Unfortunately, we would have loved to see them, but Duo Rodriguez-Franceschini can’t be there this CaDansa. Don’t worry, Exqueezit is there to rescue the day!
Exqueezit is the name of the duo Bert Leemans (chromatic button accordion) and Erik de Jong (piano accordion). Bert is known from bands like Embrun and Airboxes, Erik plays in for example Itchy Fingers and the Gonnagles. With a mutual respect for each other’s music background and playing style (Erik more Irish/Scottish and Bert more balfolk), Bert and Erik perform wonderful balfolk with both French/Flemish and Celtic influences. Whether you’re dancing or listening, it’s always a pleasure. Exqueezit will take over the time slot of Duo Rodriguez-Franceschini and will open the ball on Thursday!

We still owe you the solution to our (pretty hard!) puzzle. If you looked at our website, you might have already found your missing bands in our main stage program. It’s time to reveal that our mice, in fact, dance on the table when the cat’s away 💃.

And, the last piece of design for now: our poster 🐭. You will see it at Balfolk events soon! We hope to see you all at CaDansa this year, to dance without a care in the world 🧡.

Our brains are a bit fuzzy, and we completely forgot the names of the bands playing at CaDansa 2022 😱. Luckily, we still have the clues to find out the names (and we’ve filled in the special characters). Can you find all the bands before our ticket sale starts on Saturday?

Despite the fact that the past year has been a bit quiet when it comes to live balfolk dancing and playing – we don’t need to explain the reason anymore – that does not mean that we have been sitting on our hands at CaDansa, on the contrary!  Preparations for the new edition are in full swing and the first meetings with the team have already been completed. And we have the first important announcement: we have a confirmed date for 2022!

Mark in your calendar
We will celebrate CaDansa 2022 with you on Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 October, at the well-known location in Steenwijk.

Accommodations
Now that we have a date, you can already look for a place to sleep for you and all your dancing friends. We are busy making some great deals for overnight stays in or near Steenwijk with CaDansa, but that’s not set in stone yet. You can always book now, but if you want to book a sleeping spot with a discount, we advise you to wait until the deals are made.

And now, to the planning
For the die-hard timetable-enthusiasts: the program is not yet known. We’re fast, but not that fast  😊 And, maybe more important: we like to keep that a surprise for you! Half the fun is the anticipation, isn’t it? We are already bouncing with enthusiasm, we hope you are too.

Until the next!
For now, we wish you very happy holidays and a beautiful 2022. We hope to see you all again in October for a dance, or two, or a hundred…!

Photo by Orkfotografie

Oh no, not again! That’s what we’ve been thinking these past few months. Unfortunately, the decision we all feared has been made: same as in 2020, there will be no CaDansa this year. There is still too much uncertainty for us to be able to make CaDansa happen in October the way you know it: a wonderful balfolk festival full of fantastic bands, fun games, joyful encounters, hugs and dances.

The risks and uncertainties surrounding possible (ever changing) rules for social-distancing, mask-wearing and visitor-numbers, here in the Netherlands as well as abroad, are currently too big for CaDansa. Continuing on this road towards October, with perhaps a cancellation later on, could mean that CaDansa would no longer be possible at all in the future. That is the last thing we want and that is why we had to make this decision with great reluctance and sadness. We would’ve loved to join you on the dancefloor in De Meenthe. Yet we do not give up, we keep courage and we continue to organize. Of course we hope with all our hearts that we will be back at full strength in 2022 and then set up a smashing ninth edition, with the most beautiful music and finest dances, like you’ve come to expect from CaDansa. We hope to see you all at the next edition and we’ll be happy to dance a dance (or two, or five, or twenty or a hundred) with you. Until we dance again! Yet we do not give up, we keep courage and we continue to organize.

Program 2021

You already know Trio Baladins would have come to perform this year. Who the other artists & the workshop teachers would have been, we will keep a secret from you for a while. We might try and ask them for a next edition 😉.

Donate and support

Although CaDansa will not take place this year, we’ve been working around the clock to try to make it happen. Plenty of things have already been set in motion. This is of course not free of charge. For example, we still have the costs of our website, storage and insurance. That is why we now have the opportunity to donate again, if you want to support us and make the next CaDansa possible. When we have covered this year’s costs, we will close the donation again. After all, CaDansa remains a non-profit festival and it wouldn’t feel right for us to make a profit. Check our donation page for more information.

Until the next CaDansa!

Of course we assume that we will be back at full strength in 2022 and then set up a smashing ninth edition, with the most beautiful music and finest dances, like you’ve come to expect from CaDansa. We hope to see you all at the next edition and we’ll be happy to dance a dance (or two, or five, or twenty or a hundred) with you. Until we dance again!