End July - Sep 2025

Come and wonder at this beautiful mini museum, artfully curated by Lucy of @corndollyfolklore and packed with treasures celebrating this heritage craft!

Also look out for…

Kids colouring sheets/folding zines

Harvest token paper straw kits

And more EAFC Events coming up on

Friday 19th September

Thursday 30th October

Sunday 25th January 2026 (Burns Special at Queen St Brewhouse)

With more being planned!

Saturday 13th September // 5 - 7PM

Tickets £10 / £7 concessions

A Northumbrian queen sails to the Isle of Ely in pursuit of spiritual freedom.

In a demon-haunted barrow of Crowland, a renowned warrior battles temptation.

Shadows in Somersham Wood flicker as a spirit of flame blazes blasphemies.

And—ever and anon—a ghostly black dog, its eyes like saucers, stalks the land.

In this creative writing workshop, we will explore the legends of the Fens, drawing on a range of texts to inspire new creative visions. You will leave the workshop thoroughly immersed in the folklore of the area and brimming with ideas about how to develop setting and plot. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned novelist, these hands-on exercises and stimulating source material will fire your imagination.

Friday 19th September // 7pm Doors

Tickets £12

Join us as we turn the world upside down for a spellbinding evening exploring local narratives of Magic, enchantment and seasonal mayhem.

Talks and Micro lectures from:

Val Thomas (Of Chalk & Flint, Hallowtide, Bounded in a Nutshell)

The Essex Witch Museum

A fireside chat with Sareta Fontaine

&

Music & Poetics from EthelFled

A visit from the Ickeny…

More fine entertainments to be announced!

River Lines | Tracing the Seams of The Colne

September 22 // 10am - 1pm

Join us for a writing and drawing workshop that traces The River Colne, its meanders and mythologies.

This exploratory morning is designed for intra-disciplinary artists, writers, and thinkers who want to expand the ecological potentials of their creative practice. Following landscape-led approaches in folklore and oral storytelling, we will allow ourselves to be led by the line, weaving between writing, drawing, and intuitive mark-making. As we move along the river, the workshop will introduce and explore methods of more-than-human observation, ecological narrative-making, and creative connection with the landscape. Taking place on Mabon - the autumn equinox and second pagan harvest - this is a special moment for exploring balance, change and flow. 

Starting at The Minories with tea and conversation, the workshop will take place outside, embracing the weather and following the line of The River Colne. We will end back at The Minories for an informal conversation about what discoveries emerged, and for a sharing of books and readings.

Some materials will be provided, please also bring your personal sketchbooks and favourite writing materials. Please let us know in advance if you have any accessibility of physical requirements.

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Further details

Participants: max 15

Ticket price: £25 per person (to include refreshments and some materials)

Image credit: "Search for the Hedgewitch", Kirsty Badenoch 2025

Thursday 25th September

7-9 pm

As we bid farewell to the Summertime and welcome the Autumn months, come together with our community to raise our voices and sing together!

We welcome you to join the first Singaround in The Commons Cafe, organised to raise funds for the East Anglian Folklore Centre to help keep them open and able to continue the beautiful community space they have created over the past year. Please do let us know you're coming and, if you can, include a donation, any amount is greatly appreciated!

Find out more about the East Anglian Folklore Centre and why they need to fundraise here: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/east-anglian-folklore-centre

There will be drinks available to purchase from The Commons Cafe and some of the books from the East Anglian Folklore Centre's extensive library will be available to peruse. We're holding onto half a hope we might be able to sing in the beautiful Minories garden if the early Autumn weather is kind to us, but if not, we will can stay warm in the cosy comfort of The Commons.

Never been to a Singaround before? Find out what to expect:

What is a Singaround? A Singaround is an event where folks get together to sing! 

Usually one person will lead a song and those who know it will join in particularly during choruses. Often the songs are from the "folk tradition", but we welcome any songs people may want to share.

Do I have to sing? No! No one will be obliged to sing but we will make sure that everyone who wants to is given the space to. 

You also don't need to be a "good" singer to join in or even lead a song.  

You are still welcome to join even if you don't want to sing and just enjoy the uplifting atmosphere and refreshments from The Commons. 

What if I don't know any folk songs? There will be a song book with popular Singaround folk songs for those who don't know the songs or might want a reminder of some classics. You will also likely find you will pick up the chorus or hook of a song after hearing it once or twice and we able to join in. 

And we aren't strict on what a folk song is or isn't! You are welcome to share any song you think people may enjoy singing together. 

If you are singing an original song or one most people may not be familiar with we would encourage you to perhaps share the chorus with everyone first so they can join in. 

Please be conscious of remaining inclusive to everyone and avoid songs with offensive language.

Do I have to stay the whole time? We hope you can! But if you need to leave early or come late that's not a problem. If you come late it might be good to check the song you want to sing hasn't already been done.