Illustrious Order of Fools & Beasts Unconvention 2025 (Otley)

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An Illustrious Order of Fools & Beasts event. Open to all budding or experienced Fools, Beasts and Morris Characters from any team from the Morris Federation, Morris Ring, Open Morris, or independent. This year the event will be based in and around Otley, West Yorkshire. Friday night there will be supper, bar, music/dance workshop and singing. The Saturday tour will be in Otley, and on Sunday our AGM and a workshop.

BOOKINGS OPEN until 10th October! Click on the name of the event for more info and an application form.

Ripley Day of Dance 2025 (Ripley, Derbyshire)

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A Ripley Morris & Ripley Green Garters event.

Celebrating 100 years of Morris Dancing in Ripley. Ripley Morris in partnership with Ripley Green Garters will mark the 100th anniversary of the first recorded instance of morris dancing in Ripley which took place in 1925.  Morris dancing in Ripley evolved from the Ripley Folk Dance club formed in 1925. A Day of Dance will take place in Ripley on Saturday 13th September 2025.  The day will be run on JMO lines with sides dancing around the town. 

Bookings closed. Click on the name of the event for more info.

AGM 2024 Results

Thank you to everyone who participated in the AGM on Saturday 21st September by reading the papers and sending in their votes, or attending the meeting in person, on zoom […]

Morris Federation Day of Dance and AGM 2025 (Sheffield)

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The Morris Federation and Sheffield-based teams Five Rivers, Pecsaetan, and Sheffield City Morris and friends extend a warm welcome to all members of The Morris Federation to join us in a day of dance on Saturday 27th September 2025, followed by The Morris Federation’s AGM at 4.30pm (4pm sign-in). Activities may also be arranged for the Friday and Saturday nights, and more dancing on the Sunday, depending on interest.

BOOKINGS CLOSED Please enquire about last-minute availability. 37 teams have booked to perform. Click on the name of the event for more info.

Joint Morris Organisations’ Day of Dance 2025 (Stockport)

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The Joint Morris Organisations (JMO) National Day of Dance is a collaborative event organised in turn by one of the three morris organisations in the UK – The Morris Federation, The Morris Ring, and Open Morris. The day of dance is a celebration of morris and traditional dancing held annually at a different location around the UK.

In 2025 the day of dance is on Saturday 26th April 2025 in Stockport, Greater Manchester, hosted by Adlington Morris Men on behalf of the Morris Ring.

BOOKINGS CLOSED Click on the name of the event for more info on who will be dancing where and when.

FedExtra Spring 2024 is here!

You’ll be thrilled to discover that the Spring 2024 edition of the FedExtra is now ‘published’ in digital PDF format at: ‘FedExtra Spring 2024‘ (scroll to the bottom of that […]

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