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WELCOME TO THE FOLKLORE CENTRE

Todmorden, West Yorkshire

A home and meeting point for Folklore in the North of England.

Arts Film Crafts Library Archive Education Workshops Exhibitions Storytelling Conferences Local Folk History

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Opening times:

Wednesday-Saturday 10am-3pm

All events are at 4pm on Saturday- tea room open for

drinks and snacks from 3.30pm prior to event start at 4pm

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We are really excited to announce that we have been awarded a Heritage Grant to run a volunteer drive project over the next 8 months!  This will strengthen the Centre and its ability to deliver a range of arts, of arts, heritage, and culture events, exhibitions and projects for the community. 
More info to follow - watch this space! 

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Come and find out about volunteer opportunities at the Folklore Centre!

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2024
Events

Dungeons and Dragons
Fortnightly Under 18s Game Play

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In the Eye of the Beholder
An exhibition of UFO imagery curated by David Clarke and Andrew Robinson
EXTENDED!
11th May- 31st August 2024
FREE

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Ceri Houlbrook
Witch-Bottles:
Belief, Magic & Medicine
7th September 2024 
Kit Heyam
part of Calder Tales
funded by
Calderdale Council
FREE 
Please register your place
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Alison Cooper

September 21st 2024

Wise Women

For tickets: see events tab

Sacha Coward
Queer as Folklore
part of Calder Tales
funded by Calderdale Council
FREE
Please register your place on events tab

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PREVIOUS EVENTS

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Brett Hollyhead:
Sabrina- Goddess of the River Severn
24th August 2024

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Jackie Anderson
Dancing with Ancesters
17th August 2024

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Rebecca Freeman Exhibition
22nd June - 10th August: FREE

Rebecca Freeman makes art inspired by folklore and nature through  drawing, printmaking, papercutting and painting.

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John Billingsley
Legends and Folklore of Todmorden
Saturday 3rd August 2024
For tickets: see events tab
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Sat 27 July - 4pm
Andy Roberts: Flying Saucer Cults & Contactees of the 60s & 70s

​Andy Roberts examines the genesis of British flying saucers culture

Stefanie Elrick

Flashes of Inspiration: A Very FAE Day 

Flash Fiction Workshop 

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Jenny Pidgeon
Poppet Workshop
Saturday 13th July 2024
For tickets: see events tab

Brown Wardle Hill
at
Todfellows Hall
Saturday 6th July 2024
For tickets: see events tab
 

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Bethan Oake
Satanic Moral Panic:
Then & Now
29th June 2024
For tickets: see events tab

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Rob Chapman

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Pink Moons and Pantheists at the Gates of Dawn

Saturday 22nd June 2024

For tickets: see events tab. 

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James Wright

Historic Building
Myth-busting

Saturday June 8th 2024
4pm

£5
For tickets: see events tab

Steve Jones
Ghosts I Have Met
25th May 2024
For tickets: see events tab

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John Billingsley-Saturday!

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Current exhibition! Running until 18th May 2024

In the Eye of the Beholder
Imaging and Imagining UFOs
David Clarke and Andrew Robinson
(Centre for Contemporary Legend, Sheffield)
Saturday 11th May 2024
For tickets, see events tab

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Holly Elsdon
Moral Panic!
Saturday April 27th 2024
4pm
£5
For tickets: see events tab

Dave Weldrake
Historic Springs
and Holy Wells
of West Yorkshire
Saturday April 20th 2024
4pm
For tickets: see events tab

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Stefanie Elrick

Flash Fiction Workshop
13th April 2024

For tickets see events tab

Harry Wheeler
Saturday April 6th 2024
4pm
For tickets: see events tab

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Andy Roberts:
Thursbitch Revealed
Saturday March 30th 2024
For tickets see events tab

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Suzanne Owen

Is Druidry an Indigenous Religion?

For tickets: see events tab

Andrew Lang Exhibition:
Into the Kaleidescope of Fairy Land
From October 18 2023

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Demian Allan
The Magic of the
Hermetic Order of
The Golden Dawn
Saturday 9th March 2024
For tickets, see events tab

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John Billingsley
Tales Along the Packhorse Way
Part Two
Saturday 2nd March 2024
For tickets, see events tab

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Mary Stark
Textiles and Magic
Saturday 24th February
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Charlotte Coull
The Wandering Druid

Saturday 17th February
For tickets see events tab

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Andy Roberts
Go Ask Alice
Saturday February 10th 2024
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Dungeons & Dragons Day with Drew Murray

Saturday 3rd February 

Ever wanted to get into Dungeons & Dragons, but not sure where to start?

Learn how in a talk and demonstrations by Drew Murray, a British professional Games Master of many systems with over 20 years of experience in the role. 

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John Billingsley
Tales Along the Packhorse Way
Part One
Saturday 20th January 2024
For tickets: see events tab

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Jennifer Reid
Saturday 13th January 2024
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New Beginnings:
A story evening
6th January 6-8pm
FREE
please register on events tab

Amy Boucher
The Devil's County:
the Satanic Folklore
of Shropshire
9th December 2023
4-6pm
For tickets see events tab

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Ceri Houlbrook
Winter's Wishfall
Saturday 2nd December
FREE
Please register on events tab

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Gordon MacLellan:

Sacred Animals:
renewing our connections with the animal world

Saturday 25th November 2023
For tickets: see events tab.

Start Now
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Mikey Kenney
11th November 2023
doors open 6pm
7pm start
For tickets see events tab

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Dave Weldrake:
Witchcraft in 16th and 17th Century Yorkshire
4th November 2023

For tickets see Events tab

 

The Devil at the Window
with
Jacqueline Harris
28th October 2023
4pm
For tickets: see events tab.

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Bryony Good
Uncanny Writing Workshop
28th October 2023
For tickets: see events tab

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Tales We Tell
Saturday 14th October
Free entry

Folkloristan
presents
Whispers of the Past:
Pakistani Folklore Unveiled
21st July-21st September 2023

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FAIRY LIGHT
21st July- 23rd September 2023

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Harry Wheeler
Precognitive Dreams

Saturday 23rd September 4pm
For tickets see events tab

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Ali Matthews:
A Fungal Gothic

Saturday 16th September 4pm
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Witch of Salopia
Harvest Traditions of Britain
Saturday 9th September 4pm
For tickets see events tab

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Jacqueline Harris

The Cinderella Experiment
19th August 2023 4pm
See events tab for tickets.

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Garry Stringfellow
Sowerby Rushbearing:
History and Tradition
Saturday 12th August 2023
For tickets: see events tab

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Acting Out Mushroom Language