Annual Events 2024
The Snowdrops are in full bloom and that of course means that it’s that time of the year when I begin the task of updating the list of annual events that feature The Traditional Jack-in-the-Green and The Green Man throughout the UK.
The full list is HERE and I will be updating it regularly. Confirmations of events are beginning to come in thick and fast. You will find links to each events own website or Facebook page on our annual events page so that you can check details on times and locations.
Please do get in touch if you are an organiser or follower of a particular event and can confirm that it is going ahead and I will ensure that I promote your event within these pages.
If you are new to these pages and are wondering just what on earth a Jack in the Green is then your whistle stop tour of the history of the Traditional Jack in the Green can be found right HERE.
And everything that you need to know about the modern revived Jacks can be found HERE
My thanks to Hugh Lawrence for permission to use his wonderful picture of last years Bristol Jack in the Green above.
Yaxley Jack-in-the-Green 2013
I’m delighted to confirm that the Yaxley Jack-in-the-Green was spotted at 11am today (Saturday 18th May) parading through the village of Yaxley from Great Drove, along Main Street and up Middletons Road to the recreation ground. Jack was accompanied by Sap-Engro and Copperface as well as an attendant wearing the original Ancient Order of the Foresters sash, worn in the village’s parades in the nineteenth and early twentieth century and a host of boggarts – the mischievous imps of Fenland lore. Photographs should follow soon.
The Yaxley Jack-in-the-Green is the 14th confirmed Jack-in-the-Green to go out this year. The others are: Winchcombe, Deptford/Greenwich, Bluebell Hill/Rochester, Lands End, Oxford, Guildford, Bristol, Knutsford, Highworth, Hastings, Whitstable, Ilfracombe and Brentham.
I’m still waiting for confirmation that the Tunbridge Wells, High Wycombe and the City of London Jacks went out this year. I would love to hear from anyone who sighted these Jacks and would be very grateful for any pictures for our archives, please contact me at greenman@virgin.net
I’m also still trying to get hold of photos of the following Jacks: Bluebell Hill/Rochester, Highworth, Ilfracombe and Oxford. If anybody has pictures they could kindly send me or could put me in touch with someone who can I would be very grateful, it would be great to be able to publish pictures of every Jack of 2013.
If anyone knows of any other Jacks I may have missed I would love to hear about them. The Beltane Bash Bash event didn’t take place again this year but the Pagan Pride Parade looks like it will take place in August. I would be grateful if anyone taking part in the parade who is aware of a Jack-in-the-Green participating would get in touch.
More information and links to any available websites for events can be found on our events page at:
Highworth Jack-in-the-Green 2011
Highworth Jack-in-the-Green April 30th 2011 Copyright © Kay Brown
The Highworth Jack-in-the-Green visited Highworth in Wiltshire on the 30th April 2011 and joined the festivities of the medieval market
Jacks-in-the-Green 2010
This year at least fourteen Jacks-in-the-Green were awoken and paraded through the streets (or woodlands) of England. These included the following:
- Oxford Jack-in-the-Green
- Whitstable Jack-in-the-Green
- Rochester Jack-in-the-Green
- Hastings Traditional Jack-in-the-Green
- Deptford Jack-in-the-Green
- City of London Jack-in-the-Green
- Bristol Jack in the Green
- Ilfracombe Jack-in-the-Green
- Knutsford Jack-in-the-Green
- Brentham Jack-in-the-Green
- London Jack-in-the-Green (Beltane Bash)
- Highworth Jack-in-the-Green
- High Wycombe Jack-in-the-Green
- And a Jack in private woodlands in Sussex
If anyone knows of any we have missed please let us know at greenman@virgin.net
Jack-in-the-Green Awakens!
The Bristol Jack in the Green
Less than a week to go before Jack-in-the-Green awakens across Britain. Don’t miss out on this wonderful and magical annual tradition, go out and support your nearest Jack and then send us in your pictures and experiences of the event to share with others. I’m going to see the Hastings Jack on Monday this year, so if you spot a tall bloke with a green man T-shirt and a camera ask him if he’s me. If he is he might just buy you a drink! Details and links to the websites of each Jack (if available) are detailed below:
Bristol Jack in the Green Saturday 1st May 2010
The Bristol Jack in the Green appears on the first Saturday in May starting from the historic Harbourside (outside the Arnolfini) and leads a magical procession through the streets of Bristol eventually ending the day on Horfield Common where he dies to release the spirit of summer. For pictures of the 2009 Bristol Jack in the Green visit our flickr site
Bristol Jack in the Green
Rochester Sweeps Festival and Jack-in-the-Green
The Rochester Sweeps festival still has a Jack in the Green Ceremony where the Jack is awoken on Blue Bell Hill on May Morning and is paraded through the streets during the three day festival attended by hundreds of Morris Teams
Rochester Sweeps Festival
Hasting Jack-in-the-Green Festival April 30th – 3rd May 2010
The Hastings Jack-in-the-Green festival was revived by Keith Leech in 1983 and is now one of the biggest annual gatherings of Morris Dancers in the country. The Jack is “released” every year and is central to the festival.
Hastings Jack-in-the-Green Festival
Deptford Jack-in-the-Green May 1st 2010
The Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green goes out on the streets of South East London or the City of London every May Day
Deptford Jack in the Green
Brentham May Day and Jack-in-the-Green
Brentham has a big celebration every May which includes a Jack in the Green
Brentham Jack in the Green
Knutsford May Day and Jack-in-the-Green
May Day in Knutsford is celebrated over the May Bank holiday weekend. The main focus is the May Queen but there is a Jack in the Green
Knutsford Jack in the Green
City of London Jack-in-the-Green
The City of London Jack-in-the-Green appears in the City on May Day
City of London Jack in the Green
Oxford Jack-in-the-Green
A Jack in the Green who appears in Oxford on May Day
Oxford Jack in the Green
Whitstable Jack-in-the-Green
Oyster Morris organise the Whitstable Jack
Whitstable Jack in the Green
For more details and links to the web sites for each of these and other upcoming green man related events go to www.thecompanyofthegreenman.co.uk and look at the annual events page.
If you would like to add details of a Jack-in-the-Green here please e-mail us greenman@virgin.net
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