Brattleboro International Folk Dance

04/18/2026

🎶 Sunday, April 19: Multi-National Concert & Party. Doors open at 5pm. Enjoy music from around the world, featuring the Fabric of Life Fireside Orchestra & Orkestar Banitsa. Dancers welcome! 💃
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The Fabric of Life Fireside Orchestra, led by Eveline MacDougall, will play an eclectic repertoire of tunes from the Northeast US, Canada, Croatia, Romania, Greece, Hungry, Norway and Sweden. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇭🇷 🇷🇴 🇬🇷 🇭🇺 🇳🇴 🇸🇪
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Orkestar Banitsa will be making a rare concert appearance with their repertoire of energetic and compelling dance music from the Balkans. 🇧🇬 🇷🇸 🇸🇮 🇲🇰
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Sliding scale admission: $20-40, no one turned away for lack of funds. Tickets available on our website or pay at the door. Come hungry!
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Located at the Buckland Public Hall, 15 Upper St, Buckland, MA (next to the Mary Lyon Church).
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💥Comment Tickets below here and on Instagram for a chance to win two free tickets! Winner randomly chosen at 5pm EST on 4/18/2026.💥
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Get tickets at:
https://www.fabric-of-life.org/product/april-19th-2026-fabric-of-life-concert-party/
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10/05/2025

International folk dance class at Putney Community Cares continues Mondays 3:30-5:00, 54 Kimball Hill. Format includes detailed teaching plus no-teach requests.

**Pre-registration is required** by contacting Ruby McAdoo, [email protected].

$50 for full session, or $8 drop-in rate.

More details at

International Folk Dancing is taught by Rachelle Ackerman of Brattleboro, Vermont. Rachelle is a former member of Mandala Folk Ensemble and has led the Brattleboro International Folk Dance group since 1997. She has taught groups of all ages including school residencies throughout Vermont and Western...

10/05/2025

Locals, don't forget to pre-register for Oktoberfest A La Carte options for workshop and party discounts! NEXT weekend at Potash Hill in Marlboro!

We welcome any and all to our circles of dance and music—circles of inclusion, not exclusion, and we strive to enlarge these circles that manifest the strong values of community and support to all who join our numbers.

10/03/2025

Folk Arts Center of New England annual Oktoberfest coming to Marlboro, VT Oct 10-13! Full residential weekend and a la carte registration options.

2025 staff:

Rachel Bell and Becky Tracy – Bal Folk music and dance
Miroslav “Bata” Marčetić – Serbian dance
Alex Cu***ng – Singing Workshops
Flying Squirrel Orchestra - evening dance parties
Patrick Yacono (band leader), Ralph Iverson, Robert Penny, Julia Poirier, David Skidmore, Dana Sussman, Brian Wilson

We welcome any and all to our circles of dance and music—circles of inclusion, not exclusion, and we strive to enlarge these circles that manifest the strong values of community and support to all who join our numbers.

09/03/2025

New International Folk Dance Class Session Begins at Putney Community Cares Mondays 3:30-5:00 starting 9/8. Registration is required, contact [email protected]

08/24/2025

Live music dance with Bulgarika Sept 6 in Amherst!

Bulgarian Music and Dance Party live music by Bulgarika Bulgarika Band members are Nikolay Kolev (gadulka), Donka Koleva (vocals), Stoyan Kostov (tambura), and Anton Shekerdjiev (tupan). They are all highly regarded musicians and teachers of traditional Bulgarian music, with decades of performing