Holly Copse Molly @hollycopsemolly.bsky.social Molly Dancing side from Bournemouth.We practice on Thursdays 8-10 pm at Townsend Community Centre Jewell Rd, Bournemouth BH8 0LT.New members always welcome
Dr Turberville's Morris @drturbervilles.bsky.social Mixed Morris side from Somerset dancing Cotswold with a bit of Border!
@drturbervilles
Morris Federation @themorrisfed.bsky.social THE UK'S LARGEST ASSOCIATION OF MORRIS AND TRADITIONAL DANCE TEAMS
#CotswoldMorrisDance #BorderMorrisDance #NorthwestMorrisDance #GarlandDance #MollyDance
#RapperSwordDance #LongswordDance
#MorrisDance #MorrisDancing
#MorrisFed #MorrisFed50
Fleurs de lys Morris @fleurdelysmorris.bsky.social Fleurs are a friendly, inclusive and welcoming Morris dancing side from Godalming, we love a stave, a stick and a hankie.
Oxford Folk Festival @oxfordfolkfest.bsky.social 16th-18th April 2027 🌾
Traditional and folk music and dance events across Oxford!
Please use the form on our website for enquiries ➡️ https://oxfordfolkfest.org.uk/
Rackaback Morris @rackaback.bsky.social Morris dancing team based on Hull, UK.
#morrisdance #morrisdancing #bordermorris #ukmorris
Sidmouth Folk Festival @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social A week-long annual folk festival, held in August (30 Jul - 6 Aug 2027), featuring concerts, ceilidhs, workshops, top bands, late-night dancing, sessions & more!
Bakanalia Border Morris @bakanalia.bsky.social Inclusive Border Morris side from Leicester. We meet on Thursday nights at the Scout Hall in Glenfield, Leicester.
Eynsham Morris @eynshammorris.bsky.social 'This colourful, rumbustious yet precise team dance with great energy and a real love of the dances of their village' - Oxford Folk Festival.
The Folklore Library & Archive @folklorelibrary.bsky.social Registered Charity No: 1203418. Patrons: Michael Rosen, Joanne Harris.
Preserving traditional heritage and folklore materials for the future, and delivering these through open access. Focus on at-risk heritage.
Online at www.folklorelibrary.com
@pebworthmorris.bsky.social @pebworthmorris.bsky.social
Cecil Sharp House @cecilsharphouse.bsky.social Award-winning arts centre at the heart of folk, home to efdss.bsky.social since 1930.
linktr.ee/cecilsharphouse
English Folk Dance and Song Society @efdss.bsky.social The national organisation for folk music, song and dance in England. Based at Cecil Sharp House
David Matthews @dmatthy.bsky.social Husband of rainydayz1.bsky.social, retired, Morris dancer, amateur actor, Leigh Leopards fan, Parkrun volunteer, runner and Guide Dog fosterer.
Angela Bennett 🇪🇺💙🌈💐🌱🐈⬛🐓🕊️🐝🧘🚴🏃🧑⚕️🎻🪗🐟 @anjibennett.bsky.social Mum, GP&medical educator, cellist/singer (classical, early music, folk), gardener. Loves nature and humans. Cat and chicken carer. Learning Irish, Welsh, and B/C accordion. Runs slowly, wild swims, cycles. Politics - look after the vulnerable.
Kirsten Irving @kirstenirving.bsky.social Lincs-born, London-based poet and editor. Crows! Folklore! Viz!
Co-founder of indie press @sidekickbooks.bsky.social
w/ @shotscarecrow.bsky.social. My deliciously weird collection 'Hot Cockalorum' is loose!
https://linktr.ee/kirstenirving
The Local Mythstorian @elilewislycett.bsky.social Eli Lewis-Lycett is an independent folklorist and history writer from Cheshire - described by the BBC as “one of the definitive voices on Cheshire and Staffordshire folklore."
Visit thelocalmythstorian.com
Wild Moon Morris @wild-moon-morris.bsky.social Wild Moon Morris are a new mixed border side from Glastonbury in Somerset, England. Our dances are based on local Folklore and legend. We look forward to dancing for you, or with you.
Mersey Morris @merseymorris.bsky.social Dancing for the people of Cheshire and Merseyside since 1960. New dancers always welcome.
https://merseymorris.com
Tamsin Wilson @tamsinwilson.bsky.social She paints, she draws, she rarely talks about herself in the third person. Stone botherer. Oil painter. Costume maker. No Gen AI. No DMs.
Geology Disco @geologydisco.bsky.social Music creator. Lover of folklore, horror, stones, occult, obscure.
https://dustopianfrequencies.bandcamp.com/album/celebrating-the-bat-chapter-2-into-the-night
https://folkloretapes.bandcamp.com/album/ceremonial-county-series-vol-xvii-bristol-hertfords
Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social 🌲🧚👻 Writer of strange & unusual tales. Ghosts, folklore & history from Wiltshire and beyond. Earth & nature lover. 👻🧚🌲 ☕ www.weird-wiltshire.co.uk
Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social Small press devoted to #FolkHorror, #folklore, #magic and the #occult in Britain. World Fantasy Awards and British Fantasy Awards finalist. Founder/editor: @mjpcuervo.com
🌍 Now shipping worldwide from
www.helleborezine.com
Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com Writer, editor • Founder/ editor @helleborezine.bsky.social (World Fantasy Awards and British Fantasy Awards finalist) • History, art, myth, mystery.
Bristol, UK.
👩🏻 mjpcuervo.com
📖 helleborezine.com
DevonChurchLand @devonchurchland.bsky.social Extraordinary churches, enchanting art, deep history…
Dr Icy Sedgwick @icysedgwick.bsky.social Host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast/blog. Researcher & writer for hire. Gothic author. Crafter. PhD in haunted house films.
NearlyKnowledgeable @g0blinegg.bsky.social Amy
𖦹 Folklorist & Writer 𖦹
Ghostlore ● Witchcraft ● Devil Folklore
Rooted in Shropshire History & Lore 💀
Writer of 'The Best Of Men' -A Shropshire folk horror 🦇
Johnny Mains @johnnymains.co.uk Horror anthologist.
AuDHD.
Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/johnnymains
@hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social Phoenix Guide to Strange England: #Hookland. Run by David Southwell
#Hauntology Re-wilding #Folklore #FolkHorror #Psychogeography #LandscapePunk Re-enchantment Is Resistance https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1068598123
Scarred For Life Books @scarredforlife.bsky.social A trilogy of books about the dark pop culture of the 1970s and 1980s, from public information films to nuclear war!
Buy the books: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Patreon: bit.ly/3Rfo1Xz
Contact: ste1bro@hotmail.co.uk
The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social Megaliths and✨SO MUCH✨more.
Browse our🗿WORLDWIDE 📜 ancient site 🗺️ map/database/gallery. 🪨 Human prehistory🦣 to🏺1100CE 🏛️ Andy B posting✨
Main site: https://www.megalithic.co.uk
More: https://www.megalithic.co.uk/linktree/
Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social A very Irish filmmaker.
All You Need is Death streaming now, see linktree.
“A folk horror masterpiece” (Daily Beast)
He/him, anarchist, artist. Avatar painted by Sol Robinson.
https://linktr.ee/paulduane
Richard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social Sometimes I do graphic design stuff for telly and film. Other times I make spooky lino prints and things you can buy if you want...
📍Black Country (middle of the UK)
https://linktr.ee/SlipperyJack
Stephen G. Rae @stephengrae.bsky.social Writer of folklore at The FolkLore Press; Druid and Storyteller alias the Bard of Cumberland; contemporary artist; filmmaker at Land of Lore Films; Haiku poet.
Stone Club @stoneclub.bsky.social Stone Club believes the journey is as important as the destination and encourages people to pause and think about place in new ways; connecting ancient sites through community and conversation.
stoneclub.rocks
#MDANT
The Folk Archive @thefolkarchive.bsky.social Folk from the past, folk from the present, folk for the future
Folklore Centre Todmorden @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social Arts, Film, Talks, Crafts, Library, Archive, Museum, Research, Education, Workshops, Exhibitions, Storytelling, Conferences, Local Folk History.
Currently hibernating except for events.
Hidden Britain @hiddenbritain.bsky.social Handmade signs, prints, music & books inspired by British Folk Horror and unsettling TV, film & literature. Based in The Black Country, England.
https://linktr.ee/hiddenbritain
Butser Ancient Farm @butserancientfarm.co.uk Learning about the past by recreating it! Experimental archaeology, traditional crafts, reenactments & more. Hampshire, UK. https://bio.site/butserancientfarm
Right to Roam @righttoroam.bsky.social Campaigning to unlock access to nature in England & Wales. 🥾🌿🔓
get in touch: hello@righttoroam.org.uk
resources and links: https://linktr.ee/right2roam
Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social He/him. Bristol. Writer, content designer. No alt text = no repost. Not here for politics. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/raynewman Header: Thin Places in Hard Concrete https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DC5PL7T4 Agent: https://blakefriedmann.co.uk/ray-newman
The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social Based in London, The Folklore Society has been collecting, studying, publishing and promoting the study of folklore in all its forms since 1878. Visit our website: https://folklore-society.com
B O T C tattoo @botctattoo.bsky.social I hail from the pastoral/industrial depths of the English Midlands, I live in Belfast and I work at Skullduggery Tatú where I make tattoos and artwork inspired by the folk psychedelia of these haunted islands.
For bookings email botctattoo@gmail.com
Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social Historian of religion and belief | folklorist | Balticist | indexer | lay canon @stedscath.bsky.social | series editor for @universitypress.cambridge.org
Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social A podcast telling myths, legends and folklore of Britain and Ireland in no particular order, made by Graeme.
Find it on all good (and evil) podcast aggregators.
www.talesofbritainandireland.com
Fortean Times @forteantimes.bsky.social The journal of strange phenomena
London Fortean Society @forteanlondon.bsky.social Strange and wonderful events since 2011
Paranormal, psychic, folkloric, fortean events.
Sharing the oddest London-based news.
Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com Welsh folklorist • Author • Honorary Research Fellow, Amgueddfa Cymru • Antiquarian book collector • Rheibio'n Gymraeg • The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts (2023) • Represented by jonathanclowes.co.uk
folklorewales.com
Oysterband @oysterband.bsky.social Oysterband on Bluesky. The truth! And more! Voiced (usually) by Ian Telfer.
Geoffrey Lakeman @geofflakeman.bsky.social Ex Fleet St Journalist, Folk musician + Lakeman patriach. KERNOW !!
Magpie Lane @magpielane-oxford.bsky.social Traditional folk band based in Oxfordshire, England. Delighting folk club, concert and festival audiences for over 30 years.
https://www.magpielane.co.uk/
Spell Songs @spellsongs.bsky.social A musical evolution of The Lost Words & The Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane & Jackie Morris; featuring Karine Polwart, Julie Fowlis, Seckou Keita, Kris Drever, Rachel Newton, Beth Porter & Jim Molyneux
www.thelostwords.org/spell-songs
Folk Inspiration @folkinspiration.bsky.social We organise live music and dance events on a not-for-profit basis for the benefit of musicians, fans, local charities and the local community. Love Instrumental Folk, Balfolk, Flamenco. Based in Guildford, Surrey.
Cara Dillon @caradillonsings.bsky.social Irish singer - “Coming Home” Album & debut Book out now
★★★★★ (RnR Magazine)
★★★★★(Songlines)
Will Pound @willharmonicas.bsky.social Professional Musician. Plays in duos with Jenn Butterworth and Stevens & Pound doing harmonica and accordion things.
Ellie Eagle-Skinner @serenceinwyn.bsky.social Small part of The David Eagle Podcast, mainly make stuff, read things and watch tv. Say hello!
Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones @bryonyandalice.bsky.social Traditional Folk music from Yorkshire!
https://bryonyandalice.com
Steve Tilston @stevetilston.bsky.social Award winning, Humdinger Woke singer-songwriter, string twanger, archer, loves Yurp. www.stevetilston.com
The Ciderhouse Rebellion @ciderhousereb.bsky.social Adam Summerhayes 🎻Murray Grainger 🪗« Compelling exciting & utterly original » Bookings @fromthewhitehouse theciderhouserebellion.com
@tradfolk.bsky.social @tradfolk.bsky.social
Mike Scott @mickpuck.bsky.social Waterboys singer / guitar player / Rock'n'roller / Freak flag flyer
DMF Music @dmfmusic.bsky.social Independent Booking Agency, Management & Festival Organisers (Beautiful Days 20+ years)
Sue Crooks @swc9.bsky.social Lord Grant's Irregular, Disaster Magnet, Pratchett fan. Foreman for Green Man Morris.
The Badgesmith @thebadgesmith.bsky.social Creator of leather badges for Morris dancers, Festivals, Clubs and societies. Also known to make key rings, fridge magnets, tankard holders and earrings!
When not beavering away in Badgesmith HQ, can be spotted dancing with the Morris Men of Little Egypt!
Jono :||: Bear @begoggledbear.bsky.social Uni SysAdmin, Harthill Morris Squire, dog toy, cat bed, owns own beard…
Kemp’s Men @kempsmenofnorwich.bsky.social Morris dance side based in Norwich, Norfolk. We dance Cotswold Morris and have our own tradition.
Jane Armstrong @janea57.bsky.social Elderly music fan, especially Prog. Mad cat lady and slave of Oscar the Tripod and Madam Tallulah Puss. Former Morris dancer. Lazy so & so and resident of Berkshire.
Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social PhD on the Merseyside Women’s Movement 1969-1990s + teaching history at University of Liverpool 🎓
Keen rambler, morris dancer, founder of Common Folk Collective 🌞
Latest article: https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwaf017
Nat Case @natcase.bsky.social Cartographer, writer, morris dancer, singer, and what-not, living in Minneapolis.
Crispin Wafflecakes @wafflecakes.bsky.social queer, folk musician, nurse, shapenote singer, cyclist, morris dancer, knitter, English immigrant in Western Massachusetts
Paul Rousselle (𐌂𐌄𐌍𐌀𐌁𐌀𐌕𐌉𐌔) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @sgrechycoed.bsky.social Vegan Druid, Morris dancer (Carreg Las Border Morris) & scrumptious pansy. Y Gwir yn erbyn y byd.
Using the spectacle of the cosmos to bring calm to my psyche.
Struggles to hocus-focus.
Non-binary.
🏴 they/them, 🇫🇷 iel, 🏴 nhw/eu
Arash the Archer 🏹 @lexxlonely.bsky.social Gamer
Morris dancer
OSA Development Engineer
Climber
Bill Moore @bjvmoore.bsky.social Ageing RE/PSHE/SMSC enthusiast and consultant. Relatively youthful Morris Dancer - an endangered species, so please, people under 50, join a local side! Lover of many things, connoisseur of nothing.
Jeff Bigler @jcgbigler.bsky.social High school physics teacher, violist (& violinist), morris dancer/musician, JAFF author, engineer, polymath-in-training, nerd-at-large.
Also part cyborg, part zombie.
guar @azalealand.net lizard queen, has-been, azalea planter, morris dancer
he/him
Gretchen Pfau @mariliel.bsky.social Campaign wonk, data scientist, feminist, social justice Catholic, bookworm, knitter, morris dancer, and aspirational gardener.
Ben Harding @benharding.bsky.social Senseless Thing, 3 Colours Redder, Factioneer, Charlemagne. Occasional Morris Dancer. Cool Dad.
Liam Kirby @lkirbyradstock.bsky.social Town Councillor for Radstock, Somerset. Green Party of England & Wales. Luthier; Bass Trombonist; Classicist; Banjoist; Morris Dancer. Eco-socialist in the streets, Anarcho-Syndicalist in the sheets.
Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social Archaeological geophysicist, heritage nerd, Running Punk, musician and ex-dancer.
Half Zen Quaker panda, half angry honey badger
Coton Morris @cotonmorris.bsky.social Mixed Cotswold Morris side based in Cambridge.
Practice at Milton Community Centre, Thusday nights, 7:30
Andy Duckering @squeezycrip.bsky.social Wheelchair user. Musician. Morris dancer. Bakanalia Border Morris and New St George cotswold morris. Lover of harmony folk singing and very dark metal music. Sports trader.
Hastings Traditional Jack in the Green @jackinthegreen.bsky.social
Hastings Traditional Jack in the Green is an annual May Day Bank Holiday event revived in 1983 with unique characters, morris dancers, drummers and more!
Owain @olb1992.bsky.social Husband, Morris dancer, geocacher, 3D printerer, electronics design engineer
Marcey @marceyzee.bsky.social A love of photography.
Bourne River Morris @bournerivermorris.bsky.social A friendly mixed-sex Cotswold Morris team based in SE Dorset. Practice at the Coach & Horses in Wimborne on Thursday evenings Sept to April.
Have fun, be sociable, get some exercise and get out and about locally. Just turn up!
#Morris#Cotswold#Dorset#BCP
Zak Jane Keir @zakdsw.bsky.social Writer, bookseller, Morris dancer and undertaker. No, not all at the same time. Caught between dildo shop and crematorium.
@chrismanville.bsky.social @chrismanville.bsky.social
The Knights of King Ina @kokijig.bsky.social Morris Jig side based in Somerset but with members from all over!
Sometimes seen in winter as #SomersetHunkyPunks 👹
@clogmuso.bsky.social @clogmuso.bsky.social Retired db admin and software developer. Musician for clog dancing, calls and plays (not necessarily simultaneously) for barn dances, ceilidhs. Anarcho-syndicalist tendencies but will settle for anything to keep Reform out
@wolfsheadandvixen.bsky.social @wolfsheadandvixen.bsky.social
Ferrette Morris @ferrette-morris.bsky.social A Morris dancing side based in and around Basel, Switzerland. We dance the Cotswold tradition. New recruits always welcome, no experience necessary, just a strong sense of joie de vivre!
The Belles of London City @bellesoflondoncity.bsky.social 21st century morris dancing. Probably shenanigans. Founded 2009.
WEIRD WALK @weirdwalk.bsky.social Publishing zines and books, curating events, walking in circles…
https://shop.weirdwalk.co.uk
Colin Davey @colindavey.bsky.social Organist and Director of Choirs at Wimborne Minster.
Musician, ex-Morris dancer, paper folder, baker.
He/him
Cambridge Morris Men @cambridgemorrismen.bsky.social The CMM is a Cotswold Morris club based in Cambridge (UK) formed in 1924.
Hemlock Morris @hemlockmorris.bsky.social We are a friendly mixed side based in Bedford. We dance #cotswoldmorris and #bordermorris styles, as well as our own choreographed works. Practice Tuesday evenings 20:00 - 21:45 at the Gordon Arms, Bedford MK40 3QY. Come and join us!