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Snowdon Fiddle Festival
http://www.gwylffidil.info
This annual event held in Nant Peris in June is an opportunity to have fun and raise the profile of traditional fiddle playing. There's dancing, other instruments and activities too.
Dafydd Bullock
http://www.bullockmusic.info/
Internationally-known composer Dafydd Bullock was born in Llanberis and the area inspires much of his music. The website outlines his extensive body of work, lets you listen and download. Warning: viola players might be offended by the jokes page!
Ensemble Cymru
http://www.ensemblecymru.co.uk/about-us.aspx
The Ensemble has established a performance circuit of eight North Wales venues, performing a wide range of chamber music to schools and communities; it reached the shortlist of the top three ensembles in the UK in the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards 2006.
Suggested by Laura Kestell.
Amici del Canto
http://www.amicidelcanto.co.uk/
This 23-strong North Wales choir includes music professionals and vocal students performing a wide repertoire of choral music, from household-name composers to those who are less familiar, and covering nearly half a millennium of musical history. They have performed at venues as diverse as the Vatican City and the Valentine Inn at Llanddulas.
Suggested by Carmen Chapronière.
Conwy Folk Club
http://www.conwyfolkclub.org.uk/
Conwy Folk Club has now moved to the British Legion where it meets every Monday.
Oxjam
http://www.oxjam.org
Gigs, festivals and dance nights are held throughout the year at venues, including Hendre Hall, Bangor, and the Snowdon Inn, Cwm-y-Glo, to raise money for Oxfam.
Suggested by Lhotse Whittle
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