Entertainment
With three major festivals, a 4K digital cinema-theatre and live music venues,
you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how much goes on here!
Folk at the Oak – Every Tuesday from 7pm
The Fishguard Folk Session has been running for the last 25 years and has a character all of its own. It has earned a worthy reputation for good lively music from various Celtic and English traditions and attracts good players from far afield who appreciate the friendly, inclusive atmosphere, and the good Craic!
Whether folk music is you thing, you’ll enjoy the bright, fun Tuesday evenings at the Royal Oak, Fishguard.
Fishguard Folk Festival – late May Bank Holiday
Friday 24th to Sunday 26th May.
We’re the friendly folk festival by the sea, where most of the events free, apart from the few ticketed concerts. Free events include concerts, sessions, workshops, sing-arounds, a ceilidh/twmpath, dance displays, and much more.
Headline acts for 2024 include Breabach from Scotland and Merry Hell from England.. Full details of the Festival including the line-up are at www.fishfolkfest.co.uk.
Fishguard Festival of Music
Thursday 18th – Wednesday 31st July
For more than fifty years, Fishguard Festival of Music has been bringing world-class performers to this most beautiful part of West Wales. A wonderfully varied and impressive series of orchestral concerts, chamber recitals, jazz, folk and world music can be heard in venues in and around Fishguard.
Read more here . . .
PEPPERS
Our aim at PEPPERS is to offer a service that is high quality and unique to everyone that comes through our door. PEPPERS Fishguard is a hub for the arts that features a diverse live music program, quickly gaining the reputation as an exciting jazz venue, as well as programming classical, contemporary and folk music.
The surroundings are curated by the West Wales Arts Centre with leading fine artists’ work on display while, in the kitchen, we source many of our ingredients locally, cook them fresh with a passion and we create our drinks menus to have distinctive originality.
Read more here . . .
Aberjazz Festival late August Bank Holiday weekend.
Aberjazz, Fishguard’s far famed summer jazz festival, is back every August with exciting and original acts at a huge range of venues around town.
Aberjazz was started in 2004 by a group of jazz enthusiasts keen to introduce jazz to Fishguard, soon developing into its familiar five-day festival.
Over the years, well known artists have played at the festival, such as Jacqui Dankworth, Courtney Pine, Paul Jones and Andy Fairweather Low.
Read more here . . .
Theatr Gwaun
Theatr Gwaun as a community venue for both cinema and theatre. The venue is programmed quarterly with a varied selection of commercial, world and art-house films together with drama, music and comedy with volunteers playing a major role in its day-to-day management. It is available for hire by private, public and community organisations at competitive rates.
Theatr Gwaun has been upgraded to state of the art Sony 4K digital, with top-of-the-range surround sound, to host a wide range of Theatre and Live events. And the best value ticket prices in West Wales, for adults and children, and a special family ticket price (2×2) !
