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. Most dances are held at the Phillips Recreation Center, 505 W.Stoughton, Urbana. Admission for most dances is on a sliding scale from $5 to $10, 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

Here are the tentative summer dates. Check back soon for the finalized schedule.

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	TBA	TBA	TBA
June 2025
June	Friday 6	TBA	TBA	TBA
June	Friday 20	TBA	TBA	TBA
July 2025
July	Friday 11	TBA	TBA	TBA
July	Friday 18	TBA	TBA	TBA
August 2025
August	Friday 1	TBA	TBA	TBA
August	Friday 15	TBA	TBA	TBA
August	Friday 22 to Sunday 24	Sugar Hill Dance weekend near Bloomington, IN

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