Wild running arts festival planned for quarry site
AFESTIVAL celebrating the art and culture of wild running will take place at Blaenau Ffestiniog’s Llechwedd quarry site this autumn.
The Wild Thoughts Festival will feature music, literature, photography and conversation – attracting visitors into Snowdonia National Park in October.
There will be high-profile speakers as well as guided trail runs through the majestic Snowdonia countryside around the festival site.
Workshops will be available for those who want to create their own artistic responses as well as events for those who just want to soak it all up.
Wild Thoughts, ‘Meddyliau Gwyllt’ in Welsh, celebrates all things locally sourced – and that includes culture, with it a bilingual (Welsh and English) event for visitors from around Britain.
James Gough and Daniel Bye founded the Wild Thoughts Festival.
A pair of runners and creatives, they met as a result of cancelled events during the Covid19 crisis, and found a shared passion.
James said: ”We’re delighted to be partnering with Llechwedd on the first Wild Thoughts Festival. Wild Thoughts has been a simmering dream of mine, and separately Dan’s, for many years.”
Michael Bewick, managing director of Llechwedd, said: “We are delighted that Wild Thoughts have chosen Llechwedd for their inaugural festival celebrating all things running, mindfulness and literature. We are especially excited that Wild Thoughts will be the first major event to be held in and around Plas Weunydd, our new luxury Bed & Breakfast, as well as at our multi-award-winning glampsite; Llechwedd Glamping.”