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Links

These links are provided as a service rather than recommendations, but they are ones we believe should be of interest to the morris world at large. We hope they will continue to receive your support.

The late Geoff Knapman's original brilliant piece of work has now been fully updated - no more dead links - and we've added a new Facebook Groups links section to the most popular forums. We've also removed some lost sites and adding a few more we hope will prove useful. "Tool Tips" have been added to each link to give a brief description of the target. 

If you would like to have a link to your site included on this page, please contact the: webeditor [at] themorrisring.org

Hold the mouse pointer over the link to see more information on each link.

Try Googling if the link you want is not included here!

 

 

Morris, Traditional Dance & Mumming

Carnival (Fluffy) Morris Illustrious Order of Fools & Beasts Master Mummers
Molly Dancing Morris 18-30 Morris Dance Data Base
Morris Dancing Wiki The Morris Federation North-west Morris website
National Youth Folklore Troupe of England (Nyfte) The North American Morris Dance Org  
  Open Morris Oxfordshire Morris
Rapper Online Shooting Roots  
The Sword Dance Union Trad Drama Research Group Youtube: Morris Dancing

 

Morris & Folk Music, Instruments & Kit

Times remain tough for all associated with supporting the Morris World.  Perhaps now is the time to update your kit, learn a new instrument or some new songs.  PJ Music have Morris Bells! Use the links to keep these businesses going!

Acorn Instruments  The Badgesmith Clogs / Leather
Concertinas-UK Early Music Shop English Acoustic Collective
Hobgoblin Music Mallinson's Music Nottingham Folk Music Database (Eric Foxley)
P J Music The Taborers Society Simon Brock Clogs & Leatherwork

Folk Music Magazines & Event Guides

Folklife West fROOTS (magazine now deceased) Jacey Bedford's Magazine Index
Martin Kiff's Webfeet MusTrad UK Folk Festivals
UK Sessions    

 

Folk Music, Folk Dance, Arts & Festival Societies

International Festival of World Dance English Folk Dance & Song Society (EFDSS) The Folklore Society
Halsway Manor Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival (IVFDF) National Youth Folk Ensemble

 

Aids, Archives, Education and Research

Barrand & Ricardo The Bate Collection Chris Brady
Cecil Sharp's People Dance Tutors Doc Rowe
EFDSS - The Full English digital archive F.A.R.N.E. Folklore and Mythology resource Guide
Hallamshire Traditions John Sweeney's Morris Dance Tutorial Videos Music Education Council (MEC)
The Morrisbook attendance manager The Society for Dance Research Village Music Project

 

Facebook Morris related Groups

Border Dancers of the UK Celebrating Cotswold Morris Celebrating Northwest Morris
How many Morris Dancers are on Facebook? The Illustrious Order of Fools and Beasts group Master Mummers
Morris Call Morris Events Morris-Hub
Traditional Calendar customs and Ceremonies    

 

Our International Cousins

Bizkai Bestiari (Catalan) European Association of Folklore Festivals
Flabiol International Dance Council (CID) International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts (CIOFF)
International Organization of Folk Art (IOV)  Korcula: Moreska Moriskentänzer
Ramon Saumell Poc Union National des Groupes de Traditions Populaires (UNGTP))  

 

Miscellaneous & General History

Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) SCA Minstrel Homepage  

 

 

Events diary

2026
17 Jan Jigs Instructional 2026
7 Mar The Annual Representatives Meeting

See all future events

See also the list of 
Traditional Morris Events

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