As the sun sets in the town of Nelson on Monday night, a crowd of people meander into Town Hall with instruments and water bottles in hand. It’s not long before cheering, stomping and the twang of ...

The Folk Show's listing of dances, open mics, coffeehouses, festivals and shows of interest to our Folk Show listeners ...

The Wyoming Valley Contra Dancers will hold their first dance of the 2026 spring series from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 1, at St. Faustina’s Parish Center, 520 Hanover St., Nanticoke.

Fifty years ago, Scott Russell and his girlfriend, Susan Davis, saw an ad in Creative Loafing for international folk dancing at Garden Hills Recreation Center. They decided to attend and joined about ...

PA Live co-host Chris Bohinski greets his fellow co-host Rachel Malak with a courtly bow as the two encounter each other during a short contra dance that was part of their April 25 show. Bohinski and ...

Contra Dance is always done to live music, which is something I really love about it and when we moved to Bemidji, goodness a little over 20 years ago, we looked around and said "Oh I hope we can ...

A renowned musical group from Massachusetts will perform at a special contra dance Friday in Yakima. The dance featuring the Great Bear Trio, which is on tour, takes place from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at ...

There's a thriving Contra folk dancing scene in Brooklyn where New Yorkers from all different backgrounds dance the night away.

LENOX -- Bill Olsen, contradance caller and musician who creates his own dances, had just finished playing a 4-hour contra dance in Portland, Maine, for a large group of kids. "It was totally ...

Though the prefix "contra-" may mean against or opposite to, the members of Louisiana Contras & Squares have found plenty of common ground and formed a community with each other. At least one Saturday ...

Dancing is exercise. You put yourself on a dance floor and surrender your body to the sounds of the band or the D.J. providing the audio motivation for your movement, and unless you’re mimicking an ...

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