Usually, the sagi mai is dedicated to the Yasaka-jinja Shrine for three days: in Yoiyama on the 16th, in Yamahoko Junko and Shinkosai on the 17th, and Hanagasa Junko and Kankosai on the 24th; since 2006, the sagi mai has not been performed because the relationship between the Sagi mai hozon kai, shrines, and ujiko soshiki has become worse; instead, Kosagi odori dance has been dedicated to the shrine (described below).
通常は、宵山の16日と山鉾巡行･神幸祭の17日、花傘巡行･還幸祭の24日の3日間八坂神社境内で奉納されるが、2006年（平成18年）以降は鷺舞保存会と神社、氏子組織の対立が深まったために行われず、代りに、次項の子鷺踊りが奉納された。