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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- Ireland Supporters Club, Unit 39, 4120 Ridgeway Boulevard, Mississauga, 7.30-9.30pm, September-June, Maureen Mulvey O'Leary
- Church Hall, Christ the Saviour Russian Orthodox Cathedral, 823 Manning Avenue, Toronto, 7.30-9.30pm, $5, Pat Mahony
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- St Mary's School, 40 Central Avenue, Brockville, 8-9.30pm, September-June, Eithne Dunbar
 Kildare House, 1880 Wyandotte Street East, Windsor, 8pm, donation, September-June, Anne McCallum 
- Emerald Isle Seniors Centre, 1190 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, 7.30-9.30pm,
 5.30-7.30pm, September-June, Maureen Mulvey O'Leary
- Irish Hall, 315 Church Street, Belleville, 6.30-8.30pm, September-June, free, Wilfred Gaube
- Brampton Irish Centre, 20 Strathern Avenue, Brampton, 7.30-9.30pm, $5, Pat Mahony
- Knights of Columbus Hall, 112 Solidarity Lane, Sudbury, 6.30-9.15pm, Pat McGuire
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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
- 202 Main Street, Barriefield, Kingston, 7.30-9.30pm, free, September-June, Robert MacDiarmid, Julie Bowes
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- St Stephen's Green Irish Bar and Restaurant, 169 Main Street, Los Altos, 9-11pm, lesson 7-9pm, $5
 Hollywood, Los Angeles, 7.30-9.30pm, August-June, Michael Breen
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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, 8pm-12am, Michael Riemer
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 St Athanasius, Rengstorff Avenue, Mountain View, lesson 8pm, ceili 8.30-11pm, $10, Juanita Shaikh
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 733 West 8th Street, Claremont, 7.30pm-12am, free, bring food to share, Don Breyer, by Ceili House Band, musicians welcome
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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, 8pm-12am, $9, September-June, Bud Burke, by Pancho, Kevin and Jimmy, note—sometimes on Sundays 2-6pm with pot luck supper 
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- Veterans Community Park, 1895 Veterans Park Drive, Naples, 6.30-8.30pm September-May, 6-8pm June-August, $6, Susanna Haslett, Laurie Johnson
- Claddagh Ceili and Set Dancers, 4801 NW 18th Avenue, Deerfield Beach, 7.30-10pm, beginners 6-7.30pm, November-April, $5, Kathy Moloney-Kelly
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- Claddagh Ceili and Set Dancers, 4801 NW 18th Avenue, Deerfield Beach, 7.30-10pm, November-April, $5, Kathy Moloney-Kelly
- East Naples Community Center, 3500 Thomasson Drive, Naples, 6.30-8.30pm, October-April, $6, Jim O'Toole
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- St Cloud Senior Center, Building B, 702 Indiana Avenue, St Cloud, 7.30-9pm, please confirm, Mags Walsh
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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
- Waterloo Elementary School, 5940 Waterloo Road, Columbia, 7-8.30pm, beginners
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- 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
- North Bethesda Middle School Dance Studio, 8935 Bradmoor Drive, Bethesda, 20817, 7.30-8.30pm, Jim Keenan
- Clark's Garage Dance Hall, 25950 Morganza-Turner Road, Mechanicsville, St Mary's County, 7.30-9.30pm, September-May, $6, 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 8 weeks, by Tina Eck and friends, Paul O'Donnell
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- Emerald Isle Club, American Legion Post 22, 125 York Road, Towson, 21204, 8pm-12am, workshop 7pm with Marilyn Moore, October-May, $13, Judy Kondner, by J Patrick's All-Stars
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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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- 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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- Eagles Club Room, 2507 East 25th Street, Seward, Minneapolis, 55406, 8pm, $5, Karen Cieminski, Tim McAndrew, by Doon Ceili Band
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 Keegan's Irish Pub, 16 University Avenue NE, Nordeast, Minneapolis, 55413, 8pm, Tim McAndrew, session
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- The Nickel Joint, 501 Blair Avenue, MacKubin Street, St Paul, 8-9.15pm, steps and sean nós 7.15-8pm, $5, November-March, Karen Cieminski, Paul McCluskey
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- Dance-n-Fitness, 311 Division Street, Northfield, 7.30-9pm, 10-week classes, September-November, March-May, $9, Karen Cieminski
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- VFW Hall Post 6253, 34 Chestnut Street, Berlin, 1.30-5pm, $13, September-May, in January, Eileen McCullough, Muriel Prickett
- VFW Hall, 239 Leonia Avenue, Bogota, 5-9pm, lesson with John Sindt 4-5pm, $12, September-June, Mike and Terry Rafferty, by Eileen Clune Goodman, John and Gerry Kennedy and Mike Rafferty
- Irish American Association of Northwest Jersey Cultural Center, 350 Richard Mine Road, Wharton, Rockaway Township, 4-8pm, lesson 3-4pm, $10, November-September, June-August, Jack Regan
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- Bergen Irish Cultural Center, 41 Omaha Street, Dumont, 6-10pm, Gerry Kennedy
- Oh'Hara's Pub and Restaurant, 22 North King Street, Gloucester City, 7-9pm, $5, September-June, Colleen Kisielewski
- St Mary's Church, 232 Central Avenue, Rahway, 07065, 7-9.15pm, $4, September-June, Bruce Olens
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- Irish American Association of Northwest Jersey Cultural Center, 350 Richard Mine Road, Wharton, Rockaway Township, 7-9pm, all year, Jack Regan
- Irish-American Center, 297 Willis Avenue, Mineola, Long Island, 7.30pm, September-June, Irish American Society
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- Knights of Columbus Hall, Broad and Elm Streets, Palmyra, 8pm-12am, October-June, $9, Anna Hickman
- VFW Hall, 239 Leonia Avenue, Bogota, 8pm-12am, all year, Eileen O'Flaherty, by Green Gates Ceili Band
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- AOH Hall, 28 Railroad Avenue, Pearl River, 7-10pm, September-June, Kathleen Collins
- American Legion Hall, 115 Southern Parkway, Plainview, Long Island, 7.30pm, John Broderick
- Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street, Manhattan, New York City, 9-10pm, ceili dancing 8-9pm, Irish Arts Center
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- Woodlawn, Bronx, New York City, 8.30-10pm, 8-8.30 beginners' step practice, September-June, Kathleen Collins
- Irish Cultural Center, Hibernian Hall, 375 Ontario Street, Albany, 7-9.30pm, Ron Bruschi, Anne Marie McLaughlin
- Buffalo Irish Center, 245 Abbott Road, Buffalo, 7.45-10pm, all year, $1, Shane and Jean Devlin
- Connolly's Corner, 7115 Grand Avenue, Maspeth, Queens, New York City, 7.30pm, September-June, Eileen Cotter, Denis Keane
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- Breffni Inn, 4345 40th Street, Queens Boulevard, Sunnyside, Queens, New York City, 7-10pm, September-June, Kathleen Collins
- Weldon House, 2119 State Route 145, East Durham, 7-9pm, Betty Connolly, Anastasia McGrory
- McGinnity's Restaurant and Party House, 534 West Ridge Road, Greece, Rochester, 7.30-9.30pm, September-May, $2, Brendan and Mary Tunney
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- New York Spaces, 131 West 72nd Street, Manhattan, New York City, ceili and two-hand dancing 6.30-7.30pm, September-June, Maura Mulligan
- Kerry Society Hall, McLean Avenue, Yonkers, 8pm, Tom Keaveney
- Clarkstown Reformed Church Hall, 107 Strawtown Road, West Nyack, 8pm-12am, September-June, Dan Dennehy, called by Jerry Kennedy
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- American Legion Hall, 115 Southern Parkway, Plainview, Long Island, 8pm-12am, September-June, $20, John Broderick
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- Old Town Hall, 5111 South Old 3C Highway, Westerville, 4pm, beginners 3.15pm, , Jim Keenan
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- Cleveland Ceili Club, St Clarence Church, 30106 Lorain Road, North Olmsted, 7.30-10pm, all year, $5, Kelly Jones, Anna Costanzo
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- Cleveland Ceili Club, St Clarence Church, 30106 Lorain Road, North Olmsted, 8pm-12am, September-June, $10, Kelly Jones, Anna Costanzo, by Turn the Corner
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- Performance Works Northwest, 4625 SE 67th Avenue, Portland, sean nós dancing, beginners 7-8pm, improvers 8pm, $50 for 6 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, 5.45-6.45pm sean nós dancing, 6.45-8.30pm ceili dancing, all year, $10, Susan Spencer
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- Friendly House Community Center, 1737 NW 26th Street, Portland, 97210, sean nós dancing, 7-8pm, 6-7pm, 19 September-30 October 2008, Maldon Meehan
- Winona Grange Hall #271, 8340 SW Seneca Street, Tualatin, 97062, 7-9pm, all year, ceili dancing, $5, Sam Keator
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- Ceili Society of the Valley, VFW Hall, 630 Hood Street NE, Salem, 8-11pm, ceili dancing, $10, Susan Spencer
- Winona Grange Hall #271, 8340 SW Seneca Street, Tualatin, 97062, 8-11pm, lesson 7-8pm, October-May, ceili dancing, $10, Sam Keator
- Portland Police Athletic Association, 618 SE Alder Street, Portland, 9pm-12.30am, lesson 8pm, September-May, ceili dancing, $10, Maldon Meehan
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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, Bob and Ruth Ginn
- 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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- 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, September, beginners, John Shields, Cass Tinney
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- MacSwiney Club, 510 Greenwood Avenue, Jenkintown, 8-10pm, September-June, Jim Ryan
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- Knights of Columbus, 230 Limekiln Pike, Glenside, 8pm-12am, September-June, $10, Rosemarie Timoney
- 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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- Dominion Village Retirement Homes, 531 Wythe Creek Road, Poquoson, 7-8.30pm, September-July, Josie O'Malley
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- Green Acres Center, 4401 Sideburn Road, Fairfax, 7.15-9pm, 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, Marilyn Moore, Larry Frank
- O'Neill-Malcom CCÉ Ceilis, Green Acres Recreation Center, 4401 Sideburn Road, Fairfax, 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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- Froth House, 11 North Allen Street, Madison, 8-9pm, class 7-8pm, Bryan Whiting
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- Ardor Pub and Grill, 607 North Broadway, Milwaukee, 9pm-12am, Jeff Ksiazek
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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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