James Merryclough gets down and DERT-y with some of the nation's finest sword-wielding folk dancers, all heading to Whitby this weekend.
Performance
We don’t cover many (any, thus far) metal gigs here at Tradfolk, but when we heard of a Morris team entering a battle of the bands competition, we decided this was the opportunity we’d been waiting for…
It seems to come round early each year, doesn’t it? The true meaning of the festive season; voting for your...
James Merryclough digs into the origins of the JMO Day of Dance, reading countless parliamentary bills so you don't have to.
“We’re not doing the Stick and Bucket dance! I never want to hear any more ever about the Stick and...
When will these godforsaken dark nights end? When will the cold desist and the rains subside? When the Morris returns, that's when!
New traditions have to start somewhere, right? Last night saw the dawning of 'dusking', a tradition first proposed by the artist, Lucy Wright.
As the new year approaches and the old year creeps away, we're back with the news you've been waiting for: Tradfolk's Folk Dance Performance of the Year 2023
It’s not often you receive a press release about an exhibition dedicated to morris dancing, let alone one about a single team.
With morris dancing very definitely on the rise again, Alex Merry and Ian A. Anderson celebrate Laurel Swift, the force of energy who set the latest revival in motion more than a decade ago.
One week on from May Day, Tradfolk Rachel reflects on the finale of her April challenge to go from non-dancer to competent caperer in just one month.
The Boss Morris Exhibition looks set to cap a year in which Stroud's progressive dancing side has taken the folk world by storm.