Lagabag Morris was formed in 1990 by Richard and Sue Davis, who have now moved to France. The word “lagabag” is a archaic Suffolk dialect word meaning a lazy person, similar to “lazybones” in common English. We dance in the Cotswold tradition at a variety of events and venues throughout the summer months, including village fetes, folk festivals and of course pubs. In the winter months we practice on Monday nights at the village hall in the village of Claydon, near Ipswich in Suffolk.

We are a “mixed” side, which means that we have both male and female dancers. We are always looking for new members, and you don't have to have any morris dancing experience to join us (although experienced dancers are also most welcome). If you'd like to give it a go, click here for contact details. We would be pleased to see new musicians as well.

We are frequently asked why a Morris team from Ipswich dances in the colours of Norwich, Ipswich's traditional rival football team. Oops! Lagabag's founders picked the colours to be bright, colourful and unlike any other team strip used locally. None of the locals in the side at that time were football fans so the reason that no local teams were using yellow and green strips totally passed us by. We soon found out the reason when we started performing! However, it is bright, colourful and locally distinctive so we are sticking with it. The sunflower logo on our badge does not have any particularly historic significance; it was simply a jolly round thing which went with the green, yellow and brown colour scheme. The bit in the middle is a Morris bellpad bell.