Other festivals and special events recommended by Santa Barbara dancers

January: Contra Carnivale weekend in San Luis Obispo

January: Jane Austen Evening (L.A.)

February: Washington's Birthday/Valentines Ball in Riverside.

February or March: Fiddling Frog Dance Festival (L.A.)

March: Spring Dance Weekend at Monte Toyon (near Santa Cruz). New dual format: All Contra with sessions all day and a dance party Friday and Saturday evenings. Also All English with sessions all day and a dance party Friday and Saturday evenings. Or mix 'n match!

March or April: BACDS Playford Ball

April: Queer Contra Dance Camp at Monte Toyon (near Santa Cruz)

April: Dance Awakening at Harbin Hot Springs north of the Bay Area

San Diego May Ball

May Madness (Prescott, AZ)

May: Annual Dancing Bears Dance Camp (Wasilla, Alaska)

All Summer: American Week, English Week, and American-English Week, and other CDSS camps (East coast)

June, Father's Day weekend: KCBX Live Oak Music Festival (just up 154 from here)

June, weekend of the fourth Sunday: CTMS Folk Music, Dance and Storytelling Festival (Location TBA)

July 4: SBCDS Dances of American Independence

July: BACDS American Week and English Week (Mendocino)

July: BACDS Family Week in the Sierras

August: BACDS San Francisco Contra Weekend–Balance the Bay

Labor Day Dance Away in the San Bernardino mountains

August or September or October: Southern California Playford Ball

October: Old Time Fiddlers' Convention and Festival in Goleta

October: Fall Frolick: Fall Dance Weekend at Monte Toyon (near Santa Cruz). Now all English.

November: Dance in the Desert (Oracle, AZ)

Note: the above is not a comprehensive list nor does it wish to be one. Nevertheless, if you're a Santa Barbara dancer, feel free to recommend additional events to list here. All are welcome to send corrections.