2022 Festival Programme

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Saturday 15
October 2022
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.Masonic Hall, Earl Road, Mold
CH7 1AX

Coffee Morning
An opportunity for a chat and to find out more about the week’s events

£1
Fundraising for the Daniel Owen Festival.
Saturday 15
October 2022
10:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.Daniel Owen Square, Mold CH7 1AP
Apples and Dance with Tegeingl Tanglers
Apple pressing and tasting, dance and live entertainment from Tegeingl Tanglers, Malkin Morris Dancers, Côr y Pentan and Cambria Band

Free
Donations very welcome
Arranged in partnership with Tegeingl Tanglers and the Relish Club
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Monday 17
October 2022
10:30
a.m.
Meet at Tesco car park, Mold CH7 1UB   Walkabout Flintshire Guided Walk 
to the site of site of Mold’s old Victorian County Gaol
Free
Booking form here
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Monday 17
October 2022
7:30
p.m.
Bethesda Chapel Schoolroom, New Street, MoldDaniel Owen’s Annual Memorial Lecture by author Rebecca Roberts
“True to Nature”, the use of English in Welsh language novels
In Welsh with simultaneous translation into English
£5
Sponsored by 
Cymdeithas Wil Bryan
Booking form here
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Tuesday 18
October 2022
2:00 p.m.Meet at the car park at Loggerheads Country ParkClwyd Ramblers Guided Walk
towards Maeshafn to learn about the lead mines of the Alun Valley that formed the background to Daniel Owen’s novel Enoc Huws
Free. Booking advisable
Booking form here
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Tuesday 18
October 2022
7:30 p.m.Y Pentan, New Street, Mold CH7 1NYPoems and Pints
Open-mic event with real ale – enjoying the spoken word
£3
Arranged in partnership with Pinboard Writers
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Wednesday 19 October 20227:30 p.m.Masonic Hall, Earl Road, Mold
CH7 1AX
From failed preacher to promising novelist
presentation in English by Robert Lomas about Daniel Owen’s first full-length literary work and a chance to see Mold Masonic Lodge’s temple.
Donations and raffle in aid of Mold Hospital League of Friends
Booking form here
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Thursday 20
October 2022
8:00 p.m.
Mold Rugby Club, Chester Road, Mold
CH7 1UF

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Welsh night out – quiz and songs
suitable for Welsh speakers and intermediate plus learners
£3
or £2 for members of SIARAD
Rhagor
Friday 21
October 2022
10:30
a.m.
Meet at car park,
DEFRA site, Rhydymwyn near Mold 
CH7 5HQ
Guided Walk in DEFA site, Rhydymwyn Valley
the fascinating site of former wartime Chemical warfare factory now a haven for the natural world


Free but Booking essential
Booking form here
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Saturday 22
October 2022
2:00 p.m.Performance area, Inner Bailey, Bailey Hill, Mold. CH7 1 LB‘Every Now and then’
An afternoon of short performances by young people, exploring the past of Bailey Hill, as well as its present. Written by Theatr Clwyd’s writers group, Cwils.


FREE tickets from Theatr Clwyd.
Arranged in partnership with Theatr Clwyd and the Bailey Hill Project.
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Monday 17 to Friday 21October 2022During the Festival children from local primary schools in Mold will be visiting Bailey Hill to learn about the site’s history and about Daniel Owen himself though the medium of an ‘in character’ film commissioned by Flintshire Council’s Welsh Advisory Teachers.Organised by Menter Iaith Fflint a Wrecsam
Daniel Owen Festival Programme