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Folklore: Ceri Houlbrook and Tabitha Stanmore in Conversation
Thursday 9 October 2025, 6.30pm
RNCM The Lounge
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We’re delighted to host this event as part of the Oxford Road Corridor’s Cultural Welcome, taking place between Mon 6-Sun 12 Oct 2025. The Cultural Welcome is a week of events designed to help students discover the creative and cultural spaces of Manchester’s Knowledge Quarter. Find out more.
Two leading experts in the weird yet everyday world of British folklore celebrate the launch of a definitive and gripping new guide.
Author Ceri Holbrook appears in conversation about her new book, co-written by Owen Davies, Folklore: A Journey Through the Past and Present. Ceri will be joined by Tabitha Stanmore, author of CUNNING FOLK: Life in the Era of Practical Magic. The authors will be in conversation with Mel Giles, Professor in European Prehistory at the University of Manchester.
Join RNCM students afterwards for a special live performance from the shape-shifting ensemble NOMAD. Witching Hour is a spellbinding live performance that merges classical, contemporary, and folk music with storytelling.
This event is also part of RNCM’s Legends and Lore series.
Tickets
Full Price £5
Ticket + Book £20 (Folklore: A Journey Through the Past and Present by Owen Davies and Ceri Houlbrook)
Promoted by Blackwell’s Manchester.
This event will end at approximately 7.30pm.
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