TOUR DATES 2025

Field System, Ashburton. 3rd May

Museum Exhibtion

The Box, Plymouth.

4th May, Museum Exhibition

Od Arts, East & West Coker, Somerset.

23rd -25th May. Museum Exhibition & Roadside Costumes

The Green Scythe Fair, Somerset.

8th June. Museum Exhibition & Roadside Costumes

Exeter Arts Week, Exeter.

14th June. Museum Exhibition & Roadside Costumes

The Digital Ecologies Symposium. Bath.

24th July. Museum Exhibition

The Green Gathering. Chepstow.

31st July - 4th August

Museum Exhibition, Workshops & Pageantry

Roots and Rythym Festival. Weald & Downland Living Museum, Chichester.

9th - 10th August.

Anarcha Folk Fest, Powys.

15th - 18th August.

Museum Exhibition, Workshops & Pageantry

Wirksworth Arts Festival

12th -14th September

Museum Exhibition & Roadside Costumes

The Gleaner’s Feast, the fireboat station, Bristol.

20th September

Museum Exhibition, & Peformances (tbc)

TOUR DATES 2024

Bath Spa Degree show.- Bath

Museum only. 15th - 18th June

Priddy Folk Festival - Somerset

Museum, Workshops & Pageantry.

12th - 14th July

The Green Gathering - Chepstow

Museum, Workshops & Pageantry

1st - 4th August.

Folkeast Festival - Suffolk

Museum, Workshops & Pageantry

15th - 18th August.

The Gleaner’s Feast -The Fireboat Station Bristol

Museum, Workshops & Pageantry 7th September

New Contemporaries - Karst, Plymouth.

Musuem & Gift Shop. 28th September

New Contemporaries - Karst, Plymouth.

Musuem & Gift Shop 18th & 19th October

Bristol Photo Festival - Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol

Musuem & Gift Shop. 20th October

Lore- Sunny Bank Mills. Leeds

Musuem & Gift Shop. 7th & 8th December

The Museum of Roadside Magic is a travelling archive, documenting the use of magical practice, folk custom and plant knowledge, in vehicular maintenance, repair and journey making. It is the only known archive of its kind and holds an extensive collection of artefacts, costumes and photographs. The displays show a great breadth and variety of roadlore practices including Gasket Dancing, Pipe Dressing,  Diesel Clapping and the mysterious Brydes of Tacho.

The Museum of Roadside Magic is the culmation of a dedicated period of reseach by museum custodian Libby Bove. Touring this Summer, with a spectaular teatime pageant, this Roadlore Roadshow is penned and presented by an unpredictable and wandering coven.

Collaborators include: Marten Baxter, Holly Black, Tild Death, Faye Freeman, Ash Ludd ,Kat Lyons, Mads Maudigan, Phillipa Metcalf, Molly No-Mates, Ellie Nurcome,  Violetta Pickle & Richard Wyn-Williams.

Photo Credit Left: Dom Moore - Karst Gallery.

New Contemporaries 2024.