Festival

In 2021 we will continue to bring together, through stories, music and outdoor arts activities international and homegrown talent inspired by the landscape, the history and the future of storytelling and our communities.

We will be celebrating a rich mix of artists, familiar faces and new voices in storytelling. There will be family stories, live music as well as opportunities to chill out and enjoy nature across the park.

We are committed to the freelance artists we programmed in 2020 and we are currently speaking with them about what we might be able to do on site in 2021, and online as well. We will be updating the programme of storytellers and their work on our website.

UPDATED 1 April 2021

Camping and Weekend Tickets have now come off sale.

We will be releasing a limited number of day tickets from 12 April 2021.

The day tickets allow you access to all the programme at the festival site without staying overnight on site camping area.

We have also updated our Terms and Conditions so if you need to Cancel your booking for whatever reason, you can, up until the day before the festival. If you do cancel your ticket you will lose only your 6% Admin Fee.

We want to ensure when we bring the live festival to NT Dinefwr in 2021 that it is safe and comfortable for all our audiences, artists and everyone working on the festival. We will need to bring in extra facilities and safety elements which has meant that ticket prices have had to go up from 31 December 2020.

If we do sell out, please make sure you add your name to our Box Office waiting list. As you can imagine some customers may decide they are unable to come to the event or we can increase capacity nearer the time depending on Welsh Government Guidelines. If you add your name to the waiting list we can update as soon as we know more tickets are available.

We are monitoring closely the Welsh Government guidelines about size of festivals over the next few months as we lead up to the festival date. If we are permitted to increase capacity this would be for day ticket holders only and this might be a short notice.

If you bought your tickets for the 2020 Festival through Brown Paper Tickets your tickets have automatically transferred to 2021 unless you have requested a refund last year. You don’t need to do anything to transfer these tickets as we have done this already.

If you would like to book over the phone in advance, please contact Taliesin Arts Centre Box Office on 01792 60 20 60 (Opening Hours are 1pm-5pm Monday to Friday UK GMT) or go to

https://beyondtheborder.ticketsolve.com/shows/873622528/events/129348149

Nothing beats the sense of immersion, and opening up of your very own vivid imagination like being in a buzzing tent with lots of other story lovers!  We know that being at a live event is hard to recreate –  we’ve missed it – and we are passionate about making this happen for as many people as possible next year.

Over the last few months we have been testing out new ways of creating a digital experience for audiences. We know for many reasons some of you will be unable to be with us physically at the Dinefwr site. We don’t want you to miss out and we want to connect with you. We will be creating an online weekend version of the storytelling festival which will be a ticketed event with a programme specifically created for online audiences.  More details of this will be available nearer the time.

We are working with NT Dinefwr to continue to be able to provide an accessible experience for all on site. Full details of the festival sites accessibility can be located on the Accessibility webpage

Over the forthcoming months we will be preparing to put safety measures on site and training staff. We will put in the following to help keep you safe (These will be updated regularly):

• Our staff and volunteers will have received health and safety training in relation to COVID-19.
• Visitor safety guidelines will be updated regularly on the BtB website and information will be sent out to bookers a month before the event.
• We will also have Safety Guidelines on the festival and camping site
• Social distancing measures
• Hand sanitising stations for visitors and staff.
• Increased hygiene regime and number of toilets / showers on site.
• We will be managing visitor numbers in line with public health and safety guidelines.
• Some areas of Dinefwr will be temporarily closed where social distancing cannot be implemented. We will update you on these areas nearer the time.

To help keep everyone safe, please follow social distancing and government guidance when you visit.

If you are showing any of the symptoms of coronavirus, or if you’ve been in contact with anyone who has the virus in the previous 14 days leading up to the event, we request that you don’t attend, as you may be turned away to reduce risks to other visitors and our staff.