Upcoming events.
We host dances on the 1st and 3rd weekend of every month, plus regular special events, and an annual dance weekend!
A Contra Dance for All!
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!
A Contra Dance for All!
Come dance to Joy Factor, a new trio out of Massachusetts, for a rollicking good time with calling from Sunny Lawerence!
Lesson at 4:30.
A Contra Dance for All!
Come dance to Crossover and Ang DeCarlis during their East Coast tour!
Lesson at 4:30.
A Contra Dance for All!
Join us for a dance featuring the NYC debut of the Scottish influenced duo, Ravenswing, with calling from Harris Lapiroff.
Lesson for new and newish dancers at 4:30 PM.
A Contra Dance for All!
Join us for a dance with Kaleidoscope’s whirling tunes and the dazzling calling of Will Mentor!
Lesson at 4:30.
BKC Members and Volunteers Appreciation Party!
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.
A Contra Dance for All!
Join us for a dance with Missing Lynx and Carl Levine!
Lesson at 4:30.
A May Day Contra Dance for All!
Join us for a dance with one of the great contra bands, The Gaslight Tinkers and Maia McCormick! Plus a maypole dance and more!
A Contra Dance for All!
Join us for a dance with the cheerful playing of Cozy Socks!
Lesson at 4:30pm
Dancing at 5:00pm
A Pride Techno Contra
Friends! We’re celebrating Pride Month with a techno contra at the West Village LGBT Center! We’ll have DJ’d beats from DJ Chloe Rosenthal! Plus a very glittery face-paint station!
5:30pm: Doors, Face Painting, Happy Hour (Dry)
6:00pm: Dancing!
A Contra Dance for All!
We’ll see you for local favorites, the Big Apple Contra Band!
Lesson at 7:30
Dancing at 8pm
Summer Member's Picnic and Waltz
Friends! Fancy a waltz in the park? Or a summer afternoon spritz? Or just a slice of watermelon among friends? Then join us for Brooklyn Contra's summer members' picnic!
We'll provide appetizers, watermelon, spritzes and more; you bring yourself (and anything else you like!) for an afternoon in the Peristyle at the south end of Prospect Park.
Our Annual Harvest Ball!
Join us for our annual Harvest Ball!
Advanced Dance at 3:30pm
Lesson at 7:30pm
Contra For All at 8pm
Kate & Brendan Album Launch House Concert
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.”
Getting Ready for Flurry Advanced Dance!
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.
Contra Super Glue Workshop with Maia McCormick
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!).
A Contra Dance for All!
Join us for the NYC debut of this amazing Boston band, The Second Floor featuring Cecilia Vacanti, and calling from Daniel Levitin!
A New Years Newcomers' Contra Dance!
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!
A New Years Eve Contra!
Join us for our ninth annual New Years Eve dance as we swing into the New Year! We’ll dance to live music from Petrichord and calling from nationally renowned caller Lyss Adkins!
Contra lesson at 8:00
The Holiday Waltz Ball
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
A Contra Dance for All!
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.
Contra Dance for All
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.
A Barn Dance in Battery Park City!
Featuring xyc caller, with xyz band, playing x style.
Lesson at 7:30.