Lavender Country and Folk Dancers (LCFD) Spring Camp at Pinewoods
2025-06-06 18:00 - 2025-06-08 15:00 UTC | Pinewoods Camp, 80 Cornish Field Road, Plymouth, VT, 02360, United States
A fun-filled weekend of dancing, workshops, crafts, and social time with a warm community of LGBTQ+ and allied dancers and friends!
BANDS: Calico (Jesse Ball, Eric Boodman, and Casey Murray), and Northwoods (Casey Murray, Molly Tucker, and Sam Zakon-Anderson)
CALLERS: Mary Wesley (Contra), Imogen Mills (English), and Chris Ricciotti (a little of everything!)

CDS-Boston Centre's July 4th Session at Pinewoods Camp
2025-06-26 15:00 - 2025-06-30 10:00 | Pinewoods Camp, 80 Cornish Field Road, Plymouth, VT, 02360, United States
This 5-day session at Pinewoods Camp in Plymouth, MA celebrates both the depth of traditions and the exciting new possibilities in English and American music and dance.
Learn more and register here.

East Thetford Pavillion Contra Dance
2025-07-12 19:15 - 22:30 | East Thetford Pavillion, 140 Pavillion Road, East Thetford, VT, 05043, United States
Music by Calico – Jesse Ball, Eric Boodman, and Casey Murray. Lesson at 7:15 pm.

Queen City Contra Dance
2025-07-25 19:00 - 22:00 | Shelburne Town Hall, 5374 Shelburne Rd, Shelburne, VT, United States
With music from Fiona and Emmett Stowell!

Cascade of Music and Dance at Kweebec (Family Dance Camp Week)
2025-08-11 15:00 - 2025-08-17 10:00 | Camp Kweebec, 157 Game Farm Rd, Schwenksville, PA, 19473, United States
Cascade at Camp Kweebec, located north of Philadelphia, is a full week of music, art, and community for adults and families, celebrating the living traditions of song and dance. Other staff include: Peter Amidon, Mary Alice Amidon, Sam Amidon, Stefan Amidon, Joanna Reiner Wilkinson, Sophie Wellington, Anna Patton, Elvie Miller, Elizabeth Laprelle, Sally Jablonsky, Danny Noveck, Brian Dolphin, Ben Schreiber, and Karen Axelrod.
Learn more and register here.

“Honky Tonk Hoedown” and World's Largest (???) Square Dance!? with the Faux Paws, Bob Wagner & Friends.
2025-08-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Champlain Valley Expo and Fair Grounds, 105 Pearl St,, Essex Junction, Vermont, 05452, United States
THE WORLD’S LARGEST (???) SQUARE DANCE – at the Champlain Valley Fair with Mary Wesley, The Faux Paws & Friends
Tuesday, August 26, 7-9 pm

As part of a “Honky Tonk Hoedown” concert at the Champlain Valley Fair, Vermont’s own Mary Wesley will be calling a square dance for the masses in an attempt to break the standing Guinness Book’s record for the world’s largest square dance. Currently the record stands at just over 1,600 people. The Champlain Valley Fairgrounds dance floor can hold twice that, and we intend to fill it!! (Note: the Guinness record-making-machinery wasn’t around in 1950 when over 15k people filled the streets with squares in Santa Monica, CA!!)

Will a new record be set in Vermont? Maybe!!?!!??! Will it be loads of fun? FOR SURE! Especially if we fill the crowd with some ringers from our amazing dance community.

With Mary’s calls and music from The Faux Paws and friends (Andrew VanNorstrand and Noah VanNorstrand + Kelsey Wells) what’s not to love? The square dance “moment” shares the bill with Burlington’s Bob Wagner & Friends and will take place about an hour into the show. Come early and bring your friends! For the grand finale Andrew, Noah, and Kelsey will join forces with Bob & Friends for a “Honky Tonk Super Jam!” Flash mob square dancing encouraged!

To boot, the event will also be a benefit for NOFA-VT (Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont). Come kick your heels up and support our farmers!

Montpelier Contra Dance with Sycamore
2025-09-06 20:00 - 23:00 | Capital City Grange, 6612 VT Route 12, Berlin, 05602, United States
Music by Sycamore! (Cedar Stanistreet, Michael Sokolovsky, Samuel Foucher)
This is the annual challenge fundraiser dance to benefit the Capital City Grange! Regular admission. Donations large and small appreciated, everyone welcome! There will be dessert at the break, bring something to share if inspired to do so!

Newcomers lesson at 7:45 pm; gender-neutral role terms used; and all dances taught. Please bring a pair of clean soft-soled shoes.

$12 adults, $5 kids/low-income, $20 dance supporters.
Questions? 802-225-8921 or cdu.tim@gmail.com

Cornwall Contra Dance
2025-09-13 08:00 - 17:00
With music by Red Dog Riley

Hey Fever! Ottawa Dance Weekend
2025-10-31 19:00 - 2025-11-02 15:00 | Churchill Recreation Centre, 345 Richmond Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada
With caller Will Mentor, music from Good Company and River Road.
Hey Fever! is a full weekend of wonderful contra dancing from Friday night to Sunday afternoon. Lots of dancing, some fun workshops, shared meals and we always celebrate Halloween with our costume dance too! We love that so many out of town dancers join us for this total blast of a weekend.

Catalina Dance Weekend
2025-11-14 - 2025-11-16 | Fox Landing, Catalina Island, CA, United States
Catalina Dance Weekend will be held at the beautiful, rustic Fox Landing on Catalina Island.

Part of the Catalina Dance Weekend experience is an escape from the outside world, to be submerged in the beauty of our contra community. Be prepared for NO CELL RECEPTION in camp. Landlines are available for emergency purposes, and there is limited WiFi throughout camp.

Portland Intown Contra Dance
2025-11-20 19:30 - 22:00 | State Street Church, 159 State Street, Portland, ME, United States
Thursday dances start with a brief orientation for beginners at 7PM. Dancing continues from 7:30-10PM.
Portland Intown Contra Dance enriches lives and cultivates a vibrant community through dance.
Our series is delightful, welcoming to all humans, and a heck of a lot of fun. We gather every Thursday night for zesty, joyful dancing on the peninsula in Portland, Maine, host special events, and find ways to enjoy each other’s company when we’re not on the floor. We’re teaching and practicing traditions, contributing to an evolving art form, and welcoming new dancers to our community every week.
We dance with partners and with everybody in the room. It doesn’t matter what gender you are — you can boogie in both dance roles!
Come alone or bring a friend!

Brooks Contra Dance
2025-11-21 08:00 - 23:00 | Marsh River Theater, 24 Monroe Hwy (Rte 139), Brooks, ME, United States
Music from Mary Fraser and Friends!

Hallowell — Kennebec Contra Dance
2025-11-22 19:00 - 22:30 | Hallowell City Hall Ballroom, 1 Winthrop St, Hallowell, ME, United States
Come dance with us in the beautiful Hallowell City Hall Ballroom on the fourth Saturday of the month. Contra Dancing has been a Maine tradition for over 300 years, and it’s still fun and popular. We dance to awesome live music from some of the finest traditional musicians in Maine (and from away). All dances are taught and called, and the basic step is just walking to the beat, so it’s real easy to learn as you go. There is a brief newcomer’s orientation at the beginning of the dance if you get there at 7 pm. All ages and levels of experience are welcome. If it isn’t fun, we’re not doing it right.

The Dancing Fish of Lake Santa Fe with Stomprocket 🚀
2026-01-02 - 2026-01-03 | The Dancing Fish of Lake Santa Fe, 24800 FL-26, Melrose, 32666, United States
Dance to Stomprocket!!
Friday: 7-10
Saturday: 12-3 & 6-9

Queen City Contra Dance
2026-01-23 19:00 - 22:00 | Shelburne Town Hall, 5374 Shelburne Rd, Shelburne, VT, United States
With music by Springtide! (Willy Clemetson, Elsie Gawler, Ethan Tischler)

St. Johnsbury Contra
2026-01-25 16:00 - 19:00 | St. Andrew’s Church, 1265 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, VT, 05819, United States
Music by Blind Squirrel!

Klez-Contra with Contra Montréal
2026-02-21 18:30 - 21:30 | Patro Villeray, 7355 Av Christophe-Colomb, Montreal, QC, Canada

Montpelier Contra Dance with Stove Dragon! 🐉
2026-03-07 20:00 - 23:00 | Capital City Grange, 6612 VT Route 12, Berlin, 05602, United States
Music by Stove Dragon!

Beantown Stomp!
2026-03-13 - 2026-03-15 | Cambridge Masonic Hall, 1950 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA, United States
Beantown Stomp is an annual, non-residential contra dance weekend held in the Boston area, organized by the BIDA (Boston Intergenerational Dance Advocates).
2025 Lineup:
Callers: Mary Wesley and Isaac Banner
Bands: Root System (Amy, Audrey, and Anna) and the Faux Paws (Chris, Noah, Owen)

Sutton Contra Dance
2026-03-29 14:30 - 17:30 | Royal Canadian Legion, 2 Rue Curley, Sutton, QC, J0E 2K0, Canada
Contra dancing in the beautiful village of Sutton, QC!

Royal Canadian Legion – Sutton
2 Rue Curley, Sutton, QC J0E 2K0 (map here!)
Music from Tristan Henderson and Willy leMaistre

Treewild - Masque Ball or... Bal masqué: a balfolk dance
2026-04-10 19:00 - 21:00 | TBD
This evening will be an EVENT – dress as fabulously as you can imagine, and bring or make a mask.
Dances will be from the French balfolk tradition – think of contra or swing dancing with a lot of freedom and improvisation.
Music by MALVEN
Dances called and taught by Mary Wesley
All dances will be taught in the first hour, and the rest of the night is for kicking up your heels and finding a joyful freedom in the music!
This evening is an official Prom-Alternative. All friends are welcome, with all kinds of fabulous outfits, gender nonconforming celebrated.

Spring Dance Romance
2026-04-24 - 2026-04-26 | Carrboro Century Center, 100 N. Greensboro St, Carrboro, NC, 27510, United States
Triangle Country Dancers invites you to join us for Spring Dance Romance 2026, our annual spring weekend!
Dates: Friday, April 24th – Sunday, April 26th, 2026
We’ll be dancing to:
Spintuition: Samuel Foucher, Willy Clemetson, and Silas Hamilton (contra)
Potato Factory: Audrey Jaber, Brian Lindsay, Alex Sturbaum, and Ness Smith-Savedoff (contra)
Karen Axelrod and Molly Tucker (English)
With calling by:
Janine Smith (contra), Mary Wesley (contra), and Gaye Fifer (English)
We’re dancing in Carrboro again this year! In addition to our usual full weekend of contra dancing, we have a lovely English Country Dance program, with evening ECD in our second space both Friday and Saturday evenings as well as some workshops throughout the day Saturday.

Greenfield Contra Dance
2026-05-15 20:00 - 23:00 | Guiding Star Grange, 401 Chapman St, Greenfield, MA, United States

Breton- and Balfolk-themed concert & dance in celebration of Fête de la Saint-Yves
2026-05-19 18:30 - 21:30
What: Breton- and Balfolk-themed concert & dance in celebration of Fête de la Saint-Yves
When: Tuesday, 19 May 2026 — 6:30pm (doors), 7pm (45min. concert), 8pm (90min. dance)
Where: Richmond Free Library, 201 Bridge Street, Richmond, VT 05477
Who: Open to the public, all ages welcome. Musicians will be Jeremiah McLane (accordion), McKinley James (cello), Timothy Cummings (pipes & whistles); all combining with Mary Wesley (meneuse de danse) for the guided dance.
Cost: $15-$25 sliding scale
Crêpes?: YES! Homemade crêpes for sale before (6:30) and following (7:45) the concert set!

Peterborough Spring Blossom Ball
2026-05-24 17:00 - 23:00 | Peterborough Town House, 1 Grove St, Peterborough, NH, United States
Two bands – two callers – so much fun!
Mary Wesley & Adina Gordon
Music from River Road and The Mean Lids

Montreal Contra Dance
2026-06-07 18:30 - 21:30 | Patro Villeray, 7355 Av Christophe-Colomb, Montreal, QC, Canada

Cascade of Music and Dance at Kweebec (Family Dance Camp Week)
2026-08-17 - 2026-08-23 | Camp Kweebec, 157 Game Farm Rd, Schwenksville, PA, 19473, United States
Cascade at Camp Kweebec, located north of Philadelphia, is a full week of music, art, and community for adults and families, celebrating the living traditions of song and dance. Program director Stefan Amidon will lead a cast of thousands.
Learn more and register here.

Rocky Mountain Rendezvous - Boulder, CO
2026-09-04 - 2026-09-07 | Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe, Boulder, CO, United States
The Rocky Mountain Rendezvous is a fun-filled, 4-day contra dance event held each Labor Day Weekend at the lovely Avalon Ballroom in Boulder, Colorado. It is hosted by Colorado Friends of Old Time Music and Dance.

Music by River Road and The Dam Beavers. Calling by Mary Wesley and Jeremy Korr.

Montpelier Contra Dance
2026-11-07 08:00 - 23:00 | Capital City Grange, 6612 VT Route 12, Berlin, 05602, United States
With music from Colin McCaffrey and Geordie Lynd
