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Hello Friends of Balfolk Toronto!

We’re excited to say that we are doing tons of planning for 2023 and it’s going to be an awesome year for dancing!

We promise we have some exciting stuff up our sleeves! And we want you to be involved!!

SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR AGM PARTY:

Also as you may know, we are a registered not-for-profit organization.

This means we can apply for grants to help us plan and fund events in future, such as the big branch festival.

To keep our non-profit status, we need to have an AGM with all our members.

So we need YOUR HELP!

Join us at our Annual General Meeting to find out about what we’ve been up

to this past year and learn how you can be part of Balfolk Toronto.

Our AGM is coming up on Monday, January 30th 2023

Location: The Wicket

Time: 6:00 (just before Balfolk Toronto’s regular dancing time!)

Consider becoming a member (for free!) in time to participate in the AGM.

There will be snacks served!

All members are welcome to attend! Not a member? Sign up today!! (see below)

https://forms.gle/Gx7vSEpeBk1miLR19

This will be a hybrid event, so if you cannot attend in person let us know and we’ll send you the zoom link!! We’ll post it here before the eveng

Weekly Mondays are at The Wicket in Toronto 7pm-10pm

January 26, 2023UncategorizedBalfolk Toronto

Our website is often not up to date. Please check our FB page for up to date information: http://www.facebook.com/balfolktoronto

Balfolk Mondays are back in High Park!

August 1, 2019UncategorizedBalfolk Toronto

We are back at the High Park Nature Centre Porch every Monday this summer (2022).

7-9pm Masks Required, 9pm-end Masks Optional. PWYC

Find the tune list for the jam posted on this Facebook group most weeks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1095234210550846/

Become a Balfolk Member!

September 19, 2018UncategorizedBalfolk Toronto

You can now become a member of Balfolk Toronto! As a member, you can get discounts to future events and support our organisation. It costs $20 to sign up, and the sign up form is here: https://goo.gl/forms/Sxv9JIcdNBS3eoE92 (or just speak to us on Monday night or at an event!)

Weekly Monday dances: Drom Taberna, 458 Queen Street West!

February 11, 2015UncategorizedBalfolk Toronto

Balfolk dancing is popular social dancing from Western Europe, a recent revival of traditional, mostly French, folk dances.

Bourrées, jigues, gavotte, mazurkas, waltzes, scottishes: some partner dances, some group dances, some snakey chain dances.They are all fun and easy to learn, you don’t need any partners or prior experience. We’ll show you how!

We always dance to live music: fiddles, accordions, clarinets, guitars and more…