What’s on: folk sessions, morris, customs and folklore

Monday 26 October🌕 Hunter’s Moon

Born on this day: Jim McCann (1944)

Thursday 29 October

Born on this day: Tom Clancy (1924)

• Thu 29 Oct 09:00 16:00

  Custom

  Bampton Charter Fair

  Sets off from Newton Square, Bampton, Devon

  • Fair or wakes
  
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• Thu 29 Oct from 18:00

  Custom

  Punkie Night

  St George’s Hall, Hinton St George, Somerset

  • Procession
  • Hallowe'en
  • Children's Customs
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Saturday 31 October

Hallowe'en

Happy birthday to Tom Paxton (89 today)

• Sat 31 Oct 10:00 15:00

  Custom

  Hop tu Naa Festival at Cregneash

  Cregneash Folk Village, Cregneash, Isle of Man

  • Dance
  • Hallowe'en
  • Charms and Luck
  
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• Sat 31 Oct from 17:30

  Custom

  Samhain Fire at Athboy

  Sets off from Fair Green, Athboy, County Meath

  • Ceremony
  • Fire
  • Hallowe'en
  • Fire Customs
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• Sat 31 Oct 18:30 22:30

  Custom

  Samhuinn Fire Festival

  Sets off from Calton Hill, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Fire
  • Procession
  • Hallowe'en
  • Fire Customs
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• Sat 31 Oct from 19:00

  Custom

  Derry Halloween Carnival Parade

  Sets off from Guildhall Square, Derry, County Londonderry

  • Procession
  • Hallowe'en
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• Sat 31 Oct 19:30 16:00

  Custom

  Newick Bonfire

  Sets off from The Green, Newick, East Sussex

  • Fire
  • Procession
  • Bonfire Night
  • Fire Customs
  
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