What’s on: folk sessions, morris, customs and folklore

Sunday 24 January

Born on this day: Michael Chapman (1941)

Monday 25 January

Born on this day: Ewan MacColl (1915)

Wednesday 27 January

Happy birthday to Phil Cunningham (67 today)

Thursday 28 January

Born on this day: Jimmy Shand (1908), Paddy Tunney (1921) and Sabine Baring-Gould (1834)

Friday 29 January

Saturday 30 January

Born on this day: Kevin Danaher (1913) and Paddy Keenan (1950)

Sunday 31 January

Born on this day: Alan Lomax (1915) and Michael Coleman (1891)

Wednesday 3 February

Friday 5 February

Saturday 6 February New moon

Born on this day: Charles Wheatstone (1802)

Tuesday 9 February

Born on this day: Philip Donnellan (1924)

Wednesday 10 February

Born on this day: Gavin Greig (1856), Hamish Imlach (1940) and Roy Palmer (1932)

Thursday 11 February

Friday 12 February

Saturday 13 February

Born on this day: Judy Dyble (1949)

Sunday 14 February

Born on this day: Angus R Grant (1967)

Wednesday 17 February

Happy birthday to Christine Primrose (77 today)

Born on this day: Michael Marra (1952)

Friday 19 February

Saturday 20 February Snow Moon

Born on this day: Alan Hull (1945)

Sunday 21 February

Wednesday 24 February

Thursday 25 February

Happy birthday to Bernard Wrigley (79 today)

Friday 26 February

Born on this day: Patsy Touhey (1865)

Saturday 27 February

Born on this day: Jake Thackray (1938) and Percy Dearmer (1867)

Sunday 28 February

Born on this day: A. L. Lloyd (1908)