This is information we have about contradances within a generous radius of Syracuse. We only update this page occasionally. Before travelling, please call or email to confirm that the time and place are still correct!
Altamont: First and third Saturdays at 8 pm -- see the Old Songs web page for location and contacts.
Binghamton: Second Saturdays at 7 pm at Trinity Memorial Church (44 Main St) -- Ross Geoghegan at 607-798-0787.
Buffalo: First and third Saturdays at 8 pm at the Unitarian-Universalist Church (695 Elmwood Ave (at W Ferry)) -- Queen City Country Dancers (Cynthia at 716-884-0646).
Cooperstown: First Fridays at the Presbyterian Church off of (Pioneer Street in Cooperstown) -- Paula Sterling at 607-965-8232.
Fredonia: First Fridays at 7:45 pm at the Fredonia Grange (58 W Main St) -- Kathy Fox at 716-672-2716.
Ithaca: Every Friday at 8 pm at the Bethel Grove Community Center (1825 Slaterville Rd (Rt 79)) -- Ted or Pam at 607-273-8678. Also occasional Sunday English Dances and potlucks at the same site.
Ithaca: Every Monday (mid June through mid September) at 7:30 pm at the Ithaca Commons
Main Pavilion (Ithaca Commons) -- Ted or Pam at 607-273-8678.
Ithaca's Hands Four Dancers: Occasional extra special dances -- Hands Four Info.
Manlius: Occasional Saturdays at Kellish Farms, 3192 Pompey Center Rd. -- Kathy Kellish at 315-682-1578.
Morrisville: Occasional dances at Madison Hall (US-20 near South St. ) -- Suzanne Farrington at 315-824-1106.
Oneonta: (the Upper Susquehanna Dance) Occasional Saturdays; locations vary -- Ed Bugel at 607-432-6620.
Oswego: First Fridays at the McCrobie Civic Center -- Ellen Wahl at 315-312-2317.
Owego: Third Sundays from 4-7 pm at the Tioga Trails Cafe: (50 Lake Street) -- April Swaney at 607-657-8067.
Rochester: Every Thursday at 8 pm at the Covenant Methodist Church (Culver & Parsells) -- Dan Cooper-Vince at 585-737-5156.
Also, English dances on most Sundays from 6:30-9:30 pm at the First Baptist Church of Rochester (175 Allens Creek Rd.) -- Richard Sauvain at 585-442-4681.
Syracuse: That's us! Complex schedule, but we dance almost every week; 8 pm at the United Church of Fayetteville (310 E Genesee St) most weekends and fourth Saturdays at Madison Hall in Morrisville -- David or Gretchen at 315-682-0627.
Still in search of contradances in New York State? Try Ted Crane's Amazing Contradance Database.