/wMuHDEH8Ua ."
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/dansavond-2026-12-29/"
start: "2026-12-29T19:30:00+01:00"
end: "2026-12-29T23:00:00+01:00"
country: Netherlands
city: Zeist
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: true
social: true
price: €5
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Avondbal bij de Muziekstage
details: "Jaarlijks is er in Sint-Michielsgestel een interessant muziekweekend met workshops over balfolk en dansmuziek. Overdag zijn er cursussen, vanaf 19:30 begint het avondprogramma met concerten, bal en sessie.\nProgramma\nWaarschijnlijk wordt het tijdschema als volgt, wijzigingen onder voorbehoud\n\n19:30 aanvang\n19:50 concert\n21:00 Bal\n23:30 Jam-bal : neem je instrument mee, en speel of dans mee\nFoto's van het workshopweekend:\n• Foto's van de Workshops 2023\n• Foto's van de Avonden 2022\n• video's van het weekend"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/avondbal-bij-de-muziekstage-2027-2/"
start: "2027-04-16T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2027-04-16T23:59:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: St.Michielsgestel
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: donation
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml
- name: Avondbal bij de Muziekstage
details: "Jaarlijks is er in Sint-Michielsgestel een interessant muziekweekend met workshops over balfolk en dansmuziek. Overdag zijn er cursussen, vanaf 19:30 begint het avondprogramma met concerten, bal en sessie.\nProgramma\nWaarschijnlijk wordt het tijdschema als volgt, wijzigingen onder voorbehoud\n\n19:30 aanvang\n19:50 concert\n21:00 Bal\n23:30 Jam-bal : neem je instrument mee, en speel of dans mee\nFoto's van het workshopweekend:\n• Foto's van de Workshops 2023\n• Foto's van de Avonden 2022\n• video's van het weekend"
links:
- "https://www.balfolk.nl/agenda/avondbal-bij-de-muziekstage-2027/"
start: "2027-04-17T19:30:00+02:00"
end: "2027-04-17T23:59:00+02:00"
country: Netherlands
city: St.Michielsgestel
styles:
- balfolk
workshop: false
social: true
price: donation
organisation: balfolk.nl
source: events/netherlands/balfolk_nl.yaml