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

Saturday 6 February🌑 New moon

Born on this day: Charles Wheatstone (1802)

Tuesday 9 February

Shrovetide

Born on this day: Philip Donnellan (1924)

• 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

  • Custom game
  • Shrovetide
  • Sports and Games
  
  Save this custom: Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football
• Tue 9 Feb 14:00 17:00

  Custom

  Alnwick Shrovetide Football

  Alnwick Castle barbican, Alnwick, Northumberland

  • Custom game
  • Procession
  • Shrovetide
  • Sports and Games
  Save this custom: Alnwick Shrovetide Football

• Tue 9 Feb from 16:30

  Custom

  The Great St Davids Pancake Race

  The Bishops, St Davids, Pembrokeshire

  • Custom game
  • Shrovetide
  Save this custom: The Great St Davids Pancake Race

Wednesday 10 February

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

• Wed 10 Feb Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football day 2 of 2 · 14:00–22:00