URBANA COUNTRY DANCERS

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.

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 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 2025
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 2025
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

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