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Saturday 27 February

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

• 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

  • Procession
  • St David's Day
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• Sat 27 Feb All day

  Custom

  St Davids Day Dragon Parade, St Davids

  Oriel y Parc, St Davids, Pembrokeshire

  • Procession
  • St David's Day
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• Sat 27 Feb from 11:00

  Custom

  Carmarthen St David’s Day Parade

  St Peter’s Church, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire

  • Procession
  • St David's Day
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• Sat 27 Feb 13:00 15:00

  Session

  Traditional Celtic Session

  Globe Inn, Looe, Cornwall

  Maintained

  • Mixed
  • Breton
  • Cornish
  • Irish
  • Manx
  • Scottish
  • Welsh
  • Beginners welcome
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• Sat 27 Feb 14:00 16:00

  Session

  Nags Head Sessions

  The Nags Head, Scalby, North Yorkshire

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• Sat 27 Feb 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 27 Feb 14:00 18:00

  Session

  Fagan’s Saturday Afternoon Session

  Fagan’s, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Beginners welcome
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• Sat 27 Feb 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 27 Feb 15:00 17:00

  Session

  Wandering Palate Irish Folk Jam

  Wandering Palate, Eccles, Greater Manchester

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Beginners welcome
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• Sat 27 Feb 15:00 18:00

  Session

  Seamus’s Saturday Session

  Seamus’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Sat 27 Feb 15:00 18:00

  Session

  Dougal’s Saturday Session

  Dougal’s Pub, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Sat 27 Feb 16:00 18:00

  Session

  Fox Haggerston Saturday Session

  The Fox, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sat 27 Feb 19:00 21:00

  Session

  White Hart Singaround

  The White Hart, Mickleby, North Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Singaround
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• Sat 27 Feb 19:00 22:30

  Dance

  Ceilidh at Great Bedwyn

  Great Bedwyn Village Hall, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Sat 27 Feb 19:30 22:00

  Session

  Folk at the Fold

  The Fold, New House Farm, Bransford, Worcestershire

  • Mixed
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• Sat 27 Feb 19:30 22:30

  Folk club night

  Elbow Jane at Hungry Horse Folk Club

  Royal British Legion Concert Hall, Heswall, Merseyside

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• Sat 27 Feb 19:30 22:30

  Dance

  Ceilidhs on the Move

  Clopton Village Hall, Clopton, Suffolk

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Sat 27 Feb 19:30 22:30

  Dance

  Bassenthwaite Ceilidh

  Bassenthwaite Parish Room, Bassenthwaite, Cumbria

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Sat 27 Feb 20:00 23:00

  Session

  Sir Colin Campbell Saturday Session

  Sir Colin Campbell, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sat 27 Feb 20:00 22:00

  Session

  George and Dragon Acton Session

  George and Dragon, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • European
  • French
  • Irish
  • Scandi
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• Sat 27 Feb 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Undercurrent at Maidenhead Folk Club

  Elizabeth House, Cookham, Berkshire

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• Sat 27 Feb 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Sesiwn Rowen

  Tŷ Gwyn, Rowen, Conwy

  • Tune
  • Traditional
  • Welsh
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• Sat 27 Feb 20:00 23:00

  Dance

  Contrabridge

  Stoneyard Centre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

  • Contra
  • Dance
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• Sat 27 Feb 20:30 23:30

  Session

  Fagan’s Saturday Evening Session

  Fagan’s, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

  • Mixed
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• Sat 27 Feb 21:00 23:00

  Session

  Hanover Arms Irish Session

  The Hanover Arms, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sat 27 Feb 21:00 23:00

  Session

  Sandy Bell’s Saturday Session

  Sandy Bell’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
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• Sat 27 Feb 21:30 23:30

  Session

  Royal Oak Saturday Folk Session

  Royal Oak, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
  • Traditional
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