2022 Festival Programme
Date | Time | Venue | Event | Tickets | More Info |
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 | More info |
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 | More info |
Monday 17 October 2022 | 7:30 p.m. | Bethesda Chapel Schoolroom, New Street, Mold | Daniel 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 | More info |
Tuesday 18 October 2022 | 2:00 p.m. | Meet at the car park at Loggerheads Country Park | Clwyd 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 | More info |
Tuesday 18 October 2022 | 7:30 p.m. | Y Pentan, New Street, Mold CH7 1NY | Poems and Pints Open-mic event with real ale – enjoying the spoken word | £3 Arranged in partnership with Pinboard Writers | More info |
Wednesday 19 October 2022 | 7:30 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 | More info |
Thursday 20 October 2022 | 8:00 p.m. | Mold Rugby Club, Chester Road, Mold CH7 1UF . | 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 | More info |
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. | More info |
Monday 17 to Friday 21October 2022 | During 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 |