The summer months' events on this page are arranged, as far as is possible, by date order.
June
- Thaxted MM : First Saturday after the Spring Bank Holiday - Annual and Original Morris Meeting [Picture above is massed Morris at a Thaxted meeting].
- Kennet MM: Second Saturday in June - Reading Waterfest - over 25 years of celebrating Reading's waterways
- Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers : Saturday nearest June 19th. Election of the Mayor of Ock Street and Morris dancing, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
- Spring Grove MM : Thursday 25th June 19:00 - 23:00 The Mid-Summer Morris in around Twickenham riverside. Annual evening gathering of local sides.
- Taunton Deane MM : 21st June - 4:45am (sunrise) Dance Up the Sun: Seven Sisters, Cothelstone Hill, The Quantock Hills.
- Tideswell Wakes : Saturday after June 24th - or “Big Sat’dy” as it is known to the locals - Carnival Parade & Morris Dancing, Tideswell, Derbyshire.
- Abram Morris Dancers : Last Saturday in June. The Morris Dancers' Ground, Park Lane, Abram at 11am. Then Abram and the surrounding areas (Hindley, Platt Bridge, Bickershaw).
July
- Ambleside Rushbearing: First Saturday in July - Ambleside, Cumbria.
- Winster Wakes: Saturday following the Sunday after St John Baptist's Day, June 24th, usually 1st Saturday in July - Morris Dancing, Winster Derbyshire, Winster Morris Men can be seen around the village from 2pm 'till around 9pm.
- Greensleeves MM : Weekend after 2nd Friday in July. Chipperfield Weekend, with Saturday tours and on Sunday Chipperfield parish Church at 11am, The Windmill (pub), Chipperfield, Noon.
Taunton Deane MM : First Week of August (Tuesday of Sidmouth Folk Festival) - Seafront at Sidmouth (8pm)
Sidmouth Folk Week : Far too many sides to list individually - First Week of August (Sunday of Sidmouth Folk Festival) - Massed dancing along seafront at Sidmouth (from 11am)
Grasmere Rushbearing : Saturday nearest St Oswald's day (5th August) - Grasmere, Cumbria.
Saddleworth MM : Saddleworth Rushcart. Held on the 2nd weekend after the 12th August.
September
- Winchester MM : 1st Saturday in September. Walking Tour of Winchester
- Abbots Bromley Horn Dance : Monday after 1st Sunday after September 4th. Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire - check date here.
- Wantsum MM : 2nd Saturday of September. Hop Hoodening - a procession through the grounds of Canterbury Cathedral, followed by a Service in the Cathedral to bless the Hop Harvest.
The links given below will take you to more detailed desciptions of some of the other seasonal events.
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