Brooklyn Contra

Brooklyn Contra If Swing dancing and Square dancing met in a bar, you’d get Contra. Live music and a vibrant social dancing scene. If you can walk, you can contra!

It’s good ol’ fashioned fun for everyone, right here in Brooklyn! Brooklyn Contra supports the dynamic cultural evolution of traditional music and dance. We host a season of fun and accessible dances and exciting special events, as well as engaging educational programs for dancers, musicians, and callers. Brooklyn Contra creates an inclusive and safe environment in order to foster sustainable comm

unity growth. Contra is danced to Old Time (usually), Southern Appalachian, New England, Folk, Blues, Jazz, Celtic and all other sorts of music (including techno) performed by live bands. It is danced with a partner, although bringing a partner is not necessary. Couples form parallel lines of dancers and over the course of the dance, interact with the couple next to them and then move up and down the hall interacting with every other couple in their line. There is no fancy footwork involved, anyone can do it! All the dances are taught and the instructions (calls) are provided from the stage, by the Caller, through out the dance. As the dance goes on, the Caller provides fewer and fewer prompts until they drop out entirely; leaving you, your partner, and the others in your line to finish the dance, accompanied only by the exciting, pulse pounding music provided by that night's band! Brooklyn Contra is a local, community-based organization, who’s mission is to organize Contra Dances in Brooklyn. All dances are organized by volunteers, who do anything from booking bands and callers to coordinating publicity to schlepping sound equipment. If you have questions about the dance or if you would like to volunteer please email us at [email protected]. for more info,
www.Brooklyncontra.com

Y'all!!! Its a big month of June! We've got 5 events coming up the next two weeks! Join us at Porch Stomp, Solstice, and...
06/15/2026

Y'all!!! Its a big month of June! We've got 5 events coming up the next two weeks! Join us at Porch Stomp, Solstice, and The NY Historical Society, and at Camp Friendship for a big five piece band, plus an amazing concert with Ben Sollee!

Join Brooklyn Contra for an evening of songs and storytelling with cellist and singer Ben Sollee in the intimate and bea...
06/10/2026

Join Brooklyn Contra for an evening of songs and storytelling with cellist and singer Ben Sollee in the intimate and beautiful Park Slope Old Stone House. Infused with R&B and folk, this Kentucky-based artist’s soulful songs will have you groovin’ through the night. ⁠

Tickets in bio
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Monday, June 29, 2026⁠
7:00 p.m. Doors ⁠
Old Stone House⁠
336 3rd Street Brooklyn,

See you tonight!⁠⁠We’re celebrating Pride Month with a techno contra at the West Village LGBT Center! We’ll have beats f...
06/06/2026

See you tonight!⁠
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We’re celebrating Pride Month with a techno contra at the West Village LGBT Center! We’ll have beats from DJ Chloe Rosenthal and calling from Lyss Adkins, plus a very glittery face-paint station! ⁠
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5:30pm: Doors, Face Painting, Happy Half Hour (Dry)⁠
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6:00pm: Dancing!⁠
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The Le***an, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center⁠
208 West 13th StreetNew York,

Tomorrow! Just a few tickets left! ⁠⁠Have you been dancing less than 5 years? Want to up your dancing game? Join us this...
06/05/2026

Tomorrow! Just a few tickets left! ⁠
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Have you been dancing less than 5 years? Want to up your dancing game? Join us this Saturday for the first of our Intermediate Contra Workshops! ⁠
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More info and tickets in Bio!⁠
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Saturday, June 6, 2026⁠
12:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.⁠
Pearl Studios⁠
500 8th AvenueNew York, NY, ⁠
Rm 314

06/05/2026

Join us on Saturday for a TechnoContra at the historic LGBTQ Center in Chelsea, where q***r contras were organized before the pandemic. will be at the mic, calling to sick beats by Chloe Rosenthal of Philadelphia. Last year we sold out before the dance - grab your tickets now at brooklyncontra.org

This Saturday!!! We’re celebrating Pride Month with a techno contra at the West Village LGBT Center! We’ll have beats fr...
06/02/2026

This Saturday!!! We’re celebrating Pride Month with a techno contra at the West Village LGBT Center! We’ll have beats from DJ Chloe Rosenthal and calling from Lyss Adkins, plus a very glittery face-paint station! ⁠
⁠
5:30pm: Doors, Face Painting, Happy Half Hour (Dry)⁠
⁠
6:00pm: Dancing!⁠
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The Le***an, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center⁠
208 West 13th StreetNew York,

06/02/2026

Have you been dancing less than 5 years? Want to up your dancing game? Join us this Saturday for the first of our Intermediate Contra Workshops! ⁠
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More info and tickets in Bio!⁠
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Saturday, June 6, 2026⁠
12:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.⁠
Pearl Studios⁠
500 8th AvenueNew York, NY, ⁠
Rm 314

06/02/2026
Have you been dancing less than 5 years? Want to up your dancing game? Join us this Saturday for the first of our Interm...
06/02/2026

Have you been dancing less than 5 years? Want to up your dancing game? Join us this Saturday for the first of our Intermediate Contra Workshops! ⁠
⁠
More info and tickets in Bio!⁠
⁠
Saturday, June 6, 2026⁠
12:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.⁠
Pearl Studios⁠
500 8th AvenueNew York, NY, ⁠
Rm 314

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