2024 Gŵyl Wal Goch Festival for Football Lovers #walgoch24

2024 Gŵyl Wal Goch Festival for Football Lovers #walgoch24

The world's leading festival of football culture | Gŵyl flaenllaw y byd ar gyfer diwylliant pêl-droed

By Expo'r Wal Goch

Date and time

Fri, 31 May 2024 10:00 - Sun, 2 Jun 2024 14:00 GMT+1

Location

Wrexham | Wrecsam

Market Street Wrexham LL13 8BB United Kingdom

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event
Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.

About this event

  • 2 days 4 hours

2024 sees the Gŵyl Wal Goch festival return in full to Wrexham 31 May-2 June with speakers and performers including:

David Conn (The Guardian), Pat Nevin, Carrie Dunn, Thomas Morris, Adama Thomas (Genelectics), Chris Wilson (Nuffield Clinic), Rebecca Watson, Brian Flynn, Kit Holden, Evrah Rose, Mark Coverdale, Mark Langshaw, Christopher Evans, Paul Watson, Cwlwm Tystion, Dr Penny Miles, Javiera Court, Looking Back, Wrexham Museum, Peris Hatton, Ian Benbow, Spoz, Lisa O'Hare, Dr Pete Watson and lots more

Previous Gŵyl Wal Goch speakers and performers:

Adrian Chiles, Igor Stimac, Davor Suker, Roopa Vyas, Ian Rush, Neville Southall, David Conn, Robert Earnshaw, Dafydd Iwan, Eleri Sion, Gruff Rhys, Ifor ap Glyn, Sage Todz, Gallops, Gary Slaymaker, Ani Glass, Prof. Laura McAllister, Verity Postlethwaite, Jessie Marsch, Sarah McCreadie, Ametz Arzallus Antia, George Berry, Adwaith, Megan Feringa, Darren Chetty, Arnaud Amoroux.

Keep an eye out on our social media, our website or sign up for our newsletter to keep abreast of all announcements.

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Fe weli 2024 ddychwelyd yr Ŵyl yn llawn i Wrecsam 31 Mai-2 Mehefin gyda siaradwyr a pherfformwyr yn cynnwys:

David Conn (The Guardian), Pat Nevin, Carrie Dunn, Thomas Morris, Adama Thomas (Genelectics), Chris Wilson (Clinig Nuffield), Rebecca Watson, Brian Flynn, Kit Holden, Evrah Rose, Mark Coverdale, Mark Langshaw, Christopher Evans, Paul Watson, Cwlwm Tystion, Dr Penny Miles, Javiera Court, Looking Back, Amgueddfa Wrecsam Museum, Peris Hatton, Ian Benbow, Spoz, Lisa O'Hare, Dr Pete Watson a llawer mwy.

Mae siaradwyr a pherfformwyr blaenorol yr Ŵyl yn cynnwys:

Adrian Chiles, Igor Stimac, Davor Suker, Roopa Vyas, Ian Rush, Neville Southall, David Conn, Robert Earnshaw, Dafydd Iwan, Eleri Sion, Gruff Rhys, Ifor ap Glyn, Sage Todz, Gallops, Gary Slaymaker, Ani Glass, Yr Athro Laura McAllister, Verity Postlethwaite, Jessie Marsch, Sarah McCreadie, Ametz Arzallus Antia, George Berry, Adwaith, Megan Feringa, Darren Chetty, Arnaud Amoroux.

Cadwch lygad ar eich ysgwydd ar ein cyfryngau cymdeithasol ni, ein gwefan neu gofrestrwch am ein cylchlythyr i gadw ar ben pob dim y diweddaraf.

"By the fans, for the fans | Gan y ffans, ar gyfer y ffans"

As well as sessions and events already announced below, there will be poetry, spoken word and musical performances throughout the programme, with LOTS more still to be announced! (Cymraeg isod)


FRIDAY (31 May)

Oor Wally short film

A Museum of Two Halves

The Basques and the Ball

Art Goals! (for families)

"Getting my dad back" - Football and dementia

Screening: Wonderland - The Alice Street Story

Micronesia - The Nation that FIFA Forgot

From Caersws to Cosmos - the Phil Woosnam story

The Shirt Hunter

Brian Flynn - My 50 Years in Football

Live music: Cwlwm Tystion


SATURDAY (2 June)

Thirty years of the Cymru Premier

Football writing from around the world

A Museum of Two Halves

Maximising performance in the women's game

David Conn in conversation with Pat Nevin

Football and nation building in Colombia

Screening: Historicas


SUNDAY (1 June)

Films

Spoz, Birmingham City's poet in residence

Live podcast recording

Yn ogystal â sesiynau a digwyddiadau sydd wedi'u cyhoeddi isod, bydd perfformiadau barddoniaeth, ar lafar a cherddorol trwy gydol y rhaglen, gyda LLAWER mwy i'w cyhoeddi o hyd !


DYDD GWENER (31 Mai)

Y ffilm fer Oor Wally

Amgueddfa Ddwy Hanner

Y Basgiaid a'r Bêl

Goliau Celf! (i deuluoedd)

"Cael 'nhad yn ôl" - pêl-droed a dementia

Arddangosiad: Wonderland: The Alice Street Story

Micronesia - Y Genedl yr Aghofiwyd gan FIFA

O Gaer-sws i'r Cosmos - stori Phil Woosnam

Y Chwilotwr Crysau

Brian Flynn - Fy Hanner Canrif ym Mhêl-droed

Cerddoriaeth fyw: Cwlwm Tystion


DYDD SADWRN (1 Mehefin)

Tri deg mlynedd yr Uwch-Gynghrair Cymru

Ysgrifennu pêl-droed o bedwar ban byd

Amgueddfa Ddwy Hanner

Sicrhau'r perfformiad gorau yng ngêm y merched

Mewn trafodaeth â Pat Nevin

Pêl-droed ac Adeiladu Cenedl yng Ngholombia

Arddangosiad: Historicas


DYDD SUL (2 Mehefin)

Films

Spoz, Birmingham City's poet in residence

Live podcast recording

Frequently asked questions

Will the festival be in three locations in 2024 like it was in 2023?

No. Our long term our vision for Gŵyl Wal Goch is to be in Wrexham every May/June and in 2024 we'll be in venues across Wrexham only.

Fydd yr Ŵyl yn nhri o leoliadau yn 2024 fel oedd hi yn 2023?

Na fydd. I fod yn Wrecsam pob mis Mai/Mehefin yw ein gweledigaeth y tymor hir ac yn 2024 down ni i leoliadau ledled Wrecsam yn unig.

I have a wristband for the Focus Wales 2024. Is it true I can claim a discounted Wal Goch ticket?

Yes. Just call by our festival hub at Tŷ Pawb during the Focus Wales weekend with your of proof of Focus Wales purchase and you can buy your Gŵyl Wal Goch ticket for only £10.

Mae band llawes da fi ar gyfer Focus Wales 2024. Ga i hawlio tocyn gostyngedig i Ŵyl Wal Goch?

Cei. Dewch i hyb yr Ŵyl y bydd gennym ni yn Nhŷ Pawb yn ystod penwythnos Focus Wales gydag eich prawf o bryniad ar gyfer Focus Wales er mwyn prynu eich tocyn i Ŵyl Wal Goch am £10 yn unig.

How do I suggest something for the Gŵyl Wal Goch 2024 programme?

There are only a handful of slots available. Email us your idea: expowalgoch@gmail.com. Keep it brief and let us know things like your main theme, target audience & include any links. Our festival strapline is 'For fan, by fans' so we invite all fans to help develop festival content.

Sut alla i awgrymu rhywbeth ar gyfer rhaglen Gŵyl Wal Goch 2024?

Dim ond chydig o sesiynau ar gael. Ebostiwch gyda’ch syniad: expowalgoch@gmail.com. Byddwch yn fras gan roi wybod i ni pethau megis eich prif thema, y gynulleidfa, a chynnwys unrhyw ddolen. 'Gan ffans, ar gyfer ffans' yw ein motto felly rydym ni gwahodd ffans i gyd i helpu datblygu cynnwys yr ŵyl.

I have made a football film. Can I screen it at the festival in 2024?

We'll do our best! Film is an important element of our festival: features, shorts, animated. We have a Film Freeway site where you can submit your film: https://filmfreeway.com/WalGochFestivalforFootballLovers

Rydw i wedi gwneud ffilm bêl-droed. Alla i ei harddangos hi yn yr Ŵyl yn 2024?

Fe wnawn ni ein gorau! Elfen bwysig yn ein gŵyl yw ffilm: mawrion, byrion, wedi'u animeiddio. Mae gyda ni wefan Film Freeway lle gallwch chi enwebu eich ffilm: https://filmfreeway.com/WalGochFestivalforFootballLovers

Is there any festival merchandise I can buy?

Yes, just head to our online shop for prints, stickers, t-shirts, and souvenir festival programmes from previous festivals: https://expor-wal-goch.sumupstore.com/

Ydy unrhyw nwyddau'r Ŵyl y galla i eu prynu?

Ydy, ewch i'n siop arlein am brintiau, sticeri, crysau-t a chofraglenni o wyliau blaenorol: https://expor-wal-goch.sumupstore.com/

Can I volunteer at Gŵyl Wal Goch 2024?

Yes please! Click below for more details about volunteering opportunities and to make an application: https://forms.gle/P55pdE7mbbsNDXX38

Alla i wirfoddoli yng Ngŵyl Wal Goch 2024?

Gallwch wir! Cliciwch isod am fwy o fanylion a gyfleon gwirfoddoli ac i wneud cais: https://forms.gle/Yh1yMuKmo15vAVSm9

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