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February 2022
Fri 25–Sun 27 IVFDF 2022 (Facebook) £19-£50 Sheffield, UK W balfolk contra English ceilidh Scottish cèilidh ECD SCD Edit Copy
Hekety Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer Bearded Dragons Vertical Expression Bellamira Fourth Road The Rheingans Sisters Vijay Venkat and Mel Biggs Liz and Kirsten The NYFTE Group Charlie Turner Daisy Black Rachel Shapiro-Wallace Charlotte Rich-Griffin Lisa Heywood Nisha Lall
March 2022
Sat 19 10:00 am–Sun 20 11:00 pm Dance Around the World £28-£30 London, UK W English ceilidh ECD Polish Edit Copy
April 2022
Fri 1–Sat 2 Workshopweekend bals (…) (…) donation St. Michielsgestel, Netherlands balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 1–Mon 4 Funambals (Facebook) Lyon, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 1–Sun 3 Halsway Playford Assembly £165-£270 Halsway, UK W ECD Edit Copy
Purcell's Polyphonic Party Andrew Swaine
Thu 7–Sun 10 Balfolk Ratisbonne €53-€70 Regensburg, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Bargainatt Laüsa Duo Andy Cutting & Gudrun Walther
Fri 8 9:30 pm–Sun 10 10:30 pm XXIX FEST-i-BALL (Facebook) €49-€55 Lisbon, Portugal W balfolk Edit Copy
Kwadril LyraDanz Folky Bal'boa Duo Fermé-Exibard
Sat 9–Sun 10 Coming Home to Contra $80-$115 Mill Valley, CA, USA contra Edit Copy
Stringrays StringFire! Will Mentor Susan Petrick
Fri 15 6:30 pm–Sun 17 11:45 pm Folk Festival Leuven - ComSiBal (Facebook) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) Leuven, Belgium W balfolk scandi Edit Copy
LyraDanz Duo Mackie-Hendrix Trio14 Duo Besson-Rio Beat Bouet Trio Emmarilin Duo Tanghe-Coudroy Floris & the Flames Duo Zena Duo Balzam
Fri 22–Sat 23 Folk Weekend Oxford (Facebook) (Facebook) Oxford, UK English ceilidh Scottish cèilidh balfolk Edit Copy
Oxford University Ceilidh Band Jigfoot Shivelight Sawney White Jane Bird Ian Nichols
Sat 23 10:00 am–Sun 24 8:00 pm Elfia Haarzuilens (…) (…) €35.80-€65.80 Haarzuilens, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 29–Sun 1 May Folkarria eco Festi-bal €60-€80 Madrid, Spain W balfolk Edit Copy
Duo Lopez/Herremans Trio Loubelya Castijazz Duo Laloy-Letron My Petite Obal
Fri 29–Mon 2 May Scandimoot (…) £105-£140 North Yorkshire, UK W scandi Edit Copy
Mats Berglund Fredrik Lundberg Samuel Lundh
Fri 29–Mon 2 May May Heydays at Evesham £48-£97 Evesham, UK W balfolk contra ECD Edit Copy
Albireo Confluence Keeping Thyme Klerizma Portland Duo Purcell's Polyphonic Party Wild Ride Andrew Swaine Colin Hume Joanna Reiner Wilkinson John Sweeney Karen Sweeney Lynne Render Nigel Close
Sat 30–Sun 1 May Blowzabella workshop weekend (…) Frankfurt, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Blowzabella
May 2022
Fri 6 6:00 pm–Sun 8 5:00 pm AKDT (Facebook) (FBB) Harsin, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
Sat 14 1:30 pm–Sun 15 7:00 pm Bal à Léo (Facebook) €35-€45 Montpellier, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Come Chez Vous Trio Loubelya
Thu 26–Sun 29 36th Leipziger Tanzhausfest (Facebook) €38-€90 Leipzig, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Imnari Tref Lunesk Swedenquell DiaTon L'air Inconnu
Fri 27–Sat 28 Folk en Folie (…) €25 La Rochelle, France balfolk Edit Copy
Tralala Lovers Duo Janvier/Serot Les Cueilleurs de sons Diskuizh Les Zéoles Les Toqués du Tempo Philomèle
Fri 27–Sun 29 Chippenham Folk Festival £50.94-£138.88 Chippenham, UK W English ceilidh contra Edit Copy
Banter Folk Camps Party Band Whapweasel Linda Game Band Warleggan Village Band Ali & Mollie Fee Lock Charlotte Rich-Griffin Geoff Cubitt
Fri 27 1:30 pm–Sun 29 4:00 pm Dafodil 2022 (Facebook) (FBB) (FBB) Diest, Belgium W balfolk scandi Edit Copy
Eä Maarten Decombel & Toon Van Mierlo Trio Törn Loogaroo Boréale Siger Naragonia Duo Montanaro-Cavez Duo De Schepper-Sanczuk Ciac Boum
Sat 28 10:00 am–Sun 29 4:30 pm Zweitägiger Tanzkurs (Facebook) €80-€120 Vienna, Austria W balfolk Edit Copy
Lauge Dideriksen
June 2022
Thu 2–Sun 5 RenoFolk Festival (Facebook) Bologna, Italy W balfolk Edit Copy
Caamaño & Ameixeiras Bucci e Fragole e Tempesta KV Express Man Encantada Duo Les Zéoles Ciac Boum Duo Meo Lucanero TriOblique
Fri 3–Sun 5 Halsway Contra Dance Weekend £165-£270 Halsway, UK W contra Edit Copy
Contrasaurus Jake Wood Charlie Turner
Fri 3 8:00 pm–Sun 5 8:00 pm Balayvré €18-€34 Le Mans, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Emmanuelle Bouthillier Boeuf Dézingué Bon Matin Duo Fleuves Boréale Les Recycleurs de Sons Celta 12 Aqhor
Sun 12–Sun 19 Hey Days $825-$1050 Rohnert Park, CA, USA W ECD balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 17–Sun 19 Lichfield Folk Festival £75-£85 Lichfield, UK W contra ECD Edit Copy
Portland Drive 3D Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer English Contra Dance Band Folkus Pocus Seth Tepfer Colin Hume Ivan Aitken Christine Dodd Brian Stanton Bernie Culkin Neil Stuart
Fri 17 7:30 pm–Sun 19 2:00 pm Faultline Frolic (Facebook) $160 Santa Rosa, CA, USA contra Edit Copy
Notorious Frannie Marr
Sun 19–Sat 25 Music and Dance Week $640-$740 Harrison, ID, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Spin The Dam Beavers Fine Companions Cis Hinkle Will Mentor Kalia Kliban
Thu 23 8:00 pm–Sun 26 4:30 pm Folk Weekend Mattstedt €25-€135 Mattstedt, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Wings & Tales Geronimo Bargainatt J.B. Picot Maracu Aurélien Claranbaux Duo Bothe-Molzahn
Fri 24–Sun 26 Bals et Roses Florenville, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 24 4:00 pm–Sun 26 4:00 pm Blowzabella Festival (Facebook) (…) £6-£270 Halsway, UK W balfolk Edit Copy
Blowzabella Duo Rivaud-Lacouchie
Fri 24 6:00 pm–Sun 26 5:00 pm Le Festival De La Pouméane (Facebook) €31-€52 Combovin, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Bal O'Gadjo Le Mange Bal DiaTao La Chimère Eric Thézé Nøkkenoc
Sat 25 1:00 pm–Sun 26 4:00 pm le Bal as Queer as Folk (Facebook) free Rennes, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Duo Michaud-Guérin Duo Bouthillier-Lemoine Lange Rivoalen and Lucas Falezan Les Zéoles
Sun 26–Sat 2 July Family Week Santa Cruz, CA, USA W ECD SCD contra Edit Copy
Thu 30–Sun 3 July Dañserlà 2022 (…) €35-€99 Erlangen, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Rémi Geffroy Gilles le Bigot & Stephane Morvan Duo Artense Duo Dhoore-Geerinck Hidrae Duo Laloy-Letron La Sauterelle ba.fnu Wouter en de Draak Trio B-Key Faya Gur Anke N.N.
July 2022
Sat 2 9:00 am–Sat 9 5:00 pm Summer School: Bourrées @ AKDT (Facebook) (FBB) (…) Neufchâteau, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
Sat 2 7:30 pm–Sat 9 1:00 pm Intensive Folk Dance Summer School @AKDT (Facebook) (FBB) Neufchâteau, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
Sun 3 6:00 pm–Sat 9 8:00 pm Balfolk Dance Workshop (Facebook) Erbil, Iraq W balfolk Edit Copy
Mon 4–Sun 10 Gran Bal Trad (Vialfre) Vialfre, Italy W balfolk Italian Irish set ECD Edit Copy
Tue 5–Sun 10 Le Festival Balalalune 2022 (Facebook) €69-€156 Saint Maurice, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Cabanes Soluna Duo Michaud-Guérin Kaz Kan Zie Mara Des Bois Eva Parmenter Valsaviris Folksy Groove Plume Amzéom Dekolaz La Chimère Escale Ordinaire La Roulotte Rhizottome La Sylva La Mêche
Thu 7–Sun 10 Rudolstadt Festival Rudolstadt, Germany W balfolk English ceilidh Edit Copy
Emily & The Simons Folk My Life! Kerno-Buisson Kreuz & Square Kud Hž Varaždin Token Women
Fri 8–Sun 10 Priddy Folk Festival (…) Priddy, UK W balfolk English ceilidh Edit Copy
Bristol Ceilidh Quartet Confluence Hannah Moore
Fri 8 6:00 pm–Sun 10 11:45 pm Ely Folk Festival (Facebook) (Facebook) (Facebook) £38-£120 Ely, UK English ceilidh Edit Copy
Steamchicken Frog on a Bike Harbour Lights Band Rhi Davies Oliver Simons Pam Ross
Sat 9 9:00 am–Wed 13 11:59 pm Les Volcaniques (Facebook) €40-€519 Riom, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Thu 14–Sun 17 Le Son Continu (Facebook) €60-€75 Lourouer Saint Laurent, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Ma Petite Söndörgő Calum Stewart Trio Germán Díaz Lionel Suarez / André Minvielle Groove Factory Lena Jonsson Turfu Cam&Léo Sylvain Giro et le Chant de la Griffe La Machine Renaud Garcia-Fons Artús KKC Orchestra & CPC CentralBal Jérémie Congrega & Friends Duo Meunier-Buteau Duo Michaud-Guérin Radio Tutti & the Barilla Sisters Poolidor Trencadit La Croix Feuillée
Thu 14–Sun 17 Gate to Southwell Festival Southwell, UK English ceilidh Edit Copy
Rum Ram Ruff Blackbeard's Tea Party Filkin's Ensemble
Thu 14 6:00 pm–Sun 17 8:00 pm Les NoctamBals (Facebook) Guingamp, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 15 7:30 pm–Sun 17 12:00 am Boombal at Gentse Feesten (Facebook) (FBB) (FBB) Gent, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
Airboxes Sanseveria Phlox Geronimo
Fri 15 3:00 pm–Sun 17 3:00 pm River Rendezvous (Facebook) $95-$171.50 Coshocton, OH, USA contra Edit Copy
Toss the Possum The Mean Lids Gaye Fifer Terry Doyle Carol Kopp
Sat 16 4:00 pm–Thu 21 3:00 pm Stage d'été Folk & Tango (Facebook) Marsaz, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Thu 21–Sun 24 Warwick Folk Festival £83-£166 Warwick, UK English ceilidh contra Edit Copy
Relentless Peeping Tom Vertical Expression Whapweasel Mike Courthold
Thu 21 6:00 pm–Sun 24 4:00 pm POKtańcówka & warsztaty & koncert (Facebook) free Białystok, Poland W Polish Edit Copy
Wowakin Trio Kapela Dejcie Pozór Smetonos Usai
Fri 22–Fri 5 August Grand Bal de l'Europe (Gennetines) Gennetines, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 22–Sun 24 Bridport Folk Festival (Facebook) Bridport, UK W balfolk English ceilidh Edit Copy
No Strings Attached Casterbridge Band Confluence
Fri 22 8:00 pm–Sun 24 2:00 am Balfolk summer weekend (Facebook) 95 PLN Warsaw, Poland W balfolk Edit Copy
Geronimo Hartwin Dhoore Viorel
Sun 24–Sun 31 Ischia Folk 2022 Ischia, Italy W balfolk Edit Copy
Wed 27 5:00 pm–Sun 31 12:00 am Les Basaltiques (Facebook) Puy-en-Velay, France W balfolk Edit Copy
CentralBal Duo Fermé-Exibard Planèze Los Cinc Jaus Barilla Sisters Biais Pelos Baug Duo Rivaud-Lacouchie La Machine Traucaneù
Fri 29–Fri 5 August Sidmouth Folk Festival £64-£340 Sidmouth, UK W English ceilidh contra ECD SCD balfolk scandi Edit Copy
Contrasaurus Nozzy Belshazzar's Feast Mollie & Richard Will Allen De Små Grå Joshua Rowe CentralBal Kirkophany Cock and Bull Band Melrose Ceilidh Band Urban Folk Theory Diatonics Out of Hand Threepenny Bit Lasair Jigfoot Bosun Higgs Random Mrs Midnight's Frog on a Bike The Barber Band Louise Siddons Bob Morgan Charlie Turner Charlotte Rich-Griffin Daisy Black Jake Wood Rhi Davies Rhodri Davies
Sat 30 3:00 pm–Sun 31 11:00 pm Fête des Chavans €20 Château-sur-Allier, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Chaï Duo Pilartz-Gielen CentralBal
August 2022
Fri 5–Fri 12 Broadstairs Folk Week £64-£340 Broadstairs, UK W English ceilidh contra Edit Copy
Banter Cock and Bull Band Fee Lock
Sat 6 9:30 pm–Sun 7 5:38 am Mazurka Klandestina in Prague (Facebook) free Prague, Czechia balfolk Edit Copy
Sun 7–Sat 13 Dance S'More $450-$900 Harrison, ID, USA W contra Edit Copy
Alex Sturbaum and Bryan Lindsay Audrey Knuth and Amy Englesberg Susan Michaels Abigail Hobart
Fri 12–Sun 14 Balance the Bay $30-$175 San Francisco, CA, USA contra Edit Copy
The Syncopaths The Dam Beavers Will Mentor Lindsey Dono
Thu 18–Sun 21 Andanças €80-€100 Campinho, Portugal W balfolk Italian Edit Copy
Fri 19–Sun 21 FolkEast (…) (…) Little Glemham, UK English ceilidh Edit Copy
English Dulcimer Duo Blackbeard's Tea Party
Sat 20–Fri 26 Whitby Folk Week £50-£286 Whitby, UK W English ceilidh contra ECD Irish set Edit Copy
Relentless Oxford NAGS Banter Fiddler's Elbow Out of Hand Token Women Jo Freya and Fi Fraser Melrose Ceilidh Band Peeping Tom Bearded Dragons Ali & Mollie Purcell's Polyphonic Party Stray Chords Vertical Expression Phil Bassindale Barry Goodman Cate Haynes Patrick Rose Martyn Harvey Rhodri Davies Colin Hume Bob Morgan Lynne Render Dave Turner
Sat 20 6:00 pm–Sun 21 12:00 pm Cannings Court French and Breton Dance (Facebook) £15 Dorchester, UK W balfolk Edit Copy
Sunday Jam Roofed With Tigers Duo Fell
Sun 21 9:30 pm–Thu 25 11:30 pm Folk On Stage (Facebook) (Facebook) (Facebook) (Facebook) (Facebook) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) (…) Gooik, Belgium balfolk Edit Copy
Cardboard Cabin Aérokorda Cecilia BA1 Threo Duo De Schepper-Sanczuk
Thu 25–Sun 28 Boombalfestival (Facebook) Lovendegem, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
ba.fnu Beat Bouet Trio Broes Cam&Léo Ciac Boum ClaïS Cosmos Chocolat Duo Montanaro-Cavez Duo Dhoore-Geerinck Duo Gestrikt Duo Nello Duo Pilartz-Gielen EmBRUN Koriander La Bachule La Valise Le Grand Barouf Les Bottines Artistiques Loogaroo Naragonia Phlox Rémi Geffroy Sanseveria Thalas Tiennet Simonnin Tralala Lovers Trio Thézé-Vandenabeele Triple-X Variomatic
Fri 26–Mon 29 Towersey Festival £77-£162 Middle Claydon, UK W English ceilidh contra balfolk Edit Copy
Banter Cock and Bull Band Diatonics Flowers & Frolics Lasair Oscina Stumpy Oak Tautas Roks Urban Folk Theory Vertical Expression Whapweasel Tim Walker
Fri 26 2:00 pm–Mon 29 6:30 pm Shrewsbury Folk Festival £104.45-£201.83 Shrewsbury, UK W English ceilidh balfolk Edit Copy
Gloworms Threepenny Bit Godot The Rheingans Sisters Token Women Sarah Matthews & Doug Eunson Brown Boots Relentless Bedlam Erin Mansfield Phil Bassindale Peter Clifton Jo Freya Ben Moss Tom Kitching
Fri 26 6:00 pm–Sun 28 12:00 pm Sugar Hill Dance Weekend (Facebook) $10-$55 Bloomington, IN, USA W contra Edit Copy
September 2022
Fri 2–Sat 3 BunkFest Wallingford, UK English ceilidh Edit Copy
Jigfoot Oxford NAGS Jane Bird Aidan Hansell
Fri 2 7:30 pm–Sun 4 5:30 pm Tanz & Folk Festival Oderland (Facebook) Trebnitz, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Snaarmaarwaar Sväng Hidrae Lunesk Chablis Familie Gerstenberg
Thu 8 7:00 pm–Sun 11 11:30 pm Numinosum Festival 2022 (Facebook) Warsaw, Poland W balfolk Polish scandi Edit Copy
Adriano Sangineto ba.fnu Duo du Balcon LyraDanz TransFORMACJA Rémi Geffroy TriOblique Wim te Groen Hilde van Belle Mr Folxlide Duo Sienkiewicz Kovecs es Viz
Fri 9–Sun 11 Swanage Folk Festival Swanage, UK English ceilidh Edit Copy
Banter
Fri 9 8:00 pm–Sun 11 11:59 pm 29e Folk Festival Marsinne (Facebook) €42-€65 Marsinne, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
Hidrae Adar I Fratelli Tarzanelli Duo Näsbom-Paulson Les Lucioles Cap au Renard Ma Petite Au pied levé Duo Esbelin-Simonnin Airboxes Les Papillons de Nuit A Contrabanda Folk à Donf Le Bour - Bodros Bal O'Gadjo
Sat 10 5:00 pm–Mon 12 1:00 am Bals en Soir (Facebook) Paris, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Bal O'Gadjo Trois fois rien Duo du Balcon
Fri 16–Sun 18 Blowzabella workshops, concert and dance Hamburg, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Blowzabella
Fri 16 4:00 pm–Sun 18 11:45 pm Simmelfolk (Facebook) €77-€99 Simmelsdorf, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Anke Horling Folksy Groove Agregandado DiaTao Hartwin Dhoore Geronimo Knopfgemurmel Viorel
Fri 16 6:00 pm–Sun 18 3:30 pm Festival Les Bals Combiers (Facebook) 50-86 CHF Le Chenit, Switzerland W balfolk Edit Copy
Héron le Fou TriOblique Terroir Collapse No&Mi Arasta Bazaar Zéphyr Combo
Fri 16 4:00 pm–Sun 18 3:30 pm Echo Summit Dance Camp $300-$330 Sacramento, CA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Eloise & Co. Singularity Bob Isaacs Cis Hinkle
Fri 23 7:30 pm–Sun 25 4:00 pm Spring Equinox Folk Ball and Festival (Facebook) (…) (…) $30-$90 Dunedin, New Zealand W balfolk scandi contra Edit Copy
Folkalyptica Maplewood Anna Bowen & Alan McCulloch Catgut and Steel
Fri 23 7:00 pm–Sun 25 5:00 pm Skeer (Facebook) (…) €35 Vaassen, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 23 10:30 pm–Sun 25 6:00 pm 14° Kompleanno della Mazurka Klandestina (Facebook) free Milan, Italy balfolk Edit Copy
Sat 24 10:00 am–Sun 25 4:30 pm Polska-Tanz-Wochenende (Facebook) €100 Vienna, Austria W scandi Edit Copy
Fri 30 7:30 pm–Sun 2 October 9:30 pm Folk au Morimont €60 Morimont, France W balfolk Edit Copy
La Chimère Ribambal Jérémie Congrega Kaz Kan Zie Les Zéoles Le Mange Bal Arizonà Diatocello
Fri 30 8:30 pm–Sat 1 October 11:00 pm Festival Folkiri (Facebook) €22-€42 Le Mans, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Duo Pichard-Vincendeau Duo Brotto-Raibaud Trio Loubelya Adar 21 BOuTONS Bargainatt
October 2022
Fri 7–Sun 9 Fall Dance and Music Weekend $225 Harrison, ID, USA W contra Edit Copy
Audacious Banna Damhsa Franny Marr
Fri 7–Sun 9 Festival des Panards (Facebook) Todmorden, UK W balfolk Edit Copy
Duo Pichard-Vincendeau Duo Plard-Prescott Eel Grinders Trio
Fri 7 6:00 pm–Sun 9 4:30 pm Folkfest Hohnstein €49-€72 Hohnstein, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 7 4:30 pm–Sun 9 2:30 pm Moondance (Facebook) $65-$280 Pickens, SC, USA W contra Edit Copy
Buzz Band Redbud Ramblers Will Mentor Cis Hinkle
Sat 8–Sun 9 Zweitägiger Tanzkurs Vienna, Austria W balfolk Edit Copy
Sat 15 11:00 am–Sun 16 3:00 pm Weekend dance workshop €31 Berlin, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Thu 20 6:00 pm–Sun 23 7:00 pm CaDansa (Facebook) (…) €96.50-€107.50 Steenwijk, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Bargainatt DiaTon Duo du Balcon Duo Rodriguez-Franceschini Fahrenheit Hialøsa Laouen Loogaroo Mr Folxlide Noiranomis Ti Duo Tref Trio Baladins Variomatic Wim te Groen
Fri 21–Sun 23 Bal Folk Dance Weekend $233 Brasstown, NC, USA W balfolk Edit Copy
Rachel Bell Becky Tracy Susan Kevra
Fri 28 9:00 pm–Sun 30 2:00 am Bal des Friches (Facebook) (Facebook) (…) €24-€28 Cahors, France W balfolk Edit Copy
M'Braia Beat Bouet Trio La Soubirane Les Zéoles
Fri 28 9:00 pm–Tue 1 November 2:00 am XXX FEST-i-BALL (Facebook) €60 Lisbon, Portugal W balfolk Edit Copy
Zé Oliveira Quercus Fol&ar Hartwin Dhoore Alfa Arroba OiO Caamaño & Ameixeiras
Sat 29 10:00 am–Sun 30 11:00 pm Dance Around the World £28-£30 London, UK W English ceilidh ECD Polish Edit Copy
November 2022
Fri 4–Sun 6 Skint (Facebook) Ashover, UK W balfolk scandi contra Edit Copy
Fri 4 4:00 pm–Sun 6 8:00 pm Balfolk Intensive 2022 (Facebook) Nijmegen, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Thu 10 1:00 pm–Sun 13 12:00 am Loupiote FestiBal (Facebook) €10-€100 Saint-Lieux-lès-Lavaur, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Yenalaba Ciac Boum Chloé UnKloogged Patates Sound System Souches Leni Veríssimo Trio Jérémie Congrega
Fri 11 4:00 pm–Sun 13 4:00 pm JooDäio! Festival (Facebook) 170-210 CHF Basel, Switzerland W balfolk Edit Copy
CaraƆ La Sylva Bal de l'Aube L'air Inconnu Carovana del Bù
Fri 11 4:00 pm–Mon 14 10:00 am Folk Dance, Music and Strawcraft £165-£295 Halsway, UK W ECD English ceilidh Edit Copy
Fri 11 10:00 pm–Sun 13 8:00 pm XI kompleanno della Mazurka Klandestina (Facebook) free Rome, Italy balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 18 4:00 pm–Sun 20 4:00 pm 19th Zesty Contra Weekend £165-£270 Halsway, UK W contra Edit Copy
Ali & Mollie Rhodri Davies Mark Elvins
Fri 25–Sun 27 Wszystkie Mazurki Świata Warsaw, Poland W Polish Edit Copy
Fri 25 8:30 pm–Sun 27 1:45 am 10e Nuit Trad'Actuelle (Facebook) (…) €37 Troyes, France balfolk Edit Copy
Tref Toc Toc Toc Le Grand Barouf Djal La Cuivraille Laüsa La Machine
Fri 25 8:00 pm–Sat 26 11:00 pm Blowzabella session, workshops and dance Holmfirth, UK W balfolk Edit Copy
Blowzabella
Sat 26 7:00 pm–Sun 27 6:30 pm 15 jaar Folkbal Nijmegen (Facebook) (…) €46.50-€53 Nijmegen, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Hot Griselda EmBRUN Wouter Kuyper Naragonia
December 2022
Fri 2–Sun 4 Fall Frolick $375 Healdsburg, CA, USA W ECD balfolk contra Edit Copy
Audrey Knuth Jon Berger Rebecca King Jim Oakden Jeffrey Spero Christopher Jacoby Sande Gillette
Sat 3 10:00 am–Sun 4 4:30 pm Bal-Folk Tanzkurs (Facebook) €80-€160 Vienna, Austria W balfolk Edit Copy
Sebastian Slameczka
Wed 7 3:00 pm–Thu 8 6:00 pm A mazzurk 'e Stramakkj' (Facebook) Naples, Italy W balfolk Italian Edit Copy
Fri 9 3:00 pm–Sun 11 1:00 am Yuletide Frolick (Facebook) $105 Lawrence, KS, USA W contra Edit Copy
Jambaroque Kaw Creek Wendy Graham
Fri 23 4:00 pm–Tue 27 10:00 am Christmas House Party £370-£560 Halsway, UK W contra Edit Copy
Gareth Kiddier, Linda Game & Hannah Cummings Lynne Render
Mon 26–Sun 1 January Winter CDH (Facebook) $370-$770 Kingsport, TN, USA W contra Edit Copy
Toss the Possum Buzz Band Bob Isaacs Terry Doyle Warren Doyle
Mon 26–Sun 1 January Winter Dance Week $438 Brasstown, NC, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Erynn Marshall Carl Jones Karen Axelrod Rachel Bell Daron Douglas Audrey Knuth Noah Van Norstrand Phil Jamison Kalia Kliban Diane Silver
Tue 27 4:00 pm–Sun 1 January 4:00 pm Heidi's Silvester-Folk 2022 Witzenhausen, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Bargainatt Arquèthi L'air Inconnu Trio Molzahn-Hense-Horwath Bal Affaire Ilmfidelhupf Bal-à-Deux Eins68 Duo Rudi Winkler & Alexander Loch
Tue 27 4:00 pm–Sun 1 January 1:00 pm Silvester*Folk Festival (Facebook) Colditz, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Arquèthi Bargainatt Diatocello Duo l'Hêtre Heureux Rokkende Vrouwen Duo Montanaro-Cavez KV Express Cam&Léon Geronimo Hartwin Dhoore Viorel L'air Inconnu Cam&Léo Mathæus Bech
Thu 29 4:00 pm–Mon 2 January 4:00 pm New Year House Party £325-£515 Halsway, UK W ECD English ceilidh Edit Copy
Rod & Francis Stradling Ted Morse Pat Morse
Fri 30 9:00 pm–Sat 31 11:59 pm Festival Passagem d'Ano (Facebook) Coimbra, Portugal W balfolk Edit Copy
Ahkorda Airboxes Cindazunda Aurélien Claranbaux
Sat 31 2:15 pm–Sun 1 January 1:00 pm Gran Bal di Capodanno (Facebook) €25-€50 Bassano del Grappa, Italy W balfolk Edit Copy
Balarù DuOblique Tona Libre
Sat 31 8:00 pm–Sun 1 January 2:00 pm Réveillon à Meze 34 (Facebook) €25-€59 Mèze, France balfolk Edit Copy
Bal a Zimuts Les Grandes Gigues
January 2023
Fri 13 7:00 pm–Sun 15 10:30 pm Contra Carnivale $120-$195 San Luis Obispo, CA, USA contra Edit Copy
Notorious Riptide The Free Raisins Lindsey Dono Seth Tepfer Will Mentor
Sat 28–Sun 29 Workshops and bal at Auckland Folk Festival Auckland, New Zealand W balfolk Edit Copy
LyraDanz
February 2023
Fri 3 4:30 pm–Sun 5 5:00 pm IVFDF 2023 (…) £15-£60 Exeter, UK W balfolk contra English ceilidh ECD Edit Copy
Shivelight Ygra Jackie Oates & John Spiers Oxford Waits Rhi Davies Louise Siddons
Sat 4 5:00 pm–Sat 11 2:00 pm Winter Workshop Folk & Tango (Facebook) €635-€715 Glandage, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 10–Sun 12 Bayou Bedlam $40 Houston, TX, USA W contra Edit Copy
Stomp Rocket Mary Wesley
Fri 10 5:00 pm–Mon 13 1:00 am Winterlüt 2023 (Facebook) Strasbourg, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Bresier Les Conteuses de Pas Aniez Eta Zeina La Guêpe Planchée
Fri 10 7:00 pm–Sun 12 3:00 pm XIII Bailando Entre Montañas Cercedilla, Spain W balfolk Edit Copy
Duo l'Hêtre Heureux Dadu Dos Duo Laigle-Chiapello
Fri 17–Sun 19 Flurry Festival Saratoga Springs, NY, USA W contra ECD scandi balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 17 7:00 pm–Sat 18 11:00 pm Deepening into Balfolk (Facebook) (Facebook) €18-€30 Vilnius, Lithuania W balfolk Edit Copy
Ignas Dailydė Guoda ŠakarMakar
Thu 23–Sun 26 Peakdance Kinnersley, UK W balfolk scandi Edit Copy
Emily & Simon En Attendant Godot Jess Ward
Fri 24–Tue 28 Bal Costumé (…) Nethen, Belgium balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 24 10:00 pm–Sun 26 4:00 pm Balfolk Dansstage (Facebook) (Facebook) (…) (…) (…) Enschede, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Ballsy Swing Cam&Léo
Fri 24 7:00 pm–Sun 26 10:30 pm Fiddling Frog $85-$190 Pasadena, CA, USA contra Edit Copy
Root System The Dam Beavers Gaye Fifer Jeremy Korr
March 2023
Fri 3–Sun 5 Festival Folkestoltes 2023 €50 Girona, Spain W balfolk Edit Copy
Les Zéoles Le Bal de l'Ephémère La Gravetat de Coulomb Ball Devot
Mon 6 4:00 pm–Fri 10 10:00 am Contra & Square Dance Week £225-£400 Halsway, UK W contra Edit Copy
English Contra Dance Band Geoff Cubitt
Fri 10 7:30 pm–Sun 12 3:00 pm Beantown Stomp $40-$120 Boston, MA, USA W contra Edit Copy
River Road Eloise & Co. Luke Donforth Lisa Greenleaf
Sat 11 4:00 pm–Fri 17 12:00 pm Hawaii Contra Dance Week $1420-$3100 Pahoa, HI, USA contra Edit Copy
Tangent Gaye Fifer Claire Takemori
Mon 13 4:00 pm–Fri 17 10:00 am French & Breton Dance Week (…) £6-£400 Halsway, UK W balfolk Edit Copy
Richard Heacock & Paul Hutchinson Nigel Eaton
Thu 23 9:00 pm–Sun 26 11:59 pm XXXI FEST-i-BALL (Facebook) Lisbon, Portugal W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 24 7:00 pm–Sun 26 2:00 pm Set for Spring $60-$120 Dallas, TX, USA W balfolk ECD Edit Copy
Rachel, Susan & David David Millstone
Thu 30 5:00 pm–Sun 2 April 2:00 pm Balfolk Ratisbonne €25-€130 Regensburg, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Zéphyr Combo Wouter en de Draak Plume TradTöchter Duo l'Hêtre Heureux Gwyntrawen
Fri 31 4:00 pm–Sun 2 April 4:00 pm Irish Set Dance Weekend £175-£285 Halsway, UK W Irish set Edit Copy
Rise the Dust Maggie Daniel Lucy Slemmings
Fri 31 7:30 pm–Fri 7 April 10:30 pm Contra Holiday in Medieval England (Facebook) (Facebook) $1400 Ely, UK contra Edit Copy
Stringrays Contrasaurus Lisa Greenleaf Rhi Davies
April 2023
Sat 1–Sun 2 Loano Folk 2023 (Facebook) Loano, Italy W balfolk Edit Copy
Topette
March 2023
Fri 31 7:00 pm–Sun 2 April 6:30 pm Epicenter (Facebook) (…) $90-$175 Mill Valley, CA, USA contra Edit Copy
The Latter Day Lizards The Figments Cis Hinkle Lindsey Dono
April 2023
Fri 7 6:00 pm–Mon 10 3:00 am ComSiBal Folk Festival (Facebook) €88-€192 Leuven, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
Fahrenheit Hilde van Belle Remi Kesteman Folk à Donf Diatocello Man Encantada Duo du Balcon Mia Marine Balbuzar Maracu Siger
Fri 14 10:00 am–Mon 17 1:30 am Folk Weekend Oxford (Facebook) (…) Oxford, UK English ceilidh balfolk Edit Copy
Helen Gentile & Lewis Wood Geckoes Narthen Guerilla Ceilidh Sheena Masson Jo Freya Fi Fraser
Fri 14 4:00 pm–Sun 16 4:00 pm Halsway Contra Dance Weekend £175-£285 Halsway, UK W contra Edit Copy
Nozzy Rhi Davies Charlotte Rich-Griffin
Fri 14 5:30 pm–Sun 16 4:15 pm Tanz & Folk Festival Berlin (Facebook) €10-€100 Berlin, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
TFFB Festivalband Knopfgemurmel L'air Inconnu Fior Rémi Geffroy Moore & Moss Lottes Flausen Stefano Baldan
Fri 14 6:00 pm–Sun 16 12:00 am Cadences-bal 2nd edition (Facebook) €38 Lussas, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Chloé UnKloogged Folk You Jérémie Congrega Labo Bicouses Bal O'Gadjo
Mon 17 4:00 pm–Fri 21 10:00 am English & Scottish Dance Week £225-£400 Halsway, UK W ECD SCD Edit Copy
Chris & Julie Dewhurst Frances Richardson
Fri 21–Sun 23 21. Folk-Tanz-Fest Halle, Germany balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 21–Sun 23 NEFFA Marlborough, MA, USA W contra scandi balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 21 4:00 pm–Sun 23 4:00 pm Falconers Dance Club weekend (…) Halsway, UK ECD Edit Copy
The Falconers Lynne Render
Fri 21 7:00 pm–Sun 23 3:00 pm Le Bal du Bout du Village (Facebook) €23-€40 Loueuse, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Plume Poolidor Le Quart d'Heure Picard Les Zéoles Le Mange Bal Clume
Fri 21 6:30 pm–Sun 23 3:00 pm Hands Four Spring Dance Weekend (Facebook) $88-$99 Berea, KY, USA W contra Edit Copy
Wild Asparagus George Marshall
Sat 22 10:00 am–Sun 23 8:00 pm Elfia Haarzuilens (…) (…) Haarzuilens, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Airboxes Wouter en de Draak Broes Duo De Schepper-Sanczuk
Fri 28–Sun 30 The Phoenix (…) $200 Lenox, MA, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Alchemy Andrew Shaw Graham Christian
Fri 28–Mon 1 May Scandimoot (…) £105-£150 North Yorkshire, UK W scandi Edit Copy
Fredrik Lundberg Olof Kennemark & Pers Alexander Olsson John-Francis Goodacre
Fri 28–Mon 1 May May Heydays at Evesham £48-£97 Evesham, UK W contra ECD balfolk Edit Copy
Sarah Matthews & Doug Eunson English Contra Dance Band Knotted Chord Keeping Thyme The Old Boys' Network Stradivarious Brian Stanton Burt Hunter Cis Hinkle Colin Hume Denise Devonald Geoff Cubitt Kathryn Wright David Wright Liz Bartlett Louise Siddons Maureen Knight Nicola Scott Paula Evans
Fri 28 4:00 pm–Sun 30 5:00 pm Bal Soleil 110-125 CHF Mogelsberg, St. Gallen, Switzerland W balfolk Edit Copy
Biskaya Sol Do Zéphyr Combo Duo l'Hêtre Heureux
Fri 28 6:00 pm–Sun 30 11:55 pm BalMostFolk 2023 (Facebook) Kraków, Poland W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 28 6:00 pm–Mon 1 May 2:00 am Folkarria Eco Festi-bal €80-€100 Madrid, Spain W balfolk Edit Copy
Duo Laloy-Letron Duo Pacher-Roblin Caamaño & Ameixeiras Airboxes Loogaroo Giravolt Collado Project La Sylva
Fri 28 7:00 pm–Mon 1 May 6:00 pm Festival Balilas (Facebook) Rennes, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Fahrenheit Peldrut Bal O'Gadjo Duo Artense NIJ Trencadit Zlabya Planchée KV Express Petit Piment
Fri 28 8:00 pm–Mon 1 May 1:00 pm 5. Erlanger Bal Folk Festival 2023 (Facebook) €10-€67 Erlangen, Germany balfolk Edit Copy
Au Gré des Vents BéNéLo Gelée de Groseilles Trio JeanLo EmBRUN J.B. Picot Havok
Fri 28 7:00 pm–Sun 30 4:00 pm Spring Dance Romance (Facebook) $120 Chapel Hill, NC, USA contra Edit Copy
Engine Room Nova Will Mentor Eileen Thorsos
May 2023
Fri 5 5:00 pm–Sun 7 3:00 pm Intensive Workshop: Waltz (Facebook) €180 Mattstedt, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 5 4:00 pm–Sun 7 5:00 pm Halsway Playford Assembly £175-£285 Halsway, UK W ECD Edit Copy
Warleggan Village Band Andrew Swaine
Fri 5 6:00 pm–Tue 9 1:00 am Funambals (Facebook) Lyon, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 5 6:00 pm–Sun 7 1:00 pm Whitewater Whirl $60-$110 Fayetteville, WV, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Playing with Fyre Trillium Gaye Fifer Terry Doyle
Fri 12–Fri 19 Spring CDH Kingsport, TN, USA W contra Edit Copy
Fri 12–Sun 14 Hadleigh French Music & Dance Weekend £70 Hadleigh, UK W balfolk Edit Copy
Skolvan Duo Shepherd-Gielen BOF!
Fri 12 9:30 am–Sun 14 3:00 pm Bal na szczycie (Facebook) 270 PLN Wisła, Poland balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 12 2:00 pm–Sun 14 6:00 pm DèFolKastagno (Facebook) €70-€180 Pisa, Italy W balfolk Italian Edit Copy
Roberto Carlotti Di Doux
Fri 12 4:00 pm–Sun 14 10:00 pm Gaia Folk Fest 2023 (Facebook) Flambruzzo, Italy W balfolk Edit Copy
TriOblique Porte Perte Philippe Plard Val Resia
Sat 13 11:00 am–Sun 14 5:30 pm Bal folk and workshop (Facebook) €8-€50 Motz, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Bargainatt Rémi Geffroy
Mon 15 4:00 pm–Fri 19 10:00 am American Contra Dance Week £225-£400 Halsway, UK W contra Edit Copy
English Contra Dance Band Cis Hinkle
Thu 18–Sun 21 37th Leipziger Tanzhausfest Leipzig, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 19 1:00 pm–Sun 21 7:00 pm 1. Phönix Festival (Facebook) Leisnig, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Lunesk Hidrae Ulman ZiRP Maracu Anna & Fine
Fri 19 1:30 pm–Sun 21 4:00 pm Dafodil 2023 Diest, Belgium W balfolk scandi Edit Copy
Fri 26–Mon 29 FolkMADness Camp $155-$455 Socorro, NM, USA contra Edit Copy
Eloise & Co. Supertrad The Cheap Shots The Parson Sisters Adobe Brothers David Millstone Sue Rosen
Fri 26–Mon 29 Chippenham Folk Festival (Facebook) Chippenham, UK W English ceilidh contra balfolk Irish set scandi SCD ECD Edit Copy
Albireo Banter Chris Dyer & Tom Evans Coldharbour Dave Yeomans, Matt Norman & Marni Rachmiel Emily & The Simons English Contra Dance Band Folk Camps Party Band Joshua & Benjamin Rowe, Ali Messer & David Ledsam Kirkophany Old Spot Out of Hand Stradivarious Urban Folk Theory Vertical Expression Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer Will Allen WillPower Andrew Swaine Bob Morgan David Wright Frances Richardson Jake Wood Kathryn Wright Rhi Davies Rhodri Davies Victoria Yeomans
Fri 26 6:00 pm–Sun 28 6:00 pm Woodfolk Festival 2023 (Facebook) Taipana, Italy W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 26 7:00 pm–Sun 28 8:00 pm Balayvré Le Mans, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 26 1:45 pm–Mon 29 5:00 pm Camp Sturtevant Los Angeles, CA, USA contra Edit Copy
Uncle Farmer Susan Petrick
Sat 27 12:00 am–Mon 29 3:00 pm Weekend de Pentecôte au Moulin d'Andé (Facebook) €420-€720 Val-de-Reuil, France contra Edit Copy
Larry Unger & Karina Wilson Will Mentor
June 2023
Fri 2 5:00 pm–Sun 4 1:00 pm Musik- und Tanzfest Krebsow 2023 €15-€75 Krebsow, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Duo Pastis Kombo Kalèsch SpielMeute TradTöchter
Mon 5 4:00 pm–Fri 9 10:00 am French Music & Dance Week (…) £6-£400 Halsway, UK W balfolk Edit Copy
Didier Oliver & Emmanuel Pariselle
Thu 8–Sun 11 Peakdance £180-£270 Kinnersley, UK W balfolk scandi Edit Copy
En Attendant Godot Sian & Paul
Thu 8 3:00 pm–Sun 11 8:00 pm RenoFolk Festival (Facebook) €85 Bologna, Italy W balfolk Edit Copy
ba.fnu Lampetròn Petit Piment Rógairí Móra Irish Band Beat Bouet Trio Ensemble Invisibile Ballaveu Musicanti d'la Bása Trio Loubelya Shillelagh Iskraria Accordzéâm
Fri 9–Sun 11 LCFD Spring Camp Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Fri 9 7:30 pm–Sun 11 5:00 pm Flamingo Fling (Facebook) (…) $50-$125 Oklahoma City, OK, USA contra Edit Copy
Stomp Rocket Diane Silver
Mon 12 4:00 pm–Fri 16 10:00 am Summer Country Dance Week (Facebook) £225-£400 Halsway, UK W contra ECD Edit Copy
Ali, Jane & Meg Mark Elvins
Fri 16–Sun 18 Lichfield Folk Festival Lichfield, UK W contra ECD Edit Copy
Sat 17–Sat 24 Dance, Music & Spice $950 Lexington, MI, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Mon 19–Thu 22 4 day workshop €225 Zwolle, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Thu 22 8:00 pm–Sun 25 4:30 pm Folk Weekend Mattstedt Mattstedt, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Thu 29 3:00 pm–Sun 2 July 4:00 pm Dañserlà 2023 €35-€150 Erlangen, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Shillelagh CentralBal Patxi eta Konpania Snaarmaarwaar Trio Forj LyraDanz Ti Duo Mótha B-Key&Anke No&Mi BAL LAB Duo Bothe-Molzahn Alfelder Musikanten
Thu 29 3:00 pm–Tue 4 July 10:00 am July 4th Session $383-$393 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Alchemy Night Watch
Fri 30 8:00 pm–Sun 2 July 8:00 pm Bals et Roses (Facebook) Florenville, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
Duo Laloy-Letron Trivelin EmBRUN Manäcken 3..4 Filenko Farem Tot Petar Kafe Koefet Naragonia Bal à Oli La Rawette LyraDanz Shillelagh
Fri 30 7:00 pm–Sun 2 July 4:30 pm Stegastomp (Facebook) £45-£90 Harbury, UK W contra Edit Copy
Contrasaurus Bob Morgan Rachel Shapiro-Wallace
July 2023
Mon 3–Fri 7 English-Scottish-Contra session Plymouth, MA, USA W SCD contra ECD Edit Copy
Mon 3–Sat 8 Gran Bal Trad (Vialfre) Vialfre, Italy W balfolk Italian Irish set ECD Edit Copy
Thu 6 6:30 pm–Sun 9 11:59 pm Loupiote Festival #3 (Facebook) (…) €70-€150 Gaillac, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Naragonia Vilma Talvitie Duo Des Cimes Petit Piment INUI Le Gros Trio La Machine Balaphonik Sound System Ivan du Rêve Forró Da Lua Roux Matins Maug x Ginette
Fri 7–Mon 10 Scottish Session I Plymouth, MA, USA W SCD Edit Copy
Fri 7 6:00 pm–Sun 9 11:45 pm Ely Folk Festival Ely, UK English ceilidh Edit Copy
Banter
Mon 10–Sat 15 Scottish Session II Plymouth, MA, USA W SCD Edit Copy
Thu 13 1:00 pm–Mon 17 4:00 am Le Son Continu (Facebook) €69-€79 Lourouer Saint Laurent, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Danièl Frouvelle Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino Princesse Miska Duo Absynthe Storm Le Mange Bal Duo Chabenat-Heiderich The Bonny Men Fublène Duo Azare Bourrasque L'Ombre de la Bête Plume Oscar Ibáñez & Tribo Balam Duo Cavez-Paulson Petit Piment La Grand' Bête La Chimère Cocanha Mugar Arbadétorne Plantec
Fri 14 6:00 pm–Sat 15 5:30 am Teknibal (Facebook) €16-€25 Paris, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Ciac Boum Cocanha Turfu Zlabya Vénus Club
Fri 14 5:00 pm–Mon 17 2:00 am Dançarão (Facebook) (…) €60 Mação, Portugal balfolk Edit Copy
Caamaño & Ameixeiras Flor da Pele Duo Laloy-Letron Folky Bal'boa Sultopia Sebastião Antunes & Quadrilha Zaroj Espiral
Sat 15–Sat 22 Family Week at Pinewoods $67-$950 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Thu 20–Sun 23 Vertanzt - Nordic Edition (…) 150-195 CHF Röthenbach im Emmental, Bern, Switzerland W balfolk Irish céilí scandi Edit Copy
Fri 21–Fri 4 August Grand Bal de l'Europe (Gennetines) Gennetines, France W balfolk scandi Irish set English ceilidh Italian ECD Edit Copy
Sat 22–Sat 29 American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods $950 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Wed 26 12:12 pm–Mon 31 12:12 pm ZAP FEST 2023 (Facebook) €180 Rocca Corneta, Italy W balfolk Italian Edit Copy
I Suonatori della Valle del Savena Karamaus Fanfarròni Viorel Morwenn & Ronan Pinc Argan Quintet TriOblique Sanseveria Magma Imnari Initium Duo Zhao-Spriet Loogaroo
Fri 28 3:00 pm–Fri 4 August 11:30 am Summer CDH $160-$250 Mountain City, TN, USA W contra Edit Copy
Toss the Possum Drive Trail Terry Doyle Bob Isaacs
Sat 29–Sat 5 August Harmony of Song & Dance $950 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
August 2023
Fri 4–Fri 11 Sidmouth Folk Festival £164-£549 Sidmouth, UK W English ceilidh contra ECD SCD balfolk scandi Irish set Edit Copy
Linda Game Band Bearded Dragons Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer Banter Brown Boots Flowers & Frolics New Bees Out of Hand Relentless Stumpy Oak Token Women Whapweasel Mrs Midnight's The Barber Band EFDSS Workshop Ceilidh Band Fayre Play Oscina Will Mentor Rhodri Davies Andrew Swaine Lynne Render
Sat 5–Sat 12 English Dance Week $950 Plymouth, MA, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Sun 6 4:00 pm–Sat 12 1:00 pm Dance S'More 2023 (Facebook) $465-$750 Harrison, ID, USA W contra Edit Copy
Alex Sturbaum and Bryan Lindsay Audrey Knuth and Amy Englesberg Lindsey Dono Susan Michaels
Fri 11 11:00 am–Sun 13 7:30 pm Asta'Folk 2023 (Facebook) €35-€95 Astaffort, France W balfolk Edit Copy
ThouxAzun Rémi Geffroy Garenne La Vesina Naragonia Adar Chaï
Fri 11 2:00 pm–Tue 15 10:00 am Shapes of Balfolk (Facebook) 1250 PLN Zakopane, Poland W balfolk Edit Copy
Jérémie Congrega
Fri 11 6:30 pm–Sun 13 11:45 pm Fête de l'Accordéon (Facebook) Luzy, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Sat 12–Sat 19 Early Music Week $990 Plymouth, MA, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Fri 11 7:30 pm–Sun 13 10:00 pm Balance the Bay (Facebook) $30-$180 San Francisco, CA, USA contra Edit Copy
Nova The Gaslight Tinkers Lisa Greenleaf Michael Karcher
Sat 12 9:30 pm–Sun 13 5:47 am Mazurka Klandestina (Facebook) free Prague, Czechia balfolk Edit Copy
Sun 13–Sat 19 Family Week Poland, ME, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Sun 13 9:00 am–Fri 18 12:00 pm Ballinsé (Facebook) Panni, Italy W balfolk Edit Copy
Plantec Mascarimirì Duo Amati Scatigna Trio Baladins Cosmopoly
Mon 14–Sun 20 Cascade of Music and Dance $63-$915 Cascade, MD, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Mon 14 4:00 pm–Mon 21 10:00 am Halsway Folk Dance Holiday £355-£570 Halsway, UK W ECD Edit Copy
Richard Jones & Chris Jewell Geoff Cubitt
Tue 15 9:00 pm–Sun 20 2:00 am Etétrad 2023 (Facebook) €45-€56 Fenis, Italy W balfolk Italian Edit Copy
Baìa Trio e Renat Sette Bojana Krunić and The Balkan Orkestar of Madness Chœur Chantenvers Chœur Ouvert – Pitularita Djal Duo Moulin Estremìa Fublène Geronimo Duo Chabenat-Heiderich Janick Martin KKC Orchestra & CPC Le Mange Bal Lhi Balòs Shantel & Bucovina Club Soundsystem Staffora Bluzer Tavola Tonda Tribeba Violons Volants Walden
Wed 16–Wed 23 Le Gros Bal Du Vercors €15-€105 La Chapelle en Vercors, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 18 7:00 pm–Sun 20 7:00 pm Cannings Court French and Breton Dance (Facebook) £17 Dorchester, UK balfolk Edit Copy
Dave Faulkner & Steve Turner Wod
Sat 19 7:30 pm–Fri 25 11:59 pm Whitby Folk Week (Facebook) £70-£323 Whitby, UK W English ceilidh contra ECD Irish set Edit Copy
Brown Boots Boogie Band Narthen Banter Hedgehog's Skin Steamchicken Powerhouse Melrose Ceilidh Band Peeping Tom Ali, Alan & Marni Edward Wallace & Heather McAslan The Falconers Matt Norman & Gareth Kiddier Stray Chords Emma Wooders Jo Freya Fi Fraser Martin Clarke Barry Evans John Brown Lisa Heywood Martyn Harvey Ian Nichols Brooke Friendly Nicola Scott Ivan Aitken Bernie Culkin Mike Courthold Rachel Shapiro-Wallace
Sat 19 9:30 pm–Thu 24 12:00 am Folk On Stage (Facebook) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) (…) Gooik, Belgium balfolk Edit Copy
Flor de Zinc Phlox Duo Clercx Aghoea Samenspel Bal O.l.v. Josefien Vercruysse & Bert Ruymbeek Warmoes
Wed 23 8:00 pm–Sun 27 11:59 pm Boombalfestival (Facebook) Lovendegem, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
Plume Petit Piment Cam&Léo Trio14 Turbobal Naragonia Duo Clercx Noiranomis Warmoes Zlabya Supernovas Emily & The Simons KV Express TriBoT Man Encantada Floris & the Flames Lucas Thébaut Les Zéoles Nisia Trio Parasol LyraDanz Tref Duo Absynthe
Fri 25–Mon 28 Towersey Festival Middle Claydon, UK W English ceilidh contra balfolk Edit Copy
Bargainatt Kirkophany Dartmoor Pixie Band Threepenny Bit Granny's Attic Pepping Tom Guerilla Ceilidh James Delarre & Saul Rose Folk Camps Party Band Frog on a Bike Powerhouse 3Sticks Crowdy-Kit Fred, Odhran & Ben
Fri 25 2:00 pm–Mon 28 6:30 pm Shrewsbury Folk Festival £113.91-£218.90 Shrewsbury, UK W English ceilidh balfolk contra Edit Copy
Bagas Fallyon The Canny Band EFDSS Ceilidh Band Lasair Leveret Lil Jim Melrose Ceilidh Band Old Spot Oscina Peeping Tom Topette Whapweasel Erin Mansfield Tom Kitching Fi Fraser Phil Bassindale Sheena Masson Lisa Heywood Kerry Fletcher Fee Lock Nick Walden
Fri 25 4:00 pm–Wed 30 11:00 am Summer Days (Facebook) Kinnersley, UK W balfolk scandi Edit Copy
Bargainatt Duo Jonsson-Coudroy Man Encantada Kaléidoscope Julian Sutton Mike & Blanche Steve Turner
September 2023
Fri 1–Mon 4 Labor Day Dance Away Julian, CA, USA contra Edit Copy
Fri 1 4:00 pm–Sun 3 12:00 pm ComSiBal workshop weekend (Facebook) (FBB) €10-€200 Leuven, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
Le Bal de l'Ephémère Duo Gestrikt
Sat 2–Sun 3 Mazurka Klandestina (Facebook) Trento, Italy balfolk Edit Copy
Thu 7–Sun 10 Bromyard Folk Festival (Facebook) Bromyard, UK W contra English ceilidh Edit Copy
The Falconers Linda Game Band JV & Folk The Jovial Crew Peeping Tom Tautas Roks Whapweasel Mike Courthold Sheena Masson Brian Stanton Charlie Turner Pete Rees Hayden Coates
Thu 7 6:00 pm–Sun 10 11:45 pm Numinosum Festival 2023 (Facebook) 350 PLN Warsaw, Poland W balfolk Polish Edit Copy
Adriano Sangineto Airboxes Balladum Geronimo LyraDanz ŠakarMakar Snaarmaarwaar Stefano Baldan Viorel Wim te Groen
Fri 8–Sun 10 Big Branch Balfolk Gathering (Facebook) $125-$225 Kingston, Ontario, Canada W balfolk Edit Copy
Eloise & Co.
Fri 8 6:00 pm–Sun 10 5:00 pm Hathersage Village Hop Hathersage, UK balfolk scandi Edit Copy
Fri 8 8:00 pm–Mon 11 12:00 am 30e Folk Festival Marsinne (Facebook) €55-€75 Marsinne, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
Kongero Le Bal de Marie Galante Accords Perdus La Cuivraille Arquèthi Tout Bout D'chants Flic Flac Folk Duo Vargoz Planchée Duo De Schepper-Sanczuk Youmi Bazoge Olivier Cap Emmanuelle Bouthillier Ciac Boum Duo Rivaud-Lacouchie Noiranomis Ormuz Hamon Martin Quintet Trio14 Anouk Sanczuk
Fri 8 8:00 pm–Sun 10 7:00 pm Bun'Bal Fol 2023 (Facebook) Lauriano, Italy balfolk Edit Copy
La Sylva Le Bal de l'Ephémère Bal O'Gadjo Duo Pastis Tralala Lovers Rhizottome Dominique Bourdin Zlabya Cam&Léo Naragonia
Sat 9 4:00 pm–Sun 10 11:59 pm Sagra Folk Bassano '23 (Facebook) free-€45 Bassano del Grappa, Italy W balfolk Edit Copy
Naragonia Karamaus
Fri 15–Sun 17 Simmelfolk Simmelsdorf, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Duo Bothe-Molzahn L'air Inconnu L'Aube de Bale Luca Fiorini Bassd scho Emily & The Simons
Fri 15 9:30 pm–Sun 17 7:00 pm Berguedà Folk Festival (Facebook) Barcelona, Spain W balfolk Edit Copy
Bal O'Gadjo LyraDanz Flowk Ciac Boum Man Encantada Parapente700 Sabor de Gràcia Accordzéâm Les Aoédées Verge de Sosa Es Jai de sa Barraqueta
Sat 16 10:00 am–Sun 17 7:00 pm Elfia Arcen (…) (…) Arcen, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Cardboard Cabin Duo Clercx Airboxes EmBRUN
Sat 16 10:00 pm–Sun 17 7:00 am Seventh Trieste Klandestina (Facebook) free Trieste, Italy balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 22 4:00 pm–Sun 24 4:00 pm Halsway Harvest Weekend Halsway, UK W ECD Edit Copy
Dampier's Round Brian Stanton Judith Inman Pat Hicks Rob Dawson
Fri 22 6:00 pm–Sun 24 5:00 pm Skeer (Facebook) (…) €40 Vaassen, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 22 7:00 pm–Sun 24 5:00 pm XIV Bailando Entre Montañas (Facebook) €75 Madrid, Spain W balfolk Edit Copy
Bal do Mero Vegetal Jam Zaroj Adriano Sangineto
Sat 23 3:00 pm–Sun 24 3:00 pm Archam+Geronimo (Facebook) €10 Sasso Morelli, Italy W balfolk Edit Copy
Archam Geronimo
Fri 29–Sun 1 October Adirondack Dance Weekend $150-$675 Silver Bay, NY, USA W balfolk contra ECD Edit Copy
Red Case Band
Fri 29 6:00 pm–Sun 1 October 5:30 pm Folkirrika 2023 €75 Kuartango, Spain W balfolk Edit Copy
Adar Grand Balthazar DiaTao Patxi Montero Duo
Fri 29 6:00 pm–Sun 1 October 4:00 pm Cascade Contras on the River (…) (…) $120-$170 Springfield, OR, USA W contra Edit Copy
The Dam Beavers Bozzy MaCoo Michael Karcher Susan Petrick
October 2023
Mon 2 4:00 pm–Fri 6 10:00 am Autumn American Contra Dance Week £225-£400 Halsway, UK W contra Edit Copy
English Contra Dance Band Seth Tepfer
Fri 6–Sun 8 Folk au Morimont €60 Morimont, France W balfolk Edit Copy
3 Pas d’Ici GRO La Sylva Platane DRY Duo Nello Femti Fem La Sialyre
Fri 6–Sun 8 Fall Dance and Music Weekend $195-$350 Harrison, ID, USA W contra scandi Edit Copy
Engine Room Laurie Andres George Marshall
Fri 6 5:00 pm–Sun 8 10:00 pm Gaia Folk Fest (Facebook) Flambruzzo, Italy W balfolk Edit Copy
Duo Absynthe Duo Ballantimes Rudemà Gerard Godon
Fri 6 8:00 pm–Sun 8 4:00 pm Festival des Panards (Facebook) (…) Todmorden, UK W balfolk Edit Copy
Gallica Trio Duo Blain-Leyzour Duo Cheul-Rigal The Wendigo Oscina
Sat 7 10:00 am–Sun 8 4:00 pm Folk bal and workshop (Facebook) Wellington, New Zealand W balfolk Edit Copy
Sat 7 9:30 am–Sun 8 5:00 pm American Dance Weekend (Facebook) £50 Alcester, UK W contra Edit Copy
Mollie & Vic Matt & Ali Mollie, Ali, Matt & Vic Vertical Expression Seth Tepfer Ivan Aitken
Fri 13–Sun 15 Harvest Moon $70-$175 Santa Barbara, CA, USA contra Edit Copy
Stringrays Eloise & Co. Will Mentor Jacqui Grennan
Fri 20 3:00 pm–Mon 23 11:00 pm Wellington Folk Festival (Facebook) $85-$190 Wellington, New Zealand W balfolk Irish set Scottish cèilidh Edit Copy
Fri 20 7:00 pm–Sun 22 2:00 am Le Bal des Vampires (Facebook) €30 Châtillon-en-Diois, France balfolk Edit Copy
Zef Duo Billebaude Aurélien Claranbaux Bez Orchestra Kloog Edentia Chloé
Fri 20 7:00 pm–Sun 22 3:00 pm Cenizas Festival €140 Cercedilla, Spain W balfolk Edit Copy
Arizonà Yanyk
Thu 26 6:00 pm–Sun 29 7:00 pm CaDansa (Facebook) (…) €105-€165 Steenwijk, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Barbara Negra Bargainatt Two Catch a Raindrop Broes Les Conteuses de Pas Monsieur Fruits Wouter en de Draak Beat Bouet Trio Duo Tanghe-Coudroy L'air Inconnu La Réveilleuse Marie Paulette Maarten Decombel & Toon Van Mierlo Itchy Fingers Naragonia Quartet
Thu 26 7:00 pm–Sun 29 8:00 pm Tchitchoubal 2023 - 8ème édition (Facebook) (…) €0-€50 Aix-en-Provence, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Naragonia Petit Piment Groove Factory Le Grand Barouf Las Orgas Dekolaz
Fri 27–Sun 29 Music City Masquerade (CDSS) $104-$150 Nashville, TN, USA contra Edit Copy
Lisa Greenleaf
Fri 27 4:00 pm–Sun 29 5:00 pm 40th Folktage Ilmenau Ilmenau, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
L'air Inconnu Bal Affaire Emily & The Simons JB
Fri 27 3:00 pm–Sun 29 3:00 pm Boo Camp (CDSS) $200-$320 Torreon, NM, USA contra Edit Copy
Fri 27 8:00 pm–Sun 29 3:30 pm Fall Dance Weekend (Facebook) (CDSS) $60-$120 Pittsburgh, PA, USA contra ECD Edit Copy
Stomp Rocket Supertrad Gaye Fifer Janine Smith Michael Karchar
November 2023
Fri 3 3:00 pm–Sun 5 4:00 pm Annabergfest 2023 ~€200 Bonn, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Out of the Box Tanzkur KoAn Soeurs du Coeur Andreas Neumann & Marcus Krimmer Duo Vandenabeele-Knapen Kördeböf
Fri 3 5:00 pm–Sun 5 6:30 pm NAIF Balfolk Festival (Facebook) Naples, Italy W balfolk Italian Edit Copy
Loogaroo Les Bottines Artistiques Arbadétorne Airboxes Duo De Schepper-Souvandjiev Pablo Golder Guus Herremans Cheffolk Sette Bocche
Fri 3 5:00 pm–Sun 5 5:00 pm Skint (Facebook) Ashover, UK W balfolk scandi Edit Copy
Fri 3 6:30 pm–Sun 5 10:00 pm Foggy Moon Contra Dance Weekend (CDSS) Monterey, CA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Elixir The Free Raisins Lindsey Dono Nils Fredland
Fri 3 7:30 pm–Sun 5 12:30 pm Fairfolk Dancers 29th Annual English Country Dance Weekend (CDSS) $175 Fairfield, IA, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Bare Necessities Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
Fri 10 6:00 pm–Sun 12 6:00 pm JooDäio! Festival (Facebook) 160-180 CHF Basel, Switzerland W balfolk Edit Copy
Ciac Boum Grand Balthazar Arizonà Duo Brunel-Miro Clume Sara Bandlow
Fri 10 5:00 pm–Sun 12 3:15 pm Head for the Hills (CDSS) $115-$225 Kunkletown, PA, USA W balfolk contra ECD Edit Copy
A Joyful Noise Brooklyn Swing Ensemble Millserati Raise the Roof TWeLve Dave Rupp Donna Hunt Michael Karcher Robert Mills Ted Rudofker
Fri 17 3:00 pm–Sun 19 10:00 pm Balfolk Intensive 2023 (Facebook) Nijmegen, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 17 7:00 pm–Sun 19 2:00 pm Fire Ant Frolic (CDSS) Austin, TX, USA W contra Edit Copy
Contraverts Playing with Fyre Bob Isaacs Marc Airhart Rich MacMath
Fri 17 5:00 pm–Sun 19 4:00 pm Fall Frolick (CDSS) $395 Healdsburg, CA, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Alex Cumming Caroline McCaskey Patti Cobb Audrey Jaber Christopher Jacoby Rebecca King Bridget Whitehead Dan Blim Kalia Kliban
Fri 24–Sun 26 Hummelkurs Bad Kreuznach, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 24 4:00 pm–Sat 25 12:00 pm WinterTanz (Facebook) St. Gallen, Switzerland balfolk Edit Copy
Biskaya
December 2023
Thu 7 6:00 pm–Sat 9 9:00 am XIV Kompleanno MK Partenopea (Facebook) Naples, Italy balfolk Edit Copy
Sat 9–Sun 10 Midwinter Fair (…) Alphen aan de Rijn, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Aérokorda EmBRUN Kelten zonder Grenzen Wim te Groen
Fri 15 5:00 pm–Sun 17 2:00 pm Infinitumball (Facebook) €25-€60 Vilnius, Lithuania W balfolk Edit Copy
ŠakarMakar Guoda Gabrielė Pukelytė DuOblique
Fri 15 7:30 pm–Sat 16 10:30 am Balfolk at Gaia Terra (Facebook) €12 Flambruzzo, Italy balfolk Edit Copy
Pianofolk Duo
Wed 27 4:00 pm–Mon 1 January 1:00 pm Silvester*Folk Festival (Facebook) Colditz, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Airboxes Noiranomis Mathæus Bech Quintet Nubia Emily & The Simons Familie Gerstenberg Duo FA Plume Marion & Steve Wouter en de Draak La Sylva GrandLoup
Thu 28–Tue 2 January Folk Marathon Palermo, Italy W balfolk Edit Copy
January 2024
Fri 5–Sat 6 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra Edit Copy
Audacious Frannie Marr
Fri 5–Sun 7 Chambana Jan Jam Urbana, IL, USA W contra Edit Copy
Euphor Turnip the Beet Meadowhawk Sarah Kaiser Georges Augustin Nedra McNeil
Fri 12–Sun 14 Contra Carnivale San Luis Obispo, CA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Elixir The Syncopaths Eloise & Co. Nils Fredland Cis Hinkle Susan Petrick
Fri 12 7:30 pm–Sat 13 10:00 pm 36th Ralph Page Dance Event (CDSS) (CDSS) (CDSS) (CDSS) (CDSS) $40-$65 Worcester, MA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Sugar River Band Canterbury Dance Orchestra Tod Whittemore Lisa Greenleaf Dudley Laufman
Wed 17 4:00 pm–Sun 21 6:00 pm Les Trad'Hivernales 2024 (Facebook) Sommières, France balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 19 6:00 pm–Sun 21 6:00 pm Prague Balfolk Weekend (Facebook) Prague, Czechia W balfolk Edit Copy
ba.fnu Geronimo LyraDanz Duo Cardamon Duo l'Hêtre Heureux Balsam Tribal Jâze Marina Lazar TriBoT BAL LAB
Sat 20 2:30 pm–Sun 21 3:30 pm French Mazurka (Facebook) 100-150 PLN Gdynia, Poland W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 26–Sat 27 Contra Swing Shift Weekend $32-$55 Berea, KY, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Meadowhawk Charley Harvey
Fri 26 7:00 pm–Sun 28 4:00 pm Dansstage (Facebook) (…) (…) (…) Enschede, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Emelie Waldken DuOblique Parapente700 Snaarmaarwaar Thézé Quartet Zlabya
Fri 26 7:00 pm–Sun 28 1:30 pm Balactée 2024 €36-€170 Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Guilhem Desq Patates Sound System Cam&Léo Plume GrandLoup Duo Augendre Fradin
Fri 26 6:00 pm–Sun 28 2:00 pm Snow Ball Dance Weekend (CDSS) $120-$135 Gulfport, FL, USA W contra Edit Copy
Kingfisher Nova Janine Smith Will Mentor
February 2024
Fri 2–Sat 3 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra Edit Copy
Mary Wesley
Fri 2–Sun 4 Supersonic Seattle, WA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Notorious Playing with Fyre Seth Tepfer Will Mentor
Fri 2 7:30 pm–Sun 4 9:00 am Grand Bal des Chaudoudoux (Facebook) Le Vigan, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 2 7:30 pm–Sun 4 1:30 pm Asheville Mid-Winter ECD Weekend (CDSS) $110-$125 Asheville, NC, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Sat 3 2:00 pm–Mon 5 1:00 am Balfest'Day (…) 600 TL Istanbul, Turkey W balfolk Edit Copy
A Cantadora de Histórias The Schwänzeltanz Loogaroo Deli Reçel
Wed 7–Wed 14 Tropical Dance Vacation St Croix, US Virgin Islands W contra Edit Copy
Wild Asparagus George Marshall Lisa Greenleaf
Fri 9–Sun 11 Entrudanças €20-€50 Entradas, Portugal W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 9–Sun 11 Cabin Fever Knoxville, TN, USA W contra Edit Copy
Hot Coffee Breakdown Baba Yaga's Stew Timothy Klein
Fri 9 7:30 pm–Sun 11 7:30 pm Bayou Bedlam (CDSS) Houston, TX, USA W contra Edit Copy
The Dam Beavers Gaye Fifer
Fri 9 8:00 pm–Sat 10 10:30 pm Phoenix Winter Frolic (CDSS) $15-$75 Phoenix, AZ, USA contra Edit Copy
Joyance Christine Merryman
Fri 16–Sun 18 Corvallis Contra Dance Weekend Corvallis, OR, USA W contra Edit Copy
Riptide Fiddle Hellions Frannie Marr Julian Blechner
Fri 16 7:00 pm–Sun 18 5:00 pm XV Bailando Entre Montañas (Facebook) €95-€145 Cercedilla, Spain W balfolk Edit Copy
Airboxes Parapente700 Lucas Thébaut Akdeniz
Fri 16 8:30 pm–Sun 18 5:00 pm IVFDF 2024 (Facebook) York, UK W balfolk contra English ceilidh ECD SCD Edit Copy
Matt & Ali Bearded Dragons Blackbeard's Tea Party Contrary Faeries Emily & Simon FiddlersWreck Portmanteau Shamrock Experience Weaver and Wood Ben Couper Colin Hume Charlie Turner Gordon Potts Jack Kanutin Lauren Catlin Michael Jary Rhodri Davies Sam Smith
Fri 16 7:00 pm–Sun 18 7:00 pm Dance Flurry Festival (CDSS) Saratoga Springs, NY, USA W contra ECD scandi balfolk Edit Copy
Countercurrent Engine Room River Road Supertrad Adina Gordon Bob Isaacs Liz Nelson Isaac Banner Lisa Greenleaf
Sat 17 6:00 pm–Sat 24 2:00 pm Folk & Tango Winter Workshop (Facebook) €615-€795 Glandage, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Thu 22 8:00 pm–Sun 25 4:00 pm Umefolk (Facebook) 540-620 SEK Umeå, Sweden W scandi Edit Copy
Adam Agee & Jon Sousa Anders Löfberg Anna Rynefors & Anna Cederqvist Appendix Birka Folkhögskola Utavessing Bordun Broparkens Spelmadammer Kläppsjöns Klagan Framnäs Folkhögskola Fränder Fårfiolerna Kalasorkestern Kapellsfolk Katarina Barruk Lunnefolk MP3 Stockholms Kulturskola Folkmusikensemble Ugarit Umeå Spelmanslag V-dala Spelmanslag VästkustFolk Wästerbottn Folkband
Fri 23–Sun 25 Folkestoltes 2024 Girona, Spain W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 23 4:00 pm–Mon 26 1:00 am Winterlüt (Facebook) Strasbourg, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 23 6:00 pm–Mon 26 1:00 am Balfolk.pl Festival (Facebook) Warsaw, Poland W balfolk Edit Copy
Bargainatt Duo du Balcon Duo l'Hêtre Heureux Fahrenheit Light Migrations Lucas Thébaut Ti Duo Wings & Tales ZiRP
Fri 23 6:30 pm–Sun 25 11:15 pm Fiddling Frog (CDSS) Pasadena, CA, USA contra Edit Copy
Engine Room Stomp Rocket Lisa Greenleaf Susan Michaels
March 2024
Fri 1–Sat 2 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra Edit Copy
The Old-Time Superstars Will Mentor
Fri 1 1:30 pm–Sat 2 11:55 pm Bal 2 Nuits €25-€50 Vierzon, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Duo Rivaud-Lacouchie Naragonia La Bachule Eben Duo Vargoz Moizbat
Mon 4 4:00 pm–Fri 8 10:00 am Contra and Square Dance Week £240-£430 Halsway, UK W contra Edit Copy
English Contra Dance Band Geoff Cubitt
Fri 8 4:00 pm–Sun 10 4:00 pm Carolina Meltdown (CDSS) Lake Wylie, SC, USA W contra Edit Copy
The Syncopaths Drive Train Seth Tepfer Diane Silver
Sat 9–Sun 10 Hash Dance Weekend (CDSS) Glen Echo, MD, USA W contra Edit Copy
River Road Ice Cream Truckers Will Mentor Alex Deis-Lauby
Sat 9 10:00 am–Sun 10 12:30 pm Sun Assembly Spring DanceFest (CDSS) $80 Durham, NC, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Mon 11 4:00 pm–Fri 15 10:00 am French & Breton Dance Week £240-£430 Halsway, UK W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 15–Sun 17 Beantown Stomp Cambridge, MA, USA W contra Edit Copy
The Mean Lids The Figments Maia McCormick Will Mentor
Fri 15 4:00 pm–Sun 17 7:00 pm MärzTanz Festival (Facebook) €70-€130 Chemnitz, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Ginkgo Mara & Fine Eins68 Emily & The Simons Duo Bothe-Molzahn Duo Nello Angelina & Ulli
Fri 15 6:00 pm–Sun 17 2:00 pm Spring Swedish Music & Dance Weekend $150-$325 Dodgeville, WI, USA W scandi Edit Copy
Fri 15 7:00 pm–Sun 17 3:00 pm Spring Breakdown Dance Weekend (CDSS) $105-$115 Columbia, MO, USA W contra Edit Copy
Nova Emily Rush
Thu 21 6:45 pm–Sun 24 2:00 pm Balfolk Ratisbonne €90-€140 Regensburg, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Duo Zeitarbeit La Sylva Rokkende Vrouwen Duo Fiorini & Brunel Laüsa Duo l'Hêtre Heureux Autour de Bȃle
Fri 22–Sun 24 Boulder Scandinavian Weekend $150 Boulder, CO, USA W scandi Edit Copy
Fri 22 8:00 pm–Sun 24 2:00 pm Nuit du Folk de Gap €18-€25 Gap, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Ciac Boum LyraDanz Trencadit Youk Trio Kaléidoscope
Fri 22 4:30 pm–Sun 24 3:00 pm Spring @ Sautee $100-$135 Helena, GA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Hot Coffee Breakdown ContraForce DJ TacoShel Terry Doyle Seth Tepfer
Fri 22 9:30 pm–Sun 24 11:55 pm XXXIII FEST-i-BALL (Facebook) Lisbon, Portugal W balfolk Edit Copy
La Sylva Shillelagh Duo Niepold-Cutting
Fri 22 6:00 pm–Sun 24 3:00 pm Pigtown Fling (CDSS) (CDSS) $110-$130 Cincinnati, OH, USA W contra Edit Copy
Elixir Trillium Darlene Underwood Nils Fredland
Fri 22 7:30 pm–Sat 23 11:00 pm Melt Into Spring Ball Weekend (CDSS) $37-$75 Ann Arbor, MI, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Gene Murrow
Fri 22 7:30 pm–Sun 24 1:00 pm Nashville Playford Ball (CDSS) $65-$165 Nashville, TN, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Shira Kammen & Karen Axelrod Brooke Friendly
Mon 25 4:00 pm–Fri 29 10:00 am Walking and Dancing Holiday £240-£430 Halsway, UK W ECD Edit Copy
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer Rhodri Davies
Fri 29–Sun 31 Boulegan a l'Ostal Saint-Jean-du-Gard, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 29 6:00 pm–Mon 1 April 2:00 am ComSiBal des Libellules (Facebook) Rochefort, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
L'air Inconnu Imnari CaraƆ Balbuzar Marie Paulette Trio Thézé-Vandenabeele Manäcken Duo Blain-Leyzour Plume Cave Canem
Fri 29 7:00 pm–Sun 31 2:00 pm Set for Spring (CDSS) $120 Austin, TX, USA ECD Edit Copy
Jacqueline Schwab, Audrey Knuth & Ben Schreiber Susan Kevra
April 2024
Mon 1 4:00 pm–Fri 5 10:00 am Easter House Party £240-£430 Halsway, UK contra ECD Edit Copy
English Contra Dance Band
Fri 5–Sat 6 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra Edit Copy
Stomp Rocket Janine Smith
Fri 5 4:00 pm–Sun 7 4:00 pm Contra Camp £100-£310 Halsway, UK W contra English ceilidh Edit Copy
WillPower Louise Siddons Heather McAslan
Fri 5 6:30 pm–Sun 7 2:00 pm English Country Dance Weekend $155-$330 Dodgeville, WI, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Bare Necessities Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
Fri 5 7:00 pm–Sun 7 5:00 pm Epicenter dance weekend (Facebook) Mill Valley, CA, USA W contra Edit Copy
The Free Raisins Genticorum Seth Tepfer Alex Deis-Lauby
Sat 6 8:00 am–Tue 9 1:00 pm Pitt's Maggot 2024 (CDSS) $115 Homestead, PA, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Hijinks Mae Wilson
Fri 12–Sun 14 NexGen Contra Weekend Ann Arbor, MI, USA W contra Edit Copy
Starling Pimento Mori Katie Zanders River Rainbowface
Fri 12–Mon 15 Springdans Northwest Seabeck, WA, USA W scandi Edit Copy
Fri 12–Sun 14 Call of the Loon (CDSS) Minneapolis, MN, USA W contra Edit Copy
Stringrays Northern Aire Ted Hodapp Will Mentor
Fri 12–Sun 14 Hadleigh French Weekend £70 Hadleigh, UK W balfolk Edit Copy
Les Hirondelles Anna Pack & Jo Veal Arbadétorne BOF! Dave Shepherd Sawney White Bird
Fri 12 5:30 pm–Sun 14 4:30 pm Tanz & Folk Festival Berlin Berlin, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Fine & Anna Laüsa Rokkende Vrouwen Broes Bal Affaire Balsam
Fri 12 6:00 pm–Sun 14 11:59 pm Funambals (Facebook) €62-€68 Lyon, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Hoctomoz La Machine Princesse Miska Cosmos Chocolat Digabestr Illa Ciac Boum Groove Factory Clica Drona L'Équipe Naragonia Quartet Zlabya
Fri 12 7:00 pm–Sun 14 1:30 pm NexGen Contra Weekend (CDSS) Ann Arbor, MI, USA W contra Edit Copy
Pimento Mori Starling Katie Zanders River Rainbowface
Fri 12 7:00 pm–Sun 14 3:00 pm Springforth Ball and Dance Weekend (CDSS) Richmond, VA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Drive Train Gaye Fifer
Fri 12 6:00 pm–Sun 14 3:00 pm Queer Contra Dance Camp (CDSS) $125-$500 Aptos, CA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Nimbus River Road Andy Shore Isaac Banner
Mon 15 4:00 pm–Fri 19 10:00 am English & Scottish Dance Week £240-£430 Halsway, UK W ECD SCD Edit Copy
Leonard Brown Frances Richardson
Wed 17 10:00 am–Sun 21 5:00 am Festiwal Wszystkie Mazurki Świata (Facebook) Warsaw, Poland W Polish Edit Copy
Fri 19–Sun 21 22. Folk-Tanz-Fest Halle, Germany balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 19–Sun 21 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra Edit Copy
Wild Asparagus George Marshall
Fri 19 7:15 pm–Sat 20 10:00 pm Oxford Folk Festival (Facebook) (…) (…) (…) (…) Oxford, UK W balfolk English ceilidh Edit Copy
Brown Boots Boogie Band Sarah Matthews & Doug Eunson Dirty Big Canal Dance Band Ollie Simons Mary Panton
Fri 19 7:00 pm–Sun 21 5:30 pm NEFFA Marlborough, MA, USA W balfolk contra English ceilidh ECD SCD scandi Edit Copy
Live Wire Kingfisher Torrent Good Company Dogtown Roaring Jelly Cojiro The Orphans Open Band Raise the Roof The Dixie Butterhounds The Midlings Chimney Swift Not Enough Fiddles Rum & Onions Wissahickon Express Einstein's Little Homunculus Les Bijoux Folque Orchestra Zarkadelphia Joy Factor Alex Deis-Lauby Rick Mohr Ben Sachs-Hamilton Bob Isaacs Michael Karcher Dereck Kalish Carl Levine Dylan Simpson David Millstone Sue Gola Liesl Jandrey Tamar Myers Qwill Duvall Jeremy Korr Steve Zakon-Anderson Donna Hunt Greg Frock Lisa Greenleaf Cindy Larock Hannah Chamberlain Don Veino
Fri 19 7:30 pm–Sun 21 4:00 pm Dandelion Romp $30-$65 Oberlin, OH, USA W contra Edit Copy
Elixir Engine Room Adina Gordon Nils Fredland
Sat 20 10:00 am–Sun 21 8:00 pm Elfia Haarzuilens (…) (…) Haarzuilens, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Triple-X Wouter en de Draak
Sat 20 10:00 am–Sun 21 11:30 pm Workshop and Bal (Facebook) (Facebook) €100-€150 Grenoble, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Âmes Scellées
Fri 26–Sun 28 27e Festival au Pays du Galoubet La Motte, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 26–Sun 28 Hands Four Spring Dance Weekend (CDSS) Berea, KY, USA W contra Edit Copy
Playing with Fyre Terry Doyle Sarah Kaiser
Fri 26–Sun 28 Trillium Twirl Dowling, MI, USA W contra Edit Copy
Hot Coffee Breakdown Bob Isaacs
Fri 26–Sun 28 Portland Raindance Weekend Portland, OR, USA W contra Edit Copy
Drive Train Stringrays Lisa Greenleaf Lindsey Dono
Fri 26 3:00 pm–Sun 28 6:00 pm BalSoleil (Facebook) St. Gallen, Switzerland W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 26 4:00 pm–Sun 28 4:00 pm Falconers Dance Club Halsway, UK ECD Edit Copy
The Falconers
Fri 26 6:00 pm–Sun 28 8:00 pm Folkarria Eco Festi-bal €80-€100 Madrid, Spain W balfolk Edit Copy
Dahu Lucas Thébaut Abril Bargainatt Duo Billebaude Grand Balthazar
Fri 26 6:00 pm–Sun 28 4:00 pm Set Dance Weekend (Facebook) €100 Prague, Czechia W Irish set Edit Copy
Swallow's Tail
Fri 26 3:00 pm–Sun 28 12:00 pm Spring Dance Weekend (CDSS) $256 Brasstown, NC, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Dame's Delight Gaye Fifer Olivia Barry
Fri 26 7:00 pm–Sun 28 3:30 pm Palmetto Bug Stomp (Facebook) (CDSS) $140-$155 Charleston, SC, USA W contra Edit Copy
Wild Asparagus ContraForce George Marshall Seth Tepfer
Fri 26 7:00 pm–Sun 28 2:00 pm When In Doubt, Swing! (CDSS) $50-$120 Dallas, TX, USA contra Edit Copy
The Gaslight Tinkers Wendy Graham
Tue 30 7:00 pm–Wed 1 May 7:00 pm Concert and Skeggione (Facebook) Gorizia, Italy W balfolk Edit Copy
Monsieur Fruits
May 2024
Fri 3–Sat 4 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra Edit Copy
River Road Alex Deis-Lauby
Fri 3–Mon 6 Scandimoot Clapham, UK W scandi Edit Copy
Åsmund Jøtun
Fri 3–Mon 6 May Heydays at Evesham Evesham, UK W contra ECD balfolk Edit Copy
Contrasaurus Emily & Simon Eclectic Regency Mollie & Dave Keeping Thyme Lighthouse Momentum Faren Ygra Andrew Swaine Brian Stanton Burt Hunter Charlie Turner Daisy Black Frances Richardson Jeannie Byron-Williams Kathryn Wright David Wright Keith Wood Lynne Render Maureen Knight Paula Evans Rhodri Davies Trevor Monson Will Mentor
Fri 3 6:00 pm–Sun 5 11:00 pm BalMostFolk (Facebook) Kraków, Poland W balfolk Edit Copy
ba.fnu Yanyk Feather and Fox Emelie Waldken Kapela Fedaków Vincent Laine Monsieur Fruits
Fri 3 7:00 pm–Sun 5 12:00 am Il Weekend di NAIF (Facebook) Naples, Italy W balfolk Edit Copy
Trio Loubelya Duo Le Tron/Laloy
Fri 3 7:00 pm–Sun 5 3:00 pm Whitewater Whirl (CDSS) $75-$115 Fayetteville, WV, USA contra Edit Copy
Brazenkeys Hot Coffee Breakdown Gaye Fifer Janine Smith
Wed 8 5:00 pm–Sun 12 3:00 am Balilas (Facebook) €80-€90 Rennes, France W balfolk Edit Copy
La Réveilleuse Laüsa Cosmos Chocolat Osso Bargainatt Femti Fem Illa Garenne Groove Factory Saíra Tiennet Simonnin Ma Petite Platane Fleuves Nøkkenoc Hamon Martin Quintet Princesse Miska Terroir Collapse
Thu 9–Sun 12 Sommerbordunale (…) €20-€240 Krefeld, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Thu 9 12:00 pm–Sun 12 10:00 am Hovrastämman (Facebook) Korskrogen, Sweden W scandi Edit Copy
Fri 10–Sat 11 Lake Eden Arts Festival - Spring Black Mountain, NC, USA W contra Edit Copy
Playing with Fyre Claire Takemori
Fri 10 1:00 pm–Sun 12 4:00 pm Dafodil (Facebook) Diest, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
Accords Perdus Airboxes Ancolie Auka Duo Cavez-Paulson Duo Thézé Me Guusta Organetto a cUkù Threo Triple-X Viorel
Fri 10 5:00 pm–Sun 12 10:00 pm Gaia Folk Fest (Facebook) Flambruzzo, Italy W balfolk Edit Copy
Duo De Schepper-Sanczuk David Baldassin Emily & The Simons Duo Kreatur
Fri 10 8:00 pm–Fri 17 12:00 pm Contradancers Delight Holiday Mountain City, TN, USA W contra Edit Copy
Toss the Possum Drive Train Buzz Band George Paul DJ TacoShel Bob Isaacs Terry Doyle Devin Pohly Warren Doyle
Mon 13 4:00 pm–Fri 17 10:00 am American Contra Dance Week £240-£430 Halsway, UK W contra Edit Copy
Lighthouse Will Mentor
Fri 17–Sat 18 Trad i Malung Malung, Sweden W scandi Edit Copy
Fri 17 10:00 am–Sun 19 11:59 pm Trad’Ardèche Privas, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Bal O'Gadjo Hoctomoz Patxi eta Konpania Trio Saraï Petit Piment Trio Loubelya Taouarh Avec La Chouette Velue Bélao Bé Troll
Fri 17 4:00 pm–Mon 20 4:00 pm Tanz und Verbindung (Facebook) Waldheim, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Naragonia Quartet Duo Wolff-Moschcau Maracu Wings & Tales
Fri 17 6:00 pm–Sun 19 1:00 am Rare and Difficult Balfolk Dances (Facebook) (…) €20-€50 Vilnius, Lithuania W balfolk Edit Copy
Ignas Dailydė Guoda & Konstantinas VMI Gabrielė Pukelytė
Fri 17 4:00 pm–Sun 19 4:00 pm Irish Set Dance Weekend £190-£310 Halsway, UK W Irish set Edit Copy
Rise the Dust Maggie Daniel Lucy Slemmings
Fri 17 7:00 pm–Sun 19 10:00 pm Les Trad'Yvresses €38-€45 Le Mans, France W balfolk Edit Copy
É1000IE NIJ Arbadétorne GrandLoup Dekolaz Décibal Des Fourmis Dans Les Pieds Duo Azare Cascade La Cuivraille
Fri 17 7:30 pm–Sat 18 11:00 pm The Sun Assembly (CDSS) $65 Fayetteville, NY, USA ECD Edit Copy
Bellamira Dan Blim
Fri 17 7:30 pm–Tue 21 10:00 pm Mad Robin Ball Weekend (CDSS) Petaluma, CA, USA ECD Edit Copy
Daniel Beerbohm, Earl Gaddis, Mary Lea & Jacqueline Schwab Bruce Hamilton Gene Murrow Kalia Kliban
Sat 18 10:00 am–Sun 19 8:00 pm Eallum 2024 €35 Dordrecht, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Triple-X
Fri 24–Mon 27 FolkMADness Music & Dance Camp $175-$460 Socorro, NM, USA W contra Edit Copy
Thunderwing Toss the Possum Jeremy Korr Lo Peckman
Fri 24–Sun 26 Spring Dance Romance Carrboro, NC, USA W contra Edit Copy
The Mean Lids River Road Gaye Fifer Alex Deis-Lauby
Fri 24–Mon 27 Northwest Folklife Seattle, WA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Countercurrent Chicken Feathers Good Company 3 Wheel Drive SonoOnos Playing for Keeps The Olympia Volunteer String Band The Hat Band The Luddite Ramblers Effervescence Hot Seat Racoon Carnival Soundspel Blue Star The Sage Thrashers Red Crow The Electrodes Mystic Deer The Reckoners Susan Michaels Charlie Fenton Isaac Banner Jesse Partridge Susan Petrick Koren Wake Victoria Fox Ric Goldman David Kreiss-Tomkins Abigail Golden Shannon Horst William Watson Elisabeth Monica Chris Page Eric Curl Craig Wolfe Suzanne Girardot Shell Stowell Michael Karcher Lindsey Dono
Fri 24 11:00 am–Mon 27 11:45 pm Chippenham Folk Festival (Facebook) Chippenham, UK W English ceilidh contra balfolk Irish set scandi SCD ECD Edit Copy
Bearded Dragons Chaotic Good Confluence Contra Sutra Portmanteau The Falconers WillPower Bob Morgan Bruce Hamilton Charlie Turner Colin Hume Daisy Black Fee Lock Lynne Render Rachel Shapiro-Wallace
Fri 24 5:00 pm–Sun 26 7:00 pm Woodfolk Festival (Facebook) Taipana, Italy balfolk Edit Copy
Emanuele Rossato & Michela Furin Valentin Barray Rudemà Duo Perrin-Zhao Folk Fiction
Fri 24 7:00 pm–Sun 26 6:00 pm Moulin d'Andé Weekend (Facebook) (CDSS) €220-€520 Val-de-Reuil, France W contra Edit Copy
Nozzy Kappy Laning Janine Smith
Fri 24 6:00 pm–Mon 27 3:00 pm Meet Me in St Louis (Facebook) $50-$110 Webster Groves, MO, USA W contra Edit Copy
Audacious Roger Wilco Bob Isaacs
Fri 24 3:00 pm–Mon 27 6:00 pm Dancing Bears 40th Dance Camp (CDSS) $330 Wasilla, AK, USA W contra Edit Copy
Sail Away Ladies Stringrays George Marshall Louise Siddons
Fri 31 12:00 pm–Sun 2 June 3:00 pm Musik- und Tanzfest €70-€90 Krebsow, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
SpielMeute Ilmfidelhupf J.B. TriOblique
Fri 31 6:00 pm–Sun 2 June 11:00 pm FESTIVAL 8º Almonaster Cimbrea (Facebook) €60-€70 Almonaster La Real, Spain balfolk Edit Copy
Parapente700 Zaroj Bal do Mero Duo Pavel & Florian Duo Garcia & Sanz Wer & Pablo del Fresno
June 2024
Sat 1 10:00 pm–Sun 2 7:00 am 10° Mazurka Klandestina di Konfine (Facebook) free Gorizia, Italy balfolk Edit Copy
Mon 3 4:00 pm–Fri 7 10:00 am French Music & Dance Week £240-£430 Halsway, UK W balfolk Edit Copy
Thu 6–Sun 9 RenoFolk Festival Bologna, Italy W balfolk Edit Copy
Thu 6 6:00 pm–Sat 8 11:00 pm Le Bal Perché (Facebook) €16-€22 Plan d'eau d'Eygliers, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Electro Faune Möng Baltazar Montanaro Ce bon vieux Sam KKC Orchestra & CPC Duo Plodocus L'unique Bal Pokaïdi Toundra Bal de l'Aube Terminal Traghetti Accordzéâm Bal des Bestioles Marie Paulette Gros Sabot
Thu 6 6:00 pm–Sun 9 3:00 pm Ransätersstämman (Facebook) Karlstad, Sweden W scandi Edit Copy
Fri 7–Sat 8 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra Edit Copy
Eloise & Co. Steve Zakon-Anderson
Fri 7–Sun 9 Taste of Haven Syracuse, IN, USA W contra Edit Copy
Critter du Jour Pimento Mori Darlene Underwood Dwayne Johnson Jo Mortland
Fri 7 3:00 pm–Sun 9 4:00 pm Gender-Free Dance Camp $150-$400 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Maia McCormick Scott Higgs Stephanie Marie
Fri 7 5:00 pm–Sun 9 5:00 pm Flamingo Fling Weekend (CDSS) $65-$135 Oklahoma City, OK, USA W contra Edit Copy
Playing with Fyre Seth Tepfer
Fri 7 8:00 pm–Sun 9 3:00 pm Dance Trance Weekend (CDSS) $50-$115 Lexington, KY, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Hot Coffee Breakdown Dreamdance Gaye Fifer Joe Wilkie
Sat 8–Sat 15 Scandia Camp Mendocino $1200-$1300 Mendocino, CA, USA W scandi Edit Copy
Fri 14–Sun 16 Summer Soiree Asheville, NC, USA W contra Edit Copy
Supertrad Ice Cream Truckers Rushfest Playing with Fyre Nils Fredland Cis Hinkle Emily Rush
Fri 14–Sun 16 Swing into Summer $100-$260 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Countercurrent Miranda Weinberg, Aaron Marcus, & Carrie Rose Gaye Fifer Adina Gordon
Fri 14 7:30 pm–Sat 15 12:00 pm Potato Run Revival (Facebook) (CDSS) $30-$50 Corydon, IN, USA W contra Edit Copy
Tom Cunningham & Friends Greer Hannan
Sat 15–Sat 22 Dance, Music & Spice Lexington, MI, USA W contra Edit Copy
Will Mentor
Fri 14 8:00 pm–Sat 15 11:00 pm Across the Lake (CDSS) $100 Colchester, VT, USA ECD Edit Copy
Bare Necessities David Millstone
Sun 16 4:00 pm–Sun 23 4:00 pm BACDS Hey Days English Dance and Music Week (CDSS) $1220 Rohnert Park, CA, USA ECD Edit Copy
Alchemy
Wed 19 6:00 pm–Sun 23 4:30 pm Folk Weekend Mattstedt Mattstedt, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 21 4:00 pm–Sun 23 4:00 pm Halsway Playford Assembly £190-£310 Halsway, UK W ECD Edit Copy
Albireo Andrew Swaine
Fri 21 7:00 pm–Sun 23 5:00 pm Le Festival De La Pouméane (Facebook) Combovin, France W balfolk Edit Copy
TriOblique Back in Bal Poolidor Danse sur le Piano Duo du Balcon
Fri 21 7:00 pm–Sun 23 5:00 pm Lichfield Folk Festival £100 Lichfield, UK W contra ECD Edit Copy
3D Dave, Marni & Alan Vertical Expression The Falconers John Hymas & Denise Bearon Andrew Shaw Rhodri Davies Rosemary Hunt Ivan Aitken Neil Franklin Nicola Scott
Sun 23–Sat 29 BACDS Family Week (CDSS) $650-$975 Aptos, CA, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Lindsay Verbil Yoyo Zhou
Sun 23 3:00 pm–Sat 29 11:00 am Lady of the Lake June Week $595-$995 Harrison, ID, USA W contra Edit Copy
Constellation Countercurrent The Canote Brothers Susan Petrick Wendy Graham
Wed 26–Sun 30 Landskappleiken Gol, Norway scandi Edit Copy
Thu 27–Mon 1 July July Fourth Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Lisa Greenleaf
Thu 27 4:00 pm–Sun 30 4:00 pm Dañserlà 2024 (Facebook) Erlangen, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Petit Piment Naragonia Rémi Geffroy Cecilia LyraDanz Airboxes Trio TriOblique Cam&Léo B-Key Valsaviris
Fri 28–Sun 30 Old Songs Festival Voorheesville, NY, USA W contra Edit Copy
The Moving Violations Stove Dragon David Eisenstadter Adina Gordon
Fri 28 4:00 pm–Sun 30 4:00 pm Blowzabella Festival £190-£370 Halsway, UK W balfolk Edit Copy
Blowzabella Garenne
Fri 28 6:00 pm–Sun 30 4:00 pm Stegastomp (Facebook) £50-£110 Harbury, UK W contra Edit Copy
Contrasaurus Charlie Turner Andrew Swaine
Sat 29–Sun 7 July Stämmoveckan Rättvik, Sweden W scandi Edit Copy
Sat 29 4:15 pm–Sun 30 8:30 pm Celtival (FBB) (FBB) Aubechies, Belgium balfolk Edit Copy
Aïe Mon Pied! Eä Plantec Polar Nould Pas D'La Y'Au 3..4
Sat 29 4:00 pm–Sat 6 July 10:00 am Nordic Fiddles and Feet (Facebook) $550-$1570 Moultonborough, NH, USA W scandi Edit Copy
Sun 30–Fri 5 July AmWeek $320-$800 Ben Lomond, CA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Potent Brew Alex Deis-Lauby Chris Page
Sun 30–Fri 5 July Cumberland Dance Week Pleasantville, TN, USA W contra Edit Copy
The Cosmic Otters Seth Tepfer Wendy Graham
July 2024
Mon 1–Fri 5 Pinewoods English-Scottish-Contra $335-$453 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD SCD Edit Copy
River Road Michael Karcher
Thu 4–Sat 6 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra Edit Copy
The Dam Beavers Wind that Shakes the Barley Bob Isaacs Katie Zanders
Thu 4–Sun 7 Roanoke Railroader $95-$160 Salem, VA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Toss the Possum The Latter Day Lizards Will Mentor Gaye Fifer
Fri 5 7:00 pm–Sun 7 11:45 pm Gooikoorts (Facebook) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) Gooik, Belgium balfolk Edit Copy
Geronimo Boreas Variomatic
Fri 5 9:30 pm–Sun 7 10:00 pm Big Bang Folk Festival (Facebook) Ternate, Italy W balfolk Italian Edit Copy
Duo De Schepper-Sanczuk Cam&Léo Princesse Miska Illa Pitularita Bargainatt
Mon 8–Sat 13 Gran Bal Trad (Vialfre) Vialfre, Italy W balfolk Italian Irish set ECD Edit Copy
Mon 8 9:00 am–Sun 14 1:00 pm Intensieve Dansstage Folk @AKDT (FBB) Grandvoir, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
Thu 11–Sun 14 Le Son Continu (Facebook) Lourouer Saint Laurent, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 12 9:00 am–Sun 14 11:59 am Dançarão (Facebook) €50-€65 Mação, Portugal balfolk Edit Copy
Duo Absynthe Geronimo & Luís Peixoto
Fri 12 7:00 pm–Sun 14 3:00 pm River Rendezvous (CDSS) $115-$165 Coshocton, OH, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Drive Train Toss the Possum Carol Kopp Devin Pohly Terry Doyle
Sun 14–Sat 20 Ashokan Northern Week Olivebridge, NY, USA W contra Edit Copy
Will Mentor Susan Kevra John Krumm
Tue 16–Sun 21 Nordlek 1165-2830 NOK Arendal, Norway W scandi Edit Copy
Thu 18–Sun 21 Vertanzt (…) Röthenbach im Emmental, Bern, Switzerland W balfolk Irish céilí scandi Edit Copy
Fri 19–Sun 21 Summergreen Livingston, MT, USA W contra Edit Copy
The Dam Beavers Drovers Grove Alex Deis-Lauby Rab Cummings
Fri 19 7:00 pm–Mon 22 11:59 pm Boombal Gentse Feesten (Facebook) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) (…) Gent, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
Kwintet Gestrikt Warmoes Bamako Express Le Mange Bal
Sat 20–Sat 27 American Dance & Music Week Plymouth, MA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Lisa Greenleaf Will Mentor Lindsey Dono
Sun 21–Sat 27 Balfolk Dances Bonn, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Mon 22 4:00 pm–Fri 26 10:00 am Summer Country Dancing £240-£430 Halsway, UK W contra ECD Edit Copy
Ali, Jane & Meg Mark Elvins
Wed 24–Sun 28 Balalalune Trièves, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Thu 25–Sat 27 Korröfestivalen Korrö, Sweden scandi Edit Copy
Thu 25 7:30 pm–Sun 28 11:55 pm Warwick Folk Festival £75-£190 Warwick, UK English ceilidh contra Edit Copy
Fri 26–Fri 9 August Grand Bal de l'Europe (Gennetines) Gennetines, France W balfolk scandi Irish set English ceilidh Italian ECD Edit Copy
Fri 26–Sun 28 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Goshen, CT, USA W contra Edit Copy
The Gaslight Tinkers George Marshall
Sat 27–Mon 5 August Harmony of Song & Dance Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
River Road Lisa Greenleaf Brooke Friendly
Sat 27 6:45 pm–Sun 28 8:00 pm Bridport Folk Festival (Facebook) Bridport, UK W balfolk English ceilidh Edit Copy
Confluence No Strings Attached Richard Gracie
Tue 30–Wed 31 Orbadenstämman (…) Orbaden, Sweden W scandi Edit Copy
August 2024
Fri 2–Fri 9 Sidmouth Folk Festival £197-£549 Sidmouth, UK W English ceilidh contra ECD SCD balfolk scandi Irish set Irish céilí Edit Copy
3Sticks Barber Band Bedlam Brown Boots Boogie Band Cock and Bull Band Folk Camps Party Band Granny's Attic Jigfoot Melrose Quintet Monster Ceilidh Band Mrs Midnight's Old Swan Band Oyster Ceilidh Band PolkaWorks Step Ceilidh Party Tickled Pink Chris Wood & Andy Cutting Double Dichotomy Folkus Poljus 3D Vertical Expression WillPower Hoik Oscina Nicky McConkey Eglamore Alison Rowley Barry Goodman Erin Mansfield Emma Wooders Fee Lock Gordon Potts Hannah Moore Ian Nichols Jane Bird Nick Walden Nancy Potts Adam Hughes Bridget Flett Daisy Black Lynne Render Bob Morgan Frances Richardson Bridget Flett Kevin Monaghan Carol Monaghan Sam Tetley Smith
Fri 2 12:00 pm–Sun 4 11:45 pm Castlefest €175 Lisse, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Akleja Bart Leemans Cardboard Cabin Fior Hot Griselda Kelten zonder Grenzen Mook Plantec Sanseveria
Fri 2 5:00 pm–Sun 4 4:00 pm Good Life Gallop $30-$75 Omaha, NE, USA W contra Edit Copy
Kaw Creek Kate McBride
Tue 6 5:39 pm–Sat 10 5:39 pm Etétrad (Facebook) €22-€140 Fenis, Italy W balfolk Edit Copy
Duo Claranbaux-Geerinck Filippo Gambetta Groove Factory La Machine La Paranza del Geco Le Petit Bal Ratamouche Mox Patrick Bouffard Ponente Folk Legacy Roger Moure Startijenn TriOblique Violons Volants
Fri 9–Sun 11 Susquehanna Folk Festival (CDSS) York, PA, USA W contra Edit Copy
The Contra Rebels Dead Sea Squirrels Janine Smith Bob Nicholson
Fri 9–Fri 16 Broadstairs Folk Week £164-£330 Broadstairs, UK W English ceilidh contra Edit Copy
Sat 10 9:30 pm–Sun 11 5:45 am Mazurka Klandestina (Facebook) free Prague, Czechia balfolk Edit Copy
Sun 11–Tue 20 Danzas Sin Fronteras €416 Navamorcuende, Spain W balfolk Edit Copy
Sun 11–Sat 17 Family Week Poland, ME, USA W contra Edit Copy
Mary Wesley
Mon 12–Sun 18 Cascade of Music & Dance Cascade, MD, USA W contra Edit Copy
Wendy Graham Gaye Fifer
Mon 12 4:00 pm–Mon 19 10:00 am Halsway Folk Dance Holiday £380-£610 Halsway, UK W ECD Edit Copy
Richard Jones & Chris Jewell Ivan Aitken
Tue 13 9:00 am–Sun 18 3:00 pm Ballinsé Festival (Facebook) €95-€110 Panni, Italy W balfolk Italian Edit Copy
Ciac Boum Geronimo Tascabandà Oraj Saro Calandi
Fri 16–Sun 18 Mentone Mentone, AL, USA W contra Edit Copy
The Mean Lids The Yellow Dandies Cis Hinkle
Fri 16 5:00 pm–Sun 18 11:59 pm FESTI'FOLK free Lambesc, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Carabena La Bande à Koustic Z'acrauNotes Imnari En Avant 3 Camille en Bal
Sat 17–Sat 24 Campers' Week Plymouth, MA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Sue Rosen
Fri 16 7:00 pm–Sun 18 5:00 pm Balance the Bay (Facebook) (CDSS) San Francisco, CA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Riptide Countercurrent Jacqui Grennan Maia McCormick
Sat 17 3:00 pm–Fri 23 11:59 pm Whitby Folk Week (Facebook) £70-£365 Whitby, UK W English ceilidh contra ECD Irish set Edit Copy
Whapweasel Bedlam No Lazy Dancing Dance Band Relentless Steamchicken Bellamira Melrose Ceilidh Band The Hedgehog's Skin Frog on a Bike Contrasaurus Contrary Faeries Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer Albireo The Falconers Stradivarious Tina Morris & Graham Lee Erin Mansfield Nick Walden Pete Coe Martyn Harvey Bob Morgan Alison Rowley Joey Oliver Sue Coe Andrew Swaine Daisy Black Charlotte Rich-Griffin Rhodri Davies Orly Krasner Jerry O'Reilly Annabel Sharp Nigel Sharp
Mon 19 9:30 pm–Fri 23 11:59 pm Folk On Stage (Facebook) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) (FBB) free Gooik, Belgium balfolk Edit Copy
Duo Tazières Naragonia Sydskåne Threo
Wed 21 6:00 pm–Sun 25 4:00 pm Les Ptibals (Facebook) Lagrasse, France W balfolk Edit Copy
La Sialyre Ballsy Swing Peldrut La Chimère Shillelagh Imnari Bargainatt Duo Brotto-Milleret Guilhem Desq Caroline Carton Plume Sors les mains d'tes poches
Wed 21 8:00 pm–Mon 26 12:00 am Boombalfestival (Facebook) (Facebook) (FBB) (…) Lovendegem, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
No&Mi Bargainatt Kwintet Gestrikt Accords Perdus Tralala Lovers Duo Nello Variomatic Naragonia Bouton Rémi Geffroy Duo Vandenabeele-Knapen Ciac Boum Claïs Cosmos Chocolat Duo Thézé Tiennet Simonnin Krosmos Le Grand Barouf Youmi Bazoge La Bachule Aérokorda Parasol Trio Le Driadi Hot Griselda Duo Claranbaux-Geerinck Le Mange Bal
Fri 23–Mon 26 Towersey Festival £94.97-£224.72 Middle Claydon, UK W English ceilidh contra Edit Copy
Blackbeard's Tea Party Whapweasel Banter Cock and Bull Band Folk Camps Party Band Bristol Ceilidh Quartet Trip Hazard Climax Ceilidh Band Out of Hand Urban Folk Theory
Fri 23 2:00 pm–Mon 26 6:00 pm Shrewsbury Folk Festival £116-£222.53 Shrewsbury, UK W balfolk contra English ceilidh Edit Copy
Banter Club Débris Cri du Canard Crowdy-Kit EFDSS Workshop Ceilidh Band James Delarre, Saul Rose & Dave Delarre Monster Ceilidh Band Spiers & Boden Moore & Moss Steamchicken Oakstone Trio Sheena Masson Rhodri Davies Tom Kitching Prue Reilly Annie Bolt Phil Bassindale Ian Nichols Daisy Black Andrew Swaine
Fri 23 5:00 pm–Sun 25 12:00 pm Sugar Hill Dance Weekend (Facebook) (CDSS) $15-$55 Bloomington, IN, USA W contra Edit Copy
Sat 24 3:00 pm–Fri 30 10:00 am TradMaD $980 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Alex Cumming
Wed 28–Mon 2 September fin d’été 2024 Kinnersley, UK W balfolk scandi Edit Copy
Thu 29 6:00 pm–Sun 1 September 8:00 pm Scarabal (Facebook) Lablachère, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 30–Mon 2 September Dance Camp North Fairbanks, AK, USA W contra Edit Copy
Eloise & Co. Susan Petrick
Fri 30–Mon 2 September Pinewoods Labor Day Weekend $365-$415 Plymouth, MA, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Ben Sachs-Hamilton
Fri 30–Sun 1 September Cannings Court French and Breton Dance Dorchester, UK balfolk Edit Copy
Red Dog Green Dog Wod
Fri 30 5:00 pm–Sun 1 September 5:00 pm Southfolk Festival (BOK) €30 Frommern, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Haus von Klaus Bruno & Maria Gabi Haun & Werner Bachmann Die Hayner
Fri 30 4:00 pm–Sun 1 September 4:00 pm Halsway Regency Assembley £200-£310 Halsway, UK W ECD Edit Copy
Warleggan Village Band Georgia Delve
Fri 30 8:00 pm–Sun 1 September 10:00 am Scandi and Balfolk music and dancing (Facebook) Stamford, UK W balfolk scandi Edit Copy
Fri 30 4:00 pm–Mon 2 September 1:00 pm Northwest Passage (CDSS) Rhododendron, OR, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Night Heron Trio Con Brio Graham Christian Jenna Simpson
Fri 30 6:00 pm–Mon 2 September 1:30 pm Rocky Mountain Rendezvous (…) (…) (…) (…) Boulder, CO, USA W contra Edit Copy
Nova The Dam Beavers Gaye Fifer Jacqui Grennan Will Mentor
Fri 30 7:30 pm–Sun 1 September 9:30 pm High Tea (CDSS) $120 Webster Groves, MO, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Ragged Robin David Millstone
September 2024
Thu 5–Sun 8 Bromyard Folk Festival (Facebook) Bromyard, UK W contra English ceilidh Edit Copy
Thu 5 6:00 pm–Mon 9 2:00 am Numinosum Festival 2024 (Facebook) (Plug) Warsaw, Poland W balfolk Polish Edit Copy
Plume ba.fnu Natércia Lameiro Le Driadi Valentin Barray DuOblique Duo Zhao-Perrin Kaléidoscope Borsa együttes OMGDude Żniwa Igrce Light Migrations Vilniaus Miesto Instumentalistai
Fri 6–Sun 8 Youth Dance Weekend $105-$285 Weston, VT, USA W contra Edit Copy
Calico Alex Deis-Lauby Lindsey Dono
Fri 6 6:00 pm–Sun 8 11:45 pm 31e Folk Festival Marsinne (Facebook) Marsinne, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 6 8:00 pm–Sat 7 11:00 pm Rijas balle festival (Facebook) Jaunrauna, Latvia W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 6 7:00 pm–Sun 8 10:00 pm Bun'Bal Fol 2024 (Facebook) €80 Lauriano, Italy balfolk Italian Edit Copy
Accordzéâm Ciac Boum Duo Pichard-Vincendeau La Sialyre Broes Clume Dekolaz Lausa La Machine Rinaldo Doro
Fri 6 4:00 pm–Sun 8 12:00 pm Big Branch Festival (Facebook) Battersea, Ontario, Canada W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 6 7:00 pm–Sat 7 9:00 pm Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra Edit Copy
Kingfisher Playing with Fyre Dereck Kalish Terry Doyle
Fri 6 7:00 pm–Sat 7 9:00 pm Forty Again Fest (Facebook) (Facebook) (CDSS) (CDSS) Bloomington, IN, USA contra Edit Copy
Euphor New Hoosier Broadcasters Charmaine Slaven Chet Gray Tamara Loewenthal
Fri 6 6:00 pm–Sun 8 12:45 pm Bear Hug Dance Camp $130-$295 Rollins, MT, USA W contra Edit Copy
Contra Sutra Swiftcurrent Susan Petrick Christa Torrens
Wed 11 7:00 pm–Sat 14 11:30 am Bromyard Folk Festival (Facebook) £84-£198 Bromyard, UK W contra English ceilidh Edit Copy
Banter Cock and Bull Band Definitely Contraband Powerhouse Shane & Julia Day The Falconers Cate Haynes Ian Nichols Michael Catovsky Rhodri Davies Victoria Yeomans
Thu 12 4:00 pm–Mon 16 2:00 am Simmelfolk €123-€150 Simmelsdorf, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Balstanz Canopaix DiaTao Edentia Feather and Fox Fibonanschi GrandLoup Le Driadi Nyntråm Vagalan
Fri 13–Sun 15 Echo Summit Sacramento, CA, USA W contra Edit Copy
The Figments Toss the Possum Jesse Edgerton Wendy Graham
Fri 13 6:30 pm–Sat 14 8:00 pm Let's Dig Deeper into Balfolk (Facebook) €20-€35 Vilnius, Lithuania W balfolk Edit Copy
Guoda
Sat 14 10:00 am–Sun 15 4:00 pm French and Breton dance course (…) (BOK) (BOK) €120-€210 Kirchheim, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Ballkanesen
Sat 14 11:00 am–Sun 15 5:00 pm Balfolk dancing on National Monument Day (Facebook) free Oosterhout, Netherlands balfolk Edit Copy
David Cornelissen
Fri 20–Sun 22 Squirrel Moon Contra Dance weekend Dodgeville, WI, USA W contra Edit Copy
Hillbilly Diaspora Alex Deis-Lauby
Fri 20 7:00 pm–Sat 21 10:00 pm Ceilidhs Extravaganza (Facebook) (Facebook) $10-$24 Auckland, New Zealand Scottish cèilidh Edit Copy
Fri 20 6:00 pm–Sun 22 4:00 pm 4ème Festival des Bals Combiers (Facebook) 55 CHF Le Chenit, Switzerland balfolk Edit Copy
Pamplemousse Tralala Lovers Duo Artense Bargainatt Poolidor Sorgues
Fri 20 7:00 pm–Sun 22 4:00 pm XVI Bailando Entre Montañas (Facebook) €95-€150 Miraflores de la Sierra, Spain W balfolk Edit Copy
Pablo Golder Caamaño & Ameixeiras LyraDanz Natércia Lameiro
Fri 20 4:00 pm–Sun 22 3:00 pm Feet Retreat $180-$235 Ellerbe, NC, USA W contra Edit Copy
Hotpoint Stringband The Dam Beavers Bob Isaacs Emily Rush
Fri 20 7:00 pm–Sun 22 1:00 pm Fandango! 2024 (CDSS) Decatur, GA, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Persons of Quality Kalia Kliban
Fri 20 6:30 pm–Sun 22 2:00 pm Harvest Moon Dance Weekend (CDSS) Saint Charles, IL, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Paul Ross
Fri 20 6:30 pm–Sun 22 3:00 pm Chehalis Contra Dance Camp (Facebook) (CDSS) $300 Vancouver, BC, Canada W contra Edit Copy
The Syncopaths Countercurrent Will Mentor Koren Wake
Fri 27–Sun 29 Adirondack Dance Weekend Silver Bay, NY, USA W balfolk contra ECD Edit Copy
Stomp Rocket The Moving Violations Mary Wesley
Fri 27–Sun 29 Cascade Contras Dance Camp Springfield, OR, USA W contra Edit Copy
Engine Room Contra Sutra Cis Hinkle Laurel Thomas
Fri 27–Sat 28 Balance The Star Dance Weekend $18-$40 Berea, KY, USA W contra ECD Irish set Edit Copy
Berea Castoffs Darlene Underwood
Fri 27 4:00 pm–Sun 29 4:00 pm Halsway Harvest Weekend Halsway, UK W English ceilidh ECD Edit Copy
Dampier's Round Frances Oates Barrie Bullimore Laura Hodges
Fri 27 10:00 pm–Sun 29 8:00 pm MKK Milano (Facebook) Milan, Italy balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 27 6:00 pm–Sun 29 3:30 pm Michigan Dance Heritage Fall Camp (CDSS) $160-$275 Lexington, MI, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Susan Kevra
Sat 28–Sun 29 Les Ptits Bals de L'Étang Perdu Hauterives, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Mon 30 4:00 pm–Fri 4 October 10:00 am Autumn American Contra Dance Week £240-£430 Halsway, UK W contra Edit Copy
Will Allen, Rowan Pigott & Gareth Kiddier Diane Silver
October 2024
Wed 2 3:00 pm–Sun 6 4:00 pm Annabergfest 2024 ~€500 Bonn, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Feather and Fox
Thu 3 8:30 pm–Sat 5 11:30 pm Festival Folkiri (Facebook) €25-€74 Le Mans, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Armoire Totale Fahrenheit Supernovas LyraDanz Man Encantada Groove Factory
Fri 4–Sun 6 Moondance Dance Weekend Pickens, SC, USA W contra Edit Copy
Lighthouse Good & Plenty Bob Isaacs Seth Tepfer
Fri 4–Sat 5 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra Edit Copy
ContraPositive Claire Takemori
Fri 4–Sun 6 Lady of the Lake Fall Camp Harrison, ID, USA W contra Edit Copy
3 Wheel Drive Jesse Partridge
Fri 4 1:00 pm–Sun 6 4:00 pm English Country Dance Celebration Dance Weekend (CDSS) Toronto, Ontario, Canada ECD Edit Copy
Shandy David Smukler
Fri 4 7:00 pm–Sun 6 3:00 pm Festival des Panards (…) £30-£62 Todmorden, UK W balfolk Edit Copy
Planchée Mike James & Dylan James Didier Oliver & Emmanuel Pariselle Nigel Eaton & Anna Pack Cri du Canard
Fri 4 8:30 pm–Sun 6 5:30 pm Blowzabella workshop festival (FBB) (Plug) (…) Dranouter, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
Blowzabella
Fri 4 8:00 pm–Sun 6 12:30 pm Star of the North (CDSS) (CDSS) (CDSS) $140-$150 Minneapolis, MN, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Gaye Fifer
Fri 4 6:30 pm–Sun 6 9:30 pm Harvest Moon $70-$185 Santa Barbara, CA, USA contra Edit Copy
The Latter Day Lizards Wild Asparagus Lisa Greenleaf George Marshall
Fri 11 4:00 pm–Sun 13 7:00 pm Gaia Folk Fest (Facebook) Flambruzzo, Italy balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 11 4:30 pm–Sun 13 7:30 pm NAIF Balfolk Festival (Facebook) (…) Sorrento, Italy W balfolk Italian Edit Copy
Accordzéâm Ballsy Swing Duo Absynthe Duo Claranbaux-Geerinck Duo Thébaut Geronimo No&Mi Lucas Thébaut Matrioske MusicaStoria
Fri 11 6:00 pm–Sun 13 12:30 pm Jasan Bonuš Country Dance Weekend (Facebook) 890 CZK Prague, Czechia W contra Edit Copy
Bev Bernbaum Carol David-Blackman Meike Beyen Marcus Igla Gerhard Kamm Jörg Mehlhase David Dvořák Jitka Bonušová Jan Pumpr
Fri 11 8:00 pm–Sun 13 12:00 pm Gugelhupf: Tanzfest auf Burg Hohnstein Hohnstein, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Sat 12 2:00 pm–Sun 13 2:00 pm Bal Folk (BOK) €50-€65 Freiburg i. Br, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Arbadétorne Troisam
Thu 17–Sun 20 Lake Eden Arts Festival - Fall Black Mountain, NC, USA W contra Edit Copy
Red Dog Spintuition Lagomorph Quartet The Flying Howes Bob Isaacs Sarah Kaiser Kenny Greer
Fri 18–Sun 20 Gender-Free Dance Camp $150-$500 Olivebridge, NY, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Thunderwing Ben Sachs-Hamilton Melissa Running
Fri 18–Sat 19 Phylla Mae Fall Fest Fayetteville, NY, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Contranella Anadama Sarah VanNorstrand Katy Heine David Smukler Rita Wood
Fri 18 6:00 pm–Sun 20 6:00 pm Folkirrika III €75-€85 Kuartango, Spain W balfolk Edit Copy
Grand Balthazar L'air Inconnu Obal Maider Martineau & friends Baladans
Fri 18 7:30 pm–Sun 20 4:30 pm Bare Necessities Weekend in Cleveland (CDSS) $85 Euclid, OH, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Bare Necessities Toad in the Hole Dan Blim
Fri 18 7:00 pm–Sun 20 2:00 pm Wasatch Wiggle (CDSS) $75-$120 Salt Lake City, UT, USA W contra Edit Copy
Playing with Fyre Susan Petrick
Fri 25–Sun 27 Boo Camp Jemez Springs, NM, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Panda Stomp The Cheap Shots Jacqui Grennan
Fri 25–Sun 27 Music City Masquerade (Facebook) (CDSS) Nashville, TN, USA W contra Edit Copy
Eloise & Co. Cis Hinkle
Fri 25–Sun 27 Fall Swedish Music & Dance Weekend Dodgeville, WI, USA W scandi Edit Copy
Fri 25 8:00 pm–Sun 27 5:00 pm Pittsburgh Fall Dance Weekend (CDSS) $20-$110 Pittsburgh, PA, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Engine Room Hot Coffee Breakdown Gaye Fifer River Rainbowface
Thu 31 6:00 pm–Sun 3 November 7:00 pm CaDansa (Facebook) (…) Steenwijk, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Androneda Bamako Express Cardboard Cabin Diskar Duo Clercx Floris & the Flames Folk My Life! Follia La Grosse Réveilleuse La Sylva Les Zéoles Mook Ormuz Patates Sound System Virelai
November 2024
Fri 1–Sun 3 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra Edit Copy
Frenzy Drive Train Janet Shepherd Rick Mohr
Fri 1–Sun 3 Foggy Moon Contra Dance Weekend (CDSS) Monterey, CA, USA contra Edit Copy
Joyride Stomp Rocket Jacqui Grennan Will Mentor
Fri 1 5:00 pm–Sun 3 5:00 pm Skint (Facebook) Ashover, UK W balfolk scandi Edit Copy
Fri 1 7:00 pm–Sun 3 3:00 pm Hey Fever (CDSS) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada W contra Edit Copy
Elixir Peach Jam Alex Deis-Lauby Nils Fredland
Thu 7 5:00 pm–Sun 10 8:00 pm Infinitumball (Facebook) €65-€150 Vilnius, Lithuania W balfolk Edit Copy
Balsam Emelie Feather and Fox Gabrielė Pukelytė Guoda Ignas Dailydė Mikas Dominas Mr Folxlide ŠakarMakar VMI Yanyk
Fri 8–Sat 9 Contra Fest Albany, NY, USA W contra Edit Copy
River Road Alex Deis-Lauby
Fri 8–Sun 10 Atlanta Dance Weekend (CDSS) Atlanta, GA, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Drive Train The Faux Paws Seth Tepfer Will Mentor
Fri 8–Sun 10 Head for the Hills (CDSS) $140-$240 Kresgeville, PA, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Raise the Roof Brooklyn Swing Ensemble A Joyful Noise Donna Hunt Scott Higgs Gaye Fifer
Fri 8–Sun 10 Fire Ant Frolic (CDSS) $60-$145 Austin, TX, USA W contra Edit Copy
Lake Effect Koren Wake Rich Goss
Fri 8 7:30 pm–Sun 10 4:30 pm English / Contra / Squares Weekend (CDSS) (CDSS) $20-$85 Concord, MA, USA contra ECD Edit Copy
Jenna Simpson Sue Rosen
Fri 8 6:00 pm–Sun 10 3:00 pm Dance in the Desert (CDSS) Oracle, AZ, USA contra Edit Copy
Playing with Fyre Stomp Rocket Lisa Greenleaf Susan Petrick
Fri 15–Sun 17 Catalina Dance Weekend Catalina Island, CA, USA W contra Edit Copy
The Faux Paws Engine Room Countercurrent Alex Deis-Lauby Gaye Fifer
Fri 15–Sun 17 Fleur-de-Lis Fling (CDSS) $80-$135 Louisville, KY, USA W contra Edit Copy
Electric Eel Double Trouble Bob Isaacs River Rainbowface
Fri 15 4:00 pm–Sun 17 10:00 pm Balfolk intensive 2024 (Plug) (…) €250-€350 Nijmegen, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Wim te Groen
Fri 15 4:00 pm–Sun 17 4:00 pm Zesty Contra Weekend £190-£310 Halsway, UK W contra Edit Copy
Ali & Mollie Rhodri Davies Mark Elvins
Fri 15 4:00 pm–Sun 17 5:00 pm BACDS Fall Frolick (CDSS) $440 Healdsburg, CA, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Anna Rain Brad Foster David Newitt
Fri 15 7:00 pm–Sun 17 7:00 pm ContraShock! (CDSS) New York, NY, USA W contra Edit Copy
River Road Stove Dragon Liz Nelson Will Mentor
Fri 15 8:00 pm–Sun 17 10:30 pm Rose City Dance-A-Rama (CDSS) Portland, OR, USA contra Edit Copy
Joyride Wild Asparagus George Marshall Lindsey Dono
Sat 16 9:30 am–Sun 17 4:30 pm Bourrèe à 2 temps et à 3 temps €120-€210 Vienna, Austria W balfolk Edit Copy
Lauge Dideriksen
Sat 16 1:00 pm–Sun 17 4:00 pm Winter Workshops and Bal (Facebook) £25.30 Kinnersley, UK W balfolk scandi Edit Copy
Oscina
Sat 16 7:00 pm–Fri 22 7:00 pm Cenizas Residency (Facebook) €250-€520 Cercedilla, Spain W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 22 7:00 pm–Sun 24 4:00 pm Fénix Festival €150 Cercedilla, Spain W balfolk Edit Copy
Dos Ballsy Swing
Fri 29–Sun 1 December Breaking Up Thanksgiving Evanston, IL, USA W contra Edit Copy
Sat 30 11:00 am–Sun 1 December 6:00 pm 2nd ANNUALBAL (Facebook) 50-65 BGN Sofia, Bulgaria W balfolk Edit Copy
December 2024
Fri 6–Sat 7 Dancing Fish Melrose, FL, USA W contra Edit Copy
Hot Coffee Breakdown Gaye Fifer
Fri 6 6:00 pm–Sun 8 3:00 pm Winter WarmUp (CDSS) Worthington, OH, USA contra Edit Copy
Notorious The Hollertones Liz Burkhart Will Mentor
Sat 7–Sun 8 Midwinter Fair — 20e editie (…) €36.95 Alphen aan de Rijn, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Airboxes Bal O'Gadjo Ball Noir Cardboard Cabin Celtic Constellation Duo Clercx Phlox
Sat 7 10:00 am–Sun 8 5:00 pm Polska and Slängpolska €120-€210 Vienna, Austria W scandi Edit Copy
Jamie Huddlestone
Sat 14 7:30 pm–Sun 15 8:00 am Balfolk at Kitkat inside Tango Rouge (…) €20-€25 Berlin, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Laouen
Thu 26–Wed 1 January Contradancers Delight Holiday Morgantown, WV, USA W contra Edit Copy
Toss the Possum Spintuition Buzz Band Bob Isaacs Terry Doyle Warren Doyle Devin Pohly
Thu 26–Wed 1 January Berea Christmas Country Dance School $370-$420 Berea, KY, USA W contra ECD Irish set Edit Copy
Chris Bischoff Darlene Underwood
Fri 27–Wed 1 January Terpsichore's Holiday $235 Adamstown, MD, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Countercurrent Gaye Fifer Adina Gordon
Fri 27 3:00 pm–Wed 1 January 12:00 pm Silvester*Folk Festival (Facebook) €240-€580 Colditz, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Trio Loubelya Dekolaz Initium Duo Nello Duo Vandenabeele-Knapen L'air Inconnu Tribal Jâze Duo Tanghe-Coudroy Marion & Steve Marie Paulette Clume Femti Fem
Fri 27 7:00 pm–Tue 31 10:00 pm John C. Campbell Folk School Winter Dance Week (CDSS) (CDSS) (CDSS) (CDSS) (CDSS) $482 Brasstown, NC, USA balfolk contra ECD Edit Copy
Brasstown Balfolk Band Chicken Feathers Serendipity Annie Fain Barralon Claire Takemori Dan Seppeler Janet Shepherd Seth Tepfer Susan Kevra Wendy Graham
Sat 28 3:00 pm–Tue 31 11:59 pm Festival Passagem d'Ano Coimbra, Portugal W balfolk Edit Copy
Ciac Boum Accordzéâm Aurélien Claranbaux Gandarva
Sat 28 8:00 pm–Thu 2 January 11:59 pm Folk Marathon (Facebook) Vienna, Austria W balfolk Edit Copy
Sun 29–Wed 1 January Bash on Vashon Vashon Island, WA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Tue 31 3:00 pm–Wed 1 January 1:00 pm Gran Bal di Capodanno (Facebook) €25-€50 Bassano del Grappa, Italy W balfolk Edit Copy
Parapente700 TriBoT David Baldassin
January 2025
Sat 4 7:30 pm–Sun 5 12:15 pm New Year Contra Dance (CDSS) $15-$35 Portland, OR, USA W contra Edit Copy
Countercurrent Fiddle Hellions Big Band Jesse Partridge Noah Grunzweig
Fri 10–Sun 12 Chambana Jan Jam (Facebook) Urbana, IL, USA W contra Edit Copy
Brazenkeys The Mean Lids Bev Bernbaum
Fri 10 6:00 pm–Sun 12 3:30 pm Chattaboogie (CDSS) $90-$145 Chattanooga, TN, USA W contra Edit Copy
Kingfisher Turnip the Beet Janet Shepherd Timothy Klein
Fri 10 7:30 pm–Sat 11 10:00 pm 37th Ralph Page Dance Event (CDSS) (CDSS) $55-$65 Worcester, MA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Sugar River Band Don Heinold Steve Zakon-Anderson Sue Rosen Tod Whittemore
Sat 11 2:00 pm–Sun 12 6:00 pm Midwinter Weekend of English Dance (CDSS) $27-$65 Nashville, TN, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Southwind The English Muffins Cathy Hollister Juliette Webb Susan Kevra
Fri 17–Sun 19 Contra Carnivale San Luis Obispo, CA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Stringrays The Gaslight Tinkers Nova Lisa Greenleaf Frannie Marr Jeremy Korr
Fri 17 6:00 pm–Sun 19 6:00 pm Prague Balfolk Weekend (Facebook) Prague, Czechia W balfolk Edit Copy
Bal O'Gadjo Filippo Gambetta Hilde van Belle BAL LAB Folk Knock Trio Forj Marina Lazar Light Migrations L'air Inconnu Bouton
Fri 17 4:00 pm–Mon 20 1:00 pm Stellar Days & Nights (Facebook) (CDSS) Buena Vista, CO, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Countercurrent Harken! Joanna Hyde & Tadhg O Meachair Seth Tepfer Wendy Graham
Sat 18 10:00 am–Sun 19 5:00 pm Slängpolska på fläck €120-€210 Vienna, Austria W scandi Edit Copy
Lauge Dideriksen
Sat 18 11:00 am–Tue 28 11:00 am Winter Folk Dancing in the Sun (Facebook) £995 Olhao, Portugal W contra ECD Edit Copy
Cis Hinkle Frances Oates
Wed 22 8:00 pm–Sun 26 2:00 pm CDSS Executive Committee Visits Philadelphia (CDSS) (CDSS) (CDSS) (CDSS) (CDSS) Philadelphia, PA, USA contra ECD Edit Copy
Boxwood Wissahickon Express David Smukler Diane Silver Donna Hunt Juliette Webb Liz Snowdon Luanne Stiles Robert Mills Sam Rotenberg Tanya Rotenberg Ted Rudofker
Fri 24–Sun 26 Florida Snow Ball Gulfport, FL, USA W contra Edit Copy
Elixir Playing with Fyre Nils Fredland Beth Molaro
Fri 24 7:00 pm–Sun 26 1:30 pm Balactée Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 24 6:00 pm–Sun 26 12:30 pm Wintergreen (CDSS) $125-$165 Bozeman, MT, USA W contra Edit Copy
Northern Aire Turnip the Beet Gaye Fifer Koren Wake
Tue 28–Tue 4 February Tropical Dance Vacation English Country Dance Week (CDSS) $1200-$4850 St Croix, US Virgin Islands W ECD Edit Copy
Snapdragon Joanna Reiner Wilkinson Scott Higgs
Fri 31 7:00 pm–Sat 1 February 9:00 pm Dancing Fish (CDSS) (CDSS) (CDSS) $30 Melrose, FL, USA contra Edit Copy
Stomp Rocket Steve Zakon-Anderson
February 2025
Wed 5–Wed 12 Tropical Dance Vacation Contra Week (CDSS) $1200-$4850 St Croix, US Virgin Islands contra Edit Copy
Wild Asparagus George Marshall Lisa Greenleaf
Fri 7–Sun 9 Supersonic $120-$240 Seattle, WA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Potato Factory Joyride Seth Tepfer Cis Hinkle
Fri 7–Sun 9 Phoenix Winter Frolic (CDSS) Phoenix, AZ, USA contra ECD Edit Copy
Playing with Fyre Jacqui Grennan
Fri 7–Sun 9 Cabin Fever (Facebook) (CDSS) Oak Ridge, TN, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Ice Cream Truckers Spintuition Claire Takemori
Fri 7 7:00 pm–Sun 9 4:00 pm XVII Bailando Entre Montañas €105-€160 Cercedilla, Spain W balfolk Edit Copy
Philippe Plard Duo Entre-Deux Biterna Duo Des Cimes
Fri 7 7:00 pm–Sun 9 1:30 pm Asheville Mid-Winter ECD Weekend (CDSS) Asheville, NC, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Gene Murrow
Mon 10 4:00 pm–Fri 14 10:00 am Nordic Music and Dance (Facebook) £255-£460 Halsway, UK W scandi Edit Copy
Fri 14–Sun 16 Tanz & Folk Festival Berlin (…) (…) €80-€150 Berlin, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Duo Neus Cosmos Chocolat Pabameto Quartett Le Driadi Folk My Life! Feather and Fox
Fri 14–Sun 16 Dance Flurry Festival Saratoga Springs, NY, USA W balfolk contra ECD scandi SCD Edit Copy
The Faux Paws The Dam Beavers Good Company Stomp Rocket Barefoot Malvenn Alex Deis-Lauby Maia McCormick Steve Zakon-Anderson Luke Donforth Casey Carr
Fri 14–Sun 16 Corvallis Contra Weekend Corvallis, OR, USA W contra Edit Copy
Root System Nova Will Mentor Lindsey Dono
Fri 14 8:30 pm–Sun 16 3:30 pm Dansstage 2025 (Facebook) (…) (…) (…) Enschede, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 14 7:00 pm–Sat 15 10:00 pm STEAM on the Kaw 2-Day Event (Facebook) (CDSS) (CDSS) $25-$45 Lawrence, KS, USA W contra Edit Copy
Steam! Jill Allen Lisa Harris-Frydman
Fri 14 7:00 pm–Sat 15 10:00 pm Eugene Winter Dance Event (CDSS) $65-$85 Eugene, OR, USA W ECD Edit Copy
David Macemon Kalindi Devi-Dasi Orly Krasner
Sat 15 10:00 am–Sun 16 12:00 pm Salty Swirl (CDSS) $65 Leland, NC, USA contra Edit Copy
ContraForce Gaelstorm Gretchen Caldwell Kenny Greer
Thu 20 8:00 pm–Sun 23 4:00 pm Umefolk (Facebook) 550-650 SEK Umeå, Sweden W scandi Edit Copy
Fri 21–Sun 23 Galhalla (CDSS) $100-$140 St Louis, MO, USA W contra Edit Copy
Baba Yaga's Stew Alyssa Catlin Band Sarah Kaiser Lo Peckman
Fri 21 7:00 pm–Sun 23 7:00 pm BalhallaFestival (Facebook) Gent, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
Duo Clercx Naragonia Pantonim Loogaroo Duo Nello Airboxes Emmarilin Mizu Mizi La Galavarde Duo Zhao-Perrin Snaarmaarwaar
Fri 21 7:00 pm–Sun 23 2:00 pm Bayou Bedlam (CDSS) $50-$145 Houston, TX, USA W contra Edit Copy
Stringrays Tea&Whiskey Lisa Greenleaf
Fri 21 7:00 pm–Sun 23 10:30 pm Fiddling Frog (CDSS) $185-$195 Pasadena, CA, USA contra Edit Copy
River Road The Syncopaths Lindsey Dono Susan Petrick
Fri 28 6:00 pm–Sun 2 March 5:00 pm IVFDF 2025 (…) £20-£45 Sheffield, UK W balfolk contra English ceilidh ECD Scottish cèilidh SCD Edit Copy
Bellamira Canna'laigh Contrary Faeries Eurosession All Stars Melrose Quintet Out of Hand Portmanteau Powerhouse Purcell's Polyphonic Party Small Square Band WillPower Andrew Swaine Charlie Turner Debbie Crossley Erin Mansfield Jack Kanutin Jemima Swain John Brown Patrick Rose Sam Tetley Smith
Fri 28 6:30 pm–Sun 2 March 11:45 pm Entrudanças (Facebook) €37.50-€50 Entradas, Portugal W balfolk Edit Copy
String Fling Airboxes Trio Pesdelan Karamaus Jam.PT Siga Bailando
Fri 28 5:00 pm–Sun 2 March 2:00 pm Lava Meltdown (CDSS) (…) $75-$150 Lava Hot Springs, ID, USA W contra Edit Copy
Avourneen Bandage a Trois Seth Tepfer
Fri 28 7:00 pm–Sun 2 March 3:00 pm Palmetto Bug Stomp (Facebook) (CDSS) $145-$160 Charleston, SC, USA W contra Edit Copy
ContraForce Playing with Fyre Cis Hinkle Diane Silver
March 2025
Fri 7 4:00 pm–Sun 9 6:00 pm Exploring Your Dance Identity (Facebook) €25-€50 Vilnius, Lithuania W balfolk Edit Copy
Sat 8 10:30 am–Sun 9 12:30 pm Sun Assembly Spring DanceFest (CDSS) $80 Durham, NC, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Jenna Simpson
Mon 10 4:00 pm–Fri 14 10:00 am French & Breton Dance Week (Facebook) (…) £255-£460 Halsway, UK W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 14–Sun 16 Folkestoltes Girona, Spain W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 14–Sun 16 Spring Breakdown Dance Weekend Columbia, MO, USA W contra Edit Copy
Playing with Fyre Seth Tepfer
Fri 14–Sun 16 Beantown Stomp Cambridge, MA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Stove Dragon Julie Metcalf and Larry Unger Alex Deis-Lauby Adina Gordon
Fri 14 4:00 pm–Sun 16 6:00 pm MärzTanz (Facebook) Chemnitz, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
La Galavarde TriOblique CLARABAL Feather and Fox Duo Wolff-Moschcau Richard Marina Lazar
Mon 17 4:00 pm–Fri 21 10:00 am Contra and Square Dance £255-£460 Halsway, UK W contra Edit Copy
English Contra Dance Band Geoff Cubitt
Fri 21–Sun 23 Carolina Meltdown (CDSS) Lake Wylie, SC, USA W contra Edit Copy
Hot Coffee Breakdown Topspin Darlene Underwood Rick Mohr
Fri 21 4:00 pm–Sun 23 1:00 pm Spring @ Sautee $90-$130 Sautee Nacoochee, GA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Toss the Possum The Dog Walkers Warren Doyle Claire Takemori
Fri 21 6:00 pm–Sun 23 4:00 pm PigTown Fling (CDSS) Cincinnati, OH, USA W contra Edit Copy
Engine Room The Mean Lids Gaye Fifer Seth Tepfer
Fri 21 7:30 pm–Sun 23 2:00 pm Nashville Playford Ball (CDSS) $65-$165 Nashville, TN, USA ECD Edit Copy
Constellation Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
Sat 22 2:00 pm–Sun 23 2:00 pm Spring Bal Folk (BOK) €50-€65 Freiburg i. Br, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Shillelagh Le Carillon
Mon 24 4:00 pm–Fri 28 10:00 am Walking and Dancing Holiday £255-£460 Halsway, UK W contra Edit Copy
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer Rhodri Davies
Fri 28–Sat 29 DownEast Country Dance Festival Topsham, ME, USA W contra Edit Copy
River Road Franklin County Fiddlers Pineland Fiddlers Rick Mohr Chrissy Fowler Maggie Robinson
Fri 28 4:00 pm–Sun 30 10:00 pm Balfolk intensive "Veterans" (Plug) €285-€350 Nijmegen, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Fri 28 9:00 pm–Sun 30 11:30 pm XXXV FEST-i-BALL (Facebook) (…) €55-€70 Lisbon, Portugal W balfolk Edit Copy
Espiral Fahrenheit Man Encantada Augustas Černiauskas Duo Vandenabeele-Knapen
Fri 28 7:30 pm–Sat 29 11:00 pm Melt Into Spring Ball Weekend (CDSS) Ann Arbor, MI, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Brad Foster
Sat 29–Sun 30 Hash Dance Weekend (CDSS) (CDSS) $70-$105 Glen Echo, MD, USA W contra Edit Copy
Bowrider The Free Raisins Lisa Greenleaf River Rainbowface
Fri 28 7:30 pm–Sun 30 5:00 pm Scandinavian Spring Weekend (…) (…) (…) $155 Boulder, CO, USA W scandi Edit Copy
Sat 29 1:30 pm–Sun 30 2:00 pm Scandinavian Dance Weekend (BOK) €40-€50 Freiburg i. Br, Germany W scandi balfolk Edit Copy
Kördeböf Sture und Sigmar Uppsala
Sat 29 6:00 pm–Sun 30 4:00 pm English Dance Weekend €117.50-€177.50 Apeldoorn, Netherlands ECD Edit Copy
Simone Verheijen
April 2025
Tue 1 8:00 pm–Thu 3 10:30 pm Berkeley Contra Dance (CDSS) $6-$25 Berkeley, CA, USA W contra Edit Copy
The Flagstones Eric Black
Wed 2 10:00 am–Wed 9 8:00 am Contra Holiday in Medieval England (Facebook) (Facebook) (CDSS) $1450 Ely, UK contra Edit Copy
Wild Asparagus Contrasaurus George Marshall Janet Shepherd Terry Doyle Charlie Turner
Fri 4–Sun 6 Set for Spring (CDSS) Oklahoma City, OK, USA ECD Edit Copy
Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
Fri 4–Sun 6 Pitt's Maggot English Dance Weekend (CDSS) $119 Homestead, PA, USA ECD Edit Copy
Hot Toddy David Smukler
Fri 4 4:00 pm–Sun 6 4:00 pm Music, dance and song (Facebook) £200-£330 Halsway, UK W English ceilidh Edit Copy
Banter
Fri 4 7:00 pm–Sun 6 6:00 pm Epicenter (CDSS) Mill Valley, CA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Engine Room Supertrad Lisa Greenleaf Michael Karcher
Thu 10 4:00 pm–Sun 13 4:00 pm Balfolk Ratisbonne €120-€160 Regensburg, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Dragon Flowers Feather and Fox GrandLoup Ormuz Trio Wolski
Fri 11–Mon 14 Springdans Northwest Seabeck, WA, USA W scandi Edit Copy
Fri 11 6:00 pm–Sun 13 11:59 pm Funambals €63-€69 Lyon, France W balfolk Edit Copy
Platane Talec Noguet Quartet La Chimère La Malène Duo Cavez-Paulson Hot Griselda Trencadit Poolidor Femti Fem Sorgues Ma Petite Tref
Fri 11 7:00 pm–Sun 13 6:30 pm Oxford Folk Festival (…) £36 Oxford, UK W balfolk contra English ceilidh Edit Copy
Banter Chaotic Good Trinculo Confluence Sheena Masson Charlotte Rich-Griffin Alison Rowley
Fri 11 6:00 pm–Sun 13 3:00 pm Springforth Ball & Dance Weekend (Facebook) (CDSS) Richmond, VA, USA W contra Edit Copy
Playing with Fyre Bob Isaacs
Fri 11 6:30 pm–Sun 13 2:30 pm Call of the Loon (CDSS) $135-$145 Minneapolis, MN, USA W contra Edit Copy
The Dam Beavers Contratopia Seth Tepfer Steve Pike
Fri 11 6:00 pm–Sun 13 3:00 pm Queer Contra Dance Camp (CDSS) $125-$500 Aptos, CA, USA contra Edit Copy
The Sage Thrashers Starling Angela DeCarlis Sue Rosen
Sat 12 10:00 am–Sun 13 8:00 pm Elfia Haarzuilens (…) (…) Haarzuilens, Netherlands W balfolk Edit Copy
Airboxes Floris & the Flames Marie Paulette Wouter en de Draak
Sat 12 4:00 pm–Sun 13 10:00 am Dans i Tobo Uppsala, Sweden scandi Edit Copy
Fri 18–Sun 20 Dandelion Romp $30-$75 Oberlin, OH, USA W contra Edit Copy
River Road Northwoods Gaye Fifer Will Mentor
Fri 18 6:30 pm–Mon 21 2:00 am ComSiBal Festival (Facebook) Boutersem, Belgium W balfolk Edit Copy
Tref Beat Bouet Trio JAM PT Feather and Fox Bal O'Gadjo Oraj La Sylva Tom & Aurélie Zlabya Dragon Flowers
Fri 18 7:00 pm–Sun 20 3:00 pm Dancing Fish $30-$60 Melrose, FL, USA W contra Edit Copy
Wild Asparagus George Marshall
Sun 20 3:00 pm–Thu 24 5:30 pm Balfolk Golden Bay (Facebook) donation Tākaka, New Zealand W balfolk Edit Copy
Hullabalou
Mon 21 4:00 pm–Fri 25 10:00 am Easter House Party (Facebook) £255-£460 Halsway, UK W contra ECD Edit Copy
Gareth Kiddier & Linda Game
Wed 23 10:00 am–Sun 27 5:00 am Mazurkas of the World Festival (Facebook) (…) Warsaw, Poland W balfolk Polish Edit Copy
Fri 25–Sun 27 Hands Four Spring Dance Weekend Berea, KY, USA W contra Edit Copy
Hot Coffee Breakdown Berea Castoffs Timothy Klein Chris Bischoff
Fri 25–Sun 27 Portland Raindance Weekend Portland, OR, USA W contra Edit Copy
Red Case Band Riptide Will Mentor Gaye Fifer
Fri 25–Sun 27 Spring Dance Romance $120 Carrboro, NC, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Stomp Rocket Countercurrent Adina Gordon Jacqui Grennan Melissa Running
Fri 25–Sun 27 Hadleigh French Weekend £70 Hadleigh, UK W balfolk Edit Copy
Bargainatt Tonik BOF! Tom & Emma Hardy
Fri 25 4:00 pm–Sun 27 4:00 pm Falconers Dance Club Halsway, UK W ECD Edit Copy
The Falconers
Fri 25 6:00 pm–Sun 27 6:00 pm Folkarria Eco Festi-bal €90-€125 Madrid, Spain W balfolk Edit Copy
Cosmos Chocolat Zlabya Delameseta Duo Niepold-Cutting Bal O'Gadjo L'air Inconnu
Fri 25 6:00 pm–Sun 27 10:00 pm Set Dance Weekend (Facebook) €100 Prague, Czechia W Irish set Edit Copy
Swallow's Tail
Fri 25 5:30 pm–Sun 27 3:45 pm Trillium Twirl Dance Weekend (CDSS) $70-$275 Dowling, MI, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Toss the Possum Bob Isaacs Bob Messer Mae Wilson
Fri 25 6:00 pm–Sun 27 5:00 pm New England Folk Festival (NEFFA) (CDSS) $85-$120 Marlborough, MA, USA W balfolk contra ECD scandi SCD Edit Copy
Roaring Jelly Joy Factor Kingfisher Torrent Confluence Festival Orchestra Not Enough Fiddles Live Wire Rum & Onions The Orphans Dogtown The Moving Violations Einstein's Little Homunculus Jump Start Sugar River Band Zarkadelphia Tabbies' Delight Chimney Swift Cojiro Melanie Axel-Lute Donna Hunt Maia McCormick Dereck Kalish Hannah Johlas Michael Karcher Lisa Greenleaf Chris Page Darlene Underwood Sue Rosen Ben Sachs-Hamilton Alex Deis-Lauby Jacob Bloom Bev Bernbaum Sue Gola Carl Levine Steve Zakon-Anderson Julian Blechner Harris Lapiroff Qwill Duvall
Fri 25 7:00 pm–Sun 27 2:00 pm When in Doubt, Swing! (CDSS) $50-$130 Dallas, TX, USA contra Edit Copy
Steam! Jeremy Korr
Sat 26 1:00 pm–Sun 27 5:00 pm Jane Austen Ball (CDSS) Rochester, NY, USA ECD Edit Copy
Alchemy Beverly Francis
Wed 30 6:00 pm–Sun 4 May 6:00 pm Sofia (bal)Folk Weekend (Facebook) €90-€200 Sofia, Bulgaria W balfolk Edit Copy
Trio Divlya Arme de l'Etre Balfolkariya House Band
May 2025
Thu 1 2:00 pm–Sun 4 4:00 pm BalSoleil 185 CHF Mogelsberg, Switzerland W balfolk Edit Copy
Biskaya Luca Fiorini La Bonne Soupe Livadari Dîjga Sol Do Zéphyr Combo Duo l'Hêtre Heureux GrandLoup Seelengesang
Fri 2–Mon 5 Scandimoot Clapham, UK W scandi Edit Copy
Sven Ahlbäck
Fri 2–Mon 5 May Heydays at Evesham Evesham, UK W contra ECD balfolk Edit Copy
Box of Frogs Dampier's Round Sarah Matthews & Doug Eunson Folkus Pocus Nicky McConkey Old Time Contra Band Knotted Chord Mollie & Dave Keeping Thyme The Twangtown Paramours Confluence Ygra Andrew Swaine Brian Stanton Burt Hunter Colin Hume Ivan Aitken Kathryn Wright David Wright Mark Elvins Mike Courthold Nicola Scott Nigel Close Rhodri Davies Seth Tepfer Ted Morse
Fri 2 4:00 pm–Sun 4 4:00 pm Irish Set Dance Weekend (Facebook) £200-£330 Halsway, UK W Irish set Edit Copy
Rise the Dust Maggie Daniel Lucy Slemmings
Fri 2 7:00 pm–Sat 3 9:00 pm Dancing Fish $15-$30 Melrose, FL, USA W contra Edit Copy
Lift Ticket Angela DeCarlis
Fri 2 7:30 pm–Sun 4 3:00 pm Whitewater Whirl (Facebook) (CDSS) $75-$130 Fayetteville, WV, USA W contra ECD Edit Copy
Supertrad The Johns Darlene Underwood Michael Karcher
Sat 3–Sun 4 Irish set dance (BOK) Heiligenberg, Germany Irish set Edit Copy
Thu 8–Sun 11 Lake Eden Arts Festival - Spring Black Mountain, NC, USA W contra Edit Copy
Thu 8 5:30 pm–Sun 11 1:00 pm Caprarola Balla (Facebook) free Caprarola, Italy W balfolk Edit Copy
Loogaroo DuOblique Gatti 'n' Folk Parapente700 I Fratelli Tarzanelli Ensemble Invisibile
Fri 9 4:00 pm–Sun 11 4:00 pm Contra Camp (Facebook) £225-£390 Halsway, UK W contra English ceilidh Edit Copy
WillPower Louise Siddons Heather McAslan
Fri 9 6:30 pm–Mon 12 12:30 am BalMostFolk (Facebook) (Plug) 450 PLN Kraków, Poland W balfolk Edit Copy
Le P'tit bal de Camille Valentin Barray Stefano Baldan Augustas Černiauskas Lucas Thébaut Le Driadi Kapela Odloty Oraj La Grosse Réveilleuse
Fri 9 6:30 pm–Sun 11 3:00 pm Holmfirth Festival of Folk £11-£20 Holmfirth, UK W balfolk English ceilidh Edit Copy
Les Habitués Metheglin Moonraker Ceilidh Band Wanton String Band John Brown Jill Bond
Fri 9 4:00 pm–Fri 16 12:00 pm Contradancers Delight Holiday $170-$260 Mountain City, TN, USA W contra Edit Copy
Toss the Possum Playing with Fyre Atlanta Folk Orchestra Ed Howe & Friends Buzz Band Terry Doyle Bob Isaacs Devin Pohly Warren Doyle
Fri 9 7:00 pm–Sun 11 1:30 pm Apple Blossom Bliss (CDSS) $100-$120 Ann Arbor, MI, USA W contra Edit Copy
River Road The Jig Lords Lisa Greenleaf Maeve Devlin
Fri 9 7:00 pm–Sat 10 10:30 pm Spring Thaw (CDSS) $95-$115 Toronto, Ontario, Canada contra Edit Copy
Stomp Rocket Jon Cannon & Adam Iredale-Gray Rick Szumski Will Mentor
Sat 10 7:00 pm–Sun 11 5:00 am Balfolk @ kitkat €25-€30 Berlin, Germany W balfolk Edit Copy
Airboxes
Mon 12 4:00 pm–Fri 16 10:00 am American Spring Contra (Facebook) £255-£460 Halsway, UK W contra Edit Copy
Bruce Rosen & Audrey Jaber Sue Rosen
Fri 16–Sat 17 Trad i Malung Malung, Sweden W scandi Edit Copy
Fri 16 7:00 pm–Sun 18 5:00 pm Mad Robin Ball (CDSS) $125 Petaluma, CA, USA W ECD Edit Copy
Joanna Reiner Wilkinson Kalia Kliban

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