Upcoming Events

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These events include balls, festivals, workshops, weeks and weekends. For information on regular weekly or monthly dance series, see the CDSS Group Directory, published occasionally (paper copy only) or see the abbreviated Group Affiliate links. To be listed below, send date, event name, sponsoring group and contact numbers to Events, Country Dance and Song Society, PO Box 338, Haydenville, MA 01039-0338, fax 413-268-7471 or events@cdss.org. This page is updated around the first of each month.  

Please click on an event title below to view details for that event.

* Sponsoring organization is a CDSS Group Affiliate
** Sponsored by the Country Dance and Song Society 

2/3/2012 - 2/5/2012
30th Anniversary Gala Weekend
Cincinnati, OH
2/8/2012 - 2/15/2012
Tropical Dance Vacation: Contra/Square Dance Week
St Croix, US Virgin Islands
2/10/2012 - 2/12/2012
Winter Weekend *
New Paltz, NY
2/10/2012 - 2/12/2012
Febfest Traditional Dance and Music Weekend *
Urbana, IL
2/11/2012
Seattle English Country Ball *
Seattle, WA
2/11/2012
Valentine's Ball *
Berea, KY
2/14/2012
Romantic English Country Dances *
Princeton, NJ
2/17/2012 - 2/19/2012
Corvallis Contra Weekend *
Corvallis, OR
2/17/2012 - 2/19/2012
Bayou Bedlam *
Houston, TX
2/17/2012 - 2/19/2012
Flurry Festival *
Saratoga Springs, NY
2/17/2012 - 2/19/2012
Beginning English Country Dance Weekend *
Brasstown, NC
2/22/2012 - 2/26/2012
Folk Alliance Conference *
Memphis, TN
2/23/2012 - 2/26/2012
Stellar Days and Nights *
Buena Vista, CO
2/24/2012 - 2/26/2012
Chance Dance
Cape Girardeau, MO
2/24/2012 - 2/26/2012
Dancing with the GODS *
Gainesville, FL
2/24/2012 - 2/26/2012
Ann Arbor Dawn Dance Weekend *
Ann Arbor, MI
2/25/2012
February Fling: All-Day Skilled English Country Dance *
Princeton, NJ
3/9/2012 - 3/10/2012
Spring English and Contra Dance Weekend *
Durham, NC
3/9/2012 - 3/11/2012
Rapper Sword Weekend *
3/10/2012
Winter Meltdown *
New York, NY
3/10/2012 - 3/18/2012
Tropical Dance Vacation: English Country Dance Week
Big Island, HI
3/16/2012 - 3/18/2012
Spring Fever Dance Weekend *
Aptos, CA
3/23/2012 - 3/24/2012
Festival of Dance with Perpetual e-Motion
Phoenix, AZ
3/23/2012 - 3/25/2012
25th Annual English Dance Weekend *
London, ON
3/23/2012 - 3/25/2012
Nashville Playford Ball
Nashville, TN
3/23/2012 - 3/26/2012
Set for Spring English Country Dance Weekend *
Austin, TX
3/30/2012
Spring Evening Ball *
Asheville, NC area
3/30/2012 - 3/31/2012
DownEast Country Dance Festival *
Topsham, ME
3/30/2012 - 4/1/2012
Learn to Contra Dance Weekend *
Brasstown, NC
3/31/2012
Bay Area Playford Ball *
San Jose, CA
3/31/2012
Techno-Contra Double Dance *
Bethlehem, PA
3/31/2012 - 4/1/2012
Binghamton English Country Ball and Brunch *
Binghamton, NY
3/31/2012 - 4/1/2012
Potomac River Sacred Harp Concention *
Washington, DC area
4/6/2012 - 4/7/2012
American and English Spring Dance Weekend *
Berea, KY
4/13/2012 - 4/14/2012
Spring Swing Contra Dance Weekend *
North Little Rock, AR
4/13/2012 - 4/15/2012
Springforth Ball *
Richmond, VA
4/13/2012 - 4/15/2012
Call of the Loon Contra Dance Weekend *
Minneapolis, MN
4/13/2012 - 4/15/2012
Dandelion Romp Dance Weekend
Oberlin, OH
4/13/2012 - 4/15/2012
Palmetto Big Stomp *
Charleston, SC
4/13/2012 - 4/16/2012
Chesapeake Dance Weekend *
Edgewater, MD
4/14/2012
Playford Ball *
Brooklyn, NY
4/14/2012
From Playford to Roodman
Montreal, QC
4/14/2012
Northeast Concertina Workshop
Greenfield, MA
4/20/2012 - 4/22/2012
When in Doubt Swing *
Dallas, TX
4/20/2012 - 4/22/2012
NEFFA (New England Folk Festival) *
Mansfield, MA
4/22/2012
Stockade Assembly *
Albany, NY
4/27/2012 - 4/29/2012
Hands Four Spring Dance Weekend *
Berea, KY
4/27/2012 - 4/29/2012
English Country Dance Weekend *
Brasstown, NC
4/27/2012 - 4/29/2012
Portland Raindance *
Portland, OR
4/27/2012 - 4/29/2012
Contra Culture *
Rutledge, MO
4/27/2012 - 4/29/2012
Dance Camp *
Woodstock, CT
4/28/2012
Spring Fever *
New York, NY
5/4/2012 - 5/6/2012
May Madness *
Clarkdale, AZ
5/6/2012
Jane Austen Ball *
Rochester, NY
5/12/2012
Reel Nutmeg Ball
Wethersfield, CT
5/18/2012 - 5/20/2012
Brad Foster with Foxfire *
Toronto, ON
5/18/2012 - 5/20/2012
Planters Moon Festival *
Gold Hill, CO
5/19/2012
Festival of the English May *
Urbana, IL
5/19/2012
Washington Spring Ball *
College Park, MD
5/24/2012 - 5/25/2012
Doc Litchman's Traditional Western Squares Workshop *
Albuquerque, NM
5/25/2012 - 5/28/2012
Catapult! The National Contra Showcase
Atlanta, GA
5/25/2012 - 5/28/2012
FolkMADness Music and Dance Weekend *
Albuquerque, NM
6/2/2012 - 6/3/2012
32nd Annual Washington Folk Festival *
Glen Echo, MD
6/8/2012 - 6/10/2012
Dance Trance *
Lexngton, KY
6/9/2012
Playford Ball *
Urbana, IL
6/15/2012 - 6/17/2012
Dancing on the Edge
Mogollon Rim, AZ
6/15/2012 - 6/17/2012
Maine Fiddle Camp *
Montville, ME
6/17/2012 - 6/22/2012
Maine Fiddle Camp *
Montville, ME
6/24/2012 - 6/30/2012
Lady of the Lake Music and Dance Camp *
Coeur d'Alene, ID
6/24/2012 - 6/30/2012
Western and Swing Week *
Olivebridge, NY
7/1/2012 - 7/6/2012
American Dance and Music Weekend *
La Honda, CA
7/1/2012 - 7/7/2012
Family Week *
Sierra foothills, CA
7/6/2012 - 7/8/2012
Ooh La La
Richmond, QC
7/8/2012 - 7/14/2012
Traditional Song Week
Asheville, NC area
7/13/2012 - 7/15/2012
River Rendezvous
Coshocton, OH
7/14/2012 - 7/21/2012
Family Week at Pinewoods **
Plymouth, MA
7/15/2012 - 7/21/2012
Celtic Week
Asheville, NC area
7/15/2012 - 7/21/2012
Northern Week *
Olivebridge, NY
7/15/2012 - 7/21/2012
Cumberland Dance Week *
Nancy, KY area
7/21/2012 - 7/28/2012
Harmony of Song and Dance at Pinewoods **
Plymouth, MA
7/21/2012 - 7/28/2012
English Dance Leaders Course at Pinewoods **
Plymouth, MA
7/22/2012 - 7/28/2012
Old-Time Week
Asheville, NC area
7/27/2012 - 8/4/2012
Lark Camp
Mendocino, CA
7/28/2012 - 8/4/2012
Family Week at Ogontz **
Lyman, NH
7/28/2012 - 8/4/2012
Teachers Training Course: Folk Arts for the Classroom at Ogontz **
Lyman, NH
7/28/2012 - 8/4/2012
American Dance and Music Week at Pinewoods **
Plymouth, MA
7/28/2012 - 8/4/2012
Contra Dance Callers Course at Pinewoods **
Plymouth, MA
7/29/2012 - 8/4/2012
Guitar Week
Asheville, NC area
7/29/2012 - 8/4/2012
Contemporary Folk Week
Asheville, NC area
8/4/2012 - 8/11/2012
English & American Dance Week at Pinewoods **
Plymouth, MA
8/5/2012 - 8/11/2012
Fiddle Week
Asheville, NC area
8/5/2012 - 8/11/2012
Mando/Banjo Week
Asheville, NC area
8/5/2012 - 8/12/2012
Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp
Winter Park, Co area
8/8/2012 - 8/13/2012
Woods Music and Dance Camp
Rosseau, ON
8/10/2012 - 8/12/2012
Midwest Dance Leadership Conference
Cincinnati, OH
8/10/2012 - 8/12/2012
Balance the Bay *
San Francisco, CA
8/11/2012 - 8/18/2012
Early Music Music at Pinewoods **
Plymouth, MA
8/11/2012 - 8/18/2012
Viol Intensive Course at Pinewoods **
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8/12/2012 - 8/17/2012
Maine Fiddle Camp *
Montville, ME
8/12/2012 - 8/18/2012
Southern Week *
Olivebridge, NY
8/12/2012 - 8/19/2012
Adult Week at Timber Ridge **
High View, WV
8/12/2012 - 8/19/2012
Family Week at Timber Ridge **
High View, WV
8/12/2012 - 8/19/2012
Singing Squares Callers Course at Timber Ridge **
High View, WV
8/12/2012 - 8/19/2012
Leadership in Dance & Music for Young Adults at Timber Ridge **
High View, WV
8/12/2012 - 8/19/2012
American Dance Musicians Course at Timber Ridge **
High View, WV
8/17/2012 - 8/18/2012
Peacham Acoustic Music Festival
Peacham, VT
8/18/2012 - 8/25/2012
Campers' Week at Pinewoods **
Plymouth, MA
8/19/2012 - 8/24/2012
Maine Fiddle Camp *
Montville, ME
8/19/2012 - 8/25/2012
Lady of the Lake Family Camp *
Coeur d'Alene, ID
8/19/2012 - 8/26/2012
English Dance and Music Week *
Northern CA
8/25/2012 - 9/1/2012
English Dance Week at Pinewoods **
Plymouth, MA
9/14/2012 - 9/16/2012
NorthEast Squeeze-In
Berkshires, Ma area
9/14/2012 - 9/16/2012
Fandango 2012 *
Atlanta, GA
9/14/2012 - 9/16/2012
Star Hampshire
Isle of Shoals, NH
9/21/2012 - 9/23/2012
Adirondack Dance Weekend *
Lake George, NY
9/28/2012 - 9/30/2012
Annual FSGW Getaway *
West River, MD