Morris dancing is a mainstay of the festival and relate directly to the origins of the festival as a traditional English dance festival. Their colourful presence dancing out around the town and on the seafront provide one of the iconic soundscapes of the festival – bells!
There are lots of different styles and many of the costumes have sound historical reasons for how they look.
Morris sides also help raise funds for Folk Week – please put some money in their tins– it all goes towards the next festival.
You will find Morris dancing throughout the week, around the town, along the seafront promonade and at The Bandstand every afternoon.
We’d love to hear from sides interested in taking part in our 62nd Festival Celebrations in 2027,
please complete the form below.
Once you have registered we will add your side’s biog to the Morris Dance Page
The Souvenir programme goes to print at the end of april so please register before then to be included in the publication.