Calendar

Dec
17
Sun
Some Spuds with Lynn & Tony @ Fermilab Village Barn
Dec 17 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Dec
18
Mon
Jordan Wankoff & Friends with Bill Sudkamp @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
Dec 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:40 pm

Jordan Wankoff and Friends are playing, with Big Bill Sudkamp calling tonight.

Dec
25
Mon
@ Christmas Day - IAHC Closed
Dec 25 all-day

No Dance Tonight – Christmas Day – IAHC Closed Tonight

Dec
30
Sat
Tuesday Night Special with Andrea Craft @ Second Unitarian Church of Chicago
Dec 30 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

This month’s Queer Contra Dance takes place on Saturday, December 30, 2017. It’s the night before New Years Eve! 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 Andrea Craft
Live Music by Tuesday Night Special featuring Kolleen Blume, Lynn Garren, Sam Herman and Tony Scarimbolo

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.

**Accessibility Info: The dance hall is on the second floor, up ~1.5 flights of stairs. Unfortunately, there is no elevator to this part of the facility. We are willing and able to assist in whatever way is needed to help folks get to the dance hall! The hall has plenty of chairs for resting or sitting and listening to the music, and there is one spacious non-gendered single-occupancy restroom

Jan
1
Mon
@ New Year's Day - IAHC Closed
Jan 1 all-day

No Dance Tonight – New Year’s Day – IAHC Closed Tonight

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