Conwy’s brand new music festival has arrived!

Winter Sounds will be filling venues across the county, shining a light on musical talent from Wales and beyond.

The events will be free with the chance to donate / pay as you feel.

Formed in Beirut, The Trials of Cato returned to the UK in 2016 and set to performing tirelessly up and down the country. Their debut album, Hide and Hair, gained attention in national publications, receives repeated national airplay on BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music, and won Best Album at the 2019 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

The Trials of Cato’s hotly anticipated second album is entitled Gog Magog, the album is named both after the mythical giant of Arthurian legend and the Cambridgeshire hilltop, where the new album was birthed over lockdown.

Gwilym Bowen Rhys hails from the village of Bethel at the foot of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) in Northwest Wales. He has been singing in his native Welsh language since he can remember and has developed a deep connection with the traditional songs and music of his land. His music is a mix of old and new, bringing to life ancient Welsh lyrics and melodies with his own contemporary musical approach. In 2019 he won the award for ‘best solo artist’ at the Welsh folk awards and has performed his music around the world. His first album ‘O Groth y Ddaear’ (From the Womb of the Earth) was released in 2016 and was shortlisted for ‘best Welsh language album of the year’ at the National Eisteddfod. In 2018 he released the first of a series of recordings of old ballads, and in 2019, released his third album ‘Arenig’.