Ways you can support our community

Please support the Austin Belly Dance Convention's Financial Hardship Scholarship. Your contribution will support dancers to attend the ABDC. Your contribution will make an impact, whether you donate a lot or a little. Anything helps. Please head to our Facebook Campaign to contribute.

Thank You to Those Who Donated this Year!

  • Ahmed Garcia

  • Djahari Clark

  • Helene Christopher

  • Joanne Church

  • Lauren Liora Murrah

  • Lisa Meng

  • Nancy Redig

  • Tawni Tyndall

Why Donate?

For over 20 years, the Austin Belly Dance Convention has served the Austin and Middle Eastern communities by promoting and supporting dance, music, and art in positive and creative ways. The convention offers opportunities for all audiences to experience a diverse cultural heritage. The ABDC participants have the opportunity to learn about regional Middle Eastern traditional and contemporary dances as well as fusion styles that developed in the United States over the past 140 years. The ABDC maintains tradition while embracing the contemporary.

Our goal for the ABDC is to achieve broad, diverse accessibility and participation. The event offers opportunities for education, performances, new product distribution, artist collaboration, networking, and professional development. The ABDC features emerging local talent, local talent who are nationally and internationally recognized, and other world renowned artists. Professional and amateur participants from any field that intersects with Middle Eastern dance, including dancers, musicians, customers, vendors, artists, scholars, photographers, and videographers create this unique event.

The ABDC contributes to Austin’s cultural tourism development by helping make our city a recognized destination for learning. The ABDC is known as an international conference with its unique and artistic experience drawing in locals and international travelers alike. In 2019, our 300+ attendees came from 13 states and 6 countries.

In order to build a successful and sustainable event, The Austin Belly Dance Convention is now working in conjunction with Texas Folklife, a 501c(3) organization dedicated to preserving and presenting the diverse cultures and living heritage of the Lone Star State.

Only through the generosity of like-minded patrons can the ABDC continue. Consider donating and support the ABDC's programs and activities.

Our Sponsors

The ABDC is happy to be working with these wonderful non-profits.
This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department and Texas Folklife.