Adults: $10-15 — Students: $8 — High School: $6
First-timers who attend our 7pm Beginner's Lesson: FREE
Our Regular Venue (above) is the
Masonic Lodge, 99 Main St, Amherst, MA
Between the Black Sheep Deli and the Police Station
Our Summer Venue is the
UU Church, 121 N. Pleasant St, Amherst, MA
Our June, July, & August dances will be held here. Please enter through the right-side door. Our dance returns to the Masonic Lodge in September!
Please bring water and soft soled shoes. This is a fragrance-free and substance-free event. Please refrain from wearing scented products. Dances are smoke, drug and alcohol free.
The Downtown Amherst Contra Dance prides itself on being a very safe and welcoming community. If you ever have physical or emotional safety concerns at our dance, please reach out to a committee member and we will attend to the issue as quickly as possible. Committee members are identifiable by our buttons, which say "committee" and have a ribbon around them. Help us make our dance as safe as it possibly can be for you and everyone else!
Dance Schedule
At the Masonic Lodge
March 21, 2018
Music: Larry Unger and George Wilson
Calling: Carl Levine
George - fiddle
Larry - guitar, banjo, jaw harp
At the Masonic Lodge
March 28, 2018
Music: Cosmic Otters
Calling: Gaye Fifer
Jonathan Whitall - fiddle & piano
Eric Schedler - accordion, piano & banjo
Meg Dedolph - guitar & percussion
At the Masonic Lodge
April 4, 2018
Music: Wry Bred
Calling: Rich Sbardella
Julie Sorcek - flute, saxophone
Mickey Koth - fiddle
Robert Messore - guitar
April 11, 2018 - No Dance
At the Masonic Lodge
April 18, 2018
Music: REELation
Calling: Woody Lane
Carol Bittenson - Fiddle
Alex Cumming - Accordion/Piano
Steve Bittenson - Frets
Rick Kaufman - Bass
At the Masonic Lodge
April 25, 2018
Music: Shindy
Calling: TBA
Randy Miller - fiddle
Roger Kahle - guitar
At the Masonic Lodge
May 2, 2018
Music: Swallowtail
Calling: George Marshall and Tim VanEgmond
David Cantieni - flute, sax
Ron Grosslein - fiddle, mando
George Marshall - concertina, bodhran
Timm Triplett - piano
Tim VanEgmond - hammered dulcimer
May 9, 2018 - No Dance
At the Masonic Lodge
May 16, 2018
Music: The Dam Beavers
Calling: Jacqui Grennan
Ben Schreiber - fiddle
Scotty Leach - piano
At the Masonic Lodge
May 23, 2018
Music: Chicks N’Sync
Calling: Alison Stevens
Julie Sorcek - flute, saxophone
Robin Reid - guitar
Britt Goodman - hammered dulcimer, concertina
At the Masonic Lodge
May 30, 2018
Music: Polaris Light
Calling: Steve Zakon-Anderson
Marta Bartholomew - fiddle
Jesse Ball - mandolin, guitar, accordion
Sam Zakon-Anderson - piano
At the UU Church
June 6, 2018
Music: Joy Compass
Calling: Dela Taylor Murphy
Jamie Oshima - piano, whistle
Clara Stickney - fiddle
June 13, 2018 - No Dance
At the UU Church
June 20, 2018
Music: Jon Cannon and Mike Sokolovsky
Calling: Susan Petrick
At the UU Church
June 27, 2018
Music: Wild Rumpus
Calling: Darlene Underwood
Deborah Clark Colon - fiddle
Karl Colón - guitar
Bobby Douglas - percussion
At the UU Church
July 4, 2018
Music: Organic Family Band
Calling: Chuck Abell
July 11, 2018 - No Dance
At the UU Church
July 18, 2018
Music: Autumn Rose Lester and Jim Fownes
Calling: Melanie Axel-Lute
At the UU Church
July 25, 2018
Music: Shandy
Calling: Abigail Hobart
Eileen Kalfass - fiddle
Rebecca McCallum - fiddle
Jane Knoeck - piano
At the UU Church
August 1, 2018
Music: Tempest
Calling: Ron Blechner
Tim Ball - fiddle, vocals
Chuck Abell - guitar, vocals
Harry Aceto - bass
August 8, 2018 - No Dance
August 15, 2018 - No Dance
At the UU Church
August 22, 2018
Music: Polaris
Calling: TBA
Rose Jackson - fiddle
Marta Bartholomew - fiddle
Jesse Ball - guitar, accordion, feet
Sam Zakon-Anderson - piano
At the UU Church
August 29, 2018
Music: Audrey Budington and Clayton Clemetson
Calling: Dugan Murphy
At the Masonic Lodge
September 5, 2018
Music: Cloud Ten
Calling: Jean Gorrindo
Cedar Stanistreet- fiddle
Donal Sheets - cello, guitar
Guillaume Sparrow-Pepin - accordion, piano
September 12, 2018 - No Dance
Click here to download a PDF of the current Amherst flyer
Dances organized by Amherst Area Contradances, a group of local dance enthusiasts. For information, Click HERE
This dance series is funded in part by the New Leaders, Good Leaders Fund of the Country Dance and Song Society
