festivals
Cadi Ha
3 May 2008 The annual Cadi Ha Festival. Held in the Holywell/Mold area, Flintshire Contact details
Chris Bailey
bailey.cm@virgin.net 01597 829361
Tredegar House Folk Festival
9-11 May 2008 A spectacular three-day celebration of dance and folk. Contact details
micktems@folkwales.org.uk
Sue Oates,01633 246241
susieoates@bushell100.fsnet.co.uk
www.tredegarhousefolk.ik.com
Torfaen Traditional Music Weekend
May, 2008
Contact details
TorfaenTraditionalMusic@webster.uk.net
www.freewebs.com/torfaen
| Fishguard Folk Festival
23-26 May 2008 With concerts, dance displays, family twmpath, meet the artist events, instrument
and voice workshops, busks, informal music and song sessions and a real ale bar.
A guided Smugglers and Pirates walk Contact details
http://www.pembrokeshire-folk-music.co.uk/Festival.htm |
| Coastline Bluegrass Music Event
6 - 8 June 2008 A weekend festival in a beautiful location, to encourage the playing of acoustic music across a wide range of ages and abilities.
Plas Uchaf Farm, near LLandudno Junction, North Wales LL28 5PD
Concerts, Picking sessions, Workshops, Visiting bands, Scratch bands, Camping, Food & real ale Contact details
www.coastlinebluegrass.co.uk
coastline1@hotmail.co.uk |
| Gower Folk Festival
13-15 June 2008 Gower Heritage Centre, Parkmill, Gower
Programme includes a fabulous range of guests plus workshops, Big Sing in the Chapel, Ceilidh and Come All Ye
Contact details
www.halfpennyfolkclub.com |
Snowdon Fiddle Festival
14 June 2008 Set in the tiny picturesque village of Nant Peris, at the foot of Snowdon, the festival has become known for its warm and friendly atmosphere. Festivities start on the Friday night with an open session in the cosy back room of the Vaynol Arms. During the day on Saturday there are workshops for fiddle and other instruments including a chance to try out the crwth (a medieval bowed lyre), clog dancing sessions and events for children including storytelling, climbing and puppet shows. Following the fun we had last year, there will be an open-mike concert in the pub at lunchtime, followed by an all-afternoon session to which all are welcome. The evening concert takes place in the beautiful atmospheric setting of the medieval church of St Peris, conveniently situated next to the pub for the session afterwards!
Artists who have played here include John Dipper, Maria Jonsson and Ian Carr, KilBride, Siân Phillips, Christine and Jo Cooper, SILD and the New Rope String Band, as well as numerous local fiddlers.
This year we step up the pace with Roots and Galoots from Pembrokeshire, who play lively Bluegrass music with close-harmony singing. We have a rare opportunity to hear a solo set from Stephen Rees, one of Wales’s best known fiddlers and a member of Crasdant and Ar Log. As is now traditional there will also be a short set from the organisers Cass Meurig, Idris Morris Jones and Nial Cain and contributions from Clwb Ffidil yr Wyddfa. Don’t miss it! Contact details
info@gwylffidil.info
www.gwylffidil.info 
| Gwyl Ifan Dance Festival, Cardiff
20-22 June 2008 Gŵyl Ifan, a weekend festival of folk dancing and fun held in Cardiff, includes a Folk Dance, Procession, Taplas, Displays and Workshops. Teams come from all over Wales and beyond. Contact details
029 2056 5101
www.gwylifan.org |
Cân ar Dân, Dinas Mawddwy
June 2008 What are your plans for the last weekend in June? How about spending a few days in the beautiful surroundings of the upper Dyfi Valley enjoying a mixture of music and experiencing the culture of a variety of small nations?
Come to the Tafarn y Llew Coch (Red Lion Inn), Dinas Mawddwy and the Gwyl Cân Ar Dân music festival, where a feast of music awaits. In addition to the live music you also have the opportunity to take part in the Summer School and receive tuition in traditional instruments from experts in their craft. You will enjoy a very warm welcome from the local community in this special event.
The festival has been running for seven years and draws an audience of all ages and tastes. The Llew Coch has been a gathering point for musicians of many different kinds for generations and on the 30th June, bands and artists of all kinds will be performing on stage at the rear of the Inn.
If you want good beer, good company and good music, there is only one place to be the 30th of June, and that is Gwyl Cân Ar Dân. Contact details
Information/ Registrations:
01650 511778
meic@vaw.org.uk
www.giselles.co.uk/canardan/ North Wales Bluegrass Festival
4-6 July 2008 The International Bluegrass Music and Dance Festival - Conwy, North Wales Contact details
www.northwalesbluegrass.co.uk/
Tony Franks Webmaster tonyfranks6@hotmail.com
Gill Williams - Festival Director 01492 580454 NorthWalesBluegrass@hotmail.com Llanfyllin Workhouse Festival
4-6 July 2008 An extravaganza of live music, workshops and childrens entertainment and a whole venue dedicated to dance workshops and celtic music with opportunities to bring your instrument and session. Contact details
suedolman@yahoo.co.uk
www.workhousefestival.co.uk
Two Rivers Folk Festival, Chepstow
4-6 July 2008 Annual folk music and dance festival in July with fully equipped campsite, concerts inside Chepstow castle, Welsh morris teams, traditional and contemporary music. Contact details
www.tworiversfolkfestival.com Llangollen International Eisteddfod
8-13 July 2008
Contact details
www.international-eisteddfod.co.uk Small Nations Festival
July 2008 A celebration of the music of Wales and other small nations.
Here you will find the best of Welsh and International music in all its wonderful variety, all packed into one week-end in the most idyllic setting. Contact details
smallnations@cilycwm.com
http://www.cilycwm.com/smallnations/ Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau
18-19 July 2008 Dolgellau stands in the beautiful valley of the River Wnion at the foot of Cader Idris and within easy reach of the beautiful sands of Cardigan Bay. The townąs wonderful granite architecture is a majestic backdrop to this incredible music festival which is held on a large green site in the town. The festival, with its six diverse stages, offers a unique cultural mix of world rhythms and sounds.
Contact details
www.sesiwnfawr.co.uk National Eisteddfod
2-9 August 2008 Contact details
www.eisteddfod.org.uk The Green Man Festival
15-17 August Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons Tegeingl - the festival of hidden folk
August 15-16, 2008 We are organising a brand new Folk Festival in Mold on the 15th-16th August, 2008.
Tegeingl will be a festival of traditional performance arts.
Through the festival we hope to reflect the rich art and folk culture that has developed and survived here in the land of the Decangli across the centuries. Tegeingl / Flintshire’s location on the border with the ebb and flow of cultures has contributed to the rich and unique mixture of history, heritage and art found here.
The festival will be an open door that visitors form near and far can step through to experience the best of Welsh entertainment and culture. It will also provide a stage in Wales for artists from across the world. We will give prominence to folk dances, tunes and tales from our region, side by side with those from other cultures.
This year artists will include:
Mabon, Steve Tilston, Pigyn Clust, Les Barker, Martha Tilston, Crasdant, Jez Lowe, Siân James, Bella Hardy, Eileen McGann and David K, Jez Lowe, Groups from Poland and Ireland. Contact details
info@tegeingl.com
www.tegeingl.com Pontardawe Festival
15-17 August 2008 Contact details
For more details
www.pontardawefestival.com Women In Tune
August 2008 WIT Festival is a fabulous weeklong, women-only extravaganza of music and arts workshops for all abilities, and stunning evening performances by top women artists.
Set in a picturesque location near Lampeter in West Wales, WIT`s a great chance to get away from it all, relax, have fun, and meet new friends. Contact details
www.womenintune.org.uk
booking@womenintune.org.uk
07990 992196 Fiddle Festival of Wales.
28-31 August 2008 Fiddle Festival of Wales.
28-31 August 2008
Takes place at the National Trust Stackpole Centre in Pembrokeshire Over 30 workshops over 3 days on tunes and technique for junior to senior; absolute beginners to advanced.
Our guest concert on Thursday 28th August 2008, will be given by former Fairport Convention and Whippersnapper fiddler Dave Swarbrick with Kevin Dempsey and supported by Wales` newly adopted bard and Eisteddfod winner, Les Barker and his hillarious poems. Concert tickets are available NOW at Ł15.00 and selling fast already! Call David 01646 621269
Our tutors will be:
Cass Meurig (Cymru/Wales); Liz Doherty (Ireland); Lori Watson (Scotland); Pat Smith & Siân Phillips (Cymru/Wales); Goran Premberg (Sweden), Pete Cooper (England); Iolo Jones (Cymru/Wales); Rick Townend (Bluegrass, England); John Carpenter (Cymru/Wales), our fiddle doctor will be on site holding surgeries! Dave Swarbrick will be giving a 60 minute masterclass on Friday.
Contact details
For further information about the festival,
tickets for the workshops, concerts and competition,
visit www.fiddlefestivalofwales.org.uk
or email info@fiddlefestivalofwales.org.uk
or call David on 01646 621269 
| Gower Bluegrass Festival
8 September 2008 `GoFest` is a one-day Bluegrass festival set in the heart of the beautiful Gower Peninsula. Hear music from fiddles, mandolins, banjos, guitars, dobros, basses. Workshops and informal picks. Listen to Swansea`s own foot-tappin` Bluegrass band Roots and Galoots. Check out the website for full details.
Contact details
www.gowerbluegrass.co.uk |
| Owain Glyndwr Festival, Upper Swansea Valley
September 2008 A weekend event with a dedicated music marquee, craft stalls, exciting entertainment and on-site camping, this is one event not to be missed.
Contact details
The Sleeping Giant Foundation
01639 731062
sgf.ltd@virgin.net
www.sgfnet.co.uk
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Pentreffest Autumn Weekend
October 2008 Contact details
www.pentreffest.org.uk
Jon Mills 029 20 232970 or 07909 535068
Annette Davies 01970 61458 Cwlwm Celtaidd
March 2009 The Celtic Festival of Wales
Porthcawl
Parade of the Celts - Concerts - Sessions - Workshops - and more Contact details
01656 766667
derek@cwlwmceltaidd.com
www.cwlwmceltaidd.com
Beyond the Border Storytelling Festival, St Donat`s
3-5 July 2009 International storytelling festival in the Vale of Glamorgan. The gardens and tents of a medieval cliff-top castle play host to the UK’s largest gathering of storytellers, bards, balladeers and bearers of the world’s oral traditions.
Contact details
www.beyondtheborder.com
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