REGULAR FOLK EVENTS
| Weekend prior
to Easter |
Bury Pace
Eggers out and about 0161 761 1544 |
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| Easter Weekend |
Glasson
Maritime Weekend. The dates for the event in 2007 are 9th April (Easter
Saturday to Easter Monday). Lancaster District's 19th annual maritime
celebration takes place in this characterful C18th working port, and
will feature the country's best sea song and shanty singers, supported
by a vast array of maritime-themed entertainments and activities.
'Beware the Press Gang!' The contact details: Lancaster Tourist
information Centre, tel 01524 32878;
lancastertic@lancaster.gov.uk
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| Maundy Thursday |
Saddlesworth
Morris Men - Road End Fair, Greenfield 7.30 pm 01457 874769 |
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| Good Friday |
Saddleworth
Morris Men - Villages of Saddleworth - All day. 01457 874769 |
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| Good Friday |
John O'Gaunt
Morris Men and guests in Arnside/Silverdale area. 01524 424761 |
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| Easter Saturday |
Britannia
Coconut Dancers in Bacup 01706 874872 |
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| Saturday
nearest to St George's Day |
'A day for St
George', Horwich Prize Medal Morris Men 01204 840949 |
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| May Day |
Southport
Swords Dance at Dawn, Scarisbrick Hotel, Southport. 01704 212422 |
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| First Saturday
in May |
Victoria Hall, Saltaire, Bradford. Forty to fifty dance, music & song workshops throughout the day, followed by a big celebration of dance in the evening, including a ceilidh in the main hall.See www.dayofdance.co.uk or contact denise@yorkshirecnd.org.uk or tel. 01274 730795. | |
| 3rd Weekend in
May |
Lancashire Clog
& Folk Festival. Theresa Hindle. 01254 383602 |
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| 1st Saturday in
June |
Leyland
Festival (includes Morris teams and children's Country Dancing - 01772
434458 |
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| 1st Weekend in June | 'The Great Days
of Folk', Clitheroe PO Box 33, Clitheroe BB7 1GP |
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| 2nd Weekend in
June |
Alison Arms
Free Folk Festival Alison Arms - Simon Goodfellow 07815 289323 |
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| 3rd Weekend in
June |
Four Fools Folk
Festival, St Michael's C of E School, Astley Road, Chorley - 01257
263678 |
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| Late June/Early
July |
Avenham Park
Children's Country Dance Festival, Preston 01257 791323 |
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| 4th Saturday in
June |
Lytham Club Day
(includes Morris and Sword Dance team) 01253 730991 |
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| Last Saturday
in June |
Abram Morris
Dancers, 11 am - Morris Dancers Ground, Abram - then locally till 8 pm -
01942 861084 |
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| Mid July |
Fylde Coast
Cloggers - Weekend of Dance - 01253 730991 |
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| Mid July |
Shaw &
Crompton Rush Bearing & Dance Festival 01706 847630 |
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| 3rd Weekend
August |
(Sat)
Saddleworth Longwood Thump Rushcart (Sun afternoon) Mass Display Morris
Dancing at Saddleworth Church - 01457
874769 |
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| Late
August/early September |
Fylde Folk
Festival, Fleetwood - 01253 872317 |
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| 1st Friday in
September |
Whitworth
Rushcart Festival, Rossendale |
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| 1st Weekend in
September |
Kirkby Lonsdale
Victoria Fair (includes Morris, Sword & Clog dance teams) - 01524
271007 |
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| End of October |
Clocks Back
Festival, Lancaster - 01524 382447 |
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| 26th December |
Southport
Swords, dancing outside Blundell Arms (12 noon) Hesketh Arms (1pm);
01704 212422 |