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

Wednesday 5 May

Happy birthday to Martin Simpson (74 today)

Born on this day: Jim Reid (1934), John Playford (1623) and Séamus Ennis (1919)

• Wed 5 May 20:15 23:15

  Dance

  Grand Ceilidh Club

  Royal Naval Association, Southend-on-Sea, Essex

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
  Save this dance: Grand Ceilidh Club
• Wed 5 May 20:15 22:30

  Dance

  Pied à Terre

  Canary Social Club, Norwich, Norfolk

  • Bal
  • Dance
  Save this dance: Pied à Terre

Thursday 6 May🌑 New moon

Friday 7 May

Happy birthday to Christy Moore (82 today) and Harvey Andrews (84 today)

• Fri 7 May 20:00 23:00

  Dance

  Club Ceilidh Exeter

  America Hall, Pinhoe, Devon

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
  Save this dance: Club Ceilidh Exeter
• Fri 7 May 20:00 22:15

  Dance

  Cambridge Contra Dance

  St Andrew’s Hall, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire

  • Contra
  • Dance
  Save this dance: Cambridge Contra Dance

Saturday 8 May

Born on this day: Bobby MacLeod (1925) and Eddie Butcher (1900)

• Sat 8 May 19:15 22:15

  Dance

  d’Accord

  St James Church Hall, Exeter, Devon

  • Bal
  • Dance
  Save this dance: d’Accord
• Sat 8 May 20:00 23:00

  Dance

  Oxfolk Ceilidh

  Kennington Village Centre, Kennington, Oxfordshire

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
  Save this dance: Oxfolk Ceilidh
• Sat 8 May 20:00 23:00

  Dance

  London Barndance

  Cecil Sharp House, London, Greater London

  • Contra
  • Dance
  Save this dance: London Barndance
• Sat 8 May 20:00 23:00

  Dance

  Red Fox Ceilidhs Summer Ceilidh

  Church of the Martyrs, Community Hall, Leicester, Leicestershire

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
  Save this dance: Red Fox Ceilidhs Summer Ceilidh