Calendar

Mar
20
Mon
Open Band with Jo Mortland / Open Calling @ Irish American Heritage Center - Ballroom on 4th Floor
Mar 20 @ 7:00 pm – 9:40 pm

Open band and calling tonight:  bring your dance shoes, fiddle and calling cards!  Jo Mortland leads the calling.

Mar
27
Mon
Steam Machine with Jo Mortland @ Irish American Heritage Center - Ballroom on 4th Floor
Mar 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:40 pm

Steam Machine plays tonight.  Steam Machine is Brendan Carson, Steve Rosen, Fred Campeau, Jay Desrosiers.  Jo Mortland calls.

Apr
3
Mon
Urban Sprawl with Jonathan Sivier @ Irish American Heritage Center - Ballroom on 4th Floor
Apr 3 @ 7:00 pm – 9:40 pm

Urban Sprawl plays this evening; special guest Jonathan Sivier from Urbana calls.  Urban Sprawl is Jonathan Whitall, Meg Dedolph, Anne Beal and Jay Desrosiers

Apr
10
Mon
KB & Sunshine Band with Cheryl Joyal @ Irish American Heritage Center - Ballroom on 4th Floor
Apr 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:40 pm

KB and the Sunshine Band – Kolleen Blume and Friends – plays tonight.  Cheryl Joyal calls tonight.

Apr
17
Mon
Minor Contravention with Paul Watkins @ Irish American Heritage Center - 3rd Floor Room 306
Apr 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:40 pm

WE’RE IN ROOM 306 TONIGHT – ELECTION NIGHT!

Special guests Minor Contravention – Nicola Mconkey & friends – plays tonight.  Paul Watkins calls this evening.

Apr
24
Mon
Blackest Crow with Georges Augustin @ Irish American Heritage Center - Ballroom on 4th Floor
Apr 24 @ 7:00 pm – 9:40 pm

Blackest Crow plays tonight.  Georges Augustin calls tonight.

Apr
29
Sat
Mando Mike & Friends with Andrea Craft @ Second Unitarian Church of Chicago
Apr 29 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

After a long hiatus, Queer Contra is ready to tear up the dance floor once again on April 29, 2017! Caller Andrea Craft presiding with the fabulous Mando Mike & Friends! (Chris Kimmons, Patrik Ahlberg and Michael Fazio)

The dance is from 7:00 – 9:30 pm with an introduction for beginners from 6:30 – 7 pm.

To help pay for the band, caller, and dance hall, we request attendees donate $10, payable at the door. No advance planning or experience is needed and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Potluck snack and beverages encouraged.

Share this event with friends, family, and neighbors who might be interested in coming out.

Not in Chicago? Fear not! You probably still have friends that are. Invite them along, and we’ll take good care of them.

For more information, updates, and information about keeping in touch visit http://chicagoqueercontra.wordpress.com/

May
1
Mon
Bandicoot with Gaye Fifer @ Irish American Heritage Center - 5th Province
May 1 @ 7:00 pm – 9:40 pm

Bandicoot – Jonathan, Meg, Anne & Jay –  plays tonight.  Special guest Gaye Fifer calls.

May
8
Mon
Money Creek Boys with Jo Mortland @ Irish American Heritage Center - 5th Province
May 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:40 pm

The Money Creek Boys play tonight.  Fred Campeau, Steve Rosen and others play for a bluegrass-flavored old-time evening.  Jo Mortland calls.

May
15
Mon
Jess McIntosh with Andrea Craft @ Irish American Heritage Center - 4th Floor Ballroom
May 15 @ 7:00 pm – 9:40 pm

Jess McIntosh and friends play tonight, with Andrea Craft calling.