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 ...

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 ...

May Day is celebrated annually on May 1. It is an ancient spring festival in many European cultures and a widely observed International Workers’ Day (Labour Day) in many countries. Maypole dancing at ...

The Swedish Day Midsummer Festival returns for its 113th year on Sunday, June 18, at Good Templar Park in Geneva. "Svenskarnas Dag" is the Midwest's oldest Midsummer festival, dating back to 1911.

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.

L. ALSACE TWP., Pa. - An event in Lower Alsace Township is honoring a tradition that goes back thousands of years. Mayfest is best known for the Maypole dance and the crowning of the Queen of the May.