BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Folk Dance Federation of California - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.folkdance.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Folk Dance Federation of California REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250425 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250505 DTSTAMP:20260525T022021 CREATED:20241003T202538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241003T202633Z UID:15727-1745539200-1746403199@www.folkdance.com SUMMARY:Bay Area Dance Week 2025 DESCRIPTION:Save the date! Bay Area Dance Week is 10 days of free dance events celebrating our dynamic and diverse Bay Area dance community. Watch inspiring artists\, practice your own style\, or discover a new groove. Participating each year is easy and everything is free. \nEvent hosts around the Bay Area can submit free events to take place during Dance Week\, ranging from classes\, performances\, open studios\, workshops\, and more. \nParticipants can explore the Bay Area Dance Week Hub to sign up for free events and customize their own Dance Week experience. Become a free community member to receive updates on Bay Area Dance Week and stay in the know about dance jobs\, auditions\, performances\, discounts\, and more. \nWhether hip hop\, hula\, salsa\, aerial\, folk\, modern\, Bollywood\, ballet\, West African\, or many more – Join together in dance\, regardless of cultural background\, race\, faith\, size\, shape\, sexuality\, gender\, or ability or age. URL:https://www.folkdance.com/event/badw-2025/ LOCATION:San Francisco Bay Area\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Class,Dance Party,Festival,Performance,Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250502 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250505 DTSTAMP:20260525T022021 CREATED:20231005T061216Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250530T175356Z UID:14658-1746144000-1746403199@www.folkdance.com SUMMARY:Statewide 2025 DESCRIPTION: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. \n \nInstructors and Band\n\nŽeljko Jergan (Croatian) and Billy Burke (Northern Macedonian).\nLive music by Chubritza\nLive music by Big Rock Balalaika (Saturday only)\n\nVenue\nPortuguese hall has lots of parking and is less than a mile directly off of the 101 freeway and about five miles from the ocean on the California Central Coast. There are restaurants in the village and hotels nearby. The Hall is a short drive to the village where there are many dining opportunities. Directions… \nHotels\nHampton Inn & Suites\, 1400 W. Branch St.\, Arroyo Grande\, CA 93420 – 805-202-2110. Group rates are $162 for 1 king bed\, $172 for 2 queen beds. Reservations… Directions… \nSchedule\n\n\nFriday May 2nd \n12:00 – 1:00 Doors open; global music followed by easy warm-up dances \n1:00 – 1:15 Welcome and Announcements by MC\n1:15 – 2:30 Zeljko Jergan dance class (1 hour\, 15 minutes) \n2:30 – 2:45 Break (15 minutes)\n2:45 – 4:00 Billy Burke dance class (1 hour\, 15 minutes) \n4:00 – 6:00 Dinner offsite (2 hours)\n6:00 – 6:40 Cultural Presentation by Dana Adobe \n6:40 – 7:00 Warm-up dances with recorded music \n7:00 – 10:30 Dance Party with Chubritza\n\n\nSaturday May 3rd \n9:00 – 9:25 Doors open; global music followed by easy warm-up dances\n9:25 – 9:30 Welcome and Announcements by MC \n9:30 – 10:45 Billy Burke dance class (1 hour 15 minutes) \n10:45 – 11:00 Break (15 minutes) \n11:00 – 12:15 Zeljko Jergan dance class (1 hour 15 minutes) \n12:15 – 1:45 Lunch Break (1 hour\, 45 minutes) offsite\n1:45 – 2:15 Performance by Solvang dancers\n2:15 – 3:30 Zeljko Jergan dance class (1 hour\, 15 minutes) \n3:30 – 3:45 Break (15 minutes) \n3:45 – 5:00 Billy Burke dance class (1 hour\, 15 minutes) \n5:00 – 6:00 Happy Hour with music by Big Rock Balalaika (open to all)\n6:00 – 7:30 Catered Dinner onsite or dinner offsite (1 hour\, 30 minutes) \n7:30 – 11:30 Dance Party with Chubritza\n\n\nSunday May 4th \n9:00 – 9:25 Doors open; global music followed by easy warm-up dances\n9:25 – 9:30 Welcome and Announcements by MC \n9:30 – 10:30 Reviews by Zeljko Jergan(1 hour) \n10:30 – 10:45 Break (15 minute) \n10:45 – 11:45 Reviews by Billy Burke (1 hour)\n11:45 – 12:00 Announcements by MC and closing ceremony\n12:00 – 1:00 Box Lunch onsite or lunch offsite (1 hour)\n1:00 – 3:30 Free community dance with maypole dance\n(Schedule subject to change) \n\nRegistration\nLodging should be purchased separately. Recommended group pricing available. \n\nOnline Registration\nRegister online today!\n\n\nMail-In Registration\nStatewide 2025 Registration Form Send completed registration form with your check made payable to Folk Dance Federation of CA\, South to: \nStatewide registrar\nc/o M. Lange\n421 N Las Flores Dr\nNipomo\, CA 93444 \nPlease write one check for registration and additional offerings. \nMore details… URL:https://www.folkdance.com/event/statewide-2025/ LOCATION:Portuguese Hall of Arroyo Grande\, 707 Huasna Rd\, Arroyo Grande\, CA\, 93420\, United States CATEGORIES:Dance Party,Festival,Live Music,Performance,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/pdf:https://www.folkdance.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/statewide2025-flyer-11-27-24-version-1.pdf END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250509 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250512 DTSTAMP:20260525T022021 CREATED:20250506T164207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T164745Z UID:16431-1746748800-1747007999@www.folkdance.com SUMMARY:Lyrids Folk Dance Festival 2025 DESCRIPTION: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. \nGuest artists are Željko Jergan presenting Croatian dances\, and Dimitrios Kontogiannis presenting Greek dances. \nZakuska from Seattle\, WA will be the Saturday evening party band. \nRegister \nSaturday Live Music Party on Zoom!\nThe Saturday party will be awesome! Over 4 hours of fun including: \n\nPerformances\nDancing with the Teachers\nLive music with Zakuska\n\nZoom Registration \nFor more details e-mail info@lyridsfolkdancefestival.org \nDonations Gratefully Accepted\nPlease support the Festival and the Presenters. Drop into our Saturday party and we’ll tell you how to purchase the music and video packages from the Presenters. URL:https://www.folkdance.com/event/lyrids-folk-dance-festival-2025/ LOCATION:Pitt Meadows Heritage Hall\, 12460 Harris Road\, Pitt Meadows\, British Columbia\, V3Y 2J5\, Canada CATEGORIES:Camp,Dance Party,Lecture,Live Music,Online,Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250517T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250517T183000 DTSTAMP:20260525T022021 CREATED:20250412T150940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250513T141044Z UID:16172-1747492200-1747506600@www.folkdance.com SUMMARY:Global Folk Dance Party DESCRIPTION:Connect Globally\, Dance Locally. Follow folk dance leaders and dance watching enthusiasts worldwide. \nIt’s almost time for June camp! Let’s get ready together. Please join us for our usual team of dance leaders as well as this year’s June camp teacher Steve Kotansky and June camp regulars and dance leads Nina Lusterman\, Marie Aspell\, Dit Olshan\, Anna Nardo\, Catherine Rudin and Michael Kuharski. \nPlease come at 2:30pm for some pre-show fun. We look forward to seeing you on the Zoom dance floor on Saturday May 17. \nJoin The Party\nBy Zoom\nRegister by Zoom\nWe’ve changed Zoom numbers. Here’s what you need to do. Use the registration link above and you’ll get an email from Zoom with your link for the Global Folk Dance Party. Feel free to share the above registration link with your friends\, they’ll get their own link to join. With the new registration\, you’ll get a reminder email the morning of the Global Folk Dance Party\, so you don’t have to look for your link. \n\nIMPORTANT – Do not use both computer and phone; you will generate feedback.\nZoom will best be viewed using side by side mode. See https://bit.ly/39dximU for info.\nWhen in the meeting\, click the ‘chat’ button to chat with everybody and make requests.\nWhen you sign into Zoom\, enter your name and city so we know where you’re from!\n\nBy Facebook Live\nJoin by Facebook Live \nif Zoom is full or you just want to watch.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/PFDCouncil/ \nFor more details or to send requests e-mail us at virtualfolkdance@gmail.com. Alicia La Fetra\, Lisa Michael\, and Stacy Rose will be happy to help. URL:https://www.folkdance.com/event/gfd-may25/ LOCATION:Online\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Dance Party,Online,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.folkdance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/6335b17d-4b36-ca1b-117b-2dcb55ff50ad.png ORGANIZER;CN="Global Folk Dance Parties":MAILTO:virtualfolkdance@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250517T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250517T233000 DTSTAMP:20260525T022021 CREATED:20250518T082559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250518T082559Z UID:16455-1747510200-1747524600@www.folkdance.com SUMMARY:Cafe Shalom Dance Party DESCRIPTION:Israeli folk dancers from all over the Bay Area dance the night away at Café Shalom’s Saturday party—a monthly tradition since the 1960s! We play a wonderful mix of oldies and the latest dances based on requests. Dancers of all ages are invited to join the fun on the third Saturday of every month. \nSaturday classes are large parties with many dancers from all ages and spectrum. We dance dances from 1918 and from 2018 back to back. \nThe first part of the evening – 30-45 minutes starts with slow and beginners dances\, oldies\, and dances which we learn in Tuesday class. Later we increase the intensity\, up the beat and the pace and the evening is fully charged with great energy and fun. \n7:30 pm – Warm-up\, beginner’s\, oldies dances\, and recently taught dances\n8:00 pm – Our party perks up… with circle\, and couple dances\n9:15 pm – Birthday celebrations\, announcements\, followed by a line dance set\n9:30 – 11:30 pm – We’ll dance ‘til then or ‘til we drop – whatever comes first! \nAdmission is $10 for adults\, $5 for students. \nInfo: Text 669.444.1284\nCafe Shalom\, more details… URL:https://www.folkdance.com/event/cafe-shalom-may25/ LOCATION:Congregation Am Tikvah\, 625 Brotherhood Way\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Dance Party,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.folkdance.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DSC_0131-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Cafe Shalom":MAILTO:udy@yahoo.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250523T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250523T220000 DTSTAMP:20260525T022021 CREATED:20250428T230258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250428T230258Z UID:16410-1748026800-1748037600@www.folkdance.com SUMMARY:Family Fun and Dancing DESCRIPTION:Join Changs International Folk Dancers for a night of music and dance for the entire family! \nAn hour of fun dance activities to music from around the world. Every Fourth Friday\, 7pm-8pm. Followed at 8-10pm by international folk dances from our club’s repertoire. \nAdults accompanied by kids always free! URL:https://www.folkdance.com/event/family-dancing-may25/ LOCATION:Miraloma Park Clubhouse\, 350 O’Shaughnessey Boulevard (at Del Vale Avenue)\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94127\, United States CATEGORIES:Dance Party,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.folkdance.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/clipart3061462.png ORGANIZER;CN="Changs International Folk Dancers":MAILTO:changsdancers@aol.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250531T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250531T140000 DTSTAMP:20260525T022021 CREATED:20250502T071611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250521T045937Z UID:16428-1748685600-1748700000@www.folkdance.com SUMMARY:Scandia Camp 2025 DESCRIPTION:Scandia Camp Mendocino 2025 will be ONLINE via Zoom this year. Free Registration – NO Charge to attend! \nSession 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 \nSession 2: noon PDT – John Ole Morken will tell us about the Norwegian Folk Music Radio Hour. The radio program has been on air for almost 100 years. It has influenced musicians and dancers throughout the Nordic countries. Learn more about it’s contributions to Nordic folk traditions. \nThe mission of Scandia Camp Mendocino is to provide culturally unique enriching opportunities to learn about and actively experience the dance\, music and cultural traditions of Scandinavia (primarily Norway and Sweden) in a welcoming community. \nSchedule\, list of instructors\, and more at http://scandiacampmendocino.org/ \nRegister \nQuestions: E-mail Roo Lester URL:https://www.folkdance.com/event/scandia-camp-2025/ LOCATION:Online\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Live Music,Online,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.folkdance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2023_Scandia_Mendo_nodate.png ORGANIZER;CN="Scandia Camp Mendocino":MAILTO:Directors@ScandiaCamp.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR