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Pontio’s Easter Bunny Adventure
Thursday 18th – 10:30. 12:30 and 2:30 – Bangor
Join us for an hour-long session packed with fun and suitable for the whole family. We’ll start by creating fun bunny ears and rabbit’s tails and then we’ll all go on an adventure through Pontio to feed the hungry little bunnies and maybe earn a reward!
Prices
£5
Pontio, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2TQTel: 01248 38 28 28
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Bodnant Garden – Things with Wings Trail
Today to Thu 18 Apr, Tue 23 Apr to Sun 28 Apr – Bodnant Garden – Tal-Y-Cafn
Pick up a Things With Wings spotting sheet and follow the self-led trail through the garden, using your senses to explore Bodnant’s birds, butterflies, moths and bees and see what other spring wildlife you meet along the way. Booking Not Needed.A National Trust Event – Start 10:00. End 16:00. Free Event but Normal Admission Charges Apply. Pick up your sheet from visitor reception. Check website for latest information.Bodnant Garden, Tal-y-Cafn, Colwyn Bay, Conwy LL28 5REToday to Thu 18 Apr, Tue 23 Apr to Sun 28 Apr____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Saturday – 7:30 – Llandudno – Venue Cymru
A fun-filled, glitzy evening of catwalks, entertainment and prizes! Raising much needed funds for Prom Ally!
Project Cinderella is a prom themed fashion show with models showcasing all of Prom Ally’s different collections. There will be catwalks, music, prizes, goody bags and lots of glitz and glamour!
The fashion show is to promote, spread the word and raise much needed funds for Prom Ally in order for her to keep doing what she does!
There will definitely be a few surprises and secrets revealed on the night too!
Ally’s aim is that eventually no one misses out on their school prom due to their financial situation and she can’t do it without you!
Tickets £6For more info go to https://www.facebook.com/events/391216621434847/?active_tab=about___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wild Wednesday – Migratory Madness
Wednesday 24th – 2- 3:30 – Llandudno Junction
Easter holiday fun. Migration has begun! We’ll be searching for Summer visitors that have started to arrive on the reserve and exploring the various amazing journeys that birds make on migration. Suitable for children 5 to 8 years. Booking essential – Call 01492 581025 to book.
Price: £4.00 members, £6.00 non-members, £2.00 for accompanying non-member adults. 01492 581025RSPB Conwy Nature Reserve Llandudno Junction, Conwy LL31 9XZ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________World Heritage Day
Thursday – 11 – 3 – Various locations
Come and celebrate our World Heritage status of over 30 years. Join a tour around this spectacular World Heritage Site. Tours run from 11am – 3pm. Beaumaris, Conwy, Caernarfon and Harlech castles, together with the fortifications surrounding the towns of Conwy and Caernarfon, have been collectively declared a World Heritage Site. These castles have been described as the finest examples of military architecture of their kind in Europe. At the time of building, their designs were ground breaking and their structural magnificence remains as imposing as ever. Enjoy World Heritage Day at one of four castles. Whatever your view, each castle is a compelling story in stone.11:00 to 15:00 Normal admission prices apply. 01492 592358Conwy Castle (Cadw) Conwy LL32 8AY____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
History of Deganwy Group Talk – Thomas Telford
Thursday 18th- 7pm – Deganwy – Peniel Chapel
The next talk by the History of Deganwy Group is titled; Thomas Telford – His North Wales Bridges, a talk by Bob Daimond.All welcome. Non-members £2.50 which includes refreshments.Peniel Chapel, Ty Mawr Road, Deganwy, Conwy LL31 9UR__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Easter Sword Search
Friday 19th – Monday 22nd – 9:30 – 5pm – Conwy Castle
Daf, the castle’s night watchman, is very worried because last night he entered the stockhouse and took out some swords to pass the time. Twelve swords are missing and need to be recovered before the Constable finds out and Daf loses his job! Can you help count the swords around the castle and mark their location on the map, so that Daf can get them back and keep his job. Why not also try your hand at designing your very own shield, whilst learning about some of the commonly-used symbols and motifs in medieval weaponry?Normal admission prices apply.Conwy Castle (Cadw) Conwy LL32 8AY___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bodnant Garden – Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt
Friday 19th – Monday 22nd – Tal-Y-Cafn
That pesky bunny has been up to his old tricks again! You’ll need to follow the clues around the garden to find the carefully hidden chocolate. The Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt is running for four days at Bodnant Garden this year, but you’ll need to book a place, as it’s been so popular! The trail takes you through fields, woods, down hills and across streams to find out where the chocolate is hidden. Please note that normal garden admission fees apply. Booking Essential. Phone: 03442491895.A National Trust Event – Start times vary. Check website for details. Normal Admission Charges Apply. Come to Reception with a printed copy of your ticket (or one on your phone) to pick up your trail sheet. Please arrive at the time specified on your ticket. Check website for latest information.Bodnant Garden, Tal-y-Cafn, Colwyn Bay, Conwy LL28 5RE
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Spring Art Exhibition
Friday 19th – Saturday 20th – Colwyn Bay – Porth Eirias
Members of the Denbighshire Art Society will be holding their Spring Exhibition in the conference centre at Colwyn Bay Porth Eirias during the Easter weekend from 10 am each day.
30 artists will be displaying their work which is all for sale – covering a wide variety of mediums and styles, sizes and prices.
If visitors are interested in joining the Society, members will be available to give advice and give more information regarding the Society and the program of events.
Free entryPorth Eirias, Colwyn Bay Promenade, Conwy LL29 8HH
Contact telephone: 07808473357Call to check latest times or cancellations.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________Simply the Best Antique Fairs
Saturday 20th – 8:30 – 3:30 – Llandudno
Small, friendly Antique and Collectors Fair in Llandudno Town Hall. On sale a wide variety of items, collectables, jewellery (both fine and costume), glass, paintings and prints, postcards, books, vintage fashion, linen, records and other weird and wonderful items. With prices to suit everybody. Come and see us to buy, sell or just browse. The Fair is in the centre of Llandudno, close to all shops, restaurants and cafes. Pay and display car park at the rear of the building and plenty of on street parking close by, also easily accessible by public transport.
£20 double stall, free tea and coffee for all stallholders.Open from 8.30am – 3.30 pm approx £20 a double stall.The Town Hall, Lloyd Street, Llandudno, Conwy LL30 2UPContact telephone: 07581397721Call to check latest times or cancellations._______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wildlife drop in Thursday
Thursday 18th and Thursday 25th – 2 – 3:30 – Llandudno Junction
Easter holiday family fun between 2.00 and 3.30pm. Drop in and have a go at a holiday hands-on wildlife activity such as pond dipping. No need to book.14:00 to 15:30 Price: Pay on the day £1.00 Wildlife Explorers, £2.00 non members; free for accompanying adults. 01492 584091RSPB Conwy Nature Reserve Llandudno Junction, Conwy LL31 9XZ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Easter Egg Trail
Sunday 21st – 11 – 4 – Conwy – Plas Mawr
Hop along to Plas Mawr this Easter Sunday, and find the Easter Bunny’s hiding place to win a prize. Complete the trail and have fun joining in our craft activities.Normal admission prices apply. 01492 580167Plas Mawr (Cadw) High Street, Conwy LL32 8DE___________________________________________________________________________________________________________Easter Egg Hunt and Crafts
Sunday 21st – 10:30, 1pm, 2:30 – Llandudno Junction
Can you find the eggs that the Easter Bunny has hidden on the reserve£ Let’s follow the clues and see where they take us. Get hands on with some Easter crafts to take home too. There will be three egg hunts at 10.30am, 1pm and 2.30pm. Suitable for children aged 3 to 8 years. Booking essential – Call 01492 581025.1 Hour sessions starting at 10:30, 13:00 & 14:30. Price: Wildlife Explorers £4.00, Non-members £6.00, Accompaning non-member adults £2.00.. 01492 584091RSPB Conwy Nature Reserve Llandudno Junction, Conwy LL31 9XZ__________________________________________________________________________________________________________Ty^ Mawr Wybrnant – Ty Mawr Wybrnant Easter Egg Hunt
Monday 22nd – noon – 4pm – Penmachno
See if you can forage for signs of spring and find the woodland creatures emerging from a long winter.
Search high and low for all the animals on the puzzle trail to receive your Cadbury chocolate prize. Booking Not Needed.A National Trust Event – Start 12:00. End 16:00. Normal Admission Charges Apply. Please note – do not follow Sat Nav, property should be accessed from the A5 through Penmachno, follow brown signs. Check website for latest information.Ty^ Mawr Wybrnant, Penmachno, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy LL25 0HJ
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Mondays and Thursdays from 22nd – 9 – 4 – Betws-Y-Coed
It is a small busy friendly Fair, located in a Church Hall in the centre of Betws-y-Coed, North Wales. A village in Snowdonia National Park with beautiful surroundings, many shops and surrounding cafes and restaurants. Close to the Station and bus stops. Maximum 15 stalls, no dateline but preferably no new goods. Established over 30 years. Selling a wide variety of goods with prices to suit everybody china, glass, jewellery (both costume and fine) books, paintings and prints, postcards, silver, linen and other weird and wonderful things. Stalls £15, please check for availability. Footfall usually over 300
£15 single stall.9 am – 4 pm approx £15 a single stallSt. Mary’s Church Hall, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy LL24 0AAMon 22 Apr, Thu 25 Apr, Mon 27 May, Thu 30 May, Thu 6 Jun, Thu 13 Jun, Thu 20 Jun__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cars & Coffee on the Prom, Easter Sunday
Sunday – 9 – 2pm – Rhos – On – Sea
NOTHING TO DO: Except meet like-minded exotic car owners. Get there early to secure parking
NOTHING TO SEE: Except some of the smartest, sexiest and shiniest cars in town
NOTHING TO PAY: Just turn up. Bring your car
WHAT’S THE POINT? Simple. Why run an exotic car if you can’t show it off? Here’s your chance to impress. Plus great food and drink from the café
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£1
Pontio, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2TQTel: 01248 38 28 28
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Stalls from £20
Free entry to customersYsgol Glan Clwyd, Upper Denbigh Road, St Asaph, Denbighshire, LL17 0RPTel: 07710420185
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ONGOING AND REPEATED EVENTS
Multi-disciplinary Art Exhibition
Sunday 13th – April 28th – Plas Bodfa, Llangoed – Anglesey
65 projects from 61 creatives fill the entirety of Plas Bodfa, a currently empty manor house on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. This remarkably multi-disciplinary group art exhibition explores the idea of ‘sui generis’, a Latin phrase meaning “of its (his, her, their) own kind; in a class by itself; unique”. It has been adopted by the legal profession for unusual buildings, properties that fall outside normal designation.
What are the possibilities of a house? With performance and painting, collage and ceramics, skateboarding and singing, poetry and polyrhythmic drumming, fairytales and photography, games and gramophones, sculpture and storytelling, re-enactments and a retroscope, this exhibition is a one-time opportunity to fill the currently vacant 36 room / 1,000 sqm space with creative acts, before complete renovation begins.
Alan Whitfield, Andy Hodges, Anna Mitchell, Anne Weshinskey, Arni Gudmundsson, Belit Sağ, Cathy Wroble, Christopher Bond, Clare Brumby, David Garner, Debbie Budenberg, Fiona Davies, Genesis Dove, Georgia Colman, Harri Carmichael, Heather AdHudson, Helen Birnboum, Helen Danson, Helmet, Ioan Griffith, Jan Hale, Jane Ross, Jayne Lawless, Jennie Halloway, Jonathan Lewis, Jonathan Smith, Josie Jenkins, Justine Montford, Karen Ankers, Ken Davies, Lara Usherwood, Lee Duggan, Lin Cummins, Marirose Pritchard, Martin Daws, Mel Roberts, Michael Prince, Mishelle Kit, Nellie Mann, Ness Owen, Nicola Carter, Ol Guse, Pat Arnao, Peter Appleton, Peter Hughes, Philip Cassidy, Remy Dean, Rhona Bowey, Rhys Trimble, Sarah Bowker-Jones, Secil Yayali, Stephen Green, Sterly and Snell, Tammy Woodrow, Thomas Witherick, Trish Bermingham, Ülgen Semerci, Veronica Calarco, Wanda Garner, Wendy Dawson
Sui Generis is a project of Julie Upmeyer, an artist and initiator.
The exhibition is part of the Anglesey Art Week’s – Open Studios and Galleries 2019.
https://www.plasbodfa.com/sui-generis
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Llanddulas Male Voice Choir Concerts
9, 16, 23 and 30 April – The ever popular, internationally
famous Llanddulas Male Voice Choir will perform concerts with both piano and harp accompaniment at
Gloddaeth United Church, Llandudno (corner of Chapel Street and Gloddaeth Street) from 8pm. Tickets
£6 (payable on the door). Phone: 01745 823791. Web: www.llanddulaschoir.co.uk___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rhos-on-Sea Country Market
Every Friday until 20 December (except Good Friday) – 10 -12
With homemade food, cakes, bread, savouries, biscuits, homemade crafts and seasonal plants for sale.
Refreshments available, everyone welcome. At United Reformed Church, Colwyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea
from 10am to 12pm. Phone: 01492 544920______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Up to 32 tables crammed with Vintage and Antiques from our quality 15 stall holders. Parking around the venue is restricted, there is a pay and display at the rear of the Town Hall. Good disabled access. Toilets are in the building.
Admission is 50p which includes a free Hot drink Tea or Coffee
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Every Thursday 2pm til 4pmwith Jill & Alan (Queens Hotel Entertainers)Bingo, Nostalgia Music Quiz, Spot prizes, and then MIXED dancing for all including Party Dances, Line Dances, Pop and Sequence etc. You don’t have to dance just soak up the atmosphere and fun. Meet new friends. Open to all local hotel guests on holiday and local residents alike. £2.00 admission for all. Licensed bar, wheelchair access + lifts. Due to a number of people recently not able to get in due to arriving at 2pm we recommend arriving at around 1.30pm to secure your seats. We apologise to anyone who didn’t get seats due to the enormous popularity of this long running event.
Come along and listen to some beautiful music and enjoy a great afternoon out. Now the busiest afternoon on the N. Wales Coast. Party booking enquiries most welcome.Every Thursday ongoing all yearThe Queens Hotel Llandudno Conwy LL30 2LEThu 28 Mar, Thu 4 Apr____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A week Tuesday on April 2nd starts our weekly Craft Fair In Llandudno Town Hall
We have amazing crafters from around North Wales
So much quality.
Our crafters will include
Prestige Pens, beautifully crafted wooden pens, and stunning wooden bowls
Terrence Bunce will be at the Town Hall with his amazing Welsh Pottery
Cath and Allie’s amazing Photography
Jewellery from some of Wales top crafters, Including Sea Glass, Swarovski, Beads, amazing designs from our Top jewellers
Greeting from Bri and Jen will have amazing crafted cards
Candles
Honey wax products
Wooden Crafts
Oil painted Art
Bags
Children’s wear
Our Generation dolls clothes
There is so much to see, visit Llandudno’s premium Craft Fair Every Tuesday Llandudno Town Hall
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Conwy Community Wellbeing Activities
Colwyn Bay and Surrounding Area
Llanfairfechan and Surrounding Area
Llandudno and Surrounding Area
Conwy Valley and Surrounding Area
Abergele and Surrounding Area
Rural Abergele and Surrounding Area
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Art Galleries
MOSTYN – 12 Vaughan Street, Llandudno.
• Until 28 April – In-sight 16 – A new collection of work by artists from North Wales upstairs at MOSTYN,
in partnership with Helfa Gelf Art Trail: Niki Cotton; Nader Kohbodi; Susie Liddle; Hilary Reed; Amanda
Shields; Geraldine Swatridge. The exhibition is curated by Barry Morris.
• Until 5 May – Spatiality – Theresa Taylor and Nigel Morris – The combined exhibition of Theresa
Taylor and Nigel Morris presents to the viewer a continued development of their printmaking practices.
• Until 2 June – Folded Forest – Sky on high to burrow below – Folded Forest is the creative
partnership of Ruth Viqueira and Sarah Peel, founded in 2016. Together they design and make limited
edition prints, homewares and textiles.
• Until 30 June – Derek Boshier: It’s Only When the Tide Goes Out… Selected works and ephemera,
1976 – 2018 – We are pleased to present works by English pop artist Derek Boshier who first came to
prominence as part of the British Pop Art movement in the early 1960s.
• Until 30 June – S Mark Gubb: The Last Judgement – Taking Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel painting
of the same name as a starting point and reference, the exhibition includes a range of new and existing
sculptural works exhibited as an installation.12 Vaughan Street, Llandudno. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10.30am to 4pm. Phone: 01492
879201. Visit the website for details of more activities at this site: www.mostyn.org_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Royal Cambrian Academy – Crown Lane, Conwy.• Until 27 April – Andrew Smith RCA: Colourscapes – For Andrew Smith, the process of making over
time, has led to colour being the only real direction for his painting.
• Until 27 April – Keith Gardner RCA: Retrospective ‘Forty Years a Member’ – Best known for his
impressionistic oil paintings of the North Wales landscape, Keith Gardner has been a member of the
RCA for 40 years. We celebrate his work in this exhibition featuring over 120 paintings.
• Until 27 April – Wil Rowlands RCA: Erosion 2 – Elected to the RCA in 2017, this is Wil Rowlands’ first
exhibition at the Cambrian. His luminous work explores the Anglesey landscape.. Open Tuesday to Saturday from 11am to 5pm. Phone:
01492 593413. Visit the website for details of more activities at this site: www.rcaconwy.org
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