Calendar

Nov
4
Mon
Larry Unger & Fred Campeau with Eric Zorn @ Irish American Heritage Center - 1st Floor Fifth Province
Nov 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Special guest Larry Unger along with local great Fred Campeau play for us tonight.  Eric Zorn calls for us.

We’ll be dancing in the Fifth Province room on the 1st floor.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.

Nov
8
Fri
Patt & Possum with Wren Eisenhauer @ Ida Noyes Hall, University of Chicago
Nov 8 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Join us for an evening of dancing in the Third Floor Theater at Ida Noyes Hall.  Patt & Possum (Charlie Walden and Patt Plunkett) play tonight, with Wren Eisenhauer calling.

The dance is from 7 – 10 pm  in the Third Floor Theater, with a beginner lesson before the dance. $7 students / $10 non-students.

Nov
11
Mon
Birdhouse Hollow with Devin Pohly @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Nov 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Birdhouse Hollow – Wren Eisenhauer and Qi Yang – play tonight, with Devin Pohly calling.

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.

Nov
18
Mon
Hillbilly Diaspora with Chicago Showcase @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Nov 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Hillbilly Diaspora – Charlie Walden, Patt Plunkett and others, plays for us this evening. The calling this evening will be by multiple local callers, led by Jo and Moose; the focus will be on dances written by Chicago choreographers.

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.

Nov
25
Mon
Ship of Fools with Paul Watkins @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Nov 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Ship of Fools plays tonight and Paul Watkins calls.  Ship of Fools is Jordan Wankoff on fiddle, Fred Campeau on banjo, Annaleen Koehn on guitar and Marc Edelstein on bass.

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.

Nov
29
Fri
@ Lake Street Church
Nov 29 – Nov 30 all-day

Our annual all-volunteer dance weekend!  At the Lake Street Church in Evanston.  Visit the Breaking Up Thanksgiving web site – www.breakingupthanksgiving.com – for more information.

Dec
2
Mon
@ Thanksgiving Recovery Day
Dec 2 all-day

No Dance Tonight – Thanksgiving Recovery Day

Dec
9
Mon
Uncommon Loons with Jo and Moose @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Dec 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Special Birthday Dance for Elizabeth Albert.

The Uncommon Loons play tonight, with Jo Mortland and Moose Flores calling.  The Uncommon Loons are Meg Dedolph, Jonathan Whitall and Peter Martin.

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.

Dec
16
Mon
Wayward Potatoes with Wren Eisenhauer and Susan Doxator @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Dec 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Wren Eisenhauer and Susan Doxtator call this evening; the Wayward Potatoes play for us.  The Wayward Potatoes are Ben Zorn (fiddle), Rachel Kazez (guitar) and Aaron Smith (bass).

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.

Dec
23
Mon
Ladies Banjo Society with Georges Augustin @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Dec 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

The Ladies Banjo Society of Illinois plays for us tonight – Ben and Eric Zorn (fiddles), Mary Tabatowski (mandolin), Kathy Hirsh (guitar), Fred Campeau (banjo).  Georges Augustine calls this evening.

We’ll be dancing in the 4th floor ballroom.

Vaccines are not required and masks are optional. Attendance will be registered at all dances for contact tracing.