Story Comes, Story Goes
Friday 13th March
6.30pm–10pm
Free

Our March storytelling theme is ‘arrivals and departures’ for our final evening of hearthside storytelling and music. Join us on this fateful Friday 13th for tales from storytellers' Hannah Brailsford, Nicola Werenowska and Mer Richardson, with music by Song Circle with Sarah and Ethel Fled, plus open Mic spots. Hosted by Fae Well and Matthew Linley. Doors open at 6.15pm and we start at 6.45pm. There are three parts and two intervals.

Brought to you by Matthew Linley, Mer Richardson, Faye Rathe and Eleanor Brown, and funded by Tendring Shared Prosperity Fund.

Straw Craft Workshop
Saturday 14th February
11am-1pm, Free
Delivered by Lucy Hook-Child @corndollyfolklore

Join us as we learn how to make a classic Countryman's Favour to give to our sweethearts, or keep close to our own hearts! We will provide an opportunity to have a go at a classic working-class heritage craft and reflect on the folklore behind these customs and the state of our seasonal relationships with the land, past and present. 

"In days gone by it was the custom for a country lad to take an evening walk with his lass in the fields at harvest time. He would weave for her a buttonhole of plaited straw, and if they were courting, she would wear it over her heart as a token of her love. At the annual hiring fairs at Martinmas, men and women might have worn a simple plait decorated with a wisp of sheep's wool or horse hair, as a badge of their trade, ie shepherd, waggoner, etc."  - www.strawcraftsmen.co.uk

The Kirby Riot
by Malcolm Batty
Thursday 11th December
5pm, Free

Local historian, Malcolm Batty, is giving a talk on the Agricultural Riots that took place in Kirby late in 1830. Through an interest in Local History and Genealogy, he had heard about the Swing Riots, the Tolpuddle Martyrs and how the agricultural labourers protested at the introduction of machines on farms; but it was his involvement in traditional Morris dance and the East Anglian tradition of Molly Dancing that concentrated his attention to the story of Kirby-le-Soken and its place in history. His research into the history of the farm workers of the area in the early 19th century was helped by a visit to Tasmania and speaking to their local historians. He hopes that you find it equally fascinating.”

Come along to The Nose at 5pm on Thursday 11th December 2025 and experience a PowerPoint presentation that brings to life the day when nearly 300 men marched through the village and destroyed farm machinery. The result was that on 11th December 1830, one thousand men rounded up some of the farm workers from the Tendring Hundred and after a trial at Chelmsford had them transported to the other side of the world.

Between the Shelves
Evy Frearson and Lianne Kaye
Friday 21st November
Doors 7.30pm
Tickets £5

Between the Shelves is a new music night of talented musicians performing original material in the intimate setting of the bookshop.

This evening features a stripped-back showcase of rising alternative Indie songwriters; Evy Frearson and Lianne Kaye. The session is being recorded.