Trad Arts Team
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The Trad Arts Team runs performance & training events in the Midlands relating to traditional song, music, storytelling and dance
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Arts & Minds Campaign's latest research shows that the government has a long way to go to fully restore the status of the arts in schools. Despite the scrapping of the EBacc, only 7% of heads plan to increase the time spent on arts subjects in the next 2 years.
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Restoring The Value Of Arts Subjects: Investment And Further Reform Is Needed, Say School Leaders - Arts & Minds Campaign
Arts & Minds | Putting Creativity At The Heart of The Curriculum
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December 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Arts & Minds Campaign's latest research shows that the government has a long way to go to fully restore the status of the arts in schools. Despite the scrapping of the EBacc, only 7% of heads plan to increase the time spent on arts subjects in the next 2 years.
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bit.ly/48QzAJo
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Arts & Minds | Putting Creativity At The Heart of The Curriculum
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December 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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The arts champion on his quest to preserve our disappearing craft traditions – and the scarecrow painting that left him in tears: bit.ly/44UcoJ6
James Fox: ‘The crafts are always revived in times of crisis’ | The Observer
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December 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The arts champion on his quest to preserve our disappearing craft traditions – and the scarecrow painting that left him in tears: bit.ly/44UcoJ6
come and join us on Saturday - there will be lots of goodies for sale, also refreshments and music to entertain you while you browse!
Kings Heath Christmas Art Market is on Saturday 29th November 12-4pm at All Saints Centre.
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
come and join us on Saturday - there will be lots of goodies for sale, also refreshments and music to entertain you while you browse!
Kings Heath Christmas Art Market is on Saturday 29th November 12-4pm at All Saints Centre.
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Kings Heath Christmas Art Market is on Saturday 29th November 12-4pm at All Saints Centre.
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‘It’s a natural reaction to how people perceive things to be going, the multiple crises people seeing are unfolding around them.’ Our @davidwclarke.bsky.social speaks to @nowthenmag.bsky.social about the importance of folklore in times like these, plus the National Folklore Survey
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
‘It’s a natural reaction to how people perceive things to be going, the multiple crises people seeing are unfolding around them.’ Our @davidwclarke.bsky.social speaks to @nowthenmag.bsky.social about the importance of folklore in times like these, plus the National Folklore Survey
On Wednesday 19 Nov come along to Birmingham Storytelling Cafe at the Kitchen Garden Cafe in Kings Heath to hear Sarah Dovey with tales of Dionysus. Tickets from wegottickets.com/event/681354
Storytelling Cafe
Madness, Merry Making and Liberation – Tales of Dionysus
Dionysus is a God of many facets. Some may know him as the God of wine and merrymaking and it’s not hard to see why that has become one of his...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
On Wednesday 19 Nov come along to Birmingham Storytelling Cafe at the Kitchen Garden Cafe in Kings Heath to hear Sarah Dovey with tales of Dionysus. Tickets from wegottickets.com/event/681354
On Saturday 15 Nov come to Kings Heath Community Centre for a special Art Market - packed with 40+ stalls of local art, prints, ceramics and more. facebook.com/events/11543...
#KingsHeathArtMarket #SupportLocal #BirminghamArtists
#KingsHeathArtMarket #SupportLocal #BirminghamArtists
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
On Saturday 15 Nov come to Kings Heath Community Centre for a special Art Market - packed with 40+ stalls of local art, prints, ceramics and more. facebook.com/events/11543...
#KingsHeathArtMarket #SupportLocal #BirminghamArtists
#KingsHeathArtMarket #SupportLocal #BirminghamArtists
Find out about all our November events including a bunch of music workshops and two Art Markets!
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Trad Arts Team News, November 2025
Autumn leaves are falling and a chill wind is blowing round the streets but you can be sure of a warm welcome at the events in our November programme. This month sees the launch of a community tak…
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October 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Find out about all our November events including a bunch of music workshops and two Art Markets!
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We believe it is in the best interest of the organisation to make this bold change, and that the proposed new name, Folk England, presents an inclusiveness and diversity of England today, embracing the past, and signalling loud and clear that we are open to everyone.
www.efdss.org/about-us/wha...
www.efdss.org/about-us/wha...
Online voting is now open for the proposed name change to Folk England
Online voting is now open for the proposed name change to Folk England
In June, we announced to members of the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) that we are proposing a name change for the o...
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October 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
We believe it is in the best interest of the organisation to make this bold change, and that the proposed new name, Folk England, presents an inclusiveness and diversity of England today, embracing the past, and signalling loud and clear that we are open to everyone.
www.efdss.org/about-us/wha...
www.efdss.org/about-us/wha...
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Our friends at the Traditional Song Forum are calling for papers on Women in Folk Song.
Get all the details here: tradsong.org/tsf-spring-c...
Get all the details here: tradsong.org/tsf-spring-c...
October 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Our friends at the Traditional Song Forum are calling for papers on Women in Folk Song.
Get all the details here: tradsong.org/tsf-spring-c...
Get all the details here: tradsong.org/tsf-spring-c...
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The National Youth Folk Ensemble have released an EP!
Some tunes are traditional, others were created by tutors or ensemble members; all have been developed by the members of the National Youth Folk Ensemble under Artistic Director Jo Freya @jofreya.bsky.social
soundcloud.com/efdss-1/sets...
Some tunes are traditional, others were created by tutors or ensemble members; all have been developed by the members of the National Youth Folk Ensemble under Artistic Director Jo Freya @jofreya.bsky.social
soundcloud.com/efdss-1/sets...
National Youth Folk Ensemble - Cohort 9 (2025)
Tracks created by the National Youth Folk Ensemble 2024/25 and recorded in August 2025. Some tunes are traditional, others were originally created by tutors or ensemble members; all have been develope
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October 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The National Youth Folk Ensemble have released an EP!
Some tunes are traditional, others were created by tutors or ensemble members; all have been developed by the members of the National Youth Folk Ensemble under Artistic Director Jo Freya @jofreya.bsky.social
soundcloud.com/efdss-1/sets...
Some tunes are traditional, others were created by tutors or ensemble members; all have been developed by the members of the National Youth Folk Ensemble under Artistic Director Jo Freya @jofreya.bsky.social
soundcloud.com/efdss-1/sets...
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How does Rosie Hodgson of The Wilderness Yet warm up for a tongue-twisting song?
🎧 Hear more in our new episode, out now: pod.fo/e/33eccc
🎧 Hear more in our new episode, out now: pod.fo/e/33eccc
October 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
How does Rosie Hodgson of The Wilderness Yet warm up for a tongue-twisting song?
🎧 Hear more in our new episode, out now: pod.fo/e/33eccc
🎧 Hear more in our new episode, out now: pod.fo/e/33eccc
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We're off to Lincolnshire in search of the Devil with Carol Dawson, @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and the Melrose Quartet and @musicheritageplace.bsky.social in tonight's Song Detectorists on Radio 3 at 9.45pm. Lovely production, as ever, by @natalie-steed.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
We're off to Lincolnshire in search of the Devil with Carol Dawson, @nancyannfolk.bsky.social and the Melrose Quartet and @musicheritageplace.bsky.social in tonight's Song Detectorists on Radio 3 at 9.45pm. Lovely production, as ever, by @natalie-steed.bsky.social
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Broadside Day 2026: Call for Papers.
We are inviting proposals of 20-minute presentations for the next Broadside Day conference, this time held at @sheffielduni.bsky.social with @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social
Deadline for submissions 1 December 2025
Find out more: bit.ly/3J47SQI
We are inviting proposals of 20-minute presentations for the next Broadside Day conference, this time held at @sheffielduni.bsky.social with @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social
Deadline for submissions 1 December 2025
Find out more: bit.ly/3J47SQI
October 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Broadside Day 2026: Call for Papers.
We are inviting proposals of 20-minute presentations for the next Broadside Day conference, this time held at @sheffielduni.bsky.social with @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social
Deadline for submissions 1 December 2025
Find out more: bit.ly/3J47SQI
We are inviting proposals of 20-minute presentations for the next Broadside Day conference, this time held at @sheffielduni.bsky.social with @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social
Deadline for submissions 1 December 2025
Find out more: bit.ly/3J47SQI
Monthly Art Market this Saturday 18th Oct from 12-4pm at All Saints Centre in Kings Heath. Music from Mad Moll and refreshments on sale.
October 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Monthly Art Market this Saturday 18th Oct from 12-4pm at All Saints Centre in Kings Heath. Music from Mad Moll and refreshments on sale.
On Wednesday 15 October come along to the Kitchen Garden Cafe in Kings Heath Birmingham for Halloween storytelling from the Cafe Crew - tickets from wegottickets.com/event/677539/
Storytelling Cafe
As Halloween approaches, Storytelling Café takes a spooky turn with tales of ghosts, ghouls and goblins. Join them if you dare, as the Café Crew seek to send a shiver down your spine with some darker ...
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October 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
On Wednesday 15 October come along to the Kitchen Garden Cafe in Kings Heath Birmingham for Halloween storytelling from the Cafe Crew - tickets from wegottickets.com/event/677539/
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 Stars in The Morning Star for the Black British Folk Takeover at @cecilsharphouse.bsky.social ! Huge thanks to Steve Johnson & all the love 🖤 Read it here: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/blac...
Black folk takeover
Black British Folk TakeoverCecil Sharp House★★★★★Despite folk music’s association with protest there is a perception that its performers and audiences are overwhelmingly white. However folk music is r...
morningstaronline.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 Stars in The Morning Star for the Black British Folk Takeover at @cecilsharphouse.bsky.social ! Huge thanks to Steve Johnson & all the love 🖤 Read it here: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/blac...
On Wednesday 17 Sept join @bhamstory to hear Chris
Davies going medieval at the wonderful @KitchenGarden3 - more details at www.facebook.com/events/10743...
Davies going medieval at the wonderful @KitchenGarden3 - more details at www.facebook.com/events/10743...
September 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
On Wednesday 17 Sept join @bhamstory to hear Chris
Davies going medieval at the wonderful @KitchenGarden3 - more details at www.facebook.com/events/10743...
Davies going medieval at the wonderful @KitchenGarden3 - more details at www.facebook.com/events/10743...
The cafe will be selling refreshments, and there will be music from Mad Moll. Hope to see you there!
These include the Art Market at All Saints Centre on Saturday 16 August www.facebook.com/events/14062...
August 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The cafe will be selling refreshments, and there will be music from Mad Moll. Hope to see you there!
These include the Art Market at All Saints Centre on Saturday 16 August www.facebook.com/events/14062...
August 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
These include the Art Market at All Saints Centre on Saturday 16 August www.facebook.com/events/14062...
We don't have many events in August but there are a few listed at tradartsteam.co.uk/2025/08/02/t...
Trad Arts Team News, August 2025
As people head for the hills or the beaches or the festivals, many local events are set aside as we all enjoy ourselves elsewhere. However there is still stuff going on, so do join us if you …
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August 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We don't have many events in August but there are a few listed at tradartsteam.co.uk/2025/08/02/t...
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Traditional Tunes and Popular Airs two-day conference, will bring together researchers working on ‘traditional’ and ‘popular’ tunes in all manner of musical styles, levels of society, historical periods, and locations
Sat 8 & Sun 9 Nov
Cecil Sharp House, London
Book your place now
bit.ly/455kK1
Sat 8 & Sun 9 Nov
Cecil Sharp House, London
Book your place now
bit.ly/455kK1
August 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Traditional Tunes and Popular Airs two-day conference, will bring together researchers working on ‘traditional’ and ‘popular’ tunes in all manner of musical styles, levels of society, historical periods, and locations
Sat 8 & Sun 9 Nov
Cecil Sharp House, London
Book your place now
bit.ly/455kK1
Sat 8 & Sun 9 Nov
Cecil Sharp House, London
Book your place now
bit.ly/455kK1