Ceramic Makers’ Market at The Chapel
(Upstairs at the Chapel) Market Street, Abergavenny, NP7 5SD
Tel: 01873 736430
Open 10am – 4pm Saturday 20 Sept / Sunday 21 Sept
Celebrating the Abergavenny Food Festival 2025.
Discover a diverse collection of domestic ware to suit all tastes: slipware or stoneware, hand-thrown or hand-built, decorative or plain. Now in its 9th year, our annual event is an opportunity to meet exceptionally talented ceramic makers and hear about their ideas and very different making processes. This year look out for some new names alongside regular favourites. All work is for sale.
The Makers: Adrift Pottery, Justine Allison, Jo Davies, Matt Grimmitt, Richard St John Heeley, Isatu Hyde, Tim Lake, Neville Tatham, Alanda Wilson.
Foray and Bitters making at Nant-y-Bedd Gardens
Saturday 10am – 1pm
Join forager Liz Knight for a half day foraging course & bitters making workshop at the inspirational Nant-y-Bedd Gardens – an edible oasis in the hills just outside Abergavenny. £55 per person.
(Nant-y-Bedd Gardens is a 25 minute drive from Abergavenny, without access to public transport)
Book tickets for this event at foragefinefoods.com
Love Zimbabwe Musical March
The Love Zimbabwe musical march is an integral to the Festival. Children from three primary schools come together to bring African songs, colourful costumes and drumming to the streets of Abergavenny. This fund-raising event raises awareness of global poverty, resilience and survival, particularly food security and fairtrade. The march through town lasts about an hour (1-2pm on Saturday), starting and finishing at Castle Street Methodist Church, with a short song and dance session on stage at the Castle. For more details, and to hear from founder Martha Musonza Holman, read this blog
Crickhowell Community Primary School and Llangattock Church in Wales Primary School have supported the March for Africa for several years. They both value the chance to be involved in the project as it helps the children become ‘ethical, informed citizens‘, aware of issues in other parts of the world. They have both been awarded the ‘School of Sanctuary‘ status in the last year and enjoy learning songs which originate from Africa, working very closely together. Pupils of Llanbedr Church in Wales Primary, who recently merged with Crickhowell Community Primary, have been very active and are also well represented in the March for Africa.
