Black Shuck
Festival
“If we listen carefully, we may still hear the
thunder…
of a strange and terrible
wunder…”
A unique festival that celebrates folklore, imagination, and storytelling in its many forms
What's On
Shuck Shop @ Crocks
The festival's official pop-up shop, inside Crocks of Bungay on Earsham Street. Come and pick up official Black Shuck Festival merchandise.
Art Exhibition – East Anglian Folk Tales
Artists are inspired by our East Anglian Folktales theme as evidenced in this stunning exhibition in the newly opened Broad Street Gallery.
Beastly Boxes returns to the hunt
Follow in Shuck's footsteps as you explore historic Bungay. Unravel puzzles, decode hidden clues, and piece together a mystery hidden among the town's streets, landmarks, and long memory.
Children's Art Exhibition
Art and poetry from the festival's outreach workshops on our folklore themes, on show in the Fisher Theatre Gallery all weekend.
We Are Witch quilt
The quilt is the current piece of work from We Are Witch, a collaborative project that honours the women killed under the Witchcraft Act in East Anglia.
Games Cellar
Come and try exciting new video games steeped in legend, mythology and history.
Fuzzypeg & the Big Black Dog of Bungay
When the toys in the FuzzypegFolk shop wake up, they like to have adventures! In this charming show, Little Red Riding Hood sets off to see Grandma.
Shuck Wellbeing
Unwind and relax in the peaceful setting of the ancient Castle Hills — pilates, yoga, breath work, chair therapy and Shaolin qigong.
The Norfolk Folklore Society presents: Is Black Shuck a Werewolf?
For centuries, East Anglia's most famous supernatural resident has been described as a black dog.
William Fergusson Piano Recital
The Norfolk Folklore Society presents: Mell Dolls and Maidens with Janine Connor
Before combines rolled across the fields and harvest became a matter of machinery, it was surrounded by ritual, superstition and celebration.
The Norfolk Folklore Society presents: Treasures of the Occult: History's Weird Money With Dominic Chorney
Most of us think of coins as mundane objects. We carry them in our pockets, lose them down the back of the sofa and occasionally discover them in the washing machine. History, however, had far stranger ideas.
The Norfolk Folklore Society presents: Dark Folklore with Mark and Tracey Norman
How did our ancestors use the concept of demons to explain sleep paralysis? Is that carving in the porch of your local church really what you think it is? And what's that tapping noise on the roof of your car...?
The Norfolk Folklore Society presents: The X-Trails, a Forensic History of the Supernatural With Naomi Ryan
What happens when the supernatural ends up in court? The law is supposed to deal in facts, evidence and reason.
The Norwich Radio Players: The Black Shuck Investigations!
An evening of all-live radio drama.
The Old Songs: Stories of Love and Death from Traditional Ballads with Amy Jeffs, Gwen Burns and Natalie Brice
Featuring fairy tales, Greek myths and bible stories, The Old Songs threads a tapestry of Britain's landscape, history and cultures.
Read Reverend Abraham Fleming’s account of the “Straunge and Terrible Wunder”!
