A fun-filled day of free music and entertainment through town, Brecon With Bells On is the annual event that celebrates the switching on of the town lights and heralds the start of the build-up to Christmas.

When the Brecon Festival Ballet performed its inaugural show of The Nutcracker at Theatr Brycheiniog in December 2019, it notched up a lot of firsts. The show has gone from strength to strength and 2024 sees it returning for 5 shows just before Christmas.

Brecon bustled with local people, mixed with visitors from across the UK and beyond to enjoy the Brecon Jazz Festival - and the Brecon Frazz Parade, the community-led ‘open to all’ carnival march through the town.

Lynne Gornall and Roger Cannon tell us how a visit to BreconJazzFestival led to them making the town their home, and reflect on the event’s place in the international jazz scene.

This year’s festival went online for the first time do look at their website for highlights.

Kate Gedge of Brecon Baroque Festival fills us in on how the event has become a fixture on the international music scene. This year’s festival went online for the first time do look at their website for highlights.

This recollection of the festival origins by Jean Hosie , who became the festival administrator, describes how the first festival was planned, artists were invited, a programme put together, and business owners around the town persuaded to join the initiative and to provide multiple venues over a weekend in August.  

The Brecon Town Concert Band has been entertaining people across Mid Wales and beyond for half a century and it is inviting new members to come and join them in making music.
The group includes wind, brass and percussion players of all levels - from learners to professionals, aged from eight to eighty.