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Events generally in Northern California

Bulgarika – Bulgarian Folk Dance Party

Strawberry Recreation Center 118 E. Strawberry Drive, Mill Valley, CA, United States

Join us for BULGARIKA's first stop in the Bay Area on their national tour! Come dance to the haunting melodies and fiery dance tempos of four master musicians, all steeped in Bulgarian music and rhythms from a young age. Admission: $15. Students half-price, kids free with adult. DOWNLOAD, print, and share a flier. Bulgarika Bulgarika […]

$15

Bulgarian Workshop with Michael Ginsburg and Party with Bulgarika

First Baptist Event Hall 305 N. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA, United States

Enjoy a Bulgarian folk dance workshop with master instructor Michael Ginsburg then stay to dance to traditional Bulgarian dance music played by Bulgarika! Schedule 1:00 pm Doors open 1:30-3:30 pm Bulgarian Folk Dance Workshop with Michael Ginsburg, $12 3:30-4:00 pm Social time with refreshments and dancing to recorded music. 4:00-7:00 pm Dance party with music […]

$25

Kolo Festival 2018

Croatian Cultural Center 60 Onondaga Ave., San Francisco, CA, United States

The 67th Kolo Festival with Dance Teachers Gergana Panova - Bulgarian Sonia Dion & Cristian Florescu- Romanian couple and non-couple John Morovich & John Filcich - Kolos Singing Teachers Maria Bebelekova, Michele Simon & John Morovich Bands 15+ bands on the main dance floor and in the Kafana, playing live music from: Albania, America, Armenia, […]

Free – $100

Christmas Folk Dance Party

Monroe Hall 1400 W. College Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA, United States

Razzmatazz's annual Christmas folk dance party. Includes a reading of A Night Before Christmas and a visit from Santa! Dancing to recorded and live music.

Orkestar Cope-a-Cabana Dance Party

All Saints’ Episcopal 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto, CA, United States

Live music and dancing to Bill Cope and his friends: Orkestar Cope-a-Cabana Bring some light refreshments and non-alcoholic beverages to help make it a party, and tips for the band! Orkestar Cope-a-Cabana Orkestar Cope-a-Cabana is a group of talented local musicians playing Balkan and Greek music, and led by well-known multi-instrumentalist Bill Cope. Bill Cope, […]

$12

GreekFeet Year-End Party

Il Pirata 2007 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

GreekFeet loves to throw a party and this year our Year-End party is at our favorite old-time sports bar Il Pirata with live music featuring Greg Jenkins on Clarinet, Dan Cantrell on Accordion and Michael Garibaldi on Percussion. We will have a private room with access to the bar to quench our thirst between dances. […]

$10

Dance Party with Da! Mozhem

Strawberry Recreation Center 118 E. Strawberry Drive, Mill Valley, CA, United States

Dance to your favorite international tunes with Da! Mozhem all on a spacious sprung floor! Admission: $12. Students half-price, kids free with adult. DOWNLOAD, print, and share a flier. Da! Mozhem Da! Mozhem is quite possibly the largest folk dance band popular today in the Bay Area. Its members for this party are John Burke […]

$12

Heritage Festival 2019

Twin Pines Center 20 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont, CA, United States

SAVE THE DATE! Friday, January 18th LOCATION: Garden House, Shoup Park, 400 University Ave, Los Altos Opening Party - $10 Come share your favorite club dances. Meet Saturday’s workshop teacher, Željko Jergan! Saturday, January 19th LOCATION: Twin Pines Community Center, Belmont Dance Workshop - $15 1:30 to 4:30pm Afternoon Croatian Dance Workshop with Željko Jergan. […]

$10 – $50

Hungarian Dance House Tanchaz

Croatian Cultural Center 60 Onondaga Ave., San Francisco, CA, United States

Learn dances commonly played during a táncház, or just improvise! Meet the Eszterlánc Hungarian Folk Ensemble and the Mazsola Hungarian Children’s Folk Dance Ensemble. Dance through the evening with Forrás Banda, our táncház band! Adults’ dance teaching circle with László Tihanyi. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yKeIflT4NE&w=560&h=315] Tanchaz - Hungarian Dance House in San Francisco (2013)

$10

5th Friday Party with Da! Mozhem

Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church 31st Ave. and Clement St., San Francisco, California, United States

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 […]

$5

Federation members can add or update their upcoming dance events to the calendar by sending event details to events@folkdance.com