PERFORMERS
Two Fiddles - Dean of New England Contradancing - Jacqueline & Dudley Laufman - Dave Harvey's mentor
Julianne Carney - versatile and gifted violinist and teacher - plays a variety of styles: classical, old-time, improvisational
Pat Cannon's Foot and Fiddle - acclaimed company performing traditional music and dance styles
The Boston Kiltics - step dancing, set dancing, music, song from the Scottish tradition in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Tony DeMarco - fantastic fiddler in the Irish (Sligo) style
Trinity Irish Dance Company - internationally-acclaimed NYC Irish step dance company
The Forge Mountain Diggers - Tom Bailey's old-time outfit
The Wahoo String Band - new and old tunes in the Southern tradition
Niall O'Leary - World Champion Irish step dancer - performs, teaches and leads a dance company
The Bosco Stompers - cajun music for NYC - see web site for schedule
Henry Hample - fiddler in the French-Canadian and Cajun styles, currently lving in the other part of the U.S.
DANCE & MUSIC EVENTS
Balkan Dancing at the Hungarian House - dance to music from the Balkan region of Europe every Friday night
Zlatne Uste Golden Festival - there's nothing like this annual January weekend of dancing to Balkan music - 40+ bands!
Long Island Traditional Music Association (LITMA)- contrdances for L.I., great dance in beautiful Smithtown barn
Country Dance New York (CD*NY) - New York City weekly contradances - local and touring bands and callers
Gender-Role Free Contradance in NYC - great dancing without gender-specific dances and calls
World Music Institute - concerts of world-renowned artists in many styles: Indian, celtic and gypsy, to name a few.
The CasHank Hootenanny Jamboree - open-mic J. Cash & Hank W. in four chords or fewer! House band back-up.
The Dance Flurry - amazing annual weekend festival of contradancing every February
DANCE VENUES
The Hungarian House - our home base available for rent at reasonable prices
NYC SESSIONS
11th Street Bar - Sundays - fantastic Irish session - even some step dancing if you're lucky 9:30 pm - 1 am
Mona's - Mondays - arguably the best Irish session in town - but take a nap first - 11 pm - 4 am
Iona - Mondays - old-time on 9:00-11:00
The Baggot Inn - Wednesdays - huge session for old-time (front of bar) and bluegrass ( back of bar)
Irish Music Session Listings - Niall O'Leary's recommendations for Irish sessions
ON-LINE RESOURCES
Banjo Ben - event listings for old-time and other traditional style music in NYC
NYCBluegrass.com - event listings for the bluegrass and old-time community in NYC
MUSIC AND DANCE EVENT LISTING SITES
Bob Radcliffe's International Dance Events - event listings for international dance
The Dance Gypsy - contradance listings
Ted Crane's Dance Database - contradance, dance band, and dance caller listings and info
MUSIC AND DANCE RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS
Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS) - huge number of resources for dancers, dance callers, and music listeners
Thirty Below Zero - primary resource for French-Canadian dance music, videos, books