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Born on this day: James Madison Carpenter (1888)

• Sat 17 Oct All day

  Custom, day 4 of 4

  Banbury Michaelmas Fair

  Sets off from Market Place, Banbury, Oxfordshire

  • Fair or wakes
  • Michaelmas
  • Harvest and Hiring
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• Sat 17 Oct from 12:00

  Custom

  Marlborough Big Mop

  Sets off from High Street, Marlborough, Wiltshire

  • Fair or wakes
  • Michaelmas
  • Harvest and Hiring
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• Sat 17 Oct 14:00 23:00

  Custom, day 8 of 8

  Hull Fair

  Walton Street Fairground, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire

  • Fair or wakes
  
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• Sat 17 Oct 17:00 22:00

  Custom, day 2 of 2

  Warwick Mop

  Sets off from Market Place, Warwick, Warwickshire

  • Fair or wakes
  • Michaelmas
  • Harvest and Hiring
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• Sat 17 Oct 18:00 22:00

  Custom, day 3 of 3

  Yarm Fair

  Sets off from High Street, Yarm, North Yorkshire

  • Blessing
  • Fair or wakes
  • Animal Customs
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• Sat 17 Oct 18:30 21:30

  Dance

  St James Hope Autumn Barn Dance

  St James Community Hall, Salford, Greater Manchester

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Sat 17 Oct 19:00 22:00

  Dance

  Kempley Ceilidh

  Kempley Village Hall, Kempley, Gloucestershire

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Sat 17 Oct 19:15 16:00

  Custom

  Hastings Borough Bonfire

  Sets off from Beach opposite Pelham Crescent, Hastings, East Sussex

  • Fire
  • Procession
  • Bonfire Night
  • Fire Customs
  
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• Sat 17 Oct from 19:15

  Custom

  Seaford Bonfire

  Sets off from Martello Fields, Seaford, East Sussex

  • Fire
  • Procession
  • Bonfire Night
  • Fire Customs
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• Sat 17 Oct 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Cheviot Folk Club

  Star Inn, Harbottle, Northumberland

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Sat 17 Oct from 19:30

  Custom

  Hailsham Bonfire

  Sets off from Western Road Recreation Ground, Hailsham, East Sussex

  • Fire
  • Procession
  • Bonfire Night
  • Fire Customs
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• Sat 17 Oct 19:30 22:30

  Folk club night

  Jaywalkers and Gone to the Dogs at NettlehamLive

  Nettleham Village Hall, Nettleham, Lincolnshire

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• Sat 17 Oct 19:30 22:30

  Folk club night

  George Sansome & Matt Quinn at Lewes Saturday Folk Club

  Westgate Chapel, Lewes, East Sussex

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• Sat 17 Oct 19:30 22:30

  Dance

  Alice Cross Ceilidh

  Richard Newton Hall, Teignmouth, Devon

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Sat 17 Oct 19:30 22:30

  Dance

  Bath Ceilidhs

  Claverton Down Community Hall, Bath, Somerset

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Sat 17 Oct 19:30 23:00

  Dance

  Barn Dance with Teasing the Cat

  North Down Orchard, Haselbury Plucknett, Somerset

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Sat 17 Oct 19:30 22:30

  Dance

  Mayor’s Charity Barn Dance

  Corn Exchange, Devizes, Wiltshire

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Sat 17 Oct 19:30 22:00

  Dance

  Levy Folk Collective Pirate Ceilidh Night

  Birch Community Centre, Rusholme, Greater Manchester

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Sat 17 Oct 19:30 23:00

  Dance

  Wimborne Community Theatre Fundraiser

  Holt Village Hall, Holt

  Maintained

  • Ceilidh
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• Sat 17 Oct 20:00 23:00

  Session

  Sir Colin Campbell Saturday Session

  Sir Colin Campbell, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sat 17 Oct 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Sian & Rob Colquhoun at Foyer Folk

  Number 8, Pershore, Worcestershire

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• Sat 17 Oct 20:00 23:30

  Dance

  Autumn Ceilidh

  Grove Village Hall, Grove, Oxfordshire

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Sat 17 Oct 20:00 23:00

  Dance

  London Ceilidh Club at London Scottish House

  London Scottish House, London, Greater London

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Sat 17 Oct 20:00 22:00

  Dance

  Cullercoats Ceilidh

  St George’s Church Hall, Cullercoats, Tyne and Wear

  • Ceilidh
  • Dance
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• Sat 17 Oct 20:30 22:30

  Session

  Eli’s Traditional Singaround

  Eli’s (The Rose and Crown), Huish Episcopi, Somerset

  • Song
  • Traditional
  • Singaround
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• Sat 17 Oct 20:30 23:30

  Session

  Fagan’s Saturday Evening Session

  Fagan’s, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

  • Mixed
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• Sat 17 Oct 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 17 Oct 21:30 23:30

  Session

  Royal Oak Saturday Folk Session

  Royal Oak, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
  • Traditional
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