SATURDAY 21 OCTOBER

9.30 – 10.30am & 10.45 – 11.45am New Library, Neath. Welsh Story Time and Cra�s with Magi-Ann

10am - 6pm Canterbury Lofts Book Shop FREE ENTRY

10am - 6pm Canterbury Lofts Art Fair FREE ENTRY

10am - 4pm Queen Street Gallery Sara Bentley Exhibition on show in the main gallery FREE ENTRY

Open 10 - 4pm Queen Street Gallery Veronica Flynn Exhibition on show in the cwtch gallery. FREE ENTRY

10am - 5pm Orchard Street Community Centre, Neath Local artists exhibition FREE ENTRY

10am - 4pm The Clubhouse Bridge St, Neath SA11 1RP Neath Camera Club Exhibition Open 11am - 5pm

9.30am - 5pm Hybrid Art Cafe, Orchard Street. Art Exhibition Llangatwg Community School.

11am - 5pm St David's Church Will Roberts Exhibition FREE ENTRY

11am – 4pm St Thomas Church Andrew Vicari Exhibition

11am - 5pm Neath Town Hall Josef Herman Exhibition Open

10am - 5pm Neath Town Hall The Red Shoes Poster Exhibition

10am - 4pm Queen Street Gallery Alice in Wonderland Exhibition, adult entries. FREE ENTRY

11am - 4pm. Studio 40, Queen Street. Gel Printing Masterclass with Lesley Dearn. Book a place through website or gallery.

11am. Mayor’s Parlour, Neath Town Hall. Reading - Four Dervishes, Hammad Rind

12pm. Mayor’s Parlour, Neath Town Hall. Octopus Mind, Poetry reading with Rachel Carney

Cafe 46, Harry Potter Garden. A reading of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' in Welsh with Bethan Crosby from Menter Iaith Castell-nedd Port Talbot. Darlleniad o 'Harri Potter a Maen yr Athronydd' yn y Gymraeg gyda Bethan Crosby o Menter Iaith Castell-nedd Port Talbot. 12.30pm.

1pm. New Library, Neath. Horatio Clare children’s reading, Aubrey and the Terrible Yooit.

1pm. Mayor’s Parlour, Neath Town Hall.. Exploring the uncanny and the Strange: In Discussion, Carly Holmes and Rebecca Parfitt.

2pm. The Town Hall, Neath. Talk LGBTQ Forbidden Lives, Norena Shoplan

2 - 4pm. Victoria Gardens Community Room. Children’s event - Mad Hatter Tea Party and craft playtime.

3pm Mayor’s Parlour, Neath Town Hall. Reading - This is not who we are, Sophie Buchaillard.

3pm Library, Neath. Captain Beany and the Meateorite

4pm Mayor’s Parlour, Neath Town Hall. Meleri Wyn James - Hallt - -Welsh language event

4pm The Hybrid Art Cafe. Orchard Street. Talk – Overcoming Addiction, Robert Tennant - Ralphs.

5pm Mayor’s Parlour, Neath Town Hall. Luke Upton Reading - Rugby’s Greatest Mavericks

6pm Mayor’s Parlour, Neath Town Hall. Simon Mundy - Poetry and Prose

7pm Town Hall, Neath The Red Shoes talk between Shaun Featherstone and Neale Howells

7pm St Thomas Church, Neath. Morriston Orpheus Choir Performance in aid of Prostrate Cancer research, Bookings taken through Queen Street Gallery or directly from the gallery
The Neath Art and Literature Festival is taking place from the 18th to 22nd October, 2023. Entry to the festival as a whole is free of charge, but individual events (e.g., Masterclasses, Workshops, Talks and Performances) generally require the purchase of tickets. You can buy tickets for any of the individual events, each with its own price, via the Queen Street Gallery premises in Queen Street Neath or through website. The gallery is staffed by volunteers we are open 10.00 am to 4pm, Tuesday to Saturday or buy online.