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
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
6:00pm - 7:30pm ~ Taste of Wales
3:00pm - 6:00pm ~ Registration and Banquet Seating
4:00pm - 4:45 pm ~ Opening Ceremony
6:00pm - 7:30pm ~ Taste of Wales
THURSDAY August 28, 2025
8:30am - 12:00pm ~ Tour 1:
9:00am - 5:30pm ~ Registration Desk & Banquet Table Assignment Open
10:00am - 12:00pm ~ Writing Workshop: Write About Wales and Yourself
12:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Marketplace & Tea Room
1:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Screening of 'Shoulder to Shoulder Opera'
4:00pm - 7:00pm ~ WelshFest on Sparks ~ Star-studded street concert
8:00pm - 9:30pm ~ Comedy night with Tudur Owen & the Urdd Dancers
9:00pm - 12:00am ~ Informal Singing
8:30am - 12:00pm ~ Tour 1:
9:00am - 5:30pm ~ Registration Desk & Banquet Table Assignment Open
10:00am - 12:00pm ~ Writing Workshop: Write About Wales and Yourself
12:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Marketplace & Tea Room
1:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Screening of 'Shoulder to Shoulder Opera'
4:00pm - 7:00pm ~ WelshFest on Sparks ~ Star-studded street concert
8:00pm - 9:30pm ~ Comedy night with Tudur Owen & the Urdd Dancers
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 & Tea Room
9:00am - 10:00am ~ Seminar:
9:00am - 10:00am ~ Seminar
9:00am - 10:00am ~ Seminar
10:00am - 10:30am ~ Coffee Talk: Investments and Legacies ~ David Allen
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: Welsh Language I
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Theatre ~ Mabinogi I
12:00pm - 1:30pm ~ Cinema Wales:
12:30pm - 1:30pm ~ Seminar:
12:30pm - 1:30pm ~ Seminar
1:30pm - 3:00pm ~ Seminar: Ysgol Gan
2:00pm - 3:30pm ~ Cinema Wales:
2:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Seminar
2:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Seminar
3:00pm - 4:00pm ~
4:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Key Note Speech: Can a Song Save a Language
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 - 10:00pm ~ North America Wales Foundation Welsh Heritage Award and Gala Banquet,
~ soloist Manon Ogwen Parry
~ honoring David Matthews
* 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
8:00am - 9:00am ~ First-time attendees coffee & muffins
8:30am - 6:00pm ~ Registration Desk & Banquet Table Assignment Open
9:00am - 5:00pm ~ Marketplace & Tea Room
9:00am - 10:00am ~ Seminar:
9:00am - 10:00am ~ Seminar
9:00am - 10:00am ~ Seminar
10:00am - 10:30am ~ Coffee Talk: Investments and Legacies ~ David Allen
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: Welsh Language I
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Theatre ~ Mabinogi I
12:00pm - 1:30pm ~ Cinema Wales:
12:30pm - 1:30pm ~ Seminar:
12:30pm - 1:30pm ~ Seminar
1:30pm - 3:00pm ~ Seminar: Ysgol Gan
2:00pm - 3:30pm ~ Cinema Wales:
2:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Seminar
2:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Seminar
3:00pm - 4:00pm ~
4:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Key Note Speech: Can a Song Save a Language
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 - 10:00pm ~ North America Wales Foundation Welsh Heritage Award and Gala Banquet,
~ soloist Manon Ogwen Parry
~ honoring David Matthews
* 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
8:00am - 9:00am ~ WNAA Annual General Meeting
9:00am - 4:30pm ~ Registration Desk Open
9:00am - 5:00pm ~ Marketplace & Tea Room
9:00am - 10:30am ~ Seminar:
9:00am - 10:30am ~ Seminar:
9:00am - 10:30am ~ Seminar:
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar:
10:30 am - 11:30am ~ Seminar:
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Theatre: Mabinogi II
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: Welsh Language II
12:00pm ~ Silent Auction bidding ends
11:30am - 12:30pm ~ Meeting of the Affiliated Welsh Organizations ~ bring your own lunch
12:00pm - 12:30pm ~ Eisteddfod Competition ~ Welsh Language Recitation
12:30pm - 1:00pm ~ Eisteddfod Competition ~ English Language Recitation
12:30pm - 2:00pm ~ Cinema Wales:
12:30pm - 1:30pm ~ Seminar:
12:30pm - 1:30pm ~ Seminar:
12:30pm - 1:30pm - Seminar: Folk Dancing
1:00pm - 4:30pm ~ Registration Desk Open
1:00pm - 3:00pm ~ North America Wales Foundation (NAWF) Meeting
1:30pm - 2:30pm ~ Eisteddfod Competition ~ Hymn Singing (solo)
2:00pm - 3:30pm ~ Cinema Wales:
2:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Seminar:
2:00pm - 3:30pm ~ Seminar:
2:30pm - 3:30pm ~ Eisteddfod Competition ~Solo Voice / Semi-Professional (Welsh North American Prize)
3:00pm ~ Silent Auction winners announced
3:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Silent Auction winners announced, items available for pickup at Registration Desk
3:30pm - 4:30pm ~ Seminar:
3:30pm - 4:30pm ~ Seminar:
4:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Eisteddfod Winners Concert
4:30pm - 5:30pm ~ Say Something in Welsh Meetup
4:30pm - 5:30pm ~
5:30pm - 7:00pm ~ 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
8:00am - 9:00am ~ WNAA Annual General Meeting
9:00am - 4:30pm ~ Registration Desk Open
9:00am - 5:00pm ~ Marketplace & Tea Room
9:00am - 10:30am ~ Seminar:
9:00am - 10:30am ~ Seminar:
9:00am - 10:30am ~ Seminar:
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar:
10:30 am - 11:30am ~ Seminar:
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Theatre: Mabinogi II
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: Welsh Language II
12:00pm ~ Silent Auction bidding ends
11:30am - 12:30pm ~ Meeting of the Affiliated Welsh Organizations ~ bring your own lunch
12:00pm - 12:30pm ~ Eisteddfod Competition ~ Welsh Language Recitation
12:30pm - 1:00pm ~ Eisteddfod Competition ~ English Language Recitation
12:30pm - 2:00pm ~ Cinema Wales:
12:30pm - 1:30pm ~ Seminar:
12:30pm - 1:30pm ~ Seminar:
12:30pm - 1:30pm - Seminar: Folk Dancing
1:00pm - 4:30pm ~ Registration Desk Open
1:00pm - 3:00pm ~ North America Wales Foundation (NAWF) Meeting
1:30pm - 2:30pm ~ Eisteddfod Competition ~ Hymn Singing (solo)
2:00pm - 3:30pm ~ Cinema Wales:
2:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Seminar:
2:00pm - 3:30pm ~ Seminar:
2:30pm - 3:30pm ~ Eisteddfod Competition ~Solo Voice / Semi-Professional (Welsh North American Prize)
3:00pm ~ Silent Auction winners announced
3:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Silent Auction winners announced, items available for pickup at Registration Desk
3:30pm - 4:30pm ~ Seminar:
3:30pm - 4:30pm ~ Seminar:
4:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Eisteddfod Winners Concert
4:30pm - 5:30pm ~ Say Something in Welsh Meetup
4:30pm - 5:30pm ~
5:30pm - 7:00pm ~ 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 ~WNAA 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 Westin Pittsburgh) ~ [Menu]
8:00pm - 10:00pm ~ Noson Lawen, sing folk songs and enjoy short, open-mic
performances by festival attendees.
9:00am - 12:00pm ~ Marketplace & Tea Room
9:00am - 9:45:am ~WNAA 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 Westin Pittsburgh) ~ [Menu]
8:00pm - 10:00pm ~ Noson Lawen, sing folk songs and enjoy short, open-mic
performances by festival attendees.