The full line up has been announced for this year’s Gŵyl NAWR festival in Swansea on Saturday the 11th of November.
Taking place this year across two floors at the Tŷ Tawe venue in the city centre, the event will feature sets from Welsh artists creating left-field and experimental music in a variety of genres. Pat Morgan from legendary Welsh band Datblygu will headline the main stage upstairs, while alternative folk singer-songwriter Elspeth Anne closes out the downstairs stage. The day will also feature sets from several artists using the Welsh language in their work in varied and exciting ways.
The full line up is as follows: Y Pregethwr / Lifting Gear Engineer / Alaw Rhys / Sachasky / Sara Evelyn / R.Seiliog / Radio Free Ponty / Ani Glass / Elspeth Anne / Pat Morgan
Before the music starts there will also be a programme of short films curated by the NAWR team, including “Put Blood In The Music”, Charles Atlas’ documentary on Sonic Youth and the New York music scene, “The Magic Sun” by Phill Niblock featuring Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra, and Gwenno’s “Tresor” short.
The event is the latest in a series of collaborations between NAWR and Menter Iaith Abertawe, Swansea’s Welsh language Initiative.
NAWR (meaning NOW in Welsh) is a multidisciplinary concert series in Swansea and Hay-on-Wye covering experimental music, free improvisation, film, lo-fi, free jazz, sound art, alternative folk, and new music. NAWR’s work aims to offer an open and reflective space for an audience to experience new music in a welcoming and intimate setting. Menter Iaith Abertawe’s work involves creating opportunities for people of all ages to use and enjoy the Welsh language.
Day tickets are only £8 in advance and available here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/menter-iaith-abertawe