Come enjoy our inflation-busting, donation-based dance admission. 

$5 to $20 - pay what you can

 

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Sunday, April 6 - Just for Fun  2 - 5 pm  It's a workshop and a party! New dancers are welcomed. Learn style and skill in a relaxed atmosphere. Bring dances to call and dance to, figures to work on... Contra, English, swing, squares - all are up for the bidding.

 

Saturday, April 12 - Contra and Squares 7:30 - 10:30 pm  Free skills workshop at 7pm. Tunes by Askin' For Trouble and calls by the Home Team.

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Wednesday, April 16 - English Country Dance 7:30 - 9:30 pm.  Wonderful English dances from Elizabethan to Jane Austen to Modern. Thorn Among the Roses returns to play live music and the English callers team will lead the dances.

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​NO CONTRA ON APRIL 26 - Join us at the Trillium Twirl Dance Weekend https://www.michigandanceheritage.org/trilliumtwirl  

 

​​Wear comfortable clothing and smooth dance soles - and please bring water to drink.

Bringing a snack to share at break is always welcomed!

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** Click the Dance Calendar tab on the Home page to open the calendar -  then click on an event in the calendar to see full details!! ** 

All dances are held at the Oshtemo Grange, 3234 North 3rd Street (corner of 3rd St and H Ave.) Kalamazoo, MI. Park in the Grange lot, or the church across the street.

(don't block the fire station, please!)

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See updates and posts on our Facebook group:  Contra Dance Kalamazoo.

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We are a non-profit group in Kalamazoo Michigan housed in an ADA compliant historic grange hall, passionate about preserving the joy and excitement of the contra, square, and English dance traditions. Activities supported by the Michigan Arts and Culture Council & National Endowment for the Arts www.michigan.gov/arts

 

We provide beginners' instruction and live music, and we welcome everyone!

Please take a moment to browse our website and learn more about the dances and our organization.