Unfortunately, Freaks is no longer managing to meet four times a year for want of organizers. However:

Next Event:

Hope, March 27–29th 2026

30th anniversary and 100th Freaks

We will be based in Loxley Hall, Market Place, Hope S33 6RH.

Details to follow, but save the date!

Cost

The cost is: £10 to sleep in the hall or car park, plus £10 for the event. If anyone is just popping in for a while we'd be grateful of a donation. Please bring cash! The cost of hall hire has gone up recently and we need to be able to cover this.

Notes

  • The charge for attending Freaks is £10 per head.
  • Dance and music notation are available from here (dances) or here (tunes) – feel free to suggest others. Please download these if you want them, though some paper copies might be available on the day.
  • If you have any good pictures, please send them to Freaks@freaksinthepeaks.com for the photo gallery.
  • If you're ‘indoor camping’ in the hall, bring a sleeping bag, camping mat or air bed etc. for under it, pillow, and whatever you need for comfort.
  • Unless it's very dry, bring footwear suitable for a muddy walk and waterproof jacket.
  • See the contacts link. if you need to contact us in general before before the event.
  • If you have them, please bring rag jackets or similar, bells, decorative hat, sticks/hankies!
  • If you find yourself needing our constitution, it's here
  • Lastly, a reminder that everyone is welcome – especially beginners and musicians

Following Event:

Freaks on the Flat, 20th–22nd November 2026: We're having one of our occasional migrations North to Scorton, a lovely North Yorkshire (not Scorton Lancashire!) village, to take advantage of the offer to host it at the Ragged Robin practice venue. Apologies to those in the South, but we hope you can travel.

There's everything for our usual format: Village Hall indoor camping with a well-equipped kitchen, nearby campsite, Air B&Bs or a Premier Inn, Village Pub (the Farmer’s Arms) and a walk to a pub on the Sunday. Address: Scorton Village Hall DL10 6DN, near Richmond, just off the A1.

Inspired?

If you have been a few times and like Freaks then possibly you are feeling inspired to organise a Freaks, maybe somewhere near you, or simply somewhere Freaks has never been before, see our Tips for organisers (32Kb Word doc) or PDF version.