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  • NFO Conference 2025

    Greene Family Camp 1192 Smith Lane, Bruceville, TX, United States

    Annual NFO Meeting and Conference 2024 April 2 - 6, 2025 in Portland, Oregon Save the date! For ongoing updates in programming, schedule, and registration visit the NFO 2025 Conference Web Page.

  • Čardak Balkan Folk Ensemble Welcome Concert

    Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church 1700 School Street, Moraga, CA, United States

    Participate in welcoming the emergence of Čardak Balkan Folk Ensemble with lots of homemade Balkan food and drink for sale and performances by Fanfare Zambaleta Andrew Cohen Nicole Maria Pendari Melike Sengul DJ Ivica and Special Guest Ionela Guzic Janetta Redzic is the brainchild behind the Čardak Balkan Folk Ensemble, an ethnic dance group she […]

    Free

  • 2025 Blossom Festival

    City College of San Francisco, Wellness Center 50 Frida Kahlo Way, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join us for the annual Blossom Festival in San Francisco hosted by Changs Folk Dancers and the Folk Dance Federation! The Blossom Festival includes short dance workshops, a folk dance party with live music by Da! Mozhem, and more. Free! Download and share a flier.

    Free

  • Statewide 2025

    Portuguese Hall of Arroyo Grande 707 Huasna Rd, Arroyo Grande, CA, United States

    The 2025 Statewide Folk Dance Festival, is an annual weekend festival of folk dance and parties on May 2-4 at Arroyo Grande on the Central California coast. Instructors and Band Željko Jergan (Croatian) and Billy Burke (Northern Macedonian). Live music by Chubritza Live music by Big Rock Balalaika (Saturday only) Venue Portuguese hall has lots […]

    $30 – $220

  • Lyrids Folk Dance Festival 2025

    Pitt Meadows Heritage Hall 12460 Harris Road, Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
    Online Event

    The eleventh Lyrids Folk Dance Festival will happen May 9-11, 2025 at Pitt Meadows Heritage Hall an hour drive east of Vancouver, BC, Canada. Guest artists are Željko Jergan presenting Croatian dances, and Dimitrios Kontogiannis presenting Greek dances. Zakuska from Seattle, WA will be the Saturday evening party band. Register Saturday Live Music Party on […]

  • Balkan Folk Dancing with Orkestar Unbound!

    Ashkenaz 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Live Music for monthly Balkan Folk Dancing with Orkestar Unbound! Orkestar Unbound serves up a heady stew of energetic and soulful dances from the Balkans (Macedonia, Bulgaria, the Romani, Greece, Albania, etc.), and beyond! Artists include: Bill Cope: gajda, bouzouki, tambura, accordion Asaf Ophir: sax, clarinet, kaval Dan Auvil: percussion . There will be teaching […]

    $10

  • Scandia Camp 2025

    Online CA, United States

    Scandia Camp Mendocino 2025 will be ONLINE via Zoom this year. Free Registration - NO Charge to attend! Session 1: 10am PDT - Peter Michaelsen will teach some new tunes for Group Playing/Allspel. Likely they will be a schottische, waltz and . . . All instruments are welcome Session 2: noon PDT - John Ole […]

  • Eszterlánc and Mazsola Season Finale Performance and Dance House

    Woodside Priory Theater 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley, United States

    Join Eszterlánc and Mazsola Hungarian Dance Ensemble for a season finale performance and Táncház dance party with dance teaching on June 7 at the Woodside Priory Theater. Live traditional dance music performed by Gyanta Banda in their debut performance! Enjoy a refreshment table with food, drink, and pastries and a marketplace with crafts for sale. […]

    $5 – $60

  • Balkan Folk Dancing 70s Style

    Ashkenaz 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Join us for a revival of `70s-style Berkeley folk dancing—with International Request dancing—to recorded music, evoking the spirit that inspired David Nadel when he opened Ashkenaz in 1973. Cost, $10. There will be teaching for all levels by Nadav Nur and Susie Shoaf, 7 to 7:30 pm, followed by dancing from 7:30 to 10 pm. […]

    $10

  • True Life Trio for Music and Dance

    Piedmont Veterans Hall 401 Highland Avenue, Piedmont, CA, United States

    Join the East Bay Folk Dancers for a night of music and dance with the True Life Trio! https://www.youtube.com/live/xomswMo6JGg?si=gs3JYiEJPyFdztc6 The True Life TrioTrue Life Trio From Bulgaria to the Bayou, the True Life Trio's music is all about harmony. The fiery voices of these three women spin and interweave, traveling from Ukrainian village tunes to […]

    $13

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