Heads Up Penarth: what’s on in Penarth
Christmas Lights Switch-On
3pm – 7pm · Windsor Road · Free
Windsor Road fills up from 3pm with live music, fairground rides, free crafts and food stalls. The lights go on at 6pm, switched on by a local hero nominated by residents.
Gwelwyd yn y dref · seen in town
Wednesday 11 November · Windsor Road
Penarth fell silent at eleven
A big crowd filled the pavement on Windsor Road for the town-centre Armistice Day service, beside the Poppy Appeal caravan and the tree wrapped in knitted poppies. The Town Mayor and a vicar stood with the Royal British Legion standard bearers. The bugler played the Last Post, the standards were lowered, and at 11 o’clock the whole street kept two minutes’ silence.
Local knitters made around 6,000 poppies this year for the tree and for the pier, about half of them by the Knitters & Natters group at All Saints Church. They will be washed and kept for next year.
Beth sy’ ’mlaen?
What’s on
Nadolig yn yr eglwysi
Christmas at Penarth’s churches
Carols, Christingles, crib services and midnight mass across town, in date order. Everyone is welcome, and almost all of it is free.
Christmas in Penarth: the full guideBob wythnos · every week
The regulars
Groups that meet week in, week out, many of them free or a few pounds. Term-time groups pause in school holidays, so check with the organiser before you go.
Babanod, plant bach a rhieniBabies, toddlers & parents
- Mon 9:15–11:45amElfed Avenue Play GroupElfed Avenue United Church · under-5s · term time
- Mon 10am–12pmBreastfeeding support groupDinas Powys Library · health visitors, drop in · not bank holidays
- Mon 10:15–11:30amNature Play Patch, outdoor stay and playSt Joseph’s RC School · 9 months to 5 · £8
- Tue 10:30am · Wed 1pmPostnatal mum and baby yogaSt Paul’s Community Centre, Arcot Street · £14 drop-in
- Wed 9:30 or 10:45amMorning Mini MusicPenarth Pier Pavilion · under-fives · £6
- Wed 10–11amPenarth Baby LatteThe Crepe Escape, 15 Glebe Street · breastfeeding peer support, free drop-in
- Thu 6pmPregnancy yoga and birth preparationSt Paul’s Community Centre · £13 drop-in
Pobl hŷnOlder adults
- Wed 10am–12pmWith Music in Mind singing groupSt Augustine’s Parish Hall · £5, book ahead
- Wed 10:30am–12:30pmPenarth Ageing Well ClubGlyndwr Hall, Glyndwr Road · over-50s: a little exercise, coffee and a speaker
- Fri 11am–2:30pmCoffee morning, lunch club and friendship groupTrinity Church, Woodland Place · £12 with lunch
Dysgu CymraegLearning Welsh
- Mon 10–11amClonc a ChoffiFoxy’s Deli, Victoria Road · any level
- Tue 11am–12pmClonc a ChoffiDinas Powys Library · any level
- Wed 9:30–11amCoffi a ChloncSully Library · any level
Clybiau a diddordebauClubs & hobbies
- Mon eveningOpen mic nightEx-Servicemen’s Club, 69 Windsor Road
- ThuLine dancingEx-Servicemen’s Club, 69 Windsor Road
- Thu 10amWalk+Talk with Coffee#1An easy, chatty hour’s walk from Coffee#1, 13 Windsor Road · just turn up
- Sat 10am–12pmGardening with Friends of Victoria SquareVictoria Square · new helpers welcome
- Every other Wed or FriEspresso Sketches PenarthDrawing together over coffee, all levels · dates go up on their Instagram, so keep an eye out
- Once a month, SunPenarth Repair CaféBring broken things to be fixed for free
Sinema’r pier · Penarth Pier Pavilion
At the pier cinema
Films and National Theatre Live, this week and next. Tickets from the pier box office.
Yn nes ymlaen · later on
Further ahead
Everything we know about after next week, month by month. Anything marked “book” tends to sell out, so get tickets early.
Bore Sadwrn · The Saturday heads-up
Hear about it first. Book before it sells out.
Leave your email address and every Saturday morning you’ll get one email from us with:
- what’s on in Penarth this weekend and next week
- new shows, talks and classes as soon as they’re announced, so you can get tickets before they go
- town news worth knowing
Archebwch ymlaen llaw · before it sells out
Book ahead
Dysgu rhywbeth newydd · learn something new
Courses in town
Vale of Glamorgan’s own adult courses that meet in Penarth. Most of their French, Italian, art, pottery and craft classes run at Old Hall in Cowbridge and the Palmerston Centre in Barry: see all Vale Courses.
Y tymor hwnOn now, until early December
- Mon 7–9pmCreative writing: fiction and non-fictionPenarth Learning Community, St Cyres School · with Colum Sanson Regan
- Thu 10am–12pmSpanish 2, beginners plusPenarth Methodist Church, Woodland Place · full this term
- Thu 1–3pmPráctica Español, Spanish conversationPenarth Methodist Church, Woodland Place
Gweithdai undyddOne-day workshops
- Sat 14 NovBake and decorate: apple and pecan caramel cakePenarth Learning Community, St Cyres School · £59 · full
- Sat 28 NovChristmas cake decoratingPenarth Learning Community, St Cyres School · £59
O fis IonawrStarting in January, 10 weeks
- Mon 7–9pm · from 4 JanWoodwork and carpentryPenarth Learning Community, St Cyres School · £156
- Mon 7–9pm · from 4 JanCreative writingPenarth Learning Community, St Cyres School · £156
- Wed 9:30–11:30am · from 6 JanWatercolours with Jude HarringtonBelle Vue Centre, Albert Crescent · £156
- Wed 9:45–11:15am · from 6 JanBody toning 55+Lee Hall, Dinas Powys · £117
- Thu 10am–12pm · from 7 JanSpanish 2Penarth Methodist Church, Woodland Place · £156
- Thu 1–3pm · from 7 JanPráctica EspañolPenarth Methodist Church, Woodland Place · £156
O gwmpas y dref · around town
In the know
Who flicks the switch?
This year the Town Council asked residents to nominate a local hero to turn on the Christmas lights. Nominations closed on 8 November, so we find out on the night.
MoreTown Council meets on the 18th
The next full council meeting is Wednesday 18 November at 7pm, at West House on Stanwell Road. Agendas go up on the council’s website beforehand.
MoreLearning Welsh? Dewch i sgwrsio
Learners meet every week for free, relaxed chat over coffee: Mondays 10–11am at Foxy’s Deli in Penarth, Tuesdays 11am–12pm at Dinas Powys Library and Wednesday mornings at Sully Library. Any level, no booking.
Full list of meet-upsPier tickets have moved
The Pier Pavilion now sells its tickets through TicketSolve instead of Eventbrite. If a show looks sold out on the old page, check the new one.
Pier box officeWerth y daith · worth the trip
Beyond Penarth
Coming up at the big venues in Cardiff and Barry. The full list has every theatre, concert hall, club, museum and gallery within easy reach, with search and filters.
Thanks, got it!
Anfonwch ddigwyddiad
Running something? Spotted something?
Tell us and we’ll add it to the listings and the Saturday email. Gigs, sales, classes, club nights, coffee mornings: if it’s open to the town, it counts. Always free.
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