2023 Festival Programme
| Date | Time | Venue | Event | Tickets | More Info |
| Saturday 14 October 2023 | 9:30 – 11:30 am | Daniel Owen Centre, Daniel Owen Square, Mold CH7 1AP | Coffee Morning An opportunity for a chat and to find out more about the week’s events | £1 Fundraising for the Daniel Owen Festival | |
| Friday 20 October 2023 | 1:30 – 3:30 pm | Meet at The Colomendy Arms, Cadole CH7 5LL (parking permission given) | Guided Walk to Hafod Moor and Pantybuarth with Walkabout Flintshire. An area familiar to Daniel Owen and a place-name he quoted in his novel Gwen Tomos | Free Booking form here | CANCELLED DUE TO THE WEATHER! details |
| Saturday 21 October 2023 | 10:30 am – 3:00 pm | Daniel Owen Square, Mold CH7 1AP | Dance, Song and Stories on Daniel Owen Square A wealth of folk dancing, music and the spoken word supplied by ever popular dance groups and talented musicians. Performances, results and prize-giving of the Festival’s Young Writers’ Competition | Free Donations very welcome | details |
| Saturday 21 October 2023 | 7:30 pm | Mold Cricket Club Chester Road, Mold CH7 1UF | Concert by Gareth Bonello (The Gentle Good) Cardiff based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Gareth Bonello is influenced by the traditional music and folklore of Wales. Supported by Gwilym Bowen Rhys. | Arranged by Mentrau Iaith Cymru | details |
| Monday 23 October 2023 | 10:30 am | Meet at Tesco car park, Mold CH7 1UB | Guided Walk to the old cotton mill area with Walkabout Flintshire to learn about Mold’s forgotten industries and Daniel Owen’s family connections | Free Booking form here | details |
| Monday 23 October 2023 | 7:00 pm | Drovers Arms, Denbigh Road, Mold CH7 1DP | Poems and Pints Open-mic event at the Drovers enjoying the spoken word in the former location of a pub used by Daniel Owen and his family | Arranged in partnership with Pinboard Writers | details |
| Monday 23 October 2023 | 7:30 pm | Bethesda Chapel Schoolroom, New Street, Mold CH7 1UL | Daniel Owen Festival’s Annual Memorial Lecture by author Meinir Pierce Jones Lecture in Welsh Merched Daniel Owen (Daniel Owen’s Women) by the winner of The Daniel Owen Prize at the 2022 National Eisteddfod for her novel Capten. | £5 Sponsored by Cymdeithas Wil Bryan Booking form here | details |
| Tuesday 24 October 2023 | 2:00 pm | Meet at the car park alongside the B5123 near Rhos Helyg School CH7 6PJ | Guided Walk to Moel y Gaer and Moel y Crio with Clwydian Ramblers to visit the iron age hill fort and the ancient lead-mining settlement where Daniel Owen’s family lived before moving to Mold | Free. Booking advisable Booking form here | details |
| Tuesday 24 October 2023 | 5:00 – 7:00 pm | Daniel Owen Centre, Daniel Owen Square, Mold CH7 1AP | Historic Mold a large display of photographs and memorabilia showing the history of Mold over the last 200 years. With a short talk at 6pm by local historian and author David Rowe | Free Sponsored by Mold Town Council | details |
| Wednesday 25 October 2023 | 10:00 am – 2:30 pm | Daniel Owen Centre, Daniel Owen Square, Mold CH7 1AP | Historic Mold with short talks The exhibition (see above) continues and David Rowe will give short talks on different subjects at 11:00, 12:00, and 1:30 (see details) | Free Sponsored by Mold Town Council | details |
| Wednesday 25 October 2023 | 7:00 pm | Drovers Arms, Denbigh Road, Mold CH7 1DP | Cwrw, Cwis Cân A fun night with Côr y Pentan suitable for Welsh speakers and intermediate plus learners | Free Arranged jointly by Coleg Cambria, Menter Iaith Fflint a Wrecsam a Canolfan Dysgu Cymraeg | Poster |
| Thursday 26 October 2023 | 7:30 pm | Ebenezer Baptist Church, Glanrafon Road, Mold CH7 1PA | Daniel Owen and Public Life Talk by John Atkinson concentrating on the author as a politician and social activist | £5. Booking advisable. Booking form here | details |
| Friday 27 October 2023 | 2:00 pm | Meet at Loggerheads Country Park Centre CH7 5LH | Walk and talk in Welsh at Loggerheads by Kevin Matthias about lead mining and the Daniel Owen connection to the Loggerheads area | Free. Booking advisable. Booking form here | Poster |
| Monday 23 October – Friday 27 October | 9:30 am – 3:00 pm | Mold Library, Daniel Owen Square, Mold CH7 1 AP | Primary School visits to Mold Town Library |