Events generally in Northern California
The ninth annual Cerritos Folk Dancers Lunar New Year Festival will feature guest instructors Ahmet Lüleci and Evren Soytopçu Kiyak who will teach both western and eastern culture dances. The theme of the workshop is "East meets West". A lion dance will start at 12:55 pm to celebrate the Year of the Pig/Boar.
Peninsula Council Folk Dance Party 7:15-7:30pmFree pre-party review of Grad Se Beli, a fun Croatian dance taught by Zeljko Jergan at this year's Heritage Festival 7:30-10:30pmALL-REQUEST PARTY. MC'd by Becky Beniares and Nancy Kaye E-mail requests to Becky. She will incorporate your awesome requests into the program! Be with the theme! Come wearing green! Dances […]
The Moveable Feet club celebrates the basket dance with popular front or back basket folk dances! 6:45 pm Doors open. Warm up dances. 7 - 8 pmWorkshop with Dan Unger teaching the Romanian back basket dance Braul Lui Zbarcea and Sandra Biroc teaching the Slavonic front basket dance Oj Rasticu Susnjati Mista. 8 - 11 […]
Bring your dancing shoes and good cheer to dance and celebrate the end of winter! Snacks or beverages to share are also appreciated if you are able. Drop in fee is $9.00 for the entire evening. (There is no pro-rating of fees) If you are registered, the party is included. The Carriage House Folk Dancers […]
The 62nd annual Camellia International Dance Festival with folk dance workshops, dance parties, and surprise performances! Schedule PriceDateTime (pm)Event $10Friday, March 297:00-10:00Opening party $15Saturday, March 301:00-2:50Balkan workshop $153:10-5:00Irish partner workshop 5:00-7:00Dinner break (many nearby restaurants) $107:00-10:00Dance party DOWNLOAD, print, and share a flier. Instructors Lee Otterholt Lee Otterholt is a master teacher of International Folk […]
Celebrate the 5th Friday with dancing to the live Balkan music of Da! Mozhem. We meet at Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church, 31st Ave. and Clement St. Enter on 31st Ave. $5 plus tips for the band. Bring snacks to share. Da! Mozhem at the San Francisco Free Folk FestivalDa! Mozhem Da! Mozhem plays and sings […]
A Balkan Plus Folk Dance Party hosted by the Advanced Balkan Dancers! Lots of free parking and a fine wood floor. Please bring snacks to share. DOWNLOAD, print, and share a flier. For more details contact Gary Anderson
The annual Petaluma spring folk dance party featuring live music by Staro Vino. The first hour will feature dancing to old and new recorded favorites followed by a live music set with Staro Vino playing lively and beautiful Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Greek music. Everyone is welcome to come dance and/or just listen to the fabulous […]
Peninsula Council Folk Dance Party 7:00-7:30pmTatyana Teodorovich of Russia House Kedry will teach two 19th century Russian dances and a third ancient dance if there is time. Here are the details on the dances: In An Orchard, In A Garden (Vo Sahdoo Li...) The song is known since the last part of the 18 century. […]
This is going to be a great dance party of course with our local band Edessa but to have Yanni lead us in dance is a special treat! Easy parking on the street or in the adjacent parking lot. Édessa ÉdessaÉdessa is one of the Bay Area’s premier Balkan dance bands, devoting decades to the […]
Federation members can add or update their upcoming dance events to the calendar by sending event details to events@folkdance.com