The Free Raisins are a Boston area contra dance
band playing energetic New England dance music:
- Audrey Knuth — Fiddle
- Amy Englesberg — Piano
- Jeff Kaufman — Mandolin, Octave Fiddle
Would you like to have us organize a dance? We can talk to callers, bring a sound system, and help you find a hall.
The Free Raisins have played for weddings, parties, concerts, festivals and public dances, including:
- Glen Echo (Sunday Night)
- MIT Contra Dance
- Concord NH
- Mystic CT
- NEFFA Festival
- BIDA
- Scout House (Monday Night)
- Scout House (Experienced Dance)
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| date | time | venue | caller | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Wed | Feb 1 | 7:30pm-10:30pm | Amherst MA | Quena Crain |
| 2012 | Sat | Feb 4 | 7:30pm-11:30pm | Charlestown MA | Daniel Friedman and ? |
| 2012 | Thr | Feb 9 | 7:30pm-10:30pm | Concord MA | Rachel Shapiro |
| 2012 | Sat | Feb 18 | 8:00pm-11:00pm | Concord NH | Rachel Shapiro |
| 2012 | Sat | Apr 14 | 7:30pm-10:30pm | Medway MA | Paul Wilde |
| 2012 | Sat | May 12 | 8:00pm-11:00pm | New York NY | ? |
Playing for the First Friday Experienced Dance at the Concord Scout House, Nov 4 2011:
Other videos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Live recordings from our 2011-09-24 dance, in Mystic CT: