Date/Time
Sunday 25 May 2025
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm
Categories Dartmoor Tors Festival 2025
Tickets on sale here from 12 noon on Sat 22 Feb 2025:
£12 full price • £10 or £8 if you prefer – please pay what you can*
Join us for rare conversation with Beltane Border, followed by a thrilling performance outside Ashburton Arts Centre.
What is behind the tradition — and subversion — of this legendary Dartmoor Morris side?
Where do the dances come from, and how do they relate to the landscape of Dartmoor?
And why the fierce faces and fishnets?
Beltane Border began as an all-female side called the Iron Maidens in 2000 and celebrates its silver anniversary this year. Their dances are rooted in the myths, legends and wilds of Dartmoor.
We’ll be In Conversation with:
Ant: Dancer, Squire and Heart of Beltane. He is an authority on all things Morris, Real Ale, Dartmoor and the Weather Gods, and has been dancing for more years than he cares to admit.
Lisa: Dancer and resident storyteller, who weaves tales of Dartmoor magic, myth and legend into Beltane’s performances. She is author of four books on traditional folk tales, and also writes features and articles on wildlife, storytelling and the land.
Dartmoor Tors Festival
23 – 25 May 2025
This event is part of the first Dartmoor Tors Festival. All ticketed events at Ashburton Arts Centre and the Field System gallery next door can be booked at wegottickets.com/dartmoortorsfestival.
Visit Dartmoor Tors Festival for the full programme, and links to book on guided walks, workshops and other events happening elsewhere.
This is a new festival about culture and place from 23 – 25 May 2025, based in Ashburton, South Dartmoor, with events in Ashburton Arts Centre and Field System gallery in Ashburton, and other locations around Dartmoor.
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* We usually have three ticket prices – please pay what you can. If you can pay the full price, that’s great. If choosing a cheaper ticket allows you to come to more things, then please do! Ticket receipts are split between the artists (it’s usually their livelihood!) and the arts centre (keeps the place going). Except on the rare occasions when we have a sellout gig on our hands, it’s always better to have someone here in the audience than an empty seat, so genuinely, please pay whatever you can.