Events & What's On In Brecon - Shows, Music, Sport, Festivals

Find Events and What’s On in Brecon, and nearby, in and around the Brecon Beacons, South Powys & Mid Wales. Enjoy shows, music, sporting events, festivals, fairs, food & drink events and more. Plan your visit with our useful Brecon events calendar by month so you don’t miss out. Here’s our list of 2025 events in Brecon so far.

April 2025

Easter chocolate bunny and easter eggs - Easter Events Brecon — *_{Easter Events Brecon}*

5th April – Brecon Classic Motorcycle Show – Details
6th April – Rachel Podger Solo Bach Concert St Davids Church – Details
12th April – Springtime Brecon Jazz Mini Festival – Details
12th-13th April – Dolygaer Parkwood Outdoors Eggventure – Details
12th-27th April – Easter Eggstravaganza at Cantref Farm – Details
12th April – The Old Railway Line Garden Centre 35 Year Anniversary – Three Cocks – Details
14th April – Chocolate Detectives: The Easter Bunny Case Melville Centre, Abergavenny – Details
18th-21st April – Easter Egg Hunt at Big Pit National Coal Museum – Details
19th-21st April – Brecon Mountain Railway Easter Adventure – Detai ls
19th-21st April – Tretower Castle Easter Quest Cadw – Details
21st April – Abercamlaid Estate Usk 2025 1st Open Day – Details
25th April – Comedy at the Foundry Brecon – Details

May 2025

Giant HAY letters Hay-Festival-Wales — ^{Hay Festival Wales credit Sam Hardwick}

3rd-4th May – International Antiques Fair of Wales – Builth Wells – Details
4th May – Abergavenny Music Festival (AM Fest) – Details
6th May – National Trust Walk Pen y Fan – Details
17th – 18th May – Royal Welsh Spring Fair Builth Wells – Details
22nd May – 1st June – Hay Festival Hay-on-Wye Details
25th May – Baileau Open Garden – Details
25th May – Welsh Open Stone Skimming Championships – Details

June 2025

Green Events - Whole Earth Man vs Horse Race — *_{Credit: Green-events.co.uk Whole Earth Man-v-Horse}*

7th June – Brecknock Sinfonia Orchestra Brecon Cathedral – Details
8th June – The Gurkha Parade Brecon Town Centre – Details
14th June – Whole Earth Man vs Horse Race – Details
15th June – Dinomania Jurassic Dinosaur Adventure – Brecon Mountain Railway – Details

July 2025

Man showing horse - Royal Welsh Show Builth Wells — *_{Royal Welsh Show}*

5th July – Brecon Fans Races – Pen Y Fan & Fan Y Big – Details
5th July – Titan Brecon Triathlon – Details
17th – 20th July – Brecon Choir Festival – Details
21st – 24th July – The Royal Welsh Show Builth Wells – Details
26th July – Brecon Pride – Details

August 2025

Saxophone player at the Brecon Jazz Festival — *_{Brecon Jazz Festival}*

2nd August – Brecon County Show – Details
2nd-3rd August – Medieval Combat Society Tretower Castle – Details
8th-10th August – Brecon Jazz Festival 2025 – Details
10th-11th August – Falconry at Tretower Castle – Detail
Volksfest Wales – Watton Show Fields, Brecon – Details
14th-17th August – Green Man Festival 2025 – Details
24th August – World Bog Snorkelling Championships – Details
31st August – Black Mountains Classic Tour

September 2025

Subaru Impreza Rally Car - European Rally Wales Aberystwyth — *_{European Rally Aberystwyth}*

5th-7th September – FIA European Rally Championship Aberystwyth – Details
6th-7th September – Welsh Orchid Festival at Aberglasney – Details
6th-7th September – International Antiques Fair of Wales – Builth Wells – Details

October 2025

Brecon Baroque orchestra playing in Brecon Cathedral — *_{Credit Brecon Baroque}*

4th October – Devil’s Staircase Ultra Trail Race – Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys – Details
17th-20th October – Brecon Baroque Festival – Details
19th October – Ron Skilton Half Marathon – Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys – Details

November 2025

Hay Christmas Festival Wales — *_{Credit: Hay-On-Wye Winter Festival}*

15th November – Real Ale Wobble – Bike Ride Event – Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys – Details
22nd & 23rd November – Real Ale Ramble – Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys – Details
27th – 30th November – Hay Festival Winter Weekend – Details

December 2025

Santa Christmas Markets and Christmas Events in Brecon

December TBC – Santa’s Grotto at Cantref Farm – Details
31st December – Mari Lwyd Walk -Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys – Details

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