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Click here for full year schedule with our best guesses at dates for all annual events
Blue calendar dates are confirmed, yellow dates link to estimated event dates in the full calendar
Only the start dates of events show on the little calendars. Events may run for a weekend, a week, or longer.
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| Jul 3 - 4 | O'Fallon's Heritage and Freedome Fest Enjoy national entertainment, two nights of fireworks, free kids activities, a carnival and midway and lots of great food vendors. Free parking located at Fort Zumwalt North High and Christian High School with free air-conditioned shuttles to fairgrounds. Free Admission! Visit www.ofallon.mo.us | ||||
| Jul 30 - Aug 2 | American Recorder Society Festival and Conference The American Recorder Society is celebrating 70 years by hosting a festival and conference at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. Enjoy a wide variety of session topics including recorder technique, pedagogy, introductions to Orff, Suzuki and Flutes and Drums Around the World methods, improvisation, roundtable discussions, coached playing sessions of Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, world and contemporary repertoire, masterclasses for advanced and intermediate players. Feast your ears on mini-concerts by the next generation of professionals, and evening concerts by Marion Verbruggen and the Farallon Recorder Quartet. Try out instruments, find new music and more at our exhibition. One-day passes are available. Register by May 1 for early-bird discount. Website: http://www.americanrecorder.org/ ARS email: ARS.Recorder@americanrecorder.org Telephone numbers: 314-966-4082 or toll free 800-491-9588, | ||||
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| Aug 7 - 8 | Gateway Dulcimer Music Festival 2nd full weekend of August - at National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows - Belleville, IL Workshops with National Dulcimer Instructors and Concerts Fri. & Sat. evening. Instructors for 2009 - Mike Anderson, Chris T. Armstrong, Peggy Carter, Doug Felt, Terry Lewis, Molly McCormack, Gary Sager, Steve Seifert, Maureen Sellers, Rick Thum, Charles Whitmer, Kendra Ward & Bob Bence. Visit www.gatewaydulcimer.org 618-651-8271 hargus65@hometel.com | ||||
| Aug 30 | Bluegrass Concert Call for more information on the band(s) and performance time(s). FREE admission and parking. For more information call 636-379-5614 or email mseymour@ofallon.mo.us. Visit www.ofallon.mo.us email mseymour@ofallon.mo.us or call 636-379-5614 | ||||
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| Sep 4 - 6 | High Tea and Whiskey American and English Dance Weekend with nationally prominent caller Joseph Pimentel, sponsored by Childgrove Country Dancers, Dance Discovery, and the Webster Groves English Country Dancers. Contra dance on Friday evening, English Country Dance workshops and Ball on Saturday, Flash Dance on Sunday. Registration is required, as the hall space is limited. Visit http://High-Tea-and-Whiskey.org for more details and to register online | ||||
| Sep 26 | Grand Center's 3rd Annual "Dancing in the Street" Festival Grand Center celebrates the opening of the 2009-2010 Fall Arts Season and the art of dance with their 3rd annual “Dancing in the Street” Festival. On September 26, 2009 from 1pm to 9pm in Grand Center there will be more than 50 dance organizations and nearly 700 dancers performing Ballet, Hip Hop, Tap, Bhartantyan Indian, Clog, Irish, Modern, Belly, Salsa, Jazz, Contra and much more. There will also be choreographed dances on and off the four performance stages, as well as in mystery spaces and locations, group dance instructions, dance bands, food, festivities, and great fun for all ages, and it’s free! Visit www.grandcenter.org for more info, or call 314-289-1500 | ||||
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