Events generally in Northern California
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
Federation members can add or update their upcoming dance events to the calendar by sending event details to events@folkdance.com