Please note that this page is in no way an exhaustive list of dance weekends. Most of them don't have Web pages. You know how to fix this!

Dance weekends and camps listed by month

January

February

• The Fiddling Frog Dance Festival is held in February, in or near Los Angeles.
• The Dance Flurry is held in Saratoga Springs, NY (near Albany) in February.
• The Knoxville Winter Dance Festival is actually the first breath of spring; it's held in February in Knoxville, Tennessee and is the best dance weekend I know.

March

• The Down East Country Dance Festival is held in March in Portland, ME.

April

• The Chesapeake Dance Weekend is held in April in Edgewater, MD
• The Palmetto Bug Stomp AKA the Bugstomp is held in April in Charleston, SC.
• The Springforth Ball is held in April in Richmond, VA.
• Dance Awakening is held in April at Harbin Hot Springs, a wonderful resort north of San Francisco.
• The NEFFA homepage includes info on the New England Folk Festival. NEFFA is held in Natick, MA (west of Boston) in April.

May

• Almost Heaven is held at Buffalo Gap in West Virginia in May.
• The Brattleboro Dawn Dances are held on Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends (usually on Sunday) in Brattleboro, VT
• The Blue Moon Festival is held in Hunstville, Alabama in May.
• The Northwest Folklife Festival is held in late May in Seattle.
• Kimmswick dance weekends are held once or twice a year (usually May and September) at the Cuivre River State Park outside of St Louis.
• The Lake Eden Arts Festival is held in May and October near Black Mountain, NC

June

July

• River Rendevous is held in July in Coschocton, Ohio.
• The Augusta Heritage Center sponsors dance and music weeks all summer, including the famous Dance Week usually in July.
• Sierra Swing is held in July near Kings Canyon National Park in California.

August

• Mentone, AKA the Birmingham Dance Weekend, is held in Birmingham, Alabama in August.
• Sugar Hill, the paragon of do-it-yourself dance weekends, is held in August near Bloomington, Indiana.

September

• Moondance is held at Table Rock State Park near Greenville in September.
• Feet Retreat is held at Camp Sertoma, near Winstom-Salem, NC, in September.
• The Brattleboro Dawn Dances are held on Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends (usually on Sunday) in Brattleboro, VT
• American Dance Weekend at Buffalo Gap is held in September at, well, Buffalo Gap Community Camp in West Virginia.
• Kimmswick dance weekends are held once or twice a year (usually May and September) at the Cuivre River State Park outside of St Louis.
• The Bear Hug Mountain Festival is held in September near Rollins, Montana.
• The Central Iowa Dance Weekend is held in September in Ames, IA.
• The Heritage Dance Festival is held outside Philadelphia in September.

October

• The Lake Eden Arts Festival is held in May and October near Black Mountain, NC

November

• NOMAD is held in Connecticut in November.

December

• The Florida Rhapsody is held between Christmas and New Year's Eve at YMCA Camp Winona, De Leon Springs, FL.

Listed by state

Alabama

• The Blue Moon Festival is held in Hunstville, Alabama in May.
• Mentone, AKA the Birmingham Dance Weekend, is held in Birmingham, Alabama in August.

Alaska

Arizona

• The May Madness ContraFest is held in, well, May in Prescott, Arizona.

Arkansas

California

• The Fiddling Frog Dance Festival is held in February, in or near Los Angeles.
• Dance Awakening is held in April at Harbin Hot Springs, a wonderful resort north of San Francisco.
• Sierra Swing is held in July near Kings Canyon National Park in California.

Colorado

Connecticut

• NOMAD is held in Connecticut in November.

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

• The Florida Rhapsody is held between Christmas and New Year's Eve at YMCA Camp Winona, De Leon Springs, FL.

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

• Sugar Hill, the paragon of do-it-yourself dance weekends, is held in August near Bloomington, Indiana.

Iowa

• The Central Iowa Dance Weekend is held in September in Ames, IA.

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

• The Down East Country Dance Festival is held in March in Portland, ME.

Maryland

• The Chesapeake Dance Weekend is held in April in Edgewater, MD

Massachusetts

• The NEFFA homepage includes info on the New England Folk Festival. NEFFA is held in Natick, MA (west of Boston) in April. They also host a dance on a boat east of Boston.
• The CDSS sponsors dance weeks and camps both at Pinewoods Camp in Masachusetts and at Buffalo Gap in West Virginia.

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

• Kimmswick dance weekends are held once or twice a year (usually May and September) at the Cuivre River State Park outside of St Louis.

Montana

• The Bear Hug Mountain Festival is held in September near Rollins, Montana.

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

• The Dance Flurry is held in Saratoga Springs, NY (near Albany) in February.

North Carolina

• The John C. Campbell Folk School offers dance weeks and workshops in Brasstown, NC.
• The Lake Eden Arts Festival is held in May and October near Black Mountain, NC

North Dakota

Ohio

• River Rendevous is held in July in Coschocton, Ohio.

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

• The Heritage Dance Festival is held outside Philadelphia in September.

Rhode Island

South Carolina

• Moondance is held at Table Rock State Park near Greenville in September.
• Feet Retreat is held at Camp Sertoma, near Winstom-Salem, NC, in September.
• The Palmetto Bug Stomp AKA the Bugstomp is held in April in Charleston, SC.

South Dakota

Tennessee

• The Knoxville Winter Dance Festival is actually the first breath of spring; it's held in February in Knoxville, Tennessee and is the best dance weekend I know.

Texas

Utah

Vermont

• The Brattleboro Dawn Dances are held on Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends (usually on Sunday) in Brattleboro, VT

Virginia

• The Springforth Ball is held in April in Richmond, VA.

Washington

• The Northwest Folklife Festival is held in late May in Seattle.

West Virginia

• Almost Heaven is held at Buffalo Gap in West Virginia in May.
• American Dance Weekend at Buffalo Gap is held in September at, well, Buffalo Gap Community Camp in West Virginia.
• The Augusta Heritage Center sponsors dance and music weeks all summer, including the famous Dance Week usually in July.
• The CDSS sponsors dance weeks and camps both at Buffalo Gap in West Virginia and at Pinewoods Camp in Masachusetts.

Wisconsin

Wyoming