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Hosted by Ripley Morris Men in Cromford, Derbyshire

The 345th meeting of the Morris Ring takes place at Thaxted during the weekend of 29th to 31st May, and will follow the usual pattern.

Each year the JMO Day of Dance is held in a different location. The hosting of the Day of Dance rotates between the three organisations with a morris side from that org. offering to plan and run the day.

In 2015 the Day of Dance will be held in Bristol. It is hosted by Rag Morris on behalf of Open Morris.

The 2015 ARM will be held at Oak Farm Hotel, Watling Street, Hatherton, Cannock, (Handy for the M6). It is a one night (Saturday) ARM; we appreciate that this will mean an early start for many on the Saturday morning but it will save you money. Application form available here.

In 2014 the Morris 18-30 will visit Leicester for the weekend of 17-19 October.
The finest weekend on the Morris calendar, now celebrating two years without a broken bone!
Morris 18-30 provides a network for young Morris Men. Its primary activity is to organise an annual weekend, hosted by a Morris Ring side, to which all young Morris Men are invited. Morris 18-30 also seeks to represent the views of all young Morris Men.
The aim is to encourage a group of energetic young men who, whilst representing their own local teams, can dance together helping to push the Morris Ring into the future.

Saddleworth Rushcart in 2014 falls on the Bank Holiday weekend of Friday 22nd August to Sunday 24th August. As you may know, 2014 is our 40th birthday as a side and also the 40th Saddleworth Rushcart, since we revived the local tradition after a c.50 year break. We are delighted to be sharing our celebrations with the Morris Ring in its 80th year.

Thaxted MM host their Annual Morris Meeting from Friday 30th May to Sunday 1st June following their tried and tested format: The meeting starts on the Friday evening with sessions in all of the Thaxted pubs and informal dancing at The Star. After leisurely tours of some splendid village pubs in the outstanding North Essex countryside during the day on Saturday we then reach the main event of the weekend. This consists of the two processions that meet in Town Street followed by two massed shows of massed and show dances with a feast in the interval. This culminates in the Horn Dance, the climax, in front of an appreciative audience of several hundred people.