KC Barn Dance

Dance With Us!

Welcome to CrossCurrents Contra Dances in Kansas City, Missouri!  We hold our dances on the 4th Saturday of each month.

Our lively dances are done to live, fiddle-style music with great callers.  Contra dances (also called barndances) are great fun and an excellent way to meet new people.  Our dance community attracts people from their teens to their 70s.  One of the best things about contra dance is there is no partner needed!  It is a style of dance that is designed to be social so you get to interact with most everyone in the room within the first hour or so.

Contra dance enjoys a wide popularity around the world.  It only takes a few minutes and one simple lesson to learn the basics — then you can dance the night away.  Come join us!  We’d love to see you!

Location

We dance at Keystone United Methodist Church at 406 W. 74th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, in the Waldo area. (directions)

Please park in the parking lot directly to the south of the church, across 74th Street, and enter through the Fellowship Hall doors under the awning.

NOTE: There is currently road construction on Wornall, so go to 75th Street, then north on Washington to 74th to get there. Enter the parking lot from Washington.

  • Beginner lesson at 6:30 p.m.
  • Dancing from 7-9:30 p.m. with a short intermission break.
  • Admission donation: $8 – $15; children 12 and under: $4

Other Area Barn Dances

Lawrence, Kansas:

Kansas City, Missouri: 

Columbia, Missouri: 

On the first, third, and fifth Fridays of the month. Visit their website for information.

Wichita, Kansas:

Visit their website for information.

St. Louis area dances: 

Visit their website for information about St. Louis and Carbondale, Illinois dances. This is also where you’ll find info about the Kimmswick dance weekend.

General Dance Resources

Visit these sites to find out more about Contra Dance: