Here are the five themes the ACD Board selected out of all entries received. Now it’s up to YOU to choose the winner!

Age of Aquarius
This themes is a joyful riff on our two headline bands for ADW 2026: River Road and Cosmic Weather.  Celebrate the Age of Aquarius by bringing back the 60's on Saturday night with tie-dye, bell-bottom jeans, fringed vests, peasant blouses, maxi dresses, headbands, beaded jewelry, and peace symbols. Or go a different watery direction and tog yourself out in anything fishing, surfing, sailing or swimming related.

Gods & Monsters
Toga! Toga! Toga! Channel your inner Animal House or Percy Jackson and dress for success on Saturday night as a Greek God/Goddess (Hera, Thor, Pan, Ares, Persephone) or your favorite stygian monster (Cyclops, Gorgon, Minotaur, Satyr, Siren, or Harpy).

Mermaids & Pirates
It'll be Speak Like a Pirate day on Saturday night at Dec Rec when Ariel meets Anne Bonney. Calling all Lady and Gentlemen pirates, mermaids and mermen. Shiver me timebers matey, tog yourself out in navy blues or fishy green.

Phantom of the Contra
Masks, capes, tailcoats, corsets, all things black, white, and silver. Musical elegance personified on Saturday night at ADW 2026. 

We Came, We Saw, We Contraed
All roads lead to Contra when the Romans come to town. Bring Julius Caesar -- or Cleopatra -- back to life with royal purple and other vibrant colored tunics and stolas, or sway the day in gladiator garb, laurel wreaths, armlets, and sandals. No asps allowed

Registration is open for Atlanta’s Spring contra dance weekend! Contra, English, RushFest, Waltz, Couples dance, Singing, and much more! (*BW is not an official ACD event, but who cares? It’s brought to you by the same folks who mastermind ADW!)

Music: Root System & Little Mercies

Calling: Cis Hinkle & Emily Rush

Hands Four!
-Kimbi Hagen and Seth Tepfer
ADW 2026 and Butterfly Whirl 2026 Co-Chairs