Events

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Collections Drop-in

Folk Object Encounters

Get up close and learn about living folk traditions through the Museum’s Collections.

Tuesday 16 - Saturday 20 June 2026 2026

Free, drop-in

Folk Object Encounters
Events Tours guided

Rooted? Plants and People in the City

Join the Head Gardener, Bryn Hutchinson, to explore the meeting of nature and culture through the Museum’s gardens.

Wednesday 17 June - Saturday 20 June 2026 2026

£6.00 – £8.00

Rooted? Plants and People in the City
Events Workshop

Folk Tales in Ink and Paper

Step inside the creative world of award-winning illustrator Jeet Zdũng in this rare hands-on workshop.

Saturday 20 June 2026 2026

£12.00 – £15.00

Folk Tales in Ink and Paper
Events Performance

Ezra Escobar at the Museum

Journey through global sounds and folk traditions in this performance that stretches the boundaries of the cello.

Saturday 20 June 2026 2026

£14.00 – £16.00

Ezra Escobar at the Museum
Events Performance

AMAMIKYU: Debut LP Launch Spectacle

East London’s AMAMIKYU brings an immersive spectacle of light and sound to celebrate the release of their debut LP.

Saturday 20 June 2026 2026

£15

AMAMIKYU: Debut LP Launch Spectacle
For Families Drop-in

Folk Family Day

Celebrate Folk at our next Family Day... explore traditional folk tales and the environment around us.

Sunday 21 June 2026 2026

Free

Folk Family Day

Tales That Dance

Meet clever tricksters and wise kings through music, dancing and colourful props with Storyteller Wendy Shearer.

Sunday 21 June 2026

£2.50 – £5.00

Tales That Dance
Events Talk

Folkmoot with The Folk Union: London as a Folk Landscape

Join Mike Hankin for an open discussion on folk, folk culture and the revival of interest in it.

Sunday 21 June 2026 2026

£8.00 – £10.00

Folkmoot with The Folk Union: London as a Folk Landscape
Events Late

Solstice Late

Celebrate the Summer Solstice into the evening with our Museum late

Sunday 21 June 2026

Free

Solstice Late
A blurred figure walks across a room in front of weathered looking panels and windows showing a model of a city.

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