Thursday, November 21: CONTRA at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Greg Frock with Uncle Dave: David Brown, Kathrine Gardner, Erik Hoffman More Info

Saturday, November 23: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Greg Frock with Magic Reelism: Sue Jones, David Wright, Cheryl McKinney, Del Eckels More Info

Wednesday, November 27: CONTRA at The Polish Club in San Francisco. — CANCELED - SF Contra cancelled—it’s Thanksgiving Eve! More Info

Saturday, November 30: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Frannie Marr with Sycamore: Michael Sokolovsky, Cedar Stanistreet, Sam Foucher More Info

Thursday, December 5: CONTRA at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Frannie Marr with Sycamore: Michael Sokolovsky, Cedar Stanistreet, Sam Foucher More Info

Wednesday, December 11: CONTRA at The Polish Club in San Francisco. Music by Star Thistle: David Wright, Lonna Whipple, Cheryl McKinney - Contra - beginner lesson at 7:30, dance 8:00-10:30 More Info

Friday, December 13: Triskaidekaphobia (SPECIAL/CONTRA) at Hillside Club in Berkeley.
A cavalcade of callers and musicians, calling will be Larks and Robins. The year was 1980 when Kirston Koths (1948–2024) moved to the Bay Area. A new caller from Boston, he started a 2nd Friday contradance in Berkeley. Contradance was new to the area—the only regular dance was in Palo Alto. BACDS did not yet exist, and when it formed Kirston became member #2. Kirston organized, managed, and called his Berkeley dance for 25 years, eventually asking BACDS to take it on. By then contradancing was flourishing in the Bay Area, with dances in Palo Alto, San Francisco, Mill Valley, Santa Cruz, and many nearby cities. Contradancing took hold in the Bay Area, as in much of the country, due to the efforts of the early organizers, and Kirston was one of them. Kirston wrote at least a dozen dances. “Nantucket Sleigh Ride,” with its distinctive dip-and-dive figure, was wildly popular in the ’70s in New England. His most memorable West Coast dance, and the namesake of tonight, is “Triskaidekaphobia”. In appreciation and in celebration of his contribution to this community we present this special evening.

Saturday, December 14: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Alan Winston with Contra Cats: Lee Anne Welch, Sonia Shell, Yvonne Walbroehl, Robert Cornelius More Info

Saturday, December 28: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Kelsey Hartman with Rhythm Raptors: Jeff Spero, Rodney Miller, T. J. Crow More Info

Tuesday, December 31: Special New Year's Eve contra dance - finishes with a toast after midnight ( CONTRA/SPECIAL ) at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Susan Petrick with Corwin Zekley & Grace Fellows [London]: Corwin Zekley, Grace Fellows More Info

Thursday, January 2: CONTRA at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Andy Shore with Corwin Zekley & Grace Fellows [London]: Corwin Zekley, Grace Fellows More Info

Saturday, January 11: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. More Info

Saturday, January 25: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Music by Corwin Zekley & Grace Fellows [London]: Corwin Zekley, Grace Fellows More Info