Upcoming Events 2025

21st February: St John's Ale

23rd March: Max Crow Reeves "Morris" Book Launch and Crossbones Day of Dance

12th April: Oxford Folk Fetsival

30th April: A Salute to May Day, St Giles Church (With Daisy Rickman, Goblin Band and Tea Leaf)

1st May: Dancing at Dawn on Primrose Hill

Book the Belles!

We are available for performances and workshops at public and private events throughout the year. If your event could use a bit of Morris energy send us an email at bellesoflondoncity@gmail.com

Previously!

2025

25th January: Wassail at the Brunel Museum

18th January: Apple Yowling at the Ferry Boat Inn

10th - 12th January: Whittlesea Straw Bear

2024

26th December: Thaxted Boxing Day

18th December: Westminster Morris Christmas Tour

30th November: Thaxted Ale

2nd November: Belles Ale

12th October: Jockey Morris Day of Dance and Fools and Beasts Convention

28th September: Peterborough Day of Dance

14th September: Love and Beer Festival

14th September: Dartington Day of Dance

5th - 8th September: Bromyard Folk Festival

26th August: Thaxted Bank Holiday Walking Tour

23rd - 25th August: Saddleworth Rushcart

20th August: Croydon Night of Dance

21st July: Soho Village Fete

13th July: Lyme Morris Day of Dance

22nd June: Chelsea Arts Club Summer Ball

31st May - 2nd June: Thaxted Weekend of Dance

24th - 26th May: Margate Dirty Weekend

11th May: Westminster Morris' Day of Dance

1st May: Goblin Band at Moth Club

1st May: Dancing at Dawn on Primrose Hill

27th April: Cambridge Morris Men's 100th Anniversary Day of Dance

2023

15th July: Lyme Morris Day, Lyme Regis

6th July: Hartley Morris Men, Bromley

2nd - 4 June: Thaxted Weekend of Dance

1st May: New Esperance Morris Tour, Islington

1st May: Dancing at Dawn on Primrose Hill

25th February: Tabourers Winter Warmer, Rotherhithe

2022

21st October: St John's Church Ale, Colliers Wood

16th August: Croydon Night of Dance

17th July: Whitstable Dead Horse Ale

10th July: Soho Fete

2nd July: Brighton Day of Dance

2021

21st August: Croydon Night of Dance

5th August: Jubilee Market Celebrations, Covent Garden

22nd September: Morris Federation Day of Dance

30th June: Soho Village Fete

29th June: St Albans Folk Festival Day of Dance

8th June: Harrow Fete

1st June: Lyme Regis Day of Dance

11th May: Askew Road May Madness

1st May: May Day Tour with New Esperance

2018

1st July: Soho Village Fete

9th May: Lyme Regis Day of Dance

2017

17th December: NarnE8 Christmas Market, London Fields

1st October: Women's Day of Dance, London

24th October: Harvest Stomp, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London

1st-3rd September: Lyme Regis Folk Festival

6th August: Covent Garden Market

6th May:Hammersmith Community Gardens Association, London

2014

12th September: Daylight Music 5th Birthday, Union Chapel with Daylight Music

7th September: Tall Ships Festival, Greenwich with Continental Drift

27th August: Big Wednesday - Edwardian Entertainment, Horniman Museum Dulwich

22nd June: Shirley Collins Film Fundraiser, Cafe Oto Dalston

4th May: May Secret Garden Sunday, Royal Horticultural Society, London

10th May: JMO Day of Dance, Cambridge

2013

8th December: Camley Street Natural Park, Princes in the Tower Album Launch

8th November: Ace Hotel, Shoreditch

13th October: Apple Day at Spitalfields City Farm

16th September: King's Place Festival including Folk in a Box

20th July: Daylight Music, Union Chapel, London

7th September: Swanage Folk Festival with Morris On Band

15th September: Kings Place, London

15th June: LUPA Fete, Bethnal Green, London

8th June: London Fields Brewery, Hackney, London

11th May: Sheepdrove Lambing Day, Berkshire

6th May: May Day on The Docks - Museum of London, Docklands, 1pm, 3pm

5th May: "A Fete Worse Than Death" - Shoreditch Street Party, Shoreditch Triangle, London, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm

23rd April: "Portas Pilot Projects" Lower Marsh Street Market Stall, London

2-3rd February: "The Rest Is Noise" festival, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London

2012

29th September: CAMRA Celebration. The Duchess of Cambridge pub, Goldhawk Road, London

25th September: Dance workshop day. Sir John Cass Foundation Primary School, London

28th August: Private Wedding. Glemham Hall, Suffolk

11th August: Cropredy Festival

4th and 6th August: London 2012 Olympics. Olympic Park, Stratford.

31st July: Godiva Awakes. Northampton

12th July: City of London Festival. Liverpool Street Station, London

30th June: British Museum Horse Power Day. British Museum, London

16th June: Summer Fete at Pitzhanger Manor House, Ealing

2nd-3rd June: Hyde Park Jubilee Celebrations

25th May: Tooting Park Summer Fete

12th May: Sheepdrove Lambing Day. Berkshire

7th May: Museum of London May Day Celebration

5th May: Victoria Park re-opening - Victoria Park, Hackney, London

2011

12th December: Michelle and Ellen talk about the Belles on Radio 2 for Stewart Lee's "It's Got Bells On"

12th December: BBC Broadcasting House, London

30th October: The Wheel Hallowe'en Music Fair. Cecil Sharp House, London

3rd September: Wombwell Folk Festival, Barnsley

1st July: Jamie Oliver's Feastival. Clapham Common

23rd -26th June: Glastonbury Festival

1st June: The Bowery Club, London.

30th May: Stewart Lee's Austerity Binge, London South Bank

1 May: Camden Crawl.

23rd April: St George's Day at the Museum of Childhood.

17th April: Wenstock. The Wenlock Arms, London.

1st April: Shepherd's Bush Empire, London (supporting Trembling Bells/The Unthanks)

5th March: ICA, London Kernow in the City

21st January: Celtic Connections, Glasgow (supporting Trembling Bells)

2010

7th November: Bonfestival, Master Shipwright's Palace, Deptford, London

31st October: Hallowe'en Music Fair, The Wheel, Cecil Sharp House, London

30th October: Guests of Shirley Collins at "A Most Sunshiny Day" at Cecil Sharp House, London

15th September: Launch of Nice Green Cafe at Cecil Sharp House, London

10th September: End Of The Road Festival, Larmer Tree Gardens, North Dorset

7th August: Bath Folk Festival

4th August: Guests of Trembling Bells, Shepherds Bush Empire

1st - 6th August: Sidmouth Folk Festival

31st July: Camp Bestival, Lulworth Castle, Dorset

29th - 30th July: Cambridge Folk Festival

25th July: Ealing Global Love Day

23rd - 24th July: Port Eliot Festival

5th July: Shirley Collins' Birthday Party, Lewes

3rd July: Private Party

29th June: Guests of Hammersmith Morris, Kennington, London

27th June: Guests of Cut A Shine, The Hub at Shangri-La, Glastonbury Festival

26th June: Park Stage, Glastonbury Festival

24th June: Guests of Cut A Shine, Club Dada at Shangri-La, Glastonbury Festival

13th June: Richard Thompson's Meltdown, 2.45pm, Royal Festival Hall

7th June: Louis Eliot album launch, Borderline, London

5th June: Guests of Cut A Shine, Moseley Folk Day, MAC, Birmingham

25th May: Guests of Chris Sarjeant, Folk @ The Forge, Camden

19th May: Guests of New Esperance Morris, Founders Arms, South Bank, London

15th May: Guests of Climax Ceilidh Band, London Hilton Metropole

2nd May: Folk Against Fascism, South Bank, London

1st May: Martin Carthy May Day Special, Kit and Cutter, 8pm Deptford.

1st May: Cider Festival, some time between 12pm and 5pm, The Falcon, Clapham North

30th April: Guests of Circulus at Corpus Christi College, Oxford

23rd April: Belles 1st Anniversary dance out, Leadenhall Market 10am, then South Bank, London

18th April: Wenstock, The Wenlock Arms, Wenlock Road, London N1

17th April: Joint Morris Organisations Day of Dance, Bury St Edmunds

5th April: Magpie's Nest Easter Folk Festival, The Old Queen's Head, Essex Road, London

3rd April: Haddenham Ceilidh

27th March: Guests of Nonesuch Morris, Bristol

20th March: Bestival Time Machine at Koko, Mornington Crescent

2009

31st December: South Bank, London

28th December: Bisley Morris Tour, Gloucestershire

20th December: Winter Solstice Barndance and Festival Showcase, Cargo, Rivington Street, Shoreditch

11th December: Museum of British Folklore Fundraiser, Old Boys Hall, Dalston

8th December: Guests of Circulus, Theatre Delicatessen, Regent Street

6th December: Guests of Rob Da Bank, The Lock Tavern, Camden

23rd November: BBC4 Christmas Sessions, Shoreditch Town Hall, Shoreditch

12th November: Guests of Circulus, Borderline, Tottenham Court Road

2nd November: Monday Monday, Wilmington Arms, Rosebery Avenue

22nd October: Ballad of Britain Concert, Cecil Sharp House, Camden

27th September: Autumn Equinox Fair, Cecil Sharp House, Camden

20th September: Mad Cap Village Fete, Folkstone Gardens, Deptford

29th July: Ballad of Britain Book Launch, Cecil Sharp House, Camden

23rd April: Leadenhall Market, for The Mayor of London, City

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