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Events generally in Northern California

Hungarian Dance House (Táncház) with Live Music

Hungarian Cultural Center 35660 Cedar Boulevard, Newark, CA, United States

Eszterlánc invites you to join us for a Hungarian Dance Day (táncház) on January 25th, 2025. This is our regular start-of-the-year dance house with live music by Forrás Banda (violin, viola, double bass, cimbalom (hammered dulcimer), moldavian drum). There will be several new features: Free film screening before the dance house: The Hungarian film Akkord […]

$5 – $50

Stockton Folk Dance Winter Weekend

Online CA, United States
Online Event

Instead of making you wait all the way to July to enjoy the wonders of Stockton Folk Dance Camp, enjoy the 2025 Stockton Folk Dance Winter Weekend with Dance - Music - Presentations - Videos - Games - Parties - Virtual Hugs https://youtu.be/jQyjPgmQyjU All online via Zoom Featuring an all-star faculty with more than 70 […]

Free

Laguna Folk Dance Festival 2025

Laguna Woods Clubhouse 2 24112 Moulton Parkway, Laguna Woods, CA, United States

Clubhouse 2 Southern California's premier folk dance festival! Dance workshops, parties with live music, the famous Sunday Dance Concert, ice cream social, happy hour, and the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award... what's not to like? The Laguna Festival is one of Southern California’s premier annual folk dance events. You can bet all your friends will be […]

$30 – $150

Live Music with Taraf de Akácfa

Park Hall 9400 Mill St., Ben Lomand, United States

https://youtu.be/ss5r5aWaF9o Join Cabrillo Folk Dancers for a very special live music dance party with Hungarian traditional music band Taraf de Akácfa. Doors open at 6:30pm. Sponsored by the Cabrillo Folk Dancers. More details Taraf de Akácfa Taraf de Akácfa was created in 2014 by traveling street musicians who serendipitously met in Budapest, Hungary in an […]

$20

Live Music Dance Party with Chubritza!

Live Oak Grange 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Help Cabrillo Folk Dancers dance to the music of Chubritza! Doors open at 1:30pm. Be sure to bring tips for the band. Finger food for the refreshments table is also appreciated. More details... ChubritzaChubritza, based in Arcata, plays Balkan and international folk music on traditional instruments. The band, named after a Bulgarian table spice, reflects […]

$15

Annual Red & Black Ball

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

Join the Razzmatazz Dancers for their annual Red and Black Party! The first hour will be dancing to recorded music. The rest of the evening will be live music and singing with Gradina, our local Balkan choir and Bulgarian dance tunes played by Yabulka. Doors open at 6:30. Don't forget to wear red & black! […]

$5

Kopachka’s 60th Anniversary Party with Chubritza!

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

Help Kopachka Folk Dancers celebrate their 60th anniversary and dance to the music of Chubritza! Doors open at 1:30pm on March 30, 2025 at the Strawberry Recreation Center, Mill Valley, CA. Wearing your festive Balkan attire or accessory would be most welcome. Bring a tasty finger-food snack to share, if you’d like. Print and share […]

$7 – $15

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

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