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Rainy Day Picks This Weekend in Crossgates (Powys)

10 picks around Crossgates (Powys), from 9 local venues. The map pin is doing actual work here.

25–26 July Near Crossgates (Powys)

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 25 July to Sunday 26 July.
Picked for Crossgates (Powys), 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 Crossgates (Powys)

The Summer Fan Dance 20261

The Summer Fan Dance 2026

at First In Events

Challenge yourself to this incredibly tough 24km route, up and over the highest mountain in South Wales, twice. This infamous route is taken straight out of Special Forces and Pathfinder Selection.

22.4 milesSat 25 Jul
Local gemSee the details→
Dance
The Summer Fan Dance 20262

The Summer Fan Dance 2026

at First In Events

Challenge yourself to this incredibly tough 24km route, up and over the highest mountain in South Wales, twice. This infamous route is taken straight out of Special Forces and Pathfinder Selection.

22.4 milesSat 25 Jul09:00£50.00
Local gemSee the details→
Dance

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SEA LIFE Manchester & LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre6

SEA LIFE Manchester & LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre

at Arvonia Bakery

Join us on this great family day out as we dive beneath the waves and come face to fin with over 2000 creatures at SEA LIFE, Manchester. Here we will go on an amazing underwater adventure as we journey through the underwater tunnels with sharks and rays swimming above. Keep an eye out for the seahorses, octopuses, sea turtles and jellyfish too! Listen to fun talks and watch the feed shows throughout the day, maybe even hold a crab or touch a starfish in an interactive rockpool! Then why not bring your imagination and creativity to life at the LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre Manchester, the ultimate indoor LEGO® playground. Surround yourself with millions of LEGO® bricks or channel your inner ninja and prepare to be wowed by the Lego Ninjago city adventure play! Navigate through the crisscross maze or master the Tiger Widow Island rotating climbing wall, or perhaps immerse yourself in a virtual brick-built world, racing LEGO® cars to try and become the next champion!

30.9 milesSun 26 Jul
Local gemSee the details→
Community
The Flaming Lips7

The Flaming Lips

at Gallery 31

Formed in Oklahoma City, OK in 1983, The Flaming Lips have since become one of the most iconic, influential, unpredictable and vital forces in American alternative rock music. The band has garnered three Grammy Awards, a Tony nomination, and an RIAA Gold-certified Record for Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Q Magazine named them oneof the "50 Bands to See Before You Die".

27.1 milesSat 25 Jul20:00
Local gemSee the details→
Live Music
First Fridays8Free! (worth double-checking)

First Fridays

at St Michael's Church

Evenings of knowledge, conversation and mingling held on the first Friday of the Month between April and September. Free entry, refreshments available - donations gratefully accepted. Click on the image to see our gallery of past First Fridays.

37.4 milesSat 25 Jul
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Community

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