Events Around Powys

Brecon Baroque Festival 2018 - Festival Eucharist with the Brecon Cathedral Choir directed by Stephen Power.

Half marathon in the hills around Llanwrtyd Wells. The route is well marked and marshalled

Beautiful Greek revival house (not open) set in mature parkland with rare and ancient trees. 25 acres of gardens incl walled garden of rooms, vegetable garden, original potting shed, Victorian grotto and orangery. Wysteria scented fountain walk, 4 acre lake with shady seating areas, folly island and wildfowl.

The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments “Ministry of Angels” The renowned Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments make their Festival debut with a programme that includes traditional tunes, dances, and songs by composers including Correlli, Francoeur and Arbeau, played on instruments that appear in

Visitors will be preparing their own foraged birch brush and choosing a coppice pole to be turned into the fastest broomsticks this side of Hogwarts!

The show is managed by the Brecon & Borders Welsh Pony & Cob Breeders Association. The show is a WPCS Silver Medal show and has foal classes for Welsh Section As, Bs, Cs, Ds, riding ponies and Welsh part breeds.

Following the sad death of our Treasurer and good friend, Ron Skilton, to Motor Neurone Disease in December 2005, this event was added to our Green Events calendar.

Have you ever wondered what day-to-day life was like in the 17th Century, with questions such as What sort of food did people eat and How did they spend their time Well, now you can discover the answers!

Brecon Baroque Festival 2018 - Caffé Paradiso. Venue: The Muse, Old Museum, Glamorgan St, Brecon LD3 7DW. Pop-up performances, angelic designs and fabulous food and drink provided by award-winning cafe The Hours.

A tough mainly off road Half Marathon . The route is on a figure of eight basis starting from town and passing through the first section of app 7 miles which contains one tough hill climb which lasts for around 1 mile.

If you missed local artist Eleri Mills at work in her pop-up studio earlier in the week, you can still see some of her incredible work on display.

Brecon Baroque Festival 2018 - Archangelo Corelli and Other Angels. The Festival’s celebratory final concert includes Handel’s Harp Concerto played on triple harp and music by Corelli, Geminiani, Handel and others.

James Wilton Dance, one of Europe’s most in demand dance companies, present The Storm, a whirlwind of lightning fast, athleticism, where acrobatics, break-dancing, martial arts and contact work fuse to form dance that will blow audiences away.

Drop in to this autumnal craft workshop for all the family and draw out the woodland spirits of the season. In dry weather we will gather in the woods and adorn our favourite trees with clay faces, decorated with autumnal materials. If the weather is wet we will shelter inside and make woodland creature masks.

Perilous and beautiful, mysterious and alluring, The Green Road beckons. Time shifts, parallel worlds, bold rescues, accordion music and fairies, harmony and humour in this lengthy tale of two halves for grown-ups. Acoustic music from Mikey to welcome you, serenade your food and close the evening.

Aneurin Bevan and Jennie Lee were comrades and flatmates who together fought and preached for socialism as they saw it; he the Tredegar firebrand on the Labour backbenches, she the miner’s daughter from Fife who became a Socialist MP before she was old enough to vote.

The Big O & the Wilburys show is back - bigger and better than ever! Come and celebrate with the band as they commemorate 30 YEARS since the Wilburys original album release and pay a special tribute to The Big O, who died later the same year.

Gitta de Ridder is an Anglo-Dutch singer-songwriter who performs with a purity and simplicity that would melt the heart of even the greatest cynic. Where the poetry of words meets the honesty and rawness of folk music Gitta manages to bring in a lightness and pop-edge without losing sight of meaning and authenticity.

What the Floyd are the brainchild of Australian guitarist and Pink Floyd authority Daniel Bowles. Founded in 2015, they have quickly established themselves as the most exciting Floyd show on the UK scene, with a reputation for a uniquely energetic and accurate recreation of the Floyd sound.

Based on the legendary 1994 P.U.L.S.E. tour, the band perform all the hits, including Another Brick in the Wall, Money, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Comfortably Numb and many more. Contains strobes and other extreme lighting effects.

Join us for some frightening fun. Hear a spooky tale or two and head out on a Halloween challenge trail. Follow clues and keep your eyes peeled for creepy cut outs around the grounds. £5.00 per child which includes a gift. Booking not required.

A two-day event, to be held both in the Museum and at 7 High Street, Newtown where exhibits relating to the industrial heritage of the river and canal will be on display. Our partners are involved in current and futures uses of the waterways for leisure pursuits.

’It’s An Act’ are pleased to announce that this years Autumn production will be the hilarious comedy ’April In Paris’ written by John Godber and directed by Jack Llewellyn.

Having won Gold and Silver RHS medals for her Botanical Illustrations, Ruth Kirkby is very familiar with the rules of conventional watercolour painting.

Experience an exclusive tour with the Warden of the lowland wet grasslands at RSPB Ynys-hir. During the winter months, this wonderful habitat supports flocks of wintering wildfowl and waders including species such as lapwing, golden plover and Greenland white fronted geese along with birds of prey such as hen harrier...