Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau

Sesiwn Fawr
Dolgellau bridge during Sesiwn Fawr
Status	Active
Genre	World music
Frequency	Annually (July)
Location(s)	Dolgellau, Wales
Inaugurated	1992 (1992)
Website	sesiwnfawr.cymru

Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau is a

In 2011, however, Sesiwn Fawr returned to the festival calendar although on a smaller scale than the 2002–08 Sesiwn Fawr and far closer to its early 1990s roots. The organisers decided to return to a primarily folky line-up which included Mynediad am Ddim, Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog, Calan and Steve Eaves. The 2011 Sesiwn Fawr also included a twmpath dawns (a large communal folk dance) on the town's Eldon Square on the following Saturday. After receiving positive reviews, organisers decided to follow a similar format again for 2012.

Since 2012, Sesiwn Fawr has returned to Eldon Square, the festival's spiritual home, introducing bands from Wales, Brittany, Ireland, Scotland and England. During the next few years, organisers explored other venues within the town making use of hidden away court yards, cellar bars and coffee shops, thus rebuilding a festival around Dolgellau's historical architecture.

In the past, the line-up has included

The folk festival was winner in 2000 of the Wales Tourist Board's Welsh Event of the Year Award, sponsored by This Week, the national tourism newspaper for Wales and rebranded The Greatest Show in Wales

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