Starting with our dance on Sunday, June 4, Brooklyn Contra will pilot half our dances as mask and vaccine optional through August 2023. This means for one dance a month that dancers and performers will not be required to wear a mask and that we will not check vaccine status; we will still provide KN-95 masks at the door for anyone who wishes to wear one. At the end of August we will evaluate the pilot, taking into account community input, and determine how we will move forward. Please see our pilot schedule below:

3-month pilot
- Sunday, June 4: Masks Optional
- Sunday, June 18: Masks Required
- Sunday, July 2: Masks Optional
- Sunday, July 16: Masks Required
- Sunday, August 6: Masks Optional
- Sunday, August 20: Masks Required
Schedule post-pilot
- Sunday, September 3: Masks Required
- Sunday, September 17Optional [outdoor dance]

Brooklyn Contra’s mission is to build a broad audience for contra dancing and it is our sincere hope that by hosting both fully-masked and mask-optional dances, we will provide options for dancers to participate in line with their own risk tolerance.

We always encourage community feedback; dancers can provide their thoughts using this feedback form on the Brooklyn Contra website through August 31.