top of page
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
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
Newsletter signup
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!
Come and find out about volunteer opportunities at the Folklore Centre!
2024
Events
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
Kit Heyam
part of Calder Tales
funded by
Calderdale Council
FREE
Please register your place
on events tab
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
PREVIOUS EVENTS
Brett Hollyhead:
Sabrina- Goddess of the River Severn
24th August 2024
John Billingsley
Legends and Folklore of Todmorden
Saturday 3rd August 2024
For tickets: see events tab
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
Bethan Oake
Satanic Moral Panic:
Then & Now
29th June 2024
For tickets: see events tab
Rob Chapman
Pink Moons and Pantheists at the Gates of Dawn
Saturday 22nd June 2024
For tickets: see events tab.
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
John Billingsley-Saturday!
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
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
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
Andy Roberts:
Thursbitch Revealed
Saturday March 30th 2024
For tickets see events tab
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
Demian Allan
The Magic of the
Hermetic Order of
The Golden Dawn
Saturday 9th March 2024
For tickets, see events tab
John Billingsley
Tales Along the Packhorse Way
Part Two
Saturday 2nd March 2024
For tickets, see events tab
<