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Sunday 3 January

• Sun 3 Jan 11:00 13:00

  Morris Practice

  Wantsum Morris Men practice

  Old Schools Hall, Minster, Kent

  • Cotswold
  • The Morris Ring
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• Sun 3 Jan 11:00 13:00

  Morris Practice

  AnnieMation practice

  Colchester Roman Circus, Colchester, Essex

  • North-West
  • Open Morris
  • Mixed
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• Sun 3 Jan 12:00 14:00

  Session

  Tap and Spile Sunday Session

  Tap and Spile, Morpeth, Northumberland

  • Mixed
  • Traditional
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• 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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• Sun 3 Jan 12:00 15:00

  Session

  Borough English Music Session

  The King’s Arms, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • English
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• Sun 3 Jan 13:00 17:00

  Session

  Sunday Session

  The Dolphin, Plymouth, Devon

  Maintained

  • Mixed
  • English
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 13:00 17:00

  Session

  Sunday Session

  Cadgwith Cove Inn, Cadgwith, Cornwall

  • Mixed
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• Sun 3 Jan 13:00 16:30

  Session

  Office Ale House Tunes Session

  The Office Ale House, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

  • Tune
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• Sun 3 Jan 13:00 16:00

  Session

  Puzzle Hall Sunday Singaround

  Puzzle Hall Community Pub, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Singaround
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• Sun 3 Jan 13:00 15:00

  Session

  Steam Machine Sessions

  The Steam Machine Brewing Co., Newton Aycliffe, County Durham

  • Mixed
  • Traditional
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• Sun 3 Jan 13:00 15:00

  Session

  Alum Ale House Irish Session

  Alum Ale House, South Shields, Tyne and Wear

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 13:00 15:00

  Session

  Sunday Music at Belleisle Conservatory

  Belleisle Conservatory, Ayr, South Ayrshire

  • Mixed
  • Contemporary
  • Traditional
  • Beginners welcome
  • Listeners Welcome
  • Singaround
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• Sun 3 Jan 13:30 15:30

  Session

  Red Shed Free Session

  The Red Shed, Wakefield, West Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Traditional
  • Singaround
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• Sun 3 Jan 13:30 15:30

  Morris Practice

  Ledbury Morris practice

  The Royal Oak, Much Marcle, Herefordshire

  • Border
  • Open Morris
  • Mixed
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• Sun 3 Jan 14:00 16:00

  Session

  Afternoon Tune Session

  Major Tom’s Social, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

  • Tune
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• Sun 3 Jan 14:00 16:00

  Session

  Polka Hop Traditional Session

  The Polka Hop, Wakefield, West Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Traditional
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• Sun 3 Jan 14:00 16:00

  Session

  Ballad Club

  The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

  • Song
  • Traditional
  • Round the Room
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• Sun 3 Jan 14:00 17:00

  Session

  Bia Sunday Irish Session

  Bia Cafe Bar, Levenshulme, Greater Manchester

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 14:00 16:00

  Session

  The Humber Sunday Acoustic Session

  The Humber, Coventry, West Midlands

  • Mixed
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• Sun 3 Jan 14:00 16:00

  Session

  Red Monkey Irish Session

  The Red Monkey, Bristol, Bristol

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 14:00 18:00

  Session

  Vinyl Bar Sunday Session

  Vinyl Bar, Glasgow, City of Glasgow

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 14:00 16:00

  Session

  Valley Folk Club Open Afternoon

  Pontardawe Heritage & Visitor Centre, Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot

  • Mixed
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• Sun 3 Jan 14:00 17:00

  Session

  Fintry Inn Sunday Session

  Fintry Inn, Fintry, Stirling

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
  • Traditional
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• Sun 3 Jan 14:30 16:30

  Session

  Taunton Sunday Folktunes Session

  The Lawns Social Club, Taunton, Somerset

  • Tune
  • Traditional
  • Beginners welcome
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• Sun 3 Jan 14:30 17:30

  Session

  Lucas Arms Old Time Session

  The Lucas Arms, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Old Time
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• Sun 3 Jan 15:00 17:30

  Session

  Southampton Traditional Music Session

  Raven and Bine, Southampton, Hampshire

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 15:00 17:00

  Session

  Big Old Sing

  The Bar, John Peel Centre, Stowmarket, Suffolk

  • Song
  • Shanties
  • Traditional
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• Sun 3 Jan 15:00 17:00

  Session

  The Ship Sunday Session

  The Ship, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 15:00 19:00

  Session

  Malt Cross Irish Traditional Session

  Malt Cross, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 15:00 18:30

  Session

  Queen in the West Irish Session

  Queen In The West, Lincoln, Lincolnshire

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 15:00 18:00

  Session

  Llyswen Session

  The Griffin Inn, Llyswen, Powys

  • Tune
  • English
  • French
  • Irish
  • Scandi
  • Scottish
  • Welsh
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• Sun 3 Jan 15:00 17:00

  Session

  Stow Folk Session

  The Station House, Stow, Scottish Borders

  • Mixed
  • Traditional
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Sun 3 Jan 15:00 17:00

  Session

  MacGregor’s Oban Sunday Session

  MacGregor’s at The Whisky Vaults, Oban, Argyll and Bute

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Sun 3 Jan 15:30 18:00

  Session

  Stourport Afternoon Session

  Swan Hotel, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire

  • Mixed
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• Sun 3 Jan 15:30 19:00

  Session

  Ericht Alehouse Sunday Session

  Ericht Alehouse, Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
  • Traditional
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• Sun 3 Jan 15:30 18:00

  Session

  Peebles Acoustic Sessions

  The Cross Keys, Peebles, Scottish Borders

  • Mixed
  • Americana
  • Contemporary
  • Traditional
  • Beginners welcome
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Sun 3 Jan 16:00 21:00

  Session

  Tinners Session

  Tinners Arms, Zennor, Cornwall

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 16:00 18:00

  Session

  Oxford Slow Session

  The Slow and Steady, Oxford, Oxfordshire

  • Tune
  • Beginners welcome
  • Slow session
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• Sun 3 Jan 16:00 18:00

  Session

  Howl at the Moon Sunday Session

  Howl at the Moon, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 16:00 18:00

  Session

  Myddleton Arms Sunday Session

  The Myddleton Arms, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 16:00 18:00

  Session

  Fibber McGee’s Sunday Irish Session

  Fibber McGee’s, Sale Moor, Greater Manchester

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 16:00 18:00

  Session

  Sandy Bell’s Sunday Afternoon Session

  Sandy Bell’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
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• Sun 3 Jan 16:00 19:00

  Session

  Black Cat Sunday Session

  The Black Cat, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 16:00 19:00

  Session

  Red Lion Fochabers Session

  Red Lion Tavern, Fochabers, Moray

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
  • Traditional
  • Beginners welcome
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• Sun 3 Jan 16:30 19:30

  Session

  Penny Black Sunday Session

  Penny Black, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
  • Advanced Session
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• Sun 3 Jan 17:00 19:00

  Session

  Minerva Sessions

  The Minerva, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire

  • Song
  • Shanties
  • Traditional
  • Listeners Welcome
  • Singaround
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• Sun 3 Jan 17:00 20:00

  Session

  Sociograss Sunday Jam

  The Bowlers Rest, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Mixed
  • Americana
  • Bluegrass
  • Old Time
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• Sun 3 Jan 17:30 19:30

  Session

  Whiskey Tumbler Sunday Session

  The Whiskey Tumbler, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 17:30 20:30

  Session

  Seamus’s Sunday Session

  Seamus’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Sun 3 Jan 17:30 20:30

  Session

  Dougal’s Sunday Session

  Dougal’s Pub, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Sun 3 Jan 18:00 20:00

  Session

  Fox and Goose Acoustic Sundays

  The Fox and Goose, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire

  • Mixed
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• Sun 3 Jan 18:00 21:00

  Session

  Birmingham Folk Global Session

  The Old Moseley Arms, Balsall Heath, West Midlands

  • Tune
  • European
  • Traditional
  • Beginners welcome
  • Slow session
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• Sun 3 Jan 18:00 21:00

  Session

  Meanwood Folk Club

  Meanwood Institute, Meanwood, West Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Sun 3 Jan 18:00 20:00

  Session

  Hootananny Sunday Session

  Hootananny, Inverness, Highland

  • Tune
  • Scottish
  • Traditional
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• Sun 3 Jan 18:30 20:30

  Session

  Fox Haggerston Sunday Session

  The Fox, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 18:30 20:30

  Session

  Mary Madden’s Irish Session

  Mary Madden’s, Enfield, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 18:30 20:30

  Session

  Three Wishes Irish Session

  The Three Wishes, London, Greater London

  • Mixed
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 18:30 20:30

  Session

  McCafferty’s Ilford Irish Session

  McCafferty’s, Ilford, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 18:30 21:00

  Session

  Old Time Slow Jam

  The Cock Tavern, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Old Time
  • Listeners Welcome
  • Slow session
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• Sun 3 Jan 18:45 21:15

  Morris Practice

  Mortimer’s Morris practice

  St John’s Church Community Centre, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

  • North-West
  • The Morris Federation
  • Female
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:00 22:00

  Session

  Antelope Inn Session

  Antelope Inn, Hazelbury Bryan, Dorset

  • Tune
  • English
  • Beginners welcome
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:00 21:00

  Session

  Foresters’ Arms Session

  The Foresters’ Arms, Colchester, Essex

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:00 21:00

  Session

  The Woodlands Singaround

  The Woodlands, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:00 22:00

  Session

  Scottish Open Session

  The Chemic Tavern, Leeds, West Yorkshire

  • Tune
  • Scottish
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:00 21:00

  Session

  Ye Olde Cross Sunday Session

  Ye Olde Cross Inn, Ryton, Tyne and Wear

  • Mixed
  • Traditional
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:00 21:00

  Session

  Bowling Green Irish Session

  Bowling Green Hotel, Chorlton, Greater Manchester

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:00 21:00

  Session

  First Sunday Folk

  Anglers Rest, Bamford, Derbyshire

  • Mixed
  • Beginners welcome
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:00 21:00

  Morris Practice

  Golden Star Morris practice

  St Catherine’s Church Hall, Norwich, Norfolk

  • Cotswold
  • The Morris Ring
  • Mixed
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:00 21:00

  Morris Practice

  Way of the Wyrd practice

  Thorpe Acre Church Hall, Loughborough, Leicestershire

  • Border
  • The Morris Federation
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:00 22:30

  Session

  Sir Colin Campbell Sunday Session

  Sir Colin Campbell, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:00 21:00

  Session

  WB Yeats Sunday Session

  The WB Yeats, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:00 21:00

  Session

  Folk of the Round Table Sunday Open Session

  SET Social, London, Greater London

  • Mixed
  • Traditional
  • Beginners welcome
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:00 23:00

  Session

  Dog & Partridge Sunday Acoustic Session

  Dog & Partridge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

  • Mixed
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:30 22:30

  Session

  Convivial Rabbit Folk Session

  Convivial Rabbit, Dorchester, Dorset

  • Mixed
  • Contemporary
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Green Man Sunday Session

  The Green Man, Liverpool, Merseyside

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Wolverton Acoustic Club

  The MADCAP Theatre, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire

  • Mixed
  • Beginners welcome
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Hole in the Wall Irish Session

  The Hole in the Wall, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:30 21:30

  Session

  South Shields Folk Club

  South Tyneside Indoor Bowls and Social Club, South Shields, Tyne and Wear

  • Song
  • Traditional
  • Singaround
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Trent Acoustic Roots and Folk (TARAF)

  Grange Hall (Trent Room), Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire

  • Song
  • Contemporary
  • Traditional
  • Listeners Welcome
  • Singaround
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Dram Sunday Folk Session

  Dram!, Glasgow, City of Glasgow

  • Mixed
  • Traditional
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:30 22:30

  Session

  Edinburgh Shetland Fiddlers

  Athletic Arms (Diggers), Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Scottish
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:30 22:30

  Session

  Cask and Barrel Southside Sunday Session

  Cask and Barrel Southside, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:30 22:30

  Session

  Bude Folk Club Singers’ Night

  The Falcon Hotel, Bude, Cornwall

  • Mixed
  • English
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:30 22:00

  Session

  Dunblane Folk Club

  Victoria Halls (Lesser Hall), Dunblane, Stirling

  • Mixed
  • Contemporary
  • Scottish
  • Traditional
  • Listeners Welcome
  • Singaround
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• Sun 3 Jan 19:45 21:45

  Session

  TwickFolk Singaround

  The Cabbage Patch Pub (Patchworks), Twickenham, Greater London

  • Song
  • English
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• Sun 3 Jan 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Devvy Folk Session

  Devonshire Inn, Sticklepath, Devon

  • Mixed
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• Sun 3 Jan 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Woolpack Session

  The Woolpack, Ipswich, Suffolk

  • Mixed
  • Traditional
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• Sun 3 Jan 20:00 22:00

  Session

  The Monkey Folk Club

  Monkseaton Arms, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Sun 3 Jan 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Cheshire Folk

  Boars Head Hotel, Middlewich, Cheshire

  • Mixed
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• Sun 3 Jan 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Half Moon Irish Session

  The Half Moon, Oxford, Oxfordshire

  • Mixed
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 20:00 21:30

  Morris Practice

  Flag and Bone Gang practice

  St John’s Church Hall, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

  • The Morris Federation
  • Mixed
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• Sun 3 Jan 20:00 23:00

  Session

  Ben Nevis Sunday Session

  The Ben Nevis, Glasgow, City of Glasgow

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
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• Sun 3 Jan 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Mitre Tavern Session

  The Mitre Tavern, Brighton, East Sussex

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 20:00 22:30

  Session

  Readifolk Singers’ Night

  Community Hall, Watlington House, Reading, Berkshire

  • Song
  • English
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• Sun 3 Jan 20:00 22:30

  Session

  Horsham Folk Club Open Floor

  The Normandy Centre, Horsham, West Sussex

  • Mixed
  • English
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• Sun 3 Jan 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Llanidloes Sunday Session

  The Stag Inn, Llanidloes, Powys

  • Mixed
  • English
  • European
  • Irish
  • Scottish
  • Welsh
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• Sun 3 Jan 20:00 22:30

  Session

  White Hart Shanty Session

  The White Hart, Wolvercote, Oxfordshire

  Maintained

  • Song
  • Shanties
  • Beginners welcome
  • Singaround
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• Sun 3 Jan 20:30 22:30

  Session

  Folk at the Elsted

  The Elsted Inn, Elsted, West Sussex

  • Mixed
  • English
  • Traditional
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• Sun 3 Jan 20:30 22:30

  Session

  The Lamb Sunday Session

  The Lamb, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 3 Jan 21:00 23:00

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  West Malvern Session

  West Malvern Social Club, Malvern, Worcestershire

  • Tune
  • Beginners welcome
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• Sun 3 Jan 21:00 23:00

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  Sandy Bell’s Sunday Session

  Sandy Bell’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
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• Sun 3 Jan 21:00 22:45

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  Clachaig Inn Sunday Session

  Clachaig Inn, Glencoe, Highland

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
  • Traditional
  • Round the Room
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