Folk Who Roam is a short documentary exploring the relationship between folk music, landscape, and community. The film follows Emma Hardy, a Sheffield-based violin maker as she designs and hand-crafts a fiddle inspired by the Peak District and its traditions of outdoor music-making.

At the heart of the film is the creation of a uniquely decorated violin that is ultimately donated to the folk community as a shared instrument, intended to be taken out into the countryside and played in the environment that inspired it.

Folk Who Roam explores the enduring connection between music and landscape, celebrating the communities of musicians and makers who sustain outdoor folk traditions while raising questions about land access and the right to experience music in the natural places that shaped it.

The film is directed by award winning director Emma Crome, and also features Rosie Butler‑Hall, a folk musician, morris dancer and textile artist. Ethnographic photographer Cat Vinton documented the project, and will have some of the images on display at the event.

Event Programme
Performance by Sāwol (approx 45 minutes)
Folk Who Roam screening (running time approx. 15 minutes)
Q&A (30 mins)

Tickets will be available for this event from late March