Chippenham Folk Festival | Dance Displays

23 - 26 May 2025

23 - 26
May
2025

Dance Displays

Come and see all of the sides throughout the town, see how many you can cross off the spotters guide in the program (or pick up a free printout on island park)

On:	Sunday 28th May 2023
Starting at:	10:00
Finishing at:	17:00
Price:	Donation
Where:	Borough Parade

From: 10:00 to: 10:45	Mortimer's Morris Mortimer's Morris are an energetic women's North West side from Nottingham dancing to tunes from across Europe.	Pigsty Morris A mixed Cotswold side from Pigsty Hill, Bristol now in our fortieth year. We do a mix of traditional dances and our own dances true to those styles
	Ely and Littleport Riot Ely & Littleport Riot Border Morris is a. Fenland morris side who perform traditional and original dances in the Border style.
From: 10:45 to: 11:30	Old Palace Clog Women's North West Morris group from Croydon, London.	Enigma Mixed , all inclusive Border morris team from Somerset with turquoise and black tatters and bags of attitude.
	Knights of King Ina Specialists in solo and duet Cotswold Jigs from traditional and new sources danced as first recorded.
From: 12:15 to: 13:00	Ouse Washes Molly Dancers Creating and performing traditional molly dances from The Fens of East Anglia	Somerset Morris Ladies Cotswold side from Bristol/Bath area. Also do stave dances, which originate from the Friendly Societies (early form of insurance companies).
From: 13:00 to: 13:45	Seven Champions The first revival Molly dance team. Renowned for their deadpan sense of humour, hobnail boots and for dancing to unaccompanied female singers.	Seven Sisters Seven Sisters Molly Dancers started in 2018, based in Kent. Our tradition is based on Paddington Pandemonic Express dances and we create our own.
From: 13:45 to: 14:30	Devizes Jubilee Morris Acclaimed for our fresh, fast and entertaining style. The majority of our dances are in the Cotswold Style, with a bit of Border Morris.	Taylor's Morris Harry Taylor’s Morris are dedicated to performing, developing and promoting the Longborough tradition.
From: 14:30 to: 15:15	Sarum Mixed Cotswold Morris side from Salisbury. Mostly dance in the style of Bampton, Oddington and Ilmington, in whites with colours of gold and blue.	Tatters and Tails Border Morris We are a Mixed Border Morris team from Bath, we are up for a laugh, with lots of energy, lots of dancing and lots of drinking!
	Southern Star Southern Star are a highly innovative group who meet in Corfe Mullen Library on Mondays. We love teaching longsword and are happy to do workshops for all ages.
From: 15:15 to: 16:00	Folk Friendzy Since 2004 Folk Friendzy have encouraged young people from mid-Derbyshire to learn and perform various types of traditional dance in an exciting way.	Mary Rose And Royal George Mary Rose and Royal George are a Portsmouth based dancing team, who aim to bring a lively new approach to the entertaining morris style of dancing.
From: 16:00 to: 16:45	Ely and Littleport Riot Ely & Littleport Riot Border Morris is a. Fenland morris side who perform traditional and original dances in the Border style.	Enigma Mixed , all inclusive Border morris team from Somerset with turquoise and black tatters and bags of attitude.
	Shropshire Bedlams High energy, enthusiastic dancing in a border morris style.	Martha Rhoden's Tuppenny Dish High energy, enthusiastic dancing in a border morris style.
From: 16:45 to: 17:30	Pigsty Morris A mixed Cotswold side from Pigsty Hill, Bristol now in our fortieth year. We do a mix of traditional dances and our own dances true to those styles	Tatters and Tails Border Morris We are a Mixed Border Morris team from Bath, we are up for a laugh, with lots of energy, lots of dancing and lots of drinking!
	Sutton Masque Sutton Masque is a Morris dancing side from Sutton-in-the-Isle in the southern reaches of the Cambridgeshire fens.

Ending at: 1700