Adults: $10-15 — Students: $8 — High School: $6
First-timers who attend our 7pm Beginner's Lesson: FREE
Our Regular Venue (above) is the
Pacific Lodge Masonic Hall
99 Main St, Amherst, MA
Between the Black Sheep Deli and the Police Station
Our Summer Venue is the
Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst
121 N. Pleasant St, Amherst, MA
Our summer dances are held at the UU Church. Please enter through the right-side door. Our dance returns to the Masonic Hall in the fall.
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
October 10, 2018 - No Dance
October 17, 2018
Music: Transcontranental
Calling: Sue Gola
Transcontranental is Dave Bartley, Rebecca McCallum, and David Kaynor
Stylish Contras
October 24, 2018
Music: Kingfisher
Calling: Lisa Greenleaf
Jeff - mandolin, feet
Cecelia - fiddle
Halloween Contra
October 31, 2018
Music: Casey Murray, Donal Sheets, Eric Boodman
Calling: Bob Isaacs
Eric - fiddle
Casey - cello, guitar
Donal - cello, guitar, piano
Techno Contras
November 7, 2018
Music & Calling: Chuck Abell
November 14, 2018 - No Dance
November 21, 2018 - No Dance
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 28, 2018
Music: Cedar Stanistreet, Jesse Ball, Guillaume Sparrow-Pepin
Calling: Daniel Friedman
Cedar Stanistreet - fiddle
Jesse Ball - guitar, mandolin, feet
Guillaume Sparrow-Pepin - accordion, piano
December 5, 2018
Music: Cedar Stanistreet and Donal Sheets
Calling: Luke Donforth
Cedar - fiddle
Donal - cello, guitar, feet
December 12, 2018 - No Dance
December 19, 2018
Music: Bartieni Street
Calling: George Marshall
Cedar Stanistreet - fiddle
David Cantieni - flute, sax, bombarde
Kate Barnes - piano, guitar
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
