The five-week-long Cardiff Festival comprises of local and national theatre festivals, food and drinks festivals, Cardiff Carnival and much, much more.
Red Kite Mountain Bike Festival
Llanwrtyd Wells
5th August
An event for the whole family. A range of activities are on offer; orienteering, night rides and downhill chainless races, to name but a few.
Brecon Jazz Festival
6th-8th August
Jazz musicians from around the world descend upon the market town of Brecon to fill the streets with music during this internationally-acclaimed festival.
Crychan Two-Day Enduro Rally
12th-15th August
A long-distance motorcross rally with hundreds of competitiors from all five continents.
World Bog-Snorkelling Championship
Llanwrtyd Wells
29th August
Competitors have to swim the length of a 60-yard trench cut from a peat bog. They wear snorkells and flippers but cannot use conventional swimming strokes. Madness.