Downeast Friends of the Folk Arts
Music and Dance for the Maine community
Belfast Flying Shoes presents the First Friday Community Dance and Contra Dance Series. 6:00 warm-up session for the All Comers Band, led by Willy Clemetson & Benjamin Foss and open to all musicians, instruments, and skill levels. Tune list available on the website. 6:30 Community Dance (Chrissy Fowler & Lisa Newcomb calling with music by […]
A monthly contra dance in Portland, Maine. Event details at www.CommonFloorContra.dance
The Brooks Contra Dance returns for 2024 with a very special combination! The Pine Tree Flyers (Katie McNally, Emily Troll, Neil Pearlman, Owen Marshall) will be joined by caller Chris Ricciotti to kick off the season here in Brooks. The Pine Tree Flyers are top shelf masters of New England dance music, and Chris is […]
Elitsa Stoyneva Krastev will lead a Bulgarian singing workshop on Zoom. She will come to Maine at a later date to follow up with an in person workshop (date TBA). Send a message to Maine Balkan Choir on Facebook if you’d like to join in on the Zoom workshop and they will send you a […]
It's a contra dance, on a Friday, at the Topsham Grange. Live music by The Dead Sea Squirrels, calling by Chris Ricciotti, dancing by you. $15 cash or Venmo. Bring clean shoes and a water bottle. Will there be a beginner lesson? Yes. Should I come dancing if I feel sick? No. Can I […]
We are looking for singers to join us as we create a statewide choir with a special purpose: to create community by singing progressive songs. Think "Rise Up Singing" with a focus on current events. This group will mirror the Resistance Revival Choir of Vermont or other group singing such as that put on by […]
Belfast Flying Shoes presents the First Friday Community Dance and Contra Dance Series. 6:00 warm-up session for the All Comers Band, led by Willy Clemetson & Benjamin Foss and open to all musicians, instruments, and skill levels. Tune list available on the website. 6:30 Community Dance (Chrissy Fowler & Lisa Newcomb calling with music by […]