Llandovery Sheep Festival will return this September with fantastic new features for ewe to enjoy.

The festival will be a celebration of rural crafts, food and entertainment, held in the centre of the Carmarthenshire town. The weekend-long event on September 14 and 15 will also celebrate sheep farming and the wool industry.

Festival chairman Rachel Everett said: “The Llandovery Sheep Festival has gone from strength to strength since its inception in 2010. It is an event that’s been wholeheartedly embraced by the people of Llandovery and its success is very much a reflection of that.

“We have a lot of new features for this year’s event including a Twmpath to kick off the weekend in style on the Friday evening. We are also encouraging everyone locally to enter our village show competition. We will also have vintage tractor show a fun wheelbarrow race and lots more.”

Rachel wants to bring people together to make this year’s Festival as inclusive as possible. If you would be interested in helping, email [email protected]

The town’s Market Square and Castle carpark will be a kaleidoscope of colour during the event in September with almost 100 exhibitors displaying their wares from textiles, arts and crafts to locally produced food and drink. The streets of Llandovery will be packed with entertainment and music. There will also be a climate change forum and a programme of storytelling for younger visitors to enjoy.

The concept behind this community led festival is to showcase the best of Llandovery, to share its cultural identity and historical past through the promotion of the wool industry and the local farming economy. This year’s packed programme will have something for everyone.