What’s on: folk sessions, morris, customs and folklore
Wednesday 15 September Harvest Moon
Born on this day: Liam O’Flynn (1945)
Saturday 18 September
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Sat 18 Sep All day
Saturday 25 September
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Sat 25 Sep from 10:00
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Sat 25 Sep from 18:30
Sunday 26 September
Born on this day: Dolores Keane (1953)
- Sun 26 Sep Masham Sheep Fair
Wednesday 29 September
Happy birthday to Anne Briggs (83 today)
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Wed 29 Sep 11:00 23:00
Custom, day 1 of 4
Bridgwater St Matthew’s Fair
Sets off from St Matthew’s Field, Bridgwater, Somerset
Thursday 30 September New moon
Happy birthday to Allan Taylor (82 today)
Born on this day: Frankie Kennedy (1955)
- Thu 30 Sep Bridgwater St Matthew’s Fair
Friday 1 October
Born on this day: Joe Heaney (1919), John Lorne Campbell (1906) and Marjory Kennedy-Fraser (1857)
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Fri 1 Oct All day
Custom, day 1 of 10
Nottingham Goose Fair
Sets off from Forest Recreation Ground, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Fri 1 Oct Bridgwater St Matthew’s Fair
Saturday 2 October
Happy birthday to Gillian Welch (60 today)
- Sat 2 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair
- Sat 2 Oct Bridgwater St Matthew’s Fair
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Sat 2 Oct from 19:15
Sunday 3 October
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Sun 3 Oct All day
- Sun 3 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair
Monday 4 October
Happy birthday to Bridget St John (81 today)
- Mon 4 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair
- Mon 4 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair
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Mon 4 Oct 12:00 22:00
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Mon 4 Oct 12:00 23:00
Tuesday 5 October
- Tue 5 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair
- Tue 5 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair
- Tue 5 Oct Abingdon Michaelmas Fair
Wednesday 6 October
Born on this day: Flora MacNeil (1928)
- Wed 6 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair
- Wed 6 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair
Thursday 7 October
Born on this day: Joe Hill (1879) and Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (1951)
- Thu 7 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair
- Thu 7 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair
Friday 8 October
Born on this day: Pádraig O’Keeffe (1887)
- Fri 8 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair
- Fri 8 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair
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Fri 8 Oct 16:00 23:00
Saturday 9 October
- Sat 9 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair
- Sat 9 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair
- Sat 9 Oct Tewkesbury Mop Fair
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Sat 9 Oct from 19:15
Sunday 10 October
Born on this day: John Prine (1946), Kirsty MacColl (1959) and Tom Hughes (1907)
- Sun 10 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair
- Sun 10 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair
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Sun 10 Oct 09:30 16:00
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Sun 10 Oct 11:00 12:00
Monday 11 October
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Mon 11 Oct All day
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Mon 11 Oct 08:00 22:00
Wednesday 13 October
Happy birthday to Simon Nicol (77 today)
Born on this day: Frances Tolmie (1840) and Iona Opie (1923)
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Wed 13 Oct All day
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Wed 13 Oct 09:00 21:00
Thursday 14 October
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Thu 14 Oct All day
Custom, day 1 of 3
Pembroke St Michaelmas Fair
Sets off from Main Street (by the Town Hall), Pembroke, Pembrokeshire
- Thu 14 Oct Banbury Michaelmas Fair
Friday 15 October Hunter’s Moon
Born on this day: Alistair Hulett (1951)
- Fri 15 Oct Pembroke St Michaelmas Fair
- Fri 15 Oct Banbury Michaelmas Fair
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Fri 15 Oct 17:00 22:00
Saturday 16 October
- Sat 16 Oct Pembroke St Michaelmas Fair
- Sat 16 Oct Banbury Michaelmas Fair
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Sat 16 Oct from 12:00
- Sat 16 Oct Warwick Mop
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Sat 16 Oct from 19:15
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Sat 16 Oct 19:15 16:00
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Sat 16 Oct from 19:30
Wednesday 20 October
Born on this day: Roy Bailey (1935)
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Wed 20 Oct All day
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Wed 20 Oct 15:00 23:00
Thursday 21 October
Happy birthday to Anne Lorne Gillies (83 today)
Born on this day: Derek Bell (1935) and Jeannie Robertson (1908)
- Thu 21 Oct Ilkeston Charter Fair
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Thu 21 Oct 18:00 22:00
Friday 22 October
Born on this day: Dominic Behan (1928)
- Fri 22 Oct Ilkeston Charter Fair
- Fri 22 Oct Yarm Fair
Saturday 23 October
Born on this day: Archie Fisher (1939)
- Sat 23 Oct Ilkeston Charter Fair
- Sat 23 Oct Yarm Fair
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Sat 23 Oct from 19:30
Sunday 24 October
Born on this day: Cecilia Costello (1884)
- Sun 24 Oct Ilkeston Charter Fair
Thursday 28 October
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Thu 28 Oct 09:00 16:00
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Thu 28 Oct from 18:00
Friday 29 October New moon
Born on this day: Tom Clancy (1924)
Sunday 31 October
Happy birthday to Tom Paxton (90 today)