Bayou Bedlam 2012
Join us in Houston on February 17, 18, and 19 for the 18th Bayou Bedlam weekend!
What's Bayou Bedlam? See below.
We are thrilled to present, for their first full dance weekend and their first time in Texas, a young dynamic quartet from Washington state, The Retrospectacles. Our caller will be veteran caller and fiddler—and unofficial Retrospectacle—David Kaynor from Massachusetts.
Update
A detailed schedule is now online.
For pricing information, see the Registration page. Online registration will be closing Thursday evening.
There will be a concert by The Retrospectacles Sunday evening the 19th from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Admission is $10 per person. Here's a flier.
New Hall
We will be a different hall this year, one of the best old dance halls in H-town, the older of the two halls of the Knights of Columbus, three miles north of our old location. See the Halls page for details.
Can you say sprung wood floor?
The dancing starts at 8:00 PM on Friday, February 17th and continues through 2:00 PM on Sunday the 19th. Lunch on Saturday and the not-to-be missed brunch (and dance) on Sunday will be catered by the Alice and Marcy All-Star Chefs.
Use the navigation bar above to find all of the details. Online registration is open.
We love volunteers!
Please help make Bayou Bedlam a success by volunteering a little bit of time over the weekend. Your helping hands will make a difference, and you'll have fun, too!
See the list of opportunities in the sidebar on the schedule page.
Contact Us
We've tried to make this web site as complete as possible. If you have a question, chances are that you'll find the answer here quicker than waiting for an email response; just use the navigation bar at the top of the page. For questions and issues that aren't addressed here, email BB12@hatds.org.
What's Bayou Bedlam?
Bayou Bedlam is the Houston, Texas weekend of contra dancing, food, and friendship. It takes place every February and features nationally known bands and callers.
Every Bayou Bedlam features a Friday night dance, various workshops during the day on Saturday, a Saturday buffet lunch, a Saturday night dance, and a fabulous, famous Sunday brunch and dance that has been copied but never equaled.
See our Gallery page for photos from recent Bayou Bedlam weekends.
Bayou Bedlam is produced by the Houston Area Traditional Dance Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. For information about HATDS, the regular contra dances in Houston, or contra dancing in general, see the HATDS web site at hatds.org.
