Contra Dance Calling
To inquire about booking, contact Richard at rijard.barnes@gmail.com.
Calling Gigs
| Date | Event | Band | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10 2026 |
Emerald City Contra Dance | Hot Seat (Alex Sturbaum, Jesse Partridge, Julie Bennett) | Seattle, WA |
| Jan 11 2025 |
Portland Contra Dance [video] | The Stage Crew | Portland, OR |
| Jan 9 2025 |
Lake City Contra [video] [video] | Condor Sutra | Seattle, WA |
| Dec 1 2024 |
Brooklyn Contra Dance
Brooklyn Contra house band |
Brooklyn, NY | |
| Nov 24 2024 |
Boston Open Contra
open band |
Cambridge, MA | |
| Sep 28 2024 |
Portland Contra Dance
[video]
calling tour with Hannah Johlas |
The Overtones | Portland, OR |
| Sep 27 2024 |
Emerald City Contra Dance
[video]
[video]
[video]
calling tour with Hannah Johlas |
The Luddite Ramblers | Seattle, WA |
| Sep 26 2024 |
Lake City Contra
[video]
[video]
[video]
calling tour with Hannah Johlas |
Contra Quartet | Seattle, WA |
| Sep 21 2024 |
Clarissa & Erik's wedding
split with Michael Karcher |
Susan Songer and others | Vernonia, OR |
| Jul 6 2024 |
Firefly Techno Contra Dance
split with Loquat |
DJ DSCVR | Firefly Festival |
| Jun 22 2024 |
Barn Dance with Brooklyn Contra | Brooklyn Contra house band | Brooklyn, NY |
| Jun 7 2024 |
Honolulu Contra Dance
half night |
House band | Honolulu, HI |
| Jun 3 2023 |
Corvallis Saturday Contra | Gordy Euler (fiddle and whistle), Jon Neff (guitar), and Dave Hamlin (mandolin) | Corvallis, OR |
| Feb 25 2023 |
Hands Across Contra Dance | Julia Hays, Ben Cohen, and Cieran Morden | Denver, CO |
| Oct 28 2022 |
Emerald City Contra Dance [video] | The Electrodes | Seattle, WA |
| Sep 1 2022 |
Lake City Contra [video] | Sono Onos | Seattle, WA |
| Jan 30 2020 |
Lake City Contra [video] | The Try Works | Seattle, WA |
| Oct 25 2019 |
Hands Four Contra Dance | Butterfly | Palo Alto, CA |
| Oct 15 2019 |
Google Contra Dance
open calling |
San Francisco, CA | |
| Oct 11 2019 |
Emerald City Contra Dance | The Euphemists | Seattle, WA |
| Aug 17 2019 |
San Francisco Contra Dance | Back Pocket (Jess Newman, Will Wheeler) with Chris Knepper | San Francisco, CA |
| Jul 31 2019 |
Berkeley Contra | Open band led by Charlie Hancock, Chris Knepper, Craig Johnson | Berkeley, CA |
| Jul 19 2019 |
Emerald City Contra Dance | Dale Russ and Mike Saunders | Seattle, WA |
| Jun 27 2019 |
Lake City Contra
split with Michael Karcher |
Continental Drift (Eileen Nicholson-Kalfass) | Seattle, WA |
| Apr 17 2019 |
Berkeley Wednesday Contra | Berkeley, CA | |
| Mar 20 2019 |
Berkeley Wednesday Contra
guest spot with Susan Petrick |
Berkeley, CA | |
| Mar 2 2019 |
Whidbey Island Contra | Clinton, WA | |
| Feb 20 2019 |
Berkeley Wednesday Contra
guest spot with Erik Hoffman |
Berkeley, CA | |
| Nov 17 2018 |
Fairbanks Contra Dance
with guest caller Jess Winn |
Ravencall | Fairbanks, AK |
| Jul 21 2018 |
San Francisco Contra Dance | Tea & Whiskey | San Francisco, CA |
| May 8 2018 |
MIT Contra Dance | Cambridge, MA | |
| Mar 23 2018 |
Emerald City Contra Dance
half-night |
Eric Curl and Heliotrope | Seattle, WA |
| Mar 16 2018 |
Third Friday Contra
half-night |
Greenfield, MA | |
| Jan 27 2018 |
Olympia Contra Dance | Riffraff | Olympia, WA |
| Apr 1 2017 |
San Francisco BACDS Contra | Adrianna Ciccone and Colin Cotter | San Francisco, CA |
| Mar 25 2017 |
Bellingham Contra Dance | Plum Foolery (Abigail Hobart, Sam Vogt, Michael Hobart) | Bellingham, WA |
| Feb 1 2017 |
Berkeley Wednesday Contra
guest spot; main caller Yoyo Zhou |
Open band led by Tripleplay (Ben Schreiber, Chris Knepper, Charlie Hancock) | Berkeley, CA |
| Jan 29 2017 |
Hayward Zesty Contra
guest spot; main caller Jacqui Grennan |
Mason & Weed (John Weed, Stuart Mason) | Hayward, CA |
| Nov 26 2016 |
Open Band & Caller Dance
community caller night |
open band | Bellingham, WA |
| Oct 29 2016 |
Tapestry Community Contra
5th Saturday community caller night |
community pickup band (organized by Ken Steffenson and Erin Walsh) | Minneapolis, MN |
| Jul 9 2015 |
Tapestry Techno Contra | Minneapolis, MN | |
| May 14 2015 |
Tapestry Techno Contra
DJ: Anne-Marie Schwankl Hoolihan |
Minneapolis, MN | |
| Apr 24 2015 |
Techno Contra
DJ: Anne-Marie Schwankl Hoolihan |
Minneapolis, MN | |
| Nov 14 2014 |
Coop Contra | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Aug 30 2014 |
Tapestry Community Contra
5th Saturday community caller night |
community pickup band | Minneapolis, MN |
| Aug 16 2014 |
Steph's Soiree | Lauderdale, MN | |
| Aug 2 2014 |
Tapestry Contradance | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Mar 29 2014 |
Tapestry Community Contra
5th Saturday community caller night |
community pickup band | Minneapolis, MN |