Calendar

Jan
8
Mon
Sassafrass Stomp with Dugan Murphy @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Jan 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:40 pm

An evening of special guests: Sassafras Stomp – “sweet, high-energy folk music from the Maine / Montana border” is playing and Dugan Murphy from Portland, Maine calling.

Jan
13
Sat
Bandicoot Ceilidh with Jo Mortland @ Ida Noyes Hall, University of Chicago
Jan 13 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Join us for an evening of dancing in Ida Noyes Hall’s Third Floor Theater.  The Bandicoot Ceilidh band – Tim, Jeremy, Meg & Jonathan – are playing, with Jo Mortland calling.  The dance is from 7-10pm with a beginner lesson at before the dance. $5 students/$8 non-students.

Jan
14
Sun
Slippery Elms with Lynn Garren @ Fermilab Village Barn
Jan 14 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Jan
15
Mon
Brendan, Fred & Jay with Bill Sudkamp @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Jan 15 @ 7:00 pm – 9:40 pm

Brendan, Fred & Jay are playing; Big Bill Sudkamp is calling.

Jan
21
Sun
Cosmic Otters with Georges Augustin @ Fermilab Village Barn
Jan 21 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Jan
22
Mon
Tim & Jeremy with Meg Dedolph @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Jan 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:40 pm

Tim McDonald and Jeremy Ward play Scottish and other tunes tonight; Meg Dedolph calls.

Jan
27
Sat
Patrik, Chris and Mike with Georges Agustin @ Second Unitarian Church of Chicago
Jan 27 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

This month’s Queer Contra Dance takes place on Saturday, January 27, 2018. In the heart of Boystown on the last Saturday of each month friends come together to dance to live music. Bring your friends and out-of-town guests to experience this uniquely queer, inclusive dance at the Second Unitarian Church, 656 W Barry Ave.

Calling by Georges Agustin
Live Music by Patrik Ahlberg, Chris Kimmons and Mando Mike

Doors open at 6:00, Lesson begins at 6:30, Dance goes from 7:00 to 9:30

Admission by suggested donation of $10, paid at the door
No one turned away for lack of funds.

The dance hall is on the second floor, up ~1.5 flights of stairs. There is no elevator to this part of the facility. The dance hall has plenty of seats and has gender-inclusive restroom. Please reach out if we can help with accessibility needs.

Jan
28
Sun
Jonathan and Friends with Meg Dedolph @ Grace Lutheran Church of Glen Ellyn
Jan 28 @ 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Jan
29
Mon
Cosmic Otters with Jo Mortland @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Jan 29 @ 7:00 pm – 9:40 pm

The Cosmic Otters play tonight; Jo Mortland calls.

Feb
5
Mon
Hillbilly Diaspora with Paul Watkins @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Feb 5 @ 7:00 pm – 9:40 pm

The Hillbilly Diaspora – Charlie Walden, Patt Plunkett, Kathy Hirsh and Jennifer Jeffries – play for us tonight.  Paul Watkins calls.