The festivals and events listed here are only a selection of what is happening in Wales in 2009. For a fuller picture call into a Tourist Information Centre when you arrive or go to www.visitwales.com

14 February
Wales v England
Six Nations Rugby International
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
www.millenniumstadium.com 

1 March
St David’s Day (Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant)
Special celebrations are held all over Wales to commemorate our Patron Saint

21 March
Wales v Ireland
Six Nations Rugby International
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
www.millenniumstadium.com 

21 – 31 May
Hay Festival of Literature
Hay-on-Wye
Britain’s ‘town of books’ is the ideal setting for this literary festival with an international reputation
www.hayfestival.co.uk 

25 - 30 May
Urdd National Eisteddfod (youth eisteddfod)
Europe’s largest youth arts festival
Wales Millenium Centre, Cardiff Bay
www.urdd.org 

4 – 7 June
Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open
Newport
European tour event attracting the world’s top golfers to the home of the 2010 Ryder Cup
www.celtic-manor.com 

13 June
Man vs Horse Marathon
Llanwrtyd Wells
http://www.green-events.co.uk

July/August
Cardiff Summer Festival
Cardiff
An international summer festival featuring the best in street theatre, live music, children’s entertainment, comedy and including the Celtic Festival of Food and Drink
www.cardiff-festival.com 

3 - 5 July
Beyond the Border
St Donats, Vale of Glamorgan
Welsh International Storytelling Festival
www.beyondtheborder.com 

10 - 12 July
Wakestock
Abersoch Llyn Peninsula
Europe's largest wakeboard festival
www.wakestock.co.uk

7 – 12 July
Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod
Llangollen
One of Wales’s major annual events - a truly international festival of music, dance and song
www.international-eisteddfod.co.uk 

Mid July
Cardiff International Food & Drink festival
Cardiff Bay
www.cardiff-festival.com  

Mid July
Sesiwn Fawr (Big Session)
Dolgellau 
A weekend of Celtic bands, rock, pop and beer. 
www.sesiwnfawr.co.uk

20 - 23 July
Royal Welsh Show
Builth Wells
Britain’s most popular agricultural show
www.rwas.co.uk 

28 - 30 July
Ryder Cup Wales Welsh Open PGA Championship
Marriott St. Pierre, Chepstow
www.rydercupwales2010.com

24 - 26 July
The Big Cheese
Caerphilly
One of the largest free gatherings of re-enactments, entertainers, music and folk dancing
www.caerphilly.gov.uk/bigcheese 

Beginning of August
Cardiff's Big Weekend
3 days of live music at the UK's biggest free outdoor live music event
www.cardiff-festival.com

2 - 9 August
National Eisteddfod of Wales 
Cardiff
Wales’s most important cultural gathering is dedicated to Welsh, Britain’s oldest living language
www.eisteddfod.org.uk 

6 - 9 August
Brecon Jazz Festival
Brecon
International festival attracting the top names from the world of jazz
www.breconjazz.org.uk  

11 - 12 August
Anglesey County Show
Isle of Anglesey
Agricultural Show
www.angleseyshow.org.uk 

21 - 23 August
The Green Man Festival
Glanusk Park, Crickhowell
Alternative 3 day folk festival in The Brecon Beacons
www.thegreenmanfestival.co.uk 

6 - 9 August
S4/C Wales Ladies Championships of Europe
Royal St. David's Golf, Harlech, Gwynedd
Ladies golf tournament
www.rydercupwales2010.com 

TBC August
Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival
Faenol Estate, Near Bangor
Three star-studded concerts with the mountains of Snowdonia as their backdrop.
www.brynfest.com 

31 August
World Bog Snorkelling Championship
Llanwrtyd Wells
Competitors snorkel the length of a peaty murky trench in a Mid Wales bog
http://www.green-events.co.uk  

19 - 20 September
Abergavenny Food Festival
Abergavenny
www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com 

25 - 27 September
Elvis Festival
Porthcawl
The biggest Elvis festival in Europe attracting Elvis acts from all over the world.
www.elvies.co.uk 

22 - 25 October
Wales Rally GB
Cardiff, South & Mid Wales
Final round of the World Rally Championship
www.walesrallygb.com

November/December
Cardiff’s Winter Wonderland
Outdoor ice skating and family entertainment on Cardiff’s City Hall Lawn
www.cardiffswinterwonderland.com 

21 November
Real Ale Ramble
Take a walk through Mid Wales's countryside, with real ale refreshments along the way.
http://www.green-events.co.uk