Balkan Night Dance Parties in Columbus, Ohio

What's New

New schedule for 2025-2026 season!
Special live music party with Bulgarika!

Please note that we are usually dancing once a month on Saturday, but the exact date changes from month to month. We dance from 7:30 PM until 10:30 PM, and usually 7:30 to 8:00 is designated for teaching of beginning Balkan dances.

A party atmosphere will prevail with live and recorded music, your requests, and non-stop folk dancing on a wooden dance floor. We do folk dances from the Balkan countries, including Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Turkey, and Albania. We also do some dances from nearby Armenia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, and sometimes Israel, Sweden, and Denmark, which are far away, but have fun dances.

Wearing a mask is optional. If you are sick, please stay home.

Feel free to just come as you are. We teach basic Balkan dances 7:30-8:00 PM, and we'll also be teaching dances occasionally and spontaneously during the evening. If there's something you want taught, please ask.

We will have snacks! (Please bring something to share, but no alcohol.)
We will have your favorite dance music! (Bring your favorite CD's, MP3 thumb drives, iPods, or smart phones. Sorry, we can't read tapes anymore.)

We can play CD's, iPods, and computer files on our hi-tech sound system!

Lots of dials. Not too loud.

Sometimes we have live music!

Electricity not needed.

We have local and out-of-town bands play live music for us when possible. We may even put on a party with a live band on tour. Check this page for updates.

We have an e-mailing list to remind you each month, and to tell you about any updates. if you want to be on our mailing list.

Fall/Winter/Spring 2025-2026 Schedule

7:30 PM to 10:30 PM party.

$2 Donation

2025 Friday September 26	Dance Party with Live Music by Bulgarika Special party with live music by Bulgarian band Bulgarika. Admission is $12 to $20 (cash or check; pay what you are comfortable with). You are welcome to bring a snack to share. This year's edition of Bulgarika is Donka Koleva on vocals, Nikolay Kolev on gadulka, Stoyan Kostov on tambura, and Anton Shekerdjiev on tupan and kaba gaida. For more information, see Bulgarika dance party
Saturday October 25	October Party Halloween season party (costumes are not required). Some spooky things might happen. There will be teaching of basic Balkan dances from 7:30 to 8:00!
Saturday November 15	November Party We will dance to use up the calories we took in from eating all of our Halloween candy, and those we will gain from upcoming Thankgsiving! Basic Balkan dance teaching 7:30-8:00.
Saturday December 20	December Party with Live Music Come dance with us and celebrate before the December holidays. We will have live music from local group Mixed Bag, along with your favorite recorded dances! Admission is free this month. Basic Balkan dance teaching 7:30-8:00.
2026 Saturday January 31	Winter Party with Live Music Hopefully no snow to slow us down! We will have live music by central Ohio band Vatra Živa along with your favorite recorded dances! Basic Balkan dance teaching 7:30-8:00.
Saturday February 28	Heart Party Celebrate Heart Month and Valentine's Day with us. We will also celebrate Baba Marta, the beginning of the month of March. Basic Balkan dance teaching 7:30-8:00.
Saturday March 21	Leprechaun Party There'll be the wearin' o' the green tonight. Basic Balkan dance teaching 7:30-8:00.
Saturday April 25	Spring Party Dance into spring at Balkan Night! We will have your favorite recorded dances! Basic Balkan dance teaching 7:30-8:00.

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