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World Music Festivals in Wales Welshpool

World Music Festivals in Wales Welshpool

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Cardiff 01 06 10 Llandudno Jazz Sesiwn Fawr * International When: July When: July Music Festival Where: Llandudno Where: Dolgellau When: July Genre: Jazz Genre: Folk/Celtic Where: Fishguard Three days of the best UK jazz A festival full of the best Welsh Genre: Jazz/Folk/World/Classical alongside a fringe event featuring and . Artists are Ten days of world class music set diverse and popular artists and programmed from Wales and against a spectacular backdrop in bands playing jazz, trad jazz with beyond across a weekend. The . some Soul, Funk and Blues. whole of Saturday afternoon is www.llandudnojazzfestival.com held on the Sgwâr (town square) www.fishguardmusicfestival.co.uk with a ‘ dawns’ (much 02 like a ceilidh), a procession and 11 March Manouche more. The Laugharne Weekend When: March www.sesiwnfawr.cymru When: April Where: Menai Bridge Where: Laugharne Genre: Gypsy Jazz 07 Genre: All UK Gypsy Jazz Festival which Fire in the Mountain An annual festival which initially focussing on only UK When: May/June concentrates on , music acts, the festival is now growing Where: Cwmnewidion Isaf, and comedy, bringing talent from to welcome acts from all over near all over the world but always the world. Genre: Folk/World maintaining a connection to www.marchmanouche.co.uk A deliberately small and intimate writers and musicians from Wales festival on a farm in the foothills or who have a connection with 03 of the Cambrian mountains. Fire Wales. www.thelaugharneweekend.com Wales Festival in the Mountain Festival aims to When: April hold a festival on a Where: Caernarfon farm in return for maintenance 12 Genre: Harp and repairs to the farm on which Gower Folk Festival An international harp festival it is held. When: June where harpists from all over the www.fireinthemountain.co.uk Where: Weobley Castle farm, Gower world are welcome to Caernarfon Genre: Folk/Traditional to join in the celebrations and 08 A three-day folk and traditional make friends through music. Fishguard Folk Festival music festival with a www.walesharpfestival.co.uk When: May Castle at its heart. Where: Fishguard www.gowerfolkfestival.co.uk 04 Genre: Folk/Traditional Gŵyl Arall* This small festival brings together a 13 When: July unique mix of local talent and well- International Where: Caernarfon known performers to provide four Jazz Festival Genre: All days of songs, tunes and . When: October A weekend of culture with www.fishguard-folk-festival.co.uk Where: Swansea literary events, music, visual arts, Genre: Jazz talks and walks. 09 This festival welcomes musicians www.gwylarall.com Aberjazz Festival and bands from the USA and Europe along with many of the When: August best ensembles. 05 Where: Fishguard Llyn Guitar Festival Mixing a wide variety of different Genre: Jazz/Blues styles at ticketed performances When: September This five-day festival in west Wales Where: Plas Glyn y Weddw alongside free fringe events features Jazz and Blues in and Genre: Acoustic spread across the Maritime around the town of Fishguard. This festival offers world class Quarter. acoustic music and tuition to www.aberjazz.com www.jazzwales.com guitar enthusiasts at all level. Offering masterclasses and with international musicians, the festival is a coastal retreat for guitarists. www.llynguitarfestival.org.uk 14 18 22 Cwlwm Celtaidd Sŵn Green Man When: March When: October When: August Where: Porthcawl Where: Where: Glan Usk Estate, Genre: Traditional/Celtic Genre: All Beacons A small family friendly festival An award-winning multi-venue Genre: All of music, song & dance from music festival based in Cardiff city Green Man programmes over the Celtic countries of , centre since 2007. The festival 100 music artists each year from , , , has a strong focus on new music, emerging artists to those with & Wales. emerging artists and supporting international acclaim in a range www.cwlwmceltaidd.org homegrown acts. of genres to accommodate the www.swnfest.com variety of stages on the site. The 15 festival supports emerging artists Between the Trees 19 and offers training for people to When: August/September Folk Festival engage with science and inspire Where: Merthyr Mawr National When: May positive change. Nature Reserve Where: Newport www.greenman.net Genre: Contemporary folk, Genre: Folk/Traditional Americana and acoustic roots A small three-day festival with 23 Between the Trees has a unique musicians, singers and dancers Fringe theme of music, natural science celebrating the power of music When: July and art, blending new exciting to bring people together. It Where: Llangollen talent with more established celebrates Welsh cultural heritage Genre: All performers. with the traditions and histories of Llangollen Fringe Festival takes www.betweenthetrees.co.uk countries from across the world. place two weeks after the www.tredegarhousefestival.org.uk International Musical . 16 It programmes an eclectic mix * 20 of musicians from across the When: June Devauden Festival world to perform alongside a Where: Cardiff When: May programme of family workshops Genre: All Where: Monmouthshire and comedy events. Cardiff’s annual Genre: Folk/Acoustic www.llangollenfringe.co.uk arts & culture festival. Over the A two-day festival which describes course of nine days it features a itself as a small festival with big 24 mix of music, literature, , ideas. Llangollen International comedy, art, sports, food & drink, www.devaudenfestival.com Musical Eisteddfod culminating in a weekend of music When: July and events within 21 Where: Llangollen grounds. Gŵyl Werin – Hydref Genre: All www.tafwyl.org When: October Since 1947 Llangollen has Where: staged one of the world’s most 17 Genre: Folk/Traditional inspirational cultural festivals. Festival of Voice A new folk and traditional music Each year around 4,000 When: October festival run by Canolfan Soar. performers and as many as 50,000 Where: Cardiff Described as a kaleidoscopic feast visitors converge to sing and Genre: All of Welsh folk. dance in a unique combination Created by Wales Millennium www.gwylwerin.cymru of competition, performance, Centre, Festival of Voice Cardiff and international peace and is an international festival that friendship. celebrates the voice in all its www.international-eisteddfod.co.uk forms. It brings artists and audiences together to hear and be heard; commissioning new work and unique collaborations in contemporary, world and classical music, opera, theatre, talks and visual art. www.festivalofvoice.cymru 25 28 FOCUS Wales Eisteddfod Genedlaethol When: May yr Urdd* Where: Wrexham When: May Genre: All Where: Peripatetic (2020 ) An international multi-venue Genre: All showcase festival which places One of Europe’s largest youth the spotlight firmly on emerging touring festivals (90,000 visitors), talent from Wales, alongside a the selection of the best new acts is a competitive festival with from across the world. over 15,000 children and young www.focuswales.com people under the age of 25, competing and performing during 26 the Eisteddfod week in various The Good Life Experience competitions and concerts with When: September a focus on music, dance and the Where: spoken word. Genre: All www.urdd.cymru Founded by , this festival places equal emphasis on craft, outdoor activity, food, music and ideas aiming to * A festival which is held connect visitors with the things predominantly in the Welsh that really matter, not just for one language long, idyllic weekend in Wales, but for ever. www.thegoodlifeexperience.co.uk 27 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymu* When: August Where: Peripatetic (2020 ) Genre: All The National Eisteddfod is a celebration of Welsh language and culture. The festival has no fixed location, but alternates between sites in north and , attracting around 150,000 visitors, over 6,000 competitors and can be traced back to the year 1176. The Eisteddfod is the natural showcase for music, dance, visual arts, literature, original performances and much more. www.eisteddfod.wales

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