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Contra Dance with Live Music

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Saturday, April 4, 2026 from 7 PM to 10 PM

Dorothea Laub Dance Place

18+

$15

The fee is a sliding scale, we ask that dancers pay the right amount for them on a scale of $15 to $25. Money collected beyond covering expenses goes to the talent. We do have teen, student, and active military discounts. Pay at the door.

Join us on Saturday for our foot-stomping monthly contra dance from 7:30 to 10 p.m. with a beginners’ session at 7 p.m. to learn what you need to know. Contra is a living American tradition, with new dances being written. All are welcome! Gender-neutral dance roles. Wear what you like, with comfortable shoes. A caller teaches and directs each dance. Pairs progress up and down two facing lines. The band is the Cactus Lickers -- Jim Anderson (guitar), Charlie VanTassel (banjo), Jonathan Hallemeier (fiddle), Peter Sharpe (mandolin) -- and the caller is Ellie Konitshek.

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San Diego Folk Heritage

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sdfh@san.rr.com

https://www.sdfolkheritage.org/

Dorothea Laub Dance Place

2650 Truxton Road

San Diego, California 92106

danceplace@ntcfoundation.org

Home to many prestigious dance companies, the collective 13,000 sq. ft. of professional studio space offers top quality flooring suitable for all forms of movement, classes, and rehearsals. All studios have a mirrored wall along one side and the building has showers and restrooms on both floors. Hourly studios are available. Please visit the website for more information.