Folk dancing in New Hampshire

This list shows the regularly scheduled social dance series of recreational folk dance groups in New Hampshire. Check each group’s link or contact for updates, special events, and cancelations.
 
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English Country Dance (New Hampshire)

ECD List

  • Country Dance Society, Boston Centre
    All English country dance programs and events sponsored by CDS-Boston in the Greater Boston area; listing all English country dances in MA plus NH, RI, and VT for the current month (updated 11/2024)

Concord, NH

  • New Hampshire English Country Dance Society
    cpntact: Dave Bateman
    English basics at 2:30pm
    3:00 - 6:00pm - 1st Sundays (not July & August)
    Howard Recreation Center, Intersection at Brown and Kent Roads (updated 11/2024)

  • Irish Set Dance (New Hampshire)

    Durham, NH:

    • Seacoast Set Dancers
      Contact: Sue
      7:00 - 9:00 pm, Wednesdays
      Durham Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall, 20 Madbury Road (updated 11/2024)

    • New England Contra and Square Dance (New Hampshire)

      Boscawen, NH (formerly in Concord)

      Canterbury, NH

      • 2nd Sunday Contra Dance
        Contact: Gale Wood, (603-793-5296)
        2nd Sundays
        Canterbury Center Parish Hall, 6 Hackelboro Rd - At the Town Common, Behind the General Store (updated 11/2024)

      East Derry, NH

      • East Derry Contra Dance (formerly Mill City)
        Contact: Paul Lizotte, (603-438-9921)
        7:15pm - Intro Workshop, 7:30-10:00pm - dance, third Fridays
        First Parish Church UCC, 47 East Derry Road (updated 9/2025)

      Milford, NH

      Nelson, NH

      • Nelson Monday Night Dance Monadnock Folklore Society
        contact: Lisa Sieverts
        6:00pm musician jam session; 7:30pm dance - almost every Monday
        Nelson Town Hall, 7 Nelson Common Road (updated 11/2024)

      Newfields, NH

      • Seacoast Contra
        contact: Roy
        visit their Facebook Page Contra basics at 7:30pm, dance from 8:00 to 10:30pm
        Newfields Town Hall, 65 Main St. (updated 11/2024)

      Peterborough, NH

      Plymouth, NH

      • Plymouth Square Dance
        contact: Gen Howe
        Sit-in musicians welcome 7:30 - 10:00pm - First Wednesday, November & December; First Thursday, January – April (except in Jan 2026, they dance on 1/8/26)
        The Barn on the Pemi, 341 Daniel Webster Hwy (updated 4/2025)

      Tamworth, NH

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      Scottish Country Dance (New Hampshire)

      List (Scottish CD in NH):

      Greenland, NH

      Lancaster, NH

      • Scottish Country Dancing
        contact: Bill Tobin (802-751-5512)
        7:30 pm on Fridays, September-June
        Lancaster Town Hall, 25 Main Street/Routes 2 and 3 (updated 11/2024)

      Nashua, NH

      • RSCDS Boston, Nashua Class
        contact: Loren Wright (603-891-2331)
        7-9 pm on Wednesdays, August-June
        Church of the Good Shepherd, 214 Main Street (updated 11/2024)

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