Registration for 2026 Festival

Live, in person, one hour drive east of Vancouver!

Festival Dates: Friday, April 17 to Sunday, April 19, 2026.

Registration is open!

LYRIDS FOLK DANCE FESTIVAL’S HEALTH PROTOCOL

  1. No Fragrances:  Please be sure you and your guests arrive fragrance-free.
  2. Feeling Unwell? Please stay home. You will get a full refund.
  3. Vaccination: Recommended but not required.
  4. Masks: Recommended but not required.
  5. Right to revise the protocol: This protocol was written in January 2025. The prevalence of COVID and other diseases continues to change and knowledge evolves. This protocol may change.

NOTE: Dancing is on the second floor, eating is on the first floor. There is no elevator, but there is a wheelchair lift.

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Book your hotel room early. Go here for hotel information.

[There is another event on the same weekend in the area.]

Early bird pricing ends March 1, 2026.

Early bird weekend price until March 1 $275
Regular weekend price after March 1 $300
Early bird weekend USD price US$200
Regular weekend USD price US$220
WEEKEND PRICE
INCLUDES
2 LUNCHES
& 1 DINNER
UNTIL APRIL 8

Everyone is welcome.
Want to volunteer? Please contact us.
Need a scholarship? please contact us.

LAST DATE FOR FULL REGISTRATION IS APRIL 8.
THIS IS THE NOTICE REQUIRED BY THE CATERER.

Help choose the Recorded Dances List for Friday Party & more

Everyone is welcome to participate in choosing recorded dances played for the Friday party and recorded dances breaks at other times. To do that, get a User-id by clicking the button below. If you already have a User-id and can’t remember your password, use the “Forgot” feature! Your User-id is your email address. If you have any problems with that, I can help!

Confirm your User-id via the automatic email sent to you. Now you can move on to the fun process of voting for dances!

Now go Vote for your Favourite Dances!

If you have a website User-id, you are all set!

Log in on the right-hand sidebar and Vote for your favourite dances!

See the schedule page and donate page for more details. Questions? Please contact me.

Zoom Registration for 2025 Festival

Zoom will be a window onto the festival!

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Experience the parties!

If you are registered for Global Folk Dance Party, Folk C.H.A.T.s, or lots of other events you are all set with your Zoom link! However, it never hurts to register again using the button below!

The Saturday night party starting at 6:45pm will be broadcast on Zoom.

Zoom attendees will be able to order Zeljko Jergan’s and/or Dimitrios Kontogiannis’ music and review videos if you first donate at least $50 to the festival.

Fees collected for music and videos will go to Zeljko Jergan and Dimitrios Kontogiannis.

Don’t want to buy anything? We hope you will donate to support the festival and the presenters!

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