Welcome to Contra Dancing in Austin!

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Special Events

Jan. 23, 2010. Austin Friends of Traditional Music Annual Midwinter Festival.
Feb. 12-14. Bayou Bedlam in Houston featuring Erik Weberg calling to the music of The Latter Day Lizards.
Mar. 19-21. Set for Spring English Country Dance weekend in Dallas featuring Joseph Pimentel calling with Foxfire.
Mar. 28. Dance in the Park at Zilker Hillside Theater.
April 23-25. When in Doubt Swing contra dance weekend in Dallas. Bob Dalsemer callling to the music of Steve Hickman and Evening Star.

Regular Contra Dances in Austin

Third Saturday Contra Dance (7:30 - 11:00 pm)
Contact: Chuck Roth, (512) 453-8936info@austincontradance.org

The Austin Barn Dancers (every Wednesday, 7:30 - 10:00 pm)
Hancock Recreation Center
811 E 41st (corner of Red River)
Contact: Dale Rempert, (512) 453-4225, drempert@ix.netcom.com

First Friday Contra Dance (8:00 - 11:00 pm)
Rich MacMath calling with music by The Lost and Nameless Orchestra.
Carpenter's Hall
400 Josephine St.
Contact: Nana Lopez, (512) 970-4919, sealantsby5@aol.com

Second Friday English Country Dance (7:30 - 10:30 pm)
Carpenter's Hall
400 Josephine St.
Contact: Ann McCracken, (512) 266-9949, ann@mccr.org

What is Contra Dancing?

You can find many descriptions of contra dancing on the web. Here are a couple of our favorite links:

SBCDS (Santa Barbara, CA)
TADAMS (Richmond, VA)

Other Contra Dances near Austin

Usually 1st Saturday, 7 to 10 p.m. Bryan/College Station Contra Dance. 1st, 3rd (& 5th) Saturdays, 8 to 11 p.m. North Texas Traditional Dance Society contra dancing in Dallas.
2nd and 4th Saturdays, 8 to 11 p.m. Houston Area Traditional Dance Society contra dance.
Huntsville: 3rd Saturdays.
2nd and 4th Saturdays, 7:30-10:30 p.m., San Antonio Contra Dancers. At IFCC on the OLLU campus.