Brooklyn Contra

Brooklyn Contra

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If Swing dancing and Square dancing met in a bar, you’d get Contra. Live music and a vibrant social dancing scene. If you can walk, you can contra!

It’s good ol’ fashioned fun for everyone, right here in Brooklyn! Brooklyn Contra supports the dynamic cultural evolution of traditional music and dance. We host a season of fun and accessible dances and exciting special events, as well as engaging educational programs for dancers, musicians, and callers. Brooklyn Contra creates an inclusive and safe environment in order to foster sustainable comm

Photos from Brooklyn Contra's post 06/15/2026

Y'all!!! Its a big month of June! We've got 5 events coming up the next two weeks! Join us at Porch Stomp, Solstice, and The NY Historical Society, and at Camp Friendship for a big five piece band, plus an amazing concert with Ben Sollee!

06/10/2026

Join Brooklyn Contra for an evening of songs and storytelling with cellist and singer Ben Sollee in the intimate and beautiful Park Slope Old Stone House. Infused with R&B and folk, this Kentucky-based artist’s soulful songs will have you groovin’ through the night. ⁠

Tickets in bio

Monday, June 29, 2026⁠
7:00 p.m. Doors ⁠
Old Stone House⁠
336 3rd Street Brooklyn,

06/06/2026

See you tonight!⁠

We’re celebrating Pride Month with a techno contra at the West Village LGBT Center! We’ll have beats from DJ Chloe Rosenthal and calling from Lyss Adkins, plus a very glittery face-paint station! ⁠

5:30pm: Doors, Face Painting, Happy Half Hour (Dry)⁠

6:00pm: Dancing!⁠

The Le***an, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center⁠
208 West 13th StreetNew York,

06/05/2026

Tomorrow! Just a few tickets left! ⁠

Have you been dancing less than 5 years? Want to up your dancing game? Join us this Saturday for the first of our Intermediate Contra Workshops! ⁠

More info and tickets in Bio!⁠

Saturday, June 6, 2026⁠
12:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.⁠
Pearl Studios⁠
500 8th AvenueNew York, NY, ⁠
Rm 314

06/05/2026

Join us on Saturday for a TechnoContra at the historic LGBTQ Center in Chelsea, where q***r contras were organized before the pandemic. will be at the mic, calling to sick beats by Chloe Rosenthal of Philadelphia. Last year we sold out before the dance - grab your tickets now at brooklyncontra.org

06/02/2026

This Saturday!!! We’re celebrating Pride Month with a techno contra at the West Village LGBT Center! We’ll have beats from DJ Chloe Rosenthal and calling from Lyss Adkins, plus a very glittery face-paint station! ⁠

5:30pm: Doors, Face Painting, Happy Half Hour (Dry)⁠

6:00pm: Dancing!⁠

The Le***an, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center⁠
208 West 13th StreetNew York,

06/02/2026

Have you been dancing less than 5 years? Want to up your dancing game? Join us this Saturday for the first of our Intermediate Contra Workshops! ⁠

More info and tickets in Bio!⁠

Saturday, June 6, 2026⁠
12:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.⁠
Pearl Studios⁠
500 8th AvenueNew York, NY, ⁠
Rm 314

06/02/2026
06/02/2026

Have you been dancing less than 5 years? Want to up your dancing game? Join us this Saturday for the first of our Intermediate Contra Workshops! ⁠

More info and tickets in Bio!⁠

Saturday, June 6, 2026⁠
12:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.⁠
Pearl Studios⁠
500 8th AvenueNew York, NY, ⁠
Rm 314

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