Each year ( 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023) I put out a list of how many dance weekends, festivals, camps, and long dances contra bands and callers are doing. I don't really know why I do this, but it's about an hours work on top of that I'm already collecting for trycontra.com/events so I might as well keep doing it!

In 2023 I saw that the total number of events (107) was down 20% from 2019 (132), where a lot didn't come back from the pandemic. This year we're back up to pre-pandemic levels, with 131, which is great to see!

Bands

River Road	9
Countercurrent	8
Playing with Fyre	8
Drive Train	7
Hot Coffee Breakdown	7
The Engine Room	7
Stomp Rocket	6
Toss the Possum	6
Wild Asparagus	6
The Dam Beavers	6
Eloise &co	5
Elixir	4
Kingfisher	3
Nova	3
Open Band	3
Stove Dragon	3
The Mean Lids	3
The Moving Violations	3
The Stringrays	3
The Syncopaths	3
3 Wheel Drive	2
Audacious	2
Contra Sutra	2
Contraforce	2
Contrasaurus	2
Good Company	2
Joyride	2
Lake Effect	2
Lighthouse	2
Meadowhawk	2
Notorious	2
Pimento Mori	2
Raise the Roof	2
Riptide	2
Rushfest	2
Supertrad	2
The Faux Paws	2
The Ice Cream Truckers	2
The Latter Day Lizards	2

Callers

Will Mentor	19
Gaye Fifer	15
Alex Deis-Lauby	13
Lisa Greenleaf	12
Bob Isaacs	10
Seth Tepfer	9
George Marshall	8
Susan Petrick	7
Terry Doyle	7
Cis Hinkle	5
Janine Smith	5
Lindsey Dono	5
Mary Wesley	5
Nils Fredland	5
Adina Gordon	4
Maia McCormick	4
Steve Zakon-Anderson	4
Wendy Graham Settle	4
Ben Sachs-Hamilton	3
Charlie Turner	3
Darlene Underwood	3
Devin Pohly	3
Emily Rush	3
Isaac Banner	3
Jacqui Grennan	3
Koren Wake	3
Michael Karcher	3
River Rainbowface Abel	3
Scott Higgs	3
Chris Page	2
Claire Takemori	2
Dereck Kalish	2
Donna Hunt	2
Frannie Marr	2
Jeremy Korr	2
Katie Zanders	2
Liz Nelson	2
Louise Siddons	2
Open Calling	2
Open calling	2
Rick Mohr	2
Sarah Kaiser	2
Susan Kevra	2
Susan Michaels	2
Warren Doyle	2

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