Stragglethorpe Plough Play |
Brant Broughton |
Lincs |
January |
Darkey Day |
Padstow |
Cornwall |
1st January |
Wassailing |
Combe in Teignhead |
Devon |
January |
Haxey Hood Game |
Haxey |
Lincs |
6th January |
Wassailing |
Churchstanton |
Somerset |
January |
Bodmin Wassailers |
Bodmin |
Cornwall |
6th January |
Twelfth Night Revels |
Southwark |
London |
near 6th January |
Apple Tree Wassail |
Whimple |
Devon |
17th January |
Wassailing |
Carhampton |
Somerset |
17th January |
Dicing For Maids Money |
Guildford |
Surrey |
29th January or near |
Carlows Charity |
Woodbridge |
Suffolk |
2nd February |
Cradle Rocking |
Blidworth |
Notts |
Sunday near 2nd February |
Chinese New Year |
various |
UK |
February |
Quit Rents Ceremony |
Royal Courts of Justice |
London |
February |
Trial Of Pyx |
Goldsmiths Hall |
London |
February (and May) |
Red Feather Day: Sir John Cass Service |
Aldgate |
London |
Friday near 20th February |
Westminster Greaze |
Westminster School |
London |
Shrove Tuesday |
Sedgefield Ball Game |
Sedgefield |
Co Durham |
Shrove Tuesday |
Football |
Alnwick |
N'thumberland |
Shrove Tuesday |
Football |
Atherstone |
Warks |
Shrove Tuesday |
Ball Game |
Sedgefield |
Co. Durham |
Shrove Tuesday |
Ashbourne Royal Football |
Ashbourne |
Derbys |
Shrove Tuesday and Wednesday |
Hurling the Silver Ball |
St Columb Major |
Cornwall |
Shrove Tuesday and Saturday following |
Cakes And Ale Ceremony |
St Pauls |
London |
Ash Wednesday |
Dame Eliz Marvyn Charity |
Ufton Nervet |
Berks |
Mid Lent |
Kiplingcotes Derby |
Market Weighton |
Yorks |
Third Thursday in March |
Tichborne Dole |
Tichborne |
Hants |
25th March |
Sir John Stow Quill Pen |
St Andrew Undershaft |
London |
5th April or near |
Palm Sunday Cakes |
various |
(esp. Herefordshire) |
Palm Sunday |
Skipping |
Alciston |
Sussex |
Good Friday |
Uppies And Doonies |
Workington |
Cumbria |
Good Friday/Tuesday & following Saturday |
Midgley Pace Egg Play |
Calder Valley |
Yorks |
Good Friday |
Widow's Bun Ceremony |
Bow |
London |
Good Friday |
Britannia Coconut Dancers |
Bacup |
Lancs |
Easter Saturday |
Brighouse Pace Egg Play |
Brighouse |
W Yorks |
Easter Saturday |
Easter Parade |
Battersea Park |
London |
Easter Sunday |
Church Clippyng |
Radley |
Oxon |
Easter Sunday |
Maypole Lowering |
Barwick-in-Elmet |
W Yorks |
Easter every 3 years |
Harness Horse Parade |
Regents park |
London |
Easter Monday |
Egg Rolling |
Preston |
Lancs |
Easter Monday |
Orange Rolling |
Dunstable Down |
Beds |
Easter Monday |
Chulkhurst Charity-Biddenden Dole |
Biddenden |
Kent |
Easter Monday |
St Georges Court |
Lichfield |
Staffs |
23rd April |
Tupenny Starvers |
St Michaels |
Bristol |
Tuesday after Easter |
Maidservants Charity |
St Mary's Church House |
Reading |
Thursday after Easter |
Hungerford Hocktide |
Hungerford |
Berks |
2nd Tuesday after Easter |
Well Dressing |
various |
Derbyshire |
From Ascensiontide - Sept |
May-Pole Raising |
Barwick In Elmet |
Yorks |
Whit/May |
Padstow May Day |
Padstow |
Cornwall |
1st May |
Minehead Hobby Horse |
Minehead |
Somerset |
1st-3rd May |
Jack In The Green |
Hastings |
Sussex |
May Bank Holiday & weekend |
Knutsford Royal May Day |
Knutsford |
Cheshire |
First Saturday |
Ickwell Green May Day |
Ickwell |
Beds |
Saturday / Monday |
Helston Floral Dance |
Helston |
Cornwall |
8th May |
Abbotsbury Garland Day |
Abbotsbury |
Dorset |
13th May |
Etwell Well Dressing |
Etwell |
Derbys |
2nd week in May |
May Festival |
Hayes Common |
Kent |
2nd Saturday in May |
Dunting The Freeholder |
Newbiggin by the Sea |
Nthmb |
Wednesday near 18th May |
Cyclists Memorial Service |
Meridian |
West Midland |
Sunday near to 21st May |
Mayoring Day/Hot Pennies |
Rye |
E Sussex |
23rd May |
Blessing The Sea |
Hastings |
E Sussex |
End of May |
Castleton Garland Day |
Castleton |
Derbys |
29th May |
Grovelly Rights |
Wishford Magna |
Wilts |
29th May |
Founders Day |
Chelsea Royal hospital |
London |
29th May |
Arbor Tree |
Aston on Clun |
Salops |
29th May |
Bampton Morris Dancing |
Bampton |
Oxon |
Spring Bank Holiday |
Headington Quarry Morris |
Headington |
Oxon |
Spring Bank Holiday |
Hunting The Earl Of Rone |
Combe Martin |
N Devon |
Spring Bank Holiday |
Cheese Rolling |
Cooper's Hill, Birdlip |
Glos |
Spring Bank Holiday |
Maypole Raising |
Barwick-in-Elmet |
W Yorks |
Spring Bank Holiday every 3 years (next is 2008) |
Dovers Games |
Chipping Campden |
Glos |
Friday after Bank Holiday |
Scuttlebrook Wake |
Chipping Campden |
Glos |
Saturday after Bank holiday |
Beating The Bounds |
Tower Of London every 3 yrs |
London |
Ascension Day 2008 |
Wicken Love Feast |
Wicken |
N'thants |
Ascension Day |
Well Dressing |
Tissington |
Derbys |
Ascension Day |
St Mary Redcliffe Rush Sunday |
St Mary Redcliffe |
Bristol |
Whit Sunday |
Bread & Cheese Throwing |
St Briavels |
Glos |
Whit Sunday |
Dicing For Bibles |
St Ives |
Cambs |
Whit Monday |
Thaxted Morris Festival |
Thaxted |
Essex |
June / July |
Blessing the Boats |
Whitby |
N. Yorks |
June |
Appleby Fair |
Appleby |
Cumbria |
2nd week June |
Border Riding |
Hawick Borders |
|
Friday after 2nd Monday in June |
Election Of Mayor Of Ock Street |
Abingdon |
Berks |
Saturday near 19th June |
Selkirk Ridings |
Selkirk |
Borders |
Third week in month |
Midsummer Fires |
various |
Cornwall |
23rd June |
Youlgreave Well Dressing |
Youlgreave |
Derbys |
Saturday near 24th June |
Tideswell Well Dressing |
Tideswell |
Derbys |
Saturday near 24th June |
Swan Upping |
The Thames |
various |
Usually third week in July |
Winster Wakes |
Winster |
Derbys |
Saturday following Sunday after 24th June |
Cakes And Ale Ceremony |
Bury St Edmunds |
Suffolk |
Last Thursday in June |
Rushbearing |
Warcup |
Cumbria |
28th June |
Walking Day |
Warrington |
Cheshire |
Friday near 30th June |
Horse Fair |
Seamer |
Yorks |
July |
Kilburn Feast - Mock Mayor & Mayoress |
Kilburn |
Yorks |
July |
Rushbearing |
Gt. Musgrave & Ambleside |
Cumbria |
First Saturday in July |
Orange Parades |
N Ireland |
(various) |
12th July |
Vintners Street Sweeping |
London |
|
2nd Wednesday July |
John Knill Ceremony |
St Ives |
Cornwall |
25th July (every 5th year) 2011 |
Holsworthy Pretty Maids |
Holsworthy |
Devon |
2nd Wednesday in July |
Doggets Coat And Badge Race |
London Bridge to Chelsea |
London |
Late July |
Honiton Fair |
Honiton |
Devon |
Tuesday before Wednesday after 19th July |
Italian Festival |
Clerkenwell |
London |
3rd Sunday in July |
Grand Wardmote Of Woodmen Of Arden |
Meridan |
Warks |
Wednesday of 1st week in July |
Gooseberry Contest |
Egton Bridge |
N Yorks |
First Tuesday in August |
Rose Queen Ceremony |
Little Beck |
N Yorks |
First Tuesday in August |
Feast Of St Wilfred |
Ripon |
N Yorks |
First Saturday in August |
Knighthood Of Old Green |
Southampton |
Hants |
1st full week in August |
Rushbearing |
Grasmere |
Cumbria |
Saturday near 5th August |
The Burry Man |
South Queensferry |
Lothian |
2nd Friday in August |
Burning The Bartle |
West Witton |
Yorks |
Saturday near 24th August |
Notting Hill Carnival |
Notting Hill |
London |
Bank Holiday Sat/Sun/Mon |
Eyam Plague Sunday |
Eyam |
Derbys |
Last Sunday in August |
St Giles Fair |
Oxford |
Oxford |
Monday & Tuesday of first full week in September |
Abbots Bromley Horn Dance |
Abbots Bromley |
Staffs |
Monday after 1st Sunday after 4th September |
Sheriff's Ride |
Lichfield |
Staffs |
Saturday nr 8th September |
Widdecombe Fair |
Widdecombe |
Devon |
2nd Tuesday in September |
Church Clipping |
Painswick |
Glos. |
Sunday nearest 19th September |
Bluecoat March |
City of London |
London |
21st September or near |
Nottingham Goose Fair |
Nottingham |
Notts |
Last 3 days of first week in October |
Billingsgate Harvest Festival |
Billingsgate |
London |
1st Sunday in October |
Pearlies Harvest Festival |
St Martins in the Field |
London |
1st Sunday in October |
Bellringer's Feast |
Twyford |
Hants (Winchester) |
7th October |
Goozey Vair |
Tavistock |
Devon |
2nd Wednesday in October |
Court Leet |
Clifton, York |
N York |
October |
Bampton Pony Fair |
Bampton |
Exmoor |
Last Thursday in October |
Punkie Night |
Hinton St George |
Somerset |
Last Thursday in October |
Quit Rents Ceremony |
Royal Courts of Justice |
London |
Late October |
Kaking Neet |
South and West of |
Sheffield |
1st November or near |
Antrobus Soulcakers |
Antrobus |
Cheshire |
31st October and on |
Trick Or Treat |
various |
UK |
31st October |
Lewes Bonfire |
Lewes |
Sussex |
5th November |
Hatherleigh Fire Carnival |
Hatherleigh |
Devon |
Wednesday near 5th Nov |
Bridgwater Carnival |
Bridgwater |
Somerset |
Thursday near 5th November |
Tar Barrel Rolling |
Ottery St Mary |
Devon |
5th November |
Wroth Silver Ceremony |
Knightlow Cross |
Warks |
11th November |
Firing The Fenny Poppers |
Fenny Stratford |
Bucks |
11th November |
Armistice Day |
various |
UK |
11th November |
Yorkshire Carols |
various |
Yorks |
From 11th November |
The Lords Mayors Show |
City Of London |
London |
2nd Saturday in November |
Laxton Jury Day |
Laxton |
Notts (Newark) |
Late November |
Wall Game |
Eton |
Berks |
Late November |
Court Leet |
Fylingthorpe |
N. Yorks |
December |
Tin Can Band |
Broughton |
Northants |
Sunday after 12th December |
Tup Plays |
(Sheffield and Chesterfield area) |
|
Christmas |
Burning Ashen Faggot |
Dunster |
Somerset |
Christmas Eve |
Tolling The Devils Knell. |
Dewsbury |
W Yorks |
Christmas Eve |
Mummers |
Bampton |
Oxon |
Christmas Eve |
Feather Guisers |
Uttoxeter |
Staffs |
Christmas Eve and Day |
Crookham Mummers |
Crookham |
Hants |
Boxing Day |
| Flamborough Sword Dance |
Flamborough |
Yorkshire |
Boxing Day |
| Greatham Sword Dance Play |
Greatham / Redcar |
Yorkshire |
Boxing Day |
Greatham Sword Dance and Play |
Greatham |
Co. Durham |
Boxing Day |
Straw Boys/ Mummers |
Fermanagh |
Ireland |
Christmas |
Wren Boys |
Dingle |
Ireland |
Boxing Day |
Darkie Day |
Padstow |
Cornwall |
Boxing Day & New Year's Day |
Handsworth Sword Dancers |
Handsworth |
S. Yorkshire |
Boxing Day |
Grenoside Sword Dancers |
Grenoside |
S. Yorkshire |
Boxing Day |
Monkseaton Dancers |
Monkseaton |
Tyne-Tees |
Boxing Day |
Marshfield Mummers |
Marshfield |
Glos |
Boxing Day |
Ripon Sword Dancers |
Ripon |
N.Yorks |
Boxing Day |
Annual Dip |
Whitby |
N. Yorks |
Boxing Day |
Symondsbury Mummers |
Symondsbury |
Dorset |
Christmas |
Fylingdale Guysers |
Fylingthorpe |
N. Yorks |
Christmas |
Ripon Hornblower |
Ripon |
N.Yorks |
Daily |
Flambeaux Procession |
Comrie |
Tayside |
New Year's Eve |
Swinging The Fireballs |
Stonehaven |
Grampian |
New Year's Eve |
Ceremony Of The Keys |
Tower of London |
London |
Daily |
Wayfarers Dole |
Winchester |
Hants |
Daily |
Farthing Bundles |
Bow |
London |
|
John Sayer Charity |
Woodbridge |
Suffolk |
every Saturday |