What's On and Things To Do Around Pontypool

76m2 Gallery is a Photo Gallery in Pontypool Torfean. Open to the general public of all ages The Gallery promotes new and international photographers with exhibitions that regularly change. The gallery has a Dark Room which the general public can access.

A 4 acre hillside garden with stunning views out over the Vale of Usk. Wildlife pond, stream and winding paths through a meadow newly planted with fifteen hundred native trees. Medieval style medicinal herb garden, potager, fernery, orchard, rope swing, stone circle and roses, roses everywhere.

Experience the Seven Deadly Sins – an imaginative staging of operatic arias, duets and ensembles illustrating the Seven Deadly Sins, and accompanied by a small orchestra.

A variety of family activities to keep you occupied this Whitsun Half Term. Whitsun challenge quiz - (£1 entry). Bezerkas Circus Skills - Thursday 31st May - Juggling balls and clubs, twirling staves, ribbons, cigar box tricks, flower stick tricks, Diabolo, handheld stilts, hula hoops & spinning plates.

Come and join us for a fantastic weekend of full sized locomotives and models in a range of gauges and settings. Trains from Furnace Sidings at 11:00, 12:30, 14:15 & 15:45.

Join us for a Father’s Day treat at Big Pit National Coal Museum with local food and drink stalls, free family entertainment and the world famous underground tour, plus a free cuppa and Welsh cake for Dad. Jump on board the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway where Dads ride free*.

Large terraced eco-garden on east slopes of the Blorenge mountain. Vegetable beds, polytunnel, 3 greenhouses, orchard, flower borders, wild flowers. Great views, woodland walks, cascading water and ponds. Paths steep in places, unsuitable for less able.

Large informal wildlife friendly, family garden on 10 acre small holding with fine views overlooking Abergavenny. Lawns with established trees, shrubs and perennial borders. Soft fruit and vegetable gardens. Woodland and hay meadow walks, chickens and geese, bees, livestock in fields and family pets.

Race for Life brings millions of women together to support our life-saving research. Just by signing up you’ll make a difference and whether you raise £10 or £200, every penny matters. A 5k is great for all ages.

A garden with planting mixed in age and style. There are mature trees, the oldest planted as long ago as Victorias reign. Next in age are the generous lawns, one was a tennis court it now has a cherry tree on the service line. There is a growing collection of climbing roses and clematis now beginning to add impact.

A garden pairing mature shrubs with herbaceous plants and supported by colourful annuals in pots and baskets. It also has a wild life pond, raised veg beds and a greenhouse new for 2018. Light refreshments and wonderful cakes served at the adjacent Village Hall where parking is also available.

The Usk Farmers’ Market is held on the first and third Saturday of each month throughout the year from 10.00am to 1.00 pm. It is held in the Memorial Hall with both indoor and outside stalls.

The Usk Farmers’ Market is held on the first and third Saturday of each month throughout the year from 10.00am to 1.00 pm. It is held in the Memorial Hall with both indoor and outside stalls.

Winner of Wales in Bloom for over 30yrs, Usk is full of hanging baskets and boxes and a wonderful backdrop to around 20 gardens from small cottages packed with colourful and unusual plants to large gardens with brimming herbaceous borders. Romantic garden around the ramparts of Usk Castle.

2½ acre garden 650ft up on a N-facing hillside with magnificent views of the Black Mountains. Mature trees, flowering shrubs, borders, productive vegetable garden, small polytunnel, orchard, pigs, chickens, 2 bee hives and plenty of space to run about.

Presented here is a unique opportunity to hear a comprehensive selection of chart hits America’s biggest pop band ever recorded including: God Only Knows - Good Vibrations - I Get Around - Surfin’ USA - Fun Fun Fun - California Girls - Sloop John B and many more that you will surely know and by the end of the evening

Steam Traction Engines - For the two days of the year Abergavenny is redolent with the sounds, smells and sights of a bygone era.

The Welsh Cross Country Mountain Bike Series 2018 is run in five beautiful locations across Wales. It caters for anyone wanting to try a mountain bike event from U6, all the way through to Veterans races, as well as a Fun category for beginners.

This is a chance to look round over 20 lovely private gardens - large and small, but all brimming with interest. Every garden has something to offer - interesting plant combinations, ways of dealing with a difficult slope, how to garden a corner in deep shade, unusual trees and shrubs, a treehouse . . . .

A cascade of secluded gardens of distinct character, all within 1½ acres. Magnificent, unusual trees with interesting shrubs and perennials. With choices at every turn, visitors exploring the gardens are well rewarded as hidden delights and surprises are revealed.

The Dangerous Summer. Artists performing: The Dangerous Summer.: Tickets avaiable.

King King – need anything else be said! Climax Blues Band – it’s been a long road, but one thing for sure is that the Climax Blues Band of today carries the same standard of quality as it did when the band formed back in the late 60s!

Have a great day out at Crickhowell Open Gardens weekend on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 June 2018, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. - We have over 20 different gardens all over the town - some with spectacular views across the valley. We offer plant sales, free parking, free shuttle bus.

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly. I don’t know why she swallowed a fly...But The People’s Theatre Company do! And now you can too as they bring one of the world’s best loved nursery rhymes to life just in time to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Pam Adams’ best selling book!

Come see the top international stars battle it out in this one night extravaganza. You’ve seen it on the TV, now come and witness the glitz, the glamour and the high flying body-slamming action of live superstars of Welsh Wrestling as they steam roll their way into town for an evening of all action...

Formed in 1979 by five seasoned musicians, The Blues Band are celebrating 39 glorious years as Britain and Europe’s leading exponents of one of the greatest musical traditions of all time.

Held on the first Sunday of every month inside the Friars Walk Shopping Mall. Food and Craft stalls by local artisan makers and producers.

Join award winning chamber orchestra Sinfonia Cymru for this upbeat lunchtime concert, featuring Beethoven’s Septet, an energetic work scored for violin, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, horn and bassoon. Strauss’ popular tone poem Till Eulenspeigel, einmal anders!

Summer 2018 sees the latest brand new commission by Welsh National Opera. Rhondda Rips It Up! will tell the story of an inspirational, but possibly unsung Welsh heroine, Margaret Haig Thomas (Lady Rhondda), and marks the centenary of the women’s partial Suffrage Bill, which enabled all men and some women over the age...

Les Musicals presents the biggest hit songs from the West End & Broadway in this exhilarating live concert tour. Musical theatre’s leading men and X Factor stars; Jonathan Ansell (G4 frontman) & Rhydian Roberts join forces for the first time ever to create a dramatic & spine-tingling concert.

After two consecutive sell out shows at the Newport Riverfront, one of the World’s most respected Queen tributes return. The Bohemians are the official Queen fan clubs number one tribute band they are also one of the globes busiest.

In a new and permanent location! The market operates on the first Saturday of each month in the Church Hall located adjacent to Commercial Road but on Forge Road in Machen. Parking for the event is by the village hall and this is signposted. There is a wonderful range of food, art and craft.

Machen Rural Market at Machen Church Hall. Food and craft stalls from local producers. Welsh cheeses, free range eggs, home baked cakes, locally produced gluten free jams and chutneys, sauces and pickles, freshly baked bread, Pies, Pasties and Savouries.

Relax. Revitalize. Reawaken your spirit. Learn to meditate - an introduction to Raja Yoga You deserve it. You can do it. Make this time for yourself and receive the benefit for all time Raja Yoga Meditation is a method of relaxing, refreshing and clearing the mind and heart.

Held on the last Sunday of every month Belle Vue Park, Newport. Food and craft stalls from some of the finest local artisan producers and makers in South East Wales.

Robin and Philippa Herbert have worked on the restoration of the garden at The Neuadd since 1999 and have planted many unusual trees and shrubs in the dramatic setting of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

This store is the largest Tesco in Europe and the stalls can be found in the foyer area of the store. Opposite end from the escalators. Browse and buy from a range of stalls with items you won’t on the High Street! Regular events taking place throughout the year!

Ahoy! Calling all swashbucklers, join us in your best bucaneer costume for a full weekend of fun and sea shanties. Avast me mateys! Captain Henry Morgan is back and is after a batch of new recruits to set sail on his next adventurous voyage!

This year Tredegar House have invited Channel Kayaks along to add to the pirate fun and adventure at our annual pirate festivities. Fun for all the family, adults and children alike are invited to join the crew.

Keep boredom at bay and join us at Tredegar House for a half-term jam packed with family fun. Team up with the family explore our weird and wonderful habitats and the animals that have made Tredegar House their home, past and present.

We’ll be joined by Coleg Gwent every Thursday during term time for a coffee and a cake and a chance to practice your Cymraeg. These hour long chat sessions are available to speakers of all abilities and provide the ideal setting in which to practice your Welsh in a friendly and comfortable environment.

Curious about how we look after this house and its collection' Find out what it takes to look after this special place; talk to our conservation team about the work they do and see them in action in their workroom within the house. It takes a lot of work and careful skill to look after this beautiful place.

Are you ready to experience the heady heights of our attics' Join our ’behind the scenes’ tours and uncover the secrets that lurk among the eaves. Ever wondered what’s hidden inside the rooms not open to the public' Well now’s your chance to see!

Sit down to an afternoon tea in the Orangery with a taste of the old Brewhouse. Mini steak and ale pasties, Caerphilly cheese quiche, mini cheese scones and homemade tomato chutney will be served alongside chocolate torte, scones with jam and cream, tea, coffee and a glass of local ale.

Get your Father’s Day off on the right track with a hearty breakfast in the Servants’ Hall. Enjoy a hot baguette filled with sausage, bacon and egg and our homemade Brewhouse breakfast sauce and a cup of fairtrade tea or filter coffee. Tickets must be booked online in advance.

A modern garden using swathes of herbaceous plants and grasses, surrounding stone built farmhouse and barns with stunning views of the Black Mountains.

See the beauty of National Trust properties through the eyes of Japanese artist, Takumasa Ono, with the HENRO art exhibition in Dyffryn House. Takumasa Ono first held his exhibition and sumi-e workshops as an official programme for JAPAN 2001, a year-long celebration of Japanese culture in the UK.

Join us this May half term to discover all things natural in the gardens, see the flowers and insect bursting and buzzing into life. Our wisteria are bursting into bloom and flower beds are full of stunning displays this May Half Term.

Join the Dyffryn Croquet Club on these bank holiday Mondays to have a go at this fun, outdoor sport. Learn the ropes of this simple-looking but not-so-simple-playing game. The members of the club will be on hand to show you some tips and techniques of Golf Croquet. Equipment is provided. Booking Not Needed.