What’s on: folk sessions, morris, customs and folklore
Tomorrow
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Fri 9 Oct All day
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Fri 9 Oct All day
Custom, day 2 of 3
Pembroke St Michaelmas Fair
Sets off from Main Street (by the Town Hall), Pembroke, Pembrokeshire
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Fri 9 Oct 14:00 23:00
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Fri 9 Oct 16:00 23:00
Saturday 10 October New moon
Born on this day: John Prine (1946), Kirsty MacColl (1959) and Tom Hughes (1907)
- Sat 10 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair
- Sat 10 Oct Pembroke St Michaelmas Fair
- Sat 10 Oct Hull Fair
- Sat 10 Oct Tewkesbury Mop Fair
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Sat 10 Oct from 19:15
Sunday 11 October
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Sun 11 Oct All day
Custom, day 1 of 2
Stratford Mop Fair
Sets off from Shakespeare Memorial Fountain, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
- Sun 11 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair
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Sun 11 Oct 09:30 16:00
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Sun 11 Oct 11:00 12:00
Monday 12 October
Born on this day: Cyril Tawney (1930) and Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872)
- Mon 12 Oct Stratford Mop Fair
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Mon 12 Oct All day
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Mon 12 Oct 08:00 22:00
- Mon 12 Oct Hull Fair
Tuesday 13 October
Happy birthday to Simon Nicol (76 today)
Born on this day: Frances Tolmie (1840) and Iona Opie (1923)
- Tue 13 Oct Hull Fair
Wednesday 14 October
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Wed 14 Oct All day
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Wed 14 Oct 09:00 21:00
- Wed 14 Oct Hull Fair
Thursday 15 October
Born on this day: Alistair Hulett (1951)
- Thu 15 Oct Banbury Michaelmas Fair
- Thu 15 Oct Hull Fair
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Thu 15 Oct 18:00 22:00
Friday 16 October
- Fri 16 Oct Banbury Michaelmas Fair
- Fri 16 Oct Hull Fair
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Fri 16 Oct 17:00 22:00
- Fri 16 Oct Yarm Fair
Saturday 17 October
Born on this day: James Madison Carpenter (1888)
- Sat 17 Oct Banbury Michaelmas Fair
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Sat 17 Oct from 12:00
- Sat 17 Oct Hull Fair
- Sat 17 Oct Warwick Mop
- Sat 17 Oct Yarm Fair
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Sat 17 Oct 19:15 16:00
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Sat 17 Oct from 19:15
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Sat 17 Oct from 19:30
Tuesday 20 October
Born on this day: Roy Bailey (1935)
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Tue 20 Oct 15:00 23:00
Wednesday 21 October
Happy birthday to Anne Lorne Gillies (82 today)
Born on this day: Derek Bell (1935) and Jeannie Robertson (1908)
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Wed 21 Oct All day
Thursday 22 October
Born on this day: Dominic Behan (1928)
- Thu 22 Oct Ilkeston Charter Fair
Friday 23 October
Born on this day: Archie Fisher (1939)
- Fri 23 Oct Ilkeston Charter Fair
Saturday 24 October
Born on this day: Cecilia Costello (1884)
- Sat 24 Oct Ilkeston Charter Fair
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Sat 24 Oct from 19:30
Sunday 25 October
- Sun 25 Oct Ilkeston Charter Fair
Monday 26 October Hunter’s Moon
Born on this day: Jim McCann (1944)
Thursday 29 October
Born on this day: Tom Clancy (1924)
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Thu 29 Oct 09:00 16:00
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Thu 29 Oct from 18:00
Saturday 31 October
Happy birthday to Tom Paxton (89 today)
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Sat 31 Oct 10:00 15:00
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Sat 31 Oct from 17:30
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Sat 31 Oct 18:30 22:30
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Sat 31 Oct from 19:00
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Sat 31 Oct 19:30 16:00
Thursday 5 November
Born on this day: Rolf Gardiner (1902)
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Thu 5 Nov 16:00 00:00
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Thu 5 Nov 20:00 16:00
Saturday 7 November
Happy birthday to Liam Ó Maonlaí (62 today)
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Sat 7 Nov from 18:00
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Sat 7 Nov from 18:30
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Sat 7 Nov from 18:30
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Sat 7 Nov 19:30 22:00
Monday 9 November New moon
Born on this day: Margaret Fay Shaw (1903)
Wednesday 11 November
Born on this day: Hamish Henderson (1919) and Ian Hardie (1952)
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Wed 11 Nov All day
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Wed 11 Nov from 06:45
Custom
Wroth Silver at Knightlow Cross
Sets off from Knightlow Cross, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire
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Wed 11 Nov 12:00 16:00
Custom
Firing the Fenny Poppers
Sets off from Leon Recreation Ground, Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire
Thursday 12 November
Born on this day: Maud Karpeles (1885)
- Thu 12 Nov Loughborough Fair
Friday 13 November
- Fri 13 Nov Loughborough Fair
Saturday 14 November
- Sat 14 Nov Loughborough Fair
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Sat 14 Nov from 05:00
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Sat 14 Nov from 11:00
Tuesday 24 November Beaver Moon
Happy birthday to Robin Williamson (83 today)