In the modern United States, May Day traditions of dancing around a maypole are seen as the height of innocence. If the first of May has any controversial implications, it’s for the date’s association ...

Jacksonport’s Maifest kicks off the festival season over Memorial Day Weekend, and amidst the music, food and fun is a nod to ...

The May Day domestication of the Beltane celebration and the vital role of the maypole, which the event literally revolves around, veils more than its pagan origins. The history of the maypole ...

Benjamin Hitch-Bramley is urging people to get in touch if they can help their appeal For more than 150 years Gawthorpe's maypole has anchored the village's May Day celebrations. But, with the pole ...

The village of Gawthorpe will stage its time-honoured Maypole Procession on Saturday, May 3, 2025 and the Gawthorpe Maypole Committee is hoping for a bumper entry for the 151 st Gawthorpe Maypole ...

May Day with its special rituals of the Maypole dance and May baskets was a favorite early Tustin celebration. The prettiest and most graceful girls attending Tustin Grammar School were chosen to ...

Dancing days will soon be here again, at least if one state lawmaker has his way. Fresh off of his success in getting an angel investor tax credit through the General Assembly, Rep. Mike Ramone is on ...

May is here, bringing with it more school holidays and bank holidays to look forward to. But before the second of the long weekends at the end of the month, we get May Day — which always falls on the ...