WHAT'S ON
Exhibition and Events at Ceredigion Museum
Along with the permanent displays the museum has a lively programme of temporary exhibitions and events.
Ticket Information 01970 612125
BYD BACH ABER
4 APRIL - 7 JUNE
10am - 1pm / 2 - 5pm
Bruce Cardwell arrived in Aberystwyth in 1981 to study at the university, and his affection for the town is undimmed today.
This exhibition celebrates the people who determine the nature of the community of Aberystwyth, a thriving Welsh community with a diverse mixture of cultures and identities.
Those looking at Aberystwyth on a map may see a remote settlement on the western seaboard of Wales, but “Byd Bach Aber” shows that it is actually the hub around which this world is spinning.
Open your eyes....
£2
04/04/2025 - 07/06/2025
GWEITHDY LEGO
THURSDAY 24 APRIL
2 - 4pm
An afternoon of recreating the Aberystwyth area out of Lego in a fun Welsh language workshop.
Booking essential
For more information:hannah.james@ceredigion.gov.uk
Ages 6 - 11
FREE
Accompanying adult £2
24/04/2025
NOIR AT THE BAR
FRIDAY 25 APRIL
doors open 6.30pm
Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival
Ease into Crime Cymru with a drink at the bar, meet and make some new friends, mingle with authors, and listen to excerpt of books from some of our established and emerging (and mainly Welsh) authors.
£12.50
25/04/2025
DIAMOND CRIME DISCUSSION
SATURDAY 26 APRIL
9am - 10am
Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival
Phil Rowlands (chair), Thorne Moore, Jacqueline Harrett, GB Williams
Everybody knows about the big crime writers and the big publishers, but this panel illustrates the richness and breadth of Crime Cymru. Four writers from very different sections of the genre – police procedural, thriller, cosy and espionage – talk about being a writer in Wales. A panel designed to make the audience think and be very proud of the talent we have.
£10
26/04/2025
A FOREIGN FIELD
SATURDAY 26 APRIL
10.30am - 11.30am
Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival
Philip Gwynne Jones (chair), Chris Lloyd, Heidi Amsinck, Morgan Greene
Writers of crime in international settings discuss how they create a sense of place and use different cultures to drive their creativity when creating a mystery. Also, how they research to ensure that their writing is both captivating and realistic but also true to the culture around the crime.
£10
26/04/2025
GIRL POWER & THE FEMALE DETECTIVE
SATURDAY 26 APRIL
12pm - 1pm
Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival
Ayo Onatade (chair), Elly Griffith, Sarah Ward, Zoe Sharp
Three crime writers with female leads take the audience through how they craft female detectives who are tough but also very human. They discuss the challenge of creating complex characters who navigate a domain historically the preserve of males.
£10
26/04/2025
BOTH SIDES OF THE POND
SATURDAY 26 APRIL
1.30pm - 2.30pm
Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival
Paul Burke (chair), Abir Mukherjee
A discussion with world-famous crime writer Abir Mukherjee on how he uses locations both in the UK and the USA as a backdrop to his new thriller, Hunted, which is based in the underworld of London but has terrible consequences in the glamour of LA. Abir will discuss how he pulls together so many strands including different cultures, international crime, politics, psychological tensions, family dynamics and personal dilemma – into a novel that has been described as nail-biting in its suspense. He will also take the audience through the challenge of changing ‘what you are known for’ in the publishing world.
£10
26/04/2025
LEGAL THRILLERS
SATURDAY 26 APRIL
3pm - 4pm
Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival
Ayo Onatade (chair), LJ Shepherd, Nicola Williams
A discussion with two authors following in the footsteps of John Grisham and using the world of law to create thrilling crime novels. Panellists take the audience through the process of bringing their professional expertise as lawyers and barristers to create legal thrillers that are both realistic and riveting. They also give the audience insight into how they have to twist reality to make law thrilling.
£10
26/04/2025
WOMEN WRITERS
SATURDAY 26 APRIL
4.30pm - 5.30pm
Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival
Jacky Collins (chair), Clare Mackintosh, Mari Hannah
Jacky Collins, Dr Noir, talks to two of the country’s leading women writers. They consider what the female perspective delivers to their creativity, to the characters they create, the boundaries they will or will not cross, and the challenges they face.
£10
26/04/2025
ARRESTING FUN
SATURDAY 26 APRIL
6pm - 7pm
Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival
Abir Mukherjee (chair), Vaseem Khan, Ben Aaronovitch
Vaseem Khan and Abir Mukherjee are the double act of the Red Hot Chilli Writers and can always bring a smile and a laugh to their podcast. Ben Aaronovitch similarly uses a lot of humour to highlight some of the darkness in his Rivers of London series. If you like offbeat writing, humour and conversation, come along for a good laugh.
£10
26/04/2025
AN EVENING WITH MARK BILLINGHAM
SATURDAY 26 APRIL
8pm
Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival
Philip Gwynne Jones (chair), Mark Billingham
Mark Billingham is one of Britain’s most renowned and prolific crime writer, and has a world-wide following. In this conversation with Philip Gwynne Jones, he shares his secrets of making every book a best-seller, life as a globally renown writer and how he manages to deliver time and time again with all the other demands upon him as a famous and high successful story-teller.
£15
26/04/2025
GETTING COSY
SUNDAY 27 APRIL
9.30am - 10.30am
Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival
Rod Green (chair), Hannah Hendy, Mary Grand
Three cosy crime writers take the audience through the challenge of combining a dark crime with the lightness of amateur sleuths. They share the scope of creativity open to them in creating lovable characters, backstories and humour within the context of murder.
£10
27/04/2025
OVER THE SEAS & FAR AWAY
SUNDAY 27 APRIL
11am - 12pm
Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival
Chris Lloyd (chair), Vaseem Khan
Two writers who place their crimes in other countries and times, discuss the delights and challenges of creating great stories within another culture. They take the audience through their creative process for accessing a different culture and depicting different lands in a way that is realistic, never pastiche, and which adds richness to the plot and character.
£10
27/04/2025
CRIME ON THE EDGE
SUNDAY 27 APRIL
12.30pm - 1.30pm
Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival
Jacky Collins (chair), Ben Aaronovitch, James Oswald, GB Williams
The world of crime writing has many facets. This event takes the audience out of the world of standard police procedurals and murder mystery into the world of strangeness crime where dark deeds meet the supernatural, the strange or the alter-world. This is an area of the crime genre where innovation and imagination reach the pinnacle, and the three writers will share with the audience where they get the ideas and how they convert wild imaginings to a pacy plot.
£10
27/04/2025
THE DOYENNES OF WELSH CRIME
SUNDAY 27 APRIL
2pm - 3pm
Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival
When Hawkins met Dafydd
In a rare opportunity we have two of Wales’ most acclaimed and respected female crime writers on the stage to close our festival. In this event, Alis Hawkins is in conversation with Fflur Dafydd as they share their experience of getting to the top of their genre, the challenges of staying there and how they keep raising the profile of Crime in Cymru. This event will innovate by moving away from the interview and, instead, being a frank and honest discussion, even debate, about being a great Welsh writer.
£10
27/04/2025
BEHIND THE CAMERA
THURSDAY 8 MAY
doors open 6.30pm
The Friends of Ceredigion Museum present Behind the camera with Bruce.
Photographer Bruce Cardwell discusses his ‘Byd Bach Aber’ project, inspired by the people of Aberystwyth.
£5 on the door only
08/05/2025
AFON
FRIDAY 9 MAY
doors open 7pm
A stop motion journey following the course of Afon Rheidol from where she rises on Pumlumon, tumbling through the mountains, down to the sea in Aberystwyth.
Combining original scores by Brian Swaddling, Delyth Field, and the voices of land workers, scientists, residents, poets and, more.
Afon presents an adventure through time and tradition from deep history, to the present day and, beyond.
£4 - £8 suggested donation
09/05/2025
TAFOD ARIAN - LLEUWEN
THURSDAY 15 MAY
doors open 7pm
Tafod Arian is a multi-layered production that combines film and sound archive to create new music. Lleuwen Steffan pays tribute to the voices of the past, infusing their timeless melodies and lyrics with contemporary arrangements and heartfelt interpretations. This production gives new life to archive recordings, ensuring that the traditional hymns of Wales, once loved by the nation, claim their place on Welsh stages today.
This project is a commission by the National Eisteddfod of Wales, with support from the British Council and Gwendoline and Margaret Davies Charity
£18 early bird
£20 on the door
15/05/2025
YOGA CLASS
TUESDAY
5.15pm - 6.15pm
Come and rediscover your inner peace in the surrounds of our beautiful old building. Gentle yoga in the auditorium for people with underlying physical health difficulties.
Contact Lesley for details 07929711451
02/12/2025 - on going
MARY MATHEWS AT THE COLISEUM
THURSDAY
11am
Join piano player Mary Mathews at the Coliseum every Thursday morning from 11am.
Each Thursday Mary works through a medley of family favourites. Weaving together songs from shows and films she quickly stirs the memories of time gone by.
Bound by no musical genre or period, Mary explores an eclectic mix of melodic numbers to perform her chosen theme of the week.
Can you guess the theme?
03/12/2025 - on going