Upcoming Holidays and Festivals in Wales
- Before planning a trip around a festival, verify the festival dates on the festival's website or with a local tourist information office. For more information about these and other events, contact the Visit Britain office.
- Many sights and banks close down on national holidays — keep it in mind when planning your itinerary. Note that this isn't a complete list; holidays can strike without warning.
- See upcoming holidays and festivals in England, Scotland, and across Europe
2018
August 16–19: Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons National Park (contemporary music)
August 24–26: Pride Cymru, Cardiff (LGBT+ pride parade)
August 26: World Bog Snorkelling Championship, Llanwrtyd Wells (snorkeling race through a peat bog)
August 27: Summer Bank Holiday (closures)
September 6–9: Festival No. 6, Portmeirion (music, arts and culture)
September 15–16: Abbergavenny Food Festival
September 19–22: Welsh International Four Days Walks, Llanwrtyd Wells (non-competitive celebration of walking)
October 9–14: Iris Prize, Cardiff (LGBT+ film festival)
October 26–28: Conwy Feast (food festival featuring a laser show projected onto the castle)
November–January: Cardiff Winter Wonderland
November 3–4: North Wales Choral Festival, Llandudno
November 5: Guy Fawkes Night (fireworks, bonfires, effigy-burning of 1605 traitor Guy Fawkes)
November 11: Remembrance Sunday (two minutes of silence at 11:00 to remember WWI dead, people wear poppies on lapels)
December 8–9: Caerphilly Christmas Market
December 25–26: Christmas holidays (closures)
2019
January 1: New Year's Day (closures)
January 25: St. Dwynwen's Day (celebration of Welsh patron saint of love)
March 1: St. David's Day (parades, closures)
April 12–14: Royal Horticultural Society Flower Show, Cardiff
April 19–22: Easter weekend (Good Friday through Easter Monday; closures)
May 6: Early May Bank Holiday
May 23–June 2: Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye (literature-focused festival with speakers and musicians)
Late May (weekend): HowTheLightGetsIn, Hay-on-Wye (philosophy and music festival)
May 27: Spring Bank Holiday (closures)
June 9: Dragon Ride L’Etape Wales (bike race hosted by Le Tour de France)
June 16–17: Conwy Pirate Weekend
June 29–30 (likely): Tafwyl Fair, Cardiff (arts, culture and food)
June 29–30 (likely): Wales Airshow, Swansea Bay (military aircraft show)
July 2–7: International Eisteddfod, Llangollen (folk songs, dances)
July (2 weekends): Conwy River Festival (nautical events)
July 20: International Snowdon Race (race to the top of Mt. Snowdon and back down)
August 9–11: Brecon Jazz Festival