Programme 2023
Wednesday Evening Tours
24th May Clerkenwell
7th June Primrose Hill
14th June City of London
21st June Euston
28th June Belgravia
5th July Paddington/Tyburnia tour
12th July Pimlico
19th July Sloane Square
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Programme 2023
Programme 2023
This is our anticipated programme, please check our webpage or other social media for full details of any event.
Events
Saturday 22nd April Guests of Dacre Morris for Beating the Bounds/St George’s Day,
Saturday 6th May Coronation Bank Holiday,
Saturday 20th May Westminster Morris Dancers Day of Dance
Wednesday Evening Tours
3rd May Green Park practice plus pub,TBC
10th May Fitzrovia
24th May Clerkenwell
7th June Primrose Hill
14th June City of London
21st June Euston
28th June Belgravia
5th July Paddington/Tyburnia tour
12th July Pimlico
19th July Sloane Square
Westminster Day of Dance 2nd May 2026
When we asked our Bagman what the most difficult thing was when organising this event, her reply was “Events, dear boy, Events”.
We had originally planned on 16th May and had a large group of guests all lined up and chomping at the bit… Then the dreaded “Events” cropped up.
The only other workable date was 2nd May, and that’s what we’ve gone with. Being a bank holiday weekend, this caused problems for many of our guests who had long-established other things to do.
The select few who are able to attend are
Belles of London City
Greensleeves Morris Men
Letchworth Morris
Thaxted Morris Men
The times and places are below but please note that all times quoted are in BMT (British Morris Time) which is BST plus or minus an indeterminate amount of time dependant upon multiple factors (including, but not limited to, pubs and the quality of the beer they are serving).
10.00-11.00 Victoria Tower Gardens, Abingdon St, Millbank, SW1P 3JA. Burghers of Calais statue. https://w3w.co/cool.galaxy.broad
11.15-12.15 Westminster Arms, 9 & 10 Storey’s Gate, SW1P 3AT. https://w3w.co/booth.spicy.loss
13.00-13.45 St Margaret’s, Margaret Street, SW1P 3JX. https://w3w.co/moth.thanks.volunteered
14.15-15.00 Trafalgar Square,
15.15-16.00 Trafalgar Square,
16.15/16.30 – Until we’ve all had enough. 2 Venues…
Ship and Shovell, 2 Craven Passage, WC2N 5NF. https://w3w.co/track.chase.hops and
Sherlock Holmes, 10 Northumberland St, WC2N 5DB. https://w3w.co/latest.cats.shift
ALL CHANGE PLEASE! Day of Dance 2nd May 2026
This has been a difficult decision but we have to change the date of our Day of Dance from 16th May to 2nd May 2026.
We know that there will be another Unite the Kingdom march on Saturday 16th May, our original date. While we have not been able to discover detailed information about their route, we have assumed that it will be similar to the route for their march last September and will take in Parliament Square, Whitehall and probably Trafalgar Square. There are likely to be a lot of people and it will be noisy.
Our main concern is for the safety of our guests and their enjoyment of the day but we are also worried about the reputational damage to morris if we are surrounded by the Unite the Kingdom march with all the possibilities of being connected with them and subsequent unwanted publicity in the media.
In addition it is the Cup Final on 16th May, so there will probably be a lot of football fans in Trafalgar Square as well.
We realise that dancing at Trafalgar Square is a highlight for many of our guests and fortunately the Greater London Authority are able to offer us another date, Saturday 2nd May. We plan to go ahead with that date although we realise that this may cause problems for those with other commitments, such as the Rochester or Hastings weekends.
We hope that you can join us on our new date and we look forward to hearing from you.
Details of who, when and where can be found on this page.
What, you already know and why, you’ll have to figure out for yourself.
Westminster Morris Day of Dance 11-5-24
The countdown begins to the Westminster Morris Dancers 2024 Day of Dance on Saturday 11th May. This year we welcome the following friends:
Belles of London City
Camden Clog
Chelmsford Morris
Dacre Morris
Datchet Border Morris
Exeter Morris
London Pride Morris
Ravensbourne Morris Men
St Albans Morris
Thaxted Morris Men
Tower Ravens Rapper
Whitethorn Morris
This combination of guests provides a great range of different morris dance styles – Border, Cotswold, North West, Rapper and Step Clog – and we will be doing this around the streets of central London between 10.00 and 18.00 with confirmed dance spots at St Margaret’s by Westminster Abbey, and Victoria Tower Gardens between 10.00 and 12.00 and Trafalgar Square between 13.00 and 16.00. There will also be spots at a few nice pubs between these.
See you there.
Programme 2024
Events
27th April Guests of Dacre Morris for Beating the Bounds, starting from the Dacre Arms, 11 Kingswood Place, Blackheath, London SE13 5BU,
11th May Westminster Morris Dancers Day of Dance,
31st May to 2nd June Guests of Thaxted Morris Men at their Weekend of Dance.
In addition to these, you may see some or all of the team at the following events:
8th June Letchworth Day of Dance
22nd June Brighton Morris Day of Dance
13th July Lyme Regis Folk Day
23 to 25th August Saddleworth Rush Cart
Wednesday Evening Tours
8th May Green Park practice plus pub after
15th May Fitzrovia
22nd May Clerkenwell
5th June Primrose Hill
12th June Euston
19th June City of London
26th June Belgravia
3rd July Paddington/Tyburnia tour
10th July Pimlico
17th July Mystery location, somewhere in Westminster
24th July Sloane Square
Practice season starts again
January practices 10th and 17th
Oh no, not again! Our first practice of 2024 should have been next Wednesday 10th January but we are having to cancel that because of the underground strike. We will be meeting on 17th January. New dancers always welcome. Here is a photo of Lewis and James with Letchworth at the Etcetera Morris New Year’s Day dance at the Wonder.
Practice 4-10-23 CANCELLED
Practice season starting soon
