Robin Fischer is a fiddler, square dance caller, music teacher, and community organizer based in Oakland, CA.
Robin is one of the premier voices amongst California square dance callers. A lover of high energy, dance-inspiring old-time music, she calls in the traditional style – no lessons, no levels, no prerecorded music, just a live band and emphasis on everyone having a good time. Robin has called dances up and down the west coast, including at the Berkeley Old Time Music Convention, The CBA Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival, Los Angeles Old Time Social, Austin Stringband Festival, and community dances from Portland to San Diego.
She also organized the popular 3rd Friday North Oakland Square Dance for years, until it’s shuttering in 2020. Now she runs Rip and Snort, the West Coast old time square dance calendar.
Fiddle teacher at the beloved Manning Music studio by day, Robin loves teaching folks how to interact in “traditional” art forms that feel as relevant to modern life as ever.