Jan
27
6:00 PM18:00
Feb
13
to Feb 16
Gainsborough Festival - Gainsborough, England
Gainsborough Festival
Old-time music festival and workshop
(details TBA)
Mar
5
to Mar 8
Mar
20
8:00 PM20:00
Square Dance - Fort Worth, Texas
Square Dance – African American Dance Callers Pathway Program
Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival
Fort Worth, Texas
Mar
27
to Mar 29
Yarra Junction Fiddlers Convention – Yarra Junction, Australia
Yarra Junction Fiddlers Convention
Yarra Junction, Victoria
Australia
Apr
2
to Apr 6
National Folk Festival - Canberra, Australia
National Folk Festival
Canberra, Australia
Square dances and music and dance workshops
Apr
10
to Apr 12
Dare To Be Square Down Under - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Dare to be Square Down Under
Nipaluna/Hobart, Lutruwita/Tasmania, Australia
Traditional Appalachian dance and music weekend: square dances, dance workshops, flatfooting, old-time music, and more.
Apr
16
8:00 PM20:00
Old Farmers Ball Contra & Square Dance – Swannanoa, NC
Old Farmers Ball Contra and Square Dance
Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa, NC
7:30 pm Beginners Lesson
8-11 pm Dance
May
19
6:00 PM18:00
Jul
12
to Jul 17
Swannannoa Gathering Old-Time Music & Dance Week - Swannanoa, NC
Swannnaoa Gathering Old-Time Music & Dance Week
Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa, NC
Aug
1
8:00 PM20:00
Appalachian String Band Festival - Clifftop, WV
Appalachian String Band Festival
Clifftop, WV
Square Dance
Sep
29
6:00 PM18:00
Dec
5
8:00 PM20:00
Contra & Square Dance - Celo, NC
Contra & Square Dance
Arthur Morgan School
Celo, NC
8-11 pm
Dec
2
6:00 PM18:00
Alice Gerrard book release – Chapel Hill, NC
Alice Gerrard book release: Custom Made Woman (UNC Press)
Cat’s Cradle
Chapel Hill, NC
6 pm
Nov
20
8:00 PM20:00
Old Farmers Ball Contra & Square Dance – Swannanoa, NC
Old Farmers Ball Contra and Square Dance
Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa, NC
7:30 pm - Beginners Lesson
8-11 pm - Dance
Nov
12
7:00 PM19:00
Square Dance - Johnson City, Tennessee
Square Dance
The Down Home
Johnson City, Tennessee
Oct
28
6:00 PM18:00
Oct
4
6:30 PM18:30
Oct
3
6:30 PM18:30
Oct
3
6:00 PM18:00
Talk: Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics - Raleigh, NC
Hoedowns, Reels & Frolics: The History of Square Dances in North Carolina
City of Raleigh Museum
220 Fayetteville St, Raleigh, NC
6:00-6:45 PM
Sep
19
to Sep 21
Appalachian Dance Workshop - Pine Mountain, KY
Promenade on the Pine - CANCELED
Weekend workshop centered on traditional Appalachian dancing and mountain music.
Sep
6
7:00 PM19:00
Square Dance - Asheville, NC
Asheville Community Square Dance at Haw Creek Commons
315 Old Haw Creek Rd
Asheville, NC
7-10 pm
Sep
2
6:30 PM18:30
Talk: Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics - Burnsville, NC
Talk: Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics
A presentation about the history of Southern Appalachian Dance
Center for Pioneer Life
134 Joe Young Rd.
Burnsville, NC
6:30-7:30 pm
Free
Aug
26
6:00 PM18:00
Aug
23
7:00 PM19:00
Shindig on the Green (with the Green Grass Cloggers) - Asheville, NC
Shindig on the Green, Pack Square Park, Asheville, North Carolina
with the Green Grass Cloggers
Aug
1
8:00 PM20:00
Appalachian String Band Festival - Clifftop, WV
Appalachian String Band Festival
Clifftop, WV
Square Dance
Jul
20
to Jul 25
Swannannoa Gathering Old-Time Music & Dance Week - Swannanoa, NC
Swannnaoa Gathering Old-Time Music & Dance Week
Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa, NC
Jul
6
to Jul 12
Nimble Fingers
Nimble Fingers Bluegrass and Old-Time Workshop & Festival
Sorrento, British Columbia
I will be teaching a class for intermediate/advanced clawhammer banjo players.
May
30
7:00 PM19:00
Square Dance - Brevard, NC
Brevard Square Dance
Grace Brevard Church
55 E Jordan St.
Brevard, NC
7-9 pm
May
27
6:00 PM18:00
May
3
7:00 PM19:00
Square Dance - Asheville, NC
Asheville Community Square Dance at Haw Creek Commons
315 Old Haw Creek Rd
Asheville, NC
Dance & old-time jam: 7-10 pm
Food truck: 6-9 pm
May
2
8:00 PM20:00
Contra & Square Dance - Celo, NC
Contra & Square Dance
Arthur Morgan School
Celo, NC
8-11 pm
Apr
25
8:00 PM20:00
Square Dance at the Biscuits & Banjos Festival - Durham, NC
Square Dance
Biscuits & Banjos Festival
Durham, NC
8-10 pm
Friday Night Square Dance Frolic
Music by Rhiannon Gidden’s Old-Time Revue band and special guests!
Apr
17
8:00 PM20:00
Old Farmers Ball Contra & Square Dance – Swannanoa, NC
Old Farmers Ball Contra and Square Dance
Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa, NC
7:30 pm Beginners Lesson
8-11 pm Dance
Apr
11
7:30 PM19:30
Square Dance - Todd, NC
CommUnity Square Dance
Todd Mercantile
3899 Todd Railroad Grade Rd.
Todd, NC
5:45 pm - Potluck
7:00 - Family Dance
8:30 - Dance
$5 admission
Mar
25
6:00 PM18:00
Mar
7
7:00 PM19:00
Square Dance - Charlotte, NC
Charlotte Folk Society Square Dance
Unitarian Universalist Church
234 Sharon Amity Road
Charlotte NC
7-9 pm
Feb
1
7:00 PM19:00
Square Dance - Asheville, NC
Asheville Community Square Dance at Haw Creek Commons
315 Old Haw Creek Rd
Asheville, NC
Dance & old-time jam: 7-10 pm
Food truck: 6-9 pm
Jan
4
7:00 PM19:00
Square Dance - Asheville, NC
Asheville Community Square Dance at Haw Creek Commons
315 Old Haw Creek Rd
Asheville, NC
Dance & old-time jam: 7-10 pm
Food truck: 6-9 pm
Jan
3
8:00 PM20:00
Contra & Square Dance - Celo, NC
Contra & Square Dance
Arthur Morgan School
Celo, NC
8-11 pm
Dec
21
6:00 PM18:00
Dec
5
8:00 PM20:00
Old Farmers Ball Contra & Square Dance – Swannanoa, NC
Old Farmers Ball Contra and Square Dance
Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa, NC
7:30 pm Beginners Lesson
8-11 pm Dance