We are the Blackheath Morris Men and it’s traditional to start each dance with a joke…
We’re Blackheath Morris from south-east London and we are a fine body of men (and Jill and Stella). We are available to perform at just about any event that you care to mention - in the past we have danced at the Olympic Games Closing Ceremony, at rock festivals, in the Red Sea and outside Woolworths in Lewisham on several occasions.
Want to book us? Contact details below.
Want to join Blackheath Morris?
We are a men’s Cotswold Morris Dancing Side, and we welcome new members any time of year (dancers or musicians). We’ll teach you the dances, and no previous experience is necessary. Bring your own jokes.
We practise on Thursday evenings - details below. Get in touch first in case we are dancing out somewhere. Or just turn up at the pub, worst case you can have a nice quiet pint.
What else?
We like to finish each joke with a dance. Sometimes we sing songs about ships, ladies, rum or eggs. Sometimes we have drinking practice, it’s hard work you know.
Diary of Events 2025
Monday 21st April (Easter Monday)
Easter Chair Lifting
Greenwich
The launch of our Dancing Season, wandering around Greenwich, and lifting people up in a decorated chair for some obscure reason.
12.00 - Cutty Sark Gardens
13.00 - The Old Brewery
14:00 - The Trafalgar Tavern
15.00 - Outside the Greenwich Tavern
16.00- Final Dance outside The Ashburnham Arms
Summer Local Tours
Watch this space! (and Facebook)
Saturday 5th April
Nottingham Tram Ale
Nottingham, various pubs, 12:00-17:00
Saturday 4th October (Afternoon)
Greenwich
End of Season Tour
12:00 Cutty Sark Gardens
13:00 The Old Brewery
14:00 Trafalgar Tavern
15:00 The Morden Arms
16:00 The Ashburnham Arms
Saturday 29th November (TBC)
Blackheath Xmas Lights Switch On
Thursday 26th June
Jamie’s Birthday Tour of Blackheath/Old Dover Road
British Oak, Old Dover Road 19.00
Royal Standard, Vanbrugh Park 20.00
Green Goddess, Vanbrugh Park 21.00
Timings are all morris time (i.e. approximate)
Friday 26th December (Afternoon)
Boxing Day Tour
Blackheath, South East London
A bracing afternoon of dancing around various Blackheath Pubs, followed by tunes.
The return of a great tradition.
13.00 - The Princess of Wales
13.45 - The Crown
Sunday 27th April
Local Tour with our friends Quaggy Morris
Blackheath Morris after Easter Lifting, Easter Monday 2023
Give it a go - see below!
Get in touch first in case we’re dancing out or have been arrested (again). Aside from ‘official’ events in the diary, we sometimes do local pub tours on a Thursday evening.