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
Saturday 5th April
Nottingham Tram Ale
Nottingham, various pubs, 12:00-17:00
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Saturday June (Afternoon)
Lambeth Parish TBC
Lambeth Palace, London
Dancing in the grounds of Lambeth Palace.
And drinking Pimms.
Saturday October(Afternoon)
Greenwich
End of Season Tour
12:00 Cutty Sark Gardens
12:45 The Old Brewery
13:30 Trafalgar Tavern
14:15 The Star of Greenwich
15:00 The Morden Arms
15:45 The Ashburnham Arms
Saturday November TBC
Blackheath Xmas Lights Switch On
June
Ladywell Summer Fete TBC procession
Dancing in the grounds of Ladywell Park
Sunday 22nd June (Afternoon)
14:30
Culverley Green Residents association fete
Thursday 26th December (Afternoon)
Boxing Day Tour
Blackheath, South East London
The triumphant return of the Boxing Day tour.
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
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.