FOLKLORE

HOXTON

A fresh dose of magic you need in your life

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The Crick Crack Club’s wild haven of fairytale for thinkers, seekers and dreamers is coming to Folklore (or is that Falkor?!) Hoxton. This awesome off-piste venue is on a mission to bring diverse audiences together through world music and epic performance art. 

Our secret speakeasy of dreams, we’ll be filling Folklore with twisted mythology and fairytales for grown-ups all year round. Dare to open the gothic doors and join us…

 

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Folklore, Hoxton
FAIRYTALES FOR GROWN-UPS: EATEN FATHER, EATEN MOTHER
Ben Haggarty
18 MARCH 2026, DOORS & BAR 7PM, STARTS 7.30PM
Fairytale-teller extraordinaire Ben Haggarty returns to Folklore with a story of boys becoming men, of the darkest arts, of forbidden knowledge, and of inescapable destinies. At its heart is a baby sister who should not exist—at least not in the way she does.
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Folklore, Hoxton
FAIRYTALES FOR GROWN-UPS: UNCANNY
Nell Phoenix
22 APRIL 2026, DOORS & BAR 7PM, STARTS 7.30PM
Nell Phoenix paces a path from dusty Mesopotamia, to Ancient Egypt, through London’s Bloomsbury, along a dingy road in Guatemala at dawn, and back to her own kitchen table – gathering up disturbing, unsettling, baffling, bewildering, sinister, UNCANNY stories.
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Born and raised in London, The Crick Crack Club is the UK’s busiest and boldest programmer of performance storytelling. Our world-class storytellers will draw you into the stunning content of international fairytale, folktale, myth and epic, on a magical, alternative night out. Crick Crack Club shows are suitable for adults (Folklore is an 18+ venue). 

Expect all things wild, weird and utterly magical

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10 minutes walk from Hoxton station, Folklore is a live music and performance venue with a difference. Open since 2014, it’s still one of East London’s best-kept secrets. If you think you’re in the wrong place, you’ve probably arrived…

The Crick Crack Club at Folklore, 186 Hackney Road, London E2 7QL  www.folklorehoxton.co.uk

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