Cape Town Scottish Dance

Cape Town Scottish Dance Welcome to Cape Town Scottish Dance! Contact us on [email protected] for more details on our different offerings. The music is then started and dancing happens.

Here you will find everything you need to know to start or continue this worldwide pastime, bringing you fun, fitness and friendship. Originally, "ceilidh" is the Gaelic term for a social evening in Scotland, with dancing, singing, reciting, playing and anything else that constituted entertainment. More and more it has focused on the dancing side, there being a universally (in Scotland anyway) wel

l-known set of dances that anyone could dance. Ceilidhs are common at wedding receptions and birthday parties in Scotland. I am trying to inculcate a culture of ceilidh in Cape Town and have started holding ceilidhs at various venues. The ceilidh always starts on the assumption that everyone is a beginner. Everyone is invited on to the floor and the first dance is demonstrated. Then it is walked through, to ensure that everyone (even those with two left feet!) have grasped the essentials. There is usually a spontaneous shout and clapping at the end as everyone realises that they have been able to do the dance and actually enjoyed it. From there it is all downhill as we slowly expand the repertoire of dances and people learn things like "casting", "right hands across", "back to back" and "arches". Footwork is optional and most people just skip along in a way that suits them. We take a break after about an hour to let people catch their breath, have a drink and chat, and then we continue until everyone has had enough. There is a Scottish flavour to all of this but you don't have to be Scottish, speak Gaelic, or enjoy Billy Connolly (or even Rod Stewart) to enjoy ceilidh dancing. Come and join us!

09/06/2026
We are currently sold out for this event, but tickets do occasionally become available again due to returns. If you woul...
05/05/2026

We are currently sold out for this event, but tickets do occasionally become available again due to returns. If you would like to be added to our waiting list, please email us on [email protected] and we will be in touch should tickets become available.
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Come and join us for our next Ceilidh dance taking place at Claremont Civic Centre on May 30th. Book now before it's too...
03/05/2026

Come and join us for our next Ceilidh dance taking place at Claremont Civic Centre on May 30th. Book now before it's too late as we have only 13 tickets left so, don't miss out.

We hope to see you there!

Tickets are R125 per person, but there is a discount ticket available at R100 for groups of 6 or more. There is also a certain number of tickets available for children under the age of 16 at half price (R60).

One of our volunteers has kindly donated her kilt to anyone who may be interested. It’s a medium size. Please send a mes...
07/04/2026

One of our volunteers has kindly donated her kilt to anyone who may be interested. It’s a medium size. Please send a message if you’re interested — first come, first served!

02/04/2026

20/03/2026

If you are still not sure what to do tomorrow evening, why not come down to the Fish Hoek Civic Centre and enjoy yourself at the Cape Town Ceilidh Club. We have 4 returned tickets from disappointed people who can no longer come and we would like to on-sell them so that they can recover some of their ticket cost. Reply to [email protected] and we will arrange the swop.

05/03/2026

Our ceilidh on the 21st of March at Fish Hoek Civic Centre is now sold out. You can email [email protected] to be placed on a waiting list for returned tickets. Say how many you are wanting.

21/07/2025

Well, some 6 weeks before dance-off, the ceilidh in Fish Hoek on 30 August is sold out. We have opened a waiting list, just in case. Reply to this post with your email address if you want to be on the list.

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