Home Page Bluegrass News Everything you wanted to know about Barn Dances but were afraid to ask. I've never been to a Barn Dance. The easiest way to describe a Barn Dance to people who have never been to one is to say that it is a Hoe Down Dance, the sort of thing you would see in old Cowboy films.
Dances mostly involve couples, singly or in groups of two, three, four, or more.
Although a balance of male and female participants is useful, it is not necessary because the dancing is not 'close contact'. Barn Dancing is active, but not too strenuous. Basically all you need is a suitable venue and us. However many evenings are centered around some form of catering. Typically this is usually something and chips from the local fish shop.