Balkan Night Dance Parties in Columbus, Ohio

What's New

New schedule for 2024-2025 season!

Please note that we are dancing on third Saturdays now, from 7:30 PM until 10:30 PM.

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 2024-2025 Schedule

7:30 PM to 10:30 PM party.

$2 Donation

2024 September 21	Kickoff Dance Start off the season with Balkan dance. We will honor the memory of Phil McCutcheon, who passed away in September, 2023, by doing some of his favorite dances. Admission is free this month. There will be teaching of basic Balkan dances from 7:30 to 8:00.
October 19	October Party with Live Music Special party with live music by central Ohio band Vatra Živa. We will have a small table with some scrapbooks, photos and a laptop as a memorial to Tom Hixon, who passed away this summer. Admission is free this month. There will be teaching of basic Balkan dances from 7:30 to 8:00!
November 16	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.
December 21	December Party with Live Music Come dance with us and celebrate before the December holidays. We will have a set of live music by local group Hajde. We will also have your favorite recorded dances. Admission is free this month. Basic Balkan dance teaching 7:30-8:00.
2025 January 18	Winter Party Hopefully no snow to slow us down! Basic Balkan dance teaching 7:30-8:00.
February 15	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.
March 15	Leprechaun Party There'll be the wearin' o' the green tonight. Basic Balkan dance teaching 7:30-8:00.
April 19	Spring Party with Live Music Dance into spring at Balkan Night! We will have live music from local group Mixed Bag, along with your favorite recorded dances! Basic Balkan dance teaching 7:30-8:00.

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