Saturday 30 November
7.30-10.30pm £10
Bal à Samedi with BOF!
7.30-10.30pm £10
Bal à Samedi with BOF!
Gwendal, Val, Simon, and Phil
BOF! from Suffolk make a welcome return to our neck of the woods, with a full repertoire of social dances,
and a special treat of Breton and French songs for dancing.
2024 saw them again leading the European contingent at Folk East, Broadstairs, Ely and other festivals in East Anglia.
Their own Hadleigh French & Breton weekend, at the end of April, is one of the highlights of our dancing travels around UK. In fact we'll be planning a trip there in 2025, so we'll invite you to join us there for 25-27 April.
But in the meantime, enjoy an evening with BOF! and us ...
BOF! from Suffolk make a welcome return to our neck of the woods, with a full repertoire of social dances,
and a special treat of Breton and French songs for dancing.
2024 saw them again leading the European contingent at Folk East, Broadstairs, Ely and other festivals in East Anglia.
Their own Hadleigh French & Breton weekend, at the end of April, is one of the highlights of our dancing travels around UK. In fact we'll be planning a trip there in 2025, so we'll invite you to join us there for 25-27 April.
But in the meantime, enjoy an evening with BOF! and us ...
Patcham Memorial Hall
3 Old London Road, Brighton BN1 8XR
Fabulous polished wooden ballroom floor, just perfect for French dancing!
Wear flat-soled shoes, trainers are not recommended, and no stiletto shoes please.
Accessible entrance and facilities, seating and refreshments.
3 Old London Road, Brighton BN1 8XR
Fabulous polished wooden ballroom floor, just perfect for French dancing!
Wear flat-soled shoes, trainers are not recommended, and no stiletto shoes please.
Accessible entrance and facilities, seating and refreshments.
We don't have a licensed bar, so please bring your own drinks - free tea and coffee is available.
L' Auberge Espagnole - 6.30 til 7.15 - Optional shared buffet supper - if you would like to eat with us first, please bring buffet-style food to share, and your own plate & cutlery, a glass and your own drink. A Co-op shop is just up the road.
L' Auberge Espagnole - 6.30 til 7.15 - Optional shared buffet supper - if you would like to eat with us first, please bring buffet-style food to share, and your own plate & cutlery, a glass and your own drink. A Co-op shop is just up the road.
Saturday 28 December Our Bal de Noël with les Étoiles de Brighton & invitées
join us at 6.30 for Vin d'honneur, a shared supper, then a night of dancing the year out....
2025
We celebrate 20 years of DF Bals in Patcham !
We've secured a lovely programme for next year... some new to us, like Portmanteau
from Cambridgeshire, and Sawney White Bird, plus the return of Ça Ribote from Brittany.
... and Peut Qu'Manquer will help us celebrate our anniversary in October ...
We've found photos from 2004/5 but if you have any others, please let us have a copy!
Dance and listen to lovely live music - our house band Jeudi Matin warms up
and our guest band plays for two long dancing spots,
with other local musicians in the interval...
Doors open for 7.30 start*. Entrance is £10, cash on the door
* We're trying out an earlier start in the evening for the Autumn/Winter season.
and our guest band plays for two long dancing spots,
with other local musicians in the interval...
Doors open for 7.30 start*. Entrance is £10, cash on the door
* We're trying out an earlier start in the evening for the Autumn/Winter season.
Patcham Memorial Hall
3 Old London Road, Brighton BN1 8XR
We're just off the A23 as you enter Brighton, near the junction with A27.
Old London Rd is at the entrance to Patcham Village, near the Miller & Carter / Harvester pub.
The Hall is about halfway down, next to Downsview College (the old school building) and the Peace Gardens.
Public transport: B&H bus 5A stops at the Hall, or the 5 stop at Carden Avenue. Metrobus 272 & 17 stop at Ridgeway Ave, The Big Lemon 52 at the Coop. Preston Park railway station is 15 mins walk south.
3 Old London Road, Brighton BN1 8XR
We're just off the A23 as you enter Brighton, near the junction with A27.
Old London Rd is at the entrance to Patcham Village, near the Miller & Carter / Harvester pub.
The Hall is about halfway down, next to Downsview College (the old school building) and the Peace Gardens.
Public transport: B&H bus 5A stops at the Hall, or the 5 stop at Carden Avenue. Metrobus 272 & 17 stop at Ridgeway Ave, The Big Lemon 52 at the Coop. Preston Park railway station is 15 mins walk south.
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Other French and European music and dance sessions nearby
2nd Sunday 3-5pm in Shoreham by Sea
French/Euro acoustic music session (Maxine, Bill & Jim) at the Crabtree pub, Buckingham Rd, Shoreham by Sea BN43 5UA https://www.facebook.com/groups/crabtreefrenchsession
3rd Sundays 1-5pm in Kent
Les Batons at Hollingbourne, Kent: afternoon French & Breton dance session, with a guest and local musicians Hollingbourne Village Hall. ME17 1TR. https://www.lesbatons.org/
2nd Sunday 3-5pm in Shoreham by Sea
French/Euro acoustic music session (Maxine, Bill & Jim) at the Crabtree pub, Buckingham Rd, Shoreham by Sea BN43 5UA https://www.facebook.com/groups/crabtreefrenchsession
3rd Sundays 1-5pm in Kent
Les Batons at Hollingbourne, Kent: afternoon French & Breton dance session, with a guest and local musicians Hollingbourne Village Hall. ME17 1TR. https://www.lesbatons.org/
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