Other Local and Regional Dances

Check the website or Facebook pages for dances and weekends to see if dancing has resumed

Nearby Contra dances

• Athens
• Berea, KY
• Cincinnati
• Cleveland
• Dayton
• Granville Barn Dance
• Indianapolis
• Lexington, KY
• Louisville, KY
• Oberlin, OH
• Pittsburgh
• Yellow Springs

• FOR OTHER NEARBY LOCATIONS check this Google Contra Dance Calendar for the region (note: this may no longer be accurate)

Nearby Contra Dance Weekends

• Contra Swing Shift January
• Pigtown Fling March
• Dandelion Romp April
• Whitewater Whirl May
• Contra Dancers Delight (Summer) May
• Dance Trance June
• River Rendezvous July
• Sugar Hill August
• Foot Fall Dance Weekend September
• Columbus Country Dance Weekend October
• Pittsburgh Fall Dance Weekend November
• Winter WarmUp Dance Weekend December
• Contra Dancers Delight (Winter) December

Traveling? This site lists pretty much all local dances and weekends in the country!

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Local Dancing that’s not Contra

There are many other forms of social dancing available in Columbus; it’s quite possible to dance every day of the week! 

Note: some of these dances are taking place either virtually or outside in parking lots.

• Square Dance Columbus
  First Friday each month, 7:00 – 8:00 potluck, dancing 8:00 – 11:00 PM. Wild Goose Creative, 2491 Summit St., Columbus, OH 43202
• Recreational Folk Dancers of Columbus
  A group including Big Scioty and several other area folk dance groups. A Dance Calendar is available.
• English Country Dancing
  First, third and fifth Sundays at 7:30 pm.
  Clinton Heights Lutheran Church, at the corner of N. High St. and Clinton Heights Avenue.
  Live Music. Third Sunday only during Summer. Country Dance Weekend in October during even years.
• Columbus Folk Dancers – International folk dancing
  Wednesdays 7:30-10:00 pm.
  Summit on 16th United Methodist Church, 82 East 16th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43201-1617
• Hillel International Folk Dancers – Israeli and International folk dancing
  Tuesdays 8-11 pm, 46 E. 16th Ave.
• Whetstone International Folk Dancers
  Thursdays 7:30-10 pm
  Whetstone Recreation Center 3923 N. High St.
• Scottish Country Dancing
  Thursdays 7:30-9:30 pm
  Gates-Fourth United Methodist Church, 1234 South Fourth Street, Columbus.
• Irish Set Dancing
  Various Sundays, 4-6 pm, live music.
  Riverside United Methodist Church, 2701 Zollinger Rd., Upper Arlington OH
• Balkan Dance
  Monthly, last Saturday 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
  St. John’s Township Hall (formerly known as Sharon Township Hall)
  67 East Dublin-Granville Road (State Route 161), Worthington, Ohio 43085
• Swing Columbus 
  Beginner lesson: 7:30 PM – 8:00 PM; DJ (or live band): 8:00 PM – 10:15 PM
  Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 404 South 3rd St, Columbus OH, 43215

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Music and Dance Festivals

• Central Ohio Folk Festival May