Places to visit! Southern Wales Attractions

Mona: An animation by Sean Harris and communities on Anglesey

In seeking the truth, which should we trust - the written word or the archaeological object?
Mona is a mesmerising animation that brings to life artefacts from Llyn Cerrig Bach and the vivid accounts of Tacitus, a Roman historian, of the first contact between Druids and Romans on Anglesey.

Following its showing in Llangefni, Mona travels to the Origins: In Search of Early Wales gallery at National Museum Cardiff and meets many of the artefacts brought back to life in the animation.

Mona is a creative response that evokes the spirit and emotion of a charged moment in time - one that was to have consequences reaching far beyond the waters of the Menai Strait ? and encourages the viewer to consider the nature of the ?truths? and ?stories? we tell about the past.

Tacitus gives us a vivid account of the Roman destruction of the druidic system on Anglesey in AD60, but from the people who confronted the Romans, we have nothing.

Nothing on paper that is, but an extraordinary collection of objects found on the island at Llyn Cerrig Bach tells us much about this rich culture.

Free entry

10.00am - 5.00pm Tuesday - Sunday.
Open Bank Holiday Mondays.

Runs from: 31/03/2009

Runs to: 16/08/2009

Venue: National Museum Cardiff

Venue address: Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP

Cardiff's Civic Centre, 20 minutes walk from Cardiff Central Bus and Train Station. CAR: Junction 32 of the M4

Telephone: 02920 397951

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Exhibition

Have you ever been a member of the Urdd?

You might have sung in an Eisteddfod, stayed in one of the Urdd?s holiday camps or taken part in a football or netball tournament.

50,000 members make it one of the largest youth movements in Europe.

To celebrate the visit of the Urdd National Eisteddfod to Cardiff in 2009 - this festival is 80 years old this year - you can find out more about the history of the Urdd in a special exhibition at St Fagans.

Three members of the Urdd will be helping us with our exhibition, and their memories will enable us to tell a unique story that starts with the birth of the movement in 1922, through to the current day.

We?ll be remembering the Comradeship (you can hear stories of children leaving home for the first time and making friends for life), the Competing ("our boy should have been given first prize!"), and we?ll be remembering the Collecting (I didn?t go anywhere without my Mr. Urdd badge).

So come to St Fagans this spring to share your memories of the Urdd with us.

Free entry

Runs from: 04/04/2009

Runs to: 12/07/2009

Venue: St Fagans: National History Museum

Venue address: St Fagans, Cardiff, CF5 6XB

4 miles West of Cardiff City Centre
Coaches - Sign posted from junction 33 of the M4 motorway. Direct access from the A4232. Ample free parking.

Telephone: 02920 573500

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Exhibition

On Wednesdays and Sundays admission is FREE. On other days there is a modest charge for admission, but entry is free to Torfaen Library cardholders and to members of the Museums Association.

Mon-Fri 10.00am-5.00pm
Sat & Sun 2.00pm-5.00pm

Runs from: 01/05/2009

Runs to: 09/08/2009

Venue: Pontypool Museum & Courtyard Arts

Venue address: Park Road, Pontypool, Gwent, NP4 6JH

Only ten minutes drive from junctions 25 and 26 of the M4 and about twenty minutes from the Heads of the Valleys road (A465) at Abergavenny

Telephone: 01495 752036

Email: pontypoolmuseum@hotmail.com

Town: Pontypool

Event type: Exhibition

Exhibitions:
Main Gallery - Iron Maidens, Foyer Gallery - Anna Lewis, Gallery 3 - Anne Gibbs

Free entry

Runs from: 16/05/2009

Runs to: 11/07/2009

Venue: Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre

Venue address: St. Davids Road, Cwmbran, Gwent, NP44 1PD

Telephone: 01633 483321

Email: art@llantarnamgrange.fset.co.uk

Town: Cwmbran

Event type: Exhibition

Photographs taken by NUM member Mike Thompson during the Miners' strike.

Opening times:

10:00 to 17:00

Runs from: 22/05/2009

Runs to: 04/09/2009

Venue: Big Pit: National Coal Museum

Venue address: Blaenavon, Torfaen, NP4 9XP

Follow signs from the A465 and the M4 (J26 eastbound and J25 westbound)

Buses run from Newport daily (Monday to Saturday) between March 1st and November 30th, number X30.

Telephone: 01495 790311

Town: Blaenavon

Event type: Exhibition

Four established but very different artists, David Ferry, Mark Halliday, Louise Short and Emrys Williams will each be invited to nominate two or three young or emerging artists to exhibit together in one show.

All art stems from other art including art made in the past as well as art made in your own time and place. This show provides an opportunity for more established artists to reveal (through their nominations), something of their particular interests and more directly, their respect for other makers of a younger generation. These artists nominated might be working in a similar medium, or involved with shared ideas about art or simply making art that has authenticity.
For emerging artists, looking at the preceding generation can be both stimulating and daunting as they might represent both possible pathways and closed doors. Both perceptions might be correct and both can be positive.

Similarly, for established artists, looking over their shoulder at younger artists coming through can be challenging, making one both more assured and certain about the specifics of your practice and also more self-critical. Hopefully this show will demonstrate some aspects of this symbiotic relationship.

Open Tues - Sat 11.00am - 5.00pm

Runs from: 06/06/2009

Runs to: 04/07/2009

Venue: Bay Art

Venue address: 123 Bute Street, Cardiff, CF1 6AF

Telephone: 02920 488772

Web site: www.bayart.co.uk

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Exhibition

An exhibition displaying some of the costume and accessories worn by the best dressed people of Merthyr Tydfil during the past 100 years. Also featuring fashion designs of the future by the Merthyr Tydfil community, in the search for the next Julien MacDonald!

Daily 10am - 5.30pm

Runs from: 18/06/2009

Runs to: 15/08/2009

Venue: Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery

Venue address: Cyfarthfa Park, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8RE

By car, A470 from Cardiff/M4 junction 32, or A470 south from Brecon, or 'Heads of the Valleys' Road from the east. By bus, Regular buses from Town Centre (National Coaches to Merthyr Tydfil).

Telephone: 01685 723112

Email: cyfarthfacastle@fsmail.net

Town: Merthyr Tydfil

Event type: Exhibition

One of the most popular and enchantingly romantic stories ever told in Disney?s multi-award winning musical Beauty and the Beast.

Seen by over 25 million people, one of the biggest musicals of all time brings to life the beloved ?tale as old as time? with a burst of theatrical magic.

Nominated for nine Tony awards including Best Musical, this eye-popping musical has been wowing audiences world-wide with record breaking runs in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, and London?s West End.

And now the magic of this spectacularly staged smash-hit musical is back at the New following its sell-out first visit in 2007.

Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice
Book by Linda Woolverton

Opening times:

19:30

Thurs & Sat Matinees 2.30pm
Additional Matinee Wednesday 24 June 2.30pm

Runs from: 23/06/2009

Runs to: 04/07/2009

Venue: New Theatre

Venue address: Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3LN

The New Theatre is located on Park Place in Cardiff?s city centre, close to the beautiful Civic Centre buildings.

Telephone: 02920 878889

Web site: www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Musical

Chapter and the South Wales Decorative & Fine Arts Society (SWDFAS) are delighted to announce that recent graduate Alan Goulbourne has successfully completed his commission for Chapter?s hoarding which is on display for the duration of Chapter?s redevelopment until mid 2009.

The artist had been selected from a strong group of short-listed candidates. Recent graduates and current MA students from South Wales colleges were invited to apply for the commission, an opportunity made possible by Chapter and the South Wales Decorative & Fine Arts Society (SWDFAS). This commission forms a continuation of the SWDFAS and Chapter collaboration which in the past has seen ?Study and Stay? residencies, offering graduate artists from South Wales colleges the opportunity to undertake six-month residencies at Chapter.

Alan Goulbourne has managed to transform the hoarding into an extraordinary piece of art. He has worked with wood to create a multi-layered three-dimensional sculptural landscape on the hoarding. The finished work is ?an explosive piece with variable forms that ebb and flow across the boards; a piece that conveys rebirth; that is full of energy and inspires growth and movement?.

The work has already won many admirers, among them acclaimed dancer and choreographer Sioned Huws who saw Alan work on the hoarding while she was rehearsing for her latest ?Aomori Project? at Chapter and invited him to create a similar wooden relief live during her performances at Chapter. Alan

Free entry

Runs from: 30/06/2009

Runs to: 31/07/2009

Venue: Chapter Arts Centre

Venue address: Market Road, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1QE

Chapter is situated in Canton, behind Cowbridge Road East, between Llandaff Road and Market Road. We are easily accessible from the city centre with our own car park at the rear of the building and by numbers 17, 18 + 31 buses every 5 minutes from Cardiff Central. Ring 029 20 304400 for more details.

Telephone: 02920 304400

Email: enquiry@chapter.org

Web site: www.chapter.org

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Exhibition

Children can follow a cryptic quest around Caldicot Castle on a fantastical adventure to find the hidden treasure. As children progress through the hunt, they will come across details of mysterious and wondrous books, which they can read during the summer holiday to complete the Summer Reading Challenge. Caldicot library staff will be inviting children to the launch of the National Reading challenge on Saturday 4th July; a prize will be given to all those quest seekers who find their way to the treasure.

Opening times:

11:00 to 17:00

Runs from: 01/07/2009

Runs to: 31/08/2009

Venue: Caldicot Castle & Country Park

Venue address: Church Road, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 4HU

From M4 - take junction 23a and B4245 to Caldicot. From M48 - take junction 2 for Chepstow and followw A48 (towards Newport) and B4245 to Caldicot. Caldicot Castle is sign posted from B425.

Telephone: 01291 420241

Email: caldicotcastle@monmouthshire.gov.uk

Web site: www.caldicotcastle.co.uk

Town: Chepstow

Event type: Museum Fun Days

A five day Cycling road race hosted by the University of Wales, Newport

Caerleon Campus

Runs from: 01/07/2009

Runs to: 05/07/2009

Venue: In and Around Caerleon

Venue address: Monmouthshire, NP9 1HZ

Telephone: 01633 432822

Town: Newport

Event type: Sporting Event

The Festival will celebrate the full range of Folk Music and Dance. Performances will take place inside Chepstow Castle and at a variety of indoor and outdoor venues across a traffic free Chepstow Town.

Further attractions to include: Music Dance and Traditional Craft Workshops; Ceilidh; Country Market; Beer Festival; Perry and Cider Festival; Medieval Food Festival; Street Fair; Mass Sunday Morris Procession and Dance - Out; Wye River Trips; Family Fun Day?

Runs from: 03/07/2009

Runs to: 05/07/2009

Venue: Chepstow Castle - CADW

Venue address: Town Centre, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 5EY

Chepstow High Street.

Telephone: 07870 611 979.

Web site: www.tworiversfolkfestival.com

Town: Chepstow

Event type: Festival

The largest vintage vehicle show in Blaenau Gwent comes to Abertillery town centre.

Vintage Cars - Motorcycles - Buses - Entertainment

Free entry

Opening times:

10:00 to 15:00

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 04/07/2009

Venue: In & Around Abertillery

Venue address: Blaenau Gwent, NP13 1YL

Telephone: 01495 355565

Email: karin.lamb@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk

Town: Abertillery

Event type: Countryside Events

The history of Rock N? Roll would be incomplete without the innumerable contributions of Neil Sedaka. For over fifty years, Neil has written, performed, produced, and inspired countless songs, and his canon of compositions will continue to stand the test of time.
Neil catapulted into stardom after Connie Francis recorded his "Stupid Cupid."
Sedaka was able to sign a contract with RCA as a writer and performer of his own material. Neil soon recorded chart toppers The Diary, Oh! Carol, Stairway to Heaven, Calendar Girl, Little Devil, Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen, Next Door To An Angel, and Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, songs that have become a part of peoples' lives and can instantly take listeners back to special moments. His music became distinguished for a unique recording style involving multi-tracking his own voice to achieve a rich sound. This was merely the first act in a career that has not ceased to evolve and entertain.

Opening times:

20:00

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 04/07/2009

Venue: St Davids Hall

Venue address: The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1SH

Telephone: 02920 878444

Web site: www.stdavidshall.co.uk

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Music

Art Exhibition - For one month by
Artists - Brian Fletcher, Joe Atkin & Rosemary Boyles-Wood.

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 31/07/2009

Venue: Fourteen Locks Canal Centre

Venue address: Highcross, Rogerstone, Newport, NP10 9GN

Situated off junction 27 of the M4. Take the High Cross Road and after approximately half a mile turn right in to Cefn Walk (sign posted Fourteen Locks) go over the canal bridge the Centre and it?s car park are on your right.

Telephone: 01633 892167

Email: nefyn@aol.com

Town: Newport

Event type: Art Exhibition

The Great Wall of China - Taj Mahal - Blaenavon!

Just what is it that gives Blaenavon its World Heritage Status and links it with some of the great Wonders of the World?

You can find out if you join one of the area's qualified Guides on their walks around the Blaenavon landscape.

Learn how this fascinating landscape helped power the industrial revolution, inspire a famous novel; and even a BBC docu-drama!

Opening times:

14:00

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 04/07/2009

Venue: In and Around Blaenavon

Venue address: Torfaen, NP4 8SJ

Telephone: 01495 742333

Town: Blaenavon

Event type: Guided Walk/Tour

Join the members of the BWA as they take us through the art of woodcarving.

Free entry

Opening times:

12:00 to 16:00

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 05/07/2009

Venue: Cwmcarn Forest Drive

Venue address: Nantcarn Road, Cwmcarn, Cross Keys, Newport, Monmouthshire, NP11 7FA

Telephone: 01495 272001

Town: Newport

Event type: Arts & Crafts Event

CARDIGAN ART SOCIETY SUMMER SHOW 2009 Each year, this exhibition showcases the best of members' work and forms a popular event in Oriel Mwldan's calendar. Cardigan Art Society's members continue to encourage emerging and established visual artists, most of whom live and work in Cardigan and the surrounding areas of west Wales. Original works are for sale at affordable prices and include painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics and photography. This year, the show will be opened by Miss Jenny Jones, Head of Art, Ysgol Uwchradd Abertiefi. Please join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday 4 July at 7pm. Light refreshments will be served and a warm welcome to all.

Free entry

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 29/08/2009

Venue: Theatr Mwldan

Venue address: Bath House Road, Cardigan, SA43 1JY

Theatr Mwldan is situated in the centre of Cardigan - turn left at the north end of the High Street/Pendre. There is ample parking behind the theatre for cars and coaches. Parking is free after 6pm

Telephone: 01239 621200

Web site: www.mwldan.co.uk

Town: Cardigan

Event type: Exhibition

The children will be dancing in traditional costumes throughout the day at Cwmbran Shopping Centre.

Opening times:

10:00 to 12:00 14:00 to 16:00

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 04/07/2009

Venue: In and Around Cwmbran

Venue address: Torfaen, NP44 1XQ

Telephone: 01633 875526

Town: Cwmbran

Event type: Dance

Venue: Arthur John?s Car Park, Cowbridge

Free entry

Opening times:

10:00 to 13:00

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 04/07/2009

Venue: In and Around Cowbridge

Venue address: Vale of Glamorgan, CF71

Telephone: 01656 661100

Town: Cowbridge

Event type: Farmers Market

Whether you are interested in local history or researching your family tree - this is the place to start.

Opening times:

11:00 to 16:00

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 04/07/2009

Venue: Rhondda Heritage Park

Venue address: Lewis Merthyr Colliery, Coed Cae Road, Trehafod, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF37 2NP

Signposted from junction 32 M4. Take the A470 to the Rhondda Vlleys. Signposted from Pontypridd, Rhondda Heritage Park is located in Trehafod and is adjacent to teh Heritage Park Hotel

Telephone: 01443 680933

Email: info@rhonddaheritagepark.com

Town: Pontypridd

Event type: General Event

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 04/07/2009

Venue: Cottrell Park Golf Club Ltd

Venue address: St Nicholas, Cardiff, CF5 6SJ

Telephone: 01446 781781

Email: sales@golfwithus.com

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Golf - 18 hole

Performed with a magical twist, international award-winning Illyria's out-door production of this perennial Shakespeare favourite is passionate, poetic and very very funny.
Suitable for ages 8+

Please note - outside performance - Watton Field

Opening times:

19:45

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 04/07/2009

Venue: Theatr Brycheiniog

Venue address: Canal Wharf, Brecon, LD3 7EW

Telephone: 01874 611622

Email: enquiries@brycheiniog.co.uk

Web site: www.theatrbrycheiniog.co.uk

Town: Brecon

Event type: Play - Shakespeare

Join in the fun and see sparks fly in our interactive hair-rising show about electricity. How can you generate electricity using a balloon? What links the balloon to photocopiers and lightning? Become a part of a giant circuit and hope there's not too much resistance for it.

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 05/07/2009

Venue: Techniquest

Venue address: Stuart Street, Cardiff, CF10 5BW

From outside Cardiff: Leave M4 at junction 33 and follow signs for Techniquest on the A4232 dual carriageway. From within Cardiff: Follow signs from city centre to Cardiff Bay.

Telephone: 02920 475475

Web site: www.techniquest.org

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Children's Activity

Welsh Camerata Choir
A concert of 16th and 17th century madrigals on the theme of birds and beasts.

Free entry

Opening times:

13:00

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 04/07/2009

Venue: National Museum Cardiff

Venue address: Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP

Cardiff's Civic Centre, 20 minutes walk from Cardiff Central Bus and Train Station. CAR: Junction 32 of the M4

Telephone: 02920 397951

Web site: www.museumwales.ac.uk

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Music - Classical

Come along to Machen Show to see horses, dog show, goats, rabbits, poultry, hound and terrier show, vintage machinery horticulture, craft fayre, trade stands and main ring display.

Venue: Mill Farm, Machen

Opening times:

08:00

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 04/07/2009

Venue: In and Around Caerphilly

Venue address: South Wales, CF83 1JL

Telephone: 02920 860939

Town: Caerphilly

Event type: Country Show

The first Maindee Festival was held back in 1997 as a one day community arts celebration of the cultural and ethnic diversity of Maindee.

One of the main attractions is the street parade. Before the Festival hundreds of children and adults make costumes and carnival figures, based on a different theme each year.

Free entry

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 04/07/2009

Venue: In and Around Newport

Venue address: Monmouthshire, NP20 4NA

Telephone: 01633 762155

Town: Newport

Event type: Festival

One of the most historic moments of the twentieth century took place in July 1969 when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stood on the Moon. But some people don't believe this even happened and that it was all an elaborate hoax. Join us, as we look at both sides of the argument in this show. (Suitable for over 7s).

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 05/07/2009

Venue: Techniquest

Venue address: Stuart Street, Cardiff, CF10 5BW

From outside Cardiff: Leave M4 at junction 33 and follow signs for Techniquest on the A4232 dual carriageway. From within Cardiff: Follow signs from city centre to Cardiff Bay.

Telephone: 02920 475475

Web site: www.techniquest.org

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Children's Activity

Start time 10am from the Centre.

Opening times:

10:00

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 04/07/2009

Venue: Fourteen Locks Canal Centre

Venue address: Highcross, Rogerstone, Newport, NP10 9GN

Situated off junction 27 of the M4. Take the High Cross Road and after approximately half a mile turn right in to Cefn Walk (sign posted Fourteen Locks) go over the canal bridge the Centre and it?s car park are on your right.

Telephone: 01633 892167

Email: nefyn@aol.com

Town: Newport

Event type: Wildlife & Nature Event

Help Izzy take a tour of the night sky as she learns about the animals that you can find amongst the stars. Come see bears, a lion and maybe even a dragon, all made out of stars. (Suitable for under 7s).

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 05/07/2009

Venue: Techniquest

Venue address: Stuart Street, Cardiff, CF10 5BW

From outside Cardiff: Leave M4 at junction 33 and follow signs for Techniquest on the A4232 dual carriageway. From within Cardiff: Follow signs from city centre to Cardiff Bay.

Telephone: 02920 475475

Web site: www.techniquest.org

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Children's Activity

Showcasing the music of the Temptations, Four Tops, Smokey Robinson, The Supremes, Lionel Richie, Marvin Gaye, Isley Brothers and many more this fabulousproduction leaves other Motown shows standing in its shadow.

Celebrating 50 years since Berry Gordy Jnr created the Tamla record label and featuring a dazzling cast of 15, stunning choreography and costume changes galore, this is a show to have you dancing in the aisles this summer!

Opening times:

19:30

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Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 04/07/2009

Venue: Wales Millennium Centre

Venue address: Bute Place, Cardiff, CF10 5AL

Leave M4 at J33 (signed Cardiff (West), Barry, Penarth, Cardiff Airport & A4232). Join the A4232 & continue for 9.3 miles.
Leave the A4232 just before Butetown Tunnel & follow signs for Techniquest.
Continue along Stuart Street & turn right at the traffic lights onto Bute Place, road bends around to the left, take the first exit to the right (around Craft in the Bay), follow this road around to the left back onto Bute Place.

Telephone: 08700 40 2000

Web site: www.wmc.org.uk

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Music

The market has gained a reputation for having an excellent selection of some of the finest food produced in this area.

Venue: Memorial Hall, Maryport Street, Usk

Opening times:

10:00 to 13:00

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 04/07/2009

Venue: In & Around Monmouth

Venue address: Monmouthshire, NP5 3DY

Telephone: 0845 6106496

Town: Monmouth

Event type: Farmers Market

Fantastic evening of fun and entertainment

Opening times:

19:30

Runs from: 04/07/2009

Runs to: 04/07/2009

Venue: Theatr Brycheiniog

Venue address: Canal Wharf, Brecon, LD3 7EW

Telephone: 01874 611622

Email: enquiries@brycheiniog.co.uk

Web site: www.theatrbrycheiniog.co.uk

Town: Brecon

Event type: Music

Family-friendly Guided Walk
A lovely walk over farmland and lanes around Trecastle looking at the work of the National Park and its communities.
Length & Grade: 4.5m / 7.2km, Easy.
Meet: Outside Trecastle Coaching Inn (SN 881 291).
Leader: National Park Warden, Wyn Morgan.
Please phone us on 01874 623366 for more details and to let us know you are coming to help us give you a safe and enjoyable experience.

Opening times:

13:00 to 16:00

Runs from: 05/07/2009

Runs to: 05/07/2009

Venue: BBNP Visitor Centre

Venue address: Brecon Beacons National Park, Libanus, Brecon, Powys, LD3 8ER

Telephone: 01874 623366

Web site: www.breconbeacons.org

Town: Brecon

Event type: Guided Walk/Tour

The Triathlon is now in its 4th year and is set to become as popular as Llanwrtyd Wells other Bog related events! Sponsored by Young's Bitter, the first ever World Bog Snorkelling Triathlon took place in Waen Rhydd Bog on the outskirts of Llanwrtyd Wells on Sunday 10th July 2005, during the same weekend as the World mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling.

You enter the event for the coveted title of WORLD CHAMPION BOG SNORKELLING TRIATHLETE to obtain this honour you are required to complete a fell run of approximately 12 miles, a bog snorkel of approximately 120 yards through the world famous Bog Trench and a 19 mile mountain bike ride.

THE RUN will take place over undulating countryside with some road bits and a run through Llanwrtyd Wells, the smallest town in Britain, so mainly off road with 'muddy' bits!

THE SNORKEL will take place in two 60 yard long (total distance of 120 yards) four foot deep trenches cut through a dense peat bog. Competitors will require snorkel and flippers (provide your own - none for hire). Conventional swimming strokes are NOT permitted. Flippers must be used for propulsion only and hands used for doggy paddle only - any other strokes - disqualification.

THE BIKE RIDE will take place through undulating countryside, through forestry, rough trakcs and some single tracks; it will be mainly off road with some 'muddy' bits

THE RELAY
In addition to individual entries, teams of 3 persons may enter, one person for each discipline. An individual ent

Opening times:

10:00

Runs from: 05/07/2009

Runs to: 05/07/2009

Venue: Llanwrtyd Wells

Venue address: Powys, LD7 5LG

Telephone: 01591 610332

Web site: www.llanwrtyd-wells.powys.org.uk

Town: Llanwrtyd Wells

Event type: Sporting Event

Gwent Music Support Service Summer Showcase features a diverse range of musical styles presented by the following Greater Gwent Youth Ensembles & Choirs: Symphonic Winds, Youth Choir, Youth Brass Band, Youth Big Band, Schools? choir, Youth Orchestra.

Opening times:

19:00

Runs from: 06/07/2009

Runs to: 06/07/2009

Venue: St Davids Hall

Venue address: The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1SH

Telephone: 02920 878444

Web site: www.stdavidshall.co.uk

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Music

Phil McIntyre Entertainment
Mark Thomas attempts to answer some of the more pressing questions about the state we are in. Is Britain the new Iceland? If we own a couple of banks can we lend ourselves money and use their phones to call Australia? And what on earth is a ?derivative? and is it possible to use the word without also mentioning ?Keane? and ?Travis??

Opening times:

20:00

Runs from: 06/07/2009

Runs to: 07/07/2009

Venue: Sherman Theatre

Venue address: Senghennydd Road, Cardiff, CF24 4YE

From M4 East (Junction 29 A48) or M4 West (Junction 32) follow signs to the City Centre on the A470 (North Road). Pass the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and turn left onto Boulevard de Nantes. Turn first left onto Park Place and then first right onto St Andrews Place. Senghennydd Road is the second left (after the bridge).

Telephone: 02920 646900

Email: boxoffice@shermancymru.co.uk

Web site: www.shermancymru.co.uk/

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Comedy

Free entry

Opening times:

13:00

Runs from: 06/07/2009

Runs to: 06/07/2009

Venue: Brecon Cathedral

Venue address: Cathedral Close, Brecon, Powys, LD3 9DP

Northern section of Brecon on the B4520. It is well signposted,

Telephone: 01874 623857

Town: Brecon

Event type: Music - Classical

Runs from: 06/07/2009

Runs to: 06/07/2009

Venue: Techniquest

Venue address: Stuart Street, Cardiff, CF10 5BW

From outside Cardiff: Leave M4 at junction 33 and follow signs for Techniquest on the A4232 dual carriageway. From within Cardiff: Follow signs from city centre to Cardiff Bay.

Telephone: 02920 475475

Web site: www.techniquest.org

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Children's Activity

After the success of Amazing Grace in Autumn 2006, The Wales Theatre Company returns to the Centre with a brand new musical version of The Thorn Birds. Colleen McCullough?s pulsating saga of a priest torn apart by the confl icting passions of his love for a young girl and a life dedicated to the Church, has been turned into a sensational musical that confronts dark passions and a scandalous family legacy of forbidden love. The TV series, starring Richard Chamberlain, was one of the iconic moments of the ?80s.

Opening times:

19:30

Plus Saturday Matinee 14:30

Runs from: 07/07/2009

Runs to: 11/07/2009

Venue: Wales Millennium Centre

Venue address: Bute Place, Cardiff, CF10 5AL

Leave M4 at J33 (signed Cardiff (West), Barry, Penarth, Cardiff Airport & A4232). Join the A4232 & continue for 9.3 miles.
Leave the A4232 just before Butetown Tunnel & follow signs for Techniquest.
Continue along Stuart Street & turn right at the traffic lights onto Bute Place, road bends around to the left, take the first exit to the right (around Craft in the Bay), follow this road around to the left back onto Bute Place.

Telephone: 08700 40 2000

Web site: www.wmc.org.uk

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Musical

Performance of Gilbert & Sullivans 'The Gondoliers'.

Tickets for sale via box office

Runs from: 08/07/2009

Runs to: 11/07/2009

Venue: St Fagans: National History Museum

Venue address: St Fagans, Cardiff, CF5 6XB

4 miles West of Cardiff City Centre
Coaches - Sign posted from junction 33 of the M4 motorway. Direct access from the A4232. Ample free parking.

Telephone: 08448 700887

Web site: www.everymanfestival.co.uk

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Festival

Making a national portrait
Dr Daniel Meadows, documentary photographer, discusses his work.
Places limited - Book on arrival at Info desk.

Free entry

Opening times:

13:05

Runs from: 08/07/2009

Runs to: 08/07/2009

Venue: National Museum Cardiff

Venue address: Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP

Cardiff's Civic Centre, 20 minutes walk from Cardiff Central Bus and Train Station. CAR: Junction 32 of the M4

Telephone: 02920 397951

Web site: www.museumwales.ac.uk

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Talk

2009 will be an historic year for Welsh cricket as Glamorgan Cricket plays hosts to the 1st npower Ashes Test match between England and Australia at Cardiff, starting on Wednesday, July 8th. The Brit Oval, Edgbaston, Headingley and Lord's are the other venues.

The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England and Australia. It is one of international cricket's most celebrated rivalries and dates back to 1882. It is currently played biennially, alternately in England and Australia. However, since cricket is a summer game, the venues being in opposite hemispheres means the break between series alternates between 18 and 30 months. A series of "The Ashes" now comprises five Test matches, two innings per match, under the regular rules for international Test-match cricket. If a series is drawn then the country holding the Ashes retains them.

The series is named after a satirical obituary published in an English newspaper, The Sporting Times, in 1882 after the match at The Oval in which Australia beat England on an English ground for the first time. The obituary stated that English cricket had died, and the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. The English media then dubbed the next English tour to Australia (1882?83) as the quest to regain The Ashes.

Runs from: 08/07/2009

Runs to: 12/07/2009

Venue: Glamorgan Cricket Ground

Venue address: The SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff, CF11 9XR

SWALEC Stadium is situated a mile to the north-west of the City Centre off the A48 Cathedral Road and adjacent to the Welsh Institute of Sport.

Approaching from the east travel on the M4 to junction 29, and then follow signs for the A48M to Port Talbot, and then the City Centre.

From the west, travel to junction 33, join the A4160 and then follow the signs for the City Centre. From the north travel on the A470 until the Gabalfa Interchange, before following signs for the A48M to Port Talbot, and then the City Centre.

Telephone: 02920 409380

Email: info@glamorgancricket.co.uk

Web site: www.glamorgancricket.com

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Sporting Event

Stock up on your local produce - held at the Market Hall, Abergavenny

Opening times:

09:30 to 14:30

Runs from: 09/07/2009

Runs to: 09/07/2009

Venue: In & Around Abergavenny

Venue address: Monmouthshire, NP7 5HH

Abergavenny is located at the junction of 3 major highways :

A40 from Brecon, Camarthen, Llandrindod Wells and Mid-Wales
A465 from Hereford, Worcester and the North
A40 from Monmouth, Ross on Wye, M50 Jct 4 and the East
A4042 from Pontypool, Cwmbran, Newport, M4 Jcts 25a & 26 and South Wales
A465 from Ebbw Vale, Tredegar, Merthyr Tydfil and West Wales

Telephone: 01873 860271

Town: Abergavenny

Event type: Market

Enter The Spirit!
The much loved Welsh Proms is the annual Summer of celebration of music where orchestral concerts combine with folk, samba, world music and Children's Proms offering great days and evenings of summer entertainment. Now in its 24th year,under the artistic direction of Owain Arwel Hughes CBE the Welsh Proms is one of the focal points of the city's cultural calendar and a hallmark of Cardiff Festival combining great music with a wonderful summer atmosphere.

Runs from: 09/07/2009

Runs to: 25/07/2009

Venue: St Davids Hall

Venue address: The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1SH

Telephone: 02920 878444

Web site: www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Music - Classical

There are many events going on in and around Penarth for the two weeks of the festival, fun and games for all the family.

It all culminates with Finale Day, Saturday 18th July, which includes exciting events like the Pirate Village, Pirate Parade, Helicopter Rides, RAF fly-by and a spectacular firework display on the Pier.

Take a look at the full programme of events on our website link.

Runs from: 09/07/2009

Runs to: 19/07/2009

Venue: In and Around Penarth

Venue address: South Glamorgan, CF64 3AU

Web site: www.penarthsummerfestival.com

Town: Penarth

Event type: Festival

Caratinga

Get in the mood for the weekend with a daytime concert of music that explores the Brazil of a bygone era.
Join the fabulous quartet of musicians who make up Caratinga for a concert of infectious rhythms including samba, choro, polkas, tangos and waltzes for guitar, mandolin, violin, clarinet percussion as well as songs.

Try Samba 18 July 10:30am

Opening times:

20:00

Runs from: 09/07/2009

Runs to: 09/07/2009

Venue: St Davids Hall

Venue address: The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1SH

Telephone: 02920 878444

Web site: www.stdavidshall.co.uk

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Music

Part of the Welsh Proms
Oysterband with June Tabor and Special Guests
special guests One String Loose

The bad boys of folk and rock, Oysterband has grown over the past five years into the role of musical custodians and godfathers of folk, with music full of passion and human experience that will make you want to dance, or just jump for joy.

Opening times:

20:00

Runs from: 09/07/2009

Runs to: 09/07/2009

Venue: St Davids Hall

Venue address: The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1SH

Telephone: 02920 878444

Web site: www.stdavidshall.co.uk

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Music

Runs from: 10/07/2009

Runs to: 19/07/2009

Venue: In and Around Caerleon

Venue address: Monmouthshire, NP9 1HZ

Telephone: 01633 430777

Web site: www.caerleon-arts.org

Town: Newport

Event type: Arts & Crafts Event

One of many events taking place as part of the Cardiff Festival 2009

Welcome gastronomes to this year's expanded Cardiff International Food & Drink Festival!
Want to titillate your taste buds and quench your thirst? Then head to Cardiff Bay for the food showcase of the year!

Get ready to food shop your way around Wales, France, Germany, Norway and Italy, picking up a few tips along the way from the professionals as they demonstrate seasonal recipes. Enjoy the walkabout street and bandstand entertainment as you relax with a drink ? so don?t forget your shopping list!

Free entry

Runs from: 10/07/2009

Runs to: 12/07/2009

Venue: Roald Dahl Plass

Venue address: Cardiff Bay, CF10 4LY

Telephone: 02920 872087

Email: events@cardiff.gov.uk

Town: Cardiff

Event type: Food and Drink Event