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Lavender Country and Folk Dancers

Spring Camp 2023 registration is now open! 
June 9-11, 2023  |  Pinewoods Camp
Reserve your spot today
The Lavender Country and Folk Dancers (LCFD), started in 1988, sponsors, supports, and promotes a nation-wide network of gender-free community dances and dance camps. We are committed to providing safe spaces for the LGBTQ+ community and their allies through participatory community dance and gender-role free calling. While our dance focus is primarily Contra & English Country Dance, we introduce and incorporate many traditional dance styles at our twice-yearly signature dance camps. 

Become a part of our community! Check out our History page to learn more about our humble beginnings, and the work we do today. Learn how you can contribute to the gender-free dance movement at our Resources page. Join us in celebrating our 30-year history and help shape our future by joining us at one of our upcoming events.

Code of Conduct: We are committed to ensuring our events are fun and inclusive for all. We value and expect consent and communication, community mindedness, and physical and emotional safety. Harassment of any kind will not be tolerated. If someone's behavior is offensive or harassing during the dance, we encourage you to speak with one of the organizers. Please click here to read our full policy.

Upcoming Dance Camps

LCFD Fall Camp
TBA
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More information will be available in the spring.
Queer Dance Camp
Monte Toyon, Aptos, CA
April 7-9, 2023
Callers: Chris Ricciotti, Maia McCormick
Music: Aaron Marcus, Anna Patton, Emily Troll; Mean Lids
LCFD Spring Camp
Pinewoods Camp, Plymouth, MA
June 9-11, 2023
Callers: Gaye Fifer, Margaret Bary
Music: Starling, River Road

Local Dance Schedules

Boston Gender Free Contra
Boston Gender Free English
Rainbow Contra of Western Mass.
Village Contra
SF Bay Queer Contra Dance

​Videos

A short video made to describe the experience of LCFD camp
Video archive of LGBT and gender-free dancing video clips from New England, 1977-present

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LCFD is an affiliate of the Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS) and obtains its 501(c)(3) tax exempt status from that relationship.

General photo credit: Chris Chin

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Local Dances
Boston Gender-Free Contra
Boston Gender-Free ECD
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  • About LCFD
    • Board Meeting Highlights
  • Camps
    • Spring Camp
    • Queer Dance Camp
  • Local Dances
    • Boston Gender Free Contra
    • Boston Gender Free English
    • Rainbow Contra of Western Mass
    • Village Contra
    • Circle Left
    • Hands Four
  • History
  • Resources