Newcomers and beginners ALWAYS welcome!
Intro lesson at 7pm at every dance

FREE ADMISSION for new dancers who attend Intro Lesson!

Masonic Lodge 99 Main Street - Amherst, MA

(near the Black Sheep Deli and the Police Station)

Admission: $10-12, Students: $8, High School: $6

Please bring water and clean, soft-soled shoes to protect the wood floor.

This is a Fragrance-Free and Substance-Free event. Please refrain from wearing scented products. Dances are smoke, drug and alcohol free.

Dance Schedule

September 7, 2016

Music: The Guiding Star Ramblers

Calling: Will Mentor

With Stuart Kenney on bass and banjo, Cedar Stanistreet on fiddle, and Max Newman on guitar and foot percussion.

September 21, 2016   6th Anniversary Dance!!!

Music: Ed Howe & Bennett Konesni

Calling: Bob Isaacs

September 28, 2016

Music: Julie Vallimont, Rachel Bell, Audrey Knuth

Calling: Michael Karcher (Seattle, WA)

October 5, 2016

Music: Chimney Swift

Calling: Hilton Baxter

October 19, 2016

Music: Noodles (Seattle, WA)

Calling: Jacqui  Ann Grennan (CA)

October 26, 2016

Music: Cedar Stanistreet, Corey DiMario, Marko Packard

Calling: Jean Gibson-Gorrindo (CA)

November 2, 2016

Music: Julie Vallimont, Rachel Bell, Audrey Knuth

Calling: Will Mentor

November 16, 2016

Music: Turning Stile (Aaron Marcus & Joanne Garton)

Calling: Dave Eisenstadter

November 23, 2016     NO DANCE THIS WEEK!

Happy Thanksgiving Eve!

November 30, 2016

Music: Pete’s Posse

Calling: Adina Gordon

December 7, 2016

Music: Buddy System (Techno Dance)

Calling: George Marshall

Julie Vallimont - keyboard, accordion, loops, synths, effects

Noah VanNorstrand - fiddle

December 21, 2016

Music: Bartieni Street (David Cantieni, Cedar Stanistreet, Kate Barnes)

Calling: Lisa Greenleaf

December 28, 2016

Music: Everest Witman & Friends

Calling: TBA

January 4, 2017

Music: Blackjack Grove

Calling: Rachel Shapiro Wallace

January 11, 2017 - No Dance

January 18, 2017

Music: TBA

Calling: TBA

January 25, 2017

Music: Pete’s Posse

Calling: Lisa Greenleaf

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