Resources for Miscellaneous Genres

updated 5/14/26

This page contains links for resources for trad music and dance genres that I have only a few links for - i.e. not enough to create a whole page for.

Contra

• trycontra.com - Jeff Kaufman's excellent resource for locating contra dances by location and dance weekends/camps by location, date, performer or name. 

• https://www.jefftk.com/ - Jeff Kaufman's blog. Among other topics, he analyzes statistics from contra dance weekends e.g. Festival Stats 2025.

• Internet resources for contra dance callers - William Watson

• CDSS Resource Portal

Bal Folk

• Bal Folk music and dance resources - William Watson

Cape Breton & PEI

• Celtic Colours - week-long event in October.  Each night one concert is livestreamed, and available for viewing until the end of the month.

• KitchenFest - end of June/beg of July 

• Music Cape Breton - Daily listings, Festival lists, events

• Cranford Publications - mail order for recordings and books.  includes links to supplemental info such as musical notation, sound clips, articles, photos and links to other websites.

• cbfiddle.com - Alan Snyder's excellent index for Cape Breton recordings. 

• cbisland.com - Official Cape Breton Island travel guide, filtered for trad music events. You can also add filters for dates and areas.

• Celtic Music Interpretive Center - museum in Judique

• Prince Edward Island Fiddlers Society, including a page of links for tune books, CDs and websites.