May Days - Episode 1 - FOLK

About this episode

Lisa Sykes and Rebecca Frank explore folk festivals and May Day customs while celebrating International Dawn Chorus Day with a birdsong quiz.

Join editor of The Simple Things magazine Lisa Sykes and wellbeing editor Rebecca Frank as they dive into folk festivals, May Day customs, folklore and dancing. And to mark International Dawn Chorus Day (3 May), there’s an (amateur!) birdsong quiz… If you are in the UK, you can try an immediate start subscription to the The Simple Things and receive the current issue straight away. Or buy current and back issues here Thanks to our supporter for this season Titanic Belfast. Find out more and h...

People in this episode

Host: Lisa Sykes

Guest: Rebecca Frank

Topics covered

• folk festivals
• May Day customs
• folklore
• dancing
• birdsong quiz

Keywords

• folk festivals
• May Day
• folklore
• dancing
• birdsong quiz

Sponsors

Titanic Belfast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Simple Things

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