Local events in the Harlech area
This is where we try and keep you up to date with all the latest happenings
around
Harlech here in beautiful North Wales. Its not exhaustive but does include
everything we know about.
If you want to publicise your Local Event here just email the details.
Boys Brigade Field
A496, bottom road, Harlech
John Lawson's Circus
Thursday 22nd July 2010 at 7pm
Friday 23rd July 2010 at 3pm and 7pm
Saturday 24th July 2010 at 2pm
London 2012 Olympiad
Cauldrons and Furnaces
Carnifal Cambria
Saturday 24th July 2010
As part of the Cultural Olympiad in Wales join us for our second Carnifal
Cambria- a carnival with a difference that includes a circus show and
travels on a special carnival train.
11am Meet in costume at Barmouth Harbour for a Journey
back into Victorian Britain
11.50am Train to Harlech (Free to everyone in carnival
costume)
12.30pm Arrive in Harlech Castle (entrance
free to carnivalists) – please bring picnic
in a hamper to share with your fellow travellers. (If pouring with rain
we will
continue the Carnival celebrations at Theatr Harlech)
2.00pm The Greatest Show on Earth
4.20pm Train from Harlech to Barmouth AM DDIM/FREE
Gwaith Powdwr, Penrhyndeudraeth Gwynedd LL48 6LY
North side of Harlech Toll
Have a Blast ! Wildlife & Art Festival
Saturday 24th July and Sunday 25th July 2010
1pm to 6pm each day
Free Event.
A disused gunpowder factory will explode into life this month with
a
free weekend extravaganza of art, performance, wildlife and fun
activities. The old Cooke’s Explosives site, Gwaith Powdwr,
will be transformed into an open-air gallery as artists
create work using the great outdoors as their canvas.
Over 20 contemporary artists have been invited to
create work that reflects the history of the
site and the wildlife that’s taken it over.
Tai Chi World Record Attempt
in aid of
Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Sunday 25th July 2010
11am
The Memorial Hall
Twtil
Harlech
£1 to participate (but feel free to give more if you wish)
All profits go to Breakthrough
China Bridge, Harlech Branch, are taking part in a World Record attempt, come and join us.
Please contact Celia Brown on 01766 780345 or email
Dyffryn and Talybont Funday
Coed y Bachau Fields, Dyffryn Ardudwy, LL44 2EP
Sunday 25th July 2010
11am til 5pm.
Over 16’s £3 each, under 16’s and OAPs free
Held on the last Sunday in July every year at Coed y Bachau Fields,
Dyffryn Ardudwy, just off the A496 coast road. Keep an eye
open for the signs!! Country music, Fairground rides,
quad bikes, pram race, charity stalls, carboot sale,
refreshments, bar and full itinerary of events.
Visits from Coastguard and Fire service planned.
Come and join in the fun.
Parking space for over 200 cars.
Harlech Castle
Ardudwy Knights
Early Medieval Warriors and Birds of Prey
Saturday 31st July 2010
11am - 4pm
Usual Addmission Charges apply, for further details Tel: 01766 780552.
Harlech Castle
Ardudwy Knights
Early Medieval Warriors and Birds of Prey
Sunday 1st August 2010
11am - 4pm
Usual Addmission Charges apply, for further details Tel: 01766 780552.
Llyn Rhaeadr - Open Garden for NGS
Parc Bron Y Graig
Harlech, LL46 2SR
Sunday 8th August to Wednesday 11th August 2010
Admission £3, Children free (share to WWF) Open for charity.
Hillside garden blending natural wildlife areas with garden plants,
shrubs,
vegetables and fruit. Small lake with 20 species of waterfowl with
ducklings in spring and summer. Fish pond, waterfalls, woodland,
rockeries, lawns, borders, snowdrops, daffodils, heathers,
bluebells, ferns, camellias, azaleas, rhododendrons,
wild flowers, views of Tremadog Bay and the
Lleyn Peninsula. Good paths and seating.
Gwaith Powdwr, Penrhyndeudraeth Gwynedd LL48 6LY
North side of Harlech Toll
Guided Walk
Wednesday 11th August 2010
7.30pm
Free Event
Join the Gwaith Powdwr reserve warden, North Wales Wildlife Trust’s
Rhydian Morris, on a walk around the fabulous reserve. You’ll
see the remnants of the old explosives factory and the
wildlife that has now taken over. Discover habitats
including woodland, scrub, heathland, bare rock
and open water and supports a wide range of
species including Nightjar, Barn Owl
and Pied flycatcher.
Harlech Castle
James and the Giant Peach
Performed by Illyria
Thursday 12th August 2010
pm
Adults £12, Children £8
For further details Tel: 01766 780552.
Harlech Castle
Ardudwy Knights
Early Medieval Warriors and Birds of Prey
Saturday 14th August 2010
11am - 4pm
Usual Addmission Charges apply, for further details Tel: 01766 780552.
Cerdd Ardudwy and Harlech Music
St Tanwg's Church
Llandanwg
Friday 20th August 2010
7.30pm
Tickets at the door £7.50 (reductions for children)
Colin Tommis, Guitar, and Joyce Fleur, Flute and Narration
Refreshments available during the Interval
Harlech
Emergency Services Fun Day
Saturday 21st August 2010
10.30am to 4pm
Come and join the Emergency Services, Fire, Police, Ambulance, Coastguard,
Mountain Rescue,
First Responders and see what they do.
Fun for all the family, 5-a-side football, egg and spoon race, car boot sale, Local Foods, etc.
'Go on, you know you want to play with the the Siren!'
Merioneth County Show
Harlech
Wednesday 25th August 2010
More details to follow
Harlech Castle
James and the Giant Peach
Performed by Illyria
Wednesday 25th August 2010
pm
Adults £12, Children £8
For further details, Tel: 01766 780552.
Cerdd Ardudwy and Harlech Music
St Tanwg's Church
Llandanwg
Wednesday 25th August 2010
7.30pm
Tickets at the door £7.50 (reductions for children)
Glain Dafydd, Harp
Refreshments available during the Interval
Harlech Castle
Harlech Medieval Society
Sunday 29th August 2010
11am to 4pm
For further details, Tel: 01766 780552.
Gwynedd Get-together
an all-day knit, spin, weave and natter
The Memorial Hall
Twtil
Harlech
Sunday 5th September 2010
10am to 4pm
Bring your work in progress, yarn, needles, spinning wheels, looms,
pattern books and join other who love working with yarn for a whole
day's wooly madness.
Admission free, but bring something yarn-related that you no longer
want to go on a sale table to cover costs. Someone else will love it!
Ty Mawr, Llanbedr
Llanbedr Beer Festival
Friday 24th September 2010
Saturday 25th September 2010
Admission
£2 day and £3 evening.
Good Beer, Food and Entertainment, what more could you want.
Harlech Castle
World Heritage Site
Open Times
1st November 2009 - 31st March 2010 Mon - Sat, 9.30am to 4pm (Sundays 11am to 4pm)
Telephone 01766 780552
The latest information from CADW
Theatr Harlech
(previously called Theatr Ardudwy)
Latest performance Information from the Theatre
Thursday
Luncheon Club
This is
a charity lunch every Thursday throughout the year
Two courses and a glass of house wine or beer for £12.50
£1.00 of which is donated to the Air Ambulance
Hotel Maes Y Neuadd
www.neuadd.com
Since forming in 1999 they have given many performances
in the community and also raised money for charity.
Meeting each Saturday morning, Juniors from 9.30 to 11.00 and
Seniors from 10.30 to 12.00. This a bi-lingual fun group committed to
encouraging participation in the Theatre and Drama whilst building
confidence and skills. The older group also learn about the technical
side of putting on a performance.
Ardudwy Community Theatre
A community group started 30 years ago and still going strong. Meeting
every Monday at 7pm in the Scout Hut for script reading, rehearsals
and tea and biscuits. Many of our past performances have been
well
received within the community and we have been invited to
other
Theatres to perform.
For further information on both groups phone Benjie on 01766 770188
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