Festivals in Wales
Every festival we cover in Wales β where and when to go.
Cymanfa Ganu
A Cymanfa Ganu (Welsh pronunciation: [kΙΛmanva ΛΙ‘anΙ¨], 'singing festival') is a Welsh festival of sacred hymns, sung with four-part harmony by a congregation, usually under the direction of a choral director.
Pembrey Country Park
Pembrey Country Park is a country park on the coast of South Wales, located near the village of Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, and the town of Llanelli.
Talgarth Festival
The Talgarth Festival of the Black Mountains is an annual event which takes place in the small market town of Talgarth in Mid Wales and includes live music, food and drink vendors, craft stalls, and artisan producers from across Wales. The festival also features animals prominently, with a cattle market and a recurring duck race in the River Ennig. It takes place over the August Bank holiday weekend. In 2024, the festival added a gardening show as a new event. Began 1995, the Talgarth Festival continues to grow in size and popularity, with 2025 marking its 30th anniversary.
Vale of Glamorgan Festival
Under its founder and artistic director, composer John Metcalf, the Vale of Glamorgan Festival was one of Walesβs most flourishing music festivals for over half a century from 1969 until 2023, with the announcement being made in 2024 that it would not longer continue. [1] The decision to close followed the Arts Council of Walesβs rejection of their applications for Lottery funding.
Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau
Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau is a world music event held in the town of Dolgellau in Wales. The event was established in 1992 by Ywain Myfyr, Huw Dylan Owen, Esyllt Jones, Elfed ap Gomer and Alun Owen, and was held in the town's streets. From 2002 until 2008, Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau was held on the Marian Mawr, a large grassy area next to Afon Wnion. It was during this period that Sesiwn Fawr reached its peak audience figures with sell out crowds of approximately 5,000 attending each year. In 2007 and 2008, the festival was blighted by bad weather resulting in poor ticket sales, and as with a number of.
Escape into the Park
Escape into the Park is an annual festival held in Singleton Park, Swansea, South Wales, that began in July 1995. It started life as a spin-off to The Escape club formerly located in Northampton Lane, Swansea (later known as Club Cuba) and played host to many artists and dance DJs, and focusing on a dance and rave theme.
Sunrise Celebration
Sunrise Celebration is an ethical living, organic arts and music festival that used to take place in Bruton, Somerset, England on an organic farm, and has now moved to Pontrilas, Herefordshire.
Hammerfest (festival)
Hammerfest was a music festival held annually in North Wales. In 2013, Hammerfest moved to the Haven site in Pwllheli, Hafan y MΓ΄r Holiday Park as the festival outgrew its original site at Pontin's Holiday Village, Prestatyn, Wales. It is not related to a music festival of the same name hosted by white supremacist groups. The festival was owned by emc3i Ltd, sponsored by the music magazine Metal Hammer and run by the organizers of the Hard Rock Hell festival. Because the festival was held at a holiday camp, the organizers made pre-built venues and stages, and attendees stayed in the on-site a.
Welsh Proms
The Welsh Proms Cymru is a week long series of classical music performances which take place at the national concert hall of Wales, St David's Hall, Cardiff in July each year.
Cardiff Mela
The Cardiff Mela (also known as the Cardiff Multicultural Mela) is an annual large-scale outdoor multicultural festival, held in the city's Roald Dahl Plass, in Cardiff Bay. It is a free event and has been free each year since inception. It celebrates many cultural aspects of Asian life, particularly music, dance, fashion and food. The annual event first took place on an outdoor location in 2007 at Coopers Field, Cardiff Castle in the heart of Cardiff City Centre. The 2009 festival featured bhangra, Bollywood and rnb singers including H Dhami, Mumzy Stranger and Navin Kundra amongst others. T.
HowTheLightGetsIn Festival
HowTheLightGetsIn Festival is a philosophy and music festival, hosted by the Institute of Art and Ideas. It aims "to get philosophy out of the academy and into people's lives" by bringing together philosophers, writers, academics, comedians and musicians for a festival of debate, talks, music, workshops, and late night parties.
Helfa gelf
Helfa Gelf (English: Arts Trail) was the Welsh-language name for the largest open studio event in north Wales, with more than 300 artists. However, it is now defunct. The annual art event was held every September starting in 2006, and extended over five counties of North Wales. The Art Trail combined over 100 artists Open Studios and Artists Open Houses with events located all kinds of venues: studios, galleries, village halls and even garden sheds.
Do not go gentle festival
Do Not Go Gentle festival was an annual arts festival, founded in 2012, that takes place in the Uplands suburb of Swansea, Wales, which is famous for being the birthplace of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. It was founded by Pierre Davies and inspired by Ireland's Dylan Thomas Literary Weekend in County Clare and he wanted to honor the Welsh poet with a festival closer to his home.
Tafwyl
The Tafwyl festival is an annual Welsh-language festival which takes place in Cardiff, Wales. It culminates with a two day open air festival, normally held in Bute Park, and previously held in Cardiff Castle.
X Music Festival
X Music Festival is a dance music festival held each June on the former grounds of Cardiff Castle in Wales.
Pride Cymru
Pride Cymru (previously Cardiff Mardi Gras) is an LGBT pride festival held annually in Cardiff, Wales.
Steelhouse Festival
Steelhouse Festival is an independent rock festival held annually in late July at Aberbeeg in South Wales, U.K.
Cardigan Bay Seafood Festival
Cardigan Bay Seafood Festival is an annual food festival held at Aberaeron in Ceredigion, Wales between 1997 and 2019.
International Film Festival of Wales
The International Film Festival of Wales (IFFW), previously known as the Newport International Film Festival (2007β2015), is an annual film festival established in 2006 and is one of four festivals hosted by the Film Festival Guild, including the British Animation Film Festival, the British Independent Film Festival and the British Horror Film Festival. IFFW was held in various venues in Newport before branching out to other areas of Wales such as Neath Port Talbot and Cardiff, and is now located at the oldest cinema in Wales, the Market Hall Cinema in Brynmawr. The festival showcases a wide v.
Devauden Festival
The Devauden Festival is an annual music festival based in the Wye Valley National Landscape, Monmouthshire, Wales. It features emerging and established musicians performing original music and a DJ stage, as well as hosting arts and crafts stalls, a children's area and a wellness area.
Green Gathering
The Green Gathering, formerly known as the Big Green Gathering is a festival with an environmental and social justice focus, including workshops and talks on permaculture, politics, ecology and crafts, as well as art, live music and spoken word performances. The first Big Green Gathering was held in 1994 and the festival is currently held in Chepstow, Monmouthshire although it has previously been held in various locations in Somerset and Wiltshire, England.
National Eisteddfod of Wales
The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru ) is the largest of several festivals known as eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales. Its eight days of competitions and performances are considered the largest music and poetry festival in Europe. Competitors typically number 6,000 or more, and overall attendance generally exceeds 100,000 visitors, the highest recently being 186,000 attending the 2024 festival in Pontypridd. The 2018 Eisteddfod was held in Cardiff Bay with a fence-free 'Maes'. In 2020, the event was held virtually under the name AmGen; even.
The Full Ponty
The Full Ponty was a music festival first held in Pontypridd on the 27β28 May 2006. The name Full Ponty is a pun on Full Monty, and Ponty, the local nickname of the town. The festival is associated with The Pop Factory and is held at Ynysangharad Park, with additional "Fringe" events taking place at various venues throughout Pontypridd, including comedy, and up-and-coming bands. The event's organisers stated a lack of big-name acts as the reason for no Full Ponty 2008 but then promised that it would return in 2009, though no further festivals have been held since. The TV show that launched the.
Green Man Festival
The Green Man Festival is an independent music, science and arts festival held annually in mid-August in the Brecon Beacons, Wales. Green Man has evolved into a 25,000 capacity week long event, showcasing predominantly live music (in particular alternative, indie, rock, folk, dance and Americana). The festival site is divided into 10 areas, hosting literature, film, comedy, science, theatre, wellness and family acts.
Cardiff Design Festival
Cardiff Design Festival is an annual event organised by the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff in partnership with a number of Cardiff organisations, which since its inception has included Design Wales, an organisation which has a pan Wales remit for supporting and encouraging the use of design. The Festival was first held in 2005, within the City Centre at the Park Plaza Hotel on Cardiff's Greyfriars Road, as well as a number of other events and seminars at various locations around the city.
Welsh Comedy Festival
The Welsh Comedy Festival was held in 2007. It was held in partnership with the Welsh hospice charity TΕ· Hafan.
GΕ΅yl Mabsant
A GΕ΅yl Mabsant (Welsh for "Feast of the Patron"), also known as the patronal festival or Wake of a parish, is a traditional Welsh festival held annually in commemoration of the patron saint of a parish. Prior to 1752, the corresponding fair was reckoned by the Saint's Day according to tradition or to the official Catholic or Anglican Calendar of Saints; following the shift to New Style dating, however, the fair was reckoned eleven days later. (For example, St. Teilo's Fair in Llandeilo was originally held on 9 February but came to be held on the 20th.) By the 19th century, the fair often began.
Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts
The Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts is an annual arts festival that takes place in Swansea, Wales.
Cardiff Big Weekend
The Cardiff Big Weekend took place annually from 1993 to 2011, and in 2017 as part of the Cardiff Festival organized by Cardiff Council. The event was free, and lasted three days. As well as music over the weekend, there were fair rides on site, and firework displays.
Gregynog Festival
Gregynog Festival (Welsh: GΕ΅yl Gregynog) is the oldest extant classical music festival in Wales and takes place each summer at Gregynog Hall in the village of Tregynon, near Newtown, Powys, mid-Wales.
Presteigne Festival
The Presteigne Festival is a classical music festival which takes place at the end of August each year in the town of Presteigne, situated in the Welsh Marches. The Festival promotes a wide variety of concerts together with many music-related activities.
Beyond the Border Storytelling Festival
Beyond The Border Wales International Storytelling Festival is a Wales-based international arts festival dedicated to celebrating the retelling of the worldβs traditional stories.
Pembrokeshire Fish Week
Pembrokeshire Fish Week is an biannual food festival held in June and July that celebrates Pembrokeshire's seafood, coastline, beaches, and maritime heritage. It has many events that take place across the county.
Cowbridge Food and Drink Festival
Cowbridge Food and Drink Festival is an annual food festival held in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
Caerleon Arts Festival
The Caerleon Arts Festival (Welsh: Gwyl Celf Caerllion) is a yearly arts, literature and entertainment event in the town of Caerleon, near Newport, Wales. It is held in July, setting up over a week period, with a main weekend hosting the headline events. The 2019 festival concluded on 13 and 14 July.
Welsh Language Music Day
Welsh Language Music Day, often called by the Welsh name Dydd Miwsig Cymru, is a music festival founded by radio presenter Huw Stephens. Events take place on the day at its base in Cardiff, as well as previously in London, Swansea, and even as far as Brooklyn and Budapest.
The Big Welsh Bite Food Festival
The Big Welsh Bite Food Festival is an annual food festival that is held in Pontypridd.
Wales One World Film Festival
Wales One World Film Festival (Welsh: GΕ΅yl Ffilm WOW "Cymru aβr Byd yn Un"), also known as WOW Film Festival, is an annual celebration of world cinema held in Wales. The festival presents a touring programme that travels to towns across the country, including Bangor, Swansea, Cardigan, Carmarthen, and Fishguard. Its full programme is showcased at its main venue and long-standing home, the Aberystwyth Arts Centre in Aberystwyth, Wales, UK.
Machynlleth Comedy Festival
Machynlleth Comedy Festival (Welsh: GΕ΅yl Gomedi Machynlleth) is a three-day comedy festival held annually in Machynlleth, Wales. Although the town is home to only around 2,000 residents, in 2024 the festival drew in around four times that number of visitors. The festival, nicknamed "Mach Fest" by its supporters, is aimed as a testing ground for comedians to experiment with new material in the spring before the more intense Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August.
2019 Cardiff and Vale Urdd National Eisteddfod
The 2019 Cardiff and Vale Urdd National Eisteddfod (Welsh: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yr Urdd, Caerdydd a'r Fro 2019) was held in Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales, from 27 May to 1 June 2019. This was the first time the Urdd National Eisteddfod of Wales had been held with free entry and without fences.
Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod
The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is a music festival which takes place every year during the second week of July in Llangollen, north Wales. It is one of several large annual Eisteddfodau in Wales. Singers and dancers from around the world are invited to take part in over 20 competitions followed each evening by concerts on the main stage. Over five thousand singers, dancers and instrumentalists from around 50 countries perform to audiences of more than 50,000 over the 6 days of the event.
Saint David's Day
Saint David's Day (Welsh: Dydd GΕ΅yl Dewi Sant or Dydd GΕ΅yl Dewi [ΛdΙ¨ΛΓ° ΛΙ‘uΛΙ¨Μ―l ΛdΙuΜ―.i Λsant, ΛdiΛΓ° Μ©Ι‘ΚiΜ―l ΛdΙuΜ―.i]), or the Feast of Saint David, is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and falls on 1 March, the date of Saint David's death in 589 AD.
Eisteddfod
In Welsh culture, an eisteddfod is an institution and festival with several ranked competitions, including in poetry and music.
Brecon Jazz Festival
The Brecon Jazz Festival is a music festival held annually in Brecon, Wales. Normally staged in early August, it has played host to a range of jazz musicians from across the world.
Royal Welsh Show
The Royal Welsh Show (Welsh: Sioe Frenhinol Cymru) is an agricultural show, organised by the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society (originally, the Welsh National Agricultural Society, formed 26 February 1904 by influential landowners, at Committee Room 12 at the House of Commons), and first held in 1904. It takes place in July of each year, at Llanelwedd, near Builth Wells, in Powys, Mid Wales.
Sheep Music
Sheep Music is a three-day world music festival which takes place during July each year in Presteigne. It has 22 years of history, starting as a party on The Warden in 1991. Since moving to its current site at Wentes Meadow in the mid-1990s it has developed into music festival. In addition to several music stages, the festival also features workshops, craft activities, and local food and ales.
Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival
Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival, known locally as Victorian Week, is a festival held annually at the end of August in Llandrindod Wells, Powys, central Wales. Many locals and some visitors dress in Victorian, Edwardian or other antique costumes, and many of the town's shops and other high-street businesses dress their windows or otherwise join in the spirit of the event. The event attracted some 40,000 people in 2007. The festival typically offers open-air and street theatre and music, a fairground, craft fair, historical re-enactment, entertainments at the Albert Hall and exhibitions of.
Wales International Film Festival
Wales International Film Festival (WalesIFF) is a film festival held in Gwyn Hall in Neath, Wales. It was founded in 2017 by Euros Jones-Evans and Samira Mohamed Ali.
Wakestock 2008
Wakestock 2008, sponsored by Relentless energy drink, was the 2008 edition of the Wakestock music and wakeboarding festival that took place at two venues in the UK in summer of that year. The two locations were Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire and Abersoch in Cardigan Bay, Wales. The line-ups were fairly similar for both sets of concerts but some acts appeared only at one of the events.
MusicFest Aberystwyth
MusicFest Aberystwyth is a fusion of an international music festival and summer school held in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales. Founded in 1987 by the cellist Nicholas Jones, MusicFest initially started as a small series of concerts. In 1988 a small Summer School was run alongside the concerts which provided chamber music coaching for pianists and string players. MusicFest has since evolved into an international Festival and Summer School.
Urdd National Eisteddfod
The Urdd National Eisteddfod (Welsh: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Urdd Gobaith Cymru or Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yr Urdd) is an annual Welsh-language youth festival of literature, music and performing arts organised by Urdd Gobaith Cymru. It is the youth counterpart to the National Eisteddfod of Wales. Arguably Europe's largest youth festival, it is usually held during the last week of May, coinciding with schools' half term holiday. Locations normally alternate between north and south Wales, though in 2017, 2018 and 2019 they were held in south Wales. The Eisteddfod consists of competitive singing.
The Square Festival
The Square Festival was an annual music festival held in Borth, Ceredigion, Mid Wales. It was originally set up in 2005, as a small festival for the village. In 2008 it grew to become a commercial festival for up to 3,000 people over two days. In 2009 the organisers hosted the festival over three days with a capacity for 5,000 people. The festival was not held in 2010 due to licensing and financial issues, and has not been held since.
Hard Rock Hell
Hard Rock Hell is a three day music festival held at Vauxhall Holiday resort, Great Yarmouth. It was previously held at Hafan y MΓ΄r Holiday Park, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, North Wales, and up until 2011 at Pontin's Holiday Village, Prestatyn, Wales. Holding the festival in a holiday camp gives the organisers pre-built venues and stages and because of the on-site accommodation allows them to hold a multi day festival over winter/spring months when outdoor camping is not desirable. The first edition of the festival was held at Butlins Holiday Camp, Minehead, England, but the festival relocated to its c.
Cardiff Comedy Festival
The Cardiff Comedy Festival is organized by Scott Fitzgerald, Tom Wakeham, Richard Balshaw, Johnny Disco and Matt Price. As well as showcasing established, mainly Welsh, acts, the Festival also aims to nurture new talent, and in 2010 premiered the first Welsh Unsigned Standup Awards.
Made in Roath
Made in Roath is an annual arts festival that takes place every October in Roath, a neighbourhood just adjacent to the city centre of Cardiff, Wales. The event showcases art, music, performance, literature and food in a variety of venues including peoples' homes. It is organised by the tight-knit community in Roath.
Monmouthshire Food Festival
Monmouthshire Food Festival was an annual food festival held in Caldicot Castle in Monmouthshire.
Newport Food Festival
Newport Food Festival is an annual food festival for held at Newport, Wales.
Cardiff International Food and Drink Festival
Cardiff International Food and Drink Festival is an annual food festival held in Cardiff, Wales.
Focus Wales
Focus Wales (stylised as FOCUS Wales) is an international multi-venue showcase music and arts festival held annually in Wrexham, Wales. It is Wales' biggest music industry event and was first held in 2011. The event showcases emerging Welsh musical talent, as well as a selection of international emerging acts, film screenings, and conference events.
2008 Cardiff and District National Eisteddfod
The 2008 Cardiff and District National Eisteddfod (Welsh: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru Caerdydd a'r Cylch 2008) was held in Pontcanna Fields, Cardiff, Wales, from 2 to 9 August 2008. This was the first time the National Eisteddfod of Wales had been held in Cardiff for 30 years.
Woodfest Wales
Woodfest Wales (Welsh: GΕ΅yl Coed Cymru) is an annual wood carving event that was first held on 8β9 June 2002 in St Asaph, and attracted more than 18,000 visitors in 2004. Among the attractions is a chain saw carving competition. Since 2005, due to its increasing popularity, a second event has been held in May at Margam Country Park near Port Talbot in South Wales, and in addition to activities and displays related to wood, such as chain saw carving, logging competitions, and pole climbing, it includes displays of birds of prey, mountain biking, cookery, arts and crafts and a fairground.
Hay Festival
The Hay Festival of Literature & Arts, or simply the Hay Festival (Welsh: GΕ΅yl Y Gelli), is an annual literature festival held in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales, for 10 days from May to June. Devised by Norman, Rhoda and Peter Florence in 1988, the festival was described by Bill Clinton in 2001 as "The Woodstock of the mind". Tony Benn said: "In my mind it's replaced Christmas".
Faenol Festival
The Faenol Festival (Welsh: GΕ΅yl y Faenol) was a music festival organised by Welsh singer Bryn Terfel, originally held annually on the Faenol Estate (Welsh: Y Faenol), near Y Felinheli in Gwynedd, north Wales.
Fishguard Folk Festival
Since 1999, the seaport town of Fishguard in Wales has hosted a traditional music festival, held over the late May Spring Bank Holiday weekend.
Abertoir
Abertoir: The International Horror Festival of Wales is an annual horror and horror film festival held in the Aberystwyth Arts Centre in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales.
Celtic Blue Rock Community Arts Festival
The Celtic Blue Rock Community Arts Festival (known as Blue Rock to locals) is a charity-based festival showcasing local bands, craftsmen and stalls in Llanfyrnach, Wales. From small beginnings in 2004, it has grown to be an annual event attracting 10,000 people.
SΕ΅n
SΕ΅n Festival (sΕ΅n is Welsh for "sound, noise", Welsh pronunciation: [suΛn]) is a music festival founded by BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Huw Stephens and Cardiff-based promoter John Rostron. The festival takes place annually in Stephens' hometown of Cardiff, Wales. The first SΕ΅n Festival took place in November 2007. Bands playing included The Cribs, Beirut, David Holmes, Edwyn Collins and Cherry Ghost with DJs including Annie Mac.
Traditional festival days of Wales
Various traditions are practiced on certain days of the year in Wales both currently and historically, including festivities originating in Welsh, Celtic, English and Christian cultures.
Laugharne Weekend
The Laugharne Weekend is an annual literary and arts festival in Laugharne, Wales, held in the spring. Dylan Thomas described Laugharne as a timeless, mild, beguiling island of a town.
Monmouth Festival
Monmouth Festival is an annual nine-day free music festival which takes place in the market town of Monmouth, south east Wales, United Kingdom. It is organised by a non-profit-making small team of volunteers from the local community, and was started in 1982.
Monmouth Women's Festival
Monmouth Women's Festival is an annual event in Monmouth, Wales, focusing on issues of interest to women. It is a not-for-profit cultural festival including workshops, talks and other events, and is organised by a small committee of volunteers.
Let's Rock (festival)
Let's Rock is an annual family-friendly, 1980s-oriented music festival held throughout the United Kingdom. Since the first festival in 2009, it has grown every year to become the UK's largest festival for 1980s music, expanding to 14 locations.
Festival Number 6
Festival NΒ°6 (Festival Number 6) was an annual art and music festival held in and around Portmeirion, Wales. The festival presented a wide range of music genres across multiple stages. It was advertised as a family-friendly festival, and as such various areas of the festival are targeted to families, such as "No.6's Mischief Meadow" for children and a designated family camping area. In 2013 one of the organizers stated that due to the size of the village the festival was not likely to grow beyond 10,000 attendees across the weekend.
Cardiff Festivals
Cardiff Festivals are a series of festivals held in the capital of Wales, Cardiff and nearby areas every summer. The festival started back in the 1980s and are organised by several associations.
Owain GlyndΕ΅r Day
Owain GlyndΕ΅r Day is held annually on 16 September in Wales, as a celebration of Owain GlyndΕ΅r, the last native Prince of Wales and founder of the first Welsh parliament.
Narberth Food Festival
Narberth Food Festival is an annual food festival held at Town Moor, Narberth, Pembrokeshire.
Lampeter Food Festival
GΕ΅yl Fwyd Llanbed - Lampeter Food Fest (previously known as Ffair Fwyd Llanbed - Lampeter Food Festiva) is an annual food festival held at Lampeter in Ceredigion.
Caerphilly Food Festival
Caerphilly Food Festival is an annual food festival held in Caerphilly, South Wales.
1176 Cardigan eisteddfod
The 1176 Cardigan eisteddfod, as it is commonly described today, was a cultural tournament involving bards and musicians, held in the grounds of Cardigan Castle, Cardigan, West Wales, by the Lord Rhys ap Gruffydd. Though the term eisteddfod was not commonly used until several centuries later, the 1176 gathering is commonly claimed to be the earliest recorded forerunner of the modern national eisteddfod event.
Portmeirion
Portmeirion (; Welsh pronunciation: [pΙrtΛmeiΜ―rjΙn]) is a folly Italianate style tourist village in Gwynedd, North Wales. It lies on the estuary of the River Dwyryd in the community of Penrhyndeudraeth, 2 miles (3.2 km) from Porthmadog and 1 mile (1.6 km) from Minffordd railway station.
National Garden Scheme
The National Garden Scheme is a charity fund-raising scheme involving access to privately owned gardens in England, Northern Ireland, Wales, and the Channel Islands on selected dates for charity. It was founded in 1927 with the aim of "opening gardens of quality, character and interest to the public for charity". The scheme has raised over Β£78 million since it began, and normally opens over 3,500 gardens a year.
Cardiff Film Festival
The Cardiff Film Festival (GΕ΅yl Ffilm Caerdydd in Welsh) was an annual film festival that took place in Cardiff, Wales. It had previously been called the Cardiff Screen Festival.
Ebbw Vale Garden Festival
The Ebbw Vale Garden Festival of Wales (National Garden Festival 1992) attracted over two million visitors to Ebbw Vale in South Wales.
Machynlleth Festival
The Machynlleth Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in the auditorium of The Tabernacle, Machynlleth, Wales in late August. During the week eminent performers take part in events ranging from recitals for children to jazz.
North Wales International Music Festival
The North Wales International Music Festival is a classical music festival held annually in St Asaph Cathedral in North Wales. It was founded by William Mathias in 1972 and takes place every September. William Mathias was artistic director of the Festival for twenty years until his death in 1992. He was followed by Geraint Lewis and Ann Atkinson, who was also in post for twenty years before stepping down in 2023. Paul Mealor was announced as the festival's new artistic director on 2 October 2023.
Pontardawe Festival
Pontardawe Festival is an annual festival of world music and dance which is held every August on the playing fields in Pontardawe, Wales, UK.
Iris Prize
The Iris Prize is an international LGBTQ film prize and festival open to films by, for, about or of interest to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex audiences, and which must have been completed within two years of the prize deadline. It was launched in 2006 by Berwyn Rowlands.
Wakestock (Wales)
Wakestock was Europe's largest wakeboard music festival, combining the cultures of music and wakeboarding. It was held on the LlΕ·n Peninsula in Wales, in between Pwllheli and Llanbedrog.
Swansea Bay Film Festival
The Swansea Bay Film Festival was a film festival organized by The Academy of Media, Recording, Interactive, Television and Stage Arts that took place in Swansea, Wales, between 2006 and 2011. It ended in 2011 after significant criticism of their treatment of entrants.
Haverfordwest Beer and Cider Festival
Haverfordwest Beer and Cider Festival is an annual festival that takes place at Haverfordwest Castle during August.
Cardigan River and Food Festival
Cardigan River and Food Festival is an annual food festival held at Cardigan, Ceredigion.
Welsh Perry and Cider Festival
Welsh Cider and Perry Festival is an annual festival for cider and perry held at Caldicot Castle in Monmouthshire.
2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod
The 2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod was held in Cardiff Bay, Wales, from 3 to 11 August 2018. It was the seventh time the National Eisteddfod of Wales had been held in Cardiff. The 2018 event was billed as the Eisteddfod with "No fences" because it dispensed with the traditional enclosed Maes, or entrance fees to the event location. It made a Β£290,000 loss, but its popularity led to the suggestion of future Eisteddfods without fences.
Horizons (Wales)
Horizons (Welsh: Gorwelion) is an arts scheme and music festival launched jointly in 2014 by BBC Cymru Wales and the Arts Council of Wales to develop new independent contemporary music artists. It is curated by BBC presenter Bethan Elfyn.