The Small Nations Festival 2010

Known in Welsh as 'Gwyl y Cenhedloedd Bychan', this is a multilingual celebration of the music of Wales alongside that of other small nations. Set on Glangwenlais Farm near the small village of Cilycwm, near Llandovery, in Wales, this festival celebrates minority cultures and languages and the universal language of music in all its forms from Friday 9th to Sunday 11th July 2010.

A wide range of music may be represented with an eclectic mix of old favourites and new music from all corners of the world and an array of workshops to keep young and old minds occupied.

Line-up

So far confirmed:

Friday

Jumboco, Super Cute Voices, Georgia Ruth Williams, Samba Gales, Thieving Beggars, Colorama, Mike Chant, Imran Khan and Gawazi, Freshold, Kissmet, and Tokin4wa.

Saturday

Tim Short & Ruby Samba, Bamo (Kurdistan), Bellevue Rendezvous (Scotland), Mhagribibeat, Longital (Czech Republic), Marc Egea (Catalonia), Masters in France, Yucatan, Last Chance Saloon, Gareth Pearson, Omega 66, and Subsource.

Sunday

Josh Doughty, Urbantramper (New Zeland), Fugitives, and Fernhill.

Tickets

Tickets are available priced at £65 for an adult weekend ticket; Weekend (Youth aged 12+) £40; Saturday & Sunday combined ticket £40. Day tickets: Friday or Sunday only £15, and Saturday only £25. To buy tickets, click here.

Caravans, campervans, cars

Caravans and campervans are welcome at an extra £20, or £15 respectively. Cars have to be parked away from the tents and are charged at £5.

On site

Added to this, expect children's workshops, a Digital Futures Stage offering up DJs and electronica music, plus a late night café / bar / chill-out area. The workshops on offer this year include group harmony singing, story telling, classical belly dance & belly dance to live drumming, industrial rhythmic grooves, laughter workshop, found sounds and junk percussion, fire juggling, spoons, judo, yoga, welsh in an hour, and dancing (the Mesopotamian way).

Facilities

There are also stalls, food and a bar between the stages which are housed in a very large barn, big enough, the organisers claim, to hold a thousand people. If the weather is fine the doors will be folded back although everything will be undercover just in case!

More information will be here when available.

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