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 ...

You may have seen images or videos of people dancing around maypoles on May Day. Perhaps you've even found yourself twirling around one, clad in flowers, breathing in the fresh late spring air. It ...

Youngsters at an Oswaldtwistle primary school brought back a village tradition by dancing around the maypole. Pupils from Moor End Primary School, in White Ash Lane, had been learning how to work the ...

In a nod to the past — the very old past — the village of Orland Park hosted a May Day celebration Saturday. The spring celebration can be traced back to Roman times, but the village’s historical ...

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 ...

In the traditional maypole dance, participants weave colorful ribbons into intricate patterns as they circle the pole in opposite directions. (Courtesy photo) Santa Barbara Revels welcomes the ...