Bygonz

Bygonz
playing at Tretower Court

performances

Bygonz has performed at Baddesley Clinton Manor, Banbury Hobby Horse Festival, various wassails, Berkeley Castle Tudor Festival, Bignor weeds & wildflowers festival, Brockhampton Manor, Charlecote Park, Dovers Cotswold Olimpick Games, Droitwich Royal Charter Day, Galouvielle Festival in Paris, Malvern Priory, Gloucester and St.David's Cathedrals, Ely Eel Day, Gloucester Tall Ships Festival, Hailes Abbey, Llanthony Secunda Priory, Snowshill Manor, St.Annes Well Mediaeval Pageant, Stokesay Castle, Tretower Court, The Three Choirs Festival fringe and York Mystery Plays.

Performances during 2024 include.

***March 31- Brockhampton Tudor Manor ***April 7 Stokesay Castle ***April 21 - Tretower Court ***April 27 - Witchcraft and wonder Festival ***May 4 - Tudor Day at the Folk ***May 11 - EricFest at Redmarley ***May 19 - Brockhampton Tudor Manor ***May 26 - Arbor Day at Aston on Clun ***June 2 - Stokesay Castle ***June 9 - Winterbourne Barn Mediaeval Day ***June 15 - Gloucester Cathedral Quarter event ***June 16 - Tretower Court ***June 21 - International Make Music Day at Hartpury Orchard Centre ***June 22 - Folk in the Orchard *** July 7 - Brockhampton Tudor Manor *** July 19 - Mitcheldean Festival *** July 21 - Tretower Court *** July 29 - Stokesay Castle *** August 25 - Brockhampton Tudor Manor *** September 7 - Gloucester Day Parade *** September 13-14 -Gloucester Heritage Open Days ***September 28 - Caldicot Castle *** October 6 - Winterbourne Barn Orchard Day *** October 12 - Stokesay Castle *** October 19 - The Folk of Gloucester Apple Day *** October 20 - Tretower Court *** November 24 - Brockhampton Christmas Feast ***November 29 - Mitcheldean Lighting Ceremony ***December 21 - Xmas at Tretower Court *** December 22 - Brockhampton Christmas Feast

anglo

Anglo-saxon

Aethelflaed

Aethelflaed
In the procession marking the funeral of Queen Aetheflaed in Gloucester in 918 - click image to see a video


Mediaeval

Winterbourne Mediaeval Barn

Winterbourne Mediaeval Barn
Winterbourne Mediaeval Barn - at the Barn's mediaeval day

St Richard's Festival, Droitwich

St Richard's Festival, Droitwich
celebrating St Richard's miracle in making Droitwich's brine springs flow again in 1249

Gloucester cathedral

Gloucester cathedral
Gloucester cathedral - testing the acoustics in the cloisters (photo and video below from Chris Denham)

Frampton

Frampton
procession as part of the 700th anniversary of the dedication of Frampton church

Tudor

Heritage Open Days

Heritage Open Days
During Heritage Open Days in 2014 we were photobombed!

lampreys

lampreys
Playing at the ancient ceremony where the City of Gloucester presents a lamprey pie to a newly crowned monarch (Charles III 2023)

Fairford

Fairford
emulating the stained glass window at Fairford with English bagpipes and mediaeval triangle

We love making music

We love making music
International Make Music Day with Landlord and Landlady, Peter and Chris at the Yew Tree, Clifford's Mesne

Polifonie

Polifonie
We also play with mulit-instrumentalist Terry Carter in the trio Polifonie. Click on the image to watch a video of Polifonie performing at the wonderful venue of Brockhampton Estate - a tudor house owned by the National Trust

civic duties

civic duties
as guard and crier at the Sheriff's Riding in York

Civil war and Stuart era

Glos Day

Glos Day
The Gloucester Day parade marks the end of the siege of Gloucester in 1643

GLos Day

GLos Day
Gloucester Day 2020. photo courtesy of Mike Smith Photography

Ross-on-Wye

Ross-on-Wye
celbrating John Kyrle's 380th birthday in his knot garden in Ross-on-Wye

3 choirs

3 choirs
Performing on the community bandstand at the three choirs festival in Gloucester

More recent times

Bignor weeds and wildflower festival

Bignor weeds and wildflower festival
Bignor Weeds and Wildflower Festival - Yattleton was a naughty horse !!

Yattleton dances to The Horse's Bransle

Yattleton dances to The Horse's Bransle
Yattleton cavorts at Eric Freeman's Byford's Farm Harvest Home

Dave

Dave
Yattleton with the late and great Dave Blick on the occasion he was presented with the EFDSS Gold Medal for services to folk

Arbucies, Catalunya

Arbucies, Catalunya
William the jig doll and taborer participate in the Festa del Flabiol, Arbucies Catalunya. click for video of the jig doll dancing

apples

apples
Wassail! -click on image for video from Stroud wassail

Arbor Day

Arbor Day
Arbor Day tree dressing and blessing at Aston-on- Clun. For details of the ceremony https://myblog.moonbrookcottagehandspun.co.uk/2022/05/31/arbor-day-tree-dressing-at-aston-on-clun-in-the-shropshire-marches/

lunacy

lunacy
at the Lughnasadh Folk Festival

upton

upton
with Mark and Cathy from Canadian Orange Peel Morris at Upton Folk Festival

quintet

quintet
Playing at Dagy's maypole party in New Zealand with our next two generations of musicians

dovers

dovers
Dovers Cotteswold Olimpick Games on Oak Apple Day 2015

cathedral

cathedral
High Sheriff's concert in Gloucester cathedral

jubilee

jubilee
Jubilee celebration in 2012 at Mitchel Troy. click on the image to see a video

tall ships

tall ships
at Gloucester Tall Ships Festival

pirates

pirates
Gloucester pirate festival = click for video

Civic Trust Golden Jubilee

Civic Trust Golden Jubilee
For the Golden Jubilee, the Gloucester Civic Trust had a parade through the City . Click on the image for a video including the procession

Mitcheldean

Mitcheldean
Mitcheldean Xmas Fair - with a cool backing band !!

mm

mm

pipe and tabor and jig doll