The Austin International Folk Dancers meet almost every Saturday Night at the Hancock Recreation Center, 811 E 41st St, in Austin Texas.
Everyone is welcome at AIFD, we are kid-friendly and our dancers come from all walks of life. We ask for a $5 donation to cover room rental from those 16 and up (where else can you have three hours of fun for that low a price these days?).
No partner is needed, and dancers of every skill level are welcome.
The first Saturday of the month is our official beginners night where we spend extra time early in the evening on teaching and walkthroughs.
Our repertoire includes line dances, couples dances, and mixers. Folk dancing is a great social event and wonderful exercise.
We are often having intermediate teaching sessions and other special events! Please check our Teaching/Programming page or the Calendar for more information on upcoming events. Or feel free to Subscribe to our weekly newsletter for up to date information on what is happening at AIFD as well as information on fun dance events all over Austin and beyond!
Typical Saturday night schedule:
| 7:00-7:30 pm |
Equipment Setup – please come help out. |
| 7:30-8:00 pm |
Teaching and walk throughs. |
| 8:00-9:30 pm |
Request dancing. |
| 9:30-9:45 pm |
Contra / announcements. |
| 9:45-10:30 pm |
Request dancing. |
| 10:30-10:45 pm |
Clean up. |
Join the Austin International Folk Dancers to welcome in the New Year with live music and food on Saturday, January 2rd!
Live music will be provided by Slavadillo
Bring your favorite lucky dish to the Good Luck Potluck.


Each December Hancock Recreation Center sponsors a
Christmas Candle Trail along the paths at the golf course.
Join us as we celebrate this seasonal tradition with our own annual Open House on Saturday December 12th!
Misi Tsurikov and Genevieve Kent will be programming dances for everyone!
Bring a friend!
Thanks to everyone who attended Texas Camp 2009 and helped make it a huge success!
If you haven’t already done so, please do not forget to fill out the camp survey for this year so that we will know how to best serve your needs for future camps.
Here is a gallery of pictures taken during texas camp 2009 by our very own Jasmine Guha-Castle!
If you have any media you would like to contribute, please email it to vice_president@aifd.cc. Or, feel free to post pictures and videos to the Texas Camp Facebook Group

Saturday, November 21 is the last dance before
Texas Camp!
Texas camp will be taking place from November 26 – November 29.
Hancock Recreation Center will be closed on Saturday November 28th for Thanksgiving. Happy holidays and we hope to see you all in Bruceville for Thanksgiving and Texas Camp!