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Thursday 31 December

New Year's Eve

Happy birthday to June Tabor (79 today)

Born on this day: E. J. Moeran (1894)

• Thu 31 Dec from 15:30

  Custom

  Nos Galan Road Races

  Sets off from Oxford Street, Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Custom game
  • Procession
  • New Year's Eve
  • Sports and Games
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• Thu 31 Dec 21:15 16:00

  Custom

  Biggar Hogmanay Bonfire

  Corn Exchange, Biggar, South Lanarkshire

  • Fire
  • Procession
  • New Year's Eve
  • Fire Customs
  
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• Thu 31 Dec from 22:00

  Custom

  Llanwrtyd Wells Mari Lwyd

  Neuadd Arms Hotel, Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys

  • Hobby horse or beast
  • Procession
  • New Year's Eve
  • Animal Customs
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• Thu 31 Dec 23:00 00:30

  Custom

  Allendale Tar Bar’l

  Sets off from Market Place, Allendale, Northumberland

  • Fire
  • Procession
  • Christmas and New Year
  • New Year's Eve
  • Fire Customs
  
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• Thu 31 Dec 23:00 00:30

  Custom

  Stonehaven Fireballs

  Sets off from Mercat Cross, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire

  • Fire
  • Procession
  • Christmas and New Year
  • New Year's Eve
  • Fire Customs
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• Thu 31 Dec 23:30 00:30

  Custom

  Comrie Flambeaux

  Sets off from Melville Square, Comrie, Perth and Kinross

  • Fire
  • Procession
  • New Year's Eve
  • Fire Customs
  
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Friday 1 January

Born on this day: George Petrie (1790) and Margaret Barry (1917)

• Fri 1 Jan 11:50 13:00

  Custom

  Monkseaton Morris New Year’s Day Dance

  The Ship, Monkseaton, Tyne and Wear

  • Dance
  • Mumming play
  • Christmas and New Year
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Sunday 3 January

• Sun 3 Jan from 12:00

  Custom

  Bankside Twelfth Night

  Shakespeare’s Globe, London, Greater London

  • Mumming play
  • Procession
  • Wassail
  • Twelfth Night
  • Food and Drink
  • Plant and Tree Lore
  
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