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Otter Hollow with Gaye Fifer @ IAHC 7:00 pm
Contra & Square Dance @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Feb 3 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Band: Otter Hollow
Caller: Gaye Fifer
Lesson: 6:30 pm
Special guest Gaye Fifer calls tonight. Otter Hollow will play for us – a mashup of the Cosmic Otters (Meg Dedolph, Jonathan Whitall) and [...]
UChicago Folk Festival @ University of Chicago - Mandel Hall and Ida Noyes Hall
UChicago Folk Festival @ University of Chicago - Mandel Hall and Ida Noyes Hall
Feb 7 – Feb 8 all-day
Concerts Friday and Saturday evenings at Mandel Hall.  Free workshops on Saturday at Ida Noyes Hall.  More information at www.uofcfolk.org.
Hoosier Recruits with Lisa Sutton @ Trinity Lutheran Church 7:00 pm
Valparaiso Oldtime Dance @ Trinity Lutheran Church
Feb 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Band: Hoosier Recruits
Caller: Lisa Sutton
We dance in the Fellowship Hall of Trinity Lutheran Church (201 N. Washington St., Valparaiso, IN). There is plenty of parking at the Trinity [...]
Hey Okra! with Meg Dedolph & TBD @ Grace Lutheran Church of Glen Ellyn 2:00 pm
All-Ages Fox Valley Folklore Soc… @ Grace Lutheran Church of Glen Ellyn
Feb 9 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Band: Hey Okra!
Caller: Meg Dedolph & TBD
Rhys Jones and Friends with Eric Zorn @ IAHC 7:00 pm
Contra & Square Dance @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Feb 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Band: Rhys Jones and Friends
Caller: Eric Zorn
Lesson: 6:30 pm
Fresh from their performance at the University of Chicago Folk Festival, special guests Rhys Jones (fiddle), Nokosee Fields (guitar) with Fred Campeau and Steve [...]
Wabi Sabi with 3 Hours of Waltzing! @ Indian Boundary Park 1:30 pm
Waltz Workshop @ Indian Boundary Park
Feb 15 @ 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Band: Wabi Sabi
Caller: 3 Hours of Waltzing!
The workshop will be free, but tips for the band are appreciated. PLEASE BRING CLEAN DANCE SHOES TO HELP PROTECT THE FLOOR.
Birdhouse Hollow with TBA @ 2nd Unitarian 6:30 pm
Queer Contra @ Second Unitarian Church of Chicago
Feb 15 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Band: Birdhouse Hollow
Caller: TBA
Bring your friends to experience this uniquely queer, inclusive dance at the Second Unitarian Church, 656 W Barry Ave. Band: Birdhouse Hollow: Wren and [...]
Old T-Blue and the J-87s with Paul Watkins @ IAHC 7:00 pm
Contra & Square Dance @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Feb 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Band: Old T-Blue and the J-87s
Caller: Paul Watkins
Lesson: 6:30 pm
Old T-Blue and the J-87s play tonight; Paul Watkins calls.  The band is Fred Campeau (fiddle), Jonathan Whitall (piano), Jonas Friddle (banjo), and Steve [...]
Chirps Smith & Friends with Lisa Greenleaf @ IAHC 7:00 pm
Contra & Square Dance @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Feb 24 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Band: Chirps Smith & Friends
Caller: Lisa Greenleaf
Lesson: 6:30 pm
Special guest Lisa Greenleaf calls for us tonight.  The band is Chirps Smith (fiddle), Paul Tyler (fiddle), Rachel Kazez (guitar), Fred Campeau (banjo) and [...]