Folk Dance Clubs in Yorkshire
BATLEY:
Yorkshire Mixtures Folk Dance & Song - Wednesdays 8.30 - 10.30 - Batley RAFA Club, Cambridge Street, Batley. WF17 5JH.
BRADFORD:
Wibsey Folk Dance Club- Thursdays (in term time) 7.15 to 915 pm - Wibsey Primary School, North Road, Wibsey, Bradford. BD6 1RL.
Keith's Tea Dances - Occasional Saturdays (see 'Dance Diary') 2 to 6.15 pm @ Horton Bank Methodist Church, 891 Great Horton Road, Bradford. BD7 4AQ [bring sandwiches, tea or coffee provided]
Contact - Keith McDermott on 01274 - 494899 (for both Bradford clubs)
BRIGHOUSE:
Ryburn 3 Step Ceilidh Club - Once a month - Waring Green Community Centre, Garden Road, Brighouse HD6 2AX
HARROGATE:
Heatherdene Folk Dance Club - alternate Mondays (Sept to June) 8.30 - 11.00 pm - Oatlands Mount Club, 1 Coronation Grove, Harrogate. HG2 8BY
HOLMFIRTH:
Holmfirth Folk Dance Club - Wednesday, 8.0 - 10.0 p.m. - Wooldale Community Centre, Robert Lane, Holmfirth. Also runs an annual dance at Denby Dale. Contact: Barry Evans on 01977 792205.
HUDDERSFIELD:
Stocksmoor Folk Dance Club - Tuesdays from Sept to May - 7.30 - 9.30 pm -
Stocksmoor Village Hall, 17 Station Road, Stocksmoor, Huddersfield. HD4 6XN
Contact - Donna Firvin (01484 - 662376)
White Rose Folk Dance Club - alternate Fridays from Sept to April - 7.45 to 9.45 pm - Gledholt Methodist Church, Edgerton Grove Road, Gledholt, Huddersfield. HD1 5QU. Contact - Wendy Hockney on 01484 316208
HULL:
Hull Folk Dance Club --Tuesdays from Sept to July 7.30-9.30 pm - Darby & Joan Hall, Finkle Street, Cottingham HU16 4AZ - telephone Keith Alexander on 01482 509751
Holderness Folk Dance Club - Mondays 7:45 to 9:45 at Wawne Village Hall, Main Street, Wawne HU7 5XH. Telephone Richard Ellingham 01482 871271
ILKLEY:
Addingham Ceilidh Club - third Sunday in the month - 7.30 to 9.30 pm - Addingham Memorial Hall. LS29 0PD. Contact - Jennie Ellison 01535 664634
KNARESBOROUGH:
Knaresborough Country Dance Club - Thurs 8-10 - 1st Knaresborough Scout HQ, Wetherby Rd, Knaresborough. HG5 8LQ
LEEDS:
Leeds Contra Dance Club - 2nd & 4th Tuesdays at Headingley, Leeds
Leeds Ceilidhe Club - 2nd Thursday in the month - Rawdon, Leeds
Meanwood Folk Dance Club - Wednesdays - Moortown Baptist Church,
204, King Lane, Leeds. LS17 6AA - Contact: Margaret Hoggard
Editor's note: a tricky place to find - if coming south from the ring road (near Sainsburys) turn right at the second roundabout. This leads to a peculiar junction. The church can be seen on the right diagonal.
If you're travelling north up Scott Hall Road then pass the junction (small roundabout) with Stainbeck Lane, continue to the traffic lights, and then at the next roundabout turn left up King Lane.
Swillington Folk Dance Club - Mondays - 7.30 - now at Great Preston, Leeds. LS26 8DF [Rosemary Simcox] - bring a mug, park on the main road.
OLD MALTON:
Ryedale Folk Dance Club - every Wednesdays (club night) & 2nd Saturdays (dances) - Old Malton, North Yorks. Contact: 01944 758870
RIPON:
Highside Folk Dance Club - Fridays (1st, 3rd & 5th) 8-10 @ Grewelthorpe village hall [Les Barclay]
SCARBOROUGH:
Scarborough Folk Dance Club - every Tuesday - 7.30 - 9.30 pm - Village Hall, East Ayton, Scarborough, North Yorks.
Senior Citizens' Folk Dance Group - every Monday 2 - 4 pm - St. Edward's Church Hall, Avenue Victoria, South Cliff, Scarborough.
Contact (for both): Cyril Swales 01723 582681
SHEFFIELD:
FISY (Folk in South Yorkshire) - clubs in, and around, Sheffield (plus occassional larger dances).
Sheffield Ceilidh - university society - very lively!
Sheffield Contra Dances - semi-commercial organisation starting up (Feb 2014) with a series of 3 "Spring Contras" - Walkley Community Centre, Fir Street, Sheffield.
Playford & English Country Dance Group - once a month in term-time @" Shakespeare's", 146-148 Gibralter Street, Sheffield. S3 8UB. 8 - 11 pm. Contact Daisy Black
YORK :
York Ceilidh Club - 3rd Sunday in the month - St Aelred's Church Hall, Tang, York. YO31 0PN
Jorvik Folk Dance Club - Thursdays 7.45 - 9.45 p.m. at St. Aidan's Church Hall, Ridgeway, Acomb, York. They also hold dances on first Saturday in the month at Huntington Memorial Hall, Huntingdon, York. Contact: Mrs A Soothill (Secretary) on 01904 705261
Third Saturday Tea Dances - 15.00 to 18.00 at St. Andrew's Church Hall, Bishopthorpe, YO32 2QG. Tel: 01904 701133
Yorkshire Mixtures Folk Dance & Song - Wednesdays 8.30 - 10.30 - Batley RAFA Club, Cambridge Street, Batley. WF17 5JH.
BRADFORD:
Wibsey Folk Dance Club- Thursdays (in term time) 7.15 to 915 pm - Wibsey Primary School, North Road, Wibsey, Bradford. BD6 1RL.
Keith's Tea Dances - Occasional Saturdays (see 'Dance Diary') 2 to 6.15 pm @ Horton Bank Methodist Church, 891 Great Horton Road, Bradford. BD7 4AQ [bring sandwiches, tea or coffee provided]
Contact - Keith McDermott on 01274 - 494899 (for both Bradford clubs)
BRIGHOUSE:
Ryburn 3 Step Ceilidh Club - Once a month - Waring Green Community Centre, Garden Road, Brighouse HD6 2AX
HARROGATE:
Heatherdene Folk Dance Club - alternate Mondays (Sept to June) 8.30 - 11.00 pm - Oatlands Mount Club, 1 Coronation Grove, Harrogate. HG2 8BY
HOLMFIRTH:
Holmfirth Folk Dance Club - Wednesday, 8.0 - 10.0 p.m. - Wooldale Community Centre, Robert Lane, Holmfirth. Also runs an annual dance at Denby Dale. Contact: Barry Evans on 01977 792205.
HUDDERSFIELD:
Stocksmoor Folk Dance Club - Tuesdays from Sept to May - 7.30 - 9.30 pm -
Stocksmoor Village Hall, 17 Station Road, Stocksmoor, Huddersfield. HD4 6XN
Contact - Donna Firvin (01484 - 662376)
White Rose Folk Dance Club - alternate Fridays from Sept to April - 7.45 to 9.45 pm - Gledholt Methodist Church, Edgerton Grove Road, Gledholt, Huddersfield. HD1 5QU. Contact - Wendy Hockney on 01484 316208
HULL:
Hull Folk Dance Club --Tuesdays from Sept to July 7.30-9.30 pm - Darby & Joan Hall, Finkle Street, Cottingham HU16 4AZ - telephone Keith Alexander on 01482 509751
Holderness Folk Dance Club - Mondays 7:45 to 9:45 at Wawne Village Hall, Main Street, Wawne HU7 5XH. Telephone Richard Ellingham 01482 871271
ILKLEY:
Addingham Ceilidh Club - third Sunday in the month - 7.30 to 9.30 pm - Addingham Memorial Hall. LS29 0PD. Contact - Jennie Ellison 01535 664634
KNARESBOROUGH:
Knaresborough Country Dance Club - Thurs 8-10 - 1st Knaresborough Scout HQ, Wetherby Rd, Knaresborough. HG5 8LQ
LEEDS:
Leeds Contra Dance Club - 2nd & 4th Tuesdays at Headingley, Leeds
Leeds Ceilidhe Club - 2nd Thursday in the month - Rawdon, Leeds
Meanwood Folk Dance Club - Wednesdays - Moortown Baptist Church,
204, King Lane, Leeds. LS17 6AA - Contact: Margaret Hoggard
Editor's note: a tricky place to find - if coming south from the ring road (near Sainsburys) turn right at the second roundabout. This leads to a peculiar junction. The church can be seen on the right diagonal.
If you're travelling north up Scott Hall Road then pass the junction (small roundabout) with Stainbeck Lane, continue to the traffic lights, and then at the next roundabout turn left up King Lane.
Swillington Folk Dance Club - Mondays - 7.30 - now at Great Preston, Leeds. LS26 8DF [Rosemary Simcox] - bring a mug, park on the main road.
OLD MALTON:
Ryedale Folk Dance Club - every Wednesdays (club night) & 2nd Saturdays (dances) - Old Malton, North Yorks. Contact: 01944 758870
RIPON:
Highside Folk Dance Club - Fridays (1st, 3rd & 5th) 8-10 @ Grewelthorpe village hall [Les Barclay]
SCARBOROUGH:
Scarborough Folk Dance Club - every Tuesday - 7.30 - 9.30 pm - Village Hall, East Ayton, Scarborough, North Yorks.
Senior Citizens' Folk Dance Group - every Monday 2 - 4 pm - St. Edward's Church Hall, Avenue Victoria, South Cliff, Scarborough.
Contact (for both): Cyril Swales 01723 582681
SHEFFIELD:
FISY (Folk in South Yorkshire) - clubs in, and around, Sheffield (plus occassional larger dances).
Sheffield Ceilidh - university society - very lively!
Sheffield Contra Dances - semi-commercial organisation starting up (Feb 2014) with a series of 3 "Spring Contras" - Walkley Community Centre, Fir Street, Sheffield.
Playford & English Country Dance Group - once a month in term-time @" Shakespeare's", 146-148 Gibralter Street, Sheffield. S3 8UB. 8 - 11 pm. Contact Daisy Black
YORK :
York Ceilidh Club - 3rd Sunday in the month - St Aelred's Church Hall, Tang, York. YO31 0PN
Jorvik Folk Dance Club - Thursdays 7.45 - 9.45 p.m. at St. Aidan's Church Hall, Ridgeway, Acomb, York. They also hold dances on first Saturday in the month at Huntington Memorial Hall, Huntingdon, York. Contact: Mrs A Soothill (Secretary) on 01904 705261
Third Saturday Tea Dances - 15.00 to 18.00 at St. Andrew's Church Hall, Bishopthorpe, YO32 2QG. Tel: 01904 701133