Upcoming Dates
March 8, 2025 - Norwich Contra Dance with special waltz session
with Rose Jackson (fiddle) and Mary Cay Brass (piano)
Calling by Liz Nelson
6:30 - 10:30 pm
Norwich, VT
March 9, 2025 - Brattleboro Area Contra Dance
with Rose Jackson (fiddle) and Mary Cay Brass (piano)
Calling by Luke Donforth
Guilford, VT
March 12, 2025 - Ann Feitelson's Quilt Exhibition
Quilt-viewing music with the Montague session band
Montague Center Library
5:30 - 7 pm
Montague, MA
April 5, 2025 - Amherst Survival Center Empty Bowls Fundraiser
Enjoy soup, serving from celebrity hosts, and go home with a handmade bowl- all for a great cause!
2:40 - 4 pm (event starts at noon with other lovely musicians playing as well!)
Amherst, MA
April 17, 2025 - Fundraiser contra dance for the Montague Common Hall
with George Wilson (fiddle), Becky Hollingsworth (piano), and sit ins
Calling by Hannah Johlas
Everything matched up to $2500 for hall accessibility renovations!
Montague, MA
April 25-27, 2025 - New England Folk Festival
April 25
Movin' Groovin Contras with Joy Factor, calling by Donna Hunt
8 - 8:50 pm, Trade Center West
April 26
Triple Minor Contras with Not Enough Fiddles, calling by Chris Page
1 - 1:50 pm, Trade Center West
David A. Kaynor tunes jam with Roundtuit
3 - 3:50 pm
April 27
Family Dance with Rose Jackson and Mary Cay Brass, calling by Imogen Mills
10 - 10:50 am, Princess
Contra Chestnuts with Rose and Mary Cay, calling by Jacob Bloom
11 - 11:50 am, Ballroom CDE
May 9, 2025 - Albany Contra Dance
with Joy Factor- Gianna Marzilli Ericson (fiddle) and Henry Yoshimura (guitar)
Calling by Quena Crain
Albany, NY
May 10, 2025 - North Berkshire Community Contra Dance
with Joy Factor
Calling by Peter Stix
Williamstown, MA
May 23, 2025 - Leverett Co-op Pizza Night
with cynthia thomas (fiddle) and TBD
6 - 7:30 pm
Leverett Co-op
Leverett, MA
August 23, 2025 - Mystic Pie Dance
with Joy Factor
Calling by Don Heinold
Groton, CT
September 26, 2025 - Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo
with Roundtuit: Leigh Pilzer (saxophone and bass clarinet) and Charlie Pilzer (piano)
Calling by Carl Levine
Glen Echo, MD
October 15, 2025 - Downtown Amherst Contra Dance
with Joy Factor
Calling by Jeremy Korr
Amherst, MA
October 16, 2025 - Thursday Contras at the Scout House
with Joy Factor
Calling by TBD
Concord, MA
November 15, 2025 - Lenox Contra Dance
with Joy Factor
Calling by Will Mentor
Lenox, MA
December 6, 2025 - Peterborough Contra Dance
with Joy Factor
Calling by Steve Zakon-Anderson
Peterborough, NH
February 26, 2026 - Mt. Airy Contra Dance
with Joy Factor
Calling by TBD
Philadelphia, PA
March 1, 2026 - Brooklyn Contra Dance
with Joy Factor
Calling by TBD
Brooklyn, NY