Events generally in Northern California
Come help Moveable Feet celebrate the arrival of 2025 with an in-person potluck supper and dance party while raising money for Second Harvest, a local food bank! The combined, New Year’s Eve International Folk Dance Party and Lucy Chang Memorial Second Harvest Fundraiser will kick off on Tuesday, December 31, at 7:00 p.m. and wind […]
Staying Alive Through the Decades Berkeley Folk Dancers will be 84 years old this year! Join us in welcoming our new members and celebrating Berkeley Folk Dancers' 84th year. Join the celebration! Things have changed in the last eight decades, and things have continued. Costumes can be anything that you have fond memories of: your […]
Join the Peninsula Council Folk Dancers for an all-request dance party with MC Clem Dickey! We'll have dances for all levels, beginning to advanced. Dress comfortably in layers; sneakers or low-heeled dance shoes recommended. Donations to help cover the cost of the hall are welcome. We do dances from nearly every country in the world, […]
We're so happy to start 2025 with our online dance friends! Please join us on Saturday January 18 for our first online dance party of the year. We'll have our usual team of dance leaders and this month we're also joined by guest leaders Tom Roby and Sue Rose. Also, wonderul live music will be […]
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. Saturday […]
Have you always been interested in folk dance but couldn't commit to weekly practices? Do you hear folk music and feel like dancing but don’t know what steps to take? Eszterlánc is here to help! We’re launching monthly folk dance classes! Who we’re expecting: Anyone who wants to move around a little Anyone who will […]
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 […]
Dance to your favorite international tunes with Da! Mozhem and Cabrillo Folk Dancers. $15 sliding scale admission Be sure to bring tips for the band. If you are not well please stay home. Da! Mozhem Da! Mozhem at the San Francisco Free Folk FestivalDa! Mozhem plays and sings high-energy pan-Balkan music for the joy of […]
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 […]
For the 76th Festival of the Oaks, there will be a morning workshop with Liina Teose, followed by optional lunch, a dance performance, and an afternoon dance party. Refreshments will be provided. Oh, and be sure to shop at (and/or donate to) the pre-owned folk dance costume sale (12:30 pm - 4:30 pm). For members […]
Federation members can add or update their upcoming dance events to the calendar by sending event details to events@folkdance.com