The Small Nations Festival 2011

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 8th to Sunday 10th July 2011.

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

Friday

Main Stage: DJ Kormac, Kiss Mitten, Kerekes Band, Mordekkers, Zingaros, Klezmer Kolectiv

Oak Tree: Sub-Concious + MC Shrubbery, Suggestion Boy, Super Cute Voices, Felix Subway, Thieving Beggars.

Saturday

Main Stage: The Unfit DJs, MC Xander, Mose Fanfan, 9 Bach, James Smith's Mabon, Sild, Mr Huw

Oak Tree: EMW, Jack Moyle, Rainy and the Dust, Galanastra, Bangsambra, Little Rumba, Anthony Lewis, Panda Su.

Sunday

Oak Tree: Nik Turner, Trwbador, Joe Weston, Jumboco.

Tickets

Early bird tickets have sold out. Tickets are priced at £65 for an adult weekend ticket, with youth (aged 13-18 years) and local (within 5 miles) tickets priced at £40. To buy tickets, click here.

Caravans, campervans, cars

Caravans and campervans are welcome at an extra charge of £18 for a campervan, and £26 for a caravan. Cars have to be parked away from the tents and there is also a parking fee of £6.

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!

Shuttle bus and parking

In order to avoid as much traffic travelling through Cilycwm or people taking their cars into town. The organisers have two shuttle buses going into Llandovery on an hourly basis throughout the weekend. Please do not park along the roads leading to the festival. This has caused chaos in the past and the local police have warned that cars parked on the side of the road will be clamped.

Getting there

Trains

The Heart of Wales rail line between Swansea and Shrewsbury stops at LLandovery.

Bus Services

There are regular buses from from Brecon (G14) and Carmarthen (280/281).

More information will be here when available.

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