PRESENTS

PRESENTS

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A NIGHT OF STORYTELLING – Licensed for drinks and laughter

20th JUNE 7pm – 11pm

Venue: Clwb Coffi, 121 Dunraven Street, CF40 1AS

Make a Living Meadow

21st JUNE 7pm -9pm

Venue: Y Siop Fach Sero, 72 High Street, Ferndale CF43 4RR

Car Plays – Spectacle Theatre

WEDNESDAY 21st JUNE

Venue: 6pm to 8:30pm at Rhondda Golf Club, Pontygwaith, Ferndale, CF43 3PW

SATURDAY 24th JUNE

Venue: 3pm to 6pm at Treochy Library Car Park, Station Rd, Treorchy CF42 6UD

Gwledd o gerdd a chân – A feast of music and song

22nd JUNE 7pm – 8.30pm

Venue: Capel Hermon, Regent Street, Treorci

CORY BAND presents Dr Who Live

22nd JUNE 7:30pm

Venue: Phoenix Centre, Church Rd, Ton Pentre CF41 7EH

ENCANTO – Rhondda Summer Nights, Outdoor Cinema

23rd JUNE doors open 8pm
Film starts just after 9pm

Venue: Ystradfechan Cricket Field, Treorchy CF42 6HN

(enter the field from next to the bowls club)

Live music – Rhosyn Jones and Wet Paint Ltd

23rd JUNE 5.30pm – 7.30pm

Venue: Ystradfechan Cricket Field, Treorchy CF42 6HN

(enter the field from next to the bowls club)

TWMPATH & CALENNIG BAND

24th JUNE 6pm – 8pm

Venue: Studio 1, Parc & Dare, Station Rd, Treorchy CF42 6NL

HAIRSPRAY – Rhondda Summer Nights, Outdoor Cinema

24th JUNE doors open 8pm
Film starts just after 9pm

Venue: Ystradfechan Cricket Field, Treorchy CF42 6HN

(enter the field from next to the bowls club)

The Lions Den Comedy Club

24th JUNE 4pm-5.30pm

Venue: The Lion, 102 Bute St, Treorchy CF42 6AH

The Rhondda is what we Make It! (Variety Show)

24th JUNE 12pm – 2pm

Venue: Ystradfechan Cricket Field, Treorchy CF42 6HN

(enter the field from next to the bowls club)

FREE EVENTS

An 80s LGBTQ+ Kid in the Valleys – A Memoir

23rd June 4-5pm

Venue: Treorchy Library, Station Rd, Treorchy CF42 6UD

Treorchy Cluster of Schools Choir

24th JUNE 3pm – 4pm

Venue: Ystradfechan Cricket Field, Treorchy CF42 6HN

(enter the field from next to the bowls club)

Cynefin Day

24th JUNE 11am – 1pm

Venue: Treorchy Comprehensive School, Treorchy, CF42 6UL

Contemporary Dance Performance

24th JUNE

Venue: 10am – outside the Parc and Dare / 12pm Outside The Lion / 2pm Stretch tent Ystradfechan Field

Radio Platfform Podcast Workshop

24th JUNE 12pm – 1pm

Venue: Treorchy Library, Station Rd, Treorchy CF42 6UD

Love Treorchy Market

24th JUNE, 10-3pm

Venue: Outside Treorchy Library, Treorchy CF42 6UA

Meet the Authors – THE LONG ROAD

24th JUNE, 10-12pm

Venue: Treorchy Library, Station Rd, Treorchy CF42 6UD

Rhondda in Colour Photo Exhibition By Eli Thomas

Throughout June

Venue: Treorchy Library, Station Rd, Treorchy CF42 6UD

FRINGE EVENTS

THE BIG BASH

Kicking off Rhondda Arts Festival in style. From 3.30pm an afternoon of local song, with Rhondda Radio Karaoke, Cwm Farm Shop Open Mic, The House Band Open Mic and a special guest appearance from ‘More than a song’ community choir. Afternoon session is free. 

From 7pm The Semantics Slightly Dozy 12 piece band, local rainbow, lonely hearts and more. Tickets are £10 and include a free CD, available from Cwm Farm Shop. To find out more information please contact andycoleman030@gmail.com.

17th JUNE 3pm-6pm (FREE)
7pm-11pm (£10 available from Cwm Farm Shop)

Venue: Cwm Farm Shop, Ynyswen Rd, Ynyswen, Treorchy CF42 6DL

A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM – Avant Cymru

Shakespeare was influenced by the Welsh Fairy Pwca when writing the fairy characters, naming Puck after the Pwca.

Our version of this Shakespeare classic takes this influence a step further and all characters will have a welsh mythological link. Performed in RCT on the doorstep of the entrance to fairy kingdom, we have plenty to inspire you to ask “Are you sure that we are awake? It seems to me that yet we sleep we dream”

Join us this summer for a mythical, magical, A Midsummers Night’s Dream.

Friday 30th June & Saturday 1st July

Venue: Welcome to our Woods Treherbert, Bute St, Treherbert, Treorchy CF42 5NR

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RHONDDA VALLEYS: THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE

The Rhondda Arts Festival (RAFT) is an annual event aimed at celebrating and showcasing the wide range of creativity and talent that exists throughout all art forms in Rhondda, and to also bring the finest visiting artists to the region. The scope of the festival encompasses music, theatre, dance, literature, painting, photography, sculpture and more!

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Rhondda Arts Festival (RAFT) is a registered charity, with a board of trustees that shares a commitment to create a festival that is fun, innovative and inclusive, and encompasses all art forms. Our vision is about partnership working, community involvement, and performing & exhibiting work by people of all ages and abilities.

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