Our recent recommendations for Bristol Folk House
Sell out warning! An inspired evening of readings and literary performance riffing on the revelatory ideas nestled within Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass. Less a book, more a ceremony weaving indigenous eco-knowledge into Western thought - you don’t have to have read it in advance, but you really should!
Live readings and reflections on Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Found-sound ambient folk, overheard across the great Dreaming! Hana Stretton's combo of field recordings and porchside improv isn't an exercise in detached hauntology: her songs are the sweetest ghosts that ever tickled your eardrums. Impossibly gorgeous, life-changing, closed-eye cinema FFO: Grouper, Vashti Bunyan x Animal Collective, Claire Rousay.
British-Australian music producer and composer, recognised for her singular, deeply distinctive sound.
A bona fide Renaissance woman, Sarah Dunant’s storied career has taken her from broadcast journalist to arts critic, from lecturer to celebrated author. She joins the Folk House to discuss her latest works of historical fiction and kick off the sparkling inaugural programme of Bristol New Writers Festival.
Local literary stars Sarah Dunant, the internationally bestselling author, and Helen Taylor, a leading figure in Bristol's literary scene, reflect on their careers, their early writing days and getting published.
Free entry / PWYC! Folk House opens its doors for a night of linguistic sorcery and queer performance excellence from Bristol’s treasured polymath Edson Burton, Satellite Of Love powerhouse Aish Humphreys, Pride Poet Laureate Tom Denbigh + whoever else steps up to the mic! All money raised goes towards Dandelion DIY’s harm reduction work in the trans community.
Join us for a night of flowing words and crafted lyricism as we bring the Folkhouse Summer Queer Art exhibition to a close.
A fascinating half-day symposium exploring how experimental darkroom processes inform the photographic practices of contemporary women, non-binary and trans artists. Expect lively presentations and discussions on techniques from cyanotypes and photograms, to printing on leaves, fruit and fabrics.
Presentations from contemporary women, non-binary, and trans artists and researchers who are exploring the possibilities of alternative photographic processes
