NW Folk Dance Calendar

Please check the [Regular] section for ongoing events outside of Eugene (example: dancing in Corvallis or Portland).

Please go to the EFD Archive page to see dance descriptions and videos of dances taught in the past by the Eugene Folk Dancers.

December 2025

December 2 (Tuesday)

Eugene Folk Dancers at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $5-$10 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Gun Ola (Turkey). Also reviewed tonight: Stamena (Bulgaria).

December 9 (Tuesday)

Eugene Folk Dancers at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $5-$10 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Ciganski Orijent (Serbia/Roma). Also taught tonight: Vulpiuta (Romania). And reviewed (again!) tonight: Stamena (Bulgaria).

December 16 (Tuesday)

Eugene Folk Dancers at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $5-$10 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Tokyo Polka (USA/Finland/Japan).

December 23 (Tuesday)

Eugene Folk Dancers at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $5-$10 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Hora Mamtera (Israel). Also taught tonight (week 2 for this dance): Tokyo Polka (USA/Finland/Japan).

December 30 (Tuesday)

Kef Holiday Party, Eugene Garden Club, 1645 High St, Eugene, OR. Kef (Balkan Brass Band) makes merry from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Music, Dance, and Refreshments. $10 at the door. This flyer has all the details.

January 2026

January 6 (Tuesday)

Eugene Folk Dancers at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $5-$10 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Freeford Gardens, a modern English Country Dance, video and description, with an animation showing dancer's positions throughout the dance.

January 13 (Tuesday)

Eugene Folk Dancers at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $5-$10 sliding scale. Taught tonight, a Lebanese Debka/Dabka. We don't have a video of the exact steps taught by our teacher, Eric, but here is a short clip from YouTube about these types of dances (sorry about any ads you may have to skip past...). You will see many more examples of the dance on the Internet if you do a search there!
Also taught: Adjon Az Isten (Hungary).

January 20 (Tuesday)

Eugene Folk Dancers at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $5-$10 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Avant-Deux du Poitou (Poitou/France). Here is the syllabus for the dance.

January 27 (Tuesday)

Eugene Folk Dancers at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $5-$10 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Israeli Hora (Israel), taught (in Hebrew) and danced by the choreographer Shlomo Maman.
Another video clip of the dance, shown by Ira Weisburd at a Hong Kong workshop.

February 2026

February 3 (Tuesday)

Eugene Folk Dancers at Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $5-$10 sliding scale. Taught tonight: Ina Ina (Aromanian).

February 10 (Tuesday)

All Request Dancing and Party (FOOD!) Eugene Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx St, Eugene, OR. 7:30 - 9:30pm. $5-$10 sliding scale. Bring your favorite finger foods!