Events generally in Northern California
This year marks 45 years since the Johnson-Dahlin family first founded our Fall Swedish Weekend. While we’re sad we can’t be together in person to celebrate this event, we are excited to be using this occasion to embark on a new adventure into digital frontiers! We hope you will join us for three days of […]
2020 will be the 69th annual Kolo Festival! Dance Teachers Joe Graziosi – Greek & Pontic dances Sonia Dion & Cristian Florescu – Romanian line & couple dance John Filcich – Traditional kolos Michel Hardbarger - Dances for all Singing Teachers Michele Simon - Balkan singing Maria Bebelekova - Bulgarian singing John Morovich – Croatian […]
The 50th Annual Northwest Folklife Festival takes place virtually on Memorial Day weekend, May 28-31, 2021, at https://www.nwfolklife.org, Facebook, and Twitch! There are many ways to engage with programming at this year’s virtual festival! Streaming channels such as 50 Years of Folklife, Folklife Premieres, and The Roadhouse all feature regional artists while On-Demand and Family […]
The 45th San Francisco Free Folk Festival is online this year. All events and workshops are live and open to anyone who wants to participate or just listen. Admission to everything is free! The San Francisco Free Folk Festival relies on donations and sponsors to cover their expenses. All the performers and workshop leaders donate […]
Online and on-site with globally inclusive Zoom sessions! Please join us for TEXA-KOLO 2021, a joyous celebration of folk music and dance. We're all yearning for a big event - this is it! Kolo Festival is now named as the John Filcich Kolo Festival in honor of Kolo Festival Founder John Filcich. Dance Teachers Sonia […]
Learn and enjoy with others simple international social dances from Europe, the British Isles, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, the USA and other places. The repertoire includes couple, line, circle, and set dances. Join others for an afternoon of dances designed to get new dancers on their feet and moving to music, holding hands, […]
The annual Blossom International Folk Dance Festival includes a folk dance party program for all levels of dancers including beginners. In addition, requests will be taken at the event. Free event! Onsite parking available. Blossom Festival 2022 DOWNLOAD, print, and share a flier. Advance registration required. Space limited to the first 60 dancers. Registration and […]
For those of you unable to make it to this weekend’s East Coast BalkanFest, we are offering free live streams on YouTube of the Friday night dance party at Village Community School SkyYard in Manhattan, and of the Saturday bands playing in the Main Hall of Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden in Astoria. Click on […]
Celebrate our mosaic of American cultures at the second annual Mosaic Festival in Silicon Valley. This "destination" event is actually a journey that welcomes each of us to honor our unique history while also co-creating a vision of our shared future of belonging, healing, and harmony. The Friday Aug. 26 evening program includes Global Dance […]
Celebrate our mosaic of American cultures at the second annual Mosaic Festival in Silicon Valley. This "destination" event is actually a journey that welcomes each of us to honor our unique history while also co-creating a vision of our shared future of belonging, healing, and harmony. On Saturday Aug. 27 afternoon we welcome you to […]
Federation members can add or update their upcoming dance events to the calendar by sending event details to events@folkdance.com