JULY & AUGUST IN PONTYPRIDD

All events are free to attend, but tickets are needed to gain entry to some activities.

Family Craft Activities - every Wednesday between 12pm - 3pm from July 24th through until August 28th at Pontypridd Museum. No booking necessary. 

Funtastic Fridays & pop-up Planetarium - Enjoy the wonders of the night sky with astronomers from Dark Sky Wales.

July 26th, August 23rd and August 30th at Pontypridd Museum. Book tickets HERE

Summer at Meadow Street Community Garden - come along and explore the grounds, chat with our team and find out about getting involved. Every Wednesday from 3pm - 7pm, Thursday from 12pm - 7pm and Sunday from 10am - 3pm. 

Pontypridd Museum National Eisteddfod Exhibition - celebrating the town’s distinct links with the festival. The exhibition includes special loans from Amgueddfa Cymru and Brynmawr Museum as well as objects from Pontypridd Museum’s reserve collection, not seen in many years. August 1st - September 21st. 

National Eisteddfod Genedlaethol - August 3rd - 10th.

Come and visit Pontypridd Town Council's stall on the Eisteddfod Maes to find out more about us and our work in the community.

Saturday August 3rd 

Arts & Crafts 

Pontypridd Museum, 12 – 3pm 

Event Type: Children’s Workshop. 

Al Lewis / The Goudies 

Pontypridd Museum, 7 – 9:30pm 

Event Type: Music 

Book tickets HERE

Sunday August 4th 

ExperiMENTAL Science 

Taff Meadow Community Centre, 11 – 12pm & 1 – 2pm 

Event Type: Children’s Workshop 

Book tickets HERE

Côr Meibion Pontypridd

Robert Court

Côr y Bryn

Pontypridd Museum, 3 – 5pm 

Event Type: Music 

The Gentle Good / Cara Gwen 

Pontypridd Museum, 7 – 9:30pm 

Event Type: Music 

Book tickets HERE

Monday August 5th  

 Wil Morus Jones  - Bywyd a Gwaith Dr William Price

                                      The Life and Times of Dr William Price

Pontypridd Museum, 12 – 12:45pm 

Event Type: Talk 

John Geraint - Rhondda Heritage Trail: 12 Historic Sites

               Llwybr Treftadaeth y Rhondda: 12 Lleoliad Hanesyddol

Pontypridd Museum, 1 – 1:45pm

Event Type: Talk

Delyth Badder & Owen Staton - Folklore and Ghosts of Wales

Pontypridd Museum, 2 – 2:45pm 

Event Type: Talk 

An Evening Of Poetry 

Pontypridd Museum, 7 – 9:30pm 

Compere:  clare e. potter 

Poets: Cath Woolridge • Clare Ferguson-Walker • Dai Woolridge • 

Nicholas McGaughey • Patrick Jones • Rhian Elizabeth • Rufus Mufasa 

Book tickets HERE

Tuesday August 6th 

Sheldon Phillips & Dilys W. Rana - Chicago and Pontypridd’s battle to host the 1893 National Eisteddfod

Pontypridd Museum, 12 – 12:45pm 

Event Type: Talk 

Dr Gethin Matthews - No more names!

War memorials inspire youngsters from six local schools to create their own artworks

Pontypridd Museum, 1 – 1:45pm 

Event Type: Talk 

Dr Christine Chapman - Jenny Jones [1916-2004]

Founder and Development Officer of Keep Fit Association Wales - A pioneering Rhondda Woman

Pontypridd Museum, 2 – 2:45pm 

Event Type: Talk 

Pontypridd Community Choir / Hazel & Grey 

Graig Community Centre, 3 – 4:30pm 

Event Type: Music 

Carwyn Ellis / The Marcellas 

Pontypridd Museum, 7 – 9:30pm 

Event Type: Music 

Book tickets HERE

Wednesday August 7th  

Ti a Fi 

Taff Meadow Community Centre, 12:30 – 1:30pm & 2 – 3pm 

Event Type: Baby & Toddler Playgroup 

Book tickets HERE

The Royal Mint 

Pontypridd Museum, 12 – 3pm 

Event Type: Children’s Workshop 

Jamie B Sings 

Meadow Street Community Garden, 3 – 4:30pm 

Event Type: Music 

Cerys Hafana / Toby Hay 

Pontypridd Museum, 7 – 9:30pm 

Event Type: Music 

Book tickets HERE

Thursday August 8th 

 Jayne Pearce - Sir Geraint Evans

Pontypridd Museum, 12 – 12:45pm 

Event Type: Talk 

Darren Macey - Proud Valley:  The collective struggle of Paul Robeson and the Welsh Working Class

Pontypridd Museum, 1 – 1:45pm 

Event Type: Talk 

Keith Jones - The Listed Buildings & Structures of Pontypridd

Pontypridd Museum, 2 – 2:45pm 

Event Type: Talk 

Jessie Dipper 

Meadow Street Community Garden, 3 – 4:30pm 

Event Type: Music 

WAM: Words Art Music 

Pontypridd Museum, 7 – 9:30pm 

Compere: Mike Church 

Words: Stephanie McNicholas • Art: Paul Green • Music: Aled Rheon 

Book tickets HERE

Friday August 9th 

Children’s Storytelling & Drawing with Jack Skivens 

Graig Community Centre, 11 – 12pm & 1 – 2pm 

Event Type: Children’s Workshop 

Book tickets HERE

Clwb Comedy (Kids) 

Pontypridd Museum, 3 – 4:30pm 

Compere: Phil Cooper 

Comedians: Beth Jones • Drew Taylor • Eleri Morgan • Jeff Japers 

Clwb Comedy (Adults) 

Pontypridd Museum, 7 – 9:30pm 

Compere: Phil Cooper 

Comedians: Beth Jones • Drew Taylor • Eleri Morgan • Jeff Japers 

Book tickets HERE

Saturday August 10th  

 Arts & Crafts 

Pontypridd Museum, 12 – 3pm 

Event Type: Children’s Workshop 

VRï / SOW Acapella 

Pontypridd Museum, 7 – 9:30pm 

Event Type: Music 

Book tickets HERE