Building and fostering community
Facilitating and nurturing collaboration
Exploring the world through music and dance
Inspiring and mentoring the next generation of leaders

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.

Thursday Night Folk Dancing

8:00 - 10:30pm ET

Experienced international folk dance
twice monthly, year-round

Park Avenue Congregational Church
50 Paul Revere Road,
Arlington Heights, MA

Send us teaching requests from the Thursday repertoire.

Admission

$ 8 - FAC members
$10 - Non-members
$ 5 - Students

2024 Season

January 4
January 18 (Shining Moon)
February 1
February 15 (Gogofski)
March 7
March 21 (Pixton Poirier Band)

April 11
April 18
May 2
May 16 (the Goats)
June 6
June 13

About the Dances

Mostly request dancing and limited teaching. Prior international folk dance experience is helpful, but many dances can be followed by watching the leaders. Teaching may be done between 8:00 and 9:00 and may include reviews and talk-throughs of previously taught dances. Visit the Thursday archives page for examples of what has been reviewed in the past.

Covid Policy

Masks are optional but welcome and highly encouraged.
Please do not attend if you are feeling ill.

Footwear and Fragrance Suggestions

Please help protect the hall’s wooden floor by changing to clean, soft-soled shoes before dancing. For the comfort and well-being of all our dancers, especially those with allergies or asthma, please do not wear perfume or fragranced personal products at our dances. Thank you!