Our end of season dance, celebrating la Fête Nationale a couple of days early...
Wear bleu blanc & rouge if you like
You'll have a fabulous evening with lovely people...
Doors open 7.30 for 8pm start
Our House band Jeudi Matin kick off the dancing and are then joined by "ceux qui arrivent"
our local **star** musicians and visitors playing throughout the evening
Our House band Jeudi Matin kick off the dancing and are then joined by "ceux qui arrivent"
our local **star** musicians and visitors playing throughout the evening
Patcham Memorial Hall
3 Old London Road, Brighton BN1 8XR
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 a new cooling system...
See below for a map & transport advice
Wear flat-soled shoes, trainers are not recommended, and no stiletto shoes please.
Accessible entrance and facilities, seating and a new cooling system...
See below for a map & transport advice
and later in 2025
Saturday 27 September Sunset in Provence
Saturday 25 October We celebrate 20 years of DF Bals @ Patcham!
Peut Qu' Manquer French friends and our sister association from Amiens
we'll do something on the Sunday afternoon too... details to come
Saturday 29 Nov Ça Ribote (from Brittany)
Saturday 27 Dec Bal de Noël (Les Étoiles...)
Saturday 27 September Sunset in Provence
Saturday 25 October We celebrate 20 years of DF Bals @ Patcham!
Peut Qu' Manquer French friends and our sister association from Amiens
we'll do something on the Sunday afternoon too... details to come
Saturday 29 Nov Ça Ribote (from Brittany)
Saturday 27 Dec Bal de Noël (Les Étoiles...)
Patcham Memorial Hall
3 Old London Road, Brighton BN1 8XR
We're just off the A23 as you enter Brighton, near the junction with east-west A27.
Old London Rd is at the entrance to Patcham Village, near the Miller & Carter / Harvester pub.
The Hall is about halfway down, between Downsview College (the old school building) and the Peace Gardens.
Public transport: B&H bus 5A stops outside the Hall, the 5 stops at Carden Avenue, the Compass Citybuzz 52 at the Coop just up the road, and Metrobus 271/2/3 & 17 stop on the main road at Patcham Place.
Preston Park railway station (London/Hove/Littlehampton/Bognor line) 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 east-west A27.
Old London Rd is at the entrance to Patcham Village, near the Miller & Carter / Harvester pub.
The Hall is about halfway down, between Downsview College (the old school building) and the Peace Gardens.
Public transport: B&H bus 5A stops outside the Hall, the 5 stops at Carden Avenue, the Compass Citybuzz 52 at the Coop just up the road, and Metrobus 271/2/3 & 17 stop on the main road at Patcham Place.
Preston Park railway station (London/Hove/Littlehampton/Bognor line) is 15 mins walk south.
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Other French and European music and dance sessions nearby
2nd Sunday 3-6pm in Shoreham by Sea
French/Euro acoustic music session (Maxine, Bill & Jim) at the Crabtree pub, Buckingham Rd, Shoreham by Sea BN43 5UA with a small space for dancing. https://www.facebook.com/groups/crabtreefrenchsession
3rd Sundays 1-5pm in Kent:
Our local sister club Les Batons at Hollingbourne, Kent: afternoon French & Breton dance session, with a guest and local musicians Hollingbourne Village Hall. ME17 1TR - shared buffet and £7 cash on the door - https://www.lesbatons.org/
2nd Sunday 3-6pm in Shoreham by Sea
French/Euro acoustic music session (Maxine, Bill & Jim) at the Crabtree pub, Buckingham Rd, Shoreham by Sea BN43 5UA with a small space for dancing. https://www.facebook.com/groups/crabtreefrenchsession
3rd Sundays 1-5pm in Kent:
Our local sister club Les Batons at Hollingbourne, Kent: afternoon French & Breton dance session, with a guest and local musicians Hollingbourne Village Hall. ME17 1TR - shared buffet and £7 cash on the door - https://www.lesbatons.org/
For more UK French dance & music clubs and dance groups & festivals in France click on the blue links on the left!
