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T
he Village Arts Coalition, located in Boulder, Colorado, is a non-profit organization — a coalition of groups and individuals of all ages that, for the most part, are involved in with folk arts, music and dance of many forms, such as:

You can find out more about us by exploring our website

Please see our Calendar of events!!

SPECIAL EVENTS within the next 30 days:


From Friday June 28th 2013 through Sunday June 30th 2013
VAC International Festival with VAC International Festival
International Multi-Day Event, 10 am to 8:30 pm
Cost: FREE
Location: Pear Street Mall in Front of the Courthouse, Boulder, CO,
Contact: Jim Schwartzkopff: 303-329-6242 - festival@villageartscoalition.org

Over 30 performances, participatory dancing, live caller on Friday evening, Live band on Saturday, vendors and more!

SCHEDULE:

Friday June 28

6:30-8:30 Scootbacks Square Dancing
Public square dancing under the big tent

Saturday June 29        

10:30   Keaka O Kalani Hula and Polynesian Dance School
11:00   Chalet Dancers - Alpine Dance
11:30   Imagination Alley Music in Motion
12:00   Watch Your Step!  Vintage Dance Vignettes
12:30   One World Folk Dancers
1:00     McTeggart Irish Dancers
1:30     Hora Romaneasca
2:00     Beledi Dance Caravan
2:30     Chalet Dancers - Scottish Dance
3:00     John Chu - Teaching International Folk Dance
3:30     The Hoofin' High Country Cloggers
4:00     CFOOTMAD - Contra Dance
4:30     Shivanjali Center for Fine Arts - Indian Dance
5:00     Planina - Songs of Eastern Europe
5:30     Storm Mountain Folk Dancers
6:00     Boulder Zumba
6:30-8:30         Open folk dancing to live music with
                        BARBELFISH Balkan Band      

  Sunday June 30          

10:00   Centennial State Pipes & Drums - March
10:30   Centennial State Pipes & Drums
11:00   Maroon Bells Morris
11:30   Boulder Spelemannslag - Scandinavian Fiddle Music
12:00   Celtic Steps Irish Dance School
12:30   Halau Hula O Na Mauna Komohana
1:00     A Place to B Studio - Taiko Drumming and Tribal Dance
1:30     Danceophile Studio and Postoley Dance Ensemble
2:00     Los Casineros - Salsa Challenge
2:30     Sahara Silk Road Dancers
3:00     Scottish Country Dancers of Colorado
3:30     Bohua Chinese School
4:00     Ascential Dance Theatre Colorado
4:30     Balkanika Folk Dance Group
5:00     Gora Gora Orkestar
5:30     Danza Azteca

All Events Are Free

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Saturday June 29th 2013
SPECIAL FIFTH SATURDAY SWING with American Vernacular Dance
Swing Dance, 7 PM dance lesson; music 8 - 11 PM
Cost: $15 General; $10 Students
Location: The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO, 80303

Their first appearance at Avalon! Katie Glassman on fiddle with "Snapshot"! A contemporary, western influences, young band that plays and swings. Katie's shmmering voice sails! A many-time winner of fiddle contests in the U.S., backed by familiar and favored faces. Catch this one!
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Sunday July 14th 2013
Movement Mass ~ Align with the Divine with Golden Bridge - Movement Mass
Celebratory Dance, 10:45 AM Warm-up; 11:00 AM Start
Cost: $12-$15 Sliding Scale
Location: The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO, 80303
Contact: Martha Maloney: 303-415-0272 - surf@goldenbridge.org

Join together in Celebratory Community to Remember our Wholeness & to Amplify our Sacred Work in these Times of Great Change. No Dance experience is necessary ~ Only a Longing to Move with Life In Authenticity and Love. Sponsored by Golden Bridge. All proceeds support youth leaders from around the world during their Rites of Passage Journeys with www. Goldenbridge.org.

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VAC Membership

We invite you to consider an individual membership in the Village Arts Coalition (VAC).  Membership is FREE!  Members receive the electonic version of STOMP!, our newsletter and calendar, six times a year, and can vote in our Annual Meeting on issues and directors to the board.  For more information and to download a membership form please see the membership page. 

If you have a participatory or performing group, we would love for you to join the VAC and list your events here on our website/portal! You will help make this become a comprehensive directory of all folk arts, music and dance activities in the area.  For info about joining, please see the membership page.