TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY FRIENDS
OF OLD TIME DANCE
More Fun
Other Dancing and Music
in Tallahassee and the region
that our dancers enjoy.
Music & Jams
Quite a few of our dancers are musicians as well. Tallahassee has a number of opportunities to connect with players and fans of old-time music. Bring your fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin or other instrument -- or just yourself!
Tallahassee Old-Time Music Jam at Blue Tavern - 2nd and/or 4th Saturday of each month, 4:00 -6:00 pm, 1206 N. Monroe St. Click to view Blue Tavern events.
Traditional Irish Music Sessions at Blue Tavern - 3rd Saturday of each month, 4:00 -6:00 pm, 1206 N. Monroe St.
FSU Old Time Ensemble - A music course at FSU open to the community as well as regular FSU students, with public performances
Friends of Florida Folk - Organization of musicians and other folk artists in Florida, which lists music jams, dance and other folk events throughout the state.
Contra Dances Elsewhere
The Dancing Fish (near Gainesville)
Space Coast Contra Dances (near Titusville)
Bay St. Louis Contra Dance (coastal Mississippi) -- You may have to join the Facebook group in order to see
content.
Dance & Music Weekends
Weekends and festivals are a fun way to meet contra dancers and musicians from around the country and maybe take your dancing to another level. You may see other folks from Tallahassee there too!
The Dancing Fish of Lake Santa Fe near Gainesville, dance weekend usually on first weekend of each month
Florida Snowball in St. Petersburg, FL, late January
Palmetto Bug Stomp in Charleston, SC, late February-early March
Gamble Rogers Folk Festival in St. Augustine, FL, mid-April
Florida Folk Festival near Lake City, FL, Memorial Day weekend in May with contra and other kinds of dancing every night, and a smorgasbord of music
Mentone Dance Weekend north of Birmingham, AL, third weekend in August
Florida State Fiddlers Convention near Gainesville, FL, mid-October with music the whole weekend long
Fall Ball in Tampa-St. Pete, FL, late October
Atlanta Dance Weekend in Atlanta, GA, mid-November
Other Dancing around Tallahassee
Capital Twirlers Modern Western Square Dancing
Hot Pepper Steppers Appalachian Clogging
Mountain Dew Cloggers Contemporary Clogging