webfolk wrote: "This is all very well, and we can argue till the Milton Keynes cows come home about the date, but surely more important is how we celebrate it. We folkies are in the minority here, most people do not want to listen to Child Ballads and watch Morris dancers, their concept of Englishness is far removed from that of those in the folk circuit."

Of course nobody would be able to dictate to anyone how the holiday is celebrated, any more than they can at, say, Easter (how many of the British population actually celebrate it as a religious festival? Not a very large proportion, I would guess).

But we could organise folk events (local festivals, etc.) to take place over the holiday weekend and those that want to attend could come along - you never know, it might get some non-folkies interested enough to attend other folk events during the rest of the year.