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 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 ร‰toile 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
  • Levy Folk Collective Rusholme ยท Occasional public ceilidh nights at venues around south Manchester
  • Manchester Balfolk Withington ยท A monthly social at changing venues around Manchester
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
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