NAFOW Schedule of Events 2026
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Daytime activities are held at the Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel,
One Monarch Place, Springfield, MA 01144 Please note that the event schedule may change. Be sure to check on arrival for updated information. Register for NAFOW Tickets | Menus | Suggested Attire | Silent Auction Form |
WEDNESDAY September 2, 2026
3:00pm - 6:00pm ~ Registration and Banquet Seating
4:00pm - 4:45pm ~ Opening Ceremony
5:30 pm - 6:30pm ~ Buffet dinner [ menu ]
7:00pm - 8:30pm ~ Welsh Language Theatre
8:30pm - 9:30pm ~ An Evening with Bryn Fôn
3:00pm - 6:00pm ~ Registration and Banquet Seating
4:00pm - 4:45pm ~ Opening Ceremony
5:30 pm - 6:30pm ~ Buffet dinner [ menu ]
7:00pm - 8:30pm ~ Welsh Language Theatre
8:30pm - 9:30pm ~ An Evening with Bryn Fôn
THURSDAY September 3, 2026
8:30am – 5:30pm ~ Registration Desk & Banquet Table Assignment Open
8:15 am – 4:30pm ~ Tour: Historic Connecticut
8:45 am - 2:30pm ~ Tour: Norman Rockwell Museum & Stockbridge
10:00am - 12:00pm ~ Walking Tour: Historic Springfield
12:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Marketplace & Tea Room
1:00pm - 2:00pm ~ Seminar: The Welsh in New England; Tales from Y Drych
2:30pm - 3:30pm ~ Seminar: The Madoc Myth & the Welsh Founding Fathers
3:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Walking Tour: Historic Springfield
4:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Hiraeth in Springfield - A reading from Pamela Petro’s memoir, The Long Field,
6:30pm - 8:30pm ~ Concert ~ Eve Goodman & Gwilym Bowen Rhys
9:00 pm - Informal Singing
8:30am – 5:30pm ~ Registration Desk & Banquet Table Assignment Open
8:15 am – 4:30pm ~ Tour: Historic Connecticut
8:45 am - 2:30pm ~ Tour: Norman Rockwell Museum & Stockbridge
10:00am - 12:00pm ~ Walking Tour: Historic Springfield
12:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Marketplace & Tea Room
1:00pm - 2:00pm ~ Seminar: The Welsh in New England; Tales from Y Drych
2:30pm - 3:30pm ~ Seminar: The Madoc Myth & the Welsh Founding Fathers
3:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Walking Tour: Historic Springfield
4:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Hiraeth in Springfield - A reading from Pamela Petro’s memoir, The Long Field,
6:30pm - 8:30pm ~ Concert ~ Eve Goodman & Gwilym Bowen Rhys
9:00 pm - Informal Singing
FRIDAY September 4, 2026
8:30am - 6:00pm ~ Registration Desk & Banquet Table Assignment Open
8:00am - 9:00am ~ 1st Time Attendees Welcome
9:00am - 5:00pm ~ Marketplace & Tea Room
9:00am - 10:00am ~ Seminar: Cymru-Ein Llais/Wales-Our Voice
9:00am - 10:00am ~ Seminar: The House of Yale
9:00 am - 10:00am ~ Seminar: National Library of Wales
10:00am - 10:30am ~ Coffee Talk: Investments and Legacies ~ David Allen
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: Amgueddfa Cymru
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: Iolo Morganwg: Forger or Visionary
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: Welsh Language I
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Performance: Songs With and Without Words
12:30pm - 5:00pm ~ Cinema Wales: TBA
12:00pm - 12:30pm ~ Slate Splitting Demonstration
12:30pm - 1:30pm ~ Seminar: Meet the Parsons: Witchcraft in Early Springfield
12:30pm - 1:30pm ~ Seminar: Dafydd ap Gwilym, Poet of Fine Desire
12:30pm - 2:00pm ~ Seminar: Ysgol Gan
2:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Welsh Folk Dancing
2:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Seminar: The Slate Quarry Immigrant in the 19th Century
2:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Seminar: Historic Welsh Families in New England
2:00pm - 3:30pm ~ Cinema Wales: TBA
3:30pm - 4:30pm ~ Seminar: The Welsh in New England: Tales from Y Drych
3:30pm - 4:30pm ~ National Library of Wales
3:30pm - 4:30pm ~ Iolo Morganwg Book Launch
4:30pm - 5:30pm ~ Anglesey Roots Networking Session
5:00pm – 6:00pm ~ Welsh Language Meetup
5:00pm – 6:00pm ~ PA Meeting
6:00pm - 7:00pm ~ Pre-Banquet Social Hour
7:00pm - 10:00pm ~ Heritage Award Banquet ~ soloist Caleb Nicholas ~ honoring Philip Davies *
Attire is semi-formal, reserved seating is necessary [ menu ]
9:00pm - 11:00pm ~ Pub Night with Festival performers and attendees
10:00 pm -12:00am ~ Informal Singing
8:30am - 6:00pm ~ Registration Desk & Banquet Table Assignment Open
8:00am - 9:00am ~ 1st Time Attendees Welcome
9:00am - 5:00pm ~ Marketplace & Tea Room
9:00am - 10:00am ~ Seminar: Cymru-Ein Llais/Wales-Our Voice
9:00am - 10:00am ~ Seminar: The House of Yale
9:00 am - 10:00am ~ Seminar: National Library of Wales
10:00am - 10:30am ~ Coffee Talk: Investments and Legacies ~ David Allen
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: Amgueddfa Cymru
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: Iolo Morganwg: Forger or Visionary
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: Welsh Language I
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Performance: Songs With and Without Words
12:30pm - 5:00pm ~ Cinema Wales: TBA
12:00pm - 12:30pm ~ Slate Splitting Demonstration
12:30pm - 1:30pm ~ Seminar: Meet the Parsons: Witchcraft in Early Springfield
12:30pm - 1:30pm ~ Seminar: Dafydd ap Gwilym, Poet of Fine Desire
12:30pm - 2:00pm ~ Seminar: Ysgol Gan
2:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Welsh Folk Dancing
2:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Seminar: The Slate Quarry Immigrant in the 19th Century
2:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Seminar: Historic Welsh Families in New England
2:00pm - 3:30pm ~ Cinema Wales: TBA
3:30pm - 4:30pm ~ Seminar: The Welsh in New England: Tales from Y Drych
3:30pm - 4:30pm ~ National Library of Wales
3:30pm - 4:30pm ~ Iolo Morganwg Book Launch
4:30pm - 5:30pm ~ Anglesey Roots Networking Session
5:00pm – 6:00pm ~ Welsh Language Meetup
5:00pm – 6:00pm ~ PA Meeting
6:00pm - 7:00pm ~ Pre-Banquet Social Hour
7:00pm - 10:00pm ~ Heritage Award Banquet ~ soloist Caleb Nicholas ~ honoring Philip Davies *
Attire is semi-formal, reserved seating is necessary [ menu ]
9:00pm - 11:00pm ~ Pub Night with Festival performers and attendees
10:00 pm -12:00am ~ Informal Singing
SATURDAY September 5, 2026
9:00am - 4:30pm ~ Registration Desk Open
9:00am - 5:00pm ~ Marketplace & Tea Room
9:00am - 10:30am ~ Seminar: Iolo Morganwg: Forger or Visionary
9:00am - 10:00am ~ Seminar: Between Two Worlds, a Poetry Reading
9:00am - 10:00am ~ Seminar: National Library of Wales
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: The Madoc Myth & the Welsh Founding Fathers
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Performance: Plygain -- A True Welsh Caroling Tradition
10:30 am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: The Slate Quarryman Immigrant of the 19th Century
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: Welsh Language II
12:00pm ~ Silent Auction bidding ends
12:00pm ~ 12:30pm ~ Slate Splitting Demonstration
11:30am - 12:30pm ~ Meeting of the Affiliated Welsh Organizations
12:00pm - 12:30pm ~ Eisteddfod Competition ~ Welsh Language Recitation
12:30pm - 1:00pm ~ Eisteddfod Competition ~ English Language Recitation
12:30pm - 5:00pm ~ Cinema Wales: TBA
12:30pm - 1:30pm ~ Seminar: Amgueddfa Cymru
12:30pm - 1:30pm ~ Seminar: Workshop ~ Preserving the Welsh Heritage of North America
12:30pm - 1:30pm ~ Seminar: Dafydd ap Gwilym, Poet of Fine Desire
1:30pm - 2:30pm ~ Eisteddfod Competition ~ Hymn Singing (solo)
2:00pm - 3:30pm ~ Cinema Wales: TBA
2:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Seminar: National Library of Wales
2:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Seminar: Forty Three Years of Cynefin
2:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Seminar: Welsh Historic Families in New England
2:30pm - 3:30pm ~ Eisteddfod Competition ~Solo Voice/Semi-Professional (Welsh North American Prize) 3:00pm ~ Silent Auction winners announced
3:30pm - 4:30pm ~ Seminar: House of Yale
3:30pm - 4:30pm ~ Seminar: Amgueddfa Cymry
3:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Silent Auction items available for pickup at Registration Desk
4:30pm - 5:30pm ~ Sesiwn Sgwrsio Undeb Cymru a’r Byd
4:30pm - 5:30pm ~ Anglesey Roots Networking Session
4:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Eisteddfod Winners Concert
5:30pm - 6:30pm ~ Pre-Concert Dinner [ menu ]
7:00pm - 9:30pm ~ Voices of Wales * Off site at Symphony Hall
10:00pm -12:00am ~ Informal Singing
9:00am - 4:30pm ~ Registration Desk Open
9:00am - 5:00pm ~ Marketplace & Tea Room
9:00am - 10:30am ~ Seminar: Iolo Morganwg: Forger or Visionary
9:00am - 10:00am ~ Seminar: Between Two Worlds, a Poetry Reading
9:00am - 10:00am ~ Seminar: National Library of Wales
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: The Madoc Myth & the Welsh Founding Fathers
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Performance: Plygain -- A True Welsh Caroling Tradition
10:30 am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: The Slate Quarryman Immigrant of the 19th Century
10:30am - 11:30am ~ Seminar: Welsh Language II
12:00pm ~ Silent Auction bidding ends
12:00pm ~ 12:30pm ~ Slate Splitting Demonstration
11:30am - 12:30pm ~ Meeting of the Affiliated Welsh Organizations
12:00pm - 12:30pm ~ Eisteddfod Competition ~ Welsh Language Recitation
12:30pm - 1:00pm ~ Eisteddfod Competition ~ English Language Recitation
12:30pm - 5:00pm ~ Cinema Wales: TBA
12:30pm - 1:30pm ~ Seminar: Amgueddfa Cymru
12:30pm - 1:30pm ~ Seminar: Workshop ~ Preserving the Welsh Heritage of North America
12:30pm - 1:30pm ~ Seminar: Dafydd ap Gwilym, Poet of Fine Desire
1:30pm - 2:30pm ~ Eisteddfod Competition ~ Hymn Singing (solo)
2:00pm - 3:30pm ~ Cinema Wales: TBA
2:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Seminar: National Library of Wales
2:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Seminar: Forty Three Years of Cynefin
2:00pm - 3:00pm ~ Seminar: Welsh Historic Families in New England
2:30pm - 3:30pm ~ Eisteddfod Competition ~Solo Voice/Semi-Professional (Welsh North American Prize) 3:00pm ~ Silent Auction winners announced
3:30pm - 4:30pm ~ Seminar: House of Yale
3:30pm - 4:30pm ~ Seminar: Amgueddfa Cymry
3:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Silent Auction items available for pickup at Registration Desk
4:30pm - 5:30pm ~ Sesiwn Sgwrsio Undeb Cymru a’r Byd
4:30pm - 5:30pm ~ Anglesey Roots Networking Session
4:00pm - 5:00pm ~ Eisteddfod Winners Concert
5:30pm - 6:30pm ~ Pre-Concert Dinner [ menu ]
7:00pm - 9:30pm ~ Voices of Wales * Off site at Symphony Hall
10:00pm -12:00am ~ Informal Singing
SUNDAY September 6, 2026
9:00am - 10:00am ~ Annual General Meeting
9:00am - 12:00pm ~ Marketplace & Tea Room
10:30am - 11:30pm ~ Worship Service, in English & Welsh
2:00pm - 3:30pm ~ Gymanfa Ganu Session I ~ offsite at Trinity United Methodist Church
~ directed by Tim Rhys Evans, accompanist, David Enlow
3:30pm - 4:30pm ~ Complimentary Afternoon Tea
4:30pm - 6:00pm ~ Gymanfa Ganu Session II ~ held at Trinity United Methodist Church
Closing Ceremony (at the conclusion of the Gymanfa)
6:30pm - 7:30pm ~ Sunday Evening Meal~ [ menu ]
8:00pm - 10:00pm ~ Noson Lawen, sing folk songs and enjoy short, open-mic with
Festival performers and attendees.
9:00am - 10:00am ~ Annual General Meeting
9:00am - 12:00pm ~ Marketplace & Tea Room
10:30am - 11:30pm ~ Worship Service, in English & Welsh
2:00pm - 3:30pm ~ Gymanfa Ganu Session I ~ offsite at Trinity United Methodist Church
~ directed by Tim Rhys Evans, accompanist, David Enlow
3:30pm - 4:30pm ~ Complimentary Afternoon Tea
4:30pm - 6:00pm ~ Gymanfa Ganu Session II ~ held at Trinity United Methodist Church
Closing Ceremony (at the conclusion of the Gymanfa)
6:30pm - 7:30pm ~ Sunday Evening Meal~ [ menu ]
8:00pm - 10:00pm ~ Noson Lawen, sing folk songs and enjoy short, open-mic with
Festival performers and attendees.