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 CA, Martin Luther King weekend
• March
  • Spring Fever, Monte Toyon, near Aptos
• May
  • May Madness - Clarkdale, Arizona
• June
  • Faultline Frolic - Santa Rosa's Urban Contra Dance Weekend
  • Lady of the Lake - shores of Coeur d'Alene Lake in north Idaho.
• July
  • Ghost Town Chill Down - Spook Hall, Jerome, AZ
  • Lark Camp - Mendocino
  • American Week, La Honda
  • Family Week, Sonora
• August
  • Lady of the Lake - shores of Coeur d'Alene Lake in north Idaho.
  • Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp - "It's not just for fiddlers" - near Denver, CO - Musical instrument and dance classes, including contra.
  • Balance The Bay, Lake Merced
• September
  • Rocky Mountain Rendezvous, Boulder CO
  • Echo Summit, Camp Sacramento (two hours east of Sacramento, in Sierras)
  • Labor Day Dance Away - Camp Cedar Glen, near Julian CA, in mountains east of San Diego
  • Harvest Moon - Santa Barbara, September
• October
  • Lady of the Lake - shores of Coeur d'Alene Lake in north Idaho.
  • Harvest Moon, Santa Barbara
• November
  • Fall Has Sprung, Grass Valley

Regular Dances South of San Luis Obispo:

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

Regular Dances North of San Luis Obispo:

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

Miscellaneous Other Links:

• CDSS Dance Map - Dances around the world
• ContraUSA map of local dances
• Ted Crane's Dance Database
• Charlie Seelig's Dance Festival page
• The Dance Gypsy - Mostly New England, but a fair amount of nationwide info