This calendar shows local and PCDC affiliated events. To see more (and to be able to filter by type of events) go to our extended regional calendar.
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Fri Aug 29, 2025 – Mon Sep 1, 2025
For 2025, an English Country Dance Weekend with fabulous bands and callers. It's over Labour Day Weekend, so get 4 days for the price of 3!
Check out the details on our website.
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Mon Sep 1, 2025
PCDC sponsors a contra slow jam on the 1st and 3rd Mondays from 7-9 PM in the community room at McMenamins Kennedy School, 5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR 97211.
The events are free and open to all acoustic musicians, whether you play by dots or by ear.
The contra jam plays tunes from the Portland Collection and the waltz books edited by Bill Matthiesen.
If you don’t have the books, we’re happy to share. Come make music with us!!
Questions: Email Kathy Story, PCDC President
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Fri Sep 5, 2025
Dancing starts at 7:30.
Newcomers are always welcome. We waive the admission fee the first time you attend. An introductory session is available at 7:15 upon request.
No street shoes permitted beyond entryway. Only clean soled shoes permitted on the dance floor.
No partner required
Admission: Sliding Scale. Pay what you can. Recommended range $7.00 - $20.00
For more information about English Dance, please see: https://portlandcountrydance.org/english-country-dance/
Covid protocols: Though not required, masks and up-to-date vaccinations are recommended to help keep our community healthy. We continue to monitor potential exposures at PCDC events and adjust policies as needed. Refer to the PCDC Covid policy for details.
Questions? Email ecd-chair@portlandcountrydance.org
Location: Burlingame Water Tower Dance Hall
8936 SW 17th Av
Portland, Oregon 97219
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Mon Sep 8, 2025
PCDC sponsors an ECD slow jam on the 2nd and 4th Mondays from 7-9 PM in the community room at McMenamins Kennedy School, 5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR 97211.
The events are free and open to all acoustic musicians, whether you play by dots or by ear.
The ECD jam plays tunes from the Barnes Collection. If you don’t have the books, we’re happy to share. Come make music with us!!
Questions: Email Kathy Story, PCDC President
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Mon Sep 8, 2025
The Portland Contra Committee meets (usually) on 2nd Monday's to support the needs of Contra dance events and dancers.
Meeting locations vary and may be online. Meetings are open to all PCDC members. If interested in attending, volunteering, or would like a Zoom link, please email contra-chair@portlandcountrydance.org.
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Wed Sep 10, 2025
The English Country Dance Committee meetings are held in odd months, on-line, from 7:00 – 9:00.
Meetings are open to all PCDC members. If interested in attending and/ or volunteering, please email ecd-chair@portlandcountrydance.org
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Thu Sep 11, 2025
Time: 7-9pm (arrive in time to be tuned and ready to learn at 7:00)
Location: Private residence in SW Portland (email sharonjeanallen@yahoo.com for the address)
Contra dance tunes taught by ear. All melody instruments, all levels welcome. (Really! There's no test at the end!)
FREE! No cost to participants!
We meet the 2nd Thursday of each month to learn tunes by George Penk or Betsy Branch, alternating between SW and SE Portland. The focus is on developing a common repertoire to play by ear at jam sessions and, for those who wish, at 5th Saturday Open Band contra dances. Every third month rather than learn new tunes, we jam on the ones we've learned plus whatever else people want to play. The repeated monthly schedule is as follows:
||: George | Betsy | jam :||
For location details and to get on the email announcement list:
sharonjeanallen@yahoo.com
For more info and an archive of tunes:
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Fri Sep 12, 2025
Dancing starts at 7:30.
Newcomers are always welcome. We waive the admission fee the first time you attend. An introductory session is available at 7:15 upon request.
No street shoes permitted beyond entryway. Only clean soled shoes permitted on the dance floor.
No partner required
Admission: Sliding Scale. Pay what you can. Recommended range $7.00 - $20.00
For more information about English Dance, please see: https://portlandcountrydance.org/english-country-dance/
Covid protocols: Though not required, masks and up-to-date vaccinations are recommended to help keep our community healthy. We continue to monitor potential exposures at PCDC events and adjust policies as needed. Refer to the PCDC Covid policy for details.
Questions? Email ecd-chair@portlandcountrydance.org
Location: Burlingame Water Tower Dance Hall
8936 SW 17th Av
Portland, Oregon 97219
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Sat Sep 13, 2025
![PCDC 2nd Saturday Contra: Riffraff [Olympia] w/Suzanne Girardot [Seattle]](https://portlandcountrydance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Fulton-2025-1024x769.jpg)
Our Saturday night series at Fulton Hall continues! Riffraff will head down from Olympia to play for our dancing pleasure: Lindon Toney, Jesse Partridge, Dante Faulk, Eros Faulk. Suzanne Girardot will head down from Seattle to call dances using gender-neutral terms.
7:00 pm newcomer/refresher lesson
7:30 pm dancing starts
10:30 dancing ends
Some dancers head to a pub for "afters" -- all are welcome!
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Sun Sep 14, 2025
The 2nd Sunday Experienced dance will be taking a break. We hope to restart this series in the Fall
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Mon Sep 15, 2025
PCDC sponsors a contra slow jam on the 1st and 3rd Mondays 7pm-9pm in the community room at McMenamins Kennedy School, 5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR 97211.
The events are free and open to all acoustic musicians, whether you play by dots or by ear.
The contra jam plays tunes from the Portland Collection and the waltz books edited by Bill Matthiesen.
If you don’t have the books, we’re happy to share. Come make music with us!!
Questions: Email Kathy Story, PCDC President
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Fri Sep 19, 2025
Dancing starts at 7:30.
Newcomers are always welcome. We waive the admission fee the first time you attend. An introductory session is available at 7:15 upon request.
No street shoes permitted beyond entryway. Only clean soled shoes permitted on the dance floor.
No partner required
Admission: Sliding Scale. Pay what you can. Recommended range $7.00 - $20.00
For more information about English Dance, please see: https://portlandcountrydance.org/english-country-dance/
Covid protocols: Though not required, masks and up-to-date vaccinations are recommended to help keep our community healthy. We continue to monitor potential exposures at PCDC events and adjust policies as needed. Refer to the PCDC Covid policy for details.
Questions? Email ecd-chair@portlandcountrydance.org
Location: Burlingame Water Tower Dance Hall
8936 SW 17th Av
Portland, Oregon 97219
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Mon Sep 22, 2025
PCDC sponsors an ECD slow jam on the 2nd and 4th Mondays from 7-9 PM in the community room at McMenamins Kennedy School, 5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR 97211.
The events are free and open to all acoustic musicians, whether you play by dots or by ear.
The ECD jam plays tunes from the Barnes Collection. If you don’t have the books, we’re happy to share. Come make music with us!!
Questions: Email Kathy Story, PCDC President
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Mon Sep 22, 2025
The Northwest Passage Dance Camp committee meets (usually) on 4th Mondays to plan and organize our annual ECD residential camp over Labor Day weekend.
Meeting locations vary and may be online. Meetings are open to all PCDC members. If interested in attending, volunteering, or would like a Zoom link, please email chair@nwpdancecamp.org.
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Fri Sep 26, 2025
Dancing starts at 7:30.
Newcomers are always welcome. We waive the admission fee the first time you attend. An introductory session is available at 7:15 upon request.
No street shoes permitted beyond entryway. Only clean soled shoes permitted on the dance floor.
No partner required
Admission: Sliding Scale. Pay what you can. Recommended range $7.00 - $20.00
For more information about English Dance, please see: https://portlandcountrydance.org/english-country-dance/
Covid protocols: Though not required, masks and up-to-date vaccinations are recommended to help keep our community healthy. We continue to monitor potential exposures at PCDC events and adjust policies as needed. Refer to the PCDC Covid policy for details.
Questions? Email ecd-chair@portlandcountrydance.org
Location: Burlingame Water Tower Dance Hall
8936 SW 17th Av
Portland, Oregon 97219
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Sat Sep 27, 2025
Our Saturday night series at Fulton Hall continues! The Electrodes will hit the road down from Seattle to play for our dancing pleasure: Joe Bowbeer, Joe Michaels, and Marcy Kubbs. Kelly Tabor will call dances using gender-neutral terms.
We will continue to monitor potential exposures at PCDC events and adjust policies as needed. Refer to the PCDC Covid policy for details.
7:00 pm newcomer/refresher lesson
7:30 pm dancing starts
10:30 dancing ends
Some dancers head to a pub for "afters" -- all are welcome!
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Sun Sep 28, 2025
You do not need to be registered for the Ball in order to attend this Ball workshop. We will be dancing some of the more difficult dances on the program, as well as some of the more common dances.
For more information about the Ball please visit the website.
Masks are Optional
Time: 3:00p-5:00p
Location:
A Renaissance School
234 S Bancoft St
Portland, OR 97239
Suggested donation is $10 - $20
The ball workshops are designed for learning the dances on the ball program and are not intended to be an introduction to English country dance. Each of these workshops will focus on different ball dances and styling tips. Familiarity with English figures and geography will be assumed at the workshops.
If you are new to English country dance, please attend the PCDC Friday Night English Dance as often as possible prior to participating in the workshops.
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Mon Sep 29, 2025
What: An inclusive learner-friendly place to share and learn the energizing and joyful traditional dance music of Quebec and Acadia, in the Portland area. If you play or are interested in learning this kind of music, this session is for you! Step-dancers are welcome.
This jam takes place at a public venue, or at the homes of hosting members of the e-mail list on a rotating basis. If you’d like to receive invitations for this event, (or host an event), use the dedicated email address to get on the notification list. Contact: pdxqjam@gmail.com.
For Whom: folks who already play their instrument, and want to learn or share Quebec tunes. All acoustic melody and bass instruments, (violin, guitar, accordion, piano, bouzouki, flute, etc.), and experience levels are welcome.
Tunes are usually played several times through (unlike the Irish or Cape Breton sessions where tunes are only played 2-3 times), so that folks can get their fingers around new tunes and really enjoy playing the ones they know.
When and Where:
2025 Schedule:
Resources: Some sheet music and performance links where possible, for basic and common session tunes, may be provided via the mailing list. This is to establish, and build upon, a repertoire of common Quebec session tunes for participants. Other resources: