2025 is the 38th annual Radyr & Morganstown Festival and is being held in aid of St John Ambulance Cymru.
The Festival started as usual with the Fete. This year it was held in the grounds of Radyr Primary School. The weather was excellent and better weather allowed the event to happen on the school’s fields. We were entertained by the children of both local Primary Schools. As usual the Bar and BBQ were well frequented and a great day was had by all.
The evening saw the first concert of the Festival, organised by Cardiff West Rotary featuring the Castell Coch Choral Society.
Sunday saw the Festival walk, this time a walk around Llantrisant and led by Janet Sully on behalf of the R&M Local History Society. This was followed in the evening by the Civic Service in Christ Church followed by a reception arranged by the Community Council. This was attended by Helen Lloyd-Jones in her official capacity as the Lord Mayor of Cardiff, Alex Barros-Curtis MP, our local Member of Parliament and Mark Drakeford MS who represents the Cardiff West Constituency in the Senedd.
On Wednesday evening we had our third Wine and Cheese evening with Tom Pinder of the Welsh Cheese Company. After the tastings of 6 cheeses, Tom this year was selling some of his products which was very popular with the audience.
Thursday evening saw the traditional Tenovus Quiz.
Friday saw the first lunchtime concert and this was a great opportunity to showcase what the new organ at Christ Church can do. In the evening we had a Science with a Pint in the OCR. There were very many questions from the audience who thoroughly enjoyed the evening.
Saturday heralded our Party in the Park. The weather was fantastic again and whilst we were competing with a number of events around Cardiff for our crowd, those who turned out to heard the bands, drank the real Ale from the bar, ate from the BBQ and/or had their own picnics.
Radyr and Morganstown Festival 2025
