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Sunday 16 May

Whitsun

Tuesday 18 May

• Tue 18 May from 10:00

  Custom

  Ballyclare May Fair

  Sets off from Main Street, Ballyclare, County Antrim

  • Fair or wakes
  • Animal Customs
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Thursday 20 May🌕 Flower Moon

Happy birthday to Andy Eastwood (48 today)

Saturday 29 May

Oak Apple Day

Born on this day: E. Estyn Evans (1905)

• Sat 29 May from 18:30

  Custom

  Castleton Garland Day

  Sets off from Market Place, Castleton, Derbyshire

  • Dance
  • Procession
  • Oak Apple Day
  • Plant and Tree Lore
  
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Friday 4 June🌑 New moon

Thursday 10 June

Born on this day: Ian Campbell (1933)

• Thu 10 Jun from 10:00

  Custom

  Lanark Lanimer Day

  Sets off from Lanark Cross, South Lanarkshire

  • Procession
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Saturday 19 June🌕 Strawberry Moon

Born on this day: Julia Clifford (1914) and Nick Drake (1948)

Wednesday 23 June

• Wed 23 Jun All day

  Custom, day 1 of 5

  Cambridge Midsummer Fair

  Sets off from Midsummer Common, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

  • Fair or wakes
  • Procession
  • Midsummer
  
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Thursday 24 June

Midsummer

• Thu 24 Jun Cambridge Midsummer Fair day 2 of 5 · All day

Friday 25 June

Happy birthday to Frances Black (67 today)

Born on this day: Roy Williamson (1936)

• Fri 25 Jun Cambridge Midsummer Fair day 3 of 5 · All day

Saturday 26 June

• Sat 26 Jun Cambridge Midsummer Fair day 4 of 5 · All day

Sunday 27 June

Born on this day: Bill Caddick (1944) and Robin Hall (1936)

• Sun 27 Jun Cambridge Midsummer Fair day 5 of 5 · All day
• Sun 27 Jun from 14:30

  Custom

  Holywell National Pilgrimage to St Winefride’s Well

  St Winefride’s Well, Holywell, Flintshire

  • Blessing
  • Procession
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