Chwedlau Gorllewin Cymru - Storytelling from West Wales
Chwedlau Gwyllt - Wild Tales
A festival of tales across West Wales.9th July 2025 - 13th July 2025Wednesday 9th July - Fishguard - Straeon Sir Benfro - Deb Winter & Friends - The Restless RiverThursday 10th July - Tenby - Call of the Blues - Phil Okwedy & Bill Taylor Beales(cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances) Thursday 10th July - Cardigan - The Tell Tales Club - Jessie Wild & Cath LittleSaturday 12th July - Aberystwyth - Milly Jackdaw, Halo Quin, Colin Urwin, Peter Stevenson, & friends! - A Workshop, Goblins, Coastal Tales, & open story circle in AberystwythSunday 13th July - Newport - Alice Courvoisier, Jason Wood, & Sonia Sophia - Newport Wild Tales DayMore details below
Wednesday 9th July - Fishguard
The Restless River
Wed 9th July 7pm - 9.15pm
Straeon Sir Benfro/Pembrokeshire Storytelling presents:THE RESTLESS RIVERDeb Winter & Cath Little with stories, music and songs of rain and rivers.Venue: Peppers Cafe at West Wales Arts Centre, 16 West St,
Tickets: email [email protected]
£7/£5 conc
Links to the performers:
Cath Little
Deborah Winter
Thursday 10th July - Cardigan
(Cancelled) The Tell Tales Club - Jessie Wild & Cath Little
Due to personal reasons the Tell Tales Club event has been cancelled. Please contact Walden Arts if you have booked a ticket already.Check out the event in Tenby with Phil Okwedy below!
Thursday 10th July - Tenby
Call of the Blues - Phil Okwedy & Bill Taylor Beales
Call of the Blues is an interactive evening of music, songs, folktales and personal stories that examines our collective response to the
Blues. The show explores themes of enslaved peoples; working class poverty and protest; the 19th & 20th century struggle of man
against machine and humanity’s current 21st century concerns about; all in the light of the Blues/Spirituals tradition as a catalyst of resilience and hope.
The Barnone Brothers is a collaboration between singer, musician and artist, Bill Taylor Beales, and performance storyteller, Phil Okwedy.
Saturday 12th July - Aberystwyth
A Workshop, Goblins, and Mermaids in Aberystwyth!
Sadwrn 12 Gorffenaf / Saturday 12 July
A day of storytelling in Aberystwyth!10am - 11:30pm: "TALE OF TEG - CHILDREN'S STORYTELLINGMilly Jackdaw presents an interactive, woodland, storytelling where changelings and nature spirits abound.
Come gather in The Beech Tree Glade, Penglais Woods, Aberystwyth.For children over 5 and their families.
£5 pp suggested donation.
Bring something to sit on and a drink.
Call Milly on 07767 124464 for more details or to reserve a place.12pm - 1:30pm: THE GOBLIN CIRCUS ON THE PROM
Come and meet the Goblin Circus and friends on Aberystwyth prom, from Midday to 1:30pm.The Goblin Circus is Halo Quin's one-woman-many-goblin story-circus. Out and about on Aberystwyth Prom sharing music and tales to delight... with friends from the Goblin Masquerade!Donations Welcome in the Storyteller's Hat2pm - 4pm: IRISH & WELSH FOLK TALES OF COAST & SEA
Irish and Welsh Folk Tales of Coast and Sea meet in Aberystwyth on 12th July as part of the Wild Tales Storytelling Fest, when folk singer, storyteller and seanchai Colin Urwin visits from Glens of Antrim.Parcio ceir Tanybwlch 2yp / Tanybwlch car park 2pm
A story walk from the Mesolithic Midden at Tanybwlch, around the Harbour and along South Beach to the Bank Vault, 1 New Street, Aberystwyth where we will have an open story session at 4pm.Donations appreciated, to support the visiting artists, and books available for sale on the day.From 4pm: OPEN STORY SESSION LED BY SPECIAL GUEST COLIN URWIN
From 4pm onwards
At the Bank Vault, 1 New Street, Aberystwyth - come and share your tales, or simply listen, and enjoy the magic of story!MEET THE STORYTELLERS
Milly Jackdaw
Halo Quin's Goblin Circus
Peter Stevenson
Colin Urwin
... and friends!
Sunday 13th July - Newport
Newport Wild Tales Day
NEWPORT WILD TALES DAYStorytelling around Newport with Alice Courvoisier, Jason Wood, & Sonia Sophia.
__________________________11am - 12:30pm: STORY-WALK WITH SONIE SOPHIA AND FELIX PADELA Family Friendly Storytelling Walk with Song and Music with Sonia Sophia (Local Storyteller)
& Felix Padel (Fiddle) & Special Guest TBA from CARAVAN OF STORYTELLERS
who will share enchanting True Tales and Local Folklore of the Newport, Poppit and Dinas CoastlineMeet on the green outside Newport Boat Club on the Parrog at 10.50am
(An inclement weather plan is in place should forecast be heavy rain ~ check the website for details otherwise we will see you in the sunshine at the boat club)Useful Info:
Please bring water bottles/sunhats/umbrellas, a picnic blanket/fold up chair or stool should you find one useful and a swimsuit if you feel like a dip at the end of the storytelling...The walk itself will be less than a mile and take in the coastal path and some coves.Access for Buggies and Wheelchairs along the coastal path until just before the last cove we shall visitBook below or bring Cash Donations to show your appreciation for the Storyteller and Musician in the Storytelling Hat on the day...All Welcome, including well behaved dogs on leads.All details also available at www.soniasophia.co.uk__________________________2:30PM - 4:30pm: SPONTANEOUS STORYTELLING WORKSHOP WITH JASON WOOD
Location: Newport Memorial Hall, Garden Room, West Street, SA42 0TF
Sunday July 13th 2.30 - 4.30pm
Cost: 20yrs + £15 14-20yrs £10
Age Limit: 14yrs +
Booking: Message Jason on 07800 883 949Spontaneous storytelling is the art of making up a story as you go along. It's all about having the courage to step into the unknown and create from the heart. Letting your tale sprout forth from the fertile soil of the present moment, from mystery.
So if you want to have a giggle and aquire a new skill to entertain your friends and family, come and join in on this exciting adventure.Jason Wood has trained in storytelling at Emerson College. He has been telling spontaneous stories since 2010, performing at community events, parties, festivals and self organised events. He loves to embody characters and revel in the ridiculous.__________________________7:20PM - 9:30pm: KEEP THE BEAR TO YOUR LEFT, TALES FROM THE ODYSSEY
Join storyteller Alice Courvoisier for a retelling of Odysseus Great Wanderings as he travels home to Ithaca following the legendary sack of Troy. On his decade long journey around the Mediterranean, he deals with mighty seas and powerful winds, the whims of the Olympian gods, flesh-eating monsters, bewitching women, the oracle of a dead prophet and a mutinous crew. When he finally reaches home, he has to win his kingdom back.Sunday 13th July, 7 for 7:20pm - 9:30pm.Newport Memorial Hall Garden Room, West Street, SA42 0TF.12 yrs+, £7.50-£6.Bookings & more info click here.The telling will take place in the garden room of Newport's Memorial Hall.Doors open 7pm for a 7:20pm start.Hot water will be provided at the interval - feel free to bring a tea bag, mug & a snack.
Art by Peter Stevenson ~ Website by Halo Quin ~ All content at links is the responsibility of the Storyteller at the other end! ~ Dates and Details subject to change. ~ Join the Aberystwyth Fables mailing list here for updates.