Seasonal Local Celebrations
Up-Hella-A, Lerwick, Shetland, Last Tue in Jan, from photo © Doc Rowe
Seasonal Local Celebrations
Seasonal Local Celebrations: https://folklife.uk/seasonal
Listings and Photos © Doc Rowe unless otherwise credited [other contributors in brackets].
JUST MOVED TO THIS SITE 5/1/26 This covers the full year, online.
Also, in FTJ, every issue, we print the current 4-month period, with photos and notes.
Additional information for Wales: not yet set up - see webpage FTJ Bywyd Gwerin https://folklife.uk/ftj-bg, our proposed Wales Folklife online Directory, including articles on Seasonal Celebrations
www.folklife.uk: Home and opt-in for Journal, Directory, and Folk News Updates
Folklife Traditions Journal includes articles and news about Seasonal Local Celebrations
We seek to raise awareness of relevant Societies, Institutions, Researchers, Publications, so:
Also, in FTJ, every issue, we print the current 4-month period, with photos and notes.
- England, mainly from Doc Rowe;
- Wales, from our [Bwywd Gwerin website]
- occasionally elsewhere
Additional information for Wales: not yet set up - see webpage FTJ Bywyd Gwerin https://folklife.uk/ftj-bg, our proposed Wales Folklife online Directory, including articles on Seasonal Celebrations
www.folklife.uk: Home and opt-in for Journal, Directory, and Folk News Updates
Folklife Traditions Journal includes articles and news about Seasonal Local Celebrations
We seek to raise awareness of relevant Societies, Institutions, Researchers, Publications, so:
CONTRIBUTIONS WELCOME for FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL
• We welcome your learned articles for interested readers, but note we’re not a peer-reviewed journal. See this website, FT archive, for past articles.
For appropriate articles; contact us first, please. See Contact & Contribute webpage on this site.
Substantial articles (over 600 words) - check first if timely, as might be held over; shorter articles/news of 1/2 page or less (up to 600 words), we can usually fit in if recieved by deadline.
• We welcome your learned articles for interested readers, but note we’re not a peer-reviewed journal. See this website, FT archive, for past articles.
For appropriate articles; contact us first, please. See Contact & Contribute webpage on this site.
Substantial articles (over 600 words) - check first if timely, as might be held over; shorter articles/news of 1/2 page or less (up to 600 words), we can usually fit in if recieved by deadline.
We welcome:
• Information about relevant Societies & Institutions & Researchers
• Relevant books announced or reviewed (exceptionally CDs eg traditional singers)
• word limits, per publication: 200 words, more if advertising, or at editor’s discretion
• Songs & tunes collected
• Seasonal Local Celebrations, based on Doc Rowe’s listings, additions welcome
• Conferences & Talks
• Information about relevant Societies & Institutions & Researchers
• Relevant books announced or reviewed (exceptionally CDs eg traditional singers)
• word limits, per publication: 200 words, more if advertising, or at editor’s discretion
• Songs & tunes collected
• Seasonal Local Celebrations, based on Doc Rowe’s listings, additions welcome
• Conferences & Talks
See FTJ: Contact & Contribute webpage on this site
✅ Sending us your SEASONAL LOCAL CELEBRATIONS
- to be listed, simply email your details as below
- Seasonal Local Celebration's name
- Place (town or village etc) & county
- Date
- Optional - more information: - contact details eg name/phone/email; - websites, social media; - more details, up to 40 words
- Additionally - articles on seasonal local celebrations always welcome
- Seasonal Local Celebration's name
We are very grateful to Doc, who has generously provided detailed listings, with photos.
The Doc Rowe Collection Support Group, www.docrowe.org.uk, has been set up to support the Archive of Doc’s unique collection.
We would welcome a volunteer to research/expand this page, as a 1-off or as a regular contributor.
The editors are print editors with limited technical knowledge - a volunteer who could advise how we might better display this material would be welcome.
It's just a copy of the old site, with copies of list as printed, which was then as 2 issues per year: November (to February) + March (to October).
We plan to re-do with lists January to December, and separate colour photos instead of mono-at-side ones.I tried to insert a typed list, rather than copies of as printed, but loses tabs, so not so readable
Can anybody help with how to insert online tables? in which case I would re-do including links where appropriate.
Since from 2026, we have 3 not 2 FTJs a year, this means we have an updated March to June list, above (from FTJ 79, March 2026)
and below, July to October* (part of the Mar-Oct list from FTJ 77, March 2025) * + a few duplicate lines from end-June, at start
and below, July to October* (part of the Mar-Oct list from FTJ 77, March 2025) * + a few duplicate lines from end-June, at start
