The Tafwyl festival is an annual Welsh-language festival which takes place in Cardiff, Wales. It culminates with a two day open air festival, normally held in Cardiff Castle.
| Tafwyl | |
|---|---|
 Tafwyl 2016 in Cardiff Castle | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Music and cultural festival |
| Frequency | Annually (July) |
| Location(s) | Cardiff, Wales |
| Years active | 18 years |
| Inaugurated | July 2006 |
| Most recent | 18 June 2023 – 19 June 2023 |
| Next event | 2024 |
| Attendance | 38,000 (2017) |
| Organised by | Menter Caerdydd |
| Website | tafwyl |
Background
editThe event was set up in 2006 and initially took place on a small scale outside the Mochyn Du pub near the city centre.[1] Since 2012 it has been held at Cardiff Castle[1] or in Bute Park,[2] though in July 2017 it took place in Llandaff Fields in Pontcanna.[3][4] It forms part of a series of summer festivals entitled Cardiff Festivals.
Tafwyl is now split into two events: Tafwyl Fair, the main event at the weekend, and Tafwyl Week, a 7 day fringe festival the week before.[5] The main weekend event includes bars (selling amongst other things the specially brewed beer 'Cwrw Tafwyl') and street food outlets. The organisers describe Tafwyl Week as featuring "Welsh culture at its very finest".[5]
The main festival is free to enter and in 2017 saw 38,000 visitors with a peak of over 8,000 in the grounds at any one time, compared to Cardiff Castle's maximum capacity of 5,000.[6] In 2014 Tafwyl attracted 18,717 people.[7]
Tafwyl returned to Cardiff Castle, but outgrew the site in 2023 and moved to Bute Park to use Coopers Field and the Sunken Lawn. It returned again to Bute Park in 2024.[8]
Bands and performers appearing at the festival have included Bryn Fôn, Candelas, Elin Fflur, Geraint Jarman, Y Niwl, Meic Stevens, Sŵnami and Yws Gwynedd.
References
edit- ^ a b "Tafwyl festival celebrations in Cardiff Castle on S4C", S4C, 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ "About". Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ "Cyhoeddi'r artistiaid fydd yn perfformio yn Tafwyl 2017", BBC Cymru Fyw, 23 March 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ Nathan Bevan (10 February 2017). "Welsh music festival Tafwyl is back at a brand new location". Wales Online. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ a b Rachel Mainwaring (20 June 2017). "Everything you need to know about Cardiff's Tafwyl Festival 2017". Wales Online. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Amazing weekend at Llandaff Fields – Tafwyl". Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Leston, Ryan; Prichard, Lorna (11 July 2024). "All you need to know about Cardiff Tafwyl festival". BBC News. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
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