Theatres and entertainment

Enjoy a variety of performances and events in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park, with theatres and entertainment venues offering drama, music, and community celebrations to suit all tastes.

Band performing under blue stage lights before an audience at The Foundry Brecon.
PUBS, INNS AND TAP ROOMS
The Foundry Brecon

Live music, food and events at a grassroots venue in central Brecon.

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Market Hall Cinema

First-run films in Wales’ longest continually run cinema, a historic venue in Brynmawr.

an outside shot of the Theatr Brycheiniog the canal basin
Theatr Brycheiniog

Live entertainment, cinema and canal-side dining in the heart of Brecon.

The Mid Wales Rhythm and Blues Club

Live rhythm and blues performances in Brecon, bringing local and touring artists to town.

Performing Arts and Entertainment

Brecon

a view over Abergavenny from the Blorenge mountain
Abergavenny (Y Fenni)

Things to do

There are an abundance of things to do in the national park.

Participants arranging colourful wool fibres on towels around a shared wet-felting table.

Fabulous Feltings
Tables and chairs beneath a pitched roof with a display of colourful books in the Book-ish Café loft.

Book-ish and Book-ish Café
an outside shot of the Theatr Brycheiniog the canal basin

Theatr Brycheiniog
Band performing under blue stage lights before an audience at The Foundry Brecon.

The Foundry Brecon

Market Hall Cinema
Illuminated HAY letters and a lit marquee at Hay Festival after dark

Hay Festival
Dark-painted Book-ish shop front with books displayed in the window on Frogmore Street, Abergavenny.

Book-ish Abergavenny

The Mid Wales Rhythm and Blues Club