See you for a contra dance for all with the rocking twin fiddles and driving piano rhythms of Cozy Socks plus calling from Carter North!

Lesson for new dancers at 4:30pm

Dancing at 5:00pm

Brooklyn Contra is pleased to sponser an Irish Jam at Rullo’s Bar in South Slope, Brooklyn. Join jam leader Arwen van Stigt for a jam for Irish players at any level. Arwen and friends will lead a variety of tunes, from advanced to beginer, just play what you know!

Join us for our annual May Day Dance! We’ll have live tunes from the famous The Gaslight Tinkers', who’s blend of global rhythms with New England contra tunes lights up the dance floor! Plus our traditional Maypole, and calling from the incomparable Maia McCormick.

Forsyth (Kate Knudsvig, Kat Wallace, Erin Hogan and Helen Kuhar) is a new Boston collective of musicians , where each member’s voice adds an equal thread to the group’s tapestry. With four voices as their canvas, they combine their individual talents into a shared interpretation, bringing fresh energy to the timeless melodies of the Celtic tradition. Inspired by the haunting soundscapes of Lankum and Ye Vagabonds, Forsyth invites listeners to explore the vibrant tapestry of every song and story.

Join us for the dynamic dance engine of Missing Lynx featuring the fiddle, viola, mandolin and more of Oliver Scanlon (Pete’s Posse, Stove Dragon) alongside Alex Louis Fortier’s piano and synthesizer, plus calling from Carl Levine!

Lesson at 4:30, dancing at 5!

Join us for our annual Members and Volunteers appreciation party! We'll have drinks, some light food, and excellent company. We'll spend a few minutes talking through our BKC goals for 2025 and you can ask questions or bend our ears on whatever you like!  It's a lovely chance to hang around outside of the dance and we hope you'll join us.

Brooklyn Contra is pleased to sponser an Irish Jam at Rullo’s Bar in South Slope, Brooklyn. Join jam leader Arwen van Stigt for a jam for Irish players at any level. Arwen and friends will lead a variety of tunes, from advanced to beginer, just play what you know!

Join us for a dance with Kaleidoscope’s whirling tunes and the dazzling calling of Qwill Duvall!

Lesson at 4:30.

Join us at NYU for the BFA Thesis project of Cecilia Crowe….Quilts inspired in part by contra dance! And of course for dancing! We’ll have music from Brendan Hearn and Co. and calling from Carl Levine. All dances taught, no experience necessary!

Free!

Dancing from 6:00pm to 7:00pm

Friends! Join us for an amazing evening of Contra and Irish Ceili dancing with live music from Scottish influenced duo Ravenswing. We’ll have Irish teaching and calling from the team at the Brooklyn Irish Dance Company (who runs NYC’s popular Gayli series!) and Contra calling from Harris Lapiroff.

Contra lesson for new and newish dancers at 4:30 PM.

Brooklyn Contra is pleased to sponser an Irish Jam at Rullo’s Bar in South Slope, Brooklyn. Join jam leader Arwen van Stigt for a jam for Irish players at any level. Arwen and friends will lead a variety of tunes, from advanced to beginer, just play what you know!

Come dance to the driving tunes of Crossover featuring Alex Cumming (of the Red Case Band) and Ang DeCarlis during their East Coast tour!

Lesson at 4:30.

Come dance to Joy Factor, a new trio out of Massachusetts playing Celtic and Quebecois tunes for a rollicking good time with calling from Sunny Lawrence!

Lesson at 4:30, dancing at 5!

Back for their traditional post-Flurry tour, Kingfisher will once again grace the Brooklyn Contra stage with Alex Deis-Lauby. Kingfisher, the eclectic duo of Cecilia Vacanti and Jeff Kaufman, plays both traditional and modern contra dance music, and has been hailed as one of the most versatile up-and-coming dance bands on the road today.

Lesson at 4:30, Dancing at 5, Afters at 8!

Join us for a house concert as part of the album launch tour of Fiddle-and-Cello Duo Kate Gregory & Brendan Hearn debut Album One Year Since.

“It doesn’t get any groovier than Kate and Brendan playing together,” says acclaimed fiddler George Jackson of Tall Poppy Stringband. “If you get the chance to get in between their musical-mind-meld with your ears, do it.”

Coming in from Philly we have the fantastic High Strung, four multi-instrumentalists who keep the energy all the way up! They’ll be joined by Maia McCormick calling funky and fascinating contras with panache and maybe just a few puns.

Join us for a getting ready for Dance Flurry workshop with Maia McCormick and live music from the High Strung. Lots of people think that the “best” dancers are the ones who do the fanciest flourishes, but we know better: they’re the ones doing un-flashy and fascinating work of keeping the dance working and keeping their fellow dancers safe. Come learn the skills to help struggling dancers, straighten lines, and keep your set together: become Contra Superglue (and have fun while doing it!).

Join us for the NYC debut of this amazing Boston band, The Second Floor featuring Cecilia Vacanti, and calling from Daniel Levitin!

Join us for our first Contra Dance of 2026! We’re hosting a dance especially for beginner contra dancers, so this is your chance to try it out and swing into your new years resolution! We’ll have live music and expert teaching from caller Lyss Adkins!

This dance is free for all members of Brooklyn Contra (at any level) and to all members of CDNY!

Celebrate the holiday season with a magical dance! We’ll see you for live music from Cozy Socks , a waltz lesson at 4:00, and contra’s called by Chloe Levine!

Waltz lesson at 4, Contra lesson at 4:30

Ahhhh, we’re so excited to welcome back some of the best from Boston to our stage! We’ll have live music from Paper Plane making their NYC debute plus calling from local favorite, Sunny Lawerence!

Lesson at 4:30.

We’ll see you for a dance with some of NYC’s best contra talent! We’ll have live music from the Big Band version of Cake Jam, and calling from our very own Hila Lenz.

Lesson at 7:30.

Featuring xyc caller, with xyz band, playing x style.

Lesson at 7:30.