What’s on: folk sessions, morris, customs and folklore
Thursday 7 January New moon
Born on this day: Dave Cousins (1940)
Friday 8 January
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Fri 8 Jan from 19:00
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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Sat 9 Jan All day
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Sat 9 Jan 17:30 21:00
Sunday 10 January
Born on this day: Louisa Jo Killen (1934)
- Sun 10 Jan Gower Wassail and Mari Lwyd
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Sun 10 Jan from 14:00
Custom
Plygain at St Teilo’s Church, St Fagans
St Teilo’s Church, St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff, Cardiff
Monday 11 January
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Mon 11 Jan 16:30 22:00
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Mon 11 Jan from 18:00
Wednesday 13 January
Happy birthday to Frankie Armstrong (86 today)
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Wed 13 Jan All day
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Wed 13 Jan from 19:00
Friday 15 January
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Fri 15 Jan All day
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Fri 15 Jan from 18:30
Saturday 16 January
Happy birthday to Iona Fyfe (29 today)
- Sat 16 Jan Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival
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Sat 16 Jan 09:30 16:00
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Sat 16 Jan from 18:30
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Sat 16 Jan from 18:30
Sunday 17 January
Born on this day: Matt McGinn (1928) and Mike Waterson (1941)
- Sun 17 Jan Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival
Monday 18 January
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Mon 18 Jan from 18:30
Friday 22 January Wolf Moon
Saturday 23 January
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Sat 23 Jan 12:30 18:00
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Sat 23 Jan from 14:00
Custom
Aberystwyth Santes Dwynwen Parade
Sets off from Town Clock, Great Darkgate Street, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Monday 25 January
Born on this day: Ewan MacColl (1915)
Tuesday 26 January
Happy birthday to Ashley Hutchings (82 today)
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Tue 26 Jan 19:30 16:00
Saturday 6 February New moon
Born on this day: Charles Wheatstone (1802)
Tuesday 9 February
Born on this day: Philip Donnellan (1924)
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Tue 9 Feb 14:00 22:00
Custom, day 1 of 2
Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football
Sets off from Shaw Croft car park, Ashbourne, Derbyshire
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Tue 9 Feb 14:00 17:00
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Tue 9 Feb from 16:30
Wednesday 10 February
Born on this day: Gavin Greig (1856), Hamish Imlach (1940) and Roy Palmer (1932)
- Wed 10 Feb Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football
Sunday 14 February
Born on this day: Angus R Grant (1967)
Saturday 20 February Snow Moon
Born on this day: Alan Hull (1945)
Saturday 27 February
Born on this day: Jake Thackray (1938) and Percy Dearmer (1867)
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Sat 27 Feb All day
Custom
Aberystwyth St David’s Day Parade (Parêd Gŵyl Dewi)
Sets off from Town Clock, Great Darkgate Street, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
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Sat 27 Feb All day
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Sat 27 Feb from 11:00