Calendar

Dances run regularly through the school year, Sept through June, the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month.
Beginner’s lesson: 7:30 PM. Dancing: 8:00 PM unless listed otherwise.
Dunn School Gym 3411 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR 97405 (Google Map). (Directions).
Please bring your own water bottle to the dances at Dunn School. We do not have access to a convenient water fountain or sink.

No Partner or experience needed!
Families are Welcome!
Bring soft soled shoes that won’t mark the floor.
Cost: $6 for members, $8 general. Arrive by 7:30 PM and get $1 off admission. Students with ID get another $1 off.

Special offer for folks new to contra dancing: When you pay the admission charge at your first dance in Eugene or Corvallis, you will be offered a coupon for free admission to a regular dance evening, valid in either Eugene or Corvallis. When you redeem that coupon, you will be offered a 50% discount coupon for your next dance in either Eugene or Corvallis.

Dances run regularly through the school year, Sept through June, the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month.
Beginner’s lesson: 7:30 PM. Dancing: 8:00 PM unless listed otherwise.
Dunn School Gym 3411 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR 97405 (Google Map). (Directions).
Please bring your own water bottle to the dances at Dunn School. We do not have access to a convenient water fountain or sink.

No Partner or experience needed!
Families are Welcome!
Bring soft soled shoes that won’t mark the floor.
Cost: $6 for members, $8 general. Arrive by 7:30 PM and get $1 off admission. Students with ID get another $1 off.

Special offer for folks new to contra dancing: When you pay the admission charge at your first dance in Eugene or Corvallis, you will be offered a coupon for free admission to a regular dance evening, valid in either Eugene or Corvallis. When you redeem that coupon, you will be offered a 50% discount coupon for your next dance in either Eugene or Corvallis.

Dances run regularly through the school year, Sept through June, the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month.
Beginner’s lesson: 7:30 PM. Dancing: 8:00 PM unless listed otherwise.
Dunn School Gym 3411 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR 97405 (Google Map). (Directions).
Please bring your own water bottle to the dances at Dunn School. We do not have access to a convenient water fountain or sink.

No Partner or experience needed!
Families are Welcome!
Bring soft soled shoes that won’t mark the floor.
Cost: $6 for members, $8 general. Arrive by 7:30 PM and get $1 off admission. Students with ID get another $1 off.

Special offer for folks new to contra dancing: When you pay the admission charge at your first dance in Eugene or Corvallis, you will be offered a coupon for free admission to a regular dance evening, valid in either Eugene or Corvallis. When you redeem that coupon, you will be offered a 50% discount coupon for your next dance in either Eugene or Corvallis.

Very special dance featuring The Sevens with Steve Zakon-Anderson calling! Starts a little early; Teaching at 7:00, main dance at 7:30. Ends a little early to accommodate the folks who have to work in the morning: 10:30.

Dances run regularly through the school year, Sept through June, the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month.
Beginner’s lesson: 7:30 PM. Dancing: 8:00 PM unless listed otherwise.
Dunn School Gym 3411 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR 97405 (Google Map). (Directions).
Please bring your own water bottle to the dances at Dunn School. We do not have access to a convenient water fountain or sink.

No Partner or experience needed!
Families are Welcome!
Bring soft soled shoes that won’t mark the floor.
Cost: $6 for members, $8 general. Arrive by 7:30 PM and get $1 off admission. Students with ID get another $1 off.

Special offer for folks new to contra dancing: When you pay the admission charge at your first dance in Eugene or Corvallis, you will be offered a coupon for free admission to a regular dance evening, valid in either Eugene or Corvallis. When you redeem that coupon, you will be offered a 50% discount coupon for your next dance in either Eugene or Corvallis.

Dances run regularly through the school year, Sept through June, the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month.
Beginner’s lesson: 7:30 PM. Dancing: 8:00 PM unless listed otherwise.
Dunn School Gym 3411 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR 97405 (Google Map). (Directions).
Please bring your own water bottle to the dances at Dunn School. We do not have access to a convenient water fountain or sink.

No Partner or experience needed!
Families are Welcome!
Bring soft soled shoes that won’t mark the floor.
Cost: $6 for members, $8 general. Arrive by 7:30 PM and get $1 off admission. Students with ID get another $1 off.

Special offer for folks new to contra dancing: When you pay the admission charge at your first dance in Eugene or Corvallis, you will be offered a coupon for free admission to a regular dance evening, valid in either Eugene or Corvallis. When you redeem that coupon, you will be offered a 50% discount coupon for your next dance in either Eugene or Corvallis.

Band: Wild Asparagus
Caller: George Marshall

Wild Asparagus on Thursday night: Starts promptly at 7:30 (no teaching). Stops a bit early too, to allow working folk to get at least a little sleep. Special dance, special time, special band, and a special price to help pay for it.

Brothers Andrew and Noah Van Norstrand have played for contra dances for more than a decade. Yes, they started touring before graduating high school. They’re both “married old men” in their 20s now, but still enjoy touring with their mom, Kim Yerton, playing for dances from coast to coast. This trio visits us all the way from New York. Dancing to their music will definitely be worth your while!
Caller George Marshall returns to Eugene, bringing these fine musicians.

MUSIC by Nor’Easter and KGB.
CALLERS: Jeremy Korr and Susan Petrick.
THEME: Alice In Wonderland; Through the Looking Glass.

Costumes welcome for Saturday night dance.

MUSIC by Notorious  and  The Nettles

CALLERS: Cis Hinkle and Lindsey Dono

For more information and to register go to
https://www.eugenefolklore.org/CascadeContras

San Miguel Fraser

Celtic + Castilian fiddle duo, María San Miguel and Galen Fraser, are multi-instrumentalists and educators who celebrate the values of community and traditional music in their unique chamber music style.

San Miguel Fraser is a project that will always stand for connection, celebrating the joy of music and shared inspiration. The dynamic duo was born as a result of the 2020 quarantine with the “Stay At Home Festival”. Thanks to the beautiful and universal folk community, they raised over $60,000 with the aim of bringing light to the world, maintaining morale and financially helping musicians around the globe. The “Stay At Home Festival” family lives on today with San Miguel Fraser.

As a lifelong fiddler and the son of Alasdair Fraser (Scottish fiddle champion), Galen Fraser continues the tradition of bringing us the traditional music of Scotland while adding contemporary tunes, some of which he has written himself. Maria San Miguel adds the voice of traditional Spanish music to the mix.

John Doyle and Mick McAuley

Irish musicians extraordinaire,

John Doyle (guitar) and
Mick McAuley (accordion, melodeon, concertina, whistles, guitar),

both previous members of the Irish-American supergroup Solas, and now soloists on the international stage, will perform a concert of instrumental music and songs in Corvallis before heading to the Yachats Celtic Festival. John Doyle is considered one of the best guitar players of traditional music in the world and is well-known for his guitar accompaniment of Liz Carroll, Karan Casey, and many others.

John Doyle & Mick McAuley have been playing music together on the international stage for over twenty years. As multi-instrumentalist members of Irish-American supergroup Solas, they combined to create part of the group’s unmistakable early sound which garnered critical worldwide acclaim with the Boston Herald heralding Solas as “The Best Traditional Band in the World”.

John Doyle is the most influential Irish American guitarist of his generation. Born in Dublin, John came up in a family where “everybody played something,” and his father, singer and song collector Sean Doyle, nurtured his interest in the deep wellspring of Irish song.

Kevin Burke

is an Irish master fiddler considered one of the finest living Irish fiddlers. For nearly five decades he has been at the forefront of Irish traditional music and Celtic music, performing and recording with the groups The Bothy Band, Patrick Street, and the Celtic Fiddle Festival. He is a 2002 recipient of a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.  He has been living in Portland for decades but this is his first concert in Corvallis in many years.

GALLOWGLASS

Gallowglass, a Contemporary Celtic Folk Band from Bellingham, WA will present a fundraiser concert for The Corvallis Celtic Festival and the South Benton County Food Bank. Presented by the Corvallis Folklore Society, the show is at Heritage Hall in Monroe (the old Methodist Church, 648 Orchard Street, Monroe) on Saturday May 24.

With a combination of emotional vocal delivery, fresh melodic arrangements, and airtight accompaniment, Gallowglass has developed a style of contemporary Celtic folk that Irish Music Magazine calls “an inspired approach to the tradition.” The group, featuring Jan Peters (vocals, harmonica), Mishon Kirkland (vocals, Irish flute), Zach Bauman (Irish Bouzouki) and David Pender Lofgren (Bodhrán), has become one of the Pacific Northwest’s most celebrated Celtic music

They will be joined by Corvallis fiddler Erika Nagamoto.

• 6pm-dessert potluck, wine available for purchase to benefit the South Benton Food Bank
• 6:30pm- doors open
• 7-9pm- concert

There will be an open Celtic session with the band after the show. All instruments and abilities welcome!

Tickets $25 with $5 going to the South Benton Food Bank. Tickets online at corvalliscelticfestival.org or at the door.

Please join us at this lovely concert space for what promises to be a great community concert and jam!