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
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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
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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) -
Seacoast Set Dancers
Contact: Sue
7:00 - 9:00 pm, Wednesdays
Durham Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall, 20 Madbury Road (updated 11/2024) -
Concord, NH Area Contra Dance
Contact: Concord Contra
7:00 - 10:00 pm 3rd Saturdays, September-June
Dame Auditorium at the City-Wide Community Center, 14 Canterbury Road (updated 11/2024) -
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 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 Contra Dance
contact: Sandy Lafleur, or Facebook
7:00 pm - fourth Friday of each month, (except holidays) - Open Band
Milford Town Hall Auditorium, 1 Union Square (updated 11/2024) -
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) -
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) -
Monadnock Folklore Society
contact: Lisa Sieverts
visit their Facebook Page First Saturdays, music jam session 6:30pm, Beginner’s Workshop 7:30pm, Dance at 8:00pm
Town House, 1 Grove Street, Peterborough, NH (updated 11/2024) -
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 Second Saturday Contra Dance Series
contact: (603-651-5800)
7:30-10 pm on the second Saturday of every month, as well as New Year’s Eve.
Tamworth Town House, 27 Cleveland Hill Road (updated 11/2024) -
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Boston Branch
List of classes sponsored by RSCDS-Boston and others in New Hampshire (updated 11/2024)
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RSCDS Boston, Seacoast Dancers
contact: Merrill Handerson (207-409-9050)
7:15-9:15 pm on Tuesdays, October-June
Greenland Parish House, 44 Post Road/Route 151 (updated 11/2024) -
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) -
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)