Croeso

Friday 25^th – Saturday 26^th February 2022, 11am – 4pm

Swansea city centre

Croeso is a two-day festival celebrating all things Welsh held in Swansea’s city centre Friday 25^th and Saturday 26^th February.

This year’s event will feature the best of local Welsh culture including:

• Food and drink
• Cookery demonstrations
• Live music
• Poetry
• Street entertainers
• Workshops
• Art and crafts
• St David’s Parade
• Children’s activities

Head to Swansea’s Castle Square to hear the wonderful sounds of Welsh music before moving to Oxford Street where you can sample the best of Welsh food, drink, and handcrafted goods. Don’t miss the cooking demonstrations!

With music, poetry, and live entertainment you’ll find plenty of Welsh culture to enjoy at Croeso. You can even say ‘Shwmae!’ (Hello!) and immerse yourself in the Welsh language, there’ll be plenty of help for those learning (or contemplating) Welsh.

Cooking Demonstrations

Friday 25 February at Portland Street Marquee

• 11am: Katie Davies (BBC’s Best Home Cook 2018 quarter-finalist) Cup Cake Decorating Workshop – perfect for kids!
• 12noon: Nathan Davies (SY23, Great British Menu)
• 1pm: Bryn Williams (Odette’s, Porth Eirias, Great British Menu)
• 2pm: Wynne Roberts
• 3pm: Sian Roberts (Loving Welsh Food)

Friday 25 February at Swansea Market

• 11am: Bryn Williams (Odette’s, Porth Eirias, Great British Menu)
• 12noon: Lisa Anne Fearn (Y Sied, Pumpkin Patch Cookery School)
• 1pm: Sian Roberts (Loving Welsh Food)
• 2pm: Nathan Davies (SY23, Great British Menu)
• 3pm: Katie Davies (BBC’s Best Home Cook 2018 quarter-finalist)

Saturday 26 February at Portland Street Marquee

• 11am: Sian Day (Channel 4’s My Kitchen Rules semi-finalist)
• 12noon: Jurgen Krauss (Great British Bake-Off)
• 1pm: Matt Pritchard, The Dirty Vegan
• 2pm: Hywel Griffith (The Beach House, Great British Menu)

Saturday 26 February at Swansea Market

• 11am: Matt Pritchard, The Dirty Vegan
• 12noon: Hywel Griffith (The Beach House, Great British Menu)
• 1pm: Sian Day (Channel 4’s My Kitchen Rules semi-finalist)
• 2pm: Jurgen Krauss (Great British Bake-Off)
• 3pm: Sam and Shauna (BBC’s Sam and Shauna’s Big Cook Out, Hang Fire BBQ)

Live Entertainment at Castle Square

Friday 25 February

• 11am: Pheonix Choir
• 11.20am: Night School
• 12noon: Mellin Theatre Arts
• 12.15pm: Silver
• 1pm: Cerys Hafana
• 1.40pm: JP Dance
• 2pm: Derw
• 2.50pm: Games
• 3.10pm: Pwdin Reis

Saturday 26 February

• 11am: BWCA
• 11.45am: S4C Cwy Elin a Griff
• 12noon: Mellin Theatre Arts
• 12.10pm: Dafydd Hedd
• 1pm: Mabli Gwynne
• 1.45pm: S4C Cwy Elin a Griff
• 2pm: Tapestri
• 3pm: Morgan Elwy a’r Band
• 3.40pm: Wynne Roberts (Elvis Cymraeg)

Free Family Fun

• Street Entertainers
• Join the Croeso Trail
• Learn Welsh Opportunities
• Arts and Crafts Bus
• Free Glitter Painting
• Have a Try Sporting Sessions
• Croeso Parade
• Free St David’s Day photographs
• Vantasy VR Experience

Take advantage of this exciting trading opportunity at the heart of Swansea city centre by visiting www.swansea.gov.uk/croesofoodanddrink to find out more and apply online.

St David’s Trail competition!

When you’re visiting the 2022 Croeso festival, make sure to pick up a competition flyer and follow the St. David’s Trail to win some great prizes!

Hidden in various shops across the city centre are different Welsh-themed images. Find and note all 10 and you can win yourself a prize goody-bag.

Everyone who completes the trail will be awarded a Welsh flag and a small gift, but post your completed flyer into the postbox in Castle Square to be in with a chance of winning;

• £25 gift card from Swansea BID
• 1 toy and 2x match tickets from Swansea City FC
• A family pass to Plantasia!

Competition flyers include a map for you to find the various images, will be available from all trail participant store locations, castle square, Swansea Market, the Menter Iaith marquee and cookery demonstration marquee. Then just post your completed flyer in to the post box in Castle Square to enter!

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