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Saturday 5 December
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Sunday 6 December
Born on this day: Elizabeth Crotty (1885)
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Sun 6 Dec 17:00 19:00
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Sun 6 Dec 19:00 21:30
Tuesday 8 December
Happy birthday to Ric Sanders (74 today)
Born on this day: Anne Geddes Gilchrist (1863)
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Tue 8 Dec 19:00 21:30
Wednesday 9 December New moon
Born on this day: Meredydd Evans (1919)
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Thursday 10 December
Born on this day: Peerie Willie Johnson (1920)
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Friday 11 December
Born on this day: Henry Burstow (1826)
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Saturday 12 December
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Dance
Red Fox Ceilidhs Christmas Ceilidh
Church of the Martyrs, Community Hall, Leicester, Leicestershire
Sunday 13 December
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Monday 14 December
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Mon 14 Dec 19:30 22:00
Wednesday 16 December
Born on this day: Barney McKenna (1939)
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Wed 16 Dec 20:15 23:15
Thursday 17 December
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Thu 17 Dec 19:00 22:30
Friday 18 December
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Fri 18 Dec 20:00 22:15
Saturday 19 December
Happy birthday to Ronald Hutton (73 today) and Tommy Sands (81 today)
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Sat 19 Dec 14:00 17:00
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Sat 19 Dec 19:00 22:10
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Sat 19 Dec 19:30 22:30
Dance
Sturminster Marshall Barn Dance
Sturminster Marshall Memorial Hall, Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
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Sat 19 Dec 19:30 23:00
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Sat 19 Dec 19:30 22:30
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Sat 19 Dec 19:30 22:30
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Sat 19 Dec 20:00 23:30
Sunday 20 December
Happy birthday to Billy Bragg (69 today)
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Sun 20 Dec 13:30 17:00
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Sun 20 Dec 19:30 22:30
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Sun 20 Dec 19:30 22:00
Wednesday 23 December
Happy birthday to Karine Polwart (56 today)
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Wed 23 Dec 20:15 23:15
Thursday 24 December Cold Moon
Happy birthday to Siân James (65 today)
Born on this day: Willie Clancy (1918)
Friday 25 December
Happy birthday to Jacqui McShee (83 today)
Born on this day: Shane MacGowan (1957) and Trevor Lucas (1943)
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Fri 25 Dec 19:30 22:30
Sunday 27 December
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Sun 27 Dec Time to be confirmed
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Sun 27 Dec 14:00 19:00
Dance
Bal Miniscule
Isis Farmhouse, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Cancelled No bal this month: Balfolk Oxford has its Christmas party on 13 December instead
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Sun 27 Dec 19:30 22:30
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Sun 27 Dec 19:30 22:30
Monday 28 December
Happy birthday to Christine Collister (65 today)
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Mon 28 Dec Time to be confirmed
Wednesday 30 December
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Wed 30 Dec 19:30 22:30
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Wed 30 Dec 20:15 23:15
Thursday 31 December
Happy birthday to June Tabor (79 today)
Born on this day: E. J. Moeran (1894)
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Thu 31 Dec 18:30 21:30
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Thu 31 Dec 19:00 02:00
Dance
New Year’s Eve Scottish Ceilidh at Northborough
Northborough and Deeping Gate Village Hall, Northborough, Cambridgeshire
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Thu 31 Dec 19:30 22:00
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Thu 31 Dec 20:00 00:30
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Thu 31 Dec 20:30 00:30
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Friday 1 January
Born on this day: George Petrie (1790) and Margaret Barry (1917)
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Fri 1 Jan 20:00 22:15
Saturday 2 January
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Sat 2 Jan Time to be confirmed
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Sat 2 Jan 19:30 22:30
Wednesday 6 January
Born on this day: Bob Copper (1915), Pop Maynard (1872) and Sandy Denny (1947)
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Wed 6 Jan 20:15 23:15
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Wed 6 Jan 20:15 22:30
Thursday 7 January New moon
Born on this day: Dave Cousins (1940)
Friday 8 January
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Dance
Club Ceilidh Exeter
America Hall, Pinhoe, Devon
Second Friday this month, after New Year's Day
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Fri 8 Jan 20:00 23:00
Dance
Unicorn Ceilidhs
St Mary’s Church Hall, Baldock, Hertfordshire
Cancelled No ceilidh in January
Saturday 9 January
Happy birthday to Joan Baez (86 today) and Nic Jones (80 today)
Born on this day: Tim Hart (1948)
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Sunday 10 January
Born on this day: Louisa Jo Killen (1934)
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Sun 10 Jan 14:30 17:30
Tuesday 12 January
Happy birthday to Matt Molloy (80 today)
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Tue 12 Jan 19:00 21:30
Wednesday 13 January
Happy birthday to Frankie Armstrong (86 today)
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Thursday 14 January
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Friday 15 January
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Saturday 16 January
Happy birthday to Iona Fyfe (29 today)
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Sat 16 Jan Time to be confirmed
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Sat 16 Jan 19:30 23:00
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Dance
Red Fox Ceilidhs Winter Ceilidh
Church of the Martyrs, Community Hall, Leicester, Leicestershire
Sunday 17 January
Born on this day: Matt McGinn (1928) and Mike Waterson (1941)
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Sun 17 Jan 13:30 17:00
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Sun 17 Jan 19:30 22:30
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Sun 17 Jan 19:30 22:00
Wednesday 20 January
Born on this day: Billy Thom (1937) and Francie McPeake (1917)
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Wed 20 Jan 20:15 23:15
Friday 22 January Wolf Moon
Saturday 23 January
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Sat 23 Jan 20:00 22:30
Sunday 24 January
Born on this day: Michael Chapman (1941)
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Sun 24 Jan 14:00 19:00
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Sun 24 Jan 16:45 19:45
Monday 25 January
Born on this day: Ewan MacColl (1915)
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Mon 25 Jan 19:00 23:00
Wednesday 27 January
Happy birthday to Phil Cunningham (67 today)
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Wed 27 Jan 19:30 22:30
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Wed 27 Jan 20:15 23:15
Thursday 28 January
Born on this day: Jimmy Shand (1908), Paddy Tunney (1921) and Sabine Baring-Gould (1834)
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Friday 29 January
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