Promoting folk dance and song in Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland

Promoting folk dance, song and music in
Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland and the surrounding area

Representing local members of the
English Folk Dance and Song Society

Publicise your club and folk activities on this website.
Click on Contact Us to submit details of events, meetings and news
or to promote your services on this site as a caller, musician or a band

Publication of the District Newsletter ceased after the April 2012 issue.
Please email the webmaster if you like us to send you emails ifrom time to time to tell you what’s new on this website and to keep you in touch with the latest news of folk activities in and around our area.

BOOK NOW for the 2012 RUTLAND DANCE WEEKEND
Friday 7, Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 September
English Country, Scottish Country and International dancing
Workshops, dances and ceilidh - all great fun
Come for the whole weekend of just part of it
All in aid of THE RAINBOWS CHILDREN’S HOSPICE

click here for details and application form
 (two sides of A4 for printing back-to back and folding)
or phone: Doris Buchanan, 0116 2415857

Dancing in the Cottesmore Community Hall immediately behind the Sun Inn LE15 7DH

BUY TICKETS NOW for the LEICESTER PLAYFORD BALL
7.30 - 11.00 pm on Saturday, 13 October
at Braunstone Civic Centre, Leicester, LE3 2PP
MC. Alan Davies  Music by Stradivarious

click here for details, programme and application form
(two sides of A4 for printing back-to back and folding)
or phone: Keith Oughton, 0116 2387385

OR go to the Buy Tickets page to buy on-line

Date Added

What’s new on this website

1 May 2012

Added information to the What’s On page about Elmesthorpe FDC’s May Hoedown on 12 May 2012 and Rutland FDC’s Strawberries and Cream evening on 1 June and Diamond Jubilee Street Party Celebration on 8 June 2012

22 Apr 2012

Added information to the What’s On page about the Norwich Assembly Ball on 17 November 2012

21 Apr 2012

Added information to the What’s On page about Tiltonbury - live music and entertainment at the Rose & Crown in Tilton on the Hill on 16 June 2012

11 Apr 2012

Updated the Maypole page with more information about “joining in” events in the next few months

30 Mar 2012

Added information to the What’s On page about:
‘The Rites of Spring’ celebration of folk custom, music and dance at Leicester’s Guildhall on 6 May;
the Rushden Playford Ball on 6 October 2012;
the EFDSS District Christmas Mix Tea Dance on 1 December.
and updated the Maypole page with details of some events in 2012

28 Mar 2012

Click here to see the latest District Newsletter (April 2012) - also accessible from the News page

24 Mar 2012

Click here to see the Loughborough Folk Club’s 2012 Summer Programme. See also the Loughborough club’s entry on the Dance Clubs page.

3 Mar 2012

The 2012 Leicestershire and Rutland Folk AGM will be at 7.30pm on Monday, 10 September, at the Memorial Hall Glenfield; see the What’s On page

25 Feb 2012

Added information to the What’s On page about Rutland Annual Feast on 16 March 2012

14 Feb 2012

Dancing will continue at Glenfield on selected Mondays from April thought to July. See Dance Clubs page for dates

This page last updated on 17 May, 2012