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By some quirk of fate or destiny, we have arrived at the Seventh instalment of the Manchester Folk Horror Festival. Each year we try to approach that innocuous compound from a fresh angle. Indeed, last year's journey took us to the threshold of where we stand now, upon the edge of a precipice. The number seven means magic and trouble. It is right then, that we focus upon the age old myth of the Grail...let's turn to the dictionary:1
Capitalised: the cup or platter used according to medieval legend by Christ at the Last Supper and thereafter the object of knightly quests
2
: the object of an extended or difficult quest
So far so good. The notion that the Grail was used by Christ at the Last Supper is but one truth in a panoply of myths fading into the mists of time. Nevertheless it is a potent enough image to serve as the goal of perhaps the greatest of quests.
We live in dark times, facing down existential destruction from a bewildering array of angles. What solution is there to be found, short of accepting our fate and rejoicing into the dark, until the last fire has burnt out?
Perhaps none. But what if the horror came not from the last dance, but from the possibility that there might be a greater call to a heavy responsibility? What if merely sitting back and watching as the world falls into night, is not our destiny? What if we are called to set out into that night in search of...something; in search of something unknowable and unprovable?
This edition of the Manchester Folk Horror explores this idea. It is not a call to activism. It is a call to head forth into the utter unknown, with nothing so much as one's soul at stake.
As ever, art allows us to examine this notion safely, as if through a long distance telescope. In a quest filled with symbols, music remains our most potent ally and most revealing lens. The date will be February 1st, 2025. The location will be, as ever, The Peer Hat. We offer this event up to the Goddess Herself. (so that she might see that we are trying.)
Featuring
An epic retelling of Gawaine & The Green Knight in its entirety, performed by David Jackson & DBH.
Guest Speaker: Renowned Grail Scholar & Arthurian expert John Matthews
Music from:
GNOD
Wooden Tapes
M-Orchestra
Ben McIlroy
Sister Monica
Futures We Lost
Chelsea Hare
Ella Kay
Gary Fisher
The Manifestation Group
More details to come, including bios. Tickets on sale below.
FILM/ART SUBMISSIONS WELCOME
£17
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
14-16 Faraday Street, M1 1BE Manchester, United Kingdom, 14-16 Faraday Street, Manchester, M1 1, United Kingdom,Manchester, United Kingdom
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