This page is under construction with test teams showing events in August
Sheffield has a very active Morris scene. On thins page you can find out where you can see dancing and how to contact a team.
Dance Calendar
These public performance details have been provided by the following teams: Test animal morris and Test sinister morris. These are made up teams and events in August until real teams are linked in! Occasionally events are cancelled or changed eg outdoor events may be cancelled if weather is very poor. Please check with the team, event or venue before traveling a long way for an event.
Dance Sides
Here is a list of the sides I have been told are currently active in Sheffield. Some of these are based in more that one place but have a substantial presence in Sheffield. Please let me know if any of the information is wrong/ out of date.
Dance sides: These are the active Morris, Rapper, Longsword and Clog sides. Please let me know any updates. For details of where to see these sides performing look at Sheffield Morris Dancers Facebook Group as well as each side’s individual pages. Some of these teams are based only partly in Sheffield.
Cotswold Darlow’s Enigma Morris mixed Five Rivers Morris men Harthill Morris mixed Lord Conyers Morris Men men Pecsætan Morris women Sheffield City Morris 2 sides: men & women | North West Escafeld mixed Liberty Hill women Lizzie Dripping women The Rumworth Morris men Silkstone Greens women Yorkshire Chandelier women |
| Border Boggart’s Breakfast mixed Cutlers Gate mixed | Rapper Black Swan Rapper men Kelham Island Rapper men Last Stripe Rapper mixed Sheffield Steel Rapper women |
| Longsword Grenoside Sword Dancers mixed Handsworth Traditional Sword Dancers mixed Six Jolly Miners mixed SHH male (started by members of five rivers) | Step Clog Rivelin Clog mixed Sheffield Celebrated Clog Dancers mixed Three’s a Crowd mixed |
| Other Mr Fox Folk Factory mixed, various styles 6-11 & 11-18 |
(Updated from a list in James Merryclough’s April 2022 article on tradfolk website. )