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Welsh-language festival in Cardiff, Wales
Tafwyl
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Tafwyl 2016 in Cardiff Castle
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Status
| Active
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Genre
| Music and cultural festival
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Frequency
| Annually
(July)
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Location(s)
| Cardiff
, Wales
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Years active
| 17 years
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Inaugurated
| July 2006
(
2006-07
)
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Most recent
| 18 June 2022
(
2022-06-18
)
? 19 June 2022
(
2022-06-19
)
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Next event
| 2023
(
2023
)
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Attendance
| 38,000 (2017)
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Organised by
| Menter Caerdydd
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Website
| tafwyl
.cymru
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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
.
Background
[
edit
]
The 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]
Bands and performers appearing at the festival have included
Bryn Fon
,
Candelas
,
Elin Fflur
,
Geraint Jarman
,
Y Niwl
,
Meic Stevens
,
S?nami
and
Yws Gwynedd
.
References
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Tafwyl
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