SUMMER 2025 SCHEDULE
We generally hold dances on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month. There are occasional exceptions to this rule with dances on other Fridays or Saturdays. The specific dates may depend on the scheduling of holidays and other events. All dances start at 8 P.M. and go to 11 P.M. unless otherwise noted. Dances will be held at the Phillips Recreation Center, 505 W.Stoughton, and the Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon, both in Urbana. Admission for most dances is on a sliding scale from $5 to $15, pay what you feel is right. A higher fee may be charged for special events.
If you are going to be traveling this summer you might want to check out some of the dance groups elsewhere in the country, or some of the dance weekends this summer.
MONTH | DAY | BAND(S) | CALLER(S) | LOC |
May | Friday 2 | The Young and the Fretless Tom Bassett, Lyle Konigsberg, Rolf Pendall & Rebecca Grosser FREE admission to a dance for Jonathan Sivier's birthday. |
Karen Jackson St. Louis |
PRC |
May | Saturday 10 | Dangerous Contraband With Sam Atkinson (fiddle), Henry Kraatz (fiddle), Stella Faux (fiddle), Beau Barber (mandolin), Tom Faux (guitar), Mike Atkinson (bass)
5:00 pm - Potluck
At the Kalyx Center |
Miriam Larson C-U |
KAL |
May | Friday 16 | The Young and the Fretless Tom Bassett, Lyle Konigsberg, Rolf Pendall & Rebecca Grosser |
Kristi Emilsson C-U |
C-M |
June | Friday 6 | Miriam & Matt Miriam Larson & Matt Turino |
Gail Hintze Chillicothe |
C-M |
June | Sunday 8 | Fiddle & Jam Weekend faculty band Family Dance at Independent Media Center - 2-3:30 pm Free admission! Part of the Fiddle & Jam Weekend 2025 in downtown Urbana. |
Kristi Emilsson C-U |
IMC |
June | Friday 20 | Brenda & Friends |
Soop Kish & Miriam Larson C-U |
C-M |
July | Friday 11 | Acoustic Mayhem Laura Sleade, Ed Hawkes, Lyle Konigsburg & Sue Frankenburg |
Lo Peckman St. Louis |
C-M |
July | Friday 18 | Euphor Matt Turino, Sam Payne, Tom Turino & Michael Valliant |
Andrew Stout Massachusetts |
C-M |
July | Saturday 26 | TBD Family Dance at Channing Murray - 1:30-4 pm Sliding scale admission for families |
Gail Hintze Chillicothe |
C-M |
August | Friday 1 | Meadowhawk Amanda Ramey, Claire Johnson & Matt Turino |
Jonathan Sivier
Champaign |
PRC |
August | Friday 15 | Too Old To Be Controlled Claudia and Gary Kaufman & Dave Kuntz from Danvers and Bloomington-Normal |
Qwilleran Chaplin Duval Chicago |
PRC |
August | Friday 22 to Sunday 24 |
Sugar Hill Dance weekend near Bloomington, IN |