Madison Contra Dance
Upcoming dances!!!
Wil-Mar Center, Madison, 7:30-9:30 pm
Every Tuesday (except election days)
Wil-Mar Center, Madison, 7:30-9:30 pm
Every Tuesday (except election days)
COVID vaccination AND EITHER masks OR rapid antigen tests required. Click here for details.
Almost every Tuesday, year-round, hall open at 7:15, dancing to begin promptly at 7:30 to about 9:30 pm, at the Wil-Mar Center.
Your donations are the sole source for our hall rentals. Please give what you can — many folks give about $5. For students, $3 is typical. If you're coming regularly, you could consider paying $50 for three months of dancing.
Open band and calling. If you want to join the band, the Madison Open Band (aka the MOB) has links to all the music played at the dances.
News articles about Tuesday dances:
Circle Left. Published in the Isthmus, January 2, 2020.
Madison's Tuesday Night Dances: Fostering Talent for More Than Twenty Years, Published in CDSS News, spring 2014.
Saturday Dances
Dances happen:
first Saturdays from October through May at Prairie Hill Waldorf School in Delafield, WI, 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. More information available at: www.delafieldcontra.com. (suspended for now)
third Saturdays from October through May at Grace Episcopal Church, 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. Optional lesson at 7:00 pm. See the Dance Halls page for directions and parking information. (Still suspended, as of 4/13/22...)
Sliding scale admission for Madison Saturday dances is $5-10+; please give what you can to support our dance community!
Dance Weekends
September 16-18, 2022 is currently in the planning stages. Usually held around the 3rd weekend in September at Folklore Village in Dodgeville, WI