All ticket types are available at Advanced Prices through February 6.
Tickets for our separately-ticketed Friday Pre-Festival Intensives are also available on the order form (see descriptions below). Volunteer admission to the festival does NOT include Intensives.
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- Reduced price scholarship tickets for those with financial need will be available beginning in January 2026. Find information at www.flurryfestival.org/scholarships/.
- 2026 performers can be found here. Additional performers will be added throughout the fall and winter.
- 2026 Festival Hours: (approximate; subject to change)
- Friday Pre-Festival Intensives (separately ticketed) 12pm-5pm for Swing Dancing; 1pm-5pm for Latin Dancing, Waltz Dancing, & Vocal Harmony
- Friday 6pm – 3am
- Saturday 9am – 3am (Day ticket is valid 9am-5pm. Night ticket begins at 5pm.)
- Sunday 9am – 6pm
Click for information about the Friday Swing Dance Intensive
When: 12pm-5pm Friday afternoon
Price: $58 in advance, $68 at door (only if available); Under 26: $45
Overview
In the Lindy Hop intensive, you’ll learn moves and techniques to make swing dancing fun and full of improvisation. Swing teachers Nathan, Gaby, and Rafal will coach students at every level of experience — helping dancers bring authentic style to their jazz dancing.
12-1 Beginner Intensive:
Start your Swing Dancing journey here! In this class, we’ll get students through the ground level ideas of swing: basic moves, rhythms and styling.
1-4pm Beginner+ Intensive:
Build up your Swing Dancing by improving your technique and expanding your skillset.
Each hour, we’ll dive into a different topic. Class topics will include:
- Foundational Rhythms of Swing
- Connection and Partnering
- Core Vocabulary Set: Moves Every Dancer Knows
- Putting it All Together
1-4pm Intermediate/Advanced Intensive:
Elevate your Swing Dancing to the next level. We’ll teach high level topics for experienced social dancers. Note: Students are expected to already know 6 and 8-count rhythms.
Each hour, we’ll dive into a different topic. Class topics will include:
- Connection that Flows
- Dynamic Moves
- Savoy-Era Dancers: Emulate the Greats
- Creativity and Partnering
4-5pm, All Levels: Swing Rueda
In our last hour of the day, let’s have a big swing party with a big swing routine. In this class, we’ll learn a routine that includes Lindy Hop, solo jazz and partner switching (just like Salsa Rueda and Contra dancing). Appropriate for all levels (if you have taken the previous classes)
Swing Intensive Teacher Bios:
Bio for Nathan Bugh coming soon!
Gaby Cook is an esteemed, active professional in the global lindy hop community. For 20 years, she has established her career performing and teaching for major swing dance festivals worldwide — including Stompology, Swing Out New Hampshire, Camp Hollywood, Beantown, Herräng Dance Camp, Lindy on the Rocks, Paris Jazz Roots and Lindy Focus. On stage, she is a principal dancer for the acclaimed “SW!NG OUT”, which premiered at the Joyce theater (2021) and tours regularly. Other stage credits include: “Macy’s Day Parade Live Broadcast” for Nickelodeon’s Blues Clues (2022), “Swing’s the Thing” with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (2023), “Decades of Dance” at the BET Soultrain Awards (2021), “Don’t Mean a Thing” with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center (2021) and many appearances in film and TV. She regularly advocates for lindy hop in industry dance communities and is consistently “on-call” with university dance programs (past: Julliard, Marymount, NYU, Columbia).
In New York, Gaby curates and teaches several swing dance programs, including Midtown Swing with AJ Howard and Columbia University with Nathan Bugh. In class, she is playful, informative and honest. She prioritizes equality for followers and leaders in the classroom space — and has championed a movement first approach to teaching partnered dance content. Online at @gaby_cook
Rafal Pustelny is a vibrant dancer and instructor who is passionate about traditional dances from all around the world! Rafal moved to NYC in 2010 and there studied American Jazz dance forms, including Lindy Hop, Charleston, and Balboa. He quickly established himself as one of the top dancers in NYC, and has since earned acclaim in the international swing dance community.
Rafal continues his own dance education by studying Tap, Clogging, Hungarian folk dances, and Polish folk dances. As a performer, he works with several regional groups, including “Gatsby Entertainment,” “The Vanaver Caravan,” “Project Connect”, and “Harvest Moon Hoppers”, as well as community events and corporate parties. A Frankie Manning Foundation Ambassador, he teaches and performs locally with “You Should Be Dancing” studios and in New York City. You can also find him at international events where he works with dance communities across the globe.
Click for information about the Friday Latin Dance Intensive
When: 1pm-5pm Friday afternoon
Price: $58 in advance, $68 at door (only if available); Under 26: $45
We’re thrilled to announce the return of the MetaMovements Artist Collective with a brand-new Latin Dance Intensive! This powerhouse collective, known for their vibrant work across Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and the U.S., brings together world-class instructors to lead immersive, joyful dance experiences that will elevate your skills—and connect you with a community of passionate dancers.
Featured instructor: Javier Jeffer Cumbrera, a Havana, Cuba native, is a renowned dancer, choreographer, and musician with expertise in a broad range of Cuban and international styles, including Latin Dances like Salsa, Casino, Merengue, Bachata, and Cha Cha Cha, as well as Contemporary and Afro-Cuban Folkloric genres. A graduate of Cuba’s National Arts School, he has performed with Cuba’s National Dance Company and Madreagua Dance Theater, among others. Watch video of Javier!
Whether you’re new to Latin dance or looking to take your technique to the next level, this hands-on intensive will cover the core Latin rhythms you are most likely to encounter at a Latin dance party—Salsa, Casino, Merengue, Bachata & Cha Cha Cha. You’ll also dive into the rich history of these dances and explore the folkloric traditions that shaped them, all while building confidence and connection with fellow dancers.
To ensure everyone can participate and grow, we’re offering two tracks:
Beginner: For those newer to Latin dance or looking to solidify foundational skills.
Experienced: For intermediate to advanced dancers ready to refine technique and style.
MetaMovements is an entrepreneurial artist collective dedicated to using the arts as a tool for positive transformation of self and community—creating bonds, fostering meaningful relationships, and inspiring lasting social change. Building on long-standing collaborations with artists in Cuba and the Dominican Republic, MetaMovements connects people to rich cultural resources and custom travel experiences while creating inclusive environments for high-quality performing arts programming. Through workshops, classes, master classes, community events, fundraisers, and gatherings, MetaMovements invites people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds to actively participate in the joy and power of the arts.
Click for information about the Friday Waltz Dance Intensive
When: 1pm-5pm Friday afternoon
Price: $58 in advance, $68 at door (only if available); Under 26: $45
This intensive will begin with the foundations of folk waltz frame, connection, steps, and rotation. From there, we’ll learn transitions in and out of handhold and frame variations such as cuddle, cape, promenade, and hammerlock. For each connection type we explore, we’ll discover optional flourishes and how and why they work. Together we’ll step onto the floor of Flurry’s open waltz sessions with confident partner connection, musicality, and classy new waltz flourishes!
Alyssa (Lyss) Adkins is a Maine-based caller, dance/movement teacher, and fusion organizer who has been dancing all their life. Introduced to contra by parents who met folk dancing, they also trained in ballet in their youth and quickly went on to explore hip hop and several partner dance styles including Blues, fusion, and West Coast Swing during their time living in NYC. Lyss has taught waltz, contra dance workshops and fusion at local dances in Maine, Portland Fusion Dance!, Boston Second Sun, Motley Hue, Brooklyn Contra, NEFFA, YDW, and Pinewoods and is featured as a dance artist and contra caller in the Urban Stomp exhibit currently at the Museum of the City of New York.
Clayton Jennings has social danced for almost 20 years. Initially captivated with contra and other folk dancing traditions, he joined the UMass Ballroom Dance team, competing in collegiate dance competitions and instructing beginners in a variety of ballroom dances. He has combined these backgrounds to teach waltz at folk dance weekends (YDW, Pinewoods, NEFFA), He is also a blues dance teacher, completing the Boston Blues Instructor Training facilitated by internationally acclaimed instructor Julie Brown. Regularly traveling to blues dance weekends over the past 10 years, he continues to grow his knowledge of blues dance idioms and history of this Black dance form. He currently teaches at the local blues dances: Bluesy Tuesy, Blues Union, and the Burren Backroom. As an instructor he values: a playful environment for skill growth, all dance roles for all bodies, and exploration to new dance horizons. Please ask him to dance!
Click for information about the Friday Vocal Harmony Intensive
When: 1pm-5pm Friday afternoon
Price: $58 in advance, $68 at door (only if available); Under 26: $45
We will teach a variety of material in Windborne’s signature 4-part arrangements, including English and American songs of social struggle, Corsican, Occitan, Lithuanian, Basque traditions, and more. Participants of all abilities will learn singing styles from a variety of countries and cultures as well as music from social movements past and present. All songs will be taught by ear, no sight reading required — just enthusiasm and willingness to try new things! This workshop is a great opportunity to connect with friends and make some new ones, learn music and improve your singing, as well as gather inspiration and energy. We will tell stories about the music and explain the characteristics and stylistic elements of the different traditions.
Far from the typical American upbringing, the members of Windborne grew up surrounded by harmony singing. At any party or dance, it was likely that someone would launch into a song, and everyone else would respond with harmonies made up on the spot. Raised in this culture and as bearers of these traditions, it was only later they realized that this was an unusual childhood. As young adults, they started to become aware of similar communities of song from different countries who shared this sense of harmony singing as a part of the social fabric, who sang different songs, in different styles and languages, but shared a similar story and sensibility.
Thus began a decades-long passion for learning directly from singing masters from cultures with traditions of harmony singing, leading to deep cultural exchange and a broadening of harmonic possibilities. This study has led them to Corsica, Basque Country, Quebec, Lithuania, Occitania, Bulgaria and beyond, deepening their understanding of the human voice and all its possibilities. Windborne is the project where these four singers blend this breadth of knowledge with the traditions they carry in their bodies, polishing and refining each note and chord to create arrangements that burst with vitality, authenticity and power.
For many years Windborne was a part-time passion project as the members of Windborne pursued separate careers, from circus artist, to dance anthropologist, to choral conductor. Through their rare tours they gained a reputation as a hidden gem of the New England music scene. That all changed in January 2017 when they shot a selfie video of a 19th century English protest song outside Trump Tower in NYC. The clip went viral with a global response, and the group was inundated with performance requests, and by the end of the year had launched into full time touring across North America and the world!
The group has been touring ever since, one of only three full-time vocal ensembles in North America, and has performed in dozens of countries across five continents, delighting crowds in venues ranging from national concert halls and cathedrals to nightclubs and caves! They have released 5 albums with 3 accompanying books, and have set crowdfunding records with their latest album as the most successful vocal album ever, as well as the 5th most-backed album of any genre across platforms. They are sought vocal educators, and regularly lead workshops, teach masterclasses, and guest lecture at institutions across the US.
Windborne believes that singing is powerful—in community, as performance, with friends, or with strangers. The point of our work isn’t simply to dazzle the audience with vocal fireworks; it’s to evoke a deep emotional response that connects the listener with people, places, and ideas. Singing songs from movements of the past is less about historical curiosity than an acknowledgment that what we fight for today is connected to struggles of the past. When we sing music from other cultures, it isn’t as distant curiosities, but as footholds to build empathy, community, and cross-cultural understanding.
Music and art are not neutral; songs can give a voice to those who have none, and can sometimes change hearts, even when minds are made up.
Friday Intensive Combo Option
Price: $98 at door (if available), $88 in advance
You want to sample a bit of it all? We want most folks to pick one intensive; otherwise, any given session may become too crowded. However, we have decided to release 35 combo tickets that allow you to roam between intensives.
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- Children (12 and under) are free. Children must be with adult at all times.
- Under 26 (ages 13-25, regardless of student or member status) Proof of AGE may be required.
- Senior 65+ (born 2/13/1961 or before) ID required. If DFO Member, order a Member ticket instead.
- DFO Member (26 & up only; otherwise choose “Under 26”)
- Scholarship Tickets A limited number of reduced-price tickets will be available beginning in January on a separate form for those with financial need, and at the door. Visit www.flurryfestival.org/scholarships for information.
- If you are a Senior AND a DFO member— order the ticket as a MEMBER ticket. No ID is necessary. (You may become a new member, or renew, when purchasing your ticket.)
- If you are under 26 AND a DFO member— order the UNDER 26 ticket.
2026 Flurry T-shirts can be purchased on the ticketing form. You’ll find details about shirt style, color, and sizing options at flurryfestival.org/shirts. A limited selection of shirts will be available at the festival.
Raffle tickets can also be purchased on the ticket form. When you pre-purchase raffle tickets, they will be filled out for you and waiting at advance-ticket pickup along with your wristband. Tickets purchased can be put toward any of the raffle items available, which include:
- 2026 handmade twin-sized Flurry quilt
- Room at the Hilton & Tickets for Two for the 2027 Flurry
- Admission & Room for the 2026 Adirondack Dance Weekend
- Two tickets to the 2026 Old Songs Folk Festival
- Caffè Lena $100 concert gift certification & 6 month Caffè Lena TV subscription
- Two pairs of tickets good for 8th Step Coffeehouse concerts
- Two tickets to 2026 NEFFA (New England Folk Festival)
- Two camping tickets for the 2026 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
Advance purchase price is 6 for $20 and 15 for $40. Find details at flurryfestival.org/raffle.
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Illness Policy
We ask that attendees take responsible measures to avoid the spread of illness, including testing when symptomatic. Find our full policy at www.flurryfestival.org/illness-policy/.
Refund Policy
Advance ticket purchases are non-refundable. However, in the event of documented illness prior to the festival, you may, at the festival’s discretion, be eligible for a refund minus a 15% fee, or a deferral to the 2027 festival. If you are unable to use your ticket for any other reason, you may contact advancetickets@flurryfestival.org to change the name on your ticket or to donate its value to the scholarship fund.
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