Madison Contra Dance
Madison Contra Dance Co-op Fall 2022 Calendar
Every Tuesday (except election days)
Oct 4 Barn Dance at Olin Park (FOOT dance series)
Oct 8 O'Brien Old-Time Barn Dance (see calendar below for details)
Oct 11–Nov 1 Gates of Heaven
Nov 8 NO DANCE - VOTE!
Nov 15 Gates of Heaven
Nov 22-Dec 20 Wil-Mar
Dec 27 Wil-Mar perhaps
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.
If you are interested in calling or sitting in with the band, please contact us and introduce yourself. The music for the co-op band (MadCoCo) is available here.
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 on! Usually held around the 3rd weekend in September at Folklore Village in Dodgeville, WI