- Events
- Playing Music
Florida Folk Festival
Stephen Foster Memorial State Park White Springs, FLThe Florida Folk Festival is a three-day celebration of the music, dance, stories, crafts and food that make Florida unique. The festival includes contra dancing all three nights on the Heritage Stage.
Flurry Festival: Spring Bloom 2023
- Camps
- Concerts
- Contra Dance
- English Country Dance
- Family and Community Dance
- Festivals
- Other Dance Traditions
- Outdoor Event
- Playing Music
- Storytelling
- Traditional Song
- Vaccine Required
- Weekend
- Workshops and Lessons
The Flurry Festival is one of the largest folk dance and music festivals in North America, and, in a traditional year, takes place over President’s Weekend in February and draws roughly 4,500 attendees and 400 performers. To accommodate the differing needs and comfort levels of our community members as our in-person events reemerge after the […]
CT Sea Music Festival
- Children's Programming
- Concerts
- Festivals
- Indoor Event
- Outdoor Event
- Playing Music
- Storytelling
- Traditional Song
- Weekend
- Workshops and Lessons
This family-friendly weekend includes a Symposium on the Music of the Sea, free daytime workshops with local, regional, and international maritime musicians, a family stage, demonstrations of sailor skills, sails on the CT River, a Sunday morning revival-style hymn sing, and late night Chantey Sings at the historic Griswold Inn. Main stage evening concerts are […]
Maine Fiddle Camp
Camp NEOFA 213 North Trotting Park Road, Montville, MEWell, as most of you know, we are back in Montville at Camp NEOFA for Maine Fiddle Camp 2023! As has always been the case, we offer fiddle, piano, guitar, mandolin, ukulele, cello, flute and whistle, banjo, bass, singing, at all sessions PLUS mountain dulcimer June week, harmonica second August week, piano accordion June week […]
Lady of the Lake Music & Dance Week
- Camps
- Contra Dance
- English Country Dance
- Mask Required
- Playing Music
- Traditional Song
- Vaccine Required
- Week
The 41st annual Lady of the Lake Music and Dance Week, June 18 - 24, 2023 on the shores of Coeur d'Alene Lake, features daily workshops in contras and English country dance, as well as music and singing and evening dance events. Staff includes David Millstone, Sarah VanNorstrand, Wendy Graham, the Figments, Campaign for Reel […]
Maine Fiddle Camp
Camp NEOFA 213 North Trotting Park Road, Montville, MEWell, as most of you know, we are back in Montville at Camp NEOFA for Maine Fiddle Camp 2023! As has always been the case, we offer fiddle, piano, guitar, mandolin, ukulele, cello, flute and whistle, banjo, bass, singing, at all sessions PLUS mountain dulcimer June week, harmonica second August week, piano accordion June week […]
BACDS Family Week
- Camps
- Children's Programming
- Contra Dance
- Display/Morris
- English Country Dance
- Family and Community Dance
- Playing Music
- Storytelling
- Vaccine Required
- Week
Celebrating our 30th year, BACDS Family Week will be held at Monte Toyon Retreat Center in Aptos, CA from June 25 to July 1. Our camp program features English Country Dance (led by Sharon Green), Contradance (with Kelsey Hartman) and French Canadian Dance (taught by Yaelle Azoulay), plus classes for children of all ages in […]
Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance
College of the Atlantic 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor, MEFor centuries, Downeast Maine has flourished as a crossroads for many styles of music and dance: Acadian, Cape Breton, Irish, Scottish and Québécois – just to name a few. The Acadia Trad Festival is dedicated to promoting education and appreciation of these traditions through an annual celebration held June 26-July 2, 2023 at the beautiful […]
Lady of the Lake Dance S’More
N-Sid-Sen Camp & Retreat Center 36395 S Hwy 97, Harrison, IDLady of the Lake's Dance S'More celebrates the energy that comes from intergenerational participants in a unique program of contras, singing, and art, with plenty of time to enjoy friends on the shores of Coeur d'Alene Lake. Gender-free facilities and calling. Sliding scale of fees. Half-week camp is available. Staff includes Lindsey Dono, Susan Michaels, Audrey […]
14th Berea Celtic Fest and Gathering
- Concerts
- Indoor Event
- Other Dance Traditions
- Outdoor Event
- Playing Music
- Storytelling
- Weekend
- Workshops and Lessons
The 14th Berea Celtic Fest and Gahering is a unique collaboration between the Folk Circle Association, local partners, and more than 50 talented and very skilled musicians from more than 12 states and occasionally from the British Isles. There will be valuable workshops of dance, music and singing, great presentations, sessions for all, and a […]
The NorthEast Squeeze-In
Wisdom House 229 E. Litchfield Road, Litchfield, CTThe NorthEast Squeeze-In is a yearly gathering of free-reed players and their partners—not a festival, not a tutorial camp, but a laid-back music-filled weekend organized and led by volunteers who play concertina, button accordion, piano accordion, and the like. Our participants range from absolute beginners to seasoned professionals. We offer each other workshops (at which […]
Head for the Hills
- Contra Dance
- English Country Dance
- Other Dance Traditions
- Playing Music
- Traditional Song
- Vaccine Required
- Waltz
- Weekend
- Workshops and Lessons
A getaway weekend of dance, music, and song in the Poconos (PA), sponsored by Princeton Country Dancers.