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

Friday 13 August

• Fri 13 Aug 09:00 18:00

  Custom

  The Burryman

  Staghead Hotel, South Queensferry, City of Edinburgh

  • Procession
  • Charms and Luck
  • Plant and Tree Lore
  
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• Fri 13 Aug 12:00 15:00

  Session

  Three Kings Lunchtime Session

  Three Kings Inn, Hanley Castle, Worcestershire

  • Mixed
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• Fri 13 Aug 14:00 16:00

  Session

  Sandy Bell’s Friday Afternoon Session

  Sandy Bell’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
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• Fri 13 Aug 17:30 20:00

  Session

  Irish Cultural Centre Friday Night Session

  Irish Cultural Centre, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 13 Aug 17:30 19:30

  Session

  Royal Oak Friday Folk Session

  Royal Oak, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
  • Traditional
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• Fri 13 Aug 18:00 21:00

  Session

  Seamus’s Friday Session

  Seamus’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 13 Aug 18:00 21:00

  Session

  Dougal’s Friday Session

  Dougal’s Pub, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 13 Aug 19:00 22:00

  Session

  Norwich Folk Club Song Session

  Christ Church Centre, Norwich, Norfolk

  • Mixed
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 13 Aug 19:30 21:30

  Morris Practice

  Dartington Morris practice

  Dartington Primary School, Totnes, Devon

  • Cotswold
  • Longsword
  • Mummers
  • The Morris Ring
  • Mixed
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• Fri 13 Aug 19:30 21:00

  Morris Practice

  Leek Morris practice

  Westwood First School, Leek, Staffordshire

  • Border
  • Cotswold
  • The Morris Federation
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• Fri 13 Aug 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Rhyl Folk Club Singers’ Night

  Ffordd Las Community Centre, Rhyl, Denbighshire

  • Mixed
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• Fri 13 Aug 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Ballinluig Inn Session

  The Ballinluig Inn, Ballinluig, Perth and Kinross

  • Mixed
  • Contemporary
  • Scottish
  • Traditional
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• Fri 13 Aug 19:40 22:30

  Session

  Second Time Around Folk Club

  Royal British Legion Social Club (Haig House), Beeston, Nottinghamshire

  • Mixed
  • Contemporary
  • Traditional
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• Fri 13 Aug 19:45 22:00

  Session

  Brighton Shape Note Singing (Second Fridays)

  West Hill Hall, Brighton, East Sussex

  • Song
  • Shape Note
  • Beginners welcome
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• Fri 13 Aug 19:45 21:45

  Session

  Kelso Folk & Live Music Club Singers’ Night

  Cross Keys Hotel (Oak Room), Kelso, Scottish Borders

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
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• Fri 13 Aug 20:00 22:30

  Session

  The Old School Session

  The Old School, Sturminster Marshall, Dorset

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Traditional
  • Beginners welcome
  • Slow session
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• Fri 13 Aug 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Long Melford Folk Club

  Cock & Bell, Long Melford, Suffolk

  • Mixed
  • Round the Room
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• Fri 13 Aug 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Bay Folk Club

  The Bay Hotel, Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire

  • Mixed
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• Fri 13 Aug 20:00 22:00

  Session

  An Cruiscin Lan Irish Session

  The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Fri 13 Aug 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Ye Olde Cross Friday Session

  Ye Olde Cross Inn, Ryton, Tyne and Wear

  • Mixed
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• Fri 13 Aug 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Fibber McGee’s Irish Session

  Fibber McGee’s, Sale Moor, Greater Manchester

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Fri 13 Aug 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Bastard English Session

  Isis Farmhouse, Oxford, Oxfordshire

  • Mixed
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• Fri 13 Aug 20:00 22:00

  Morris Practice

  Hook Eagle Morris practice

  Elizabeth Hall, Hook, Hampshire

  • Border
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• Fri 13 Aug 20:00 22:00

  Morris Practice

  Jockey Morris practice

  Highgate Baptist Church, Birmingham, West Midlands

  • The Morris Ring
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• Fri 13 Aug 20:00 22:00

  Session

  New Crystal Folk Club

  Hill and Cakemore Liberal Club, Halesowen, West Midlands

  • Song
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 13 Aug 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Bacca Pipes Singers Night

  Riddlesden Institute, Keighley, West Yorkshire

  • Song
  • English
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• Fri 13 Aug 20:00 22:30

  Session

  Northwich Folk Club Singers’ Night

  The Royal British Legion (Social) Club, Davenham, Cheshire

  • Mixed
  • English
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• Fri 13 Aug 20:00 22:00

  Session

  The Song Loft Performers’ Night

  The Beechey Room, The York House Centre, Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire

  • Mixed
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• Fri 13 Aug 20:00 22:15

  Dance

  Cambridge Contra Dance

  St Andrew’s Hall, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire

  • Contra
  • Dance
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• Fri 13 Aug 20:15 22:15

  Session

  Dragon Folk Club

  Bridge Inn, Shortwood, Gloucestershire

  • Song
  • Contemporary
  • Traditional
  • Listeners Welcome
  • Round the Room
  • Singaround
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• Fri 13 Aug 20:15 22:15

  Session

  Oxford Folk Club Open Night

  Marston Royal British Legion, Oxford, Oxfordshire

  • Mixed
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• Fri 13 Aug 20:30 22:30

  Session

  The Viper Session

  The Viper, Ingatestone, Essex

  • Mixed
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• Fri 13 Aug 21:00 23:00

  Session

  Church Inn Folk and Acoustic Club

  Church Inn, Prestwich, Greater Manchester

  • Mixed
  • Beginners welcome
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 13 Aug 21:00 23:30

  Session

  Fagan’s Friday Session

  Fagan’s, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Irish
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• Fri 13 Aug 21:00 23:00

  Session

  Malones Friday Trad Session

  Malones Irish Bar, Glasgow, City of Glasgow

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 13 Aug 21:00 23:00

  Session

  Sandy Bell’s Friday Session

  Sandy Bell’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
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Saturday 14 August

Happy birthday to Maddy Prior (80 today)

• Sat 14 Aug 12:00 14:00

  Session

  QOFF, the Queer Open Friendly Folk Session

  Jolly Farmers, Oxford, Oxfordshire

  • Mixed
  • English
  • Irish
  • Traditional
  • Beginners welcome
  • Queer
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• Sat 14 Aug 14:00 16:00

  Session

  Nags Head Sessions

  The Nags Head, Scalby, North Yorkshire

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• Sat 14 Aug 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 14 Aug 14:00 18:00

  Session

  Fagan’s Saturday Afternoon Session

  Fagan’s, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Beginners welcome
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• Sat 14 Aug 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 14 Aug 15:00 18:00

  Session

  Seamus’s Saturday Session

  Seamus’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Sat 14 Aug 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 14 Aug 16:00 18:00

  Session

  Fox Haggerston Saturday Session

  The Fox, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sat 14 Aug 19:00 21:00

  Session

  White Hart Singaround

  The White Hart, Mickleby, North Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Singaround
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• Sat 14 Aug 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Raveningham Folk Night

  Raveningham Centre, Raveningham, Norfolk

  • Mixed
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• Sat 14 Aug 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Raising the Rafters

  The Saint James Rooms, Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire

  • Mixed
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• Sat 14 Aug 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Drover’s Folk Club

  St Paul’s RC Church Hall, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Sat 14 Aug 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Rushwick Folk

  Rushwick Village Hall, Rushwick, Worcestershire

  • Mixed
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• Sat 14 Aug 20:00 23:00

  Session

  Sir Colin Campbell Saturday Session

  Sir Colin Campbell, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sat 14 Aug 20:30 23:30

  Session

  Fagan’s Saturday Evening Session

  Fagan’s, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

  • Mixed
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• Sat 14 Aug 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 14 Aug 21:30 23:30

  Session

  Royal Oak Saturday Folk Session

  Royal Oak, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
  • Traditional
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