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

Next Event:

Freaks Out of the Peaks, Scorton, N Yorks, 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, and a pub. Address: Scorton Village Hall DL10 6DN, near Richmond, just off the A1, the other side of the village green from the road in.

The better of the two pubs is unfortunately close, but there's atill The Heifer. You can take your own drinks in the hall, of course, and there will be a cask of real ale on an honesty box basis of £2.50 a pint.

Friday evening
Meet at the hall, open from about 4pm.
Saturday 10am–1pm
Practice in the hall.
Saturday lunchtime
Lunch — fend for yourself in the hall, or maybe the pub.
Saturday from 2-ish
Dancing in the village, or maybe hall if too wet.
Saturday evening
We'll have a meal together in the hall for those that wish. Please bring food to share. Afterwards, general merriment.
Sunday
Walk around the Scorton lakes’ Nature Reserve, ending up at The Crown in Brompton on Swale. Just two and a half miles to walk back to Scorton. We will need to clean the Hall on and be ready to vacate by 4pm. Please take all left-overs with you.

Cost

The cost is: £10 to sleep in the hall, plus £10 for the event. If anyone is just popping in for a while we'd be grateful of a donation. Please bring cash!

Notes

  • Tea/coffee and biscuits are provided
  • The hall kitchen is well provisioned. The small village shop seems to have most things, and the local petrol station also has a shop.
  • 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. Bring your own breakfast or prospect in the village.
  • 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:

Nothing organized yet, unfortunately — organizing volunteers welcome!

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.