The set dancing events in this list take place on a regular basis - weekly, monthly, fortnightly or bimonthly. The majority of them are classes; regularly scheduled live music ceilis are also included.
All classes and ceilis are generally open to all dancers, beginners and experienced. If a class is aimed at a specific level this is indicated where known. Visitors are welcome and some classes even waive the cost to visitors attending a single class. If you're on holiday or travelling near a class be sure to drop in. Contact names are shown at the end of an entry for the teacher or organiser. Click on a highlighted name to get the phone number. It's always a good idea to phone before attending a class for the first time. Most classes don't run during the summer - this is shown in the entry if known.
Set Dancing News strives to keep this information accurate and up-to-date. However, some entries in the listings may be old and obsolete. Set dancing classes generally operate from year to year in the same venue with the same teacher, so once a class is added here, it remains listed until notification of a change is received. Entries are removed after around three years if no further confirmation of a class is received. To keep your class listing current, please confirm it annually to Bill Lynch. Information on new, changed and cancelled classes is welcome. There is no charge for including an event here.
Note: most entries are followed by a white dot - move your mouse over it to see the source of the information and when it was received.
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 Old Triangle Irish Ale House, 5136 Prince Street, Bedford Row, Halifax, 2-4pm, free, all year, Elizabeth MacDonald,  by Kevin Roach and Jane Lombard 
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- Chocolate Lake Community Center, 14 Purcells Cove Road, Halifax, 7-9pm, $6, September-June, Elizabeth MacDonald
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 North Woodside Community Centre, 230 Pleasant Street, Dartmouth, traditional step dancing, 1-2.30pm, $5, September-June, Elizabeth MacDonald
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- Ireland Supporters Club, Unit 39, 4120 Ridgeway Boulevard, Mississauga, 7.30-9.30pm, September-June, Maureen Mulvey O'Leary
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- 202 Main Street, Barriefield, Kingston, 7.30-9.30pm, free, September-June, Robert MacDiarmid, Julie Bowes
- St Mary's School, 40 Central Avenue, Brockville, 8-9.30pm, September-June, Eithne Dunbar
- Emerald Isle Seniors Centre, 1190 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, 7.30-9.30pm,
 5.30-7.30pm, September-June, Maureen Mulvey O'Leary
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- Knights of Columbus Hall, 113 Brock Street North, Whitby, 7.30-9.30pm, 6.30-7.30pm, September-June, Maureen Mulvey O'Leary
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- Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, 7-9pm, 9-11pm, $5, ceili dancing, John Slaymaker, Gretchen Holm
- Alameda Ballet Academy, 1402 Park Street, Alameda, 8-11pm, $5, ceili dancing, Terry O'Neal
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  Britannia Arms, 1087 De Anza Boulevard, Cupertino, lesson 7.15-8pm, ceili 8-10pm, Michael Murphy, by Birds in the Bush and Gan Ainm Ceili Band
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- Plough and Stars Pub, 116 Clement Street, 2nd Avenue, San Francisco, 9.30pm-12am, $5, by Tipsy House,
 8-11pm, by Shannon Ceili Band, Josephine Brogan
- United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Avenue, 7.30-9.30pm, not , all year, Josephine Brogan
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 United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Avenue, San Francisco, 7.30-11.30pm, free, Josephine Brogan
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- New Castle County Irish Society Center, 1301 South Rodney Street, Wilmington, 8.30-9.30pm, beginners 7-7.30pm, ceili dancing 7.30-8.30pm, $5, September-May, Bud Burke, Mary Collins
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 New Castle County Irish Society Irish Center, 1301 South Rodney Street, Wilmington, 2-6pm, $13, October-May, Bud Burke, by Pancho, Kevin and Jimmy 
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 4801 NW 18th Avenue, Deerfield Beach, 7.30-9.30pm, beginners 6-7.30pm, November-April, $5, Pete Kelly
- Veterans Community Park, 1895 Veterans Park Drive, Naples, 6.30-8.30pm September-May, 6-8pm June-August, $6, Susanna Haslett, Laurie Johnson
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- Tim Finnegans Irish Pub, 1725 South Federal Highway, Delray Beach, 33483, 7-9.30pm, November-March, $5, Kathy Kelly
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- J Patrick's Pub, 1371 Andre Street, Locust Point, Baltimore, 4.30-8.30pm, $5, all year, in May, by J Patrick's All-Star Ceili Band led by Peter Fitzgerald
- Cherry Hill Park Conference Center, 9800 Cherry Hill Road, north of I 495, College Park, 5-9pm, workshop 4pm, $15, September-May except 31 December, Dixie Baker, Paul O'Donnell
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- First and St Stephen's United Church of Christ, 15 York Road, Baltimore, 21212, 7.30-8.30pm, beginners 7-8pm, $56 for 8 weeks, Marilyn Moore, Marcia Ferguson
- Ellicott Mills Middle School, 4445 Montgomery Avenue, Ellicott City, 21043, 7-8.30pm, beginners, Jan McVey
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- J Patrick's Pub, 1371 Andre Street, Locust Point, Baltimore, 8-9pm, sean nós dancing, Kelly Smit
- Ridgeview Middle School, 16600 Raven Rock Drive, Gaithersburg, 8-9.15pm, beginners 7-8pm, September-May, Marilyn Moore, Joan O'Connor
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- J Patrick's Pub, 1371 Andre Street, Locust Point, Baltimore, 7-9pm, all year, $2, Dan Stanton
- Gaithersburg, 7.30-8.30pm, Jim Keenan
- Clark's Garage Dance Hall, 25950 Morganza-Turner Road, Mechanicsville, St Mary's County, 7.30-9pm, September-May, Preston and Diane Clark
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- Frost Center, 4915 Aspen Hill Road, Rockville, 8-9.30pm, beginners 7-8pm, all year, $30 for 10 weeks, by Tina Eck and friends, Paul O'Donnell
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- Canadian-American Hall, 202 Arlington Street, Watertown, 4-8pm, September-June, $7, Barbara Davis, by Boston Comhaltas Ceili Band
- Ceol Traidisiúnta na hÉireann, Hibernian Hall, 151 Watertown Street, Watertown, 02472, 4-8pm, September-May, $5, Frank Bane
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- Harrington's Restaurant, 17 Water Street, Route 129, Wakefield, 7.30-9pm, 20 July-14 September 2009, $7, beginners, Eileen McClellan
- The Burren Irish Pub, 247 Elm Street, Davis Square, Somerville, 8-10pm, all year, $7, Ger Cooney, followed by dance session
- Irish Cultural Center, 200 New Boston Drive, Canton, 7.30pm, $5, Cait Diamond
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- Canadian-American Hall, 202 Arlington Street, Watertown, 7-9pm, September-June, $5, Sally Harney, Barbara Davis
- John Boyle O'Reilly Club, 33 Progress Avenue, Springfield, 7.30-9.30pm, April-October, free, Jim O'Toole
- Heavey-Quinn Academy of Irish Dancing, Merrimack Valley Dance Company, 11 Progress Avenue, Chelmsford, 7.30-9.30pm, all year, $10, Eileen Dugal, Mary Heavey-Quinn
- Irish American Club, 616 Middlesex Turnpike, Billerica, 7.45-9.45pm, ceili dancing
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- Concannon's Irish Village, 60 Lenox Avenue, Norwood, 7-9pm, September-June, $5, Sally Harney, Tom and Maire Concannon
- Harrington's Restaurant, 17 Water Street, Route 129, Wakefield, 7.30-9.30pm, January-November, $7, Eileen McClellan
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- Wollaston Congregational Church, 48 Winthrop Avenue, Wollaston, Quincy, 8-11pm, $5, Sheila Berry
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- Bergen Irish Cultural Center, 41 Omaha Street, Dumont, 6-10pm, Gerry Kennedy
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- Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street, Manhattan, New York City, 9-10pm, ceili dancing 8-9pm, Irish Arts Center
- AOH Hall, 28 Railroad Avenue, Pearl River, 7-10pm, September-June, Kathleen Collins
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- Connolly's Corner, 7115 Grand Avenue, Maspeth, Queens, New York City, 7.30pm, September-June, Eileen Cotter, Denis Keane
- Irish Cultural Center, Hibernian Hall, 375 Ontario Street, Albany, 7-9.30pm, Ron Bruschi, Anne Marie McLaughlin
- Woodlawn, Bronx, New York City, 8.30-10pm, 8-8.30 beginners' step practice, September-June, Kathleen Collins
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- McGinnity's Restaurant and Party House, 534 West Ridge Road, Greece, Rochester, 7.30-9.30pm, September-May, $2, Brendan and Mary Tunney
- Weldon House, 2119 State Route 145, East Durham, 7-9pm, Betty Connolly, Anastasia McGrory
- Breffni Inn, 4345 40th Street, Queens Boulevard, Sunnyside, Queens, New York City, 7-10pm, September-June, Kathleen Collins
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- Rockland Irish American Cultural Center, 284 Convent Road, Blauvelt, 6-10pm, Gerry Kennedy
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- Ripley-Grier Studios, 131 West 72nd Street, Manhattan, New York City, ceili and two-hand dancing 6.30-7.30pm, September-June, Maura Mulligan
- Clarkstown Reformed Church Hall, 107 Strawtown Road, West Nyack, 8pm-12am, September-June, Dan Dennehy, called by Gerry Kennedy
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- Cleveland Ceili Club, St Clarence Church, 30106 Lorain Road, North Olmsted, 44070, 7.30-9.30pm, all year, free, Kelly Jones, Anna Costanzo
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- Cleveland Ceili Club, St Clarence Church, 30106 Lorain Road, North Olmsted, 44070, 8pm-12am, September-June, $10, Kelly Jones, Anna Costanzo, by Turn the Corner
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- 2421 SE Ash Street, Portland, 97214, 7pm, sean nós dancing 6-7pm, January-March, $80 for 12 weeks, Maldon Meehan
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- Performance Works Northwest, 4625 SE 67th Avenue, Portland, sean nós dancing, 7-8pm, January-March, for 12 weeks, Maldon Meehan
- Yeates Academy Dance Studio, Arciform Building, 4231 North Interstate Avenue, Portland, 7-9pm, all year, $3, ceili dancing, Sam Keator
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- Ceili Society of the Valley, VFW Hall, 630 Hood Street NE, Salem, 6.30-8.30pm, sean nós dancing 5.30-6.30pm, all year, $8, Maldon Meehan, Susan Spencer, by Joe Root
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- Portland Police Athletic Association, 618 SE Alder Street, Portland, 8-9pm, sean nós and battering, Maldon Meehan
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- Winona Grange Hall #271, 8340 SW Seneca Street, Tualatin, 97062, 7-9pm, all year, ceili dancing, $5, Sam Keator
- Friendly House Community Center, 1737 NW 26th Street, Portland, 97210, sean nós dancing, 7-8pm, 6-7pm, 19 September-30 October 2008, Maldon Meehan
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- Winona Grange Hall #271, 8340 SW Seneca Street, Tualatin, 97062, 8-11pm, lesson 7-8pm, October-May, ceili dancing, $10, Sam Keator
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- West End Irish American Association, American Legion Post 927, Route 209, Gilbert, 7-9pm, all year, $3, Jean and Mike Cunningham
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- Commodore Barry Club, 6815 Emlyn Street, Carpenter Lane, West Mount Airy, Philadelphia, 7.30-9.30pm, $5, beginners, John Shields
- Mullaney's Harp and Fiddle, 2329 Penn Avenue, Strip District, Pittsburgh, 8-10pm, free, Mary Ann McGill
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- Commodore Barry Club, 6815 Emlyn Street, Carpenter Lane, West Mount Airy, Philadelphia, 7.30-9.30pm, $5, John Shields, Cass Tinney
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- Commodore Barry Club, 6815 Emlyn Street, Carpenter Lane, West Mount Airy, Philadelphia, 8pm-12am, workshop 7-8pm, $10, all year, John Shields, Cass Tinney, Tom O'Malley, by Friday Night Ceili Band
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- All-Ireland Athletic Club Ceili, American Legion Post 577, 5857 Forbes Avenue, Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, 15217, 8-10pm, October-May
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- Green Acres Center, 4401 Sideburn Road, Fairfax, 7.30-9pm, August-June, Hugh Conway
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- Prince William County Set Dancing Society, 12312 Running Deer Road, Manassas, 20112, 7.30-9pm, all year, free, Doyle Meadows
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- Green Acres Recreation Center, 4401 Sideburn Road, Fairfax, 10.30am-12pm, September-May, $40 for 5-6 classes, Marilyn Moore, Larry Frank
- O'Neill-Malcom CCÉ Ceilis, Great Falls Grange, 9812 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, 22066-2614, 7.30-11pm, instruction 7-7.30pm by Marilyn Moore, $15, September-May, Kendra Swann, Larry Frank, Jesse Winch, by Bogwanderers Ceili Band
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- Road House Bar and Grill, 1302 Washington Avenue, Cedarburg, open dancing 7-9.30pm or following class, $3, all year, class 7-8.30pm, $45 for 8 weeks, Kathy Tank
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- Milwaukee Set Dance Club, O'Donoghue's Irish Pub, 13225 Watertown Plank Road, Elm Grove, 6.30-9.30pm or following class, $3, all year, class 6.30-7.30pm, $35 for 8 weeks, Pat McElroy-Komppa, Lori Brunt
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- Milwaukee Set Dance Club, Irish Cultural and Heritage Center, 2133 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, 8-11pm, instruction 7pm, $8, Pat McElroy-Komppa
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