Events generally in Northern California
Our April party is the Lyrid's Preview Party! The Lyrids Folk Dance Festival is a continuation of the wonderful Salt Spring Island Folk Dance Festival organized by Rosemarie Keough for 10 years from 2004 to 2013. The Burnaby International Folk Dancers, among the many dancers who travelled to the festival year after year, were unable […]
The annual Blossom International Folk Dance Festival includes a folk dance party program for all levels of dancers including beginners. In addition, requests will be taken at the event. Free event! Onsite parking available. Blossom Festival 2022 DOWNLOAD, print, and share a flier. Advance registration required. Space limited to the first 60 dancers. Registration and […]
The eighth Lyrids Folk Dance Festival, includes dances from Bulgaria & Beyond with Jaap Leegwater, dances from Turkey with Ahmet Lüleci, and dances from Israel with Naomi Taussig. At noon, Yves Moreau and France Bourque Moreau will talk on Traditional Dance of Québec & Beyond. Enjoy singing with Michele Simon and drumming with Polly Tapia […]
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 second Saturday of every month. $10.00 […]
Statewide 2022 - Pastoral Fandango "Pastoral Fandango" is a weekend festival of folk dance workshops and parties including Dance workshops with Ahmet Lüleci, Gergana Panova and Bruce Hamilton Live Music Played by Chubritza Dance performances by Gradina, Chinese Performance Group with Rebecca Tsai, and more.. Parties and Luncheon Request Dancing Middle Eastern dinner catered by […]
We'll be giving you a preview of June Camp this Global Folk Dance Party. Afterwards join us for the after party hosted by Paul Collins and friends. We will: Connect and dance in our own homes Watch people leading dances from around the world Submit requests and chat online See each other; listen and dance […]
Annual Razzmatazz Folk Dance Weekend at Mendocino Woodlands Camp #1 After missing the last two years of Razzmatazz Weekend at Mendocino Woodlands due to the Covid pandemic, we are going to hold our Weekend camp in person again (fingers crossed) on June 3,4,5, 2022! This will be our 43rd year and our final Razzmatazz Weekend. […]
Free virtual camp via Zoom The Scandia Camp Mendocino 2022 program will feature dance, music, and more from Norway and Sweden, presented by instructors from those countries and the United States including: Dance Classes Polsdans fra Finnskogen a popular dance found on both sides of the border between Norway and Sweden (about Finnskogen) Dances from […]
At this month's Global Folk Dance Party, we're excited to be dancing with Ira Weisburd. In addition, we're sharing Ira's 'Prayer for Ukraine', the Global Dance event Ira's putting on to raise money to help out people in Ukraine. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXkvvdrmvA0&w=560&h=315] At our party, we'll let you know how you can help. Keep passing the […]
We're excited that this month's party is Pre-Stockton, featuring Maurits and Tineke van Geel. A lot of us will be at Stockton and dancing from there, with others in different locations. We look forward to a fun night with all of you. I've attached the flyers, thanks for sharing with your friends! As always, thank […]
Federation members can add or update their upcoming dance events to the calendar by sending event details to events@folkdance.com
