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    A Morris toddler in Bampton

    Folk Music, books and screen time for babies and toddlers (or how to tradinate your child)

    Libby Bove, folk artist, in a field of corn.

    So turns the wheel of the M.O.T. – an interview with artist, Libby Bove

    The Nettle Dress promo poster, featuring Oonagh Brown walking through Limekiln Wood wearing her nettle dress.

    The Nettle Dress – a review and director’s Q&A

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    Customs Uncovered: The Stick and Bucket Dance

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    Golowan – Penzance’s midsummer celebration

    White Rose Morris dancing at dawn on May Day, 2011, at Castle Hill in Almondbury - Photo credit Bryony Griffith

    May Day Morris: Where to find Morris dancing near me

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    Customs Uncovered: The Stick and Bucket Dance

    A member of Boss Morris, decked in greenery, smiles for the camera. She is standing in a woodland glade on Rodborough Common, Stroud.

    Dancing up the Sun – May Day, 2023

    White Rose Morris dancing at dawn on May Day, 2011, at Castle Hill in Almondbury - Photo credit Bryony Griffith

    May Day Morris: Where to find Morris dancing near me

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    John Spiers, or Squeezy as he is known, playing the melodeon in a black and white photograph advertising his appearance on the Old Songs Podcast discussing The Princess Royal.

    The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep8 – ‘Princess Royal’, ft. John Spiers

    Jon Wilks plays guitar at Dorking Folk Club, 2018

    The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep7 – ‘The Gloucestershire Wassail / The Wassailing Song’, ft. Jon Wilks

    Burd Ellen, Debbie Armour and Gail Brogen, with flowers in their mouths. The image is black and white.

    The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep6 – ‘When I was on Horseback/ The Unfortunate Rake’, ft. Debbie Armour (Burd Ellen)

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    Handbags and Broomsticks: Molly Dancing for the uninitiated

    A woggle hopping obstacle in the wild. The picture is actually of a red postbox in Wiltshire on a pretty summer's day, but woggle hopping often involved postboxes

    Customs uncovered: Woggle Hopping

    The source singer Cecilia Costello - photo by Bob Etheridge

    Women in folk: celebrating the source singers

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    Jennifer Reid and Tom Kitching performing traditional music in the Gallows Pole. She is singing while he is standing behind her left should playing the fiddle.

    Which traditional songs and tunes were used in The Gallows Pole?

    Martin Simpson in concert at Whitchurch Folk Club, Hampshire. He is in the spotlight, holding his guitar and smiling. There is a prominent swallow tattoo on his right forearm.

    Simpson at 70: A new interview with the legendary folk guitarist

    Introducing the Tradfolk Takeover at FolkEast

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Folkeast x Tradfolk content hub

It is our pleasure here at Tradfolk to be working with FolkEast as media partners this year. On this page you’ll find all the latest content relating to Suffolk’s finest folk festival. This year’s FolkEast runs between August 19th and 21st, at Glenham Hall, Suffolk. Grab your tickets here and we’ll see you there.

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Introducing the Tradfolk Takeover at FolkEast

Introducing the first ever Tradfolk Takeover at the FolkEast Festival, featuring some of the up-and-coming stars of traditional English folk music.
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FolkEast 2023 – the lineup announced

The finest folk festival in the East of England kicks off its second decade with a stellar lineup.
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The complete FolkEast X Tradfolk video sessions

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Tradfolk at FolkEast – a live blog

Keeping you up-to-date with Suffolk's finest folk festival. Check back for videos from around the site, including performances of trad songs by some of our fave trad artists.
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FolkEast and Tradfolk partner up for the Suffolk folk festival's 10-year anniversary weekend.
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Umpteen reasons to love FolkEast

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FolkEast Facts

Everything you ever wanted to know about FolkEast, Suffolk's finest folk festival, and so much more. All the facts, even when they sound like fiction.
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What’s on at FolkEast, 2022

Heading to FolkEast this year and keen to know what's on and where? We've got all the info you're likely to need.
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Come All Ye: No Theme At Lewes Folk Club

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Sweet Thames At Cecil Sharp House, London

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Jim Moray At Otley Courthouse, West Yorkshire

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Tale Valley Sessions At The Nog Inn, Feniton

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