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Have fun with us in historic Peterborough 19th to 21st Sep 2025 at the International Pipe and Tabor Festival with French guest artist Benjamin Melia. Our main events will be based near the station and the Cathedral. Accommodation options include the Park Inn  (various of us are staying there), the 17^th century Bull Hotel, or the Premier Inn City Centre.

On 19th afternoon, we will assemble from 1pm, then from 2pm onwards our Symposium will be on the theme “Origins”. Email Andy Richards at  e-mail if you wish to present a paper or might arrive on 18^th for informal meeting up (coordinated via WhatsApp). There will be a session in the evening of 19th.

On 20th we will have workshops in the morning, then perform around the historic centre with dancing including Peterborough Morris  in the afternoon. Wear taborer costume of your choice, include some red if it works for you, but make sure your colours suit you. In the evening there will be a Concert.  There will be an opportunity for members to perform in this, and the concert will be headlined by international artist Benjamin Melia.

A Pipe and Tabor Beginners’ Workshop will be run during the afternoon.  Gillian will concentrate on teaching people the basics of technique and then send them away with a selection of tunes suitable for learners so they can work on them afterwards. 

There will be more taboring workshops on Sunday morning before fond farewells in the afternoon.

Workshops will include Benjamin Melia teaching taborers music from the Nice area, David Bush on Northumbrian tunes, and Bill Tuck and Barbara Segal on Dances for a Tournament: these may include Danse de Cleves (Brussels), Leggiadra (Domenico) and Prenes a Garde (Gresley)  (15^th century). 

Watch our pipeandtabor.org website as the programme  evolves

Other dates:

Taborers Zoom Session 17th August 2025 4pm-6pm UK time.

Bill Tuck’s Dances for a 15th Century Tournament, 24th August, London – contact Bill for information.

Winter Warmer 6th-8th February 2026, Lancaster and Carlisle.

IPATF 2026 26th-28th June, including playing for the York Mystery Plays on Sun 28th June.

Winter Warmer 2025 – 7-9 February (London, based around St Andrew’s Church, Thornhill Square, N1 1BQ). On 8-Feb, it’s going to include a Tour of Smithfield and St Bartholomew the Great which is a very beautiful medieval church, 5:30pm Morris & Taborers at the Hammerton Brewery, and 7pm a talk by Mike Heaney “Where does Morris Dancing come from?” (with a late medieval focus) at St Andrew’s Church. We also expect to play La Duchess (Gresley), a bodhran style taboring workshop from Bob (Bird) and a 15th century dance workshop including Danse de Cleves from Barbara, see Bill’s v1f outline programme.

IPATF 2025 – 19-21 September (historic Peterborough) – in preparation, save the date!

Zoom Sessions Sunday 06 April 2025, 4pm-6pm UK time.

For T-Shirts and Gillian’s Rhythms booklet – see post immediately below this….

Taborer T-Shirts and other Items –
These are available from Red Bubble here – Profits from the sales will be donated to the Taborers Society. Explore other taborer designs here.

Taboring for Taborers – Rhythms for Pipe and Tabor Players by Gillian Guest.

This booklet is aimed at taborers who are comfortable playing the two instruments together, and who may wish to explore further taboring rhythms.

Price includes postage and packing.  Payment by PayPal preferred  ( £3.95 in UK, ask for overseas postage costs, but only £2 if bought at a TTS event. )

Playing examples can be viewed on the TTS  YouTube site or on gillianguest.blogspot.com

Contact Gillian to purchase the booklet or with any queries.

Visit our Store for Taborer T-Shirts, Other Items and Books

Winter Warmer 2025 – 7-9 February (London, based around St Andrew’s Church, Thornhill Square, N1 1BQ). it’s going to include a Tour of Smithfield and St Bartholomew’s the Great* which is a very beautiful medieval church, and a talk by Mike Heaney “Where does Morris Dancing come from?” (with a late medieval focus). We expect a bodhran style taboring workshop from Bob (Bird) and a 15th century dance workshop including Danse de Cleves from Barbara. Bill’s V1A Outline Programme subject to change especially Sun pm.

IPATF 2025 – 19-21 September (historic Peterborough).

Zoom Sessions 19 Jan 2025, 4pm-6pm UK time.

20th to 22nd Sep 2024 for the International Pipe and Tabor Festival with Spanish guest artist Juanma Sánchez main events, at the Folk in Gloucester ( a wonderful Tudor building).

A Pipe and Tabor Beginners’ Workshop slot can be pre-booked by contacting us, Gillian will concentrate on teaching people the basics of technique and then send them away with a selection of tunes suitable for learners so they can work on them afterwards. 

Watch our pipeandtabor.org website as the draft programme evolves in a Taborers Team Super effort 🙂

Meanwhile, look out for news of Taborers Zoom Sessions – next is Sunday 13 Oct 2024 4pm -6pm UK time.

WINTER WARMER

9 to 11 Feb 2024 in York for a Winter Warmer:

York would be from the evening of Friday 9th February to early afternoon on Sunday 11th. After Friday evening on 15th Century Italian dance, the theme Saturday onwards is Shakespeare “First Folio Masquerade”. The Winter Warmer programme is here – [page] [pdf].

Please let us know if you might be interested in meeting on the 9th in Beverley and seeing the iconography in the Abbey, I suggest a 2:15pm tour of the Abbey (which closes at 4pm,) and visit / play at the Minstrels’ Church beforehand (see the programme).

20th to 22nd Sep 2024 for the International Pipe and Tabor Festival with Spanish guest artist Juanma Sánchez, at the Folk in Gloucester ( a wonderful Tudor building).

A Pipe and Tabor Beginners’ Workshop slot can be pre-booked by contacting us, if you like you can choose Taborers Hunt the Squirrel, or something else from the Taborers Society Youtube.

Meanwhile, we have a Taborers Zoom Session on 10th March 4pm -6pm UK time. – more details here .

15th – 17th September

Have fun with the Taborers in historic Grantham 15th – 17th September 2023 as our International Pipe and Tabor Festival features a Symposium, Workshops, instruments, a Concert, and processing and performing with morris and early dance. (Above is a crazy clip from our little procession in Rotherhithe).

The programme is exciting,  accommodation options are here, do let us know if you are coming!

Winter Warmer 2023

24-26 February – Rotherhithe, London

The Taborers Society winter festival – workshops

More details /…

Winter Warmer (Rotherhithe) : 24th to 26th February 2023

International Pipe and Tabor Festival (Grantham): 15th to 17th September 2023

17th to 19th June

Have fun with the Taborers in historic York 17th-19th June as our International Pipe and Tabor Festival takes in a Symposium, Workshops, a Concert, and playing for the York Mystery Plays.
The programme is exciting, do let us know if you are coming!

Have fun taboring in the historic centre of Guildford 29th & 30th April 2022, in our Guildford Gathering based around the Summerpole celebration first seen in Guildford in Tudor times.