The Prince of Wales has hailed an international festival where he once did some impromptu bhangra dancing as a “shining… Read more »
Prince of Wales hails peace festival as “shining example of peace and harmony”.
Posts Categorized: Celebrating 75 Years!
Each year, you will find our Archive Tent on the field – a treasure trove of books, programmes, photographs, newspaper cuttings, posters, film footage and sound recordings. The Archive Committee has been working hard to share some of the material we hold in our archive collection in the form of a daily blog during ‘Eisteddfod Week’.
Sir Bryn and First Minister send happy 75th birthday messages to iconic peace festival
Opera star Sir Bryn Terfel and First Minister Mark Drakeford are leading a chorus of congratulation for an iconic festival… Read more »
Patrons and Royal Visits
Charities often have patrons. Their role is, in the vast majority of cases, that of a “figurehead” or “flag bearer,”… Read more »
Great-gran Moira, 92, launches search for fellow veterans of 1947 peace festival
Competitors who took part in first ever Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod will be presented with commemorative medals A music loving… Read more »
International Llangollen Eisteddfod and Llangollen Fringe Festival join forces to create Llanfest – a celebration of 100 years of music in Llangollen
World-famous peace festival returns 7-10th July 2022 after two-year hiatus with new-look Llanfest on Sunday 10th This July, Llangollen International… Read more »
Dylan Thomas’s 1953 Llangollen Notebook
There are few stories from the 75 years of the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod which excite supporters more than the visit of Dylan Thomas in July 1953. He described his visit a few weeks later in a 15 minute broadcast for the BBC Home Service, and generated verbal images of the early Eisteddfod whose power resonates to this day.
Archive FlipBook
This compilation of posters shown in the Eisteddfod Archive Tent between 2016 and 2019 gives a very short factual history… Read more »
The First International Eisteddfod 1947: Movietone Newsreel
The eight minutes and twenty seconds of this film are a unique audiovisual record of the first festival in 1947…. Read more »
Oscar-winning director makes a film about the Llangollen Eisteddfod
“The World Still Sings” is a documentary film of the 1964 International Eisteddfod, directed by Jack Howells and produced jointly… Read more »
The Audio Archive
There have been audio recordings since the first Llangollen Eisteddfod in 1947. In the part of our Archive currently held… Read more »
