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Folk Ball – is an international folk dance and music event held every January or February at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. This year we are holding the Folk Ball on January 24 – 26, 2025.
A Madison, WI tradition, the Folk Ball features great workshops with Michael Ginsburg and legendary parties with multiple great bands!
Madison Folk Ball is planned for January 2025! Come join the fun with events on Friday and Saturday. There will be two full evening dance parties on Friday and Saturday featuring dancer favorites Orchestar Bez Ime, Sloboda, Szaszka, Yid Vicious, and more (see band list below).
Balkan dance workshops will be held Saturday morning and afternoon featuring local and regional teachers. Also on tap Saturday is a lunchtime culture session, an afternoon Balkan singing workshop, an afternoon Hungarian Táncház with Szaszka, and an early evening dinner option with live music.
Final detailed schedule coming soon.
The Folk Ball, now preparing for its thirty-fifth festival, is a major annual gathering in Madison of the many folk dance tribes of the Midwest and beyond. Saturday folk arts workshops and sessions are now offered throughout the day in
Memorial Union venues. The festival centers on the Great Hall ballroom space where Lonya Nenashev of Red Square Audio provides sound engineering throughout the weekend. In the spirit of the Folk Arts, all festival events are structured for participation rather than performance or demonstration.
Folk Ball events are offered free of charge and everyone is welcome. Donations of any size are
greatly appreciated!
The Folk Ball’s central focus is on the Eastern European traditions which are so rarely offered a
public venue but a variety of traditions are always represented.
In recent years around 500 people attend the Folk Ball events. The featured Saturday dance workshops
attract about one hundred people. The dance parties draw as well from local ethnic music fans
and from the university community. Out-of-town participants come from
Milwaukee, Racine, Chicago, Twin Cities, Fox Valley, Winona, Marquette, Eau Claire,
Omaha and beyond. Usually there are just under 500 people at the big party.
Where
Great Hall of the Union (4th floor ballroom)
Memorial Union (University of Wisconsin)
800 Langdon Street
Madison, WI 53706
Tel: 608-265-3000
Venue Website: https://union.wisc.edu/visit/memorial-union/
Memorial Union is located on the south shore of Lake Mendota on the campus of the University of Wisconsin – Madison. On the lakeshore to the north of the building is the Terrace, a popular outdoor space overlooking the lake. It has gained a reputation as one of the most beautiful student centers on a university campus.
Live music performers
Yid Vicious Klezmer
Orkestar Sloboda
Szarska
Izvor Orchestra
Orkestar Bez Ime
and Special Guests: Chevren Traktor
For more information and to register
For further information on Folk Ball, contact Michael Kuharski at 608-469-2543 / moc.gabliam@km
or visit the Folk Ball website and Facebook page.
Website: madfolkball.org
Facebook: Go to “Madison Folk Ballâ€Â
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