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
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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