Knoxville, TN — Knoxville Dance Weekend, with Notorious, Clearbranch, and the 1,2,3's, calling by Sue Rosen. Here's the flyer.

Houston, TX — Bayou Bedlam with the Latter Day Lizards, calling by Eric Weberg

Buena Vista, CO - Stellar Days & Nights, with Goldcrest (Daron Douglas, Dave Wiesler, and Paul Oorts) and by Second Nature (Karina Wilson and Della O'Keefe), calling by Mary Devlin and Gaye Fifer.

Lawrence, KS — Midwinter Meltdown with Peghead, Three Bean Salad, Fox on the Run and Round Robbins, calling by Jill Allen, Jim Thaxter, Jerome Grisanti and others. Download a flyer here.

Cape Girardeau, MO - Chance Dance with the White Mules and Chicory. Open calling. Here's a flyer.

Ann Arbor, MI — Dawn Dance Weekend, music by Groovemongers with Mark Hellenberg and Bare Necessities. Calling by Adina Gordon and Helene Cornelius.

525 miles
(~8-9 hours)

Columbia, MO — Spring Breakdown, with Bob McQuillen and Old New England, calling by Susan Kevra

Cincinnati, OH — Pig Town Fling with Atlantic Crossing and Pig Town Alley, calling by Diane Silver.

Chicago, IL - U. Chicago Dance Weekend, with Elixir, calling by Nils Fredland

Oberlin, OH — Dandelion Romp, with Night Watch and Magic Foot, calling byCarol Ormand and David Millstone

Berea, KY — Hands Four Spring Dance Weekend with Great Bear Trio, calling by Cary Ravitz and Sarah VanNorstrand

580 mi (~10 hours)

Fairfield, Iowa — Fairfield Frolic
with Peter Barnes and Dave Langford (of the Latter Day Lizards) calling by Will Mentor. Sign up early. The weekend has a limit of 100 dancers.

Louisville, KY — Potato Run with The Cosmic Otters and caller TBA

Columbus, OH - Mayapple Stomp Weekend (camping on Lake Logan) Open band, open calling

Lexington, KY — Dance Trance, with Crowfoot, calling by Barb Ramlow and Darlene Underwood.

Delafield, WI - IndepenDance Daze, with Stringdancer and the Great Bear Trio, calling by Nils Fredland and Jo Mortland

Cumberland, KY — Dance Week
Great inter-generational dance week.

Bloomington, IN — Sugar Hill
open band, open calling, camping available

Lawrence, KS — CDSS Annual Meeting Dance Weekend, with Fox on the Run (Greg and Jill Allen, and Mark Franzke) and Squirrel Heads and Gravy (Bob and Melissa Atchison, Cathy Barton, Dave Para). Local and CDSS Board Member callers.

Oklahoma City, OK — Flamingo Fling 2009 with the Great Bear Trio and Nils Fredland calling.

St Louis, MO — High Tea & Whiskey with Reel Women and the Jigelos and the Tu'Penny Uprights, calling by Joseph Pimentel. Labor Day weekend contra/English mix

Dodgeville, WI — Squirrel Moon with
the Groovemongers, calling by Tom Hinds. Download a flyer.

Earthshine Contra - Arcadia Valley Mountain Music Festival Camping and contra dancing in Ironton, MO with your hosts Mary Lou and Jim. See their new web site here.

100 miles
(~2 hours)

Champaign-Urbana, IL — Illinois All-Weekend Barn Dance.Two nights, two barns!

1. Friday, October 16, 8-11 pm, Anderson's Barn
2. Saturday, October 17, 4-Midnight, Kalyx Center, Monticello

Fri 195 miles (~3.5 hours)

Sat 170 miles
(~3 hours)

Springfield, MO — SoleFest, with Avant Gardeners , calling by Doug Singleton

Charlottesville, VA - Charlottesville Fall Dance Festival, with Wild Asparagus, calling TBA. (If you fly in and out of DC, you can easily catch the Sunday night Glen Echo Dance.  Every dancer should make the pilgrimage to Glen Echo at least once.)

760 miles
(~12 hours)

Indianapolis, IN — Gypsy Moon Ball, with Hu$hMoney & Third Fiddle (Ben Smith on fiddle, Miriam Larson on flute, and Eric Schedler on piano and accordion), calling by Gaye Fifer and Meg Dedolph

Look for a pre-Gypsy Moon Ball dance on October 30 in Bloomington.

260 miles
(~4.5 hours)

235 miles
(~4 hours)

815 miles
(~13 hours)

Pittsburgh, PA — Fall Dance Weekend, with Crowfoot and Toppish, calling by Rick Mohr and Shawn Brenneman.

Lawrence, KS — Pilgrim's Progression, with Notorious, calling by Shawn Brenneman.

Louisville KY — Fleur de Lis Fling with Hot Club of Derbytown , and Red Mountain (formerly Red Mountain White Trash), calling by Jerome Grisanti and Steve Bennett.

275 miles
(~5 hours)

Columbus, OH — Winter Warm Up
with Airdance and Hot Club of Derbytown calling by Seth Tepfer and Kate Power.

Champaign-Urbana, IL — Chambana Jan Jam with Lynn Chirps Smith and Friends, Pat and Possum (Charlie Walden and Pat Plunkett), and U4, calling by Ron Buchanon, Dot Kent, and Diane Silver.

Lexington, KY and Berea, KY — Swing Shift with The Avant Gardeners, calling by Keith Cornett Eustis.