San Francisco Bay Area 2026
Saturday, March 21
The Playford Ball
@San Jose Women's Club
75 South Eleventh St, San Jose
7:15pm (doors open at 6:30)
Caller: Kalia Kliban
Musicians: Rebecca King (piano), Jim Oakden (multi-instrumentalist), Michelle Mašek (violin/viola)
Advance registration required
more info: https://www.bacds.org/events/playfordball2026/
Wednesday, April 22
English Country Dance (+ Open Band!)
@Christ Church East Bay
2138 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA
optional beginner lesson: 7:30-7:45pm
7:45-10pm
Caller: Bruce Herbold
Band: Alicia Cover, Patti Cobb, Michelle Mašek
English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00
7:45pm–10:00pm
more info: https://www.bacds.org/series/english/berkeley_wed/
Saturday, April 25
(Experienced) English Country Dance
@Christ Church East Bay
2138 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA
7:30-10pm
www.BACDS.org
Caller: TBA
Musicians: Rebecca King (piano), Christopher Jacoby (multi-instrumentalist), Michelle Mašek
Are you comfortable dancing heys for three and double figures of eight? Do you find it satisfying to move in time to the music and to match your fellow dancers surging in a line?
Welcome to the Fourth Saturday Experienced English Dance!
We spend some time each evening paying attention to styling, to make the dances go more smoothly and look nicer. Each program includes a few challenging dances, as well as many familiar and favorite dances that we can do with quick walk-through calling. Come enjoy the camaraderie, physical and mental stimuli, and the glorious music.
(If you have friends to whom you would like to introduce the joys of English Country Dancing, please bring them on the second and fourth Wednessdays to the dances in Berkeley, or to the San Francisco, Palo Alto, Peninsula, South Bay, or Palo Alto Regency dances. Check the listings on the calendar at www.bacds.org)
"Improper English" English Dance
@Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall
1924 Cedar St at Bonita
7-9:30pm, optional beginner lesson 6:50-7pm
details TBA https://www.queercontradance.org/improper_english.html
Improper English is a gender neutral English country dance in Berkeley on the second Tuesday of each month. KN95+ masks are required at Improper English, and we ask that you stay home if you're sick.
Mad Robin Ball Weekend
Welcome Dance: FRIDAY May 15
7-10pm
Advance registration required: https://nbcds.org/mrb2026/
The Welcome dance will feature Bruce Hamilton calling to music by Charlie Hancock, Christopher Jacoby, Michelle Mašek
Join us for the 2026 Mad Robin Ball Weekend, May 15-17, in Petaluma, California. Our 22nd Mad Robin Ball Weekend includes a welcome dance on Friday night, a workshop and the ball on Saturday, and a potluck brunch and dance on Sunday. All dances will be held on the resilient wooden dance floor in Petaluma’s spacious Hermann Sons Hall, 860 Western Avenue, Petaluma, CA.
Regency English Country Dance
May 31
Berkeley Hills, TBA
Spem In Allium: a 40 part motet
Berkeley Early Music Festival
Friday June 12 & Saturday June 13
details TBA