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Saturday 9 January

Happy birthday to Joan Baez (86 today) and Nic Jones (80 today)

Born on this day: Tim Hart (1948)

• Sat 9 Jan All day

  Custom, day 1 of 2

  Gower Wassail and Mari Lwyd

  Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea, Swansea

  • Fire
  • Hobby horse or beast
  • Procession
  • Wassail
  • Wassailing
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• Sat 9 Jan 11:00 14:00

  Session

  Camberwell Green URC Scottish Session

  Camberwell Green United Reformed Church Hall, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Scottish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Sat 9 Jan 12:00 14:00

  Session

  QOFF, the Queer Open Friendly Folk Session

  Jolly Farmers, Oxford, Oxfordshire

  • Mixed
  • English
  • Irish
  • Traditional
  • Beginners welcome
  • Queer
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• Sat 9 Jan 13:00 16:00

  Session

  Edinburgh Intermediate Trad Session

  Leith Depot, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
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• Sat 9 Jan 14:00 16:00

  Session

  Nags Head Sessions

  The Nags Head, Scalby, North Yorkshire

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• Sat 9 Jan 14:00 16:00

  Session

  Howl at the Moon Saturday Session

  Howl at the Moon, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sat 9 Jan 14:00 18:00

  Session

  Fagan’s Saturday Afternoon Session

  Fagan’s, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Beginners welcome
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• Sat 9 Jan 14:00 16:00

  Session

  Sandy Bell’s Saturday Afternoon Session

  Sandy Bell’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
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• Sat 9 Jan 15:00 18:00

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  Seamus’s Saturday Session

  Seamus’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Sat 9 Jan 15:00 18:00

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  Dougal’s Saturday Session

  Dougal’s Pub, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Sat 9 Jan 16:00 18:00

  Session

  Fox Haggerston Saturday Session

  The Fox, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sat 9 Jan 17:30 21:00

  Custom

  Much Marcle Wassail at Westons

  Westons Cider Visitor Centre, Much Marcle, Herefordshire

  • Dance
  • Fire
  • Procession
  • Wassail
  • Wassailing
  • Fire Customs
  • Food and Drink
  • Plant and Tree Lore
  
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• Sat 9 Jan 18:00 22:30

  Dance

  Branxton Ceilidh

  Branxton Village Hall, Branxton, Northumberland

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Sat 9 Jan 19:00 21:00

  Session

  White Hart Singaround

  The White Hart, Mickleby, North Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Singaround
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• Sat 9 Jan 19:15 22:15

  Dance

  d’Accord

  St James Church Hall, Exeter, Devon

  • Bal
  • Dance
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• Sat 9 Jan 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Raveningham Folk Night

  Raveningham Centre, Raveningham, Norfolk

  • Mixed
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• Sat 9 Jan 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Raising the Rafters

  The Saint James Rooms, Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire

  • Mixed
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• Sat 9 Jan 19:30 22:30

  Dance

  New Year French Bal

  Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford, Lincolnshire

  • Bal
  • Dance
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• Sat 9 Jan 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Drover’s Folk Club

  St Paul’s RC Church Hall, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Sat 9 Jan 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Rushwick Folk

  Rushwick Village Hall, Rushwick, Worcestershire

  • Mixed
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• Sat 9 Jan 20:00 23:00

  Session

  Sir Colin Campbell Saturday Session

  Sir Colin Campbell, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sat 9 Jan 20:00 23:00

  Dance

  Oxfolk Ceilidh

  Kennington Village Centre, Kennington, Oxfordshire

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Sat 9 Jan 20:00 23:00

  Dance

  London Barndance

  Cecil Sharp House, London, Greater London

  • Contra
  • Dance
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• Sat 9 Jan 20:00 23:00

  Dance

  Hekety’s 30th Birthday Ceilidh

  Crookes Social Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Sat 9 Jan 20:30 23:30

  Session

  Fagan’s Saturday Evening Session

  Fagan’s, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

  • Mixed
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• Sat 9 Jan 21:00 23:00

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  Sandy Bell’s Saturday Session

  Sandy Bell’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
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• Sat 9 Jan 21:30 23:30

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  Royal Oak Saturday Folk Session

  Royal Oak, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
  • Traditional
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