Traditional Morris Events: Summer


25/05/12	Cotswold Olympic Morris Meeting, hosted by Chipping Campden MM
8/06/12	Annual Thaxted meeting, hosted by Thaxted MM
30/06/12	Dancing With Will - JMO Day of Dance Stratford upon Avon
13/07/12	Letchworth MM 90th Anniversary Meeting
24/08/12	The Saddleworth Rushcart 2012
31/08/12	Hartley MM 60th Anniversary Morris Meeting
2/11/12	The Annual Fools and Beasts Unconvention 2012
2/03/13	ARM Hosted by Whitchurch (TBC)
5/04/13	The Inaugural Adelaide Ring Meeting
31/05/13	Annual Thaxted meeting, hosted by Thaxted MM

The summer months events on this page are arranged, as far as is possible, by date order.

June

Thaxted MM: First Saturday after the Spring Bank Holiday - Annual and Original Morris Meeting [Picture above is massed Morris at a Thaxted meeting].
Dolphin MM: The Saturday of the second weekend after the late spring bank holiday - i.e. weekend after Thaxted. The Gate to Southwell is a traditional Whitsuntide procession, dating back, one way or another, to 1109. Starts in Nottingham City Centre and ends in Southwell.
Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers: Saturday nearest June 19th. Election of the Mayor of Ock Street and Morris dancing, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Taunton Deane MM: 21st June - 4:45am (sunrise) Dance Up the Sun: Cothelstone Hill, The Quantock Hills.
Tideswell Wakes: Saturday after June 24th - Morris Dancing, Tideswell, Derbyshire.
Abram Morris Dancers: Last Saturday in June. The Morris Dancers' Ground, Park Lane, Abram at 11am. Then Abram and the surrounding areas (Hindley, Platt Bridge, Bickershaw).

July

Ambleside Rushbearing: First Saturday in July - Ambleside, Cumbria.
Winster Wakes: Saturday following the Sunday after St John Baptist's Day, June 24th, usually 1st Saturday in July - Morris Dancing, Winster Derbyshire, Winster Morris Men can be seen around the village from 2pm 'till around 9pm.
Greensleeves MM: Weekend after 2nd Friday in July. Chipperfield Weekend, with Saturday tours and on Sunday Chipperfield parish Church at 11am, The Windmill (pub), Chipperfield, Noon.
Thames Valley MM: Normally the 3rd Saturday in July. Claygate Flower Show. Thames Valley MM celebrate the anniversary of their first public dance in 1952.

August

Sidmouth Folk Week: Far too many sides to list individually - First Week of August (Sunday of Sidmouth Folk Festival) - Massed dancing along seafront at Sidmouth (from 11am)
Taunton Deane MM: First Week of August (Tuesday of Sidmouth Folk Festival) - Seafront at Sidmouth (8pm)
Grasmere Rushbearing: Saturday nearest St Oswald's day (5th August) - Grasmere, Cumbria.
Saddleworth MM: Saddleworth Rushcart. Held on the 2nd weekend after the 12th August.

September

East Kent Morris Men and Wantsum Morris Men: 1st Saturday of September. Hop Hoodening - a procession through the grounds of Canterbury Cathedral, followed by a Service in the Cathedral to bless the Hop Harvest.
Winchester MM: 1st Saturday in September. Walking Tour of Winchester
Abbots Bromley Horn Dance: Monday after 1st Sunday after September 4th. Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire - check date here.

The links given below will take you to more detailed desciptions of some of the other seasonal events.