Friends

There are a number of local (and not-so-local) sides that we often dance with at various points throughout the year and who we heartily recommend you stop and watch for a while whether you happen to stumble across them or the other way around. This list is not yet complete, so we’ll have no churlish heckling from those sides not yet mentioned in the meantime!

We always welcome new or experienced dancers and musicians, but if you’re not local and are looking for a Morris side close to where you live, you can also visit the Morris Federation’s Side Finder to help locate your nearest team.

	Beetlecrushers Clog and step dance group performing at folk festivals, with other dance sides outside pubs, on a village green or in a village hall all over the country.
	Coton Morris Men Alleged experts in the least stealthy of the martial arts, hailing from somewhere east of the Avon, quite near somewhere called Cambridge.
	Dr Turberville's Morris The Turbs are fond of their penguins. It's something to do with the Falkland Islands apparently. However, their hometown is in the deepest depths of Crewkerne in Somerset.
	Ely and Littleport Riot A Fenland women’s morris side who perform traditional and original dances in the Border style. Also hailing from somewhere east of the Avon, quite near somewhere called Cambridge.
	Holt Morris Holt Morris are a traditional Cotswold Morris side based in Holt, Wiltshire. They have established both a countrywide and international reputation for fun, frivolity and a unique dance style.
	Mr Wilkins Shilling North-west clog morris side based in Bath. They dance at home and abroad at folk festivals, fetes, charity events and weddings and have strong links with folk-dance sides in France and Finland.
	Pigsty Morris Dance group based in Bishopston, Bristol. Their dances are lively and energetic, designed to entertain and attract an audience, with their roots in traditional English Morris dancing.
	Rag Morris Rag Morris is a mixed morris dance team attached to the University of Bristol. They have a wide repertoire of dances, mainly in the Cotswold style but perform wearing traditional Border Morris kit.
	Somerset Morris Our friends and neighbours Somerset Morris are a ladies Cotswold Morris side who practice on Thursday nights two miles down the road in the village of Marksbury.
	Winterbourn Down Border Morris Winterbourn Down Border Morris is a dance side for men and women based just north-east of Bristol. They have an extensive band as well as dancers and often appear at Priston events.