2025 Upcoming Events You Might Be Interested In

 

This post will be updated for events in 2025.  Please let us know of any additions or corrections.  The posts that were being updated with events throughout 2024 have been retired and will no longer be updated.

Zoom or Hybrid Events

Many weekly or recurring events are listed on https://nfo-usa.com/virtual-events-calendar/ and https://facone.org/.  For monthly Zoom Global Folk Dance Parties see https://www.facebook.com/PFDCouncil/ and https://www.folkdance.com/?post_type=tribe_events .

Live events in the Chicago area:

Lots of ethnic and folk festivals are listed in https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/illinois-festivals/

https://chicagolandecd.org/chicagoland-west-ecd/
Chicagoland West ECD and IFD
Sun Mar 2, 2025
Glen Ellyn,IL

https://www.skokieculturefest.org/
Skokie Festival of Cultures
May 17-18, 2025
Skokie, IL

https://jewishfestival.org/
Greater Chicago Jewish Festival
Sun Jun 8, 2025

https://chicagoscots.org/festival/
Scottish Festival and Highland Games
Jun 13-14, 2025
Dupage County Fairgrounds
Wheaton, IL

https://genevachamber.com/events/swedish-days
Swedish Days
Jun 18-22, 2025
Geneva, IL

Live events elsewhere:

https://allerton.illinois.edu/events/dancesofthegildedage/
Dances of the Gilded Age
Mondays Jan 27 - Mar 3, 2025
The Farms at Allerton Park
Mahomet, IL

https://sites.google.com/site/snopaifd/home
SNOPA! Folk Dance Camp
Feb 21-23, 2025
Camp St. Croix
near Hudson, WI

https://www.lagunainternationaldancers.com/laguna-folk-dance-festival-2025/
Laguna Folk Dance Festival
Feb 28 - Mar 2, 2025
Laguna Woods, CA

https://veselofolkdancers.org/
Veselo Festival 2025
Mar 1-2, 2025
Eugene, OR

https://folklorevillage.org/spring-norwegian-music-dance-weekend/
Spring Norwegian Music and Dance Weekend
Mar 21-23, 2025
Folklore Village
Dodgeville, WI

https://safdf.org/workshops/
San Antonio Folklife and Dance Festival
Mar 28-30, 2025
San Antonio, TX

https://www.facebook.com/people/Dance-on-the-Bay-2025/61567344303252/
Dance on the Bay 2025
with Roo Lester and Gigi Jensen
Mar 29, 2025
North Bend, OR

https://nfo-usa.com/annual-nfo-conference-2025/
National Folk Organization Annual Conference
Apr 2-6, 2025
Portland, OR

https://www.boulderfolkdancers.org/2025-workshop-kastrati-save-the-date
Boulder IFD Albanian Workshop with Genci Kastrati
Apr 25-27, 2025
Boulder, CO

https://socalfolkdance.org/statewide.htm
California Statewide Folk Dance Festival
May 2-4, 2025
Arroya Grande, CA

https://folklorevillage.org/english-country-dance-music-weekend/
English Country Dance Weekend
May 9-11, 2025
Folklore Village
Dodgeville, WI

https://lyridsfolkdancefestival.org/
Lyrids Folk Dance Festival
May 9-11, 2025
Near Vancouver, BC, Canada

https://ifc-ny.com/
IFC Revival Folkdance Camp
May 16-18 2025
Hopewell Junction, NY

https://nwfolklife.org/festival/home.html
Northwest Folklife Festival
May 23-26, 2025
Seattle, WA

https://sites.google.com/site/junecampifd/
June Camp
Jun 12-15, 2025
Lake Forest, IL

https://dcff.net
Door County Folk Festival
Jul 11-13, 2025
Sturgeon Bay, WI

https://www.swifdi.org/
New Mexico Folk Dance Camp
Jul 10-13, 2025
Montezuma, NM