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Rainy Day Picks This Weekend
11–12 July Near Newydd, Ysgubor
Not every listing gets a golden ticket
We check the usual frankly silly number of local websites, then look for events that feel rainy-day friendly: cinemas, theatres, talks, workshops, galleries, concerts, cosy venues, and anything less likely to involve standing in a muddy field making brave weather noises.
Happening Saturday 11 July to Sunday 12 July.
Picked for Newydd, Ysgubor, not somewhere halfway across the county.
Only Local Gems and Curated venues make the cut, because standards are still a thing.
Listings with proper descriptions get bumped up the list. Three words and a shrug will not do.
Our 10 picks near Newydd, Ysgubor
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3Ystradyfodwg Art Society Exhibition
at Rhondda Arts Festival Treorchy
Ystradyfodwg Art Society are Treorchy’s local elderly art group and have now been established for over 50 years. Based at Abergorki Hall, where they have their own studio. This exhibition will show work created by the society through weekly workshops and from their studio practice.
8.3 milesSun 12 Jul
4Desire Lines
at Rhondda Arts Festival Treorchy
Follow us on our path of community, connection and hiraeth within our art exhibition ‘Desire Lines’, curated by Cardiff Metropolitan University BA Illustration students Wren, Martha, Kenzie and Sam.
8.3 milesSun 12 Jul
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6Free! (worth double-checking)Event : Celebration of Nature
Join us as we celebrate the wealth of nature in Wales at St Fagans National Museum of History. We’ll have our Amgueddfa Cymru scientists on hand to give you a glimpse into the fascinating diversity of life using specimens from our collections that are stored in Cardiff. Learn from our experts in plants, animals and fossils. We’ve partnered with some local nature-based charities and organisations, who will talk about their wonderful projects to help protect our biodiversity.
16.2 milesSat 11 Jul11:00
7Free! (worth double-checking)Event : Celebration of Nature
at St Fagans Museum Visitor Centre
Join us as we celebrate the wealth of nature in Wales at St Fagans National Museum of History. We’ll have our Amgueddfa Cymru scientists on hand to give you a glimpse into the fascinating diversity of life using specimens from our collections that are stored in Cardiff. Learn from our experts in plants, animals and fossils. We’ve partnered with some local nature-based charities and organisations, who will talk about their wonderful projects to help protect our biodiversity.
18 milesSat 11 Jul11:00
8Cardiff Ardwyn Singers perform Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert
at The Gate
Featuring the Capital City Jazz Orchestra and Soprano Claire Watkins Join the Cardiff Ardwyn Singers for a performance of Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert - a striking mix of jazz, gospel and choral music. Featuring the Capital City Jazz Orchestra and soprano Claire Watkins, this concert brings together the energy of big band jazz with the power and scale of a full choir in one of Ellington’s most celebrated works.
19.2 milesSat 11 Jul
9Rush Hat Workshop
at Hwb y Gors
£60 Spend a day learning traditional rush-work techniques to make your own made-to-measure hat! Join Jane Claricoats for a Rush Hat Workshop where you'll dive...
22.3 milesSat 11 Jul11:00£60
10Jazz in the Bar
We’re delighted to welcome back our in-house jazz group, Chapter Four.
19.2 milesSun 12 Jul20:30
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