Folk Dance Federation of California

Łowiczanie Polish Folk Ensemble 50th Anniversary Dinner and Dance
2025-10-25 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596, United States
The Łowiczanie Dancers and Directors warmly invite you to attend their festivities celebrating 50 years of dance and tradition, cultural, and educational service to the Polish community and the greater Bay Area!
Łowiczanie celebrates a gala Dinner-Dance in San Francisco promising a sparkling evening of art, auction-bidding, dancing to live and DJ’d music, delicious Polish cuisine, retrospective slideshow projections, and delightful surprises for our guests.
Early Bird tickets for both concert and dinner will be available soon through the Lesher Center for the Arts Box Office – stay tuned!

Festivals of Light
2025-11-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-11-08 15:00 - 17:00 | J. B. Gale Theater, 1 Tiger Way, Roseville, 95678, United States
Come join a celebration of traditions from around the world! This year’s presentations include dances and songs from India, Spain, Quebec, Peru, Mexico, Italy, Scandinavia, and Ukraine. There will also be dances from the United States including clogging. This is the 5th annual Festivals of Light.
Two shows: 7:00 pm November 7th and 3:00pm November 8th. Tickets online or at the door.
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International Dance Arts Collective
The mission of the International Dance Arts Collective is to foster peace, love and appreciation of all peoples and cultures within our local community and beyond. We achieve this by providing education and performance opportunities for children and youth through world, cultural, and historical dance and music. More details…

Berkeley Folk Dancer's "Pajama Parade"
2025-11-21 19:30 - 22:30 | Live Oak Recreation Center, 1301 Shattuck Avenue (at Berryman), Berkeley, CA, 94709 , United States
A “Pajama Parade” dance party sponsored by the BFD Advanced class. Come early to help decorate.

New Years Eve Dance Party and Lucy Chang Memorial Fundraiser
2025-12-31 19:00 - 2026-01-01 00:15 | All Saints’ Episcopal, 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto, CA, 94301, United States
Come help Moveable Feet celebrate the arrival of 2026 with an in-person potluck supper and dance party while raising money for Second Harvest, a local food bank!
The combined, New Year’s Eve International Folk Dance Party and Lucy Chang Memorial Second Harvest Fundraiser will kick off on December 31, at 7:00 p.m. and wind down not long after we ring in the New Year next morning.
We’ll start with a potluck dinner at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:45), followed by dancing from about 8 p.m. to 12:15 a.m. Bring a favorite dish to share (label your serving utensils). Moveable Feet will supply drinks, plates, and utensils.
Donate to SHFB
Please make a generous donation to Second Harvest, either in advance or bring to the party cash, checks, or a smart phone to use a credit card. You may also bring cans, jars (peanut butter), bags (rice, pasta), and boxes (cereal, cake mix) to be delivered to SHFB.
Additional notes: Parking is free on New Year’s Eve and no time limit in Palo Alto city lots and streets.

Stockton Folk Dance Winter Weekend
2026-01-30 16:30 - 2026-02-02 03:00 | Online, CA, United States
Instead of making you wait all the way to July to enjoy the wonders of Stockton Folk Dance Camp, enjoy the 2026 Stockton Folk Dance Winter Weekend with
Dance – Music – Presentations – Videos – Games – Parties – Virtual Hugs
All online via Zoom
Featuring an all-star faculty with more than 70 hours of classes, presentations, parties, and replays

💖 4 dance parties.
💖 Dance With the Teachers hosted by Paul Collins, Sherry Cochran, Murray Spiegel, and Roo Lester
💖 Sherry Cochran and Will Cope – The Rise of Folk Bands in the U.S.
💖 Our amazing house band, Orkestar Unbound

Featured artists include:

Richard Powers – Presentation
Jaap Leegwater and Angel Nazlâmov – Bulgarian
Tanya Dimitrov – Bulgarian
Shamulik Gov-Ari – Israeli
Andy Taylor – Dances from Carpathian Europe
Heidi Vorst and Süssefüsse – Dance Performance
Will Cope and Orkestar Unbound – International Dance Music Favorites

More artist details…
Plus games, videos, puzzles, and more to be announced. This, along with our great MCs and Techs, will make it a wonderful weekend.
Visit the Stockton Folk Dance Camp Winter Weekend page for emerging details…
REGISTRATION
The entire online camp is free with registration on Zoom. Register now! If you are already registered for the Global Folk Dance Party, you’re all set. We use the same Zoom.
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DONATE
One hundred percent of each donation goes directly to the artists! Stockton Folk Dance Camp is a 501-c-3 nonprofit, so all donations are tax deductible. No contribution is too small.
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Officers Ball 2026
2026-10-03 13:00 - 22:00 | Veterans Memorial Building, Pleasanton, 301 Main Street, Pleasanton, CA, 94566, United States
The Folk Dance Federation’s annual festival of folk dance with workshops, on-site dinner, dance party, and special attractions returns! The theme this year is “FUN-ding the Future.” Workshop instructors include Craig Blackstone, Memo Keswick, Andy Paros, Ina Tacheva, Lenore Watson, and Alex Shadle.
The Officers Ball is also an important fundraiser for the Federation Scholarship Fund. Its Annual 50/50 Drawing is a popular feature: buy tickets for $1 each and, if your ticket is drawn, you receive 50% of the total ticket sales. Consider bundling the 2026 Federation Folk Dance Wall Calendar with your ticket purchase and pick up the calendar at the Ball.
More details coming…

New Years Eve Dance Party and Lucy Chang Memorial Fundraiser
2026-12-31 19:00 - 2027-01-01 00:15 | All Saints’ Episcopal, 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto, CA, 94301, United States
Come help Moveable Feet celebrate the arrival of 2027 with an in-person potluck supper and dance party while raising money for Second Harvest, a local food bank!
The combined, New Year’s Eve International Folk Dance Party and Lucy Chang Memorial Second Harvest Fundraiser will kick off on December 31, at 7:00 p.m. and wind down not long after we ring in the New Year next morning.
We’ll start with a potluck dinner at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:45), followed by dancing from about 8 p.m. to 12:15 a.m. Bring a favorite dish to share (label your serving utensils). Moveable Feet will supply drinks, plates, and utensils.

Please make a generous donation to Second Harvest, either in advance or bring to the party cash, checks, or a smart phone to use a credit card. You may also bring cans, jars (peanut butter), bags (rice, pasta), and boxes (cereal, cake mix) to be delivered to SHFB.
Additional notes: Parking is free on New Year’s Eve and no time limit in Palo Alto city lots and streets.
