Promoting, preserving, and teaching Contra and English Country dance and music in metropolitan Portland, Oregon

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The Portland Country Dance Community is a consortium of dancers, musicians and callers promoting traditional and modern Contra and English country dance and music through regular dances, workshops and other events. Everyone is welcome. Membership is $15 a year for individuals, $12 for students and seniors (65+), or $25 for households. Membership provides discounts at all PCDC dances and a subscription to the "Footnotes" newsletter. Donations in excess of membership fees are tax deductible.


  Information about dancing,
playing and calling at a
PCDC contra dance
  Learn tunes from some
of Portland's finest
folk musicians!

Regional Events

Jul 30-Aug 7
(Sat-Sat)
Lark Music and Dance Camp Mendocino, CA
Aug 6-9
(Fri-Sun)
Orcas Summer Camp Orcas Island, WA
Aug 20-21
(Fri-Sat)
Beavergrass Bluegrass Festival Corvallis, OR
Aug 15-21
(Sun-Sat)
Lady of the Lake Family Week Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sep 3-6
(Fri-Mon)
Northwest Passage
Dance and Music Camp
Rhododendron, OR
Sep 4-5
(Sat-Sun)
Tumbleweed Music Festival Richland, WA
Sep 10-12
(Fri-Sun)
Simcoe Mountain
Music and Dance Weekend
Goldendale, WA
Sep 14-19
(Tue-Sun)
Over the Water
Hurdy-Gurdy Festival
Port Townshend, WA
Sep 17-17
(Fri-Sun)
Chehalis Contra Dance Camp Gibsons, BC
Sep 17-19
(Fri-Sun)
Zydeco Dance Camp Rhododendron, OR
Oct 1-3
(Fri-Sun)
Silver Falls Musical Gathering Silver Falls, OR

      PCDC Dance Weekends

RainDance logo Portland Raindance
April 30-May 2 2010
Northwest Passage logo Northwest Passage
September 3-6, 2010
Portland English Ball logo Portland English Country Ball
November 5-7, 2010