Contra Dancing happens all over the place! For information on dances in other areas, check the links below. If you'd like to car pool to one of these dances, post to our CCCDS discussion list (click here to subscribe). Also, check out Contra Waltz Radio at the bottom of this page to hear some of our music.

Dance Weekends and Festivals

• January
  • Contra Carnivale - San Luis Obispo, Martin Luther King weekend
• July
  • Ghost Town Chill Down - Spook Hall, Jerome, AZ
• September
  • Echo Summit, Camp Sacramento (two hours east of Sacramento, in Sierras)
• November
  • Fall Has Sprung, Grass Valley
• Harvest Moon - Santa Barbara, September
• Lady of the Lake - shores of Coeur d'Alene Lake in north Idaho.
  • Music and Dance Week - June 20 - 26, 2010
  • Family Week - August 15 - 21, 2010
  • Fall Weekend - October 1 - 3, 2010
• Lark Camp - Mendocino, July-August
• Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp - "It's not just for fiddlers" - near Denver, CO - Musical instrument and dance classes, including contra. August.
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• SF BACDS Camps - A number of weekend and week long camps offered by the (San Francisco) Bay Area Country Dance Society.
  • Spring Fling - Aptos, CA, March
• Sprung Floor - Santa Barbara, Memorial Day Weekend

Regular Dances South of San Luis Obispo:

• Santa Barbara
• Ojai
• Los Angeles Area -- California Dance Coop
• Los Angeles Area -- The Living Tradition
• San Diego

Regular Dances North of San Luis Obispo:

• Monterey
• Santa Cruz
• San Francisco Bay Area
• Hayward
• North Bay Area
• Sacramento Area

Miscellaneous Other Links:

• ContraUSA map of local dances
• Contra Corners Map Page - Clickable map of US showing location of dances.
• State by State Contra Dance Index Page
• Ted Crane's Dance Database
• Charlie Seelig's Dance Festival page
• The Dance Gypsy - Mostly New England, but a fair amount of nationwide info

For info on bands, callers, and dance series, see California Twirls.