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.

Key to the location codes

MONTH	DAY	BAND(S)	CALLER(S)	LOC
May 2025
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 7:00 pm - Beginner Lesson 7:30 pm - Contra Dance 11:00 pm - Bonfire At the Kalyx Center 442 E 1300 North Rd Monticello, IL Kalyx Center Map	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 2025
June	Friday 6	Miriam & Matt Miriam Larson & Matt Turino	Gail Hintze Chillicothe	C-M
June	Friday 20	Brenda & Friends	Soop Kish & Miriam Larson C-U	C-M
July 2025
July	Friday 11	Meadowhawk Amanda Ramey, Claire Johnson & Matt Turino	Lo Peckman St. Louis	C-M
July	Friday 18	Purple Martins Peter Martin (hammered dulcimer and flutes), Laurie Eberhardt (fiddle and piano) & Sylvie Martin-Eberhardt (piano and fiddle)	Andrew Stout Massachusetts	C-M
August 2025
August	Friday 1	Laura, Ed & Friends	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

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