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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Berkshire 1 Pop-up Ceilidh Reading ยท Occasional Thursday evenings in Reading, at South Street Arts Centre or Double-Barrelled Brewery in Tilehurst Bristol 2 Bristol Ceilidh Bristol ยท Occasional Friday and Saturday nights at Bristol Folk House Bristol Contra Bristol ยท One Friday a month, September to June Cambridgeshire 1 Contrabridge Cambridge ยท Usually the last Saturday of the month at the Stoneyard Centre, central Cambridge Derbyshire 2 Brampton Community Band Chesterfield ยท About four ceilidhs a year at Loundsley Green Community Centre, Chesterfield Mumpers Ceilidh Club Alvaston ยท Occasional Saturday ceilidhs at venues in and around Derby, running since 1979 Devon 2 Club Ceilidh Pinhoe ยท First Friday of the month in Exeter, usually the last Friday in Plymouth Exeter Ceilidhs Kennford ยท Occasional Saturdays at the Kenn Centre, Kennford Dorset 3 Bridport Folk Dance Club Bridport EuroBal Wessex Dorchester ยท Second Friday evening every other month at the Brownsword Hall, Poundbury, alternating with Sunday afternoons at Ibsley Kimmeridge Keilidh Kimmeridge ยท 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 ยท Rant ceilidh nights at One Church in central Brighton, on a Friday and often the Saturday after Dansez Franรงais Brighton ยท 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 ยท A Saturday evening barn dance most months at the Round Chapel, Hackney, with occasional family afternoons London Balfolk London ยท Bal รtoile on the second Wednesday at Jamboree, King's Cross, and the last Wednesday at the Gipsy Queen, Kentish Town, w London Ceilidh Club London ยท Friday and Saturday nights most weeks at Cecil Sharp House, Grand Junction in Paddington and London Scottish House in We Waterloo Ceilidhs London ยท A Friday evening ceilidh every month or two at St John's Waterloo Greater Manchester 2 Hampshire 2 SHOCC Dances Chandler's Ford ยท A Saturday evening English ceilidh most months from October to April at The Hilt in Chandler's Ford WinQeilidh Winchester ยท A Friday evening most months, September to June, at Holy Trinity church hall, Winchester; none in July or August Kent 1 Contrafusion Hothfield ยท 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 ยท Second and fourth Mondays at Woodhouse Community Hall, 7.30pm to 10pm Red Fox Ceilidhs Leicester ยท Five Saturday ceilidhs a year at the Church of the Martyrs Community Hall, Leicester Norfolk 1 Mardles Ceilidhs Costessey ยท Usually the second Friday of the month, October to May, at the Costessey Centre North Yorkshire 2 Tees Valley Ceilidhs Low Worsall ยท Third Friday of the month, September to June, at Worsall Village Hall York Ceilidh Club York ยท Third Sunday of the month, except August, at St Aelred's in Tang Hall Northumberland 1 Nottinghamshire 1 Nottingham Ceilidh Club Beeston ยท Friday nights about once a month at the Boat & Horses, Beeston Rylands, with special nights at other venues Oxfordshire 4 Balfolk Oxford Oxford ยท Fourth Sunday afternoon of the month at the Isis Farmhouse, Iffley Lock Oxfolk Ceilidhs Kennington ยท Second Saturday of the month, October to May, at Kennington Village Centre Oxford Contra Kennington ยท Three Saturday contra dances a season at Kennington Village Centre, run with Oxfolk White Horse Ceilidhs Grove ยท A Saturday every two months at Grove Village Hall, near Wantage Somerset 1 Bal Crewkerne Crewkerne ยท Sunday evenings every couple of months at the Speedwell Hall South Yorkshire 3 Home Grown Ceilidhs Sheffield ยท Sunday evening ceilidhs and Saturday afternoon family ceilidhs at the Broomhall Centre, Sheffield Sheffield CeilidhSoc Sheffield ยท Saturday ceilidhs in term time at The Edge, Endcliffe Sheffield Eurosession Sheffield ยท Second Thursday of the month at Shakespeare's, Kelham Island Suffolk 2 Tyne and Wear 3 Cullercoats Ceilidh Cullercoats ยท Occasional Saturday ceilidhs at St George's Church Hall, Cullercoats DIY Ceilidh Newcastle upon Tyne ยท Monthly Friday nights at The Lubber Fiend, Newcastle Tyneside Ceilidh Nights Gateshead ยท Second Tuesday of the month at Gateshead Masonic Hall, Bensham Warwickshire 1 Alcester Contras Alcester ยท Friday evenings most months from September to June at the Greig Hall, Alcester West Yorkshire 1 Leeds Contra Leeds ยท Occasional Saturday specials at St Chad's Hall, Far Headingley County not given 2
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