Folk in Berkshire

Folk Calendar lists 8 folk club nights, 5 dances, 4 morris practices, 2 sessions and 1 custom at 12 venues in Berkshire. Reading has the most, with 7. Thursday is the busiest night, with 4 of the regular listings.

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Saturday 24 October to Sunday 3 January

A quiet few weeks here, so this runs on to Sunday 3 January.

Monday 26 October Hunter’s Moon

Saturday 31 October

Hallowe'en

Thursday 5 November

Bonfire Night

Monday 9 November New moon

Saturday 14 November

Sat 14 Nov from 11:00
Custom

Lord Mayor’s Show

Mansion House, London, Greater London
- Procession

Tuesday 24 November Beaver Moon

Monday 30 November

St Andrew's Day

Friday 25 December

Fri 25 Dec from 09:00
Custom

Peter Pan Cup Christmas Day Swim

Serpentine Lido, London, Greater London

Saturday 26 December

Sat 26 Dec 11:15 14:15
Custom

Headington Quarry Boxing Day Mummers

Masons Arms, Headington Quarry, Oxfordshire

Sat 26 Dec 12:00 14:30
Custom

Crookham Mummers

The Exchequer, Crookham Village, Hampshire
- Mumming play
- Boxing Day

Sunday 3 January

Sun 3 Jan from 12:00
Custom

Bankside Twelfth Night

Shakespeare’s Globe, London, Greater London

Everything listed in Berkshire

Folk club nights 8

Craig Joiner at Readifolk Sunday 25 October 2026 at 20:00
Baum, Maggs and Taylor at Readifolk Sunday 8 November 2026 at 20:00
Hunter Muskett at Readifolk Sunday 22 November 2026 at 20:00
Three Pressed Men at Maidenhead Folk Club Thursday 26 November 2026 at 20:00
Tim Edey at Readifolk Sunday 6 December 2026 at 20:00
Undercurrent at Maidenhead Folk Club Saturday 27 February 2027 at 20:00
Four Gone Confusion at Maidenhead Folk Club Thursday 18 March 2027 at 20:00
Sue Graves at Maidenhead Folk Club Thursday 8 April 2027 at 20:00

Dances 5

Berkshire Bedlam Bunfight Ceilidh Finchampstead · Saturday 28 November 2026 at 20:00
Hermitage Village Ceilidh Hermitage · Saturday 5 December 2026 at 19:00
Double-Barrelled Pop-up Ceilidh Reading · Thursday 28 January 2027 at 19:00
Pop-up Ceilidh at South Street Reading · Thursday 17 December 2026 at 19:00
The Mayor of Thatcham’s Fundraising Barn Dance Thatcham · Friday 6 November 2026 at 19:00

Morris practices 4

Garston Gallopers practice Hungerford · Every Monday at 20:00
Kennet Morris Men practice Shinfield · Every Monday, September to April at 20:00
Windsor Morris practice Windsor · Every Wednesday, October to April at 20:00
Berkshire Bedlam practice Wokingham · Every Thursday at 20:00

Sessions 2

Maidenhead Folk Club Singers’ Night Cookham · Every Thursday at 20:00
Readifolk Singers’ Night Reading · Every Sunday at 20:00

Customs 1

Hungerford Hocktide Tutti Day Hungerford · Every year on Hock Tuesday (second Tuesday after Easter), from 08:00

Towns in Berkshire

Reading (7)
Cookham (5)
Hungerford (2)
Finchampstead (1)
Hermitage (1)
Shinfield (1)
Thatcham (1)
Windsor (1)
Wokingham (1)

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Monday 26 October🌕 Hunter’s Moon

Saturday 31 October

Thursday 5 November

Monday 9 November🌑 New moon

Saturday 14 November

Lord Mayor’s Show

Tuesday 24 November🌕 Beaver Moon