This is a listing of dance societies and clubs, and recurring events.
Dance Societies and Clubs
- Athens Folk Music & Dance Society
- Memorial Hall Ballroom, University of Georgia. Dances are 8:00 - 11:30 pm, beginners' lessons at 7:30 pm. www.afmds.info.
- Atlanta Cajun Zydeco Association
- $30 annual dues, members receive a $3 discount off the price of admission to all ACZA live dances. See website at www.aczadance.org. Knights of Columbus at 2620 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta. Dance begins at 8:00 pm, beginners' workshops at 7:00 pm. Cajun food (~$3/serving) and cash bar (no BYOB) at all dances. Door prizes.
- Chattahoochee Country Dancers
- Morningside Baptist Church Gym, 1700 Piedmont Avenue, near Ansley Mall, Atlanta (midtown). Info: Call the Atlanta Dance Hotline at 404-634-2585, or visit www.contradance.org.
Charleston SC Folk- 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month at North Charleston's Park Circle Felix Davis Community Center at 8:00pm - Admission is $8. See www.ecmm.biz/contra.
- English Country Dance Atlanta - Monthly, usually on the second Sunday.
- Life Enrichment Center at Mason Mill Park off Clairmont, just south of the North Druid Hills/Clairmont intersection. Info: Everett Lunsford at eplunsfo@yahoo.com or Christine McKay at chrstnmckay@comcast.net.
- Royal Scottish Country Dance Society - Thursdays weekly
- Atlanta Class: Covenant Presbyterian Church 2461 Peachtree Rd, Atlanta - 7:00-9:30 pm. Contact Trish Bolton (H) 770-442-5423; Marietta Class: First Presbyterian Church of Marietta at 189 Church Street, Marietta - 7:30-9:30pm. Contact Sylvia Priest at (C) 770-377-5114 or (W) 770-422-7520. Please call the contact person prior to attending a class for the first time. Click the link to the organization's website at www.rscds-atlanta.org to see more information about events, membership, classes in other Georgia cities, etc.
Savannah Folk Music Society - Monthly dances at the Frank Murray Center on Whitmarsh Island, Savannah, Georgia. See www.www.savannahfolk.org.
Weekly and Monthly Events
- International Folk Dance - Mondays
- Leafmore Clubhouse, 1373 Altamont Street, Decatur. 8:00 - 10:30 pm. Info: 404-292-7178.
- Zydeco Dancing - Tuesdays
- Klassics Nightclub, Atlanta Highway, Athens. Free. Beginners welcome. 7:30 - 9:00 pm. Info: 706-613-8287.
- Advanced Contra Dancing - (Some) Tuesdays
- Atlanta Messiah Lutheran Church, 465 Clairemont Avenue (at Erie), Decatur. For those who know the basics. Call a dance or sit in with the band. 8:00 - 10:30 pm. $3. Info: www.contradance.org.
- International Folk Dance - Thursdays
- St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, 2566 Briarcliff Road, Atlanta. 8:00 - 10:30 pm. Info: 404-378-1254.
- Contra Dance - Fridays
- Morningside Baptist Church Gym, 1700 Piedmont Avenue, near Ansley Mall, Atlanta (midtown). Newcomer sessions at 7:30 pm, dance starts at 8:00 pm. Info: Call the Atlanta Dance Hotline at 404-634-2585, or visit www.contradance.org.
- Chattanooga Traditional Dance Society - 2nd and 4th Saturday
- All Saints Academy, 310 East 8th Street, Chattanooga. From 8:00 pm. $5. Info: 706-937-4991 or 423-876-7359, or email busman71@catt.com.