Festivals in Wales, UK

If it moves, grows, sings, is edible, makes you laugh, feels good, sounds good, or just looks pretty, there's a Welsh festival to celebrate it. Any excuse really.

We've been throwing them since the first Eisteddfod back in 1176. Nowadays we've got scores of festivals big and small, from modern cult classics like Hay, Green Man, HowTheLightGetsIn, Wakestock and Laugharne, to one-off events in praise of... well, everything: agriculture, Victoriana, quilts, storytelling, poetry and comedy.

And let's not forget food festivals, from the mighty Abergavenny weekend to a whole smorgasbord of celebrations of everything from mackerel to oysters to wild food gathered from the hedgerows.

Outside of the Wales Millennium Centre

Festival of Voice returns

The biennial celebration of music and arts returns to Cardiff between 7 and 17 June 2018
Giant wicker man at the Green Man festival

Festivals, Welsh-style

From the quirky to the wild, our festivals promise a never-forgotten experience!
A group of four adults and a child sat on a picnic rug with festival stalls in the background.

Food festivals

Welsh food and drink festivals. Experience some of the best food and drink Wales has to offer.
Girls from the Floral Dance lining up to perform

Don’t miss the National Eisteddfod

The best Welsh poets, musicians, performers and thinkers – all in one beautiful place. Immerse yourself in proud culture with a week of wonder.
Man with a fire stick lit at both ends.

Six Spring festivals

Enjoy the best of Welsh culture with six amazing festivals in Wales during Spring 2018.
Festival Number Six

Music festivals in Wales

Feed your mind, body and soul at one of the dozens of festivals taking place across Wales this year
Evening sunset at Fforest gathering

Magic in the Fforest

A holiday in the magical Fforest promises family-friendly weeks of creative pleasures.
Dish of food and person cooking outdoors

A taste of the Good Life

Experience good living and all things traditional at The Good Life Experience.