TradFolk Rachel offers one final update on her Tradfolk Rachallenge, before its finale on May Morning outside Ely Cathedral.
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Newcomers to the world of traditional customs and rituals very quickly come face to face with beasts and hobby horses. In this article, we attempt to offer some explanation for the inexplicable.
The Tradfolk Morris Dancing guide is here to help you find your nearest side come rain or shine. Send us your info, share this guide around, and let the Morris commence.
Is it possible to learn how to Morris dance in one month flat? Rachel Wilkinson is about to find out in the first ever Tradfolk Rachallenge.
The Inter-Varsity Folk Dance Festival returns to Sheffield for the 10th time this weekend (Feb 25th-27th), for what the organisers says is the UK's longest-running folk festival.
Nell Leyshon talks about her new play, FOLK, her fascination with source singers, Louie Hooper and Lucy White, and the difficulties inherent in bringing Cecil Sharp to life on stage.
Morris dancer, James Merryclough, takes a look at the Sheffield Morris dancing scene and finds that it's in very rude health indeed.
Tradfolk Rachel updates us on the progress of her Tradfolk Rachallenge: learning to dance a Morris jig in a single month, to perform at Ely Cathedral on May Morning.
A Sheffield folk dance group have found themselves at the centre of the latest alleged 10 Downing Street Covid-19 lockdown contraventions, this time relating to an illegal Morris dance or ‘team building work event’.
Help us create a directory of May Day Morris dances so that people can find their way to dancing the sun up somewhere locally.
Boss Morris are one of the most prominent Morris dance sides of today. Jon Wilks caught up with Alex Merry and Lily Cheetham to find out how they took the folk scene by storm.
What better place to observe the age-old tradition of Boxing Day Morris dances than Instagram?