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North American Festival of Wales Schedule of Events

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Daytime activities are held at the Delta Hotels Ottawa City Centre,
101 Lyon St. N, Ottawa, ON K1R 5T9, Canada
(Offsite events held at Christ Church Cathedral, 414 Sparks St, Ottawa, ON)
Please note that the event schedule may change.
Be sure to check on arrival, for updated information.
 
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WEDNESDAY August 27, 2025
  3:00pm - 6:00pm ~ Registration and Banquet Seating 
 
4:00pm - 4:45 pm ~ Opening Ceremony
  6:30pm  - 8:00pm ~ Taste of Wales

THURSDAY August 28, 2025
  8:30am - 12:00pm ~ Tour 1: Ottawa with a Welsh Flavour (SOLD OUT)
  9:00am -   5:30pm ~  Registration Desk & Banquet Table Assignment Open
 10:00am - 12:00pm ~ Writing Workshop: Write About Wales and Yourself
 
10:00am - 12:00pm ~ Harp Workshop
 12:00pm -  5:00pm ~  Marketplace & Tea Room
 12:30pm -  3:30pm ~ Tour 2: Welsh Highlights at the National Gallery
   1:00pm -  3:00pm ~ Screening of 'Shoulder to Shoulder -The Film'
  4:00pm  -  7:00pm ~ WelshFest on Sparks ~ Star-studded street concert
  8:00pm  -  9:30pm ~ Comedy night with Tudur Owen 
  9:00pm - 12:00am ~ Informal Singing

 FRIDAY August 29, 2025
  
8:00am - 9:00am ~ First-time attendees coffee & muffins
  8:30am - 6:00pm ~ Registration Desk & Banquet Table Assignment Open
  9:00am -  5:00pm ~ Marketplace, Silent Auction & Tea Room
  9:00am - 10:00am ~ Seminar: Saviour of the Language? The Role and Impact of the 1588 Welsh Bible
  9:00am - 10:00am ~ Seminar: ​A Boy's Childhood in Wartime Wales
 10:00am - 10:30am ~ Coffee Talk: Investments and Legacies ~ David Allen
 10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: “I am in part a Welshman”: Kahkewaquonaby/Peter Jones (1802-1856)
 10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: Gwen John: Strange Beauties
 10:30am - 11:30am ~  Seminar: Welsh Language I
 10:30am - 11:30am ~ Storytelling Performance~ Tales from the Mabinogi I
 11:30am - 12:30pm ~ Harp workshop
 12:00pm -  1:00pm -  Seminar: Folk Dancing I
 12:30pm -  1:50pm ~ Cinema Wales: National Theatre Live: Nye - 1st half (2nd half Sat. at 12:30)
 12:30pm -  1:30pm ~ Seminar:  The National Library Presents: The 'Welch Tract'
 12:30pm - 1:30pm ~  Seminar: The ‘Patagonian Dream’ and the Next Generation
   1:00pm - 2:00pm ~ Seminar:
Folk Dancing II
   2:00pm - 3:00pm ~  Cinema Wales: Abandoned Railways from Above: Aberystwyth to Carmarthen
   2:00pm -  3:00pm ~ Seminar: Tracing the North American Welsh back to Wales
   2:00pm - 3:00pm ~  Seminar:  Cynefin: A Sense of Belonging in the Curriculum for Wales
   3:00pm - 3:30pm ~  Cinema Wales: Pouring Water on Troubled Oil ~ Dylan Thomas in Abadan

   3:30pm -  4:30pm ~ Seminar: ​'Show Folk music "Magic Valley: Dyffryn Camwy'
   3:30pm -  4:30pm ~ Seminar: Roofing the World: A New Home for the National Slate Museum Wales
   3:30pm -  4:30pm ~ Seminar: Remember, Celebrate, Realize: The Welsh Women's 1924 Peace Petition 

   5:00pm -  6:00pm ~ Meeting: Pennsylvania Group
   5:00pm -  6:00pm ~ Say Something in Welsh Meetup
   6:00pm -  7:00pm ~ Pre-Banquet Social Hour
   7:00pm - 9:30pm ~ North America Wales Foundation Welsh Heritage Award and Gala Banquet,
                                      ~ honoring David Matthews
                                      ~ soloist Manon Ogwen Parry
                                      * Attire is semi-formal, reserved seating is necessary [ menu ]
  9:00pm ~ 11:00pm ~ Pub Night with Hogia'r Penrhyn
10:00pm - 12:00am ~ Informal Singing

Saturday, August 30, 2025
 
 9:00am -  4:30pm ~ Registration Desk Open
  9:00am -  5:00pm ~ Marketplace, Silent Auction & Tea Room
  9:00am - 10:00am ~ Seminar: Cranogwen's 1870 Visit to California
  9:00am - 10:00am ~ Seminar: A Fun Look at the Game of Rugby
  9:00am - 10:00am ~ Storytelling Performance: Tales from the Mabinogi II
  9:30am - 10:00am ~ Eisteddfod competition: French recitation
 10:00am - 10:30am ~ Eisteddfod competition: English recitation
 10:30am - 11:00am ~ Eisteddfod competition: Welsh recitation
 10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: Y Drych and the Welsh in Canada
 10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: Roofing the World: A New Home for the National Slate Museum Wales
 10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: Welsh Language II
 10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: The National Library presents a workshop on how to use library resources
 11:00am - 11:45am ~ Eisteddfod competition: Harp beginner's solo
 11:30am - 12:30pm ~ Affiliated Welsh Organizations social hour - bring your lunch
 11:45am - 12:30pm ~ Eisteddfod competition: Harp advanced solo
                   12:00pm ~ Silent Auction bidding ends
 12:30pm -  1:30pm ~ Seminar: Voices from the Past: the Glenys James Interviews
 12:30pm -  1:30pm ~ Seminar: Show Folk Music 'Magic Valley: Dyffryn Camwy'
 12:30pm -  1:30pm ~ Seminar: A Boy's Childhood in Wartime Wales
 12:30pm -  1:15pm ~ Eisteddfod competition: Harp Ensemble
 12:30pm -  1:30pm ~ Cinema Wales: National Theatre Live: Nye (2nd half, continued from Friday)

  1:00pm  -  3:00pm ~ North America Wales Foundation (NAWF) Meeting
  1:30pm  -  2:30pm ~ Eisteddfod Competition ~ Hymn Singing (solo)
  2:00pm - 3:00pm ~  Cinema Wales: Abandoned Railways from Above: Aberystwyth to Carmarthen
  2:00pm -  3:00pm ~ Seminar: “I am in part a Welshman”: Kahkewaquonaby/Peter Jones (1802-1856)
  2:00pm -  3:00pm ~ Seminar: The ‘Patagonian Dream’ and the Next Generation
  2:00pm -  3:00pm ~ Seminar: Cynefin: A sense of belonging in the Curriculum for Wales
 
  2:00pm - 3:30pm ~ Seminar: Ysgol Gan
   2:30pm - 3:30pm ~ Eisteddfod Competition ~Solo Voice / Semi-Professional (Welsh North American Prize)
   3:00pm - 4:00pm ~ Cinema Wales: Patagonian Bones
   3:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Silent Auction winners announced, items available for pickup at Registration Desk
   3:30pm - 4:30pm ~ Seminar: Saviour of the Language? The Role and Impact of the 1588 Welsh Bible
   3:30pm - 4:30pm ~ Seminar: Gwen John: Strange Beauties
   4:00pm - 4:30pm ~ Cinema Wales: Pouring Water on Troubled Oil ~ Dylan Thomas in Abadan
   4:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Eisteddfod Winners Concert
   4:30pm - 5:30pm ~ Say Something in Welsh Meetup
   4:30pm - 5:30pm ~ Celebrating 50 years of Ninnau!
   5:30pm  - 6:30pm ~ Pre-Concert dinner ~ [ menu ]
  7:00pm - 9:00pm~ Grand Concert ~ Cor y Penrhyn with Meinir Wyn Roberts
                                     * Off site at the Christ Church Cathedral, 414 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
 10:00pm - 12:00am ~ Informal Singing

 SUNDAY August 31, 2025
  9:00am - 12:00pm ~ Marketplace & Tea Room
  9:00am -  9:45:am ~Welsh North America Association Annual General Meeting
                                      (all WNAA members are encouraged to attend)

 10:30am - 11:30pm ~ Worship Service, in English & Welsh
  2:00pm -  3:30pm ~ Gymanfa Ganu Session I ~ offsite at Christ Church Cathedral, 414 Sparks St, Ottawa, ON
                                   ~ directed by Owain Arwel,  accompanist, Steve Jensen
  3:30pm -  4:30pm ~ Complimentary Afternoon Tea ~
  4:30pm - 6:00pm ~ Gymanfa Ganu Session II ~
                                   ~ Closing Ceremony (at the conclusion of the Gymanfa)
  6:30pm - 7:30pm ~ Sunday Evening Meal (at the Delta Hotel) ~ [Menu]
  8:00pm - 10:00pm ~ Noson Lawen, sing folk songs and enjoy short, open-mic
                                      performances by festival attendees.

MONDAY September 1, 2025
9:00am - 5:00pm ~ Tour 2: Upper Canada Village
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Dr. Megan Williams, Executive Secretary
P.O. Box 1054, Trumansburg, NY, 14886
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