FW, the Folklife West magazine. includes the Folklife Traditions pages,
​for which this website was set up

Webpages on this site->

' FT ' : The Folklife Traditions pages in our Folklife West magazine include articles and news.
​   In Oct 2018, FQ, Folklife Quarterly magazine,
reverted to its previous title, FW, Folklife West, and is now printed 3 times a year, from Jan 2019.
   Page-header: Calennig [see photos foot of page].
   FW header, photo Minehead Hobby Horse © Sam Simmons. 
   FT header, our logo,  © Chris Beaumont;  morris dancers © Annie Jones; from The Roots Of Welsh Border Morris (Dave Jones). 

FT ~ Folklife Traditions
including the detailed online Folklife Traditions Directory

An online archive of the articles and other material in the Folklife Traditions pages in the Folklife West print magazine

www.folklife-traditions.uk

Very occasionally,  using  ​www.folklife-traditions.uk fails to redirect to this actual site.
Therefore, we suggest you bookmark the real URL:  https://folklife-traditions.weebly.com/​

From Folklife, publishers of FW: the Folklife West magazine

Our main website, www.folklife.org.uk, covers folk news etc in FW.

This is a separate guide to the online archive of the articles and other material in the Folklife Traditions pages in the Folklife West print magazine.
Folklife, publishers of Folklife West -- printed, and this copied online.
c.52 A4 printed pages, always containing Folklife Traditions News & Articles; and,
from our Members, • Folk News • 100s of Directory Listings; Festival Diary; Workshop Diary

✪ PUBLICATION DATES, deadlines ✪     ✪ JAN, deadline 19 Nov ✪ MAY, 19 Mar ✪ SEPT, 19 Jul ✪

Funded solely by membership, advertising, and the editors.
Your Members' folk news & listings, published 3 times a year - do join us, Membership is only £15 a year !
FOLKLIFE-FW page  for more details of Folklife Membership and advertising details.

About Folklife Traditions pages, in FW

FW, the Folklife West magazine, has 3 sections
  1. Folk News from our Members, Clubs & Venues, Performers, Services, Festival & Workshop Diary - copied to www.folklife.org.uk
  2. Listings, from our online Directory - www.folklife-directory.uk
  3. FT -- Folklife Traditions pages, this website; summary below
FW includes these FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS pages, and we have a large online ARCHIVE
● Articles
● Song, tune, & notes
● Talks & Conferences
● Folklife listings
● Publications announced
● Folklife Institutions: intro., notes, articles, news
● Seasonal Celebrations: list with photos by Doc Rowe, and other contributions
On this website:  
  • Archive of all issues, plus index for each issue.
  • Links to individual FT issues (downloads) from this site.
  • Older online FT facsimiles (A4) are on our FT e-magazine website, https://issuu.com/traditions-uk  This is no longer updated.
  • Folklife Traditions Directory
  • See also (on this site) about your contributions to FT

And we have a detailed online Folklife Traditions Directory on this site:

the 'Folklife Traditions' listings, Lists 7 to 9, (open to all, you do not have to be a Folklife Member for these FT entries)

A brief introduction page, Folklife Traditions Directory, includes any recent updates.
​Updates are also copied to the 3 individual pages, links below, and printed in the FT pages in the Folklife West magazine.
List 7: Folklife Societies:
Associations, Trusts, Organisations
        • A1-A2, general •  A3-A13, specific
A.1     General: National Societies
A.2    General: Regional and Local Societies
A.3    Cerdd Dant Societies
A.4    Folk Song Societies
A.5    Folk Music Societies
A.6    Folk Dance Societies
A.7    Folk Drama Societies
A.8    Folklore Societies
A.9    Storytelling Societies
A.10  Oral History Societies
A.11   Language & Dialect Societies
A.12  Folk Life Generally - Societies
A.13  Folk Life Specific Groups
• Yahoo web discussion groups are under appropriate [A.] category
List 8:
Folklife Studies & Institutions
          § specialist folklife institutions, or general
Fs.1   Researchers and Authors
Fs.2   Lecturers and Speakers
Fs.3   Archives §
Fs.4   Museums§
Fs.5   Libraries §
Fs.6   Academic Courses & Research
Fs.7   Music Publishers / Recording Companies
Fs.8   Print Book Publishers & Booksellers
Fs.9   Print Journals
Fs.10 Online Resources (websites, & blogs with articles)
List 9:
Seasonal Local Celebrations  This covers the full year, online.
Also, in FW, every issue, we print the current 4-month period, with photos and notes.
Additional information for Wales on www.bywyd-gwerin.cymru, our Wales Folklife online Directory,
​including articles on Seasonal Celebrations
We also have a detailed online Directory, on folklife-directory.uk, Lists 1-6, from Folklife Members only, are on that website, a summary of what's covered appears on the " [ Folklife's Directory ]' page on this site.
Exploring Folklore Weekend 2017, at Halsway Manor, Somerset
  • Making Calennig - diolch Pat!
  • The Black Dog, from Devon, brought by Mark Norman
  • Mari Lwyd, from Llantrisant, brought by Pat Smith & Ned Clamp​
​Photos © Sam Simmons