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

Friday 30 April

Happy birthday to Alison Kinnaird (78 today)

• Fri 30 Apr from 19:30

  Custom

  Beltane Fire Festival

  Sets off from Calton Hill, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Fire
  • Procession
  • May Day
  • Fire Customs
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Saturday 1 May

May Day

Born on this day: Tony Rose (1941)

• Sat 1 May from 06:00

  Custom

  Oxford May Morning

  Sets off from High Street by Magdalen Tower, Oxford, Oxfordshire

  • Dance
  • May Day
  
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• Sat 1 May from 10:00

  Custom

  Padstow May Day

  Golden Lion Hotel, Padstow, Cornwall

  • Dance
  • Hobby horse or beast
  • Procession
  • May Day
  • Animal Customs
  
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• Sat 1 May 13:30 16:00

  Custom

  Knutsford Royal May Day

  Sets off from Knutsford Heath, Cheshire

  • Dance
  • Procession
  • May Day
  • Children's Customs
  
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