08/03/2018

  Women and girls – including those who identify as women and non-binary individuals – are invited to register at www.processions.co.uk to take part in this once-in-a-lifetime living artwork which will celebrate a historic moment for gender equality and create a dramatic portrait of women in the 21st century. On 10th June 2018, participants in Cardiff will walk together in their tens of thousands. Given green, white or violet to wear, to represent the colours of the suffrage movement and…

28/02/2018

  Photo supplied by A Kendall / Shenstone photography This year is the 70th Anniversary of the launch of the Land Rover. South Wales Land Rover Club recently approached the committee of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society (RWAS) with a view to organising the first ‘Welsh Festival of Land Rovers’ display event at their Spring Festival this year. The committee agreed it was a good idea and asked SWLRC to coordinate the event. The themes for the event will be “The…

21/09/2017

Newport Family Cycling Festival will take place on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 September at Tredegar House, getting even more families on their bikes this year. The festival is sponsored by Newport City Homes and is a joint venture organised by Sustrans Cymru, National Trust, RSPB Cymru, Welsh Cycling, HSBC Breeze and Newport Social Cycling. A grand opening event is planned with John Griffiths AM, the Blue Phoenix Marching Band and the Caldicot Male Voice Cycling Club Choir at 10.30am…

20/09/2017

Oxjam Festival is taking place on October 7th running from Midday – Midnight on Womanby Street, Church Street and Dumballs Road with over 50 excellent acts playing in 5 different venues to raise money and awareness for Oxfam. As a festival celebrating all the wonderful things about the Cardiff music scene to raise money for an amazing cause, whether you’re a fan of heavy rock, hip hop, funk, grunge, techno, pop or punk, you’re bound to find something you love….

11/08/2017

With over 100 workshops and events, RawFfest youth arts festival opens in just one week. Running from 17 August to 20 August in Llandudno, the festival is open to all 14 to 25 year olds. This is the only national UK festival programmed entirely by young people for young people and its exciting line up reflects the passions of the young curators. There are many opportunities for young people to take part, learn something new and meet other like-minded young…

10/07/2017

GrandFest Cymru, a festival celebrating the heritage skills of talented older people and proudly presented by charity, Royal Voluntary Service, took place in Cardiff today. The one day, family-friendly festival took place at St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff with a series of free Masterclasses – from quilting, rag rugging and embroidery to bread making and international dance – hosted by the GrandMakers, all of whom are over 70. GrandMakers from the following regions took part: Clive Lillow…

09/06/2017

GrandFest Cymru, a one-day festival celebrating the heritage skills of talented older people and proudly presented by charity, Royal Voluntary Service, is coming to Wales for the very first time. On Sunday 9th July, the free one-day, family-friendly festival will take place at St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff with a series of free Masterclasses – from quilting, rag rugging and embroidery to bread making and international dance – hosted by the GrandMakers, all of whom are over…

08/06/2017

The Lower Machen Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2017.  Based in the Village of Lower Machen near Newport in South Wales, the festival presents the highest possible quality music making in an atmosphere that brings together what a member of our audience recently described as “a unique atmosphere, in which setting and music complement each other perfectly – the ideal way to spend a summer’s evening.” Predominately based in the Church of St Michael and All Angels in the…

18/01/2017

WHAT: Viva! Vegan Festival  www.viva.org.uk/cardiff WHERE: Cardiff City Hall, Gorsedd Gardens Road, Cardiff CF10 3ND WHEN: Saturday, 4 February 2017 – 10.30am to 5pm HOW MUCH?: Only £2 – kids go free! CONTACT: 0117 944 1000  Everything you ever wanted to know about going, being or staying vegan (or moving in that direction) will be on tap at the Cardiff Viva! Vegan Festival. Organised by charity Viva!, entry is just £2 (under 16s free); a whole range of delicious food…

15/11/2016

The Italian Cultural Centre Wales presents its second Italian Film Festival Cardiff 2016 (IFFC), which will run from the23-27 November at Penarth Pier Pavilion and Chapter Arts Centre. The Festival brings the very best contemporary Italian films to Penarth and Cardiff, this year showing nine feature films and a selection of short animated films, all of them premiering in Wales and the UK. These films explore the intimate, melancholic, romantic and humorous sides of Italy and examine how lives and…