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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