Exploring Peace Together
Discover what peace means to you and to your neighbours. Get involved in workshops and peace chants with the Southern Shaolin Temple Warrior Monks, celebrate the WCIA Young Peacemakers Awards and witness the bespoke artwork from young people of Plas Madoc.
Our international competitions include Senior Children’s Choir, A cappella Group, Open Folk Solo, Vocal Solo (age 16-19), Voice of Musical Theatre and the announcement of the Children’s Choir of the World results. For more information on competitions visit In the Pavilion
On our three Outside Stages, we will be having workshops with the Southern Shaolin Temple and dance workshops with NEW Dance, folk music with the GOGS and acoustic music with singers Sonya Smith, Mair Thomas and Chris Greve throughout the day. The field will come alive with the sound of world music, International Groups, Circus skills with Panic Circus and much more
Into the evening from 4.30pm our international participants join together in ‘The Gathering’ in an exchange of dance and culture not to be missed before the outside stages come alive with South American and Spanish vibes with the Synergy Live Band, Eastern European folk music with gypsy jazz from Kibitz and Rockabilly with Hellfire Devilles.
Please see below our timetable for the day..
Check out our Festival Site Map to see all the stages: http://international-eisteddfod.co.uk/information/festival-site-map/
The World Stage
| Artist/Event | Details | Time |
| Punjabi Bhangra Cultural Group | The Group represented India with various Punjabi folk dances performance. | 10.00am |
| East Tennessee State University | ETSU Chorale is a university choir made up of music majors and non-majors from Tennessee. | 10.30am |
| Portland Phoenix Chamber Choir | Hailed as an “accomplished, powerful, slick and tonally precise choir” from Portland, Oregon. | 11.00am |
| Wolverhampton Grammar School Chamber | We are a very diverse, welcoming group who love performing. | 11.30am |
| Sonya Smith | A Singer Songwriter influenced by the traditions of blues, roots and country music. | 12.15pm |
| Synergy Live Band | A trio performing Flamenco, south American and Spanish music. | 1.15pm |
| Kibitz | A 6 piece band from Leeds performing energetic and soulful klezmer/ Balkan inspired music | 2:15pm |
| Froggatt Young Singers | A group of young singers who enjoy meeting to sing together in parts and are building their personal, vocal and musical confidence through doing this. | 3.30pm |
| Sonya Smith | A Singer Songwriter influenced by the traditions of blues, roots and country music. | 4.00pm |
| Into the evening… | ||
| Synergy Live Band | A trio performing Flamenco, south American and Spanish music. | 5.00pm |
| Kibitz | A 6 piece band from Leeds performing energetic and soulful klezmer/ Balkan inspired music | 6.00pm |
The Globe Stage
| Artist/Event | Details | Time |
| Froggatt Young Singers | A group of young singers who enjoy meeting to sing together in parts and are building their personal, vocal and musical confidence through doing this. | 10.00am |
| NEW Dance Workshops | Join NEW Dance practitioners for some uplifting, energetic and fresh dance and movement workshops aimed at young adults (youths). The workshops will be dynamic and fun for all – an experience not to be missed! | 10.30am |
| Southern Shaolin Temple | The performance team of the Southern Shaoiln Temple Warrior Monks. | 11.45am |
| The GOGS | Playing a great range of covers and their own popular material all in their own unique folk pop style. | 12.45pm |
| The Cosmopolitan Music Society | A dedicated group of musicians ranging from age 18 to 80 from all different careers who enjoy playing good music. | 1.45pm |
| Southern Shaolin Temple | The performance team of the Southern Shaoiln Temple Warrior Monks. | 2.45pm |
| Mair Thomas | It’s melodic, easy listening, trad/folk. | 3.45pm |
| Into the evening … | ||
| The GOGS | Playing a great range of covers and their own popular material all in their own unique folk pop style. | 5.00pm |
| Local lads performing rockabilly | 6.00pm | |
The Amphitheatre Stage
| Artist/Event | Details | Time |
| Southern Shaolin Temple | The performance team of the Southern Shaoiln Temple Warrior Monks. | 10.00am |
| Visiting schools showcase their talents | 10.45am | |
| NEW Dance Workshops | Join NEW Dance practitioners for some uplifting, energetic and fresh dance and movement workshops aimed at young adults (youths). The workshops will be dynamic and fun for all – an experience not to be missed! | 1.00pm |
| Wolverhampton Grammar School Chamber | We are a very diverse, welcoming group who love performing. | 2.15pm |
| Loughgiel Folk Dancers | A passionate, professional and creative group from Northern Ireland who achieved a record 100 marks at the 2017 Eisteddfod | 2.45pm |
| Hong Kong Welsh Male Voice Choir | Welsh male choir from Asia, and while aiming to preserve the best traditions of Welsh choral singing, we also try to adapt to local/regional demographics and cultures. | 3.15pm |
| Into the evening… | ||
| The Gathering | International participants join in ‘The Gathering’ in an exchange of dance and culture. Not to be missed! | 4.00pm |
| Chris Greve | Relaxed and interactive Celtic/Folk performer. | 5.45pm |
