Balkan Music &
Dance Workshops

Every summer the EEFC presents two week-long workshops. Follow the links below to read all about them!

June 28-July 5, 2025
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August 9-16, 2025
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Since the beginning the East European Folklife Center has depended on you—our big-hearted community!



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Stay in Touch

There’s more than one way to stay connected to the EEFC throughout the year. Subscribe to our email Newsletter for monthly updates. Join the Discussion List (an active email group with searchable archives since 1993). Send us a message.


Scholarships

We award full scholarships to our in-person workshops.
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Kef Times

Browse the EEFC’s online magazine for articles about camp and beyond.
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Welcome

The East European Folklife Center (EEFC) was established in 1982 through the love and dedication of a core group of musicians and dancers. Today, this ever-growing and expanding organization brings together an inclusive, celebratory, and welcoming global community of passionate amateurs and professionals, to respectfully share the richness and complexity of Balkan music, dance, and cultures.

Find out all about our annual East and West Coast Balkan Music & Dance Workshops, affectionately known as Balkan Camp. Learn about the EEFC: how we are structured, how to become a contributor and where you might apply your expertise as a volunteer. Remember to subscribe to the EEFC email Newsletter and get monthly news delivered directly to your inbox.

 

Balkan Camp 2025—Mark Your Calendars

It’s not too soon to start making plans for the summer! Visit the West Coast and East Coast camp pages for information on the workshop programs, sites, and teaching faculties. Bookmark these pages—we’ll be updating them over the next months with all the delicious details for 2025.

 

Online Classes & Events

EEFC is thrilled to sponsor exciting live online class series and presentations, taught by our amazing workshop and community teachers.

January 2025 class: Ipirot Polyphonic Songs with Christos Govetas & Ruth Hunter.

Register now!

 

EEFC Blog

Maclovia Quintana on Board Service and Connecting

Maclovia Quintana rotated off the EEFC board last January after serving from 2018 to 2023—during the last year, as president. Technically, her term ended in October 2023 but she stayed … Read More

Post-Presidential Reflections from Kristina Vaškys

The Friday after Thanksgiving, in a cozy winter mood, I was able to chat with Kristina Vaškys through the magic of Zoom. We reminisced about her five years serving on … Read More

Our Year in Review: 2023

EEFC 2023 Year-End Report Read More

Spring 2023 Letter to the Community

Springtime is here and as we look forward to the summer, we are so excited to be holding our first weeklong camps in four years! Registration has just opened for … Read More

Our Year in Review: 2022

EEFC 2022 Year-End Report Read More