The practice has its roots in ancient pagan traditions that were persecuted by the Puritans.

Experience the whimsy of the summer solstice and celebrate the longest day of the year with flower drying, maypole dancing, ...

While I had vaguely heard of the Maypole dance over the years, the first one I experienced in person involved schoolchildren in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. My son had enrolled as a fifth grader in ...

Stephanie Block picks out flowers for a crown during La Primavera Festival, a spring celebration at Marjorie Park on Saturday, April 25, 2026. The festival included flower crowns, a maypole dance, and ...

The Francois Lake Community Hall has officially turned 100 years old. Hosted by the Francois Tchesinkut Lake Recreation ...

Residents ended years of silence as they 'welcomed in the May' in traditional style with maypole dancing, the bells of morris men and the May Queen. Copmanthorpe used to dance round the maypole in the ...

A rural village is keeping a centuries-old tradition alive by dancing in the footsteps of the past. Hemswell's May Day celebrations, in Lincolnshire, take place every year and is thought to be one of ...

Fourth-graders at Mary E. Dardess Elementary School perform the annual Maypole dance during the Arbor Day celebration Friday. The dance has been taking place at the school since sometime in the 1980s.