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The Urdd National Eisteddfod (Welsh: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Urdd Gobaith Cymru or Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yr Urdd) is an annual Welsh-language youth festival of literature, music and performing arts organised by Urdd Gobaith Cymru. It is the youth counterpart to the National Eisteddfod of Wales.
Modern Mistar Urdd plush toy. Mistar Urdd (' Mr Urdd ') is the Urdd mascot, based on the Urdd Gobaith Cymru logo and badge.Mistar Urdd has his own song 'Hey Mistar Urdd'. [8]On 25 January 2022, the date that the organisation celebrated its 100th birthday, it broke two Guinness World Records for the most videos uploaded to Twitter and Facebook of people singing the same song in an hour.
Another important eisteddfod in the calendar is Eisteddfod Yr Urdd or the Youth Eisteddfod. Organised by Urdd Gobaith Cymru , it involves young Welsh people from nursery age to 25 in a week of competition in singing, recitation , dancing, acting and musicianship during the summer half-term school holiday.
Urdd National Eisteddfod 2017 Entrance Hay festival [6] Urdd National Eisteddfod (location changes) [7] Inside Out festival (Bute Park, Cardiff) [5] FOCUS Wales [5] Gwyl Fach y Fro (Barry Island) [8] Balter Festival [5] In it Together Festival (Margam, Port Talbot) [9]
However the National Eisteddfod of Wales as an organisation traces its history back to the first event held in 1861, in Aberdare. [10] [11] One of the most dramatic events in Eisteddfod history was the award of the 1917 chair to the poet Ellis Humphrey Evans, bardic name Hedd Wyn, for the poem Yr Arwr (The Hero). The winner was announced, and ...
In 2021, she also appeared in the launch of the online Urdd National Eisteddfod, Esteddfod T. [14] In the same year she appeared on Scott Quinnell's BBC Radio Wales Sunday programme to discuss her debut album. [15] '“So I'm really proud that we can share the Welsh language and be able to create a different partnership here in New York.” [16]
According to Ronald Black, "In 1923, following the example of the Welsh Eisteddfod, An Comunn Gàidhealach simplified the structure of its annual poetry competitions into a single contest for a Bardic Crown (Crùn na Bàrdachd), the winner to be acknowledged as Bard of An Commun (Bàird a' Chomuinn Gàidhealaich) for the coming year.
Bwncath has performed live in events across Wales including, Eisteddfod yr Urdd, Caernarfon Food Festival, Gŵyl Rhuthun, and Gŵyl Fach y Fro. They have also appeared on Noson Lawen on S4C . [ 10 ]