Event:St David’s Day at Big Pit - celebrating Welsh Culture & Wellbeing

Big Pit National Coal Museum
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Join us at Big Pit for a joyful celebration of the culture & traditions that make Wales so special! 

This St. David's Day, the museum will come alive with music, activities & plenty of community spirit  

Enjoy music from Welsh artists & songs and dance from local schools to get your spirit soaring and toes tapping! Plus, plenty of daffodils to brighten the day. 

Find out more about how Welsh heritage and doing the little things in life can improve your mental wellbeing, and take part in activities which can eliminate stress, improve mood and help us deal with everyday challenges. 

Plus our world famous Underground Tour will be available for FREE. More details HERE.

Performances 

11am - 4.30pm 

Coity Room (Pithead Baths Building) 

Suitability: All  

11.00am - 11.15am             Folk Dancing performance Blaenavon Heritage VC Primary School 

11.30am - 12.00pm           Performance: Tomos Newman  

12.15pm - 12.30pm           Performance: Beaufort Hill Primary School Choir 

12.45pm - 1.15pm              Talk with Curator, Ceri Thompson: 'Dr Henry Naunton Davies a Rhondda colliery surgeon' English Language. 

1.30pm - 2.00pm               Performance: Rebecca Richards 

2.15pm - 2.45pm               Performance: Awdl 

3.00pm – 3.30pm             Performance: Hari Powell 

 

Wellbeing Fayre 

11am - 3.30pm 

Kearsley Room (Pithead Baths Building) 

Suitability: All 

Love Spoon Paper Craft Activity 

11am - 3.30pm

Y Stiwt

Suitability: All 

Booking: Not required – drop in session 

‘Poetry Writing for Mental Wellbeing’ Activity  

1pm - 3pm  

Board Room 

Suitability: 16+

Please note part of this session may be filmed. If you prefer not to be filmed please let us know.

Booking: Fully Booked 

Join Mindfulness Wales for guided Mindfulness Sessions

12pm & 2pm

Office 

Booking: Not required – drop in session

Information

1 March 2026, 11am - 4.30pm
Cost Free
Suitability All
Image of the Headgear with St David's Day flag
Image of Miners helmet and daffodils
Logos for People's Postcode Lottery and Postcode Culture Trust

Our public programme is generously supported by players of People's Postcode Lottery.

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