Aberystwyth and Ceredigion County Show
Mid-Wales's great one-day gathering: over 1,700 entries, national-standard sheep competitions, and the particular energy of a Welsh agricultural show that genuinely matters to the people in it.
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"Coracle racing on the Teifi and a quayside food market in this old Ceredigion port town."
Cardigan River and Food Festival
"A traditional North Ceredigion village show at the foot of Plynlimon with sheep shearing on a nearby farm at sunset, goats, poultry, cattle, horses and a large craft and produce tent where local bakers wage quiet war."
Talybont Show
"One of Wales's smallest and most cherished annual shows, held on the last Wednesday in August in the village where the great Welsh revivalist Daniel Rowland preached, with horse and pony classes and a garden and produce tent where the competition is taken very personally."
Llangeitho Village Show
"One of the biggest prize race meetings of its kind in the UK, three days of flat-out trotting and pacing on a grass track in mid-Wales where the sport has deep roots, with sulkies rattling past the spectators at very close quarters."
Tregaron Festival of Harness Racing
"The Rhys Thomas James Pantyfedwen Eisteddfod, held over August Bank Holiday in a Ceredigion university town, with choral, poetry and prose competitions continuing a Welsh cultural tradition of centuries."
Lampeter Pantyfedwen Eisteddfod
"The whole of this painted Georgian harbour town tips into the streets on Bank Holiday Monday, with a carnival parade from Cadwgan Place, live music and the fishing harbour as a perfect backdrop."
Aberaeron Carnival
"Set at Cawdor Fields above the Tywi Valley in a Georgian market town, where Welsh Black cattle and cobs compete in a show that has remained unchanged in spirit for decades."
Llandeilo Show
"A one day celebration of Wye Valley rural life with ferret racing, falconry and a bustling Home and Garden marquee across 96 acres."
Monmouthshire Show
"Three days at Withybush Showground where West Wales takes its livestock and its leeks equally seriously, a county show with the Atlantic behind it and a natural tendency towards drama."
Pembrokeshire County Show
"One of the largest one day shows in the UK gathers superbly presented livestock and craft exhibitors on The Green at Denbigh."
Denbigh and Flint Show
"A classic Montgomeryshire village show in one of Wales's prettiest black-and-white villages, with livestock competitions, produce displays, craft stalls, children's entertainment and live music filling the showground every August Bank Holiday."
Berriew Show
"The Folly Cross Fields at Camrose host one of Pembrokeshire's most popular community events each August Bank Holiday, where vintage tractors and working machinery are demonstrated alongside heavy horses and stationary engines by families with deep roots in the county's farming past."
Camrose Vintage Working Day