Upcoming Events
Overseas Events
National Folk Festival, Canberra
25-29 March 2027
A folk festival to remember. For the first time, the Australian Folk Festival is including a folk dance stream in their ‘Folk School’ (which precedes the weekend), featuring Nic Gareiss, one of the world’s leading percussive traditional dancers.
Check out https://www.folkfestival.org.au/
Dance and Culture Tour TURKEY April 29 – May 14
with TINEKE & MAURITS van Geel and AHMET DEMIRBAGH
Dance and Culture Tour ARMENIA May 14- May 29
Culture Tour GEORGIA August 14 – 29
Join Tineke and Maurits van Geel, your passionate tour leaders and specialists in these inspiring dance and culture journeys. https://www.tinekevangeel.nl/tours/
Adventure, culture, and dance await—don’t miss this unique experience!
Past Events
Mediterranean Magic, Tāmaki-makaurau Auckland
8 August 2026
Take that Mediterranean holiday in 2026! Join the magic carpet ride for a fun day of dances from around the Mediterranean to warm up your winter.
All day dance workshop, followed by the Winter Warm-Up, Auckland’s cultural dance extravaganza.
All welcome, discounts for FDNZ members.
Winter Warm-Up, Auckland
8 August 2026
World Folk Dance Festival. Cultural dance from Denmark, Iran, Chile, Romania, Bulgaria, China, Scotland, England, Colombia and Finland on show, with opportunity to join in! Delicious food for sale.
Gold Coin donation at the door. Doors open 5.30pm. Event until 9.30pm.
6 Rockridge Ave, Penrose, Auckland
Ōmori Retreat 2026, Taupo-nui-a-Tia
8-11 May 2026
FDNZ is excited to announce our long-awaited live-in, catered getaway of folk dance goodness. Workshops by day, parties by night!
Registrations open! Space are limited.
Expressions of interest from dance tutors & musicians welcome.
For the Bouree frees me from gravity and gets my feet to laugh.
translated from Laetitia Carton, Le Grand Bal
For I don’t know a funnier game than the Circassian Circle.
For in the Chapelloise I can look at each one of you, and give you a smile.
Smile at you even when you’re as focussed and shy as I am, when our gazes are meeting in the middle of the whirlwind.