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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Friday 27 November
Fri 27 Nov
19:30
22:30
Fri 27 Nov
19:30
22:30
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St Thomas Church , London, Greater London
Fri 27 Nov
19:30
22:30
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The Attic , Leeds, West Yorkshire
Fri 27 Nov
20:00
23:00
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Stoke Damerel Church , Plymouth, Devon
Fri 27 Nov
20:00
23:00
Fri 27 Nov
20:00
23:00
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Cecil Sharp House , London, Greater London
Monday 30 November
Mon 30 Nov
13:00
15:00
Mon 30 Nov
19:20
21:30
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Bridport WI Hall , Bridport, Dorset
Maintained
Tuesday 1 December
Tue 1 Dec
14:00
15:30
Tue 1 Dec
20:00
22:00
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The Gregson Centre , Lancaster, Lancashire
Thursday 3 December
Thu 3 Dec
19:00
22:15
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The Bedford , London, Greater London
Wednesday 9 December🌑 New moon Saturday 12 December
Sat 12 Dec
17:15
19:00
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One Church , Brighton, East Sussex
Sat 12 Dec
19:15
22:15
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St James Church Hall , Exeter, Devon
Sat 12 Dec
19:30
22:30
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Water Yeat Village Hall , Water Yeat, Cumbria
Sat 12 Dec
19:30
22:30
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Trinity Rooms Community Hub , Stroud, Gloucestershire
Maintained
Sat 12 Dec
19:45
23:00
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One Church , Brighton, East Sussex
Sat 12 Dec
20:00
23:00
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Kennington Village Centre , Kennington, Oxfordshire
Sat 12 Dec
20:00
23:00
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Cecil Sharp House , London, Greater London
Sat 12 Dec
20:00
23:00
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The Edge , Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Sat 12 Dec
20:00
23:00
Sunday 13 December
Sun 13 Dec
14:15
17:30
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Ibsley Village Hall , Ibsley, Hampshire
Sun 13 Dec
14:30
17:30
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Jurgens Centre , Englefield Green, Surrey
Sun 13 Dec
14:30
16:30
Sun 13 Dec
16:00
18:30
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Carlton Club , Whalley Range, Greater Manchester
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 3 Bridport Folk Dance Club Bridport 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 County not given 2
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