Events generally in Northern California

  • Bulgarian Spring Celebration

    St. Paul's Presbyterian Church 1399 43rd Ave, at Judah St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Tanya Kostova MartenitsasCelebrate the Vernal Equinox with a special guest, Tanya Kostova. The Bulgarians celebrate the coming of Spring and beginnings of their country the entire month of March. They celebrate the Baba Marta and Legend of the Martenitsa. Come, learn the Bulgarian Spring traditions and dance with Tanya. There will even be some special […]

    $10
  • Balkan Plus Folk Dance Party

    Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin 240 Channing Way, San Rafael, CA, United States

    Balkan Plus Folk Dance Party. Lots of free parking, fine wood floor. Please bring snacks to share!

    $10
  • Spring Folk Dance Party

    St. Bede's Church Hall 2650 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, United States

    Loui Tucker will be teaching Serbian folk dance Krivatvorena and Israeli dance Salamati during the FREE pre-party workshop from 7:15-8:00pm. Jim Emdy will emcee the all request party from 8:00-10:30pm. Send him your program requests Dances range from beginning to advanced and all forms (line, couple, set). Come dance on a great wood floor! Bring […]

    $9
  • English and Scottish Country Dances with Bruce Hamilton and Alan Twhigg

    St. Bede's Church Hall 2650 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, United States

    English and Scottish Country Dance afternoon workshop and evening party with master instructors Bruce Hamilton and Alan Twhigg. Includes potluck dinner! 2:30pm - Doors open 3:00 - 6:00pm - Workshop - alternating English & Scottish dances at all levels 6:00 - 7:00pm - Potluck dinner, bring your favorite dish. Snacks for the workshop also appreciated. […]

    $15
  • Cinco de Mayo Party

    Holbrook Palmer Park, Carriage House 150 Watkins Avenue, Atherton, CA, United States

    Join Suzanne Rocca-Butler and the Carriage House Folk Dancers for a Cinco de Mayo folk dance party. Help bring snacks and non-alcoholic beverages to share for the refreshments table.

    $9
  • Hungarian Festival

    Twin Pines Center 20 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont, CA, United States

    Experience the tastes, sights and sounds of Hungary. Come see what makes Hungarian culture truly unique! All music and dance performances and exhibits are included in the price of admission. Live Performances Live Folk Dance and Music Traditional Food and Pastries Fine Hungarian Wine Cultural and Art Exhibits Puppet show and crafts for the Children […]

    $15
  • May Peninsula Folk Dance Party

    St. Bede's Church Hall 2650 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, United States

    Ann Kleiman and Lon Radin will teach a Serbian folk dance from the 2018 Heritage Festival introduced by Bata Marčetić during the FREE pre-party workshop from 7:15-8:00pm. Lucy Chang will emcee the all request party from 8:00-10:30pm. Dances range from beginning to advanced and all forms (line, couple, set). Come dance on a great wood […]

    $9
  • Statewide 2018

    Sacramento Masonic Temple 1123 J Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

    DOWNLOAD, print, and share this flier! "Gateway to the Sierras" is a weekend of folk dance workshops and parties with master instructors Steve Kotansky and Bruce Hamilton and parties with live dance music by Chubritza. Steve Kotansky will teach Balkan line dances and Bruce Hamilton will teach English Country Dances. Special events include Saturday Balkan […]

  • Cretan Dance Workshop with Nikos Vertoudos

    Joe Goode Annex 401 Alabama at 17th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Greek Feet is pleased to host Nikos Vertoudos from Iraklion, Crete Greece. Nikos grew up dancing in villages of Crete and is a member of the well known Cretan dance troupe, Mavrokostas. We had the pleasure of having Niko teach us last year and we are looking forward to his return. He has taught at […]

    $15
  • Dance Party with Staro Vino

    All Saints’ Episcopal 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto, CA, United States

    Live Balkan music dance party with Staro Vino! Come dance to the music of Bulgaria, Greece, and Macedonia. Only the finest vintages! They play dance tunes and table songs from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, and Bosnia. Staro Vino is Andrew Cohen (accordion), Joey Friedman (saxophone), Greg Masaki Jenkins (clarinet, tsouras, and vocals), and Mark Jenkins (percussion […]

    $12

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