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Abergavenny Christmas Fair

Abergavenny will be filled with festive delights on Sunday 10th December as the town hosts a celebration of all things Christmas at the annual festive fair. The Abergavenny Christmas Fair will take place across Abergavenny’s Market Hall, Upper Brewery Yard and St Mary’s Priory grounds, with over 85 stallholders ready to help you stock up […]

Talgarth Mill

“A little gem. Small but packed with interest. Well loved by the local community. The attached bakery and cafe is a delight.” Facebook Review, Sept 2017 Talgarth Mill opened its doors in the summer of 2011 after an extensive restoration funded by The Big Lottery. Six years on, we are thriving as a productive watermill, […]

Reverse Advent Calendar for Brecon Foodbank

  Reverse Advent Calendars seem to be catching on for many charities, especially Foodbanks. The concept is very simple: you put one non-perishable item of food or item of toiletries into a box for each day of Advent and take it to your local Foodbank on Christmas Eve for them to use for Christmas parcels. […]

St David’s Jam In and Jolly Jumper Day Appeals

          St David’s Hospice Care, and its day hospice in Brecon “Usk House” are asking readers to support your local hospice this Christmas. Join the ‘Jam In’ Appeal by collecting a mini Jam Jar from a St David’s Hospice Care outlet or charity shop and jam it full of 20p coins […]

Christmas at CRiC

With a beautifully presented selection of work, both “Time for Tea” (11 Nov. – 10 Dec.) in the CRiC Studio and the annual “Christmas at CRiC” exhibition in the oriel CRiC gallery are proving very popular. The gallery is the perfect destination to linger and enjoy paintings, prints, ceramics, glass, sculpture, textiles, gifts and cards. […]

Christmas in Crickhowell

Crickhowell is definitely the place to be this festive season, be it for shopping or catching up with friends and family over coffee or a meal. A popular annual highlight is Late Night shopping on 7 December when the independent retailers, cafes and pubs will join in the festivity. Who could resist having their gift […]

‘Brecon with Bells On’ Joanna Lumley to switch on Christmas Lights

Joanna Lumley, the Absolutely Fabulous star and advocate for the Gurkha Justice Campaign is to switch on the Christmas lights in Brecon this year. This will be the highlight of the town’s “Brecon with Bells On” Christmas Market on Saturday November 18th organised by Brecon Town Council. It is the second year the event has […]

Theatr Wildcats

Theatr Wildcats is a drama group for adults with learning disabilities. We are part of Powys People First, which promotes self-advocacy for people with learning disabilities. The work that they and we do helps develop self-confidence and independence. Theatr Wildcats meets every Wednesday in the Studio at the Theatre where we hold workshops around the […]

Brecon Drink Can Recycling are looking for your help

Brecon Drink Can Recycling has set up crowd funding in the hope that they will be able to purchase much needed equipment – a can crusher and compactor. What we do: We collect from the public, local bars and cafes around Brecon. Collected drinks cans are then separated by hand and crushed under foot, then […]

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