COMING Events
Posters in date order for upcoming Lower Vancouver Island events together with posters for selected events outside our Region. Scroll down to view them all.
Visit our CALENDAR page for the details of local dance events.
Victoria & District Caller Teachers Assn. and
Lower VI Western Square & Round Dance Assn.
SUMMER MAINSTREAM DANCES
FEATURING LOCAL CALLERS & CUERS
Alternating Colwood Community Hall
and Cordova Bay United Church Hall
Wednesday Evenings, May 27 to August 26, 2026
FREE GENTLY USED SQUARE DANCE ATTIRE
Includes ladies’ skirts, blouses, dresses, crinolines, shoes, and accessories, as well as men’s shirts, bolo/string ties, and cloth ties.
Your final opportunity to select from the Colwood Women’s Institute’s used square dance clothing inventory will be at the Summer Mainstream Dances on June 10 and 24.
All items are free for the taking.
Colwood Community Hall, 2219 Sooke Road, Victoria, BC
Wednesdays, June 10 & 24, 2026 – 8:00-10:00 PM
Please note that the Colwood Women’s Institute is no longer accepting donations of new or used square dance attire. Please donate your unwanted items to another charity of your choice.
Star Twirlers Square Dance Club
SUMMER PLUS/A1 DANCES
With Caller
GARRY DODDS
Mondays, May 25 to June 22, 2026
UVISDA & UVICTA JOINT MAINSTREAM DANCE
with Caller/Cuer
HEATHER REYNOLDS, Abbotsford Grand Squares
Nanoose Place – 2925 Northwest Bay Road
Sunday, June 7, 2026
Rainbow Rounders Round Dance Club
SUMMER ROUND DANCES
With Cuers
CONNIE RITCHIE, KIRK ROCKERBIE, & DARRELL ROBERTS
Tuesdays, June 9, July 7, & August 4, 2026
MAINSTREAM DANCING GETAWAY
with Callers
BRENT MAWDSLEY & GARY WINTER
and Cuers
ARLENE McLAFFERTY & DEB SCHMIDT
Columbia Valley Centre, 646 4 St., Invermere, BC
Friday, June 12 & Saturday, June 13, 2026
Thompson-Shuswap Square & Round Dance Assn.
10th ANNUAL CHASE THE FUN
with Caller
STEVE EDLUND
and Cuer
SANDY MEYER
Chase Community Hall, 547 Shuswap Ave., Chase, BC
Friday, June 19 to Sunday, June 21, 2026
Victoria & District CTA and Lower Vancouver Island WSRDA
TRY SQUARE DANCING EVENT
EVERYONE WELCOME
(Saanich Historical Artifacts Society)
7321 Lochside Drive, Saanichton, BC
(off Island View Road – opposite Michell’s Farm Market)
Sunday, June 21, 2026 – 1:00-3:00 PM
BC Square & Round Dance Federation
Featuring CALLERLAB Accredited Coaches
BARRY CLASPER, Toronto, ON &
DOTTIE WELCH, Lawrencetown, NS
Okanagan College – Penticton Campus
583 Duncan Ave. W., Penticton, BC V2A 8E1
Friday, July 10 to Tuesday, July 14, 2026
24th CANADIAN NATIONAL FESTIVAL 2026
Penticton Trade & Convention Centre
273 Power St., Penticton, BC V2A 7K9
Wednesday, July 15 to Saturday, July 18, 2026
Guys ‘n’ Gals Square Dance Club
FESTIVAL 2026 FRASER VALLEY TRAIL OUT DANCE
MC & Caller: TYLER WAGNER
with a panel of callers and cuers
Sunday, July 19, 2026 – 1:00-3:30 PM
Kootenay Corners Club
FESTIVAL 2026 SOUTHEAST BC TRAIL-OUT DANCE
With Guest Caller: GORD RUEDIG, Powell River, BC
1119 Columbia Rd., Castlegar, BC
Sunday, July 19, 2026 – 7:00-9:30 PM
Vancouver & District Caller/Teachers Assn.
BC DAY BLAST
Featuring
TONY OXENDINE & CAITLYN, NICHOLAS, & RAY BRENDZY
Kennedy Hall, 8870 120th St., Surrey, BC
Monday, August 3, 2026 (Afternoon & Evening)
SALT SPRING ISLAND
SWING ‘N’ WHEEL 2026
734 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
Friday & Saturday, August 7 & 8, 2026
Star Dusters Square Dance Club
ACROSS THE POND WEEKEND
With Host Caller GORD RUEDIG
Plus a Panel of Travelling Callers and Cuers
Powell River, BC
Thursday, Friday, & Saturday, August 20, 21, & 22, 2026
Star Twirlers Square Dance Club
PLUS & ADVANCED OPEN HOUSES
With Caller
GARRY DODDS
Monday, September 21 & Thursday, September 24, 2026
BC ROUND DANCE MINI-FESTIVAL 2027
2925 Northwest Bay Road, Nanoose Bay, BC
Thursday, July 22 to Saturday, July 24, 2027
