Big Wave - Ton Fawr

30/05/2026

Summer has only just begun, but we're already dreaming about February.

A couple of years ago, we asked: What if Aberystwyth had a Festival of Love?

Inspired by St Dwynwen's Day and running through to Valentine's Day, Gŵyl Cariad Aber was created as an artist-led celebration of love in all its forms. Love of people, language, creativity, community and place.

Since then, artists, musicians, writers, performers, businesses, schools, charities and community groups have helped shape the festival, bringing new ideas, stories and perspectives each time.

Now we're beginning to imagine Gŵyl Cariad Aber 2027.

As Aberystwyth prepares to celebrate its 750th anniversary, we're inviting artists, organisations, community groups, businesses and residents to help us create the next chapter.

Whether you have an idea for an exhibition, performance, workshop, conversation, walk, creative project or something completely unexpected, we'd love to hear from you.

After all, festivals aren't built in a weekend. They're built through conversations, collaborations and communities.

Comment below, send us a message, or get in touch if you'd like to be involved.

750 years of stories.

Time to create some new ones. ❤️

We haven't shared brilliant documentation from GCA25 enough, each pic is tagged with the shop and artist if you're curious.

06/05/2026

25/04/2026

Nicky Arscott
Un Bys, Dau Fys
Penglais Hill

Pan wyt ti’n oedolyn, gall gwneud ffrind newydd deimlo fel dawns. Weithiau mae arnom ofn pethau nad ydym yn eu hadnabod.
Doeddwn i ddim yn adnabod neb yn y Cylch Ti a Fi lleol lle cawsom goffi mewn cwpannau gwyrdd gyda soseri a chacen i nodi pen-blwydd pob plentyn. Wedi ychydig fisoedd, sylweddolais fod canu Pen-blwydd Hapus a’r un hwiangerddi dro ar ôl tro yn llunio synau newydd yn ein cegau, gan osod seiliau iaith gyfan. Un gaeaf, ar nos Lun, roedd yna wersi dawnsio neuadd ac fe lwyddais i a mam arall i berffeithio'r ‘cha cha cha’ gan ennyn cymeradwyaeth wresog. Cerddoriaeth, dawnsio a rhannu bwyd: dyma'r pethau sy'n ein helpu i fod gyda'n gilydd.
Gallant ddangos cyfeillgarwch ar draws ieithoedd a diwylliannau.

When you’re an adult, making a new friend can feel like a dance. Sometimes we are scared about things we don’t know. I didn’t know anyone at the local Ti a Fi where we were served coffee in green cups with saucers and cake to mark every toddler’s birthday. After a few months I realised that Pen-blwydd Hapus and the same nursery rhymes sung over and over again were shaping out new sounds in our mouths, laying down the foundations of an entire language. One winter, on Monday nights, there were ballroom lessons in the hall and me and another mum managed to perfect the cha cha cha to a round of applause. Music, dancing and sharing food: these are the things that help us to be together. They can show friendship across languages and cultures.

19/04/2026

Ti’n aros am un safle bws…
ac wedyn mae tri’n troi fyny!
Mae Stopio dros Heddwch yn parhau gyda gwaith gan a
Ffordd Penparcau a Bryn Penglais, Aberystwyth.

Waiting for one bus stop…
Then three turn up!
Stop for Peace continues with work by and
Penparcau Rd and Penglais Hill, Aberystwyth.

Mwy yn ein stori. / See our story for more 👀

25/03/2026

Nos Sadwrn yma yn y dre, digon o bethau arbennig 🥰

Noson acwstig agos-atoch, gynnes a blasus gyda’r hyfryd yng
Voices and Visibility yn y Llyfrgell, prosiect yn cynnwys rhai o’n ffrindiau , a noson ddifyr a theimladwy yn archwilio profiadau menywod, yn hanesyddol ac yn gyfoes
Noson gerddoriaeth dros ddau leoliad gan .aber yn Y Cwps a The Angel

Yn anffodus, byddwn ni allan o’r dre y penwythnos yma, ond ewch i gefnogi os medrwch chi 🙌

This Saturday in town, lots of beautiful things happening 🥰

An intimate, cosy and delicious acoustic night with the lovely Mairéad at Carys Angolino
Voices and Visibility at the Library, a project featuring some of our friends Louise, Naomi and Hannah, a thoughtful and moving evening exploring women’s experiences, past and present
A twin-venue music night from Gŵylan Fach at Y Cwps and The Angel

Sadly we’ll be out of town this weekend, but go along and support if you can 🙌

25/03/2026

Ydych chi wedi gweld ein gosodiad Arhoswch er mwyn Heddwch, a grëwyd gyda , ar Park Avenue?

Sganiwch y cod QR i weld os oedd aelod o’ch teulu, neu rywun a fu’n byw yn eich tŷ, wedi llofnodi’r ddeiseb heddwch hanesyddol.
Yr wythnos hon, bydd tri gosodiad stop bws arall yn ymddangos 👀

(Hefyd, os oes gennych awgrymiadau ar sut i dynnu glud sych heb ddifrodi’r arwydd… rwy’n hapus i glywed 😅)

Have you seen our Stop for Peace installation, created with on Park Avenue?

Scan the QR code to see if a member of your family, or someone who once lived in your house, signed the historic peace petition.

Three more bus stop installations will be appearing this week 👀

(By the way, if anyone has tips for getting dried glue off signage without damaging it… I’m all ears 😅)