What the Folk? Fest - Museum of the Home

What does folk mean in an urban context today? What threads folk practices together across places and communities? How have these traditions transformed and influenced connection in community, environmental, and cultural spaces?

Join us this June at Museum of the Home to explore tradition, storytelling, and community at What the Folk? Fest!

From Saturday 13 – Sunday 21 June 2026, we will be journeying through an expansive and inclusive celebration of folk traditions, the stories they’ve told through time, and practices that are woven through our homes, cultures, and landscapes.

The programme kicks off with a Folk Fair art market and unfolds into nine days of creative workshops, music shaped by global folk influences, talks and tours through our gardens, and family fun, culminating in a full day of Summer Solstice celebrations.

Full programme announced soon.

An illustration of a figure quilting, surrounded by a collaged print of shapes

Events Workshop

Quilt Jamboree with Selvedge Magazine

Selvedge invites you to the Quilt Jamboree—a thoughtful and celebratory gathering around the traditions and possibilities of the quilt.

Friday 19 June 2026

£100

Quilt Jamboree with Selvedge Magazine

Child leaning over a large collaborative artwork on the floor, adding a colourful paper creation made from craft materials; other participants are seated at tables in the background during a creative workshop.

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