Nordic music and dance events

Use this site to find out about events in the UK and beyond where you can do Nordic music or dancing. Found some missing or incorrect information? Let me know.

• Hathersage Village Hop

  September in Hathersage, Peak District 🇬🇧

  3 days of European music and dancing, including Scandi, French and Balkan.

  dance workshop music workshop music session social dance

• Korröfestivalen

  Late July in Korrö, Småland 🇸🇪

  Festival in Sweden

  dance workshop music workshop music session social dance

• Ransätersstämman

  Early June in Ransäter, near Karlstad, Värmland 🇸🇪

  Festival in Sweden

  dance workshop music workshop music session social dance

• Scandimoot

  May Day bank holiday weekend in Clapham, North Yorkshire 🇬🇧

  Scandimoot brings in excellent teachers from alternately Norway and Sweden for a long weekend of workshops, social dance, sessions and a concert. They run a mailing list, contact them to be added, and a Facebook page.

  dance workshop music workshop music session social dance

• Sheffield Eurosession

  Second Thursdays? in Sheffield 🇬🇧

  Music and/or dance workshop on something about European dance, not limited to Nordic, followed by general music session and social dance. Eurosession often holds additional events where you can dance to exciting international bands. They run a mailing list and a Facebook page

  dance workshop music workshop music session social dance

• Sidmouth Folk Festival

  August in Sidmouth, Devon 🇬🇧

  As part of the main folk festival, Sidmouth often includes some workshops around Nordic dance

  dance workshop music workshop music session social dance

• Skint

  First weekend of November in Ashover, Derbyshire 🇬🇧

  Skint is a long weekend of Scandinavian and International dance, where everyone pitches in. There’s a variety of music and dance workshops during the day, then social dancing, opportunities to play for dance, and music sessions in the evenings. Skint sells out very fast, get on their mailing list to know when booking opens.

  dance workshop music workshop music session social dance

• Stämmoveckan

  late June/early July in Dalarna 🇸🇪

  A whole week or so of festivals in various villages in Dalarna, Sweden. Includes Bingsjöstämman

  dance workshop music workshop music session social dance

• Umefolk

  February in Umeå 🇸🇪

  Festival in Sweden

  dance workshop music workshop music session social dance