​One of many aspects of Llangynidr Agricultural Show that we are very proud of is the farmers’ and producers’ market marquee.  It is always full of interesting stalls and is a real hive of activity.  Over 10 years ago, the committee built on that success to run a monthly market.  The next market is on Sunday December 15th, from 10-1 in the Village Hall.  The December market is always popular with lots of Christmas gift ideas.  In fact, we’ve heard that Santa Claus enjoyed his visit last year so much that he will be calling in again this year.  Please drop in and take a look around.

However…December 2019 is currently the last market we have planned (other than on show day in August).  We no longer have anybody available to organise the monthly markets, so until we can find someone to take this on, we are unable to continue.  January and February are always quiet months for the market anyway, but it would be great to see this back up and running by March or April ready for Easter.

If any individuals or groups would like to get involved, or to find out more, please contact Brian Cope on 07976 884594 or at llangynidrshow@gmail.com (or use our contact page).  Please don’t let this market die.  We are open to any and all ideas for changes to further improve the success of the markets, so don’t feel constrained by current arrangements.  Please talk to us about your ideas and how you can help.

In the meantime, we would like to thank all of our market traders and customers for all their support to date and we sincerely hope to be able to get back to running regular markets as soon as possible.

There is NO CHANGE to our plans for show day markets and we very much look forward to having the usual excellent mix of stalls filling the marquee on 30 August 2020.

Following guidance from the British Horse Society and British Equine Foundation, we are now mandating that all horses must be properly vaccinated against Equine Flu to be admitted to the 2019 Llangynidr Show - please see the horse section page for full details

More and more details getting confirmed for this year's show.

Please see the entertainments and grand draw pages for latest updates.

The competitive schedule for this year's Llangynidr Agricultural Show is now available here on our website, so you are able to start choosing which classes you plan to enter this year.  Printed copies will also be available very soon.

Despite the very wet weather on Sunday August 26th, Llangynidr Show went ahead and those who braved the weather had a great day's entertainment.  Entries to (outdoor) competition classes were low compared to previous years, but with the usual very high standards; congratulations to all the winners.  The Farmers' Market and Demonstration Tents were exceptionally popular.  A great turn out in the Farmers' Market, heavily oversubscribed for those wanting stalls, and the tent was buzzing with customers all day.  The Demonstration Tent had a packed programme from noon to 5pm; every demonstration had a full and attentitve audience.

The main ring was also busy all day.  Some improvisation from those putting on the show was needed, for example a static display of the birds of prey from Black Mountatins Falconry under cover during the heaviest rain, but then a full flying display later in the afternoon.  Our thanks go to all of our main ring acts for their cooperation under difficult circumstances.  Thanks also to others around the showground supporting us and entertaining the crowds, for example Dylan's Tours demonstrating the ancient Welsh art of making and using coracles.

The show was opened by Terry Walton, radio gardener, and Lynn Allbutt, local author, gardener and barefoot walker, both of whom also ran a gardeners' questions session in the demo tent.  Thank you to Terry and Lynn.

We had plenty of traders on site; food stands, charities, outdoor clothing, firewood, renewable power and agricultural merchants were just some examples.  Even the Ice Cream van did some business!  The grand draw was very popular as always.  We had an excellent array of vintage vehicles, ranging from pushbikes and motorbikes to tractors, joined this year by South Wales Land Rover Club.  The sheep shearing and spinning demonstrations were as popular as ever, thank you also to those who put so much effort into these fascinating demonstrations.

Congratulations to our partners on the day - Llangynidr Garden Club's 75th Annual Show was a great success in the village hall with high numbers and quality of entries, and Bwlch & Crickhowell Young Farmers' Club's Speed Shearing event in the evening was extremely popular and proved to also work well in raising much-needed club funds.

Lots of thank yous - to the committee for all their hard work all year, to those who turned out to help set up and tear down the showground, to those working in the kitchens providing excellent food as always, to our exhibitors, traders, photographers, competitors, judges, stewards, vice presidents, sponsors, advertisers, security team, road and car park stewards, bar staff and everyone else involved - your contributions are all extemely highly appreciated and we couldn't do it without you.  And of course thank you to everyone who came along on the day to make the show so enjoyable.

Llangynidr Agricultural Show Society

Just one of many photos taken by Paul Thomson.
We will post a selection of show photos from Paul and from Peter Childs as soon as possible at http://www.llangynidrshow.org