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Save the date: Folk Ball 2025 January 24-26, 2025
Thursdays
Gates of Heaven
302 E Gorham St, Madison, WI 53706
Easy Teaching 6:00-6:40
Quickstart dance skills (great for beginners!) and easy dances we often do.
Intermediate Teaching 6:40-7:00
Request Dancing 7:00-10:00
Beginners welcome!
It's free!
2024 Schedule
Through April 25th — Gates of Heaven
May 2nd - September 19th — Vilas Shelter
September 26th — Olin Park as part of Footloose
October 3rd and later — Gates of Heaven
Covid, food, and other policies
You MUST be FULLY VACCINATED or have a NEGATIVE SAME DAY TEST. Confirm by signing form at the door the first time you come. Please DO NOT COME if symptomatic or likely exposed in the past 3-5 days. Avoid perfumes & such. Building & lot clear by 10:00.
Indoors (Gates of Heaven): MASK NOT required. No food or drink, water bottles OK. No exposed nails or embedded stones in dance shoes.
Parking Info
Gates of Heaven has its own parking accessible from E Gorham. In poor weather (when the park is not in heavy use), parking is typically not a problem. In good weather, it can fill up. Other options include:
Street parking is available throughout the area but also often fills up.
Capitol Square North Garage is two blocks away and can be accessed from N Butler Street, E Mifflin Street, and S Webster Street. It costs $1.50 an hour.
Vilas has its own plentiful parking lot which can be reached via Vilas Park Drive.
For more information, contact:
Michael — mk@mailbag.com — 608-469-2543