Llangollen Fringe Festival

Llangollen Fringe Festival A festival of music, dance, film and art in Llangollen, North Wales

4-13th September, 2026

The 2023 Llangollen Fringe Festival will take place from the 7th to the 15th of July.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SCOTLAND INTRODUCING THIS SUNDAY 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We’re bringing two brilliant Scottish artists to The Hand Hotel this Su...
04/09/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SCOTLAND INTRODUCING THIS SUNDAY 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

We’re bringing two brilliant Scottish artists to The Hand Hotel this Sunday for an afternoon of FREE live music.

3:30pm – Mairi McGillivray
A Gaelic singer from the Isle of Islay, Mairi brings traditional Gaelic song together with her own contemporary sound.

4:40pm – Abigail Pryde
Hailing from rural Argyll, Abigail draws on Scottish folk and country influences, with songs from her debut album.

Both shows are FREE – just come along and discover some new music.

📍 The Hand Hotel, Llangollen
📅 Sunday 6 September
🎟️ FREE - register to reserve a seat: llangollenfringe.co.uk/whats-on/scotland-introducing

Scotland Introducing is presented in partnership with Showcase Scotland Expo.

04/09/2026

📍 HOW TO FIND THE LOCK UP HERITAGE CENTRE

Heading to one of our events at The Lock Up Heritage Centre during the Fringe?

This handy little video shows you exactly where to find it 👇

There’s loads happening at The Lock Up throughout the festival, with workshops, poetry, creativity and more from now until 12 September.

Save this for later – and we’ll see you there! 💚

One last massive night out before hibernation mode sets in! 🙌 Mr. Scruff & MC Kwasi take over Llangollen Town Hall tomor...
04/09/2026

One last massive night out before hibernation mode sets in! 🙌 Mr. Scruff & MC Kwasi take over Llangollen Town Hall tomorrow night for a proper club gig. Grab your tickets now and come party with us! 🎧🔥

🎉 DAY 1!!! Llangollen Fringe Festival 2026 is officially underway!Ten days of live music, comedy, free events and plenty...
04/09/2026

🎉 DAY 1!!!

Llangollen Fringe Festival 2026 is officially underway!

Ten days of live music, comedy, free events and plenty happening around Llangollen starts NOW. 💚

Tonight we kick things off at Llangollen Town Hall with Andrew Maxwell, Hayley Ellis, Kieran Lawless and host Paul ‘Silky’ White. 🎤

🎟️ Tickets & full programme: llangollenfringe.co.uk

LET’S FRINGE! 🎉

🦖🥁🎺 Looking for something FREE to do with the kids during Fringe?There’s loads happening for children and families throu...
04/09/2026

🦖🥁🎺 Looking for something FREE to do with the kids during Fringe?

There’s loads happening for children and families throughout Llangollen Fringe – from dinosaurs and poetry to percussion, brass and creative workshops.

And all the activities in our Family Events programme are completely FREE! 🌈

It starts tomorrow, with our first Percussion Workshop for ages 6–14, and there’s plenty more happening across both weekends.

5–13 September | Llangollen

See all Family Events and reserve your places:
llangollenfringe.co.uk/whats-on/family-events

FREE LIVE MUSIC AROUND LLANGOLLEN THIS SUNDAY!This Sunday, Music Around Town takes the Fringe out across Llangollen, wit...
03/09/2026

FREE LIVE MUSIC AROUND LLANGOLLEN THIS SUNDAY!

This Sunday, Music Around Town takes the Fringe out across Llangollen, with an afternoon of FREE live music across four brilliant local venues.

A huge thank you to Gales Wine Bar, The Hand Hotel, Three Eagles and Bridge End Hotel for opening their doors and helping us bring live music right into the heart of the town.

Here’s where you can find us this Sunday:

Gales Wine Bar
2:30pm – Kip
3pm – Sonya Smith
3:30pm – Eliot’s Graveyard
4pm – Gamelin
4:30pm – Songbird Anna
5pm – Endura
5:30pm – Katie Spencer
6pm – Sustinere
6:30pm – Mooi
7pm – Groom The Giant

The Hand Hotel
3:30pm – Mairi McGillivray ★
4:40pm – Abigail Pryde ★

Three Eagles
2:30pm – LSB Silvertones
3:30pm – Ewan Smith
4:30pm – Igloo Hearts
5:30pm – Stages
6:30pm – Mechanical Owl

Bridge End Hotel
2pm – Nicrush
4pm – Eliot’s Raveyard
6pm – Terrapastel

★ Scotland Introducing

No tickets needed for Music Around Town – just come into Llangollen, move between the venues and discover some great live music.

Sunday 6 September | FREE ENTRY

03/09/2026

One to discover at Fringe this weekend – Abigail Pryde 🤩

The Argyll singer-songwriter joins us at The Hand Hotel - Llangollen this Sunday for a FREE Scotland Introducing show.

If you’re a fan of Dolly Parton, Kacey Musgraves or Tenille Townes, Abigail’s blend of country songwriting and Scottish folk roots should be right up your street.

Sunday 6 September | 4:40pm
The Hand Hotel, Llangollen
FREE – advance booking recommended

Part of Scotland Introducing, presented in partnership with Showcase Scotland Expo.

Reserve your seat:
llangollenfringe.co.uk/whats-on/scotland-introducing/abigail-pryde

🎻 Your Llangollen Trad Lab schedule is here!Running from 6–13 September, Trad Lab brings free workshops, open trad sessi...
03/09/2026

🎻 Your Llangollen Trad Lab schedule is here!

Running from 6–13 September, Trad Lab brings free workshops, open trad sessions and shared music-making to this year’s Llangollen Fringe – with Welsh traditional music and Cymraeg at its heart.

There’s lots happening across the week, so we’ve created a Trad Lab Festival Guide to help you plan your Fringe.

📱 OPEN THE FESTIVAL GUIDE:
https://llangollen.netlify.app/

Use it to:
• Explore the full Trad Lab programme
• Find workshops and open sessions
• Discover our Trad · Folk · Global picks from across the Fringe
• Switch between English and Cymraeg
• Save events to My Schedule

Save it to your phone for the festival:

🍎 iPhone: Open the link in Safari → tap Share → Add to Home Screen
🤖 Android: Open the link in Chrome → tap the ⋮ menu → Add to Home screen

Then you’ll have the Trad Lab guide sitting on your phone like an app throughout the festival.

Several workshops are already full or close to capacity, but there are still places available – and the Trad Sessions are free and open to everyone. Bring an instrument and join in, or simply come along and enjoy the music.

👉 Explore the programme and build your schedule:
https://llangollen.netlify.app/

FRINGE STARTS TOMORROW 🥳Ten nights at Llangollen Town Hall. Which ones are you joining us for?FRI 4 – Opening Night Come...
03/09/2026

FRINGE STARTS TOMORROW 🥳

Ten nights at Llangollen Town Hall. Which ones are you joining us for?

FRI 4 – Opening Night Comedy Club with Andrew Maxwell
SAT 5 – Mr. Scruff & MC Kwasi
SUN 6 – Skinny Lister
MON 7 – Ryan Young with Stuart McCallum
TUE 8 – BCUC
WED 9 – Talisk
THU 10 – Nubiyan Twist
FRI 11 – Gwenno
SAT 12 – Kasai Masai
SUN 13 – The Selecter

It all starts TOMORROW.

Individual tickets are still available, or see all ten headline shows with a Festival Pass for only £120 🤩

Tickets: llangollenfringe.co.uk

02/09/2026

A little message from Dave Gunning, who’s just landed in Ireland and is making his way to Llangollen next week!

One of Canada’s finest contemporary folk singer-songwriters, Dave is a multiple East Coast Music Award and Canadian Folk Music Award winner, with more than 30 years of songs, stories and performances behind him.

We’re looking forward to welcoming him to The Hand Hotel for a special intimate show at Fringe.

Tuesday 8 September | 6:30pm
The Hand Hotel
Pay what you can

Come along and give Dave a warm Llangollen welcome!

Reserve your seat:
llangollenfringe.co.uk/whats-on/main-events/dave-gunning

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Town Hall
Llangollen
LL208NU

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 11pm
Tuesday 12pm - 11pm
Wednesday 12pm - 11pm
Thursday 12pm - 11pm
Friday 12pm - 11pm
Saturday 12pm - 11pm
Sunday 12pm - 11pm

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