Monkseaton Morris Dancers have performed outside the Ship on New Year’s Day every year since 1955. The show includes a mummers’ play with longsword dancing and the rapper sword dance of the Tyneside pit villages, and a collection is taken for charity.
Monkseaton Morris New Year’s Day Dance
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Every year on 1 January · 11:50 to 13:00
Next
Friday 1 January 2027, 11:50–13:00
Free, A collection is taken for charity
Where
The Ship
The road outside the Ship is closed for the show, which starts at about 11:50. In the afternoon the dancers tour other Monkseaton pubs.
Front StreetMonkseaton
Tyne and Wear
NE25 8DP
About
- Website
- themorrisring.org/side/monkseaton-morris-dancers
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