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Friday 16 October

• Fri 16 Oct 12:00 15:00

  Session

  Three Kings Lunchtime Session

  Three Kings Inn, Hanley Castle, Worcestershire

  • Mixed
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• Fri 16 Oct 13:00 16:00

  Session

  Shepherds Hall Afternoon Session

  Shepherds Hall Ale House & Victoria Rooms, Chorley, Lancashire

  • Tune
  • Traditional
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• Fri 16 Oct 14:00 23:00

  Custom, day 7 of 8

  Hull Fair

  Walton Street Fairground, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire

  • Fair or wakes
  
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• Fri 16 Oct 14:00 16:00

  Session

  Sandy Bell’s Friday Afternoon Session

  Sandy Bell’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
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• Fri 16 Oct 17:00 22:00

  Custom, day 1 of 2

  Warwick Mop

  Sets off from Market Place, Warwick, Warwickshire

  • Fair or wakes
  • Michaelmas
  • Harvest and Hiring
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• Fri 16 Oct 17:30 20:00

  Session

  Irish Cultural Centre Friday Night Session

  Irish Cultural Centre, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 16 Oct 17:30 19:30

  Session

  Royal Oak Friday Folk Session

  Royal Oak, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
  • Traditional
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• Fri 16 Oct 18:00 22:00

  Custom, day 2 of 3

  Yarm Fair

  Sets off from High Street, Yarm, North Yorkshire

  • Blessing
  • Fair or wakes
  • Animal Customs
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• Fri 16 Oct 18:00 21:00

  Session

  Seamus’s Friday Session

  Seamus’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 16 Oct 18:00 21:00

  Session

  Dougal’s Friday Session

  Dougal’s Pub, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 16 Oct 18:30 23:00

  Dance

  Family Ceilidh with Join The Dots

  Holme Lacy Village Hall, Holme Lacy, Herefordshire

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Fri 16 Oct 19:00 22:00

  Session

  Norwich Folk Club Song Session

  Christ Church Centre, Norwich, Norfolk

  • Mixed
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 16 Oct 19:00 22:00

  Dance

  Castle Ceilidh

  Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Fri 16 Oct 19:00 23:00

  Dance

  Ceilidh for Clean Water

  Meole Brace School, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Fri 16 Oct 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Free Folk Fridays

  The Lounge Bar, Alton, Hampshire

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Fri 16 Oct 19:30 21:30

  Morris Practice

  Dartington Morris practice

  Dartington Primary School, Totnes, Devon

  • Cotswold
  • Longsword
  • Mummers
  • The Morris Ring
  • Mixed
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• Fri 16 Oct 19:30 21:30

  Morris Practice

  Pigsty Morris practice

  Kelvin Players Hall, Bristol, Bristol

  • Cotswold
  • The Morris Federation
  • Mixed
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• Fri 16 Oct 19:30 21:00

  Morris Practice

  Leek Morris practice

  Westwood First School, Leek, Staffordshire

  • Border
  • Cotswold
  • The Morris Federation
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• Fri 16 Oct 19:30 21:30

  Morris Practice

  Bradninch Millers Morris practice

  Bradninch Youth Centre West End Hall, Bradninch, Devon

  Maintained

  • Border
  • Cotswold
  • Molly
  • The Morris Federation
  • Mixed
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• Fri 16 Oct 19:30 23:00

  Session

  Tamworth Folk Club Floor Spots Night

  The Tamworth Tap, Tamworth, Staffordshire

  • Mixed
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• Fri 16 Oct 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Rhyl Folk Club Singers’ Night

  Ffordd Las Community Centre, Rhyl, Denbighshire

  • Mixed
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• Fri 16 Oct 19:30 22:30

  Folk club night

  Chris While & Julie Matthews at St Edith Folk

  Otford Memorial Hall, Otford, Kent

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• Fri 16 Oct 19:30 22:30

  Folk club night

  Hamish Currie at Folk Acoustic & Blues Aylesbury

  Fairford Leys Centre, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

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• Fri 16 Oct 19:30 21:30

  Morris Practice

  Furness Morris practice

  Swarthmoor Reading Room, Swarthmoor, Cumbria

  • Border
  • Cotswold
  • Longsword
  • Mummers
  • North-West
  • The Morris Federation
  • Mixed
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• Fri 16 Oct 19:30 22:30

  Dance

  Tees Valley Ceilidhs

  Worsall Village Hall, Low Worsall, North Yorkshire

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Fri 16 Oct 19:40 22:30

  Session

  Second Time Around Folk Club

  Royal British Legion Social Club (Haig House), Beeston, Nottinghamshire

  • Mixed
  • Contemporary
  • Traditional
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• Fri 16 Oct 19:45 22:45

  Folk club night

  Tom McConville and Tony Winn at The Milkmaid Folk Club

  Risbygate Sports Club, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

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• Fri 16 Oct 19:45 22:45

  Folk club night

  Sue Conroy at Kelso Folk & Live Music Club

  Cross Keys Hotel (Oak Room), Kelso, Scottish Borders

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• Fri 16 Oct 19:45 22:45

  Folk club night

  Tarren and Rhona Macfarlane at Downend Folk & Roots

  Christ Church Downend, Downend, South Gloucestershire

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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 23:00

  Session

  Folk Song Session

  The Cornish Ancestor Micro Pub, Callington, Cornwall

  • Song
  • Contemporary
  • Cornish
  • Shanties
  • Traditional
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Bay Folk Club

  The Bay Hotel, Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire

  • Mixed
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 22:00

  Session

  An Cruiscin Lan Irish Session

  The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Ye Olde Cross Friday Session

  Ye Olde Cross Inn, Ryton, Tyne and Wear

  • Mixed
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Fibber McGee’s Irish Session

  Fibber McGee’s, Sale Moor, Greater Manchester

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Somers Traditional Folk Club

  Bishop Allenby Hall, Worcester, Worcestershire

  • Mixed
  • Traditional
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Isis Irish Session

  Isis Farmhouse, Oxford, Oxfordshire

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Welwyn Session

  The Brocket Arms, Welwyn, Hertfordshire

  • Mixed
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 22:00

  Morris Practice

  Greensleeves Morris Men practice

  South Wimbledon Community Centre, London, Greater London

  • Cotswold
  • The Morris Ring
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 22:00

  Morris Practice

  Long Man Morris practice

  Willingdon Church Hall, Willingdon, East Sussex

  • Cotswold
  • The Morris Ring
  • Mixed
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 22:00

  Morris Practice

  Hook Eagle Morris practice

  Elizabeth Hall, Hook, Hampshire

  • Border
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 22:00

  Morris Practice

  Jockey Morris practice

  Highgate Baptist Church, Birmingham, West Midlands

  • The Morris Ring
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 21:30

  Morris Practice

  Ely and Littleport Riot practice

  Centre E, Ely, Cambridgeshire

  • Border
  • Open Morris
  • Mixed
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 22:00

  Session

  New Crystal Folk Club

  Hill and Cakemore Liberal Club, Halesowen, West Midlands

  • Song
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Gainsborough Folk Club Singaround

  The Old Nick Theatre, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 22:30

  Session

  Northwich Folk Club Singers’ Night

  The Royal British Legion (Social) Club, Davenham, Cheshire

  • Mixed
  • English
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Stonehaven Folk Club Singers’ Night

  Stonehaven Community Education Centre ‘Outside Hall’, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 23:00

  Session

  Watford Folk Club Sing-around

  Watford Ex-Services and Social Club, Watford, Hertfordshire

  • Mixed
  • English
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  John Ward Trio and Vic Lennard at Cambridge Folk Club

  The Golden Hind, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Judy Dunlop and Seb Stone at Burton Folk Club

  Marston’s Social Club, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire

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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Damien Barber at Black Diamond Folk Club

  The Jewellers Arms, Birmingham, West Midlands

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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Alice Jones at Bacca Pipes Folk Club

  Riddlesden Institute, Keighley, West Yorkshire

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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Steve Turner and Vinny & the Engineers at Folk at the Barlow

  The Barlow, Edgworth, Lancashire

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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Blazin’ Fiddles and Dave Gibb at Clydesdale Folk Club

  Biggar Municipal Hall, Biggar, South Lanarkshire

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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Paul Downes and Artey Williams at Wessex Acoustic Folk Club

  Royal British Legion, Blandford Forum, Dorset

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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Wynnstay Session

  Wynnstay Hotel, Machynlleth, Powys

  • Mixed
  • Americana
  • Irish
  • Welsh
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 22:00

  Session

  A Tune for the Foodbank at Encore

  Encore, Inverness, Highland

  • Mixed
  • Irish
  • Scottish
  • Beginners welcome
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 22:30

  Dance

  Autumn Ceilidh with Dobunni

  Stroud Brewery, Stroud, Gloucestershire

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 23:00

  Dance

  Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidh

  Cecil Sharp House, London, Greater London

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:00 23:00

  Dance

  Ketton French Dance

  Brewery House Studio, Ketton, Rutland

  • Bal
  • Dance
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:15 22:15

  Session

  Dragon Folk Club

  Bridge Inn, Shortwood, Gloucestershire

  • Song
  • Contemporary
  • Traditional
  • Listeners Welcome
  • Round the Room
  • Singaround
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:30 22:30

  Session

  Chequers Session

  The Chequers, Roxwell, Essex

  • Mixed
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• Fri 16 Oct 20:30 23:30

  Folk club night

  Anthony John Clarke at The Woodman Folk Club

  Ashwood Marina, Kingswinford, West Midlands

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• Fri 16 Oct 20:30 23:30

  Folk club night

  Michael Messer and Chaz Jankel’s Dance of Life and The Blinkin’ Buzzards at The Kalamazoo Klub

  The Great Northern Railway Tavern, London, Greater London

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• Fri 16 Oct 21:00 23:00

  Session

  Chesham Session

  The Gamekeepers Lodge, Chesham, Buckinghamshire

  • Mixed
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• Fri 16 Oct 21:00 23:00

  Session

  Church Inn Folk and Acoustic Club

  Church Inn, Prestwich, Greater Manchester

  • Mixed
  • Beginners welcome
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 16 Oct 21:00 23:30

  Session

  Fagan’s Friday Session

  Fagan’s, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Irish
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• Fri 16 Oct 21:00 23:00

  Session

  Malones Friday Trad Session

  Malones Irish Bar, Glasgow, City of Glasgow

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 16 Oct 21:00 23:00

  Session

  Sandy Bell’s Friday Session

  Sandy Bell’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
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• Fri 16 Oct 22:00 00:30

  Session

  Connolly’s Chiswick Late Session

  Connolly’s, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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Saturday 17 October

Born on this day: James Madison Carpenter (1888)

• Sat 17 Oct All day

  Custom, day 4 of 4

  Banbury Michaelmas Fair

  Sets off from Market Place, Banbury, Oxfordshire

  • Fair or wakes
  • Michaelmas
  • Harvest and Hiring
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