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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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Monday 3 May

Happy birthday to Mary Hopkin (77 today)

Born on this day: Pete Seeger (1919)

• Mon 3 May 10:00 16:00

  Custom

  Holywood May Day

  Sets off from The Maypole, Holywood, County Down

  • Dance
  • Fair or wakes
  • May Day
  • Children's Customs
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• Mon 3 May 12:00 15:00

  Custom

  Laa Boaldyn at Cregneash

  Cregneash Folk Village, Cregneash, Isle of Man

  • Dance
  • May Day
  • Charms and Luck
  • Ghosts and the Supernatural
  • Plant and Tree Lore
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• Mon 3 May from 13:30

  Custom

  Ickwell May Day

  Sets off from Ickwell Green, Bedfordshire

  • Dance
  • Procession
  • May Day
  
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Thursday 6 May🌑 New moon

• Thu 6 May from 11:00

  Custom, day 1 of 7

  Tissington Well Dressing

  St Mary’s Church, Tissington, Derbyshire

  • Blessing
  • Procession
  • Well dressing
  • Holy Wells and Healing
  • Plant and Tree Lore
  
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