47th Annual Door County Folk Festival

We invite everyone to experience the creativity, collaboration, and cultural richness of America’s many ethnic groups through dance and music at the “Door County Folk Festival”. The weekend attracts hundreds of participants from all around North America and beyond. DCFF Programs offer a unique blend of dancing, learning, networking, partying, and making friends in a congenial and relaxed atmosphere, amid the beauties of Door County.

“Get Your Foot in the Door”
All events open to the public and to the media – Festival website: https://dcff.net/
Full Weekend Registration (in advance) at: https://dcff.net/register/
Tickets for individual events available at the door: https://dcff.net/pricelist/
Can’t attend in-person, join DCFF Online – Zoom Registration at: https://dcff.net/register-zoom/
Door County Folk Festival activities include:
– Ethnic Dance Workshops (lessons) Fri-Sun with instructors from all over the Midwest and beyond
Ethnic Dance 101 (ED101) (lessons) Fri-Sun (for participants of new or with limited dance experience)
– Early AM Dancing Fri-Sun 8:00am – Square/Contra/Round Dancing with Paul Collins
– Traditional Fish Boil Dinners (Thu, Sat, Sun) & Fish Fry (Fri) at Waterfront Mary’s (Sturgeon Bay)
-Themed Bring Your Own (BYO) social hours and request dancing every night at 7:00pm:
Thu-BYO-Whatever, Fri-BYO-Snack, Sat-BYO-Dessert, Sun-BYO-Everything
– Ethnic dance parties every night at 8:00 pm (live & recorded music) – musicians include Bruce Sagan
and Nan Nelson (Ann Arbor, MI), Bob Walser (Twin Cities, MN), Orkestar Izvor (Balkan, Milwaukee),
Orkestar Verea (Bulgarian, Chicago).
– Also, Singing Workshops, Cultural Presentations, Balfolk dancing, Outdoor Birding and Nature
Walks, Dance Warmups
– An Exceptional Back-Story – “DCFF Brings a Large-Scale Portable Dance Floor to Sturgeon Bay:
https://dcff.net/portable-dance-floor-project/
Gerhard Bernhard (Sister Bay) founded DCFF in 1980. Paul Collins (Chicago) became a co-director in 1982.
DCFF is uniquely welcoming as we design events with the goal of audience participation – that is, to learn
and do ethnic heritage dances and songs of America’s diverse populations. Workshops provide learning
opportunities for a variety of ethnic folk-dance forms and are accessible to participants with limited dance
experience, as well as to those with intermediate to advanced skills.