Folk Calendar

Folk dances

Ceilidhs, bals, contras and Nos Lowens near you, and the classes that teach them: evenings you go to dance at, most of them with no experience or partner needed.

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Dance clubs by county

Berkshire 1
  • Pop-up Ceilidh Reading · Occasional Thursday evenings in Reading, at South Street Arts Centre or Double-Barrelled Brewery in Tilehurst
Bristol 2
  • Bristol Ceilidh Bristol · Occasional Friday and Saturday nights at Bristol Folk House
  • Bristol Contra Bristol · One Friday a month, September to June
Cambridgeshire 1
  • Contrabridge Cambridge · Usually the last Saturday of the month at the Stoneyard Centre, central Cambridge
Derbyshire 2
  • Brampton Community Band Chesterfield · About four ceilidhs a year at Loundsley Green Community Centre, Chesterfield
  • Mumpers Ceilidh Club Alvaston · Occasional Saturday ceilidhs at venues in and around Derby, running since 1979
Devon 2
  • Club Ceilidh Pinhoe · First Friday of the month in Exeter, usually the last Friday in Plymouth
  • Exeter Ceilidhs Kennford · Occasional Saturdays at the Kenn Centre, Kennford
Dorset 2
  • EuroBal Wessex Dorchester · Second Friday evening every other month at the Brownsword Hall, Poundbury, alternating with Sunday afternoons at Ibsley
  • Kimmeridge Keilidh Kimmeridge · A Friday night barn dance most months in the village hall at The Etches Collection, with Arish Mel
East Sussex 2
  • Brighton Ceilidh Collective Brighton · Rant ceilidh nights at One Church in central Brighton, on a Friday and often the Saturday after
  • Dansez Français Brighton · A Saturday evening bal at Patcham Memorial Hall, north Brighton, with an optional bring-and-share supper beforehand
Gloucestershire 1
Greater London 4
  • Cut A Shine London · A Saturday evening barn dance most months at the Round Chapel, Hackney, with occasional family afternoons
  • London Balfolk London · Bal Étoile on the second Wednesday at Jamboree, King's Cross, and the last Wednesday at the Gipsy Queen, Kentish Town, w
  • London Ceilidh Club London · Friday and Saturday nights most weeks at Cecil Sharp House, Grand Junction in Paddington and London Scottish House in We
  • Waterloo Ceilidhs London · A Friday evening ceilidh every month or two at St John's Waterloo
Greater Manchester 2
Hampshire 2
  • SHOCC Dances Chandler's Ford · A Saturday evening English ceilidh most months from October to April at The Hilt in Chandler's Ford
  • WinQeilidh Winchester · A Friday evening most months, September to June, at Holy Trinity church hall, Winchester; none in July or August
Kent 1
  • Contrafusion Hothfield · A Saturday ceilidh at Hothfield Village Hall every three months, weekly Tuesday afternoon dances in Maidstone and Sunday
Leicestershire 2
  • Loughborough Folk Dance Club Woodhouse · Second and fourth Mondays at Woodhouse Community Hall, 7.30pm to 10pm
  • Red Fox Ceilidhs Leicester · Five Saturday ceilidhs a year at the Church of the Martyrs Community Hall, Leicester
Norfolk 1
  • Mardles Ceilidhs Costessey · Usually the second Friday of the month, October to May, at the Costessey Centre
North Yorkshire 2
  • Tees Valley Ceilidhs Low Worsall · Third Friday of the month, September to June, at Worsall Village Hall
  • York Ceilidh Club York · Third Sunday of the month, except August, at St Aelred's in Tang Hall
Northumberland 1
Nottinghamshire 1
  • Nottingham Ceilidh Club Beeston · Friday nights about once a month at the Boat & Horses, Beeston Rylands, with special nights at other venues
Oxfordshire 4
  • Balfolk Oxford Oxford · Fourth Sunday afternoon of the month at the Isis Farmhouse, Iffley Lock
  • Oxfolk Ceilidhs Kennington · Second Saturday of the month, October to May, at Kennington Village Centre
  • Oxford Contra Kennington · Three Saturday contra dances a season at Kennington Village Centre, run with Oxfolk
  • White Horse Ceilidhs Grove · A Saturday every two months at Grove Village Hall, near Wantage
Somerset 1
  • Bal Crewkerne Crewkerne · Sunday evenings every couple of months at the Speedwell Hall
South Yorkshire 3
  • Home Grown Ceilidhs Sheffield · Sunday evening ceilidhs and Saturday afternoon family ceilidhs at the Broomhall Centre, Sheffield
  • Sheffield CeilidhSoc Sheffield · Saturday ceilidhs in term time at The Edge, Endcliffe
  • Sheffield Eurosession Sheffield · Second Thursday of the month at Shakespeare's, Kelham Island
Suffolk 2
Tyne and Wear 3
  • Cullercoats Ceilidh Cullercoats · Occasional Saturday ceilidhs at St George's Church Hall, Cullercoats
  • DIY Ceilidh Newcastle upon Tyne · Monthly Friday nights at The Lubber Fiend, Newcastle
  • Tyneside Ceilidh Nights Gateshead · Second Tuesday of the month at Gateshead Masonic Hall, Bensham
Warwickshire 1
  • Alcester Contras Alcester · Friday evenings most months from September to June at the Greig Hall, Alcester
West Yorkshire 1
  • Leeds Contra Leeds · Occasional Saturday specials at St Chad's Hall, Far Headingley