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Day of Morris Dancing in Totnes, Saturday 13 September 2025

Dartington Morris are again planning to host an annual Day of Morris Dancing in Totnes, on Saturday 13 September 2025.

Here's a printable A4 poster - feel free to print and display!

The full schedule for the day is now available as a printable A4 PDF document.

We will be joined by guest Morris sides from the Open Morris, Morris Federation, and Morris Ring, from Devon, Cornwall and Essex.

We will start at 10:30am and finishing at around 4:15pm, with a variety of Morris dance styles on display around the town centre.

The following fourteen sides have confirmed that they will be joining us:

  • Belles of London City from London (Cotswold)
  • Beltane Border Morris (Border)
  • Glory of the West (Cotswold)
  • Lodestone Border Morris
  • Newton Bushel (Cotswold)
  • Old Town Twelves
  • Otter Morris (Border)
  • Plymouth Clog (North-West Clog dancers)
  • Plymouth Morris (Cotswold)
  • Thaxted Morris from Essex (Cotswold)
  • The WAD from Cornwall
  • Trigg Morris from Cornwall (Cotswold)
  • Tywardreath Morris from Cornwall (Cotswold)

together with the host side, Dartington Morris.

Dancing will take place at various locations in the town (space permitting), including the Plains, Vire Island, St Mary's church, Guildhall and Rotherfold. We will visit the Bay Horse Inn, the King William IV and the day will finish on the Plains, centred on the Dartmouth Inn. 

There is expected to be music and song aplenty at our pub stops!

If you need any further information, please email Martin the Bagman.

Event calendar

2026
Date Title
Sat 18 Apr King John weekend
Fri 1 May 5:30am May Day morning, Totnes Castle
Fri 1 May 7:30pm May Day evening, Harberton
Fri 8 May 7:30pm Totnes Town Tour
Sat 16 May Glory of the West DoD
Fri 22 May 7:30pm Dolphin Inn, Newton Ferrers
Sat 30 May Exeter Morris Day of Dance
Fri 5 Jun 8:00pm Monks retreat, Broadhempston
Fri 12 Jun 8:00pm Union Inn, Denbury
Sat 20 Jun Teignmouth Folk Festival
Sat 4 Jul Ilfracombe weekend of dance
Fri 10 Jul 8:00pm Dartmouth town tour
Sat 18 Jul 10:30am Brutus Celebration Day, Totnes
Fri 24 Jul 8:00pm Church House Inn, Holne
Sat 1 Aug 11:00am Sidmouth Folk Festival
Thu 6 Aug 7:30pm Stokeinteignhead with Beltane
Fri 14 Aug 7:30pm Ivybridge Brewery tap room
Wed 19 Aug 7:30pm Pack Horse Inn, South Brent with Plymouth Morris
Sat 22 Aug 2:00pm Torre Abbey Summer Fayre
Fri 28 Aug 7:30pm Salcombe town tour
Sat 5 Sep Dartmoor Border Morris 25th birthday day of dance
Sat 12 Sep 10:30am Dartington Day of Dance
Sat 19 Sep 11:00pm Totnes Heritage Day
Sun 20 Sep Buckfastleigh Orchard Millennium Green event
Sun 4 Oct 1:00pm Morris Recruiting Workshop
Sat 14 Nov Dartington Autumn Ale
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