Ryburn Three Step is an independent folk development project which organises a range of regular activities and special events. It is located in the Ryburn Valley, West Yorkshire, England, where the Ryburn flows through Rishworth, Ripponden, Triangle, and on to Sowerby Bridge, there joining the River Calder. We are a group of amateur, semi-professional and professional folk musicians living in the valley and we called our project 'Three Step' because it covers Song, Music and Dance. Until Covid 19 arrived, we promoted a variety of activities within the area including a regular programme of dances, pub sessions, workshop weekends, a longsword team, a mummers team, two stepdance groups, folk days and a monthly series of folksong nights. For the last year we have continued with online activities - monthly folk concerts, weekly tune sessions and, now, a virtual dance.
